2020 Fashion on the Ration Challenge

PipneyJane

@missychrissy and @Laura_Elsewhere - now you're both making me wish for somewhere to set up my sewing machine!  I think the suitcase with my fabric stash went missing when we renovated a decade ago, but there might be something in the blanket box in the hall. (We had most of our stuff in storage.  DH forgot to put some things back in the storage unit, when he was rearranging stuff, including a free-standing fan that would be most welcome right now...).

- Pip  

Laura_Elsewhere

Yay! Go, Pipney! 2! 4! 6! 8! Who do we appreciate? PIPNEYJAAAAANE!!!!

Oh.

Not that kind of free-standing fan, then... 

 

PipneyJane

Laura_Elsewhere said:

Yay! Go, Pipney! 2! 4! 6! 8! Who do we appreciate? PIPNEYJAAAAANE!!!!

Oh.

Not that kind of free-standing fan, then... 

 

  

Oh how I miss the old ROFL smiley. 

- Pip (Thanks for the laugh, Laura.)

PollyWollyDoodle

Brilliant Laura ! 😂

maryb

I really like the range of Pavers shoes but they don't do half sizes and I am definitely a half size.  They do free delivery and you can buy a pre-paid returns label for 99p so I would happily buy if they did my size.  Hotter will, I think, survive as an internet/mail order operation but they charge 2.95 per item delivery and 2.50 per item returns.  That's an expensive trying on charge if you end up not keeping the shoes so I don't think I'll be ordering much from them if I can't try on in a shop or collect from and return to a shop

I ended up sending back both pairs so I still have 31 coupons

PipneyJane

@maryb - Pity the shoes didn't work out, but it's better to return them than to waste coupons, money and resources.

I need opinions, please, as to the points value of something.  I've just ordered this vest top with built in bra from Bravissimo. Does it count as a "Blouse, shirt, sports top, cardigan or jumper" costing 5 coupons or as "Other garments including corsets" costing 3 coupons?

Thanks,

Pip

Laura_Elsewhere

That is a tricky one: less fabric and manufacturing effort than a blouse or cardigan, but more than a bra. 

I suggest splitting the difference and calling it a between-top, for 4 coupons. 

PollyWollyDoodle

I think I’d agree with the compromise, four coupons sounds right.  I love Bravissimo clothes, I don’t often indulge myself but that looks like a good investment. Sorry, no pun intended!  

Earlier this year I bought some shoes, well ankle boots actually, from Josef Seibel, they are also good for wide feet and they do half sizes.  Some of the shoes come with removable insoles, which is important for me as I have got orthotic insoles that I like to put in instead. 

Sadly at the moment I can only wear two pairs of shoes, the ankle that I sprained eight weeks ago is still quite swollen and although I can walk on it much better I can only wear clogs or very low-sided shoes. Luckily I’m not going anywhere much at the moment and even more luckily one of the two pairs was just about suitable for work. My off-duty shoes are mostly quite brightly coloured!

Laura_Elsewhere

@PollyWollyDoodle - my aunt was a nurse and she always said most people never get told that when you put your feet up to help a swollen foot or ankle, it needs to be up higher than your hips, in order for the fluid to drain. So long as there's the extra fluid, then there's the swelling, and so long as there's the swelling then that's pressing physically on the nerves (there's not much spare space in a foot and ankle!) and making it sore... 
So might it be worth fixing up some arrangement to have your bad foot raised up above hip-height for say 20 minutes, 3 or 4 times a day, to help drain the fluid a bit? Over a few days it could make a difference, especially if you can walk as much as you can in between, just around the house. 

Sorry if I'm teaching my grandmother to suck eggs, but my aunt was a district nurse for years and it was one of several things she despaired at the General Public not being told, and I don't think much has changed! 

missychrissy

I do hope that Hotter continue. Paver are no good for me because like maryb I am a half size. I’ve checked out Josef Seidel but they don’t do a 5 and a half. I can get away with a 6 in a boot and wear thick socks or go down to a 5 in an open sandal but I need an extra wide 5 n a half in a shoe.
I sympathise PollyWollyDoodle I broke my ankle (fibula) nearly 2 years ago. Although it didn’t swell much it was very painful. I limped around on it for 2 weeks before the pain drove me to A n E. Babysitting at one of my son’s houses with 3 floors and a staircase like a lighthouse was the end of me. I even tried to walk the dog on the second week but I didn’t  get to the end of the street. It took 6 weeks to get back to relative normality with just twinges. Funnily enough I sprained the same ankle about 30 years ago.