Life Lately

Argh! It's December already! How the frick did that come about so quickly? Time is just whizzing by and before I know it it will be 2015. Here's a little of my life lately.

Prepping For A Job

Spending many hours on Pinterest putting together mood boards for the many jobs I have coming up before Christmas. Pinterest is genius and you can follow my boards here.

The Divine Dessert List At Balthazar

Meeting up with friends for dinner at Balthazar. I've wanted to visit this restaurant ever since Carrie Bradshaw tried to get in during an episode of Sex & The City. I ate about a week's worth of calories, sipped too much prosecco and had a fantastic evening.

Stella McCartney Phone Case BUY HERE

This has been my best purchase recently, a phone case in the shape of a shark with fins and eyes and teeth! Anyone who knows me knows how fascinated I am with sharks, I am terrified by them, but I respect that they are incredible creatures. This phone case brightens my day and is quite the talking point.

Homemade Pizza

Now that we are in winter I am craving lots of yummy carb-ey food and tried making homemade pizza recently. The base is stupidly easy to make and I've been experimenting with lots of different toppings, my favourite being spinach, goats cheese and sun-dried tomatoes.

Grenson Sample Sale Bargains

We went to the Grenson sample sale this weekend and it was filled with flat shoe wonderfulness. Sadly I didn't find anything in my size, but the boyfriend lucked out with all of these for a bargain-ous £100.

Care Bear Stare!

I recently collected my old toys from my parents home and while lots of them have since been donated or were too damaged to keep I've managed to salvage some, including my beloved Roald Dahl books and some Care Bears.

Wreath of Dreams at Albion

When getting my weekend hot chocolate at Albion I came across the most beautiful Christmas wreath greeting you as you enter the establishment. I really need to start thinking about getting a tree soon.  

Hope you have a wonderful week and happy December!

Sx

Weekend Scenes

This weekend was wonderfully peaceful and filled with lots of naughty sweet treats including the best croissant I've ever sunk my teeth into from Albion (seriously go there and eat one of these as soon as possible!)

Yumminess from Albion

And this surprisingly easy to make, but incredibly flavourful Ventian carrot cake (recipe here). I used Amaretto instead of rum and served it with Ameretto spiked mascarpone. 

In between rain showers I spent some time on my little terrace planting up a herb trough filled with mint, chive, tarragon, parsley, coriander and thyme. I am completely non-green fingered so let's hope I don't kill them all!

Please don't die!

During the week I got soaked in the rain and emergency purchased these jeans as I couldn't turn up to my meeting looking like a drowned rat. I love them. The slightly faded wash, the clean rips and the muffin top concealing high waist means I've lived in them all weekend. They also do a pair in white that I've got my eyes on.

Jeans Topshop, Top Peter Pilotto for Target, Trainers Russell & Bromley c/o

Have a happy Monday everyone!