Rosetinted

Yesterday we celebrated a birthday, whilst in lock down.  I was determined to make it as fun as possible and I laid any plans of enrolling my youngest into  'Ratchet Home-School' aside for one more day. As a family, we have been reasonably good at avoiding shops and kept to the 'only for essentials' rule fairly successfully. So I decided to give myself the challenge of making a party, complete with party food from the goods we had in our cupboards. I decided to go full on Women's Institute on my unsuspecting family. Luckily my son had made the birthday cake the day before and on the birthday morning he set about decorating it with the red and black icing I had purchased around Halloween time. The unusual colours purchased with the full intention of baking a spooky cake until I was blighted with a serious case of can't-be-bothereds.  My son's efforts were well rewarded, I think you will agree he did a pretty good job at decorating his dad's cake. Th

View this post on Instagram Guess who chose their dirty, ancient hoody to remain the day in after running like the wind? #OOTD #hoodie #notbuyingnew #weartillwornout #housecoat #blogger #everydayisdressup #fashionovet40 #workitgirl #beerliving #champagnelater #stayingin #thriftedfashion A post shared by Deborah Darko Davies (@roseytintz) on Mar 29, 2020 at 10:15am PDT 'So ya all found your legs, did ya?' 'I am not the weird one without a car, anymore, am I?'. I can't lie, I felt slightly resentful that 'my place' was busier than usual. Today, I did my usual run, only different because now I have to make sure I pass everyone as quickly as I can, with as much distance as I can between them and me. As I run I wonder how much longer will I have this privilege, perhaps it won't be long until I will have to find comfort in running the stairs.  My decision not to drive or to own a car was, when I w

View this post on Instagram Busy looking pompous and using my Prince Vibes to kick ‘staying @ home’ in the ballz. #princevibes #stgemmashospice #bestcharityshop #pleasedonate #sequins #notbuyingnew #thriftstyle #fashionover40 #cleanyourglasses #thrifting #supportcharityshops #charityshops #OOTD #stayhome #prince A post shared by Deborah Darko Davies (@roseytintz) on Mar 28, 2020 at 8:24am PDT 28/03/2020 2 days before Bruce’s birthday, 7 days after I was informed I would not be working at school during the Lock Down.  The weather, after being sunny enough to provide us with hope, has taken a turn towards the bog standard grey that we enjoy here in the North of England. Today, I woke up and tried to avoid the normal routine of checking up on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Today, I reached for a book (and of course made sure I documented that fact over on social media). The book I am attempting to read is called 'In