Too Much Of a Good Thing

I've been busy trying to organise myself for my Hong Kong trip tonight but I thought I'd check in and show you what I wore on Sunday. Yes, it is Thursday now, I do realise, but I didn't get round to posting it before because I decided to do my ring post first. 

Sooooo, let's just pretend I'm not four days late in sharing this with you shall we?!

I love this outfit, probably because it's the first time this year I've worn my white skirt - a summer staple in my wardrobe. I used to be a tad obsessed with white in summer, wearing a white vest or blouse almost every day, in the way lots of people tend to always wear black. Over the years I've managed to expand my wardrobe out from white but the white skirt will never be gone. I love it in the same way I love my denim one, it's a fail safe, it'll go with anything and it can go almost anywhere dressed the right way. 

Also, this blouse is new, another 'Zara-made-me-spend-my-money-when-I-really-shouldn't-have-done' item! I just loved the floral pattern and the bright summery colours. The bag is also from Zara's current season although I've had it a while now. Despite loving the colour I really haven't got much wear out of it yet but I'm taking it to Hong Kong so hopefully it'll get the love it deserves there. And yes, that is the blazer I've worn on the last three outfit posts and yes it is also from Zara. It's linen so it's nice and cool and it's just so easy to wear over anything. I swear I'm not taking it with me on my trip though, I promise!

Blouse - Zara.  Yellow Bag - Zara.  White denim skirt - Dsquared2 (old).   Sunglasses - Chloe

Drinks in glass jars, sat outside in the sunshine just the perfect relaxing Sunday activity.

Rose gold peace sign bangle - Accessorize.  Other bracelets - H&M.  Watch - DKNY.

Excuse the poor quality photo, I snapped it in bad lighting using my phone.

The nails were somewhat of an experiment on Saturday morning and a bit of a rush job. I'm including the photo though because a few people had commented about them on my Saturday post but you couldn't see them clearly. I'm not too sure about the colours together but I think that a second attempt with a different set of colours could be on the cards!

My current dilemma though, is what colour to go with for my mini-break?? I'm a bit OCD about making sure my nails don't clash with my outfits so I have to pick something that will work for most things I plan on wearing as there's no way I'll have time to sit down and re-do them. Only one problem though...

The rainbow of 'definites' for my trip.

Embarrassingly, most of these items are Zara purchases, which leads me to say again... what is with that store at the moment, how is it getting everything so right?! Everyone else must be experiencing this too, no? Well, I banned myself once before and a second ban may well be in order soon.

As pretty as I find my rainbow wardrobe it's not the easiest to pick a coordinating nail colour for is it? Hot pink, neon green and pink, lilac, mint green...  What do you reckon, any ideas?

xxx


PS: Thank you so much to everyone who commented on my ring post and said nice things about it! I'm so glad you think it's pretty too, I'd love it anyway but it's even better when you all agree and love something too! :)

A Beary Good Friday Night

How great are weekends?! The only complaint I have about them is how quickly they always pass. On Friday nights, even though half the time we'd love nothing more than to just crash out on the couch with a bottle of wine, my fiancé and I always try to go out and do something. It really helps to make the weekend feel a little longer. Last night, since it was a really nice evening here, we went for a stroll to the park and then for a few glasses of wine and dinner al fresco! 

I really struggle to dress appropriately when it comes to doing something like that though. Dinner and drinks calls for smarter attire than the walking around the park part, don't you agree?! Anyway, after a lot of uming and ahing about it, I opted for my new floral skirt from F21 with my beige linen blazer from Zara. A white vest, some gold flat sandals and one of my favourite vintage clutch bags to pull the look together. 

The quality of some photos isn't fantastic, sorry...but that's because they were all snapped on my brand new iPhone!! Yeeeeeaaaah! :)

Floral skirt - F21.  White watch - DKNY.  Nails - OPI 'Shorts Story'.

Gold Sandals - F21 : Only place currently stocking my size in Korea :'( Steve's trainers - Salvatore Ferragamo.

Hello Sunshine!

After weeks of waiting for it to warm up here Spring finally came and in the blink of an eye, summer has too. The seasons in Korea always seem to change very suddenly, no more than two weeks ago I was wrapping up with jackets and scarves, now I'm peeling off layers and exposing some seriously pasty legs to the world. 

Apart from feeling like I'm almost glowing white, I couldn't be happier about the arrival of summer!

I'm excited about dressing for the warmer weather. Winter is layers, dark colours, wrapping up against the weather and feeling constricted. I'm ready for summer now, the florals, the bright color combinations and easy feminine styles. Summer dressing is somehow more effortless and relaxed. I can't wait to delve into my wardrobe and start wearing my floaty blouses, long and flowing maxi dresses, cute camis and wedges with frilly skirts. 

I welcomed in the first of the hazy summer days by going for a picnic in the park wearing the easiest, most timeless summer classic, the blue denim skirt. 

No, it's not cutting edge fashion. No, it's not a 'wow' piece. Actually, it's nothing special but that's where the beauty of it is, in it's simplicity!

It's relaxed, dependable, comfortable and versatile. You can wear a denim skirt almost any way you want. Since we were only heading to the park I paired mine with a white embroidered blouse, some bright accessories and picked up the handbag that happened to currently have all my junk in it. 

Casual and easy.

Bring on the warm summer evening strolls, fun weekends spent at the beach, dining al fresco, lazing around in the park with a picnic and a bottle of wine... Oh, and a tan....please!

At The Beach // Yeongheungdo Island

Sunglasses - Chloe. Khaki jacket - F21. Cheesy smirk - All me.

Good old fashioned fun - skimming stones.

Yellow leather clutch with strap & pastel coloured print scarf - Zara.

Did you read my last post? Told you I'm mentally about 5 years old!

Hola chicas! How was your weekend? (And urrrmm...half your week??)

I had another lovely weekend; the sun was shining, we took a short trip to a small island off the west coast of Korea, we ate waaaay too much food, we got pretty tipsy, we lazed on the couch and we caught up via Skype with friends and family. All in all another great weekend.

It's Wednesday now though, I can't believe it! That means it was four days since I last blogged. Four days that somehow feel like four weeks! The worst part is you'd think I'd have something super whizzer awesome to show you by now buuuuut...well...yeah, I don't!

So what've I been doing all this time?? 

Well, I've tried to make a start on planning our wedding! Eeeek! First task - pick a venue and a date. 

We already decided we'll get married in Thailand since we love it there, its quite easy to reach from here, the weathers perfect at the time of year we want to get married and we know some great places there too. In fact we almost immediately settled on Koh Samui, a small island off the east coast, as the destination.

"You've just got to pick a hotel now, should be easy enough, I'll just see where I like the look of and take it from there" I naively thought to myself.

A few zillion emails later, with about six different spreadsheets detailing costs versus time versus locations and having scoured every corner of Tripadvisor I am none the wiser. How do people choose these things? Where I go from here I honestly do not know!!

I guess that's how I reached Wednesday without even realising it! If you don't hear from me until next week you know what I'm doing!

xxx

PS: Have you planned or been to a destination wedding before? Where was it? If you have any links to blogs about destination weddings/wedding planning I'd love to see!

Day Dreaming: Chloe Enire Scalloped Sunglasses and OPI

The postman has made my day today!

Yep, that's really how dull my days are right now.

Last week, perhaps because of how miserable the weather has been here (and the week-day boredom whilst all my friends and family are at work), I found myself gravitating towards items for my spring/summer wardrobe and ordered a couple of things. One of the things arrived in a stupidly large box for such a small item but they say good things come in small packages, and they're right!

Chloe Erine Sunglasses with gold scalloped detail.

Say hello to my new pair of sunglasses from Chloe's Erine line. They have gorgeous gold scalloped detailing which I think is quite unusual and pretty.

I look at sunglasses, like handbags, as investment pieces that I can keep forever. Sadly, Korea has a high luxury goods tax which makes sunglasses ridiculously overpriced there. Boooooo! So, when I spotted these with 50% off at The Outnet I couldn't pass them up. I'm teeeeeechnically saving myself money here.

The other stuff came today too but I'm going to show you those in another post. Despite the fact I've paid for the things it somehow feels like I'm opening a present as I tear into just delivered cardboard boxes. A bit like Christmas morning all over again.

I love that feeling...but....it's not such a good thing really though, it's addictive! I have to keep reminding myself that I did part with my hard earned cash for these things (even if I did just enter a few numbers on a computer screen from the comfort of my sofa) and they ARE NOT FREE PRESENTS!

I realised today how long it's been since I did any kind of beauty related post, I'm planning to do a post about my everyday make up routine soon but in the meantime here are my nails today, the perfect pale pink polish...

''Privacy Please' - OPI. Accent nail - 'Metallic gold' - The Face Shop (available in my blog shop)

Purple Hooded Sweater - Diesel c/o my brother's wardrobe. Sunnies - Chloe

The rest of my day was spent Gangsta chillin' (see the very, very cool picture above) whilst wearing my new sunnies in a hoody I stole from my brothers wardrobe today. Yep, that's right, I've hit a whole new level of boredom ....

..CUH-RAAAZY!!

Seriously though now...being alone with nothing at all to do sure is good for a little while but I'm actually getting excited about getting back to Korea and starting work again, too much time alone is sometimes not a good thing, it can send you a little loopy!  

Do you know what I mean? Please don't say that's just me!!

xxx