Is it really possible to live like a WAG?
SEEING the line up of the new generation of England WAGS made me ponder over how Ive been missing out. Never will I be able to swan around in gorgeous, ludicrously expensive clothes, get my hair done at salons where you get a free bottle of Bollinger in place of a cup of tea or take my beautifully-upholstered seat in a Lamborghini and get driven around by my 7million-a-minute footballer boyfriend. Never will I be whisked off to stay for free in a Mustique villa owned by a friend of a friend, or maybe an actual friend, nor will I be wined and dined at places where people come out to park your car and the starter costs more than a three-bed semi. Never will I live in a house so big it needs five different Wi-Fi codes and has a jaw-dropping kitchen with more islands than Sweden. Never will I experience such things, and was getting quite down-in-the-dumps about it, when I spotted an article how to live like a footie girlfriend. It looked online and there were more - how to look like a WAG, how to dress like a WAG, how to holiday like a WAGthe list is endless. Get a tropical tan, thats importantyou can rub on the fake stuff, hit the sun beds or book a flight somewhere hot, states the advice. With Covid hitting flights, it will have to be Superdrugs best spray-on bronzer. Ill have to take that chance. Make sure your make up is always done - get up an hour early if you have to, advises one would-be WAG website, No one should see you without your make up on, even if youre popping round to the corner shop at 7.30am. It ruins the illusion of perfection.  This is a tricky one. I need my beauty sleep, but needs must. I havent worn make-up for years, so reckon Ill need three hours - alarm is set for 5am. Invest in statement pieces - WAG style is simple and elegant with a flashy twist. Skinny jeans, a white T and a pair of heels will never fail to turn heads.  I think I may have to pass on this one. Id need to lose half my body weight before I could squeeze into a pair of skinny jeans. A cardigan is my statement piece. I dont think so. To copy a WAGs home dcor, youre talking grey and lots of it. Carpets, kitchens, sofasgrey, grey, grey, its the in thing. Sounds a bit depressing to me, but weve got a tin or two of battleship grey undercoat in the shed so Im willing to give it a  Sadly, I cant fit in a kitchen island but Kate Kane, the fitness instructor wife of Harry, has a marble press-up bench. I could get my husband to re-model the coffee table. Im sure it would be well-used - we dont do nearly enough press-ups in our house. Crocodile skin wallpaper is popular with WAGS. Lets hope its not the genuine article - If I paper our bedroom with it, I dont want it competing with my handbags. Framed shirts are also a feature of many a WAGs home. Im sure my husbands weekend gardening top would look great on the wall. Ill even keep the beer and curry stains down the front for artistic merit. WAG-worthy getaways that offer holidays on the cheap include Monaco, Dubai and Marbella. I suspect it wouldnt be quite the same, however, staying in a cheap backstreet hotel rather than on Roman Abramovichs yacht. Its all doable, but whether it will transport me to WAGdomthats another matter. And if Im totally honest, none of it is really me.