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When it comes to fancy dress we all have a favourite era. Which one’s yours?

It can be difficult to pinpoint exactly why a particular era appeals. Maybe because of favourite memories, movie, TV series or we just love the clothes.

Personally I think films inspire a lot of choices. For me, it has to be Dirty Dancing. I am an early 60s girl. It’s set in the year I was born although I think it feels more 1950s. Women’s costumes are very flexible: I can wear straight pants and shirts when I want to or one of my vintage dresses. No one puts Baby in the corner. Love it. I tend to back comb my hair into thick curls tied with large bows. No beehive for me. 60s makeup completes the look.

There are other adaptations of the 60s look of course. Flower power, the Beatles, Twiggy. Lots of different looks to choose from.

Men were men in the 60s so it’s not hard to get a man to dress up 60s style. Men can get away with jeans and shirts (think mods and rockers) or any straight trousers. You could also take inspiration from TV. Fred Flintstone, Captain Scarlett, and the Lone Ranger are all 60s TV characters.

Now my best friend is another kettle of fish completely. Talk about 80s time warp. I honestly believe she never thought shoulder pads went out of fashion! She’s very glamorous. Dressing up means only 80s fancy dress will do. The embarrassing thing is she has plenty of clothes she can adopt for an 80s party! Killer heels. Check. Tight waisted suit with shoulder pads. Check. Big hair. Check. Loud makeup. Check. She’s got the whole look.

If you’re not a glamour puss don’t panic. There are other 80s looks covering everything from Fame and Abba through to gothic and punk.

An 80s look can be a difficult for a bloke to pull off without the right hair. Hiring a wig might be a good investment regardless of whether you’re a Wham wannabe or rock god.

 I thought I would write a short post about my latest money saving finds that I have discovered on the internet this week.  I am a little bored and frustrated waiting for the boiler man to arrive.

I made a silly mistake earlier in the week.  I was rushing home from work and called into the DIY store to pick up some bits and I am embarrassed to say I had to pay full price!  Normally I wouldn’t mind but I have recently become a bit obsessed with discount voucher codes and I knew about the one for the DIY store before going shopping.  I completely forgot and so ended up losing money.Needless to say as soon as I got home from the diy store I had to redeem myself and get back the money I lost.  I made a list of all the things I had to purchase over the next month and went online to find savings on a voucher code site.Top of my list were summer clothes for myself and the kids.  It is that time of year where the sun suddenly pops out and we all repeat in harmony “we have nothing to wear”. Littlewoods had the best offers on this week; the Littlewoods promotion of 40% got me some great summer clothes for the kids.  I even managed to get them some garden toys like a huge trampoline. 

As always the day ended alright as I managed to get some cracking bargains, naturally I had to treat myself so I headed over to the Ann Summers site, guess what???   They had a massive sale too.