Summer Wedding

Now here's a hot business tip for the entrepreneurs out there, summer thermals. Ideally, these should be a little lighter in their make-up than the thick-set woolly numbers that traditionally surfice during winter months, yet still have the ability to warm chilled torsos, and let the body breathe should there happen to be a ten minute burst of summer.

Fortunate enough to attend a wedding in the west country last Saturday, my choice of outfit (see earlier post re forsaking the Greeks in favour of trying to 'divert' weight gain), was ultimately decided by the on-going drought conditions. I have two dresses that are hauled from the back of the cupboard for weddings, generally alternated depending on how many friends/relatives saw it last time and will be attending the current event. This time the chill factor held sway and I sallied forth in the blue for the simple reason that my most light-weight thermal would fit under it. With legs a 'holiday-moisturising-tan' streaked colour, I felt that I had given a nod to the season of summer, whilst preventing the on-set of hypothermia.

The church is one we know well, it is small and the congregation large in number. Arriving in what I felt was good time (fifteen minutes before the bride), it was a case of standing-room only. We had the best view in the house and I offered up a prayer of thanks to the inventor of wedge heels, it was their inventiveness that meant I was still able to walk an hour later. But, a small, full church, bathed in a few watery rays, soon heats up. The jacket came off, but it's a  little harder (and undoubtedly inadvisable) to remove thermals during a wedding ceremony. When the vicar asked us to leave in an orderly manner I'm not sure he'd realised the need for open windows and a quick 'one-two' frog-march out of the door.
For the rest of the day my 'ski-smart,light-weight' warmer worked a treat and instead I spent time wondering when it might be acceptable to swap my open-toed shoes for the socks and trainers option (or wellies), waiting in the car.