Daughters new bedroom and other activities

So after half a day of blood, sweat and tears (most of it from nearly 10 year old) daughters bedroom was finally finished. Resulting not only in putting new bed in and reorganising layout.

Several bin bags of rubbish and another 4 of clothes she doesn't want to wear or don't fit in any more and lots of books. So we embarked on a trip to charity shops to make donations, and to shopping centre to soothe those feeling that got hurt in a process.
I needed few basics (cotton pads, shower gel etc) young madam had a time of her life in Primark. Came out with 2 pairs of sunglasses, hat, flowery head band, and I don't know what else.
To soothe the Daddy's feelings (who had to put new bed together) we visited Hotel Chocolat. And believe me folks, every penny spent there is worth it. Best chocolate I have ever tasted. Rich, smooth, not too sweet.  Especially their dark selections. Daughter got him chilli penguins, he is going to enjoy that. I got this naughty, not so little packet and I intend to enjoy every piece of it (might share).

When we got back I made the dinner (jerk chicken and sweet potatoes with green beans) and made bread. In our home we often bake our bread, it's great for destressing.

Only minus is we often eat the first loaf straight from the oven. It's so delicious when warm.
And now, when I finish this post, I need to seriously do some studying. Exams very soon and  passed last year with first, would be embarrassed to go below that.

Have been quiet

for a couple of days. Just been very busy.

Saturday my daughter and I went shopping. Finally got pair of jeans that fit me (marks and spencer). Had a coffee break in shop trawling thought.

Sunday was my husbands birthday and we had very wet walking day. But I managed to do his cake. And as it was his it had to contain some cheesecake :-)

Monday and Tuesday were Uni days and I had some work as well.

And today is Open day in possible secondary school for my daughter. So just got back home and have couple of minutes to type, before I will have to run for some more work.

I promise to write some more, but it would be wonderful to get some comments. Even nasty ones just to know that someone is actually reading it.

Shopping list for next weekend

We all look for our own, individual style. And I found that as I aged I am less and less interested in what is actually in fashion this or next season. I am looking for clothes that will fit me well and will be comfortable to wear. My shoes started to come from Clarks and clothes from M&S. Isn't that sign of ageing? And there is the whole style issue. I tend to choose things I can wear until they will fall apart in classic cut and colours, instead of latest  fluorescent shade of orange with green stripes ;-).  Don't get me wrong, my wardrobe is still full impulse buys that will never get out (at least not until I'll take them to charity shop), but I do try and coordinate my shopping with what is already there. And when I looked last, majority is in black, white, various shades of blue and gray, and occasional red. But still in a lookout for perfect pair of jeans, some summery dresses and shoes. Never enough shoes.

Next part of my shopping next weekend will be a bookcase for diningroom, new bed for my daughter and some bits and bobs for the house. Like new lamp shades. All from Ikea of course.

My Pin board March

T-shirts and skirt http://en.dawanda.com/
Dresses http://www.joules.com/
Bracelets and Bangles http://www.lexandcogifts.com/
Pouch bag http://www.luluguinness.com/purses/all-purses/london-by-night-zip-pouch

Little things that made me happy this week

Shopping!
But as Marilyn said "money won't make you happy, shopping will", so I went on a little shopping trip a got a few things.
My new foundation and makeup base.

Few scented candles.

Lovely long white shirt to wear with jeans.

Lovely new notebooks (Women can never have enough of those, right?!), and even lovelier picture frames see here http://emslifeinuk.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/tkmaxx-finds.html

And Spring!!!

Apart from that what else can made me happy? Feeling that I actually accomplished something, so I tackled the ironing basket and finished it all, made a roast dinner, and chicken soup from leftovers, and all of that in one afternoon. Spend some time with my family.And got some photos done so I can post them here.
When I read what I wrote I can see that my internal chaos is taking over. Fine, so be it. I can live with it, in fact I live with it for (ime) 35 years. In fact I recognise the pattern, when my "big" birthday is coming up I get this massive urge to change something. So I am changing things, setting myself new challenges. This year is to get back to blogging. I use to wrote a blog (in 2003) in a different place, in a different language. Whole word apart.

Why are we blogging and other things

 So why are we? for the same reason we are blaging :-P
or seriously, a lot of people take on fashion/beauty/lifestyle blogging because they read others blogs and think "I want to do that too, I want to get free stuff/go to fashion events/become celebrity too", as a result we have lots of good fashion/beauty/lifestyle blogs and even more not so good. The general idea behind the blog is that this stuff is going to be read. And as in any form of journalism we should respect  our readers. That is the reason mine will be constant work in progress, sometimes with longer breaks between posts as it will take some time to get them right. To make it the way I want and you might enjoy.
I do too read other's blogs, I really enjoy  that. When I have moment  break from running like headless chicken I love to read blogs (blogs, books,magazines, news- anything really, must be addicted to written word) and it makes lovely change from scientific journals- trust me on that.
My very favourite one is http://hannahgale.co.uk/ - she is funny and entertaining with amazing amount of common sense for someone her age :P. 
Second one I enjoy is completely different it is http://www.fashionfoiegras.com/
Another one is http://macademiangirl.com/   pure colour! Well worth a look especially if you miss spring and sunshine.
Where Hannah is Primark, Emily form FFG is High End Design. And where am I? Somewhere in between them. I still buy on High Street but prefer artisans and hand made stuff, things that are one of.
 Like this bag.

What is you wardrobe wish list for spring/summer?

Having spent last hour or so looking at trends for SS15  I am starting to get depressed. OK maybe depressed is an exaggeration, but still, looking at lovely pictures from fashion shows makes me a bit uncomfortable. We (modern women) were brought up with a view that everyone above size 14 is grossly obese. Size 14 is suspect anyway. Unfortunately coming from the family with genetically wide hips size 14 was the smallest I could fit in from puberty onwards. Even when my weight was 8 stone my hips were 44 inches(waist was 27 inch, nightmare when  try to find trousers that fit properly). Well in a past. Now, after a pregnancy and several dull and boring dead end jobs where I snacked to keep awake I am size 16, and no amount of dieting can shift it. (It is true that metabolism slows down as we age) Then I look at what is going to be in fashion couple months ahead and I cringe. Because big floral patterns don't look good on me, because block colours make me look size 20 and only monochrome can be comfortable but a bit boring. Then there is question about what type of clothing will I choose. Thank goodness I can choose from quite a few options, as ultra mini is definitely out of picture. Then there is a daily struggle between looking fairly good and being comfortable. If being comfortable would won, then it would be leggings and oversized T all the time. If looking good attempt wins there are tailored trousers and nice dresses, but summer is still daunting prospect. Bare legs. Linen trousers that show cellulite. Flimsy dresses which can be see through. It is scary. And there is this whole new issue of entering mutton dressed as lamb area. Whole fashion is directed at very young audience, so when you are over 30 there is very little choice. Either stick to business woman, or artist, or just give up on style. Awful time when one gets too old for New Look but still too young for twin cardigan with pearls.
So because my wardrobe is pretty much full, my wish list for spring/summer is short.

Some nice khaki dress like this one from Jason Wu

On the same note suede trench form Loewe is a dream.

This Sonia Rykiel (or something similar form high street as you can never have enough of striped tops)

 And silk, lots of silk Haider Ackerman

 All of the above can be bought from Net-a-porter.com, but high street have very similar pieces.

TKMaxx finds

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