23 Goldies

So this weekend something pretty big took place, something I never thought would happen and something I am finding hard to admit to myself. Friends reading this, no, it wasn't falling asleep on a strangers shoulder whilst taking the night bus home after one too many tequila shots on Saturday night (yes, that happened, and if by some chance you're reading this man of the night bus, your shoulder was a fantastic substitute for a pillow) but it was in fact the scary truth that I turned the grand old age of 23.

Now, I'm fully aware that 23 is not exactly what people might call 'old', but it is what I would like to call the age of purgatory. You don't feel old enough or ready enough to do anything serious, yet you aren't young enough to carry on making excuses to avoid doing exactly that.

So as I woke up this morning, bleary eyed, somehow still slightly hungover and wondering why on earth I didn't settle for being unemployed... I decided to research into 23 stylish older ladies (or 'Goldie's', as I've labelled them) who have aged with both style and grace, to prove to all of you who may be going through the same quarter life crisis as me that, maybe growing old doesn't have to be so bad...

(I'd have love to put pictures up, but my computer has fallen out with me. So Google it.)

1. Iris Apfel (A really life Edna Mode) 92
2.  Diane Sawyer (Pretty convinced she is an illusion or a robot to look this good at almost 70) 67
3. Sophia Coppola (Looks younger than me) 42
4. Helen Mirren (Not sure my Grandma could carry pink hair quite as well) 68
5. Elle Macpherson (Again, another youth illusion or robot) 49
6. Nioami Campbell (Even her age is too afraid of her to kick in) 43
7. Tamara Mellon (Mainly on this list for having such a great name, really rolls of the tongue) 46
8. Elaine Stritch (She just looks so sassy, owning that waking stick) 88
9. Mary Berry (As if she wasn't going to be on this list, plus who eats that much cake and isn't the size of a small rhino?) 78
10. Judi Dench (A national treasure) 79
11. Isabella Rossellini (Another robot) 61
12. Meryl Streep (Shouldn't even have to back this one up) 64
13. Julia Roberts (Big Notting Hill fan) 46
14. Kate Winslett (Read Glamour this month, speaks for itself) 38
15. Sandra Bullock (She's just so lovable?) 49
16. Glenn Close  (Two words, Fatal Attraction) 66
17. Eva Longoria (This woman probably wouldn't have to put too much effort into turning me) 38
18. Eva Mendes (See above, clearly something about Eva) 39
19. Jennifer Aniston (#TEAMJEN) 44
20. Cameron Diaz  (If you saw her skipping in the film 'Gambit', you'd understand) 41
21. Charlize Theron  (She joins the Eva's on the turning me front) 38
22. Halle Berry (Since when was she almost 50?!) 47
23. Carolyn Parsons (Couldn't not put my own mother in, the wee blond bombshell) 50