Painter's daughter.

Sunday, February 16, 2014







Coat, pinafore, top - Charity shop.
Tights, necklace - New Look.
Watch - Gift.

Ok so I lied. I'm not a painters daughter. My dad could draw a bit and my mum doodles pictures of flowers and houses when she's on the phone. However I don't think this can class my parents as painters. The reason for the title? This pretty denim pinafore. I picked it up in my favourite charity shop (which closes down next week, don't even talk to me about it, I'm pretending it's not happening!) for £1.50. That still doesn't explain the name does it, well it reminds me of the art pinafores we used to have to wear when we were in school, minus all the glue splatters and painty handprints. 

When I picked the pinafore up I ummed and ahhhed for a little while but I learnt my lesson last time with the beautiful coat in the pictures above. It's from the same shop, and if you follow me on twitter (if you don't then why not? follow me here!) you might remember me going on about a coat I had tried on and put back. That evening I was worrying about this coat. I needed it. And it was half price and it was vintage and it was a classic cut and colour and well it was just perfect. Why did I put it back?

 So the next morning I wasn't in work until ten. I thought the shop opened at 9 so that gave me an hour to get the coat. Oh no. It wasn't going to be that simple. That morning it was pouring with rain and the shop didn't open until half nine which cut it pretty fine.I walked around the town trying to waste time, I walked past the shop four times and it still wasn't open. So I went into work dropped of my things and then ran down to the shop. It was open and the coat was still there. It was the same lady as the day before and she recognised me, we exchanged funny stories on why you should never leave something in a charity shop and then I ran off to work. It was meant to be. 

Anyway on to today. I hope you're having a lovely Sunday. I'm making the most of it as I'm back at work on Tuesday after 10 glorious days off. We'll be lazying around and hopefully getting some kind of takeaway this evening. We made pancakes for breakfast which I'll be blogging about soon and then we took these photographs, not before a couple of cups of coffee. I love Sundays.
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  1. Sundays are my favorite!! They are my catching up on others' blogs day :)
    I love that dress! Oh so cute. I will learn from you and never leave anything behind at a charity shop (around here we call them thrift shops). I love them! Have a great week!

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    1. They are such a perfect day for catching up and being a bit lazy aren't they? :)

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  2. You would never think that dress was from a charity shop! What a bargain! xx

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    1. I know. The amazing things people give away! :)

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  3. Looks like you're not getting the bad weather the rest of the country is suffering from! There's sunshine in East Anglia! That's why I loved living there :)

    I really like the pinafore but my favourite part of the outfit is that coat. It's beautiful and definitely very stylish vintage. An amazing find :)

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    1. We've had strong winds and rain but no where near as bad. We had floods back in December but the news didn't cover it at all. Wrecked our local cinema and fabric shop. Thankfully the water didn't get to us. I always seem to get a bit of sunshine on a Sunday!

      I know this coat is a beauty! :)

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  4. That coat!!! Thank goodness you were able to bag it. I have a few regrets about items I left behind... x

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    1. I've learnt my lesson. I shall never leave something behind again!

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  5. Absolutely love this outfit! I really need to start rummaging through more charity shops X

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    1. You do! You never know what you might find :)

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