Dressing nice for winter is much more of a faff than at any other time of the year if you ask me; the temptation is to reach for jeans and a massive jumper and be done with it but that's not much fun for me. The answer is always to start with a thermal vest and tights then just wear whatever you feel like! On this occasion I decided that these acid wash scallop edged shorts were exactly what I wanted along with this quite masculine jumper and my now treasured tartan scarf. It's become a mission to find another tartan scarf in a charity shop, ideally in another colour wave but not the Burberry stylie kind, though you wouldn't believe how blinkin' hard to find what I want. Seriously, it's like some swine has nipped in everywhere ahead of me and snuffled out exactly what I want and rendering my visits entirely fruitless.

Wearing most of the jewellery I own, including gorgeous bracelet from Alice , which I'm loving!

Sophie