A date at Wimbledon (kind of)

I went shopping with a very special young man on the King's Road, we ate ice cream and watched Wimbledon at the Blue Bird and shopped in Ad Hoc, it was like being 15 again...

I wore my lovely linen Vanita Rosa top and Manolo Blahnik's that I could well  have had since I was 15.

Ice cream and babychino it's the only way to go...

There are lots of pop up shops appearing, the KR was getting a little homogenised, the good thing about the recession is the chains aren't opening up and these little designer second hand shops are everywhere, their stock is better than most of the boutiques and half the price! 

Lots of different tribes to be seen, here are two of them, the brightly coloured jeans and ballet pumps exhibit A...

Exhibit B the designer label lovers and serious heels...

Where do you go when you want some time away from home, but don't want to spend a fortune on lunch or dinners in restaurants?

What to do when you want to save money and...

...you love Manolo Blahniks, I love these magical shoes by the maestro, but didn't have the original £700+, or even the £300 second hand to splurge on shoes I would probably never wear.
And so I had great fun making my own....

 Shoes £3.99 from ebay...

 foliage free from some old silk flowers which were looking a little the worse for wear...

 Superglue doesn't bond well fabric to fabric, thank goodness for the plastic straps

 ta da! they fit and are very comfortable

 Fingers are the casualties, but as much as I love a perfect manicure on others, for me it makes me feel a little sad like a life half lived, no danger of that for a while....