I Didn't Wear: Contrast Tuxedo Blazer and Sequinned Skirt

I've begun saying my goodbyes before I head back to Korea in just a couple of days time. Today I said goodbye to my youngest brother who is away at university - I cried on the street in front of Selfridges, what a ninny!

Anyway, I currently have a mountain of stuff that somehow all needs packing. Thankfully I'm using the bedroom of the aforementioned brother as my packing room. Now...I should be packing as I'm sat here writing this, that or sleeping, but as they say, 'out of sight, out of mind'. I should also add that I'm pretty much the queen of procrastination sooooo...

...instead of doing anything I should be doing I thought I'd show you an outfit I put on to go out this weekend. It didn't make it out the door though because....

1. It was bloody freezing outside.
2. My mum said she wasn't sure about it.

You're probably  laughing at me for that last reason!

Although my mum is first to admit she's 'not up on fashion' I do always like to take her opinion and at least give myself time to consider it. After all, it's not often I have her around to ask either! So, I promptly changed into something that you've all seen before but which did however include tights. Much warmer :) 

On reflection though I think I still quite like this outfit so I thought I'd show you lovely people and see what you think.

Unfortunately I couldn't fathom (in the short time I had - always running late for a night out) how on earth to get my feet in the photos without them looking weird! I paired the outfit with my suede cowboy-esque boots from this post a while back so you'll have to use your imagination. 

Mainly I just love the way the skirt twinkles and the dusty pink colour of it. I'm feeling like this outfit might be coming out to play when Spring weather hits! What do you think? Do you ask anyone's opinion on what you wear? Would you listen to your mum?

xxx

PS: As I mentioned, I'm getting ready to leave England and I'm kind of rushing around like a headless chicken. As I result I've barely had time to get on my computer (which seems to be breaking down on me as well) to reply to peoples comments. I'm really sorry! I am still reading them all though and I promise it's only temporary. If you've asked me a question I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible! :) x

I Wore: Candy Colours for The Great British Day Out

Can you see that smug look on my face?? That's because I'm right in the middle of one of my favourite possible days - a good old British day out.Oh...and I just spent £5 on traditional English sweeties!

Although I've been lucky enough to see a lot of truly spectacular places and take in some of the worlds best landscapes there's still no place quite like home for me. I grew up taking regular day trips to different areas of the English countryside, it brings back such great memories when I visit them again. My Dad and I ventured out this week to the Yorkshire Dales taking time to stop off at an old favourite, 'Sweet Memories', a sweet shop in a small town called Thirsk. Once we had the provisions for the day (not the most nutritious!) we went on to visit an old abbey then finally to the seaside where we met up with my brother who is at university nearby.

Perhaps subconsciously channelling my childhood, I opted to wear a girlie combination of a bird print dress and Spring pastels; my new baby...the pale pink Miu Miu, a matching soft cashmere scarf and a pastel green cardigan. To stop it getting too sickly sweet (bad pun intended...sorry folks!) I wore knee high suede boots and my studded wrap watch.

Bag - Miu Miu. Bird print dress - H&M. Scarf - Jobis.

Studded wrap watch - La Mer. Feather necklace - F21. Bracelets - Accessorize.

Here, There and Everywhere.

I'll be the first to say it...I've been a bad blogger lately! I thought I'd have loads of time to blog whilst in England but really it's been the opposite. I get a horrible guilty feeling when I don't blog for several days, I feel like I'm neglecting good friends. My time in England is drawing to a close now though, I only have two weeks left and I've been trying to make the most of it by spending time with family and friends here. So I'm sort of here, there and everywhere but not here...I'm sorry! 

A few days ago my dad and I took a quiet walk at a nearby lake. It's such a peaceful place, you could almost believe you're the only people in the world when you stand and look out at the water. While I have a minute, as I wait for my nails to dry, I thought I'd show you the pictures.

Don't take much note of the outfit though! It's a veeery casual...my version of errmmmm....girly? Scruffy? Slob? I literally threw it on  and scraped my hair back - I wasn't really planning on an outfit post, apologies!

Black studded wellies - Daniel. Bag - Miu Miu.

 

Pink Cashmere Scarf - Jobis. Gold Applique Lion T-shirt - Uniqlo.

Doesn't it look so calm and tranquil?! I really love having that feeling once in a while, don't you?

Okay, that's sadly all I have time for....I'm off to get ready to go and meet a friend for dinner, we're going for Thai - Yummy! I will look better than this I promise! I'll be back again tomorrow though to show you how my nails turned out, I've used the new Barry M polish from my previous post. In the meantime, I hope you are all okay and excited that it's almost Friday again!

xxx

Good Friends Are Like Stars

 

How was your weekend? I had an especially great weekend thanks to two of my lovely friends. We headed to The Restaurant, Bar & Grill, which not so surprisingly is a restaurant, bar and urrrmmm....grill?! Did the name give it away?! We started our evening early (very early in fact - 4pm) as we knew we'd have loads to catch up on.

Since I just got my Miu Miu bag I decided I'm going to try to make the most of the fairly extensive wardrobe I already have for a while! So I chose to wear my snakeskin print tunic dress with leggings. The leggings were because, quite honestly...it is indecent as a dress! Plus, this was supposed to just be a casual dinner and a drink or two. I should have known a girls reunion would never end up just like that!

Deborah Lippmann 'Happy Birthday' & Nars 'Night Rider'. Necklace - Freedom @ Topshop. Studded Bangle - F21.

Dinner Date - Restaurant, Bar & Grill, Leeds.

Wine with Deborah Lippmann 'Happy Birthday' layered over Nars 'Night Rider'.

I'm Engaged!

Eeeeeek! <3

The view from our room. Incredible!

I've been away for a few days (maybe you noticed a slight absence of posts?!). My boyfriend planned a wonderful mini-break to the Lake District in England. It's somewhere with a lot of sentimental value to us as we spent our first weekend away together there and had lots of lovely trips there after too. He booked us in to a suite of a fabulous hotel overlooking one of the lakes and the snow capped mountains. It even had a hot-tub on it's private terrace. After dinner on our second night we went back to the room and I was surprised to find the hugest bunch of red roses I've ever seen and my favorite vintage champagne. When I turned around he was down on one knee. I can't even remember what he said I was so overcome by surprise and excitement. It was really nice, I remember that much! I said yes, obviously!

This weekend is filled with celebrations with friends and family so I'm super busy but don't worry I'll be back to fill you in on the details of the trip and the proposal soon!

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

xxx

The Long Journey Home

It's been two years, two months and 24 days since I was last in England. After packing up my apartment, for what felt like an equally long amount of time (yeah I really shop too much, so many darn clothes!), we headed to the airport. It's a very long trip from Seoul to my hometown, we spent all Friday travelling but I finally made it. I'm home at last! The time difference means that despite not getting any sleep on the aeroplane I couldn't actually get to sleep when I finally did get here. When it hit 3pm this afternoon, which is midnight in Seoul, I could have easily called it a day though. Wanting to get jet lag over and done with as quickly as possible, I've forced myself to stay awake instead. I'm like a walking zombie right now. All in all I think I've had about six hours sleep in the last 48 hours. So it's best I stay away from writing too much, my brain is scrambled. In fact I'll be surprised if what I've just written makes sense. I'll just leave you with some photos I snapped on my journey, it's safer.

Back when I looked alive - setting off to the airport.  I don't want to show you what hours of travelling does to me, it's not a pretty sight.  Gold spiked bangle & feather necklace - F21. Heart cord bracelet - Swarovski.

Christmas decorations in Amsterdam Schipol airport.

One of many beautiful trees in Amsterdam Airport.

Watching and waiting with a Starbucks.

Home at last. You can spot a couple of my duty free purchases in this snap.

I've been through Amsterdam airport a few times before. It's definitely my favourite airport to transfer through because they have awesome duty free stores. I always feel the need to take advantage of the duty free prices even when I don't actually need anything. I guess most people end up buying something in duty free for the same reason, am I right? Do you usually buy something or not?

On this occasion I bought some perfume, always a necessity in duty free; a few OPI nail polishes because I have a bit of an obsession developing; some MAC stuff because I already am obsessed and a couple of things for family and friends. The airport was so festive, it really got me in that lovely holiday mood. I even indulged in a toffee nut latte from Starbucks, seriously yummy and a very welcome caffeine hit.

Ten of them couldn't even keep me awake now though so I'm off to bed. Goodnight from me. I hope you're having a lovely weekend.

xxx