A Day at the Races

Friday saw the Victoria Square Ladies Day at Down Royal Racecourse so I went along with some of by blogging friends to try out our luck on the horses.
After all the debate about dresses and tights and bare arms, Friday turned out to be a good ole Northern Ireland brass monkey day and if there's one thing I cannot be - it's cold! So I had a total re-think and decided to wear a great coat to the races..in fact you saw it last week on the school run, my Karen Millen trench coat.

Now, I should clarify quickly, that I did wear a dress underneath...but it was such a cold day, I didn't take the coat off until that evening! My black patent clutch is an LK Bennett Avon Clutch (last seen here)

Here I am with the gorgeous Gemma-Louise who wore a fab monochrome dress from River Island.

and here is the lovely Sara Neill in her stunning one-shoulder dress and Katrina Doran in Clements Ribeiro & Grainne Maher Millinery. Katrina encouraged us all to get betting on horses with pointy hips (or something like that!) so I had great hopes for Number 8 but he lost me my £5...

Here is a close-up of my head-piece, which my wonderful mother in law bought me in Debenhams. Despite the extremely windy afternoon, it stayed put and was so comfortable to wear. 

Didn't win a penny but had a fun afternoon with the girls....followed by a great night out with another special girl who just got engaged and who kindly took this picture of the dress that was hiding beneath my coat..a stone coloured River Island number (last seen here)

Cue a very tired mummy on Saturday but the kiddies were kind to me and I got through the day in one piece. Hope you had a lovely weekend girls...do check out the blog this week for a few great posts, including the Styled By You - School Gate Special ... coming later in the week. Can't wait!