A Catch Up.....

So yet again I let the blogging slip. I also have to admit that I my outfits did get a little sloppy there for a bit. But I am back and I am going to try hard to stay back.

So January was a good month for me and my family....

N asked me to marry him and I said "YES". I am now the very proud owner of that beauty of a ring. Our wedding is all booked and will take place this Summer. I had a week off work etc with my mum and we got 75% of the planning done! Venue booked, my dress bought, flowers organised, cake booked, photographer sorted and dressmaker booked to make bridesmaids dresses. There is still lots to be done but it is now the smaller things and the things that we are hoping to do ourselves (wish me luck with that).



Over the last few weeks my little baby seems to have lost her last bits of baby-ness. She wants to walk everywhere and pick out her own (wacky) outfits. When we walk the dog as a family she has always been in the buggy or N will carry her in the backpack carrier, but she now just wants to walk.

On Sunday we were at the beach for an hour (not getting very far but having lots of fun) and the picture below pretty much tells the whole story!



Yesterday I was out for the afternoon with my best friend. We scored a Groupon deal a few weeks ago for afternoon tea with a twist (cocktails in place of tea and coffee). We decided to make a day of it and had afternoon cocktails, did some window shopping, had another cocktail and then ended the day with sushi. It was fabulous and I hope that we can do it again soon. I do not have an outfit post for yesterday I only got the one picture and it is not the best head shot!

Thursday 17.09.

Thursday already what a quick week this one has been!!

I can not believe that I am celebrating 2 years of the shop being open tonight!! Date wise Saturday is the actual birthday of the shop, but Thursday nights work so much better for having a late night so the party is tonight!

I have lots of things planned including fabulous giveaways! My amazing suppliers have donated full outfits (trousers, tops, jackets, scarfs, jewellery etc) for me to giveaway to my customers. Also, French Connection sent me the most beautiful pair of sunglasses to giveaway! I was sorely tempted to keep them for myself, but they are in the giveaway box and a lucky customer shall leave with them later!!

I decided to go with a dress that is in stock, but is not flying out the door! It is a style that has no hanger appeal at all. So I am hoping that modelling it will help to boost sales a bit!

Today's outfit is:

Animal print dress - Vila @ i am.....
Cardigan - Primark
Shoes - Christian Louboutin
Belt - Next

Thursday 04.06.

What did I actually wear before I found this cardigan?? I love how I am managing to tie it in with so many looks! I really hope that you guys are not too sick of seeing it?

It was a bit cloudy this morning, but the sunshine is back now! The bf and I are headed to vote after work and we are then heading to have a nice casual dinner with friends. I think we are BBQ-ing some steaks - YUM!! I went and got some fresh strawberries and cherries this morning for us to have afterwards!!

Today's outfit is:

Bird print dress - Vila @ i am.....
Stripe cardigan - Primark
Black patent t-bar wedges - Barrats
Belt - New look
Bracelets - Molten @ i am.....
Necklace - Primark
Earrings - H&M

Friday 14.11.

The dress I have on today is a new addition to my wardrobe. It was not meant to be there but a customer returned it last week (for store credit) saying that it did not suit the event that she was going to. I did not notice until after she was away that there is glittery lip gloss on a few places!! So, I thought about selling it at half price if someone was willing to take the time to get the glittery goo off of the various places, but then I thought what the heck, I will just take it home.

I am glad that I did - I love this look today. Unfortunately the goo has left greasy stains (they are not huge) I really would have to point them out (which I will not be doing).
My hair is not great today - I did not sleep well last night and then over slept and did not have time to wash and style it.

Tonight I am off to a Sex and the City event at a local venue, I am looking forward to spending some time out with friends and my sister. Oh and there is a competition to win a trip to New York!!!!! Wish me luck.

Today's outfit is:

Grey and purple dress - Mina UK
Purple tights - SkunkFunk
Pewter heels - Nine West

A close up of the purple detail on my dress!


My new sunglasses that arrived this morning!

Thusrday (not Wednesday) evening.

So, last night after I finished work I had my legs waxed, headed home had a 20 minute walk along the beach to chill out and enjoy the sun that had come out! I had a quick shower and change (stayed in the skinny jeans and changed to a grey chiffon top with lime green detailing) touched up my make up just in time for our friends arriving!

We ended up heading out for a pub dinner as we all wanted different things from take away, it was great very relaxed and every one was happy with their food!
Next we headed along to the opening of the bar - by the time we arrived it was well and truly open. Met up with lots of other friends and some customers! It turned out to be a great night of catching up. It was not too late we headed home just after 11pm.

Thought I would post a picture of myself (on the left) and my friend posing for the camera!!!

Wednesday.

The legs are back under wraps today - the one and only reason is the weather. It rained all night last night and was still bucketing down at 8.30am this morning so jeans won! My feet did still get wet, but my legs were dry!

Today's outfit is:

Skinny jeans - Vila
Cami - Primark
Cream cheese cloth top - Zara
Brown gladiator sandals - Vila
Brown glass necklace - Molten



Myself, my mum and one of my sisters went to the cinema to see Mamma Mia! We got off to a bad start but got there eventually and it was so worth it!
It was Orange Wednesday yesterday which was one of the reasons that we were going (two for the price of one cinema tickets). So we headed to the largest cinema in our area (about 10 miles away) only to find out that it was totally sold out! We got back into the car and drove back the 10 miles to another cinema. We went in and got tickets for the show at 8.40pm - Yippee! But, it was only 7.30pm, so rather than waste petrol we headed to a bar across the road from the cinema and shared a bottle of wine!
The entire night was fantastic, a great giggle and loads of people watching!

Tonight at 5pm I am getting my legs waxed, I then have to dash home and have a quick tidy up, quick change and get ready. We have friends coming over for dinner (take away) we have not seen them since their wedding in June!! Then we are heading to the opening of a bar that is a few doors along from my shop, where we are meeting some other friends.

Time Off, Saturday to Wednesday.

I'm back!!!

I have had a lovely few days off, I feel very refreshed and very positive about all of the up-coming projects. I have thought a lot about what I would like to achieve from the shop in the next 12 months!

Anyway, I have said that I was off from Saturday through to today (Thursday) this was the case, but I did have to put in a very quick 2 hour shift on Monday morning. So, here is my recap of my little break.

Saturday - Wedding.

Our very good friends were getting married in their home town (Fort William- 3hrs 30mins away) and we were very lucky to be invited to join them on their special day. Our original plan was to leave from work on the Friday night and travel through and stay an extra night. However, there was a rather large Hill Walking Challenge taking place and we could not get a room anywhere.

So, on Saturday morning at 8am we set off, we planned to stop in the West end of Glasgow to get our button holes (to try and keep them as fresh as possible - silk flowers are a no-no with me) and to get a bit of breakfast. After the quick stop we headed onwards and upwards. It was a beautiful day for the drive, not too bright but nice and dry. It is a very, very winding road up the West Coast of Scotland to Fort William, but a very beautiful drive. We were both enjoying the views of Loch Lomond, Glen Coe etc when we realised that we were losing time.

In a panic, I scrambled into the back of the car to fetch my make-up, one less job to do when we reached the hotel. Eventually we arrived at the hotel........ 15 minutes before the ceremony started. We ran to our room and had the quickest change of our lives. We then asked for directions to the church. More panic when we were informed the church was 12 miles away!!

Picture of me in my dress (pale green chiffon) and heels (pewter Christian Louboutin), and my lovely boyfriend in his kilt!

We hot footed it to the car and took off at great speed. We were making really good progress when the brakes were slammed on..........
Up ahead were the wedding cars!!!!! We were following the bride!
At the church the car was abandoned, the bride was exiting on the right of her car, so we ran down the left had side and made it to the church just on time (we were not even the last guests to arrive!!).

The ceremony was beautiful, the church was beautiful, the views from the church and the location were outstanding, but the bride was stunning!
The rest of the day and night was fantastic, lots of good food, wine, company and dancing.

Beautiful view from inside the Church!
View once we got outside the church.

Sunday.

After a late night we forced ourselves to get up early have breakfast and get on the road home. We were home by lunch-time, so we went to meet my boyfriend's mum and her husband for some lunch. I then headed to see my dad and my boyfriend to see his (get the Fathers Day duties out of the way).

It was a beautiful day, so when visiting was done my boyfriend came to get me at my parents house and we stayed and ate dinner out on the patio.

Monday.
Outfit: linen crop trousers, striped vest, white cotton cardigan.

My birthday!!
As I said I went into work briefly, then I walked home in time for the lunch plans that had been made for me. I was not told what they were in advance, but I was very pleased to find out that we were going on a picnic!!

We stopped in at Tesco to get our lunch (Sushi for me, pasta salad for my boyfriend) and headed to a local park. The weather was fantastic and we spent nearly 3 hours lying in the sun chatting, eating and enjoying an extra together.
My yummy sushi.

My birthday cake!

In the evening we went to dinner at a local restaurant, where I gorged on amazing local Seafood!! Yum, yum! We had some wine with dinner and then walked home where a bottle of champagne had been chilling while we were out. We enjoyed this while watching a bit of T.V.
No outfit picture, but this is the top and necklace I wore, I got them for my birthday from my sister.

Tuesday.

The weather was awful, so we had a lazy breakfast while we decided what to do. In the end we settled with doing some errands that we had been putting of for ages. It was a great feeling when they were all done!

In the evening we had some friends round for a casual dinner (Chilli) and we then all headed out to the pub quiz. My parents came and met us for a few hours and helped us to win the quiz!!

Wednesday.

Last day off, but it was a good one. I had an appointment in the morning with one of my suppliers. So, we decided to structure our day around this. The appointment was in Glasgow, so we got an early train, had the meeting and then started our day out.

After the work stuff was out of the way we headed back to the city centre grabbing lunch to eat in the sun. After lunch we had a wander around the shops (not clothes shopping though) I bought some thank you cards to send for my gifts.

We then headed to the cinema to catch Indiana Jones. It was not starting for about an hour, so we went round the corner to a nice little bar got a drink and I wrote my thank you notes and got them mailed off.

The movie was great (I had never seen any of the other Indiana Jones movies) and it was so nice to do something a bit different in the afternoon.
Afterwards, we again, wandered about the shops and then headed for some dinner. We ended up in lovely pizza place and shared a bottle of nice wine.

We caught an early train home and on the walk home we stopped and bought some Cheesecake to have for dessert!

No outfit picture again, but I wore another new top (birthday gift from my parents) with my black skinny jeans and my red ballet flats.