Passion For Fashion Link Up

Happy friday ladies, So so sorry i am running super late with this post, i went out for a lovely meal last night with my bestie and i was like in a food coma when i got back late last night... im still full now, but it was so so good! So ladies the weekend is upon us, plans? Anything nice? I am working Saturday and then days off Sunday Monday, i am literally just praying to the weather goods that its stops raining...arrghghhh, constant rain you are doing my head well and truly in!

These were taking on a drizzly day earlier this week, grey and rain is pretty much the norm of late...(which i've probably mentioned at least 54673989765 times already!!) But we found this sweet little spot with this pretty little river/stream and lots of leafy cover, we've never taken photos here before but it was a lovely little spot to find and walk along. I was desperate for some wellies so i could just walk right through that river and over to the other side.. that would have been cool!

This is the puurddy dress hubs bought me recently when we were out for coffees. Its that super soft sweatshirt like material that is warm and stretchy and comfy. I can see me wearing this a lot over winter. How would you remix it? Any ideas for me?

I mentioned in my last post about doing a vlog and the general consensus was a yes! 

So ladies.. i neeeed some questions from you. I need something to babble on about in a vlog so please hit me with some questions...anything at all! 

Ask away! 

Hubs has really been excelling himself with the photos lately, he is so good.. i feel so lucky to have him to take my photos. He loves nature shots and landscapes more than taking photos of me time and time again in different clothes, but man i sure do appreciate him , he doesn't moan and he sure doesn't grumble (much) when i drag him out in the drizzly rain, haha! Heres to all our wonderful helpers who help make our blogs!!

Dress& Tights: New Look

Boots & jewellery: Primark

Hat: Matalan

Jacket: Asos (really old)

 Fashion is for everyone. 

Whether you're single in the city or a stay at home mum from the country...
we all have a passion for fashion!

Every Friday Lena & I will be co-hosting a fashion free-for-all linkup!

Anything fashion goes!

Link up your outfit posts, a fashion recap, a fashion wishlist, get your kids or hubby in on the fun... if you've got a passion for fashion, this is the place to be!

Celebrate your style with us every Friday!

We'll be pinning our favourite looks to our Passion for Fashion boards on Pinterest!
You can find the board HERE 

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If you could link back to us via text link or button and help spread the 
Passion For Fashion word. 
The more ladies the merrier!

Then go visit, blog hop, follow and comment on all the fabulous ladies you are meeting!

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 with your outfits, 

Lets spread the Passion For Fashion word, the more the merrier!

get everyone involved!!

Here's the linky for this week:

Flirty Floaty Dress

 Did you ever have a dress that just made you want to do flirty, floaty twirls and go dancing on the cobbles at midnight doing the samba by lantern light (just me,haha)? Well you get my point, this dress is just so fabulously fun, it was an absolute beaut to wear. I actually just wore it last Sunday to run around and spend some time with hubs (no dancing im afraid), but man did i feel good in it. Lots of nice compliments on the dress too which is always pleasant isnt it ;)

 It really didn't need much as its just such a great dress on its own, so i popped my floppy hat on, grabbed a clutch and some tan shoes and i was good to go! The dress comes from a company that was recently introduced to me. Choies is a global fashion forward website that offers something for EVERYONE. Literally, there is so much choice im sure practically everyone on planet earth could find something they like! They also have a really great Blogger program, go check it out here, its totally worth doing ladies as they are a great company to work with. This dress arrived within 7 days of me ordering it, which is much faster than i anticipated. I would say one thing, with this dress i bought a size Large, knowing sometimes sizing can run small and it fit extremely well, i would never have fitted in my normal medium though.. just worth considering, i imagine each item is different however.

 Do you own a special dress that makes you want to go out dancing?

DRESS: c/o Choies

Hat & Shoes: Next

Necklace: Vintage

Clutch: Warehouse

Dress with a View

 So i'm back in a cemetery again.. this time we were in the local town of Old Llantrisant and the views are just phenomenal at the church here. It really is a wonderful spot. Crazy really, i often crave holidays to gorgeous European destinations to see views just like this, when in actuality i have some pretty spectacular ones right on my door step!

I guess being back in the travel industry has re-sparked my love for travelling. Each day i work in the travel agents i price up holidays and imagine what it would be like to go. Top of my Travel bucket list are Sorrento, Rome and Venice in Italy and Dubrovnik in Croatia. And even though now my not be the ideal time for us to travel ( cos' of moving house, Paul starting a new job, generally starting afresh) i totally can't wait for the day we can jump on a plane and see the world some more.

But for now these views aren't to bad ....

When i was last in travel 7 years ago, i was quite a lucky girl and got to see some amazing places. I've visited Barcelona and many parts of Spain, Paris and other parts of France, Cuba, New York, Dominican Republic to name just a few, and each and everyone i loved.

The nice thing about going away, i always look forward to coming home, sleeping in your own bed in your own home.. it's still the best place to be :)

 Do you love to travel? 

Where is your most favourite place?

Dress: c/o next (last year)

Cardigan: Tesco

Hat: Next

Scarf: Warehouse

Shoes: Minnetonka

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Dresses at Dusk

Happy Monday Folks!

Did you have a nice weekend? I do hope so!
I have been in a bit of a rut lately. I was standing in front of my wardrobe staring blankly in complaining to Hub's that i had nothing to wear (to which he did the husband eye roll thing, you know?) Maybe its the lack of shopping and that i'm feeling a little uninspired with what i have, i don't know.
So, after a mammoth trying on sesh where i was being a complete diva/spoilt brat and didn't like any of it (picture me throwing stuff on the bed in a huff like a child throwing its rattle out of the pram) i just picked up my favvvee dress. Knowing I'd already asked Paul if we could do blog photos today he responded to my dress choice with "didn't you do that one recently?" Gold star for observation hubby, gold star. But that wasn't really what i needed to hear at that (stroppy) moment in time. You see sometimes i just want to wear my favourite dress. Full stop. No need to worry that i've "blogged" it before and even worse, very recently. No worries that it's not remixed much differently than the last time i wore it. I just wanted some uncomplicated fave dress time. You get me?
And what resulted in this action? Well it made me do lots of this:

SMILING!!!

Sometimes you just gotta do what you want to do i reckon. Do what makes you happy, go with what feels right. I think i often over think things and make them more complicated than they need to be, and thats not just with my wardrobe. There's a life lesson to be learnt here me thinks...

Do you blog your outfits? 

Do you ever get weighed down with the worry of repeat outfits? 

It sounds so silly really, in real life (as opposed to blogasphere life) we all wear repeat outfits all the time, heck its not like we're Victoria Beckham and have a different outfit every freaking day, we're real life women. 

So therefore ladies I stand up!

 I am a repeat wearer of the same outfit...and sometimes two days on the trot!

(Sshh don't tell anyone that bit!)

It feels good to just grab a dress and go and not worry. 

Anndd i think maybe i need a little shopping to get the creative juices flowing again,hahaha! 

I feel like the dress is such a statement piece in itself that there's not a lot of re mix options, a jumper over it maybe? But i kinda like  love it just as it is.
If you're curious, this is when i last wore it here.

Dress: Joules

Shoes: Seychelles via Modcloth

Hat: Next

Scarf: Peacocks

We stopped at this viewing point on our way home from our lovely friends house on Sunday. 

We had spent the day watching the kids play wonderfully and i had baby cuddles with their gorgeous 10 week old baby... hello broodiness (which then dissipated quite quickly as Neo had a tantrum as he couldn't take the toy trains home with him!)

So anyway, in other news ladies, the nights are drawing out ever so slightly and it means we have around an extra 40 minutes of light at the end of the day. Paul did say we probably wouldn't have enough light to take these photos, so apologise if these are a little dark, but i was ever so slightly excited that it was 4.30pm and still not dark! Springs-a-coming people! 

 So then ladies, you go forth and repeat those outfits!

And have yourself a very happy week!