Miss Arabella came home from the interview fearing the worst. She was applying to a university to study a combined law degree and as well as having satisfactory grades, she had to have a one-hour interview with the Dean of Law. She came home beating herself up with a long list of regrets and saying […]
Spoiled for Choice
September 21, 2012 By 37 Comments
See that photo of me? It’s me in the Kate Spade dress I was telling you about. Here I am at the dressmaker’s having it altered so I can wear it to Arabella’s Valedictory Dinner. After this fitting, I had it pressed and I bought a bracelet to wear with it. Here’s me heading off […]
It Fits
September 17, 2012 By 37 Comments
Those Mandarin-speaking dressmakers are amazing. I went in to their tiny shop and stepped into their teeny cubical and tried on the Kate Spade dress. It fits. I’m now officially a Size 2 – it says it on the Kate Spade label! Having solved the issue of ‘what to wear’ I now have another problem […]
Paralysing Inertia
September 16, 2012 By 40 Comments
I’m lying on the couch in a state of paralysing inertia. I’m trying to work out how I will survive the week ahead and I have that feeling of dread that I may not be able to pull it all off. Tomorrow Alfie has his final drama lesson of the term. Parents are invited to […]
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