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Hip, hip, gilet!

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DaphneBroon Sun 21-Aug-16 20:58:59

Following on from the cardi thread, I feel I have blinked and suddenly summer has turned into autumn. Not yet ready for the big cardi look , I had a little retail therapy on Friday and am loving the lovely, soft light gilet I treated myself to. Ideal when there's a nip in the air or the suspicion of rain. I bought it in dark navy which looks good with jeans and most of my clothes, but I am very, very tempted by the lovely fuchsia pink one they do as well.........
I can feel myself weakening .........
Question
What do you wear "in between" seasons? The summer T shirts don't cover enough, no way am I looking out winter woollies, the mornings and evenings are decidedly parky and it just feels as if summer is over sad

petra Tue 23-Aug-16 16:04:10

Daphne you wouldn't want that Gilet on in my garden at the moment: not unless you want to melt smile

DaphneBroon Tue 23-Aug-16 16:24:52

It is roasting here today, clearly my navy gilet did the trick!
I am still resisting the pink one and might manage to go on resisting until the weather turns again grin
Fear not granjura my gilet, shell and filling are entirely ethically sourced from farmed Polly Esters grin

f77ms Thu 25-Aug-16 07:04:01

Granjura that is terrible . The dreadful things we do to our fellow creatures is shocking , I will look for the label in future .

DaphneBroon Fri 26-Aug-16 09:46:16

shockshock
Came across a £10 off voucher and.......I succumbed.

"Blow, blow thou winter wind
It's too damn hot round here I find
A bit of chill or rain I think
And I can sally forth in PINK
And if the isobars are wavy
I could always try out the NAVY"

etheltbags1 Fri 02-Sept-16 10:02:59

Tried born marche yesterday and there were2 different giblets, neither covered my bum and both were very thin,so didn't buy one. They were priced at 25 quid, expensive for what they were as they felt cheap and they were not warm.

etheltbags1 Fri 02-Sept-16 10:08:13

I must apologise because of this b..... tablet it keeps altering words. I meant of course go let not giblet. Lol

etheltbags1 Fri 02-Sept-16 10:09:44

Arrrrgh g I l e t. Any advice how to stop the tablet from changing words would be welcomed.

DaphneBroon Fri 02-Sept-16 10:39:17

I think I might call them giblets in future - nice one etheltbags! grin

Jayh Fri 02-Sept-16 11:56:57

Ah yes, a gilet must cover the giblets otherwise there is no point in wearing one. ?

Tizliz Fri 02-Sept-16 12:05:50

14 deg C here today in north Scotland and threatening MORE rain. Yesterday I wore a light shirt, light fleece and a fleece gilet. In our workshop today which is always cold, resisting the temptation to put the heating on.

grannypiper Fri 02-Sept-16 12:50:41

Go for the bright pink, brightens up a cold grey day

rosesarered Fri 02-Sept-16 15:11:26

Looks nice Daphne ...but wouldn't suit me, I would feel like a tortoise peering out of it's shell ( the collar) although I do find a gilet useful for gardening in, keeps the arms free but gives a bit of warmth all round ( only buy cheapo ones.)

Jayh Fri 02-Sept-16 18:12:33

I would love the pink gilet but have a very red nose, think Coco the Clown, so had to buy the navy one. It is lovely.

DaphneBroon Tue 27-Sept-16 12:05:28

I sallied forth this morning in my new navy gilet as it is exceeding parky. Felling the bees knees, of course. Dropped DH at Drs and walked down to the Co-op for Grace's (current) favourite dog food. On the way back I was facing into the wind so I thought I would do the zip up. Alas it seemed to have been put in back to front blush which was when I realised I had been wearing it inside out blush again.
I fully expect to find my knickers are on back to front next.

Jayh Tue 27-Sept-16 12:40:09

Me too, Daphne. I walked all round a book festival wearing mine inside out. I found out when I tried to zip it up and of course I blamed the zip. We can't both be eejits can we? ?

rosesarered Tue 27-Sept-16 12:57:42

Maybe your'e meant to wear them inside out.grin

rosesarered Tue 27-Sept-16 12:59:56

Anyway, it's all you gilet wearers that have caused this sudden colder weather... angry