Gifted street walker

Denim jacket: Gap (very old, also seen here), floral scarf: Primark, striped top and rolled hem chinos: Topshop, bag: Mulberry, wedges: Bertie, jewellery: gifted (see below).

As I said in my last post, the boyf has been fabulous recently and so supportive of my blogging. I think you will all notice more outdoor pics - all courteousy of him. This is my work outfit from today which also nicely shows off my first "gift" - lucky me! The silver ring was so kindly given to me by the lovely Sarah from
LuShae Jewelry. Check out my ring here - I love the texture on it and within no time it has worked its way into my weekly rotation. As you can see from here, I have a thing for rings and also found myself being quite partial to this ring as well. How can you not love a good cocktail ring? Sarah was so lovely - you have to check out her website.

I hope everyone feels suitably rested after their weekend and has had a great Monday. My weekend consisted of chilling with my boyf, running errands and completing various DIY tasks in the apartments - my latest project is finally framing all the photos that I've been collecting on my desktop and hanging them. It sounds simple but has taken weeks!!

We're going to Edinburgh in a couple of weeks for the Fringe festival so we also spent a lot of time laughing our way through various comedian's sketches on YouTube. There are so many acts to see but such a short time in which to see them. In the end we settled on Jason Byrne, Best of the Fest (we went last year and this is a good all rounder), Shappi Khorsandi and Paul Merton's Impro Chums. I am most looking forward to Shappi...check out this YouTube video of her:

Enjoy and good night!

xxx

Back to regular programming

Yep I know I have been AWOL for a while but I'm back now! I've just been living life - working hard, playing hard with abundant birthday celebrations (not mine, that's to come - yippee!), girl's nights out and trips away to beautiful cities.

Thanks to everyone who has been emailing me with postive comments and even better sending me lovely gifts (to be shown here soon). 

There are so many things in life that I end up feeling guilty about and blogging (or lack of in my case! Whoops!) should not be one of them. I started this as an outlet for me and my love of all things fashion and it will continue to be that. It's just that life just sometimes gets in the way....but I'm ok with that.

But, with all my time off I've been thinking up and creating loads of new posts - so stay tuned!!!

xxx

Denim days

(photos from StockholmStreetStyle, Karla's Closet, That's Chic, Yvan Rodic and unknown)

I can't believe that it has been well over a month since I have last blogged. So many things have happened, nothing terrible, but time has just flown past in a flurry of volcano-delayed trips, girl's night's out, masses of work and lazy days in the sun/sofa.

The sun is shining (finally) in Norway and I couldn't be happier. Following on my last post, I am no longer dreaming of but sporting more and more summery attire. My wardrobe of late has consisted of so many florals and bright colours and of course a massive smile on my face. I promise I will be a better blogger and post some of these soon.

A long-standing staple in my winter wardrobe is denim (see here) and I obviously don't need to go into its versatilities but I love denim in the summer even more, especially in its rawest, ripped, frayed and shortened form. The contrast of short denim with long-sleeves is something I adore. And of course the juxtaposition of destroyed denim with glamourous fur and silks. Something I've not tried much but am keen to is the denim turn-up. I've always been afraid it would make me look too stumpy. But Rachel's inspired me.

Hope you're all enjoyed warm weather - promise I'll be a better blogger!

xxx

My Sanctuary

The snow continues to fall here and I now have a shovel as my constant car companion but I refuse to be de-railed by this snowy climate and continue to debut my spring wardrobe; this is what I wore to work today. I've had this denim waistcoat in my wardrobe for a while now but often struggle to incorporate into my outfits but I just loved all that gorgeous double denim in the D&G spring 2010 collection and so persevered with it. Since I chose to wear it to work I didn't "double denim" it with jeans because then it would be too casual. Instead, I layered it over a dress and lace vest top. With the addition of brown boots and long gold pendant, I think the outfit had an almost vintage-esque quality and reminded me a little of the groupies in that movie Almost Famous. I have to say this is one of favorite recent outfits, I just felt really good in it. I hope you all like it too.

Black bodycon dress: Gina Tricot

Cream lace drape vest: Topshop

Denim waistcost: Primark

Gold long pendant: Topshop

Brown boots: Kurt Geiger

xxx

Think Spring....

I can't believe how much it has snowed here in Bergen in the last three days - there has literally been metres of snow, which means that getting to and from anywhere is a real mission despite how beautiful it looks from the cosiness of my apartment windows. I'm not used to all these over-efficient seasons and in my mind, it's spring already. Hence my outfit that I wore to work yesterday (obviously, the boots were swapped for rubber wellies when dashing about in the knee deep snow!). I donned my trusty fur gilet to stave off the cold (also seen here) but layered it with my 10 yr old faithful Gap denim jacket - a timeless classic, and a chunky scarf. Floral prints, my gorgeous Chloe Heloise bag and a slick of hot pink lipstick gave me the final spring in my step I needed to kick-start the day.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend, even though that seems so far away already. I went to hot yoga and it was intense but brilliant - just what you need to blow the cobwebs away. I've signed myself up for another class this week plus some meditation....Ohm.....am determined to rid myself of any stresses.

Have you all been following London Fashion Week? Some of the shows have just been fabulous. I am spending many a happy hour trawling through the collections and designing my A/W 2010 wardrobe. I can't wait to show you all my favourite pieces.

Have a lovely day, wherever you are, whatever the weather!

Fur gilet: Coco and Lolly

Denim jacket: Gap

Chunky green scarf: Tescos

Black cardigan: New Look

Floral dress: Primark (first seen here)

Belt: Primark

Boots: Bianco

Bag: Chloe Heloise

Rose ring: Topshop

Hot pink lipstick: Girl About Town by MAC

xxx