Finally, the weather was warm enough to wear this red and white palazzo co-ord. The trousers and the shirt are the fifth and sixth items from my Paris haul. Can you remember the other items I found there at great bargain prices? To jog your memory, they were my blue and white pleated cardigan, my grey floral co-ord (that’s 2), and my white bomber jacket. And then this red and white palazzo co-ord.
All these items I found within half an hour at Addicted, a small boutique at Rue du Temple 29. Addicted doesn’t have a website but they do have an Instagram account. If you look at their Instagram account you’d think “NO WAY, this is for young extroverts”. But they do have items that are for every age, extrovert or introvert. Be sure to follow the link or search for @addictedparis. A friend of mine searched for @addicted without the ‘paris’ addition and got to see a lot of naked men haha.
Questions
Before we continue, I have two questions for you, my dear readers.
- I noticed that the number of comments on a post has gone down to 20% of the amount I used to get in 2018. In March 2018 I introduced a comment service you had to register to, called Disqus. Quickly I saw the comment numbers drop and I changed back to “anybody can comment”. Only the numbers never picked up again. Don’t get me wrong, I am not pitiful but I am curious as to know why.
NOTE: after the overwhelming amount of comments on this question, I can conclude that you are still happy with my content. Now I have the task to reply to the 80 comments haha. Be careful what you wish for.
- Then about the content. Are you still happy with it? If you are not, what would you like me to change? Shorter posts? Drop the “What happened in my life”? Or would you like that section more as a story instead of a day-to-day report? (An example of that in this post.)
I would love some input to improve my posts.
Back to the red and wite palazzo co-ord
Marjolein and I did the photo shoot for this post on the hottest day of the week. Temperatures got to 38°C/100.4F which led us to a park with trees for some shade.
Below: In this park was the cutest little cottage which was supposed to be a restaurant with a shady garden terrace at the back.
However, the restaurant was no more. We couldn’t believe it was closed and were ever so disappointed.
Below: It made a nice background though and we carefully avoided the signs CLOSED and FOR SALE in the photo.
Below: The back of the co-ord. It is such a good outfit for hot weather because it is loose.
Below: When we turned round, we saw that there were new inhabitants in the park. Or have they always been there?
Below: This little man was old and grey though not frightened of me.
Below: My, my, there was a whole gnome village.
Below: They were curious and one came to see what we were up to.
Below: I sat down on a tree trunk near the village, next to a gnome with a red and white toadstool. I felt he was a kindred soul.
I combined the red and white of the outfit with black accessories like the earrings, bracelet, bag and sandals.
Below: The friendly gnome allowed me to borrow the toadstool. The earrings are visible from the side as you can see above, but not as good when face on (below).
Below: A doggie joined me.
Below: The owner of the dog offered to take a photo of Marjolein and me.
Below: Marjolein in a Delft blue summer dress with silver sandals. Also perfectly dressed for the hot weather.
Below: There was another doggie in the park. This lady shared our disappointment over the closed restaurant and gave us tips for a restaurant on the beach boulevard.
Below: We said goodbye to the sweet cottage and headed for the beach.
Below: Usually on a hot day the problem is parking near the beach. We were lucky as a brand-new parking garage had opened exactly where we wanted to be. There was more than enough space and it meant that the car was in a cool place instead of in the burning sun.
Below: After a delicious lunch we walked back and saw this merry-go-round. Couldn’t resist taking a photo.
Below: Opposite the parking garage entrance was a shop Marjolein favours. So, we went in. She didn’t buy this blouse but is still thinking about it.
Below: I was a good girl and didn’t try or buy anything. The sandals I am wearing ought to be great for hot weather but one spot, right on top of my feet, is giving me blisters. I tried a couple of things to soften that spot, but the cobbler has to fix it.
I am sure this PJ co-ord will serve me well.
What happened in my life this week
First of all, some photos of plants in our garden. The warmth and rain made everything bloom.
Below: Hydrangea Annabelle.
Below: Lilies.
Below: I have seen many names for this orange plant, but I don’t know which one is the right one. My gardening skills are none. In fact, I am not allowed to do anything in the garden but pick up the leaves as I cannot see the difference between a plant and weed. So, don’t provide me with the name of this plant, it is useless haha.
On the 30th of August we will have another street party in our street. I like these things as I like to interact with people and some neighbours bring good food to the table. The only thing I do, is ask the city council permission to block the street for a couple of hours. Every year they add new demands for such an event. This year we needed to block the street with two fences (and then the fence requirements followed). We could get them for free but had to pick these big things up with a pick-up truck or so, between 3 and 5 pm on a Friday and return them at the same time on a Monday. I don’t know anyone with a vehicle like that who is free on these hours. It made me decide to make one myself. Of course that won’t be good enough, it is not reflecting for one, but it shows my good will. Ron and I started on it as I couldn’t do it without him. It is coming along fine.
Below: On the right you see all the necessary tools and on the left you see the progress. Particularly the stop sign isn’t looking too bad. All material, except the paint, came from building containers.
The screen protector of my iPhone cracked while being busy with the above work and that was the third screen protector…agghhh. This time I bought one from Apple which I think is better.
Below: A dress I longed for quite badly, arrived and…disappointed. It is the Freya Kimono Red dress from Eiko ai. Such a beauty but for me, a couple of things were no good. The split at the front went up quite high. If I sat down, the dress revealed more…well, everything really, I did not want to show. And because of my ample bosom (80D) the dress rose up, the waistband wasn’t at my waist but higher and that made me look bigger than I am. So, I had to send it back. 😭😭 On another woman it will be perfect, as the website shows. (PS I didn’t iron it.) After I got my return label and packed everything again, I found another way of wearing it, which might have worked on me. Rats. I sent it back anyway as the slit problem would not have been solved and Ron wasn’t keen on the dress.
Tuesday the temperature was a bit lower and I could wear my multicoloured jacket again. Like I thought, this jacket is so easy to use with my wide jeans (below). So good. (Link to original post.)
One day, around lunchtime, after running some errands I was peckish and passed a bakery. So stupid. You should never leave the house around lunchtime or dinnertime if you haven’t eaten yet. You are bound to eat something while you are out and it will have more calories than you want.
In my case it was a ham and cheese croissant. The woman who got served before me, sat on a bench in front of the bakery eating her little sin. I decided to sit next to her and eat mine. Less of a mess. We got chatting. Here name was Hannah and it turned out we had a lot in common so we chatted for three quarters of an hour. I love these unexpected interactions.
To prove that I can do elegant too, I wore my orange dress (below) the day I went to the hair salon to talk about my hairpiece. It was not behaving how I wanted it to. They gave me some good (and free) advice.
(Link to original post of 2020 with this dress, worn slightly differently.)
That afternoon Ron and I did some errands downtown and sure enough, he enthused me to try some fancy white cowboy boots I had no plans to buy. The guy is such an enabler. Anyway, I was allowed to take them home without paying and try them on with my clothes. If I didn’t want them, I could return them 3 days later. (The jury is still out.)
The rest of the afternoon we spent on a terrace and later, eating chips (below). It was a happy day.
Greetje
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