Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 19hHeard When You Say Nothing at All on the radio and it reminded me of living on my own in a little flat in Llandudno in 1999. The only furniture I had was a transparent inflatable chair and all I did was listen to this song on my Sony hi-fi. 130
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 21hCravat yesterday and today, a tabard; I am cosplaying as my former air hostess self! 000
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I even dressed for volunteering in an almost tutu for Parkrun’s 22nd birthday. 060
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Today I volunteered at Parkrun. I loved it! That’s me every week now until I’ve recovered. 170
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Step by step. And yes, I loved my red coat but almost fainted in the heat. 000
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today I donated nearly half of all my wardrobe to the charity shop. I dressed like I was back to my old job of cabin crew. Welcome onboard this flight! 010
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Like 7 Days by Craig David, only with fried bread on Friday, the highlight to my week. 000
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In a dramatic update: I am sending all my tutus to the charity shop as the reality of my HRT body means there is zero likelihood of me fitting into them. Sob. 000
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If I hadn’t done this free Open University course whilst on furlough in 2020, I wouldn’t have done my MA, been awarded ACE funding, I wouldn’t have just handed in my PhD thesis. And I wouldn’t have discovered how much I love poetry. Will always be so grateful to this free course. 2191
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Made some big decisions, and this big charity shop skirt is one of them. 020
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Two days of dressing in bits from the charity shop. 000
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Knee high purple socks, an unsuccessful pose, the bracelet the unsuccessful photo was trying to show off, baked bean curry from The Guardian on Sat, which was lovely. 010
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Me thinking about my PhD = Whitney’s So Emotional. 000
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026As if I was not exhausted enough, I have watched all five episodes of Scenes from a Marriage and now don’t know what to think. 110
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Coffee on yellow tables, endings, celebrations, feeling exhausted. 010
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Yesterday I celebrated submitting my PhD by not checking the weather forecast (it was a heatwave) and wearing an outfit I liked and then was only person wearing tights in Brighton and was so hot I felt sick but I was celebrating so I just felt hot and happy and a bit weird about the whole PhD thing. 020
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Still in the strange place of having submitted my PhD, and crying again, this time at the lovely flowers that @cathamclarke.bsky.social sent me 🩷 130
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This week has been a lot. Working, LFW, hospital for back (a nice sleep whilst sedated!), hospital for foot, hand in PhD, cry, beach, fish and chips, a cup of tea. 120
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thank you to everyone who helped me along the way. Thank you for the support and being lovely. 220
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Delighted to say I have submitted my PhD thesis! Thank you to my supervisory team, Professor Andrew McMillan, Professor Michael Symmons Roberts, & Dr Matt Retallick at MMU. I celebrated yesterday by eating a tube of pigs in blankets Pringles, and crying. Today I had fish and chips and a cup of tea. 5110
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Jo Whiley playing The Wedding Present reminds me how much I loved them, and love them. 020
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026When I was an undergraduate at Bangor, I ate so many chip baps in the Belle Vue pub at lunch time. This was just what I needed today, though I did not have a pint with it like I did at university. Instead I had a perfect cup of tea 🩷 110
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Just had gait analysis for my orthotic for the ruptured plantar fascia. As if I am not judging my self worth enough at the last stage of completing my thesis, now I am having to get feedback on my inadequacies at walking. 120
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026At this point in my PhD, the only playlist is The Stone Roses. 000
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Wearing charity shop white dresses was so August. How quickly I change my obsession. 000
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The only time I will ever be on the catwalk. Yesterday at LFW, dressed in my strange strappy charity shop dress. 020
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A day of fashion as I plan my charity shop interpretation of it all. 010
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Today at LFW. I was dressed all in charity shop. Of course I was. 010
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I miss parkrun so much. I asked at physio if I would be back running by Dec and he said it was unlikely. My favourite thing in my life is parkrun and I can’t wait to get back to it. 2110
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Going to drink 400 cups of tea and put my pjs on. Look at how tired my bob is!!!! 130
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026On the top, charity shop blouse and wool waistcoat for a studious look, accompanied by a massive tutu skirt and leopard trainers. Of course. 010
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Excited for LFW on Sunday. Get planning for what I find in the charity shop! 000
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This, with grey Dior knee highs and Dr Marten shoes. May be finishing my PhD but remembering my fantastic outfits from my beginnings in Bangor in the 90s (think feather boas, tiny dresses, velvet jackets) has led to the conclusion I have gone boring in my dressing. 010
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I popped into the charity shop and did not need a military style Moschino coat. But it looked quite sexy on. 110
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I am rubbish at sewing and hate it so much but make an exception for this leather dress which is more repair than dress. Which is actually how I am at the moment. 050
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I am in-between in outfits (wool waistcoat and lace top from charity shop) and I am in-between being almost finished and finished. I am looking forward to October when I no longer in-between and this book is first on my list to begin again. For now reading Seamus Heaney only. 030
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026When I started my PhD in October 2023, my friend Laura suggested starting a file of all the things which make the thesis. Inside this folder are fragments of poems, symposium notes, leaflets, maps, little things I love. This folder is the inner working of my thesis, as it is the making of a self. 040
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I am over-tired and bleeding and a bit of leopard and some Wendy Cope poems helps with that. 010
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Had a bit of a cry when I heard about Andy Burnham’s dad. I know exactly how it feels to lose a parent to Alzheimer’s and how, though it is expected, it is nevertheless, devastating. 121
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A slipped disc, a rupture of the plantar fascia, a PhD due in two weeks and now my kettle (bought in July) has decided this is the time to stop working. My kettle of all things. 000
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026How it was. How it is. That Friday feeling into Monday reality. 000
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026You know there is SERIOUS work happening when I don’t even do my eyebrows and just have the 90s oddly shaped blonde brows on show. 000
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Busy finishing PhD whilst simultaneously trying to find white wool lace tights, red mascara and a job. This charity shop dress is my Tuesday. 120
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It is crumble season, so today I made lentil crumble 🩷 010
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A day of two outfits, a too sweet autumn coffee and a Sézane jumper from the charity shop, my medical appointments sorted and the thesis nearly finished. 020
Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Bought this bolero after I got my MA. I definitely do not wear it enough so going to start wearing it for everyday. 000