Sights in the City

'If at first you don't succeed, do it the way your mother told you to.'
-- Author Unknown

What a week I have had, for those of you who have children that were waiting for their A Level results, you know how stressful this can become.  After 2 years of study your child waits to hear their results, then they do, and OMG if you are lucky it ends there - grades were as expected and they had an offer from their University of choice.

However, if your child was one of those who had to go into clearing for whatever reason, no offers, grades less than expected then what a nightmare.... The information provided said, go on UCAS find out what vacancies there are and then contact the University to get an offer over the phone, then put your offer into the clearing section of the website.  The UCAS website crashed, and only provided intermittent access.

Being the control freak that I have become and being in the uneviable position of having a child who had spent the last 2 years, drinking, smoking and socialising with friends (crap grades were the result) I took matters into my own hands. In 20 minutes I had spoken to a college that were offering the degree my child wanted to study and negotiated an unconditional offer.  Job Done! with only  2 E's to work with I think I did fantastically well.  It then took another 36 stressful hours to get the information on to the UCAS website, register and apply for the student loan and I even managed to get my child an application form for a part-time job, completing the form and writing a CV.

If there are any parents out there who are in a similar position my heart goes out to you, however my advice is do not panic, get over your disappointment (or save it for later) get on that phone and start negotiating.

No doubt I was far too busy to go my usual fashion police trip around the city.  Dont worrry I will be back on duty next week.  I do however, have a few accessories that you may want to buy!  Take a look and feel free to buy one for yourself and one for someone who is close to you.  I will be adding new lines regularly!

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Sights in the City

Today was a strange day, I attended my youngest son's graduation ceremony.  Along with his classmates he was graduating from primary school at the tender age of 11.  All the children were given the morning off school in order as their headteacher put it 'to beautify themselves'.  So my son who is a typical boy of his age gave in to demands and spent slightly longer than five minutes in the bath, and even managed to use some 'smelly stuff' before getting dressed in the obligatory suit and tie.

Once we arrived, I noticed that whilst the boys looked a little uncomfortable in their suits..pulling the tie loose when their mothers weren't looking; the girls on the other hand was a different sight.  The girls had indeed being 'beautifying' themselves, some with better outcomes than others.  There were 8 girls wearing the same dress, a few admittedly in different colours - so they were not pleased.  They had just experienced the first painful fashion lesson, you spend weeks picking your dress, your accessories etc and then turn up only to find that you are wearing the same dress as someone else and you have lost your moment to shine. Then there is lesson number 2, life is not fair, the slightly chubby boys were able to hide their little tummies behind their waistcoats, but the chubby girls had nowhere to hide theirs.

As I looked around the room, I could see that some of the scars of the day would not heal for a long time.  Those young people who were told how good they looked preened and will have had their confidence and style acknowledged by their peers and onlookers.  But there were those who got not comments, who no-one asked to be in a photo with them.  The young lady who wore the white dress and everyone could see her knickers; the young lady whose well endowed front spilled out of her dress and the child whose parents could not afford the 'prom frock' but had to make do with clean casuals; how will this effect them in later life.

So for some, I am sure they will remember having a good time with friends, but there will be others who will only remember embarrassment and being unhappy or worse still become some of the offenders that I will no doubt continue to write about in my blog.

On a slightly more lighter note, I can still report that the habit of wearing underwear as outer garments has not abated and can still be seen in the city.  Ladies do you not realise that although leggings are made from stretchy fabrics, you still need to buy your size.  If you take the opportunity to buy a small, when you really need a large then at the top it will be so stretched, you will be showing off more than just your curves.

Remember to check your rear view mirror before leaving the house

Size is not just a number it is an essential instruction - it lets you know that you won't fall out!

So have a lovely week and remember, check the mirror before you leave the house, and don't confuse personal style with personal fashion faux pas.