Confessions of an Essex Girl by Becci Fox

Author:Becci Fox [Fox, Becci]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781447213024
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Gemma and Grant clearly weren’t through. She would have contacted everyone to call off the wedding if that was the case. So like the good friend I am, I decided I would take matters into my own hands. We’d all got tickets to the highlight on everyone’s calendar, the Duke of Essex Polo at Gaynes Park near Epping, so I texted Grant to say we were all going and to make sure he got himself down there too. I mean, this was the event where Lydia first met Arg. If they could get it on there, then so could Gem and Grant.

I didn’t know anyone who wasn’t going, that’s how big a deal it is. Even Mum and Dad were going. I can only explain it as like being at an amazing wedding, but because there’s no bride to upstage, you can really go for it. I spent weeks finding the perfect outfit because in the back of my mind I was thinking I’d find romance there too. Anyone who is part of the Essex elite would be there. The polo was on in early July so that would be six weeks and no word from Ben. The longer it went on, the more bitter I got, and that’s just not my style. I was going to make the polo my big comeback and I needed the dress to go with it.

I’d been properly blown away by a stunning nude and grey Julien Macdonald dress that I’d seen Cheryl Cole wear. It was as sheer as lingerie, and even though the dress was short, it had this dramatic silk train flowing behind it. Sexy and dramatic! It just so happens I know someone who knows Lily, Cheryl Cole’s PA (yeah, of course Cheryl has a good, honest Essex girl to guard her deepest secrets), so I got them to contact Lily about it. The information we got back was disappointing. Turns out Julien had made it specially for her and it cost £25,000 and borrowing wasn’t an option. But you know you have to own a dress when a year on you’re still thinking about it. Well, that dress totally walked into my life without me even trying. I’d managed to beat Tasha down to let me go to this wholesaler – even though I’m the ‘buyer’ this is the main source of our fights when it comes to the business because, essentially, it’s shopping – and there, staring back at me, was an exact replica of the Cheryl dress. So yes, my dress was actually a wedding dress, but who’s to know that? And it was free. As long as I didn’t get it messy, it was going right back on the shop floor. I was just doing what I do at wedding fairs and modelling the dress, so I was doing Tasha a favour really.

You’ve got to be well prepared with your beauty treatments the week before the polo. Remember, every Essex woman is treating this like it’s her big day, so you got to book your salon appointments before the rest of them face-aches do.

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