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I've Bin Busy - The Bollywood Makeover
I know, I know, in the grand scheme of things there's little in life less mundane than a waste paper bin but the one in our bedroom irks me each time I look at it, shabby 1950s roses just aren't my...
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Lets Go Charity Shopping!
Yay! Liz had the day off work today so we indulged in our favourite pastime, ransacking the chazzas of the West Midlands for cheap, impractical and frivolous things.Armed with big bags (Liz made this...
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Cat Fight
When it comes to wearing animal print I don't hold with any of that toning it down nonsense.Its highly camp, over-the-top & ridiculous and it turns heads so, if you've already got everyone's...
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Hostess With The Mostest
 That's a proper dinner party dress, I thought, when I unfolded this vintage maxi from Linda's parcel of joy, already picturing my hair piled high in a huge topknot, draped across the kitchen table,...
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On Beauty
Keep it simple. Hell would freeze over before I took that advice sartorially but, in the case of skincare, its my mantra.Tee shirt (20p, jumble sale), Flower power crimplene skirt (hand-made by me...
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Make, Do & Spend
I keep hearing the phrase grown-up glamour being bandied about in the media.People tell me that I'm glamorous and, at 47-and-a-quarter years old today, I'm officially a grown-up, but I'm confused -...
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Model Behaviour - When Vix Met Hattie & The Dame
When Kerry asked me to model a couple of her handmade cocktail hats for her website, The House Of Harrie Hattie, I jumped at the chance, especially when she bribed me with the chance to dress up in her...
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Grumpy Old Woman
I've reached an age when I get an almost perverse amount of pleasure from getting annoyed by trivialities. You'll often find me scrutinising the seams of dresses in Marks & Spencer and tutting over...
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Going To A Go-Go
When the postman called round with a huge box from the States addressed to me on Friday I could hardly contain myself, but being a good girl I waited until I'd finished packing the stock into the van...
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(Charity) Shop Till You Drop!
Some people consider Jon and I a bit odd when we tell them that our perfect date is to jump into Gilbert, head for the most un-hip, run-down area in the area and raid the chazzas. I reckon the couple...
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Its Cheaper By The Kilo
I met my friend Fiona from Blighty Bazaar for some bargain vintage hunting in Birmingham yesterday. Credit Crunchers was our first port of call. Already mentally cheap, the staff told us they were...
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Kinky Afro
When I was in the Sixth Form the only people to bring a briefcase to school were the keenos, the girls who, unlike us, who didn't run off to the Butts Tavern at lunchtime for a game of pool and a swift...
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The Mid-Week Trip - Pondicherry and Pom Poms
Hooray! I was so excited to rediscover some photos stashed away in my long-forgotten Photobucket account that I thought I'd bore you  share a few with you. A bit of an image heavy post I'm afraid, so...
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Vintage Rocks - No Excuses
Tomorrow we'll be taking a van load of Kinky Melon stock over to Stourbridge for Kiki & Honey's Mad March Fair. Much as I adore selling vintage to the general public if I had a quid for the number...
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Fair's Fair
Lots of women are so put off by the size printed in clothes that they won't even consider trying anything on with a label different to the norm. I've had a lovely dress on my rail for ages but whenever...
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Cape-tain Of Charity Shop Finds
My cape-tain got so much admiration around the chazzas of the Black Country that my head was in danger of exploding. When people compliment my creations without knowing I've sewn them is a massive ego...
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Does My Personality Look Big In This?
Dressing for your shape, it's a big thing in Blogland. Gok Wan and Tyranny & Susannah have a lot to answer for. If I took any notice of their rules I'd be in a knee length skirt, a wrap top, pointy...
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Vix's Guide To Work Wear
What kind of job allows you to dress in lurex, catsuits, platform boots and feather boas? Mine!These two outfits were my choice of work attire for a weekend of vintage selling.Mind you, I'd be a pretty...
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The Mid-Week Trip - Stone Love
The Tiger CaveFancy a bit of culture? This time I'm taking you to Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu. These are part of the long-lost photos I rediscovered the other day (see Pondicherry HERE).Littered with...
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Nothing Says Spring More Than Yellow Bri-Nylon
Said darling Curtise when I thanked her for sending me this insanely bright top.1960s Dorothy Perkins maxi (vintage fair, 2009), Frida pendant made by the awesome TameraShe apologised for the elastic...
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