I will still wear shorts.

The rain may still be falling every twenty minutes and the trusty anorak bought has been my new best friend, but this week it is this jumper and my new red corduroy shorts that have been helping me through these tough times. Jumper, St.Vincents, Lower Clapton Rd, E5, £3. Shorts, st. Vincents, Kingsland Rd, E8, £3.

The daisy dress

This corduroy pink and olive daisy dress appeared in my life yesterday and has a great 6os feel to it, with polo neck and swing. The daisy of the upcoming season we will see at Prada on shoes and bags. St. Vincents, Kingsland Rd, E8, £6.

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Stripe down

Pre holiday collection

I am about to go off to France to hang in a garden and drink yummy wine and look at the forest. So preparing for holiday have my essential pieces, Sponge Bob dress slash nightwear -

Whistable, £1.50, printed pants to be used as shorts if need, Kingsland Rd, £3 and stripes £3. More stripes to come.

Summer fabrics

So the stripes are out in full force,and I will be sporting as much stripe as I can. Here's some fabrics I will be wearing combined and alone.

Blue stripe skirt, £1, Kingsland Rd, E8. Stripe long sleeved tee, £3, Lower Clapton Rd, E5.

Cold, colour and stripes.

It's still cold and the anorak is on most days, but mixing well with stripe on stripe, a flash of a coloured

sandal and away we go. At the moment I am wearing a black and white stripe cardigan to keep warm over the stripe navy and white dress I found last week. Let's hear it for the stripe. Stripe dress, £3, Kingsland Rd, E8. Shoes, Shoeworld, £12, Bethnal Green Road, E2. Anorak, £4, Kingsland Rd, E8.

Let it pour-April 2012

In another day of rain, thunder and lightening, one must be prepared in more than a child's anorak. So in my cause for being dry I did a quick dash into the St. Vincent de Paul to grab a little relief. Here it is, my new rain proof grey jacket with buttons and blur race stripe trim. £3.