I really, really love shopping. For tops, that is. Trouble is I’m a big fan of trousers – I love bootcut jeans but talk about frustrating trying to find a pair in my size! Jo and I took ourselves into town last Saturday and after bagging a couple of tops (for Jo!!!) I tried on a great pair of jeans in a rather trendy shop. You can imagine my disappointment when I had about 6 inches of fabric dangling over the end of my shoes. Jo was laughing but having short legs isn’t funny. Bootcut trousers can’t be altered very easily as they loose their shape – besides, I hate forking out for a professional to shorten stuff after I’ve bought it. Luckily for me I had my latest copy of Marisota to hand and guess what – an almost identical pair of jeans was in there.

2/3 of all trouser styles are available in shorter leg lengths so ‘titches’ like me can look as stylish as leggier girls in perfectly proportioned trousers tailored to fit.

Jo has the opposite problem to me – she’s a lanky kid. Not that she’d admit it to her friends but I caught her eyeing up a gorgeous maxidress in my Marisota catalogue the other day. Maxidresses look gorgeous on her, I might even pinch it when she’s not looking.