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10 Step Guide to Shopping the January Sales
10 Step Guide to Shopping the January Sales

Christmas has been and gone, new year resolutions made and the decorations neatly packed back in their boxes. 

So.. What’s to look forward to? Until the fresh treats of Spring 2020 hit the shop floors, we have the January Sales to feast on. However tackling unkempt rails with depleted sizes and manoeuvring retailers’ clever marketing tricks can be a daunting task. 

Do you find yourself buying things randomly, simply because they claim to be 50% off?

But how do you shop the sales? What pieces should you look for? What should you avoid? And how do you find those bargain gems?

Follow my ten step guide to shopping the sales and bag yourself great pieces that you’ll actually wear- a lot! 

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Ros Gilessale shopping, sales, January sales, Cambridge, personalstylist, capsule wardrobe, How to shop, How to shop the sales, stylist guide to shopping, spot a bargainComment
What I wish I'd known at thirty-five...
What I wish I'd known at thirty-five...

My book club is the craziest thing- no one reads the book!

It is strictly non-fiction (that’s a rule but reading the book isn’t!) which explains the madness somewhat as it makes it easy to read a chapter here and there and still be united by the essence of a book club.

At this month’s club, after a catch up on life and a few glasses of wine (let’s face it, that is the real substance of most book clubs) with much shock, we actually started discussing a chapter in Norah Ephron’s, “I feel bad about my neck” In the chapter entitled - “What I wish I’d known”, number eleven on her list is;

“Anything you think is wrong with your body at the age of thirty-five you will be nostalgic for by the age of forty-five”

What do you wish you’d known?

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Ros Gilespersonal stylist cambridge, what I wish Id known, Body Shape, How to dress, How to shop, Look Good, Feel Great, Style Comment