A long weekend in Milan

I recently had a lovely weekend in Milan with my mum ... to celebrate a rather big birthday (for her)!

One of the best things that we did was the food tour. We were really lucky to have a day when it was just me, my mum and the guide. We were taken around a range of different foodie places & even included a wee Aperitivo! Aperitivo is my absolute favourite part of Italy. Our guide was so enthusiastic and gave us so many ideas for the weekend - I really felt like we learnt a lot from the tour.  

The tour really informed the rest of our trip & we ended up spending a lot of time in the Brera district. Mostly looking in shoe shops and tasting the Prosecco!  We visited N'ombra de vin - where we had a lovely glass of prosecco. We spent quite a lot of our time admiring the Milano fashion, The D&G Martini bar & Armani hotels were fantastic places to check out the fashion.

Our one very touristy activity was going to the roof of the Duomo. The views are absolutely unmissable!

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A Wee Break

                

This weekend I got taken away for a LOVELY weekend in the Scottish country side. It was such a treat to be taken away. We had some amazing food, lovely views, a little snow and a few glasses of vino!

 One of my favorite parts about going away is picking my outfits for the weekend. I thought I would share with you what made it into my short list for the weekend.

Firstly my Mulberry and Hunters... I maintain these are practical (!) but also love the opportunity to wear them both at once and make the most of two great British brands in my eyes!  ....... even if they did make me look like a city girl dropped in the middle of the countryside!

During the day we spent most of the time checking out the local views & enjoying a few hours in front of the fire with the papers, magazines and a glass of red wine. BLISS  

                                                 

My daytime outfit consisted off M&S leggings, white long vest from Primark under my Reiss T-shirt, I love this top!! I paired this all with my trusty Uggs, H&M tweed blazer, Micheal Kors rose gold watch & my tan bag.

For dinner we booked into the hotel restaurant which had good reviews. I took the opportunity to pack my glad rags. Well I actually packed two outfits but this is what I wore..

                                      

I picked up this dress from Primark this week, it was only £5!! I've not bought anything from Primark for ages but I fell in love with this dress. I think it looks much more expensive than £5... win win!

I paired this with black tights, a vintage black patent bag and my trusty Jimmy Choo heels. What do you think? I loved wearing this outfit, plus it's super comfy!

                                      

As a wee non clothing item we packed a bottle of prosecco to enjoy before dinner. Since there wasn't a fridge I put it into this cute little cooler!! It's far too cute not to share....

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Autumn Update!

It's been a busy few weeks for me, although not all beauty I thought I'd give you a wee update of what I have been up to... all summarised as a pretty collage! I love these photo collages I use them all the time.

We moved house (which is the picture in the top right). Do you like our hall decoration? It's obviously only a tiny part of our house but I love the little flying birds and I love our heart shaped blackboard on our new grey walls. Makes me happy when I walk in the door!!

 So we've spent the last few weeks unpacking and getting settled in, it's starting to look like home. I have been loving  candels, they just make our flat seam like home so quickly.  Plus, feels cozy with the autumnal weather.  The Jo Malone English pear candle smells amazing and fills the house with the lush smell so quickly. Expensive but worth it ( thankfully ours was a present!!). We've also just been given an Earl Grey candle, I'm intrigued to smell it once I get it burning!! 

One  of my friends got married and I had the great job of being a bridesmaid... Aren't her flowers beautiful? We all had white roses which I thought was quite unusual and looked great against our emerald green dresses. Was a great day in a really beautiful location, great Scottish views over the countryside. 

On the beauty side of things I've had a  French manicure on my nails recently and really enjoying them, I always forget how nice it is and so worth the effort. It's very classic look but I have to say its so easy to wear and match too. Whenever I have a colour I seam to end up clashing with my outfit!!  Currently wearing pink with red nails....