Les deux mouton visit Alexander House Spa

As we both have "mutton" in the title of our blogs, Anna from Mutton Style and myself have become "Les deux moutons."  American readers, read my "About" where I explain what the mutton malarkey means in the UK. Our latest adventure was spending some down time at Alexander House hotel and Utopia Spa, in Sussex.
Above, I'm perusing the lunch menu in the champagne bar. Below: a roaring fire is always a welcome sight, even though it was a fairly mild 12 degrees.

Our bathroom was stunning, although unfortunately we never got to use the huge bath. Having gorgeous L'Occitane toiletries was a bonus.

Anna is active on Youtube and managed to talk me into doing a Youtube Live, where wetalked for half an hour about topics ranging from Donny v David, (neither for me!) and sci-fi. Catch this epoch making broadcast here. We also did an Instagram Live (my first).

After lunch we adjourned to the spa, Anna's injured finger protected by a Marigold and held aloft in the middle of the jacuzzi like the Statue of Liberty.

I had a facial using ila products, a luxury spa brand made in the Cotswolds and sold only in Harrods, apart from on their website.

Feeling exhausted  (it's very tiring doing nothing!) we drifted down to dinner with hardly any make-up on, such was the glow from our facials.

Oh, and I managed to talk Anna into taking some pictures. Makes a change from facing a tripod.

I'm wearing a new blouse from The Bias Cut.com in soft and silky cupro, and a cropped cashmere cardigan which picks out the orangey-red chillis in the pattern. My jeans are mid-rise kick flares, a newer silhouette, and black silver-heeled sock boots.

Outfit details: crop cashmere cardigan; straight mid-rise jeans; blouse; ankle boots

Here's Anna.

We had dinner in the hotel's Reflections restaurant, a bistro-style eatery (there is a grander restaurant as well).  The food was good, the service a little trying: we had two women serving us, independently, and each one kept asking if the food was OK, did we need anything else? When you're trying to eat and talk, and it's not a Michelin star restaurant, this becomes a bit wearing.

The next day we spent some more time in the spa and had it virtually to ourselves, before Anna dropped me off at the station.

We paid for our own stay. 

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