New Chapters...

Oh look another post beginning with an apology...sorry! I've FINALLY gotten round to getting my laptop fixed... only taken about 8 months! You know what its like, I always think "I'll do that at the weekend" then something gets in the way and i's not cheap to get fixed either which is annoying when it was brand new. ANYWAY... it's done and I'm back and will be blogging on the regular pinky promise.

SO.. ALOT has happened since I last posted, I've been on holiday, weekends away, me and Josh have moved in together ANDDDDD we have little baby Robinson growing nicely, due March 2017!! Everything just seems to be falling into place perfectly and I couldn't be more happy and content right now, apart from the good old pregnancy symptoms which leave me feeling like I've got a constant hangover with out even so much as a sniff of alcohol! So I'm praying the rumours of feeling better in the second trimester are true because I am quite frankly really struggling, I swear I went two of the so far 3 months with my make up collection gathering dust because I had ZERO energy to even put any on!!!

So I hope everyone's well and loving life!! I'm going to wrap up this up with a few pictures of our beautiful new place and a scouts honour to promise to post every week now!

HAPPY WEEKEND............

Lily and Rose

I've realised I go through phases with what type of item I obsess over buying and at the moment it is 1 million percent jewellery. My wardrobe is full of fancy, patterned, colourful out there clothes but I'm recently discovering how much I love wearing plain pieces of clothing and letting the jewellery take the lime light.

 

So as you can imagine I was over the moon when Lily and Rose got in contact to review some of their jewellery. I hadn't heard of them before and I'm actually quite gutted because let me tell you now, their pieces are just beautiful!!! I picked 3 pieces, which by the way was the hardest decision of my life so far as I wanted every bit *Adds the whole of Lily and Rose to birthday list* and so will you when you check out their website.

 

So after a few hours of chopping and changing my mind I finally decided on the 'Miss Kate - Jet earrings' 'Kate - Indian Pink earrings' and the 'Miranda - Jet bracelet' 

 

Miss Kate - Jet earrings   

 

The jewellery Gods from up above have answered my prayers. I absolutely love love love big earrings, whether that's hoops, dangles or large studs, my only problem I always have the problem of them being far to heavy for my poor little earlobes and only being able to wear them for a short amount of time which is more than annoying when you want the focus to be on your jewellery rather than outfit. So this is where my prayers (more like moans) were answered, these earrings look although they are going to be really heavy and I can't understand how they are not because of the amount of stunning crystals on them, I am able to wear them all day long without one ounce of pain or 'heaviness.' That is seriously such a nice feeling knowing that I'm not having to actually go by the 'Beauty is pain moto' and can leave them in all night, I even wore them to work to show off and didn't take them off until bed time.....amazing!!

 

 

 

Miranda - Jet bracelet

 

Oooooo more heavenly jewels, this time for my wrist. Although I'm a new self proclaimed jewellery obsessor (Recon this could be a job title?) I don't often buy bracelets, hence the reason I chose one from Lily and Rose. Just like a good watch, a good bracelet can really make an outfit, Personally I struggle with anything 'wristy' because mine are so small but this Miranda Jet bracelet is just so elegant it really works well on anyone in the small wrist gang, a gentleman client at work even complimented how beautiful it is and when a man compliments your jewellery you know its a good piece. It's not very often you find fancy jewellery without it being boring but Lily and rose have really mixed things up and put a twist on their pieces by using coloured stones... which with my track record of all things colourfull and clashing, their bits are just prefect as they still hold on to that elegant feel. I went for black because it is just so different and I love that I can wear them with anything.

 

Lily and Rose can be found online and Instagram

 

www.lilyandrose.com

 

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www.instagram.com/lilyandrosebyzetterberg

 

I feel I should do a separate post for The Indian pink earrings, so please keep an eye out for my post on these, where I'm pretty sure you'll be dribbling over your screens with hearts in your eyes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fleet Street Style

What A place! Like seriously. I have been lucky enough to travel to many different places/country's and stay in all sorts of different hotels and apartments, but 'The Fleet Street Hotel' in Dublin, just an hours plane journey away is definitely one of my favourites for sure. Being a lover of all things Fashion, Stylish and Glam as soon as I saw the picture of the bathroom with dressing table and free standing tub I was sold... doesn't take much aye! THEN, I saw the luxurious bedroom with crushed velvet and the most glam headboard you've seen and I had already unpacked my suitcase and placed my bits round the room (In my head of course) before booking.

I definitely recommend paying a bit extra to upgrade to an 'Elegance room' The only thing you will be disappointed with is having to leave this chic hotel when it comes to home time, We even tried to stay another night but unfortunately we could not change our flights, serious boooooooooo, so the closest to an extra night we could get was late check out at 2pm for just 20 Euros, BARGAIN.

Being the perfectionist that I am, I emailed ahead to make sure we could try and secure a room with a free standing tub as It does state not all bathrooms have one, with a very fast response I was advised they would pop it on my reservation notes and try their hardest to secure me one... and boy did they deliver! We even arrived to a bottle of champagne on ice and a personal letter, now that's service right there and made our stay even more special with such personal touches.

The hotel staff can not do enough to help, each and every member of staff we came across were so welcoming and VERY helpful, there is a mini bar in reception which may I add is a very nice touch. After a long day of travelling it was nice to sit and relax with a Baileys on ice in the ever so stylish and colour co-ordinated reception, whilst waiting for our coach to the Punches town Races. There is also FREE WiFi

Location location location, You can not get a better location than this hotel, located in he heart of Dublin city and temple bar, 2 minute walk from The famous Grafton street where you will find shops, bars and restaurants, there is also an airport coach that stops right outside the hotel and Trinity college and the wax work museum are a 30 second walk. Now if your a foodie like Josh and I you'll be even more thrilled that The Fleet Street Hotel is actually partnered with TGI Fridays, At the press of a button you'll be out of the lift and at the entrance ready to be seated and get start the cocktails flowing. Now I know you should really try places you don't have back home, but who can resists their blackened Fajitas and Bubble Gum Daiquiri's?! not us!

I honestly could talk about how amazing this Hotel is all day long, I can not fault it AT ALL, and these days that is a rarity. I defiantly would recommend this hotel 200% to anyone looking at staying in Dublin.

You can visit their website direct at http://www.fleethoteltemplebar.com/

Below are some of my own pictures... Enjoy!!!

Here, there and babbling everywhere...

OMG...Please note I am completely aware of what a full on slacker I have been with blogging/lack of so far this year, and I certainly won't be ticking 'Blog more' off my 2016 goals just yet... opps, although I've got to give it to myself I have managed to tick quite a few of my goals off for this year already, don't wanna brag or anything (Yes I do) which has got me feeling all very motivated and good about things and it only APRIL, well, I say 'Only', I actually can't believe it's already April, it literally feels like I was opening presents on Christmas morning with a glass of 'Advocat' and mince pies 2 seconds ago, ok maybe not the mince pies because I HATE them, but just trying to set the Christmassy scene and all that.

Before I go any further with my babbling, I really would like to apologise for my lack of blogging, it's not that I haven't wanted to but my laptop has broken and I really haven't had 5 minutes to get it fixed, but I pinky promise it will be fixed very soon!!

So below I've put together a little collage of a few pics that I think really show the sort of things I've been getting up to recently. Last year wasn't a great one for me after my struggles with anxiety, but this year I have been so determined to get life back to how it used to be full of....laughter , happiness and enjoyment and so far VERY good. One thing that hasn't changed is my serious addiction to clothes shopping ,if anything... it continues to get worse, Lord help Josh when we move in together, I'll probably loose him for days under my mountains of clothes! So besides the continuous shopping trips, I have been to Cheltenham gold cup races, spent the weekend sipping champagne and relaxing with amazing food at old thorns manor in one of their amazing cosy eco pods, eating out far too much, having the most amazing make over at MAC John Lewis and numerous nights out with our nearest and dearest...and of course the hangovers that come with a night on the Pinot. I still have so much more planned for this year and if it's anything like how 2016 has gone already I am in for an amazing one.

I'm off to London tomorrow for the weekend staying in a lovely apartment on the Thames and I am just so excited for everything that is in store whilst there, and of course to get camera happy for a blog post or two.

I hope you are all well and apologies for my rambling but I'm so happy to be back!

Lots of love

Louisa

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