Go Vintage...and Shake It Like A Polaroid Picture

My worst nightmare was realised on the Saturday night just passed...

Making my way to the Hollywood Ball at the Globe, I felt confident in the knowledge that I looked good and, more importantly, uniquely chic.  That was, until, upon arrival I realised that I hadn't caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror, no no no...but another was sporting the same fanulous nude coloured lacey number as I!!!

I always wondered what action I would persist to take, should ever this eventuality occur. Perhaps a photo of the two great minds together?  Or stand on polar opposites of the room, like two magnets?  In any case, making a purchase in the sales is always a risky business when it comes to formal wear.  Another extremely good reason to go vintage...

So you can shake it like a polaroid picture without a care in the world.

I'll drink to that.

The Complete Daily Companion to the British Weather

Perhaps it's the ever fun loving youthful and effervescent Ukrainian girl within us all that makes us behave contrary to usual adult behaviour.  There's just something about the crystalline ice water that persuades us to have the sudden urge to run around like a five-year-old and make a snow angel.  Or perhaps that's just me...Or perhaps it's more rather the fact that snow, which actually settles for longer than five minutes, is such a rarity in England's green and pleasant land. 

Making the most of the novelty arctic conditions before it all melts away, dressed in mum's vintage tartan jacket and woolly jumper...accompanied by, of course, the Dr Zhivago hat and Mischa.