Frump to Fab 2017 - A Whole New World

Hello Ladies,

I went to a family baby shower yesterday. I wore perfume and layered it with the matching body powder and body lotion. I wore black mascara and brown eye shadow that is almost the same shade as my skin. I also painted my finger nails with a clear nail polish.

I wore a red sleeveless top with a v neck, a black pull on skirt, my black Kaleidoscope cardigan, my black leather long jacket, black leather gloves, black scarf and black fur trimmed hat and my black leather ankle boots.

I met my older sister at the baby shower and we had fun joining in the baby themed games.

I was really pleased when I was asked if I was my sister's daughter as basically this woman thought I was 20 years younger than I actually am!!! :T My sister was really annoyed as she is only 4 years older than me. :eek:

Hello Ladies,

I had my grievance meeting yesterday and it went well. The General manager 'heard' my grievance. My colleague that accompanied me, shocked me, because she literally tried to take over my meeting and would not stop talking and veering off the points I was making for my grievance. :rotfl: I had to insist she stop talking in the end.

I am returning to work today and I cannot wait to get stuck in. Only 4 working days until half term, so 5 non-working days next week.

sugarbaby125 - really pleased that your meeting went well:D:D

We go a week on Saturday Maman, to Dubai. My father moved out there last year so my sister and I are going for a week to see him.

It appears that I am the useful kind of ill, that is the kind where my appetite is reduced and I lose weight, rather than the comfort eating kind. Hopefully it reflects on the scales on Thursday as I've not felt up to doing any exercise.

I have been feeling a lot brighter today though, and after finishing work (from home) at 5, I've taken the opportunity to prepare the ingredients for two soups; roasted red pepper, tomato and garlic, and butternut squash, carrot and parsnip. They work out to zero and two WeightWatchers Smart Points respectively so they're good for lunches.

I splurged and treated myself to the perfume I've been after; Jean Paul Gaultier Classique Intense. I found it for £45 and it has an RRP of £70+ for the 100ml bottle so I'm very happy with the price.

Fosterdog, you sound like me although I am almost 40 and struggling to adjust my style again! Many people on here use charity shops to buy bits and pieces to see what suits them (I find it tricky as I have to manoeuvre a double buggy around though!) or a friend has just used a Debenhams personal shopper and really recommended it. It's a free service and there's no obligation to buy - maybe you could give something like that a go?

So pleased that your grievance hearing went well sugarbaby, and I hope work continues peacefully from now on

To everyone on the perfect lipstick hunt….. I've been there too!! Very hard to find the colour, texture, type etc that you want whilst not spending hours in Boots or wherever dabbing things on your hand. I'm currently using Maybelline Colour Sensational in Hollywood Red, which sounds very loud but actually is a lovely deep pink and I would recommend to any 'summer' types who want something bold but not red.

Thank you again LL for your very inspirational post about changing your life within a year. I realised that I'm overeating simply because food (specifically sweet things) gives me pleasure, at least in the short term, and I'm so tired out that I don't care if it's bad for me in the long term! The only people I see regularly are the boys and of course they don't know/ care if I'm overweight. I just don't have anything else 'fun' in my life that takes precedence over food, and how sad is that?!

I'm supposed to be going out on Friday night for my first night out since the boys were born, yet OH has already managed to make me feel rubbish about it he's stormed off to the pub in a huff this evening as DS2 was very clingy towards me and wouldn't go to him. I've tried explaining that it's a phase and most children go through it at some stage but in his opinion DS2 should be left to howl and sob till he accepts his daddy instead of mummy….. indie, I wouldn't mind as much if OH was just inept but it's his lack of trying/ patience that gets to me, I know he'll be happy to snore off to sleep once the boys are finally in bed even though he's fully aware that he never hears them if they cry. I am already full of mummy guilt; logically I know that I should go out and that one evening without me won't hurt, but on the other hand the thought of my little boy sobbing for his mummy breaks my heart