Quote of the Week

One of my favouirte designers and all time icon brings us the quote of the week - Coco Chanel.

And another weekend has flown by, literally! I hope none of you have been badly effected.

This weekend was a relaxed one for me, I think I am still recuperating from the weekend before in Amsterdam.

Looks like it was definitely a relaxed weekend for Garfield.


So my relaxed weekend consisted of shopping with my mummy at one of our favourite places for shopping - Guildford.  I came away with of course a pair of shoes. I have had my eye on these for a while from Russel and Bromley, a pair of Chelsea Boots "Love"! Something I can tick of my wish list yay.

When I go shopping I can almost guarantee that I will add to my beauty products and this time I picked up a rather gorgeous lipstick from Chanel.  I am a huge fan of make up artist Lisa Eldridge. I am constantly checking her site to see if she has any new videos or posts up. Whilst viewing it this week there was a new video on orange lip, which has led me to buying Chanel's Rouge Allure in Incandescent 97. It's a very classic Hollywood Glamour with a Parisian feel to it - "Adore".

 

The rest of the weekend was made up of tea, reading, TV, more tea and a snuggle from my boy (Garfield). 

"Oh look still relaxing"

Amsterdam

This weekend me and 9 of my friends embarked on a long weekend to Amsterdam. 3 days there is certainly enough. 

A lot of alcohol was consumed, a lot of laughter was had and many fond memories were made. 
But I can safely say I know need a holiday after it. 

Majority of what we did for the three days was basically shop, recuperate with cup of tea in cafes (normal - not the other), bars, clubs, boat trip and eat good food.  

The 2 places I have to tell you about is this one cocktail bar we went to, which is a restaurant as well as a bar to the right.  Majestic is based in one of the main squares called Dam. The staff were amazing, friendly and talented at making cocktails. We stayed there for over 5 hrs enjoying the cocktails and the mixologer as we sat at the bar.  A great way to spend your afternoon if I say so myself. Oh and also the best cocktail was by far the 'Pleasure in Amsterdam', consists of Licor Cuarenta Y Tres, Vodka, Pineapple juice, orange juice and fresh strawberry puree. 

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"Oh no all gone - need another!!"

The other place I need to inform you all of is a sweet cafe. It was raining on our last morning and we were all in need of caffeine and breakfast. When we stumbled upon Toos and Roos a small but sweet cafe, which seemed to be very popular.  Great food and wonderful milkshakes. 

Quote Of The Week

Quote of the week is from the fabulous Katharine Hepburn. 

What I Am Loving At The Moment

I thought this week I could go with the love theme as its valentines day this week. So I decided to share the things I am loving right now. 

I am loving these Tod's to wear with this season ripped skinny black jeans.

Tod's Gommino Driving Shoes in Suede

Although the weather isn't that great at the moment, doesn't stop me from looking at sunglasses. I am in LOVE with these classic frames, which have been around since the 60's and made famous by Audrey Hepburn. She wears them in Breakfast at Tiffany's that in itself won me over.

Oliver Goldsmith Manhattan (1960)

Right now I am filling my home with a new scent I have found from Diptyque. It's a nice woody smell, similar to their limited edition pine Christmas candle they had last season. Which I adore and wanted a scent to carry on. Think I have succeeded with this one. 

My White Company catalogue came through last week and these Silk jogging trousers were screaming my name. 

Then I turned the next page and this jumper was there. Perfect for this rotten weather we are having. 

Recently I have noticed through instagram (my instagram name follow me jo_b12) twitter, fashion mags etc that Larsson & Jennings watch company have become vogue. I have known about them for years and is nice to see that everyone else loves them too.  I know wanna get the chic black Lader one.

                                                            

The start of the fashion week month. Kicking it all off is New York Fashion Week. Mega excited about what is about to be revealed - especially for Victoria Beckham, I was not disappointed. 

I am loving all the black skinny ripped jeans at the moment, but I haven't yet found 'THE' pair for me. Every time I do annoyingly sold out in my size. But anyway still loving them. 

My mum this week introduced me to this website for discount shoes including brands like Kurt Geiger, UGG etc. My mum knows me best - a shoeaholic. www.shoeaholics.com

Right now seems to be hot for exhibits on photographers. I am definitely going to go see David Bailey's exhibit -   Bailey's Stardust exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery from 6th Feb - 1st June 2014.

I have been waiting for this and it finally arrived on Friday in time for me to read on my flight  - Porter Magazine! It is great, if you haven't already you have to go and buy it. Love it!

What are your Loves this month? 

Quote of the Week

"A Woman is like a tea bag, you never knowhow strong she is until you put her in hot water"  Eleanor Roosevelt

Busy Week including Roller Disco

I have been bad the last week with blogging due to the hectic schedule I had.

Ok so the first thing was on Tuesday I went to see that guy I am seeing. (The one I talked about in the Zip post, when I was deciding what to wear) In the end I wore that Zip skirt with a simple black spaghetti strap top, and my new Monica Vinader gold pendant which was the statement piece of the outfit. I just LOVE this pendant the chain I got (which you have to buy separately) is adjustable with its length, which is super handy and great.

I spent a few days with him in Exeter. It was the first time I have ever been there which was nice. He showed be around and fun was had by all, and I very much got spoilt by his cooking skills. My turn next eek!

Next on the agenda for the week on Friday was roller disco I was mega excited about. It was my good friend 23rd Birthday and we wanted to do something different, and this idea came up - Roller Disco! None of us had done it before, same came be said about putting a pair of roller blades on too (this included me).

With nearly all of us never skated before plus alcohol could equal a disaster, but I can assure you the fun we had outweighed the falls to be had. You do get the odd pro showing off, but I would safely say we had more fun! Especially when the guys try to act like they know it all, talking tactics and how they should be good as they have a good core etc, made us girls laugh, as it came to it they were the worst.

A fun night was had by all. A few bruises here and there, but we carry on drinking the pain away finishing the night of at our local bar.

To end the week was celebrating my Uncles birthday. My Aunts and Uncles came to ours for the weekend. All my family are based in the Cotswold's which is were I was born and lived a bit, my parents were brought up there, so it is a home away from home. But this weekend it was down south at ours (we now live on the border of Hampshire/Surrey).

To celebrate my Uncles birthday we took them to one of our favourite and guaranteed for good food and atmosphere called Cote. They have a few scattered around England. It's French cuisine and beautifully decorated, creating a wonderful ambiance. The staff here especially are very attentive and make sure you are looked after.

Our food was wonderful. I had the Sea bass which was divine.

My dad, sister and her boyfriend had steak which looked amazing and said tasted just as good. 

Everyone else also said thee food was great, but didn't get chance to take pictures of all the food. Too much chat, eating and drinking going on.

But the final thing I have to say in the post is about the red wine my dad and uncle shared, which we all ended up sharing and getting through numerous amounts of bottles. It was a Merlot and I took a picture for details on exactly what wine it was. So I thought I would share with you all.