VW Festival

I should probably start this post off by admitting something...... I don't/can't drive. I am a 25 year old non-driver who relies on bus', trains and, (more often than not), lifts from friends and family. It's just something I never got around to doing, or have ever really had a big desire to do. Having said that I have always thought to myself that if/when I ever did get around to learning my car of choice would be a vintage beatle. Ever since I saw Kate Hudson driving around in a pale blue one in some godawful movie, I said- thats what I want.

So when my sisters other half bought himself a rather stunning purple vintage beatle and invited me along to the VW Festival in Southsea- how could I say no? After a bumpy and break-down ridden drive there, we arrived at the festival just in time for a quick browse, a walk by the coast and an ice cream. 

Even though I can't drive any of the cars, I still appreciated the fest and had fun taking hoards of snaps.....

Are you car-crazy or not?

(PS I wrote a guest post over at Frills 'n' Spills, take a peek here)

 

I want to go to the seaside....

What incredible weather we've had the last couple of days? Always makes me smile when the sun comes out, even if it does happen very rarely here in England!

Yesterday me and my family headed to Worthing to visit my grandparents, was so nice seeing them. We took my grandma out in her wheelchair for a walk a long the coast and of course I took lots of snaps....

Very cool scooter- want one!

My sister Sara and her boyfriend Van :)

Had to take a snap of this car!

The fam! 

Was so nice to be by the sea and just forget about everyday life for a few hours. Also made me really want to move to the seaside!! One day :)

What did everyone else get up to at the weekend?

Today...

....is my mum's Birthday :)

Happy Birthday Mumma!

We went to Richmond for lunch and a stroll....

My sister wearing vintage.

Me wearing Primark turban, Topshop Coat and River Island jeans.

sister and mumma :)

Still to look forward to this month.....

Dinner party for mum's B'day on Saturday

Sea of Bees gig on 21st

My 25th Birthday on 23rd

Night out for my B'day on 26th

Fashion Weekend on 27th

(February 2011- you rock)

Something for the Weekend....

Had a day FULL of guilty pleasures today involving: 2 hot chocolates, 1 muffin, 1 Happy Meal from McDonald's and A LOT of shopping....

Met up with my sister in Guildford and had such a nice day. I hardly ever get to see her for a whole day due to conflicting days off work, so was great to have a girly day together. We're terrible influences on each other though, always convincing each other to buy more things...

I'll do a separate post on what I bought as the light's gone now so can't photograph my goodies!

 Instead here is our day in pictures....



My outfit, (top: River Island, skirt: Vintage, tightsand shoes: Primark)



Hot Chocolate no. 1

My gorgeous sis :)

One of my purchases!

Playing dress up...

Pretty changing room!

My sis rocking her soon to be new hooded gilet

A very cool band playing in the street



Guildford's Xmas lights :)

What did you all get up to today?

New Winter Coat / Little Gold Rush

So I finally got around to buying myself a new Winter coat, you may remember I was having some dilemma's a while ago. I ended up going for something completely out of my comfort range and very different to my usual style. While usually I would have been enticed by Primark's cosy looking parka, I knew I wanted something a bit smarter, something with some structure, something I could put on and feel empowered by. I also wanted to spend a little more money in the hope it wouldn't fall apart after two wears....

 So I ended up going into Topshop and falling for this military green funnel necked beaut.....

Undone Collar

Done up Collar

It was the only one of its style left, in my size, fitted like a dream- I called it fate. Fate, (as it turns out), also has a sense of humour as I noticed 3 buttons missing and other's dangling precariously (so much for spending more money for quality, huh?) but I was under its spell and with 10% knocked off the price I kind of lost my head. Luckily it came with spare buttons so I am now in the process of restoring it to its former glory, (and by 'I', I of course mean my mum). So there you have it- warm, heavy, dramatic, perfect.

In other fashion-y news my sister came home today and I couldn't help but notice the brilliant gold jewellery she was sporting, I'm not usually a fan of gold, but she wears it well don't ya think?

I really love the deer ring (from Topshop).

Happy Fathers day :)

I didn't get to spend much time with my dad today as I had training for a new part-time job, so I'm fulfilling his request to have a dedicated blog to his fantastic-ness!

Here are some quick things I love about about my lovely papa:

• His ridiculous and silly sense of humour
• His innate ability to listen/sympathise/empathise
• His uncompromising love for all of us, despite some of our many flaws
• His optimism- he likes to hide it, but deep down he believes in all of us no matter how bad things get
• His passion for good music, he's taught me a lot
• The pleasure he gets from the simple things in life (a nap, a beer, a good gardening sesh)
• His amazing calm business head in tough situations- he won't give up without a fight!
• His driving skills. He drives around grannies for work and me for pleasure

And lastly I love how considerate he is to all of us and even our other halves. You're the reproductive organs of a canine father. (that's the dogs bollocks to you lot)

Here are some amazing photo's he took of himself the other day....

Baking weekend

This weekend I spent some time with my sister, we both needed a little time to shut off from the world and relax. So we did all the usual girly things, watched films with Josh Hartnett in, (where did he go?), and baked fairy cakes :) My sister did most of the baking, I was mainly the assistant that took pictures and dressed up in an apron...That's called TEAMWORK.

Everyone needs family time once in a while and I'm so happy to have a best friend that also happens to be my sister. She means the world to me :)