Fashion Mum

Ok, this shopping lark is now getting a bit out of control now. Maybe it's a displacement tactic to stop me focusing on the pain in my right buttock. Apparently I have a trapped nerve, or something called Pelvic Girdle Pain. Anyway, I'm now hobbling as if I've just run the marathon, which isn't particularly attractive and is doing nothing for my sleep. So I've decided to stop thinking about the buttock and start working out my New Mum Look. This is a serious business, it turns out.
While everyone else on the fashion desk considers their new Autumn/Winter wardrobes (minimal, camel, generally involving several capes), I'm working out how to do comfy and still look chic.
These two boots are my first steps towards nailing (hopefully) the casual/fashionable thing. The pair on the left are going to be my Ugg replacements. I have to admit, I'm also investing in a new pair of Uggs, or rather Celtic Sheepskins (long, black), because let's face it, nothing soothes a pair of cold, tired feet like some squidgy sheeps' fluff. But I won't, I just can't, wear them everyday. It would be like erasing all my years as a fashion journalist just because I have a small child on my hip.
So I needed something else; another pair of boots with equal snuggle factor but that also possess some edge, you know, some proper style. I've found these, by Penelope Chilvers . They aren't actually online yet, but Chilvers does an amazing range of Spanish riding boots that all the in-the-know types rely on. I've actually plumped for this dirty blue pair because they have a soft inside and I'm partial to having warm feet. Plus, I have my Belstaff boots for smarter occasions.
As an aside, I've recently written a piece for Glamour Magazine about my life in my shoes. It turns out, after a rather mammoth stock take, that I have A LOT of boots. I thought I had a penchant for heels, but boots are up there as the front runners, at the moment. Anyway, I already own far too many, but clearly, far too many, isn't quite enough, so I'm unleashing the Boot Queen once again.
As such, I have also procured this snazzy little wedge pair from asos.com . I'm thinking that with a pair of skinny jeans and a big chunky Sara Berman cardigan I'll be able to feel really rather nice while I'm pushing around that khaki Bugaboo Bee. The khaki and the camel go rather well, I think - not that I'm matching my clothes to my buggy quite yet.
So this is the start of Alice The Mum in clothes. She also has a black cashmere ribbed beanie winging it's way over, and potentially a trapper hat or two on the back burner. It sounds excessive, but let's not forget that I have discount cards coming out of my ears, plus I receive quite a few boot-shaped gifts leading up to winter. So I'm not taking food from my unborn child's mouth quite yet. I'm merely milking the job for as long as I can, because once October comes around, the gifts are going to dry up. And if I don't do my planning in advance, I'll be left with nothing but the damp Uggs that found themselves sinking into a Suffolk beach on a cold day last Christmas.