I am feeling really quite ill, and so is my hubby so there is definitely a bug going the rounds AGAIN.

We are going to a black tie thing in London on Thursday night, and I had to go and get a dress for it.

The fashion advisers in John Lewis are very good. They took away everything I had picked up and brought me a bunch of dresses that I would not have picked up in a million years.

I now have a black, sleeveless and lowcut dress that is in a kind of grecian style, it is light chiffony material and gathered slightly under the bust, there is a gold and black diamond shaped panel at the front above the gathering. It is longish, but about ankle length and not floor length which will mean I can wear it again at Christmas.

I am so relieved!