Milk & Manolos

We all have fashion secrets, and mine I’m about to share for pure comic value. I have a very guilty pleasure that’s not only more than a touch out of date, but a little ‘pie and peas’. There’s no easy way to say this, but I LOVE Juicy Couture tracksuits. The brighter, the better. Normally it’s only close friends and family who’d see the wondrous sight of me clad in bright velour or terry towelling but this morning I seem to have woken sans common sense.

Every Sunday we like to frequent our local farmers market. It’s become somewhat of a tradition. A pain au chocolat for the Munchkin, a sausage bap for the Husband and a strong black coffee avec sunglasses for me. We’ll potter for half an hour picking our fruit and veg at a leisurely pace. Not only do we save a fortune, but we’ve never eaten so well. And of course it’s all seasonal which is a big plus too.

So back to the fashion disaster. Early this morning I threw on my turquoise terry towelling tracksuit, dragging the Munchkin out to get some papers while the Husband continued to snooze. Cut to an hour later, the husband full of efficiency thanks to his double macchiato suggests an early visit to our friendly farmers. Being pretty much frog marched out of the house I gave brief regard to the outfit. Fine, I thought, we won’t see anyone we know.

Car parked and following the Munchkin at the mandatory snail’s pace, it seems we weren’t the only people to have the same idea. In the Sunday morning silence a little voice then rang out (and not the Munchkin’s I might add) “Look Daddy, Iggle Piggle“. The humour of this statement wasn’t missed by a soul, especially me. It made perfect sense. I suddenly realised then that did look utterly like our small felt friend. The husband of course found much amusement in my being mistaken for a 5′8” turquoise children’s toy. Back in the car he begged that the Juicy Couture stayed strictly at home in the future. I concurred - it wasn’t quite the look I was going for.

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