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Midlife lately – a January catch up
Midlife, Style, Work life balance

Midlife lately – a January catch up

By Midlifechic|2023-01-27T10:59:23+00:00January 27th, 2023|Categories: Midlife, Style, Work life balance|Tags: 2023, casual chic, Christmas, OOTD, Winter, WIWT, working wardrobe|

Midlife beauty favourites and new discoveries
Hair & Beauty, Sale

Midlife beauty favourites and new discoveries

By Midlifechic|2023-01-20T14:18:50+00:00January 20th, 2023|Categories: Hair & Beauty, Sale|Tags: 2023, beauty, new season, sales, Winter|

4 learnings I’m taking from 2022
Family, Midlife, Project Happier, Relationships

4 learnings I’m taking from 2022

By Midlifechic|2023-01-13T19:10:30+00:00January 13th, 2023|Categories: Family, Midlife, Project Happier, Relationships|Tags: 2023, ageing well, Project Happier, wellbeing, Winter|

Thoughtful sale buys for the new year
Retail Review, Sale, Style

Thoughtful sale buys for the new year

By Midlifechic|2023-01-06T16:47:24+00:00January 6th, 2023|Categories: Retail Review, Sale, Style|Tags: 2023, retail review, sales, wardrobe essentials, wardrobe staples, Winter|

Wishing you a cosy Christmas – 2022 over and out!
Christmas, Midlife, Style

Wishing you a cosy Christmas – 2022 over and out!

By Midlifechic|2023-01-12T13:30:58+00:00December 16th, 2022|Categories: Christmas, Midlife, Style|Tags: 2022, casual chic, Christmas, date night chic, jeans, night out chic, OOTD, Winter, WIWT, working wardrobe, workwear chic|

Midlife lately – behind the scenes
Christmas, Midlife, Style

Midlife lately – behind the scenes

By Midlifechic|2022-12-09T16:35:25+00:00December 9th, 2022|Categories: Christmas, Midlife, Style|Tags: 2022, Boden, casual chic, Christmas, date night chic, new season, OOTD, Winter, WIWT|

Last minute Christmas details – home, style & beauty
Christmas, Gift ideas, Interiors, Retail Review, Style

Last minute Christmas details – home, style & beauty

By Midlifechic|2022-12-02T16:39:28+00:00December 2nd, 2022|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas, Interiors, Retail Review, Style|Tags: 2022, Christmas, dressed up chic, gift ideas, interiors, Winter|

Black Friday 2022 – best offers directory
Christmas, Sale

Black Friday 2022 – best offers directory

By Midlifechic|2022-11-25T10:47:20+00:00November 25th, 2022|Categories: Christmas, Sale|Tags: 2022, Christmas, sales, Winter|

Gifts for the hard to buy for
Christmas, Gift ideas

Gifts for the hard to buy for

By Midlifechic|2022-11-18T17:05:52+00:00November 18th, 2022|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas|Tags: 2022, Christmas, gift ideas, Winter|

Thoughtful Christmas Gifts For Men 2022
Christmas, Gift ideas

Thoughtful Christmas Gifts For Men 2022

By Midlifechic|2022-11-15T16:39:06+00:00November 15th, 2022|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas|Tags: 2022, Christmas, gift ideas, Winter|

Christmassy outfits that are not just for Christmas
Christmas, Retail Review, Style

Christmassy outfits that are not just for Christmas

By Midlifechic|2022-11-11T20:43:25+00:00November 11th, 2022|Categories: Christmas, Retail Review, Style|Tags: 2022, Autumn, Boden, casual chic, Christmas, new season, wardrobe essentials, wardrobe staples, Winter, WIWT|

Thoughtful Christmas Gifts For Women – 2022
Christmas, Gift ideas

Thoughtful Christmas Gifts For Women – 2022

By Midlifechic|2022-11-14T15:19:32+00:00November 8th, 2022|Categories: Christmas, Gift ideas|Tags: 2022, Christmas, gift ideas, Winter|

Early Christmas moments – savouring November
Christmas, Interiors, Retail Review, Style

Early Christmas moments – savouring November

By Midlifechic|2022-11-07T09:42:02+00:00November 4th, 2022|Categories: Christmas, Interiors, Retail Review, Style|Tags: 2022, accessories, bags, casual chic, Christmas, date night chic, new season, retail review, Winter|

Great British Boltholes – a bijou hotel in North Yorkshire
Style, Travel

Great British Boltholes – a bijou hotel in North Yorkshire

By Midlifechic|2022-10-28T13:28:13+01:00October 28th, 2022|Categories: Style, Travel|Tags: 2022, Autumn, casual chic, OOTD, travel, Winter, WIWT|

AW22 everyday edits – Boden
Retail Review, Style

AW22 everyday edits – Boden

By Midlifechic|2022-10-27T19:12:50+01:00October 21st, 2022|Categories: Retail Review, Style|Tags: 2022, Autumn, Boden, casual chic, date night chic, new season, OOTD, retail review, Winter|

Autumn midlife lately – time for a catch-up
Family, Health, Midlife, Style

Autumn midlife lately – time for a catch-up

By Midlifechic|2022-10-14T17:05:45+01:00October 14th, 2022|Categories: Family, Health, Midlife, Style|Tags: 2022, Autumn, casual chic, date night chic, new season, night out chic, OOTD, Winter, WIWT, working wardrobe, workwear chic|

Easy ways to build a colourful winter wardrobe
Accessories, Style, Style Seminars

Easy ways to build a colourful winter wardrobe

By Midlifechic|2022-10-07T17:14:16+01:00October 7th, 2022|Categories: Accessories, Style, Style Seminars|Tags: 2022, accessories, Autumn, bags, casual chic, new season, wardrobe essentials, wardrobe staples, Winter|

Edging into A/W22 with White Stuff
Product review, Retail Review, Style

Edging into A/W22 with White Stuff

By Midlifechic|2022-09-30T17:42:52+01:00September 30th, 2022|Categories: Product review, Retail Review, Style|Tags: 2022, Autumn, casual chic, essentials, new season, OOTD, wardrobe essentials, wardrobe staples, Winter, WIWT|

Sandals Resorts for midlifers – a good holiday option?
Midlife, Relationships, Style, Travel

Sandals Resorts for midlifers – a good holiday option?

By Midlifechic|2022-09-23T20:28:36+01:00September 23rd, 2022|Categories: Midlife, Relationships, Style, Travel|Tags: 2022, holiday chic, OOTD, Summer, travel, WIWT|

When your family moves on and expands – welcoming partners into the mix
Family, Relationships, Style, Travel

When your family moves on and expands – welcoming partners into the mix

By Midlifechic|2022-09-11T13:31:26+01:00September 11th, 2022|Categories: Family, Relationships, Style, Travel|Tags: 2022, casual chic, date night chic, dressed up chic, holiday chic, night out chic, OOTD, Summer, travel, WIWT|

Holidaying with your adult children – a time of adjustment
Family, Style, Travel

Holidaying with your adult children – a time of adjustment

By Midlifechic|2022-09-02T17:41:02+01:00September 2nd, 2022|Categories: Family, Style, Travel|Tags: 2022, casual chic, holiday chic, night out chic, OOTD, Summer, travel, WIWT|

Closing off summer chez Midlifechic – it’s goodbye for a while
Family, Style, Work life balance

Closing off summer chez Midlifechic – it’s goodbye for a while

By Midlifechic|2022-08-12T16:18:33+01:00August 12th, 2022|Categories: Family, Style, Work life balance|

City trips to London and Glasgow – what I did and wore
Style, Travel

City trips to London and Glasgow – what I did and wore

By Midlifechic|2022-08-05T15:04:09+01:00August 5th, 2022|Categories: Style, Travel|Tags: 2022, casual chic, date night chic, jewellery, night out chic, OOTD, Summer, WIWT|

Love & marriage – the joy of a simple wedding
Family, Project Happier, Relationships, Style

Love & marriage – the joy of a simple wedding

By Midlifechic|2022-07-29T18:25:27+01:00July 29th, 2022|Categories: Family, Project Happier, Relationships, Style|Tags: 2022, dressed up chic, event chic, Family, friendship, OOTD, Project Happier, Summer, wedding chic, weddings|

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Whatever you’re doing tonight, I wish you a very happy end to 2022. It was another funny old year wasn’t it - I think the best thing we can do as we look back at it all is hold on to the highlights.

And rather than spending tonight thinking up ways of how to be a better this or that in 2023, give yourself a pat on the back for everything that you already are.

I’m quite sure that it’s a lot…

… that it’s enough.

That goes for everyone reading but especially the marvellous (and often undervalued and unseen) midlife women.

Happy New Year - I hope 2023 brings many moments of joy for you and that it turns out be everything you wish it to be.

#positiveageing #midlifechic #midlifejourney #positivethinking #agepositiveactivist #agewithoutapologypledge #ageagnostic #happynewyear #hny #newyearseve #2023

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Ad|They have no idea do they? Your grown up offspring don’t see how the roles reverse…

… instead of it being us clutching their clammy little hands as they fizz with the build-up to Christmas, now we’re the ones brimming with anticipation, just waiting for them to burst back through our door with their joy and their energy. So we plan and we decorate and we shop and we cook… and there are times when it feels crazy to put so much time into it all - but it’s still worth it.

More than anything I think lockdown taught us how vulnerable we feel when we can’t be with the people who matter - and that feeling of ‘missing’ was never more acute than at Christmas. And of course there are still people we can’t be with. Christmas is always laced with bittersweet nostalgia for times and people that are gone - the missing goes on.

But this year let’s all do what we can to find joy in the simplicity of just being back together with people we love… with something nice to eat and drink… smiling faces and as much sparkle as we can possibly muster. Let’s enjoy the moments and make new memories - because time is fleeting and one day this will be the Christmas that we look back to with fondness.

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I’ve been missing my boys so we popped over to Leeds yesterday to see the youngest. “We’re staying in a nice hotel so dress smartly,” I instructed. And apparently he did!

Anyway it was a whirlwind trip, just time to take him out for breakfast this morning before we headed home again - he wasn’t going to leave the last pastry behind and the canvas he’s clutching was the result of a spot of skip surfing on the way back.

It reminded me that I do miss my student sons… but their student ways? Less so…

#emptynest #emptynesters #midlifewoman #midlifechic #midlifeblogger #midlife #mumofboys #over50blogger #over50style #leeds

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Ad | I make no apologies for feeling excited about Christmas this year – it’s been so long since I’ve spent it with my extended family that I just can’t wait but… I’m going to do it differently this year.

I’m cutting out the things I never really enjoyed like the endless soulless business events I used to go to because I’ve realised it’s ok to say ‘no’ to things I don’t want to do. I don’t know whether it’s midlife or lockdown that’s taught me that but it’s already making a massive difference to my life.

This year I’m only going out to things I know I’ll really enjoy, otherwise Christmas is going to be about staying in and just waiting to have my whole family around for the first time since 2019.

Lockdown was tough but it taught me a few good lessons and this has been a big one – that it’s spending time with the right people that matters. And also that it doesn’t have to be glam and glitzy because it’s in the low key, cosy moments that new Christmas memories are made.

Does that make sense? Are you changing the way you do Christmas?

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Oof - a Halloween party on a work night and of course it’s fancy dress but I’m just nodding towards it with ears, eyes, nose and tail. To be honest I’m feeling more “moggy curled up in front of the fire” than witch’s cat. I am though, growing strangely fond of the tail and green contact lenses...

Happy Halloween to everyone who enjoys it 🎃

#halloween #halloweenmakeup #halloweenoutfit #halloweenparty #catoutfit #over50styleblogger #over50lifestyle #agelessstyle

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Wishing the happiest of birthdays to the love of my life - this handful of photos from our week in St Lucia sums you up. I thank you for everything you do for me every day but especially of course the love, the dancing and the laughter…

Like all good things you keep on getting better with age so let’s keep on squeezing life to the pips together for as long as we live.

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Today we dropped the last of our boys off at university and before too long he’ll be heading off to study abroad.

Empty nesting is so bittersweet - an ending and a new beginning. I’m so proud of the men they’ve become but I feel wistful about the little boys that they were.

I’ve been dreading this moment… whereas their dad - well you’ll see how he feels if you watch to the end…

#emptynesting #mumofsons #emptynestsyndrome #emptynesters #mumofboys #parenting #adultchildren #freshers #midlifechic #newchapter #newbeginnings #midlife

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Can two long married midlifers find romance in the Caribbean? Watch and see.

Or… you can read all about it in my latest blog post (link at the top).

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Never let growing older hold you back from immersing yourself in great moments. Some will say I’m too old at 55 to be wearing my oldest bikini and dancing in a waterfall… but given the opportunity of a lifetime in St Lucia, I was never going to let those voices stop me.

There will be more moments like this in my blogpost tomorrow. For now though let’s all stop worrying about what anyone else thinks - this is our one wild and precious life… so let’s live it.

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Ad (PRtrip) And so it’s nearly time for us to head back home - and it feels important to be there now when such an important time in our country’s history lies ahead.

If there’s one thing I’ll take with me from St Lucia it’s a reminder of the restorative power of nature. It’s been soothing to spend our time in the mountains, the rainforest and the sea as well as the lush tropical gardens of the resorts. We’ve seen frigate birds swooping, pelicans landing, crabs scuttling and turtles coasting.

So as I pack my summer clothes away for another year when I get home, instead of shirking autumn, knowing that my dreaded season of winter lies in its wake, I’m determined to make an effort to get out there and embrace it.

I’ll miss this island but there’s beauty to be found in nature wherever you look - the thing is remembering to stop and take the time to see it isn’t it? I think a focus on the simple things is going to be the best way to approach the chilly months ahead.

So it’s goodbye to the sun on my skin from St Lucia’s endless summer days. And hello to England’s autumn… as a new chapter begins for us all.

#agelessstyle #midlifetravel #midlifeadventures #emptynest #travelblogger #over50blogger #over50 #over50style #over50travel #over50blogger #SandalsMoment #sandalsresorts #sandalsgrandestlucian

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Ad - PR trip | While we’ve been here we hit a special day in our calendar. Blog readers know the story of how Mal and I met when we worked together at Selfridges. For years we loathed each other and then one day, while we were working in Manchester launching the Trafford Centre store he asked “what is it like to be you?”

And so I told him. You see I was in a relationship with an alcoholic who was often cruel and somehow that was the question that enabled me to tell someone what it was like to be me for the first time.

That was the day that he vowed to save me - exactly 24 years ago. We always celebrate it when it comes around but as you can imagine, this year being away with @sandals_uk was by far the most special yet.

It’s a place where romance abounds and while it’s lovely to see the starstruck young honeymooners, I’ve been more moved by watching the many midlife couples who are here. The one thing they all seem to share is laughter - and we all know that’s what sustains you through the ups and downs of life.

There are too many things that I love about Mal to list them here but the most important is the laughter - it quite literally lights me up!

Thank you for the years Mal.

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Ad - PR trip One of my all time favourite things to do is spend a day on a speedboat and my boys groan because whenever we’re on holiday I spend ages trying to track one down.

So a real highlight of our trip so far was spending a day with @IslandRoutes, meandering along the south of the island…. passing the pastel coloured sugar cube villages … stopping for dips in the sea… and a beach shack for lunch.

The best part though was heading out into the wide open sea where the captain could rev his engine and take us so fast that the g-force contorted our faces.

Wind in your hair, salt on your skin - nothing beats it.

Thank you so much for these precious times @ sandals_uk

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Ad - PR trip. And so arriving just in time for our first Caribbean sunset on Thursday felt a little more muted than we’d imagined because on the flight over we’d heard the very sad news about the Queen - it felt as though a huge hole had opened up.

However, Mal reminded me of the hours we’ve spent with those who are dying, including both of my parents - and the message that always comes through is the instruction not to be sad, instead to go out and live your lives to the full - while you can.

And so in this beautiful place that’s what we’ve been doing. Sandals invited us to review their resorts a year ago when we were facing the empty nest for the first time. Like so many other things that trip was cancelled by Covid but this year they asked us again.

We’ve had such a happy summer at home, slotting comfortably back into family life as our boys came back from uni but at the end of next week they’ll be off again, leaving me and their dad behind without a backward glance.

So we’ve been treasuring this once in a lifetime chance to reconnect on this beautiful island where there’s no pressure to do anything other than ‘be’.

It’s important to keep the pilot light of your relationship burning, whatever stage of life you’re at… and being somewhere like this certainly gives it one heck of a boost!

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And so as I said on my Stories, we were mid-flight on our way to St Lucia yesterday when the captain announced that the Queen had died.

As you can imagine on a BA plane filled with Brits and St Lucians, a damp fog descended over the holiday mood.

Being mid-Atlantic, it didn’t feel real until we landed but it gave me time to think about her life which was long and lived fully.

There’s always something to learn from the reflections when somebody dies. From my midlife perspective the thing that particularly strikes me is how well she moved with the times.

I think perhaps, as for a lot of us, midlife was one of her challenging periods - dealing with changing relationships, accepting that the world around her was already different to the one of her youth and consciously working out how to adapt.

And of course she had a complete style reappraisal too and showed us all that even in your 90s there’s joy to be found in what you wear.

It feels odd not being in the UK right now and sharing this massive moment in our history but we’re still in The Commonwealth here and people are feeling it too - along with travellers from other nations who immediately come over to commiserate when they hear that we’re English.

What an impact this 96 year old woman has had - all over the world. A beacon of how to age positively.

#queenelizabeth

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I’ve been off grid for a while spending precious time with my boys – we’ve managed to get together for a proper family holiday and I know it could be the last one so I’m savouring every moment.

It feels particularly poignant being back in the villa where we’ve spent so many holidays since they were little – there are shadows of holidays past wherever I look but now they’re all grown up and have even brought their girlfriends too.

So we’ve been having fun and readjusting too – as a family when your children are little it almost feels as if you’re one body with multiple legs and arms but now we’re five individuals, each with our own lives and I have to get used to that.

You could fill a library with books telling you how to look after young children but there’s no route map for parenting young adults is there?

It’s a bittersweet time - in so many ways I find myself having to ‘unmother’, stepping back, learning how to get the balance right by being their friend and yet still being their mum when they need me to be.

If you’re one of the many people out there who can feel the empty nest hurtling towards you next month I can tell you that it’s a funny old time but I promise there are far more highs than lows. Let them go and be who they want to be in the knowledge that they have your love behind them. That way they always come back (with stomachs as empty as their wallets!)

Over the last two weeks I’ve come to the comforting conclusion that as a parent, you can always see the toddler in the adult, their ideas and ways of being might change but deep down they’re exactly the person they’ve always been.

And that’s my thought for the weekend… along with some outfit photos for people who prefer that sort of thing.

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The power of a dress. I bought this on my first ever business trip to New York back in 1998. It was a time when my career at Selfridges was flying but behind the scenes, my home life was crumbling - I was in a relationship with an alcoholic who every day was becoming increasingly cruel.

When I was at work I had to hold it all together and this dress felt like armour, there was something about the utter simplicity of it that helped me to feel in control at a time when I was anything but.

Eventually I moved out and on but those memories were so important to me that it’s stayed in my wardrobe and this week, thanks to the return of 90s looks, I put it on for a meeting for the first time in 22 years.

So here I am – a rare moment in black (and just so you don’t think I’ve gone mad I’ve added some brighter work outfits from the last couple of weeks too).

I’ll keep wearing that black dress though because life is happy now but it still makes me feel lots of different emotions when I put it on.

Some clothes just do that for you don’t they? They have a story all of their own. And they don’t always have to be new.

Other outfits:
Zara suit SS19
Boden denim dress SS22
M&S jumpsuit SS17
Me+Em dress SS22
Michaela Jedinak jumpsuit SS18

#agelessstyle #vintagestyle #vintageclothes #vintagedress #wearwhatyouhave #clothesthatlast #rewear #rewearyourwardrobe #rewearandshare #90sfashion #ninetiesdesign #workwear #midlifechic #clotheswithstories

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If you have a dog and you’re daft enough to wear white linen trousers for a walk on the shore you’ll know exactly how the conversation was going here…

Just a quick one for anyone who said they’d missed my moment in Saturday’s Telegraph. It’s in my blog post today along with outfits and pictures showing how my style and therefore confidence has changed and grown as I’ve hit my stride in my 50s. You can find it via the link at the top 👆. Hope you’re looking forward to a very sunny weekend.

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I just want to say a particularly warm hello to anyone who’s found my feed after yesterday’s Telegraph article - which was definitely the most ’pinch me’ moment of my life!

Thank you so much for following me - I confess I’m not great on Instagram because I’m wordy so you’ll get much more from my blog. However when I remember I post what I’m wearing, doing or thinking on here (and as I haven’t remembered for a while here are some recent favourite outfits from my blog).

In the meantime I’ve had a couple of questions about what makes me feel so positive about midlife and it’s because it’s a time of reawakening. A lot of us muddle through our 30s and 40s in a blur of busy-ness then suddenly we hit 50 and it’s a bit of a shock, especially the realisation that we’re (more than) halfway through.

However I found though that if you step back and take stock, you realise that at last you really know who you are, what you like and maybe even what you want from the rest of your life.

And isn’t that great? You can cut out the nonsense and just get on with making the most of it all. Because that’s what we have to do now, stop letting life just happen to us and instead shape it into what we want, filled only with stuff - and most importantly people that matter. After all we won’t get this time back.

That’s where a lot of happiness in midlife lies I think, in just being your real self at last and not letting time pass you by in a wasted blur.

I warned you I was wordy! Over and out from an unusually warm and sunny Windermere.

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Another glorious weekend in my favourite (but so cold and windy) city of #newcastleupontyne. From the Blaydon Race to the Let’s Rock NE festival we’ve had a ball - and for anyone from the 80s I have to say that Level42, Bad Manners and Billy Ocean are as good as they ever were!

Of course it felt like even more of a timewarp today when after a day of 80s bands I sat down with the papers and read about strikes… tension with Russia… and Kate Bush topping the charts. But you know that.

Onwards my friends!

(Outfit details - past season if not tagged)

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55 today 🎂!

And what a year 54 was. There were lows of course but then so many highs too. Now that I’m halfway through my 50s I just want to tell anyone coming up behind me what a brilliant time of life this can be. In fact I think I’ve had more fun in the last half decade than I did in the whole of either my 40s or my 30s.

All I’d say is that you need to take time to adjust - it’s a bit like hitting adolescence, a lot changes in both your body and your mind. It’s important to take a bit of time to assess what makes you happy and leave behind anything that doesn’t… because time is really ticking now.

Now is the time to take care of yourself and the people who really matter - open your life up to new experiences…. but the moments don’t all have to be big ones - the wisdom of midlife lies in knowing when to stop and treasure the simple, everyday magic too.

Thank you for being with me over the last year, I know I’m a bit of a sporadic poster but I try to enjoy my time rather than focus on recording it.

My birthday wish is that you make one joyful plan for yourself today - something that you’re going to look forward to. Do it now - don’t put it off… remember, we only have so many tomorrows.

#midlife #midlifewomen #midlifestyle #over50blogger #over50 #50pluswomen #agelessstyle #newbeginnings #midlifeadventures #positiveageing #positiveaging #agepositive #agepositivity #midlifechic

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What a difference a week makes! This is not where I am right now, instead I’m swaddled in 4 layers at a festival as you can see - but if you’d like to see a few more holiday outfit ideas, you’ll find them in tonight’s Midlifechic blog post - link at the top ⬆️. Oh and there are thoughts about growing older too because it’s my birthday next week so I couldn’t resist a little midlife musing…

Outfit 1 - ad/gifted @boden_clothing
Outfit 2 - coat @boden_clothing, jeans @johnlewis, trainers @newbalancewomen, sweatshirt @baukjen

#summerholidaystyle #agelessstyle #midlifechic #holidayoutfitideas #lanzarote #festivalstyle #over50style #over50blogger #over50

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Well I’d like to say that I’m doing something glamorous right now but as you’ll see from the last picture, we’re sitting on our suitcases outside the airport, drinking in the last of the sunshine because our flight home is seriously delayed 😬.

Anyway here are a few holiday moments, the rest will be in my blogposts over the next few weeks (and as you’ll see the wind hasn’t stopped blowing so that’s why I’m hanging onto my hair in some pictures.)

If you read my blog you’ll know I’ve been talking a lot about empty nesting. This is the second holiday we’ve spent without our boys. The first was to couch our sorrows as they left in September - this one has been more about wrapping the year up before they come home for the summer and we go back to family life.

I can only say that we’ve been surprised to find how much we love our breaks for two… staying on the beach until sunset with nobody agitating to leave… checking the menu at every single restaurant before deciding where to eat… and laughing at the things only we find funny without anybody rolling their eyes.
(And if you’re reading boys, don’t for a second think I’m not looking forward to every single moment of our family holiday too… I truly am).

However midlife is what you make it - and this year has shown me that there are new adventures to enjoy - if you’re facing it up ahead just remember that you have to have endings to make way for bright new beginnings.

Outfits: bikini @boden_clothing, palazzo trousers and blouse @boden_clothing (#ad/gifted), jumpsuit @hopefashionuk (ad/gifted), red dress @me_andem

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May 3

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I know, I know… it’s been a while. Again. I bit off perhaps more than I could chew in January in terms of marketing projects so it’s been all work and very little play at my end since then.

BUT, happily I’m coming to the end of all that now and so I’ve grabbed a few days away with my favourite person. We’re in sunny Lanzarote and I feel like I’m breathing out for the first time in ages. So - hello - and thank you so much for still being here.

Here are a few photos from our first two days.

(Outfits: navy beach dress and bikini @bodenclothing. Travel and outfits paid for personally.)

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Feb 27

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And I really don’t want to go home tonight. We’ve had the most fantastic weekend away in Chester with our boys, their friends and girlfriends reviewing #EdgarHouse and it made up for every minute of our lost Covid Christmas.

Honestly there couldn’t be a better place for a big get together, right in the heart of the old city with the river running past it - 7 bedrooms, a games room, a movie room, a big open plan living space and plenty of room for a kitchen disco.

The thing I can’t get used to is saying goodbye and watching them all head off in different directions, back to their own worlds - I miss them. The bittersweet emotions of having grown up kids I guess.

Anyway I’ll be writing about it all on my blog soon but in the meantime I want to say a huge thank you to @daisyjoyescapes for inviting us to stay at Edgar House. It was a winter weekend dream - and especially now, nothing feels more precious than being with the people you love does it?

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