Outfit: Red Broderie Anglaise Dress, Snake Wedges

It’s been a lovely, if slightly hectic, day or two- a combination of business, pleasure and the usual errands and chores.

My daughter has been on an exchange trip to Germany and returned last night with her German counterpart who is absolutely lovely and whose English is quite remarkable for a 14 year old. This evening, my parents came for an early supper along with my son’s friend whose mother, my dear friend Barbara, is Italian. So what better way than to celebrate this mix of European cultures than with a curry! Two curries actually. One chicken and one vegetable (dopiaza-sweet potato, chickpea, cauliflower and broccoli) and I baked cupcakes too.

The dress is another of my favourites and it is at least three summers old. I adore the broderie anglaise and the scalloped hemline. I do love an excuse to wear a dress.