I think I'm in love ......

...... but not with a new man. Or a monkey. Not even a muffin. Oh no. With a catalogue. Sad but true.


A few weeks ago this little pamphlet dropped out of our Sunday paper ......

I'd only heard of Boden once before, after seeing a rather lovely top that Suzie Sews had bought and amended, but then I thought no more about it as I'm not a fan of clothes buying. Or I wasn't - until I saw this coat .....

...... and this one ......

...... and this cardi .......

...... and this skirt .......






...... AND THESE BOOTS!!

Oh God how I love these boots!

Sadly, when I had totted up how much these gorgeous items would cost it came to the princely sum of Four Hundred and Seventy Seven Pounds and Thirty Pence. Plus Postage. That's a heck of a lot of monkeys to knit and sell. Sigh. And unfortunately Boden don't seem to do the usual catalogue pay-forever terms.

So I put away the pamphlet and tried to forget about THOSE BOOTS, but then just yesterday my colleague, who knew about this latest obsession, bought in this ......

I wanted to jump up and kiss her on the lips shake her by the hand quite vigorously.

And as I pored over the full size catalogue I came to realise that yes, although the clothes are beautiful and look top quality, I think if I'm being honest with myself it may be more that I want to look like those gorgeous girls and live the fabulous lifestyles that are leaping off the page at me.

Then I noticed that each of the aforementioned gorgeous girls must have been given some kind of Meme questionnaire at the start of the assignment (tough job!) as there's a little snippet of information about them on each picture.

For instance, Jessica, pictured here with two rugged fishermen, informs us that her best party trick is : "I can fit a pint glass in my mouth."

Hmm, bet those guys LOVED that fact!

And it's a good job they weren't pictured with Anne-Flore, as her best party trick is Naked Twister ..... they'd have had those waders off quicker than you could say "Blimey, you stink of fish, must you stand so close?"

And Haylynn tells us that she's dreading : "turning into my parents"

Roll with it Haylynn, it happens to all of us.

But then I realised that I'd stopped looking at the fabulous clothes and instead was reading all about the models (bad, bad marketing ploy, Boden).

Here are a few more facts ......

Anne-Flore's karaoke speciality is anything by Wham

Diana never has a quiet night in without candles

Clare, if she could choose who to be for a day, would be a monkey swinging in the trees (you've got to love Clare)

Especially as her first drink of the night is a pint of beer

On the other hand, her best present ever received was tickets to Dolly Parton ..... no offence Dolly fans.

Poor Edda is dreading giving birth. (Hold onto that thought girl.)

And finally, Jessica likes licking stamps

You see? I couldn't tell you what they were wearing but I know quite a lot about that bevy of beauties. Fascinating!

And at the back of the catalogue, there's even something for the boys .....

..... nah, scrub that ..... there's more for the ladies!

Oops, I nearly forgot any knitted monkey content then. That park we went to the other day? The one that said No Dogs?

Wish they'd make up their minds.