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Owing to the continuing  severe weather conditions across the UK, customers are advised that deliveries may be significantly delayed.
Royal Mail service updates are available here.
We will continue to dispatch orders as they are received, but delays are highly likely given the continuing poor conditions.
We sincerely regret any inconvenience to customers.
There is no doubt that the recent bad weather has played havoc with Christmas shopping schedules, especially in some areas of the country. Whether on the high street or online, the elements have conspired against present buying as transport systems have in some places ground to a halt and deliveries have been unreliable as a result.
Here in Scotland, our transport minister resigned (not that he could have controlled the weather, but the closure of the M8 and abandonment of stranded travellers for 12 hours was pretty serious) and Tesco suspended home deliveries to the frozen north. Meanwhile on the Frockery front, Dan the IT man had to hole up in a hotel for two nights until the main roads became passable, and our vehicle was stuck under more snow than we have seen for years. We almost had to call in the huskies!
As dedicated online shoppers ourselves, we were panicking slightly that Christmas orders wouldn’t reach us, despite having placed them in good time and well before the white stuff descended. Thankfully, everything has arrived safely and Frockery orders have also been getting through to customers with minimal delays, despite the atrocious conditions. However, we have always had contingency plans which were not at all reliant on the weather – online gift vouchers.
Gift vouchers in various denominations are available these days from most online stores, including here at the Frockery, and are a good choice for those who can’t think of the right present and don’t want to buy the wrong one! They are always popular with last minute shoppers who have missed the last posting dates, as they can be sent by email directly to the buyer or to the intended recipient in good time for Christmas. Vouchers will be especially useful this year as the weather has frustrated present purchasing plans for so many people.
So be prepared and weather proof your present list!
Thankfully the thaw has arrived.  We are  at last getting back to normal in north east Scotland and delivery times are predictable once more. We may  have been critical of Royal Mail in the past, but right now the posties deserve nothing but praise for battling some of the most challenging weather conditions in recent years to get deliveries through to customers.
Now that Christmas is fast approaching, we would like to advise customers that last orders for Christmas delivery within the UK should be placed by midday on Tuesday 21st December, which is the last posting date for first class mail, or by midday on Thursday 23rd December for special delivery items.
We will still be sending out orders until Christmas Eve and will be back at the frock face on Wednesday 29th December. In Scotland, we always need an extra day to recover from Hogmanay, so we will be resuming normal service on Wednesday 5th January.
Thanks to all our customers for their support over the past year. We wish you all a very merry Christmas and prosperous New Year.
We meant to post before now about the Dressember challenge, and even take part in it ourselves, but we got rather preoccupied with our own snow focused challenges and had to wimp out. Next year we will do it!
Dressember is capturing the imagination of dress lovers everywhere and raising funds for the charity Refuge at the same time. You can visit their justgiving page to donate and also like their Facebook page.
Here is the lowdown on the challenge:
December 1st marks the beginning of ‘Dressember’ – the challenge for women (or the adventurous male) everywhere to shake up their wardrobe and try ditching the jeans and t-shirts.
We’re aiming to wear dresses as often as possible – don’t worry if it’s not practical in the day, you can go for a skirt/top combo if needed, or have fun and dress up in the evening in that cocktail dress you never get to wear!
As well as having fun we are hoping to raise a bit of cash for Refuge and have a just giving page for this purpose here: http://www.justgiving.com/dressember.
Feel free to share your photos in the group or on your own wall if you’re shy, just have fun with it, and try something different for the month – plus it’a party season, so use the wall to ask if you need help deciding!
There are no rules, it’s all about stretching your wardrobe boundaries, trying something different, and having fun, so just jump on in.
Given our snowbound status, which came upon us so suddenly and prevented our own participation this year, we thought we would feature a couple of dynamic dresser-uppers who we know will do Dressember proud.
Firstly, we have the lovely Julia, who blogs over at Imperfect Mother and  who chose a Frockery frock for her first Dressember outing. That 60s dress could have been made for her as it bright, bold, vibrant, sunshiny and oh so tiny, but perfectly formed – just like the model. Who could guess Julia has recently given birth to a beautiful new baby!
Amber, meanwhile, is undeterred by a bit of the white stuff and is embracing the challenge in her own inimitable style, complete with snow shovel, on her Forever Amber blog. She is putting us fellow Scots to wimpish shame, but our excuse is that we are further north and have had more feet of snow!
Kudos to everyone who is dressing up this December. Maybe we could do jumpers in July?
Owing to the severe weather conditions, customers are advised that deliveries may take slightly longer to reach them.
Royal Mail are doing their best in pretty extreme circumstances, but some delays are inevitable. Service updates from Royal Mail are available here.
We can only apologise for the inconvenience.
