Five Among Friends

Welcome to a new feature, Five Among Friends, where myself & some of my closest blogging friends will be linking up for a a series of Q & A's once every month.

We'd love to see your answers to the questions too - Just post your Q & A on your blog and then put your link in the Linky below and we'll be sure to check them out! Don't forget to check out other peoples answers too!

This week's theme is  Hopes & Dreams.....

This week's questions were written by Jess at Our baby blog....

The Questions

1) What is your dream job?

I want to live on a farm and be self-sufficient.  I can think of nothing more rewarding than being in the middle of the countryside, no car horns blaring and not having to be squashed on public transport.

2) If you won the lottery, what would be the first thing you would buy?

A cattery.  I would love to be able to give a home to all of those unloved and abandoned cats that people no longer love or want.  I am a huge cat lover and have always said if I won the lottery, that is one thing I would love to do.

3) Picture your life in 5 years time, what do you hope it will be like?

See question one - on that farm but with the cattery.

4) If you had 3 wishes right now, what would you wish for?

Ooh I found this question really hard to answer but these would be my three wishes:

1.  I would love to know what happened to my missing cat Geezer, he has been missing for almost a year and there has been no sign of him.  I hope he has found another family to love him as much as we did

2. To speak to my grandad one last time.  He died when I was in my early twenties and I would love for him to see how I am doing and to hear him play on his guitar one final time.

3.  To win some money on the lottery to be able to do numbers 1 and 2

5) What do you hope to achieve in your lifetime?

To be happy, healthy and content with my life.  Whilst it would be wonderful to travel the world and have a millionaire lifestyle, I would rather be happy with what I have.

Don't forget to check out the other girls answers too....

Alex - Bump To Baby

Emily - London Mummy Of Two

Hayley - Sparkles & Stretchmarks

Kerry - Lived With Love

Lauren - Mrs Hippo & Me

Louise - Confessions Of A Secret Shopper

Rachel - BeautyQueen UK

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The Radiant Orchid Challenge!

When challenged to find an outfit for £60 to celebrate Pantones colour of the year being ‘Radiant Orchid’ I readily agreed but wow what a challenge it turned out to be.  For those of you who are not aware what the colour Radiant Orchid looks like, here it is:

Described as follows "Radiant Orchid blooms with confidence and magical warmth that intrigues the eye and sparks the imagination. It is an expressive, creative and embracing purple—one that draws you in with its beguiling charm. A captivating harmony of fuchsia, purple and pink undertones, Radiant Orchid emanates great joy, love and health".

So off I went in search of an outfit that I could purchase to celebrate this colour, I thought it would be easy because a lot of stores now have their spring items coming into stores, but oh how wrong was I when it came to finding something that might represent that above.  For hours I wondered up and down Oxford Street, went to Westfield before finally finding this:

Yes I managed to find a dress which I think suits the Radiant Orchid theme and it was priced at £13 which was at least a start, but an outfit is more than one item. So, as I have an event coming up in a few weeks time I decided that this dress would be the outfit for said occasion but I needed things to go with it and this is what I bought for the rest of the outfit.

Shoes which cost £10, Bracelet and necklace £8 from local boutique, Bag £29.50 from Marks and Spencer and the nail polish and tights are my own and all of that came to £60.50 and I have a lovely black cardigan which works really well should I get a little chilly.

One of the reasons I decided I would quite like this challenge is because I love black clothes, my Husband will tell you all that my wardrobe and drawers contain items that are mainly black with bits of blue and purple thrown here there, so predominantly darker colours which I am more comfortable with.  So, now was a good a time as any to inject some colour into my wardrobe, even if it does have black accessories.

Have you bought anything that could be classed as Radiant Orchid?

**SP