Friday, 24 July 2015

Wrap Dresses and Bad Moods. (and #Passion4Fashion linkup!)


I have nothing of any use to say today. I have had a crappy crappy week where nothing has gone quite right. Nothing at all infact. So much so i've resorted to chocolate by the tonnage and singing like an angry angst ridden teen to Alanis Morrisette (ahh jagged little pill album has seen me through many a bad mood.. screaming the lyrics at the top of your voice is great therapy i tell ya, even when its not teenage love, or love in general that i'm moody over, its still is great for working through your stress, try it, you'll feel marvellous i promise you)
So i shall just say, this is another Warehouse dress. Yep another. I basically just shop at Warehouse and Whistles lately. And dresses are just the easiest outfits ever. No thinking required. Perfect for when you're brains gone in to melt down and the only thing its capable of doing is counting down the hours till it's wine o'clock;)
So this is a wrap type dress, which is just one of those dresses that suits practically every womans shape. Uber flattering and feminine. I remember the night my now hubby kissed me i was wearing a wrap dress... ahh sweet young love, lovely memories.
With this one I just loved the navy and stripes, of course. Immediately drawn to it. Now i just need some warm weather back to wear it again. Because right now the weather is as grey as my mood.. i know, terrible. Someone needs to kick me up the arse i think.

Anyway the dress is lovely and at only £34 its a real beaut: check it out here.
I paired mine with my classic tan espadrille wedges and the new super gorgeous Funfair necklace, which is just fun fun fun. The colours are so bright and cheery hiding my grey mood fabulously. 








Do you own any wrap dresses? Do you like this style of dress?
And do share, when you're in a bad mood what do you like to do?



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Wednesday, 22 July 2015

My 'Mega Moment'

 Do you have one of those moments in life that was just mega? A mega moment in time. I am pleased to say i have a few. I've travelled to some beautiful places, i've married my best friend and I have the most amazing son who is like all kinds of crazy wonderful. All those to me are mega moments. But if i were to pick one particular mega moment out i know the one that stands out as just mind blowingly perfect.
MegaBus have announced a wonderful competition, a gallery full of people sharing their 'Mega Moments'.
Mine has to be July 2009, Lake Garda, Italy with my Fiance at the time (who became hubby not too long after) .
This place just absolutely stole my heart. I have been to many wonderful places.
But this holiday was a mega moment.
Salvatore and I hadn't had many holidays, only a quick trip to Spain to see my parents at the time and that was it. Very unrelaxing and just a quick trip there and then back.
We ran a business and it was so hard getting time away, that we just ended up not going on holidays.
But then, just once we did.
This holiday was the biggest blessing ever. We lay in hammocks sipping cold drinks till the sun went down with views across the lake. It was bliss.
We ate pasta and gelato until we fell asleep. We wandered the cobbled streets of Limone and Sirimione. We drove the hair pin bends and took in every drop of this beautiful place.
This is my little slice of heaven.
My Mega Moment.

Opening your balcony doors out on to this view:
It really doesn't get any better.
I really really hope we will return one day. Maybe for our wedding anniversary. Or maybe just for fun!
Do you have a mega moment? What would it be?
Do share in the comments i would absolutely love to hear your mega moment!

Be sure to go enter your 'Mega Moment' here to be in with the chance to win prizes all through summer!

Week 1: £50 Ticketmaster voucher
Week 2: Big Feastival tickets x2
Week 3: £50 Theatre Token
Week 4: Michael McIntyre tickets x2
Week 5: Family Photoshoot
Week 6: Sealife Centre family pass x4
Week 7: Paintball experience for 4

 Its easy and can be done via twitter too with the hashtag #megamoments

Off to go dream of Italy again now.. one day my friends.. one day.

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Sunday, 19 July 2015

My Go-To Items this Summer



I started this post off as 'My Go-To Dress this Summer', but as i started uploading the photos i realised that actually, each piece I'm wearing here has been part of my summer uniform.  

Firstly, I'm totally crushing on orange, which i think happens every summer, so my Fossil bag has been the perfect pop of colour for every outfit. 
The shoes, well the shoes are new. £14 in the Next sale this weekend. But the style has been part of my 'go-to items' as i'm now a total mid heel convert. Move over high heels, i am allll about the mid heel. After the wedding i attended in a silver pair of mid heels and wearing them from 12 midday till 12 midnight i realised how easy and comfy they are to wear. Cue search for a tan pair. And these babies walked in to my life at less than half price at a wholesome £14.00.
As much as love my tan high heels (i have a great pair of French Connection tan heels which are gorgeous) i feel the mid heel is where i'm at right now. They can easily take you from shops to a night out all in one comfy step.
Plus being tall means i'm not towering above everyone else #tallgirlproblems solved,yay!
And then we have the dress.. Oh this dress. I have worn this dress so very very much this spring/summer.
I have been all over Whistles this season. 
The dress i wore to the aforementioned wedding was a beautiful teal Whistles dress. And now another Whistles dress i'm having a fully fledged love affair with is this one. Back a few months ago when there was a little price war going on between two rather large department stores, i took full advantage and caught myself a goodie.
The length is dignified and easy to wear, the waist tie gives me a little shape, but loose enough to still be cool and not clingy, the sleeves work both rolled up and down, great for when the weather is cool one minute and hot the next.
I have to say also, this shirt dress is the most softest, most beautiful, easy to wear, hardly creases, washes wonderfully, dress i've ever bought. The quality goes with its £80+ price tag, but, having ditched (well, mostly) my cheaper high street spends and opting for quality over quantity, I have to say this dress has most definitely worked for me. Cost per wear is already in the single figures as yep, its actually been worn that much. It's rare for me to find such a piece that makes me want to wear it time and time again as i'm so bloody fickle with my wardrobe, hence the endless amounts of cheaper pieces that have seen one wear and then tossed to the side never to be worn again.
I think spending more on a singular item that i love is working out far better for me than multiple pounds on way too many things that will never see the light of day again.
I think its official.
I'm a fully fledged grown up.
Investments people!
Investments in great pieces. 











 Dress: Whistles (about 2 months ago)
Shoes: Next Sale
Bag: Fossil (co McArthur Glen)
Necklace &Bracelets: Yosa

Do you prefer to shop for multiple things that are bargains or buy just a few investment pieces?

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Friday, 17 July 2015

Black and White for Summer and Passion4Fashion Linkup


Can i just take a moment to complain about this freakin' crazy-ass weather we are having. Seriously its the height of summer and yet all we're having is rain and more stupid rain. I mean yeh, great for the garden, great for the ducks, but not great for my wardobe full of summer dresses right now! It's just so depressing. 
Ok weather rant over.For now. Promise;)
So outfit wise, with it being rainy practically all the time, i've gone for a monochome look, 'cos quite frankly i am not feeling all summery and colourful. I blame you Mother Nature. 
I bought this tassel tshirt and aztec little jacket from a H&M haul a couple of months back. It's lovely, but the wrists are super weeny teeny tiny. I have quite big bones and my wrists aren't slight, but they're by no means gigantic either, making this jacket the most bizarre fitting sleeves ever. Going back to what i've previously mentioned about H&M, their sizing is quite frankly, all to pot. But perhaps so is my brain as i kept it anyway,Vanity folks.. it does crazy things to you. Now each time i need to take the jacket off i seem to do a little fight with it which looks like a crazy lady. But at least i'm a crazy lady in a cute jacket.







Heels c/o of the wonderful Shoeaholics (who currently have Designer shoes for £39 or less!)
Jeans: New Look
Tee & Jacket : H&M

Just a quick note: 
Yosa has some amazing new stock, be sure to get first dibs now, shall be doing a post about it all next week. And don't forget there's a Facebook discount code for all new Facebook Friends. Like Yosa's page here


And lastly. I think i can hear a collective sigh of relief from all the mama's out there who, like me, are on countdown to the school holidays. Today the kids break up for 6 glorious weeks and i can not wait to have a break from the usual routine. Ask me in 2 weeks though and may just be on countdown for them going back ;)

Mama's tired, so is Neo and that is his little robot friend that he just created using daddy's electrical tape.. the boys either crazy or a genius.. we're yet to decide.

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