A little morning inspiration

As I've been staying with friends while I look for a new house share I have had the pleasure of staying in a multitude of rooms and none have been quite so lovely to wake up to in the morning as this one.   A friend of mine is currently at The Isle of Wight festival and offered me her room while she was away.  So lovely! Every morning I wake up to an array of colours painted by masters and quirky drawings collected throughout her travels.  I just love it!  I tend to send a post card home to my parents when I go abroad but my friend has collected post cards from around the world, from museums and tourist shops to collate on her wall.  So far my favourites have been from Degas, Matisse, Renior and Van Gough... yeah you can really tell what style of art I like can't you?

Little lovelies

Recently I made a short trip to my absolute favourite shoe shop in the world.  You would think it was Miu Miu, Manolo Blahnik or Louboutin but alas it is one of the smallest shops I have walked in to and is in a little arcade off the Vittorio Emmanuelle in Milan- Lolita Milano.  I have purchased countess ballet flats from them in butter soft leathers and non leathers too that always fit my wide feet perfectly.  My last visit was my third in 2 years and not because the shoes dont last but because I am truly addicted to them!  I bought 2 silver pairs alone on my last visit and a pair of gold and silver on the visit before.  If you ever tried these shoes on you would know exactly why I spend so much money there!

I was completely in love on my last visit with the glitter ballet flats, I had to have them... in two colours!  I turn in to a creature I don't recognise when I walk in to Lolita and a frenzy occurs as I try shoe after shoe and pick out just about every colour under the sun.

She's here!!

It has been just over 10 days since I moved out of the house I called home for the past 9 months and in the mean time I have been living with a friend as her housemates are on holiday.  Come Monday next week I will have no home though!  Scary thought!  The only thing that is making me not think about my impending bed on the streets is the fact that my best friend from Australia moved to London 3 days ago!!!  I can not describe how incredible excited I am.  While at the airport waiting I actually got a little teary as I saw a little girl run up to her grand father when he exited immigration, and the thought crossed my mind that I might have to run up to my best friend!  It has been 18 months since I properly spent time with her (excluding the 7 days I spent in Melbourne in April for my grandmothers funeral) and to celebrate we jetted off to Spain for a few days.

Leaving the dreary London weather behind we touched down in Seville and have been exploring the city and indulging in tapas, sangria and gelati.  It's absolutely heavenly!  The feeling of being on holidays is like none other, exploring new cities and wandering little lanes and plaza's.  However, not speaking a work of Spanish has been a challenge so far and we have relented to the fact that we are going to order something on the menu that is completely foreign to us but, it all comes with travelling right?

Me, Kate, my best friend and Caitlin

All pictures taken by me, copyright.

Farewell my lovely housemates

I have been living in my current house for 9 months and it has been a wonderful experience with 2 fabulous people!  We all clicked straight away and have had an absolute ball and to celebrate us all moving on to bigger and better things we had a few people around on the weekend.  So thanks guys for welcoming me in to our home and living London with me!  You can probably tell by the photos that we had a great night!  My blue dress was actually an amazing vintage find in London and perfect for the summer ahead. My necklace is a treasured item I bought in Boston on my travels throughout America last year.

Blinding Brights

While in Milan over the long weekend I spent about an hour wandering the 4 storey Zara in awe.  I couldn’t take my eyes off the clothes.  In London I don’t normally visit Zara because I find their sizing on the small size and never really want to invest in something that’s a little tight.  For some reason though every time I’m away from London and I see a Zara I have a compulsive urge to walk in.  I know they will have the same stock as the London stores but my mind tells me just to go in anyway… it might be different this time.  Well the sizing hasn’t changed but I wanted just about every piece I touched.  Coral slouchy blazers, star printed tops, full length iridescent skirts, two tone clutches, puffy fluro skirts… there are too many things to name!  I had to tame myself and only took 3 things to the change room in hope, alas the fit was still the same but oversized slouchy blazer might be a winner!  Unfortunately I didn’t plan on buying clothes and was not wearing my trusty shopping outfit- jeans, ballet flats and a t shirt.  Somehow trying to imagine the blazer over super tight leggings just wasn’t working for me so when I’m suitably dressed I will venture in to a Zara store in London and try the blazer again.

I LOVE that full length skirt

See that oversized clutch in the middle.... you know it!

I want all of those belts!

You may see this added to my wardrobe soon

Gorgeous but too small

What I'm Listening To...

I can not get this song out of my head!  Katy Perry has done it again and put yet another song on replay in my head.  I think this video is one of the best I've seen and completely inspirational and beautiful.   I watched it a couple times and loved its sentimentality.  Everyone should rock their firework!

Red

How good does Blake Lively's hair look red? I love it!  For years as a teenager I always wanted red hair (yes, most people shy away from red but I didnt!)  and I must have died my hair a semi permanent colour hundreds of times.  However as a natural brunette and a fear of bleach at the time I never quite got the hair colour I adored.... **Sigh**

Love it and her emerald dress!