Playing Dress ups!

"as  I served him his  bowl of soup he turned to me and said  thanks wench''

When my friend invited me to a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Luncheon,  the first thing that popped into my mind was 'oh goodie, now I'll get to wear my tiara'

All my friends could probably be referred to as 'Monarchists' and me, well I'm tarred with the other brush and I'd be your rebellious 'Republic' advocate.

Oh not to worry, so what I am going to wear, I mean it's winter, it's daytime and it's bloody cold up on the Tablelands at this time of year so my flimsy chiffon gowns definitely won't be suitable, mind you that tiara would look so good with one of those gorgeous dresses, sigh! Boots and jeans and woolly jumpers just aren't going to cut it! A girl just has to have a certain style!

And then just as I was about to drop off to sleep one night I had one of my brainwaves...I know, I'll wear one of my medieval gowns, you know the Stevie Nicks type, long flowing lace sleeves, velvet, lace and sweeping the ground. Oh yes, I'll be the 'belle of the ball' so to speak.....now if I had some boots I could definitely wear them with that dress, but alas they're in storage on the Sunshine Coast.  Oh well my bling bling sandals will do the trick and I'll brave the cold for vanity any day! So I choose the deep burgundy dress, with the laced up front and my sparkling tiara will look just perfect.

Chanelling Stevie Nicks

I've had those dresses for ages, three of them and once upon a time they were highly prized and worth a good couple of hundred dollars each. I stumbled upon the shop in New Zealand where they are made and bought two of them 'for a song'. I was also with my little Mother at the time and she bought a long purple lace skirt that she had planned to wear to one of her country singing extravaganzas but somehow or another I ended up with that too.  I also had one given to me as a wedding anniversary present some 20 plus years ago when I was into my Loreena McKennitt phase along with medieval re enactment groups and all things Pagan .  So they all have sentimental value and so I can't bring myself to send them to an op shop where they'll be sold 'for a song' and I'm sure as hell not giving them away and probably no one would want them anyway...oh no that's not true my granddaughter who is into all things 'Emo' would love them but I just can't bring myself to relinquish them.

So I wore that dress to the Queens Diamond Jubilee Luncheon and the other guests seemed to be most impressed as I sashayed through the gathering, tiara sparkling in the bright sunshine, sleeves trailing behind me as I twirled around to give them all a better view of my very eye catching 'gown'. I heard some comments about my looking just like a 'princess' with my tiara which pleased me no end of course although I did hear a murmur from some quarter about my choice of 'costume' not befitting the Queen which of course was so untrue,  I mean pagan, medieval, hullo!!!!

I didn't count on one other comment I received though and the guest caught me completely off guard...as I served him his  bowl of soup he turned to me and said  'thanks wench' cheeky bugger! It wasn't exactly the image I was trying to portray, Princess yes, but wench, come on!!!

I love that tiara!