Yearly Archives: 2011

THE shoes of the (new) season.

10th August 2011

Another A/W lookbook post, this time for the wonderful people at Bertie!

They have a stunning range of collections coming out for the colder weather, and here are some top picks.

From the Early 20th C Rebel collection (think masculine tailoring meets witty style) I bring you Gin, £85 and Saturday, £115

Glam Rock channels Joan Jett with Kracker Red, £65 and Jackaban, £125 (my absolute favourites!)

70s NYC lends retro glamour with use of quirky fabric, tassels and stacked yet wearable heels. On the whole this is my favourite collection of the lot; Julietta Orange, £115. Massimo, £159 and Nimali Blue, £115.

What do you think? Which trend will you be channelling? I have my beady eye on Jackaban and Julietta Orange!

xxx

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More Mustard

09th August 2011

My love for this shade of yellow may soon border on obsession. Apologies for the dire quality of the photos. I’m sure there is a way around it, or a decent editing programme, but dammit, I am not a born photographer!

The tee is a new arrival to New Look and was a present from my Becca. The cardigan is another example of what New Look has to offer for the Autumn/Winter and was the product of Sunday’s window shopping!

I hope everyone living in cities affected by the riots is managing to stay safe. I’d love to write something deep and profound but I just.don’t.get.it. Checking the news this morning they have now spread down to Bristol…but why? The world confuses me sometimes.

xxx

P.S. A thank you to everyone who has expressed well wishes and kind thoughts towards Flash, who is poorly at present. Please continue them. He’s so much more than “just a cat” (which kind of cements my crazy cat lady status, but I’m cool with that)

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Ahead to A/W

08th August 2011

The Matalan Autumn/Winter 2011 look book dropped through my door some weeks ago now, and I put off looking at it for an age, because I thought it too early to think about layering up and waving goodbye to Summer.
Gradually though, photos started appearing on other blogs and my curiosity got the better of me; I dived in head first and fell utterly in love with oh, pretty much all of it!
Matalan is one of those shops that seems to get better from season to season. Gone are the days where it never crossed my mind to browse there, now it is one of my first ports of call.

Here is a little taste of what is to come…

And so the saving commences! Although to be fair, not much saving needs to go on to afford Matalan’s more than reasonable prices. Score.

Stay tuned from more from A/W…I’ve been wandering around the shops compiling massive wish lists (and may have made a sneaky purchase or two!)

xxx

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Sunday Random.

07th August 2011

First things first, the winner of the manicure courtesy of wish.co.uk is ALEX! Congratulations Alex, enjoy being pampered!

This weekend has been all about relaxing. I’ve read several magazines, an entire chick-lit book and generally not done very much at all. Love it!
Today I am off for some window (ahem, yes WINDOW) shopping with best.friend. before the working week kicks off again tomorrow! Oh grown up life…

Autumn/Winter fashions are giving me crazy cravings right now, so expect some more focused lookbook posts soon,
but currently topping my list?

Swing dress from ASOS

Buckle cardi from New Look

Midi skirt from River Island

Cape from Dorothy Perkins

Given the let down of a Summer that we’ve had, weather wise at least, I think it’s only right to be planning a stylish A/W…right?

Some of the less natural snacks I’ve been enjoying lately!

How has your weekend been?

xxx

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Snacking Saturday; A Natural Approach

06th August 2011

Mulebar may not be the most attractive of names, but in the spirit of not judging a book by it’s cover, I  was excited when this box of samples for review dropped through my letter box at the end of last week.

Dedicated to 100% Natural (and tasty) Ingredients, Mulebar are the makers of energy providing bars perfect for work, play and everything in between.

You can’t help but notice these bars, the packaging is BOLD! I received a selection of the original fuel bars; in strudel (organic apple and cinnamon), summer pudding (raspberry, cranberry and blackcurrant), hunza nut (fairtrade organic apricot and walnut), chocolate fig fiesta (take a guess!) and pina colada (pineapple, coconut and goji berry).

These bars aren’t light on the calorie front, ranging from around 190, through to just over 250 but they are so energy dense and good for you…not to mention delicious that I can’t fault them. Mule bars have been associated with top athletes; which I am not, but they fit perfectly in to my lifestyle too, a portable and nutritionally sound snack for long afternoons at work or a hard day browsing the shops.

My favourite?

Chocolate + figs = two of my favourite things combined! Pina Colada was a close runner up!

Also in the box were the re-fuel recovery bars. As previously mentioned, I am no athlete, or particularly active so I can’t vouch for the effectiveness of these, but with impressive amounts of protein and really, really gorgeous flavours; Chocolate Banana and Chocolate Date these made a great pre-bed snack on my weight gain mission, and a refreshing change to artificial tasting protein bars I have tried in the past!

Also included were samples of the NEW Kicks which I haven’t tried. These I feel really are for the sporty among us and for that reason, if anyone here feels they would benefit from these then please leave a comment on this post and I will draw a recipient on Wednesday using random.org.

Just make sure you leave a way for me to contact you!

You’ll find Mule products on their website, which also has a handy list of online and actual shop stockists.

Anyone here tried Mule bars before? What did you think? I’m really  curious to track down and try the liquorice flavour bar!

What are your favourite nutritionally dense (and er, calorie dense) snacks? Girl needs ideas!

Have a good weekend!
Many thanks to Mule for the samples. I love you!
xxx

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