What I wore: to a wedding in Mauritius

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE! I hope your week has been good to you!

So some of you may remember, back in January I went to Mauritius for ten days. The bf's brother AND sister both got married there - NOT to each other, and both on different days! :)

Here's what I wore to the first wedding - Chris' sister's.

What I took into consideration:

Heat = bad hair
Looking too overdressed (there were very few people there, let alone 'young people'

Being too hot in my outfit

Buying a summer outfit in the January sales in the UK!

So this is what I went with. I picked it up in the H&M sale for 15 pounds!

Dress, H&M; Vest (just seen), Florence and Fred; Wedges, Next; Clutch, Accessorize; Necklace, H&M Berlin; Sunglasses, O'Neill.

 

 

The bride and groom. She made her dress herself, from silk :)

The wedding party.

The groom and his best man!

I loved the aisle

 

 Have a great weekend! I'm going for drinks with my friends after work and have the Mighty Mighty Market tomorrow - what wonderful things will  you be doing?

PS I have a lot of catching up to do with everyone's blogs - I haven't forgotten you and will be catching up over the weekend :)

I *heart* sunshine

Hi all, yay it's Friday! Though, as I just wrote that - I wondered why I said 'yay' as I am on a 2.5 month break from work so every day is a Friday! ;)

Here are some more 'general' pics from Mauritius. I have two sets of wedding pics (one for each wedding!) but am waiting for the bf to give me a few he took first!

On the speed boat for the bf's wakeboarding session

The bf and (one of!!) his favourite hobbys

Chilling in the pool :)

Me and the bf :)

The bf and his siblings, both of whom were married in Mauritius!

I do LOOOVE a cocktail!

What are your plans for the weekend? Tonight I am going out for drinks with friends and tomorrow the bf and I are going to Bath for the weekend with my parents.

Swimming with WHALES!

Hi all, so on the first Saturday in Mauritius a bunch of us went on a whale and dolphin safari. We all went out to sea in a speed boat and managed to swim with wild dolphins. Well, when I say swim 'with' dolphins, we kind of saw them under the water as they were swimming around...they weren't like flipper and floundering around next to us!

Beautiful harbour views

Some of us ready to swim with the dolphins

My first ever fishtail on myself!! <3

First glimpse of a sperm whale!!

Then we went out to sea to 'track' sperm whales. I didn't think we'd find any, but we found more than a DOZEN! I was ASTOUNDED! They were amazing, so huge and we got super close to them!!! The guide asked us if we wanted to snorkel by them - a chance in a lifetime he said! So three of the boys on the boat jumped in with the guide and snorkelled up to a whale and the whale dove underneath them, it was incredible. I kind of wished I'd done it, and said so. Little did I know that there were plenty of other whales around, so the guide found two breathing on the top of the sea, and handed me a snorkel!

The boys (including my bf!) RIGHT NEXT to the whale! OMG!

 

Dolphins <3

Me with a whale behind me!

We jumped into the ocean and the two whales swam right underneath us - WOW!!! It was all over SO quickly but definitely a once in a lifetime experience and I was proud of myself for being the only girl in the group to do it!

Have you ever swam with whales or dolphins?

Back from Mauritius!

Hi all, I am back from my holidays! And I miss the sunshine already!

We stayed at the Sands Resort and Spa, it was AMAZING. Canapes and rum are brought to your room every day at 6pm, and iced drinks are brought around the pool and beach in the morning and afternoon to refresh you whilst you sunbathe. I've never had that sort of service before, even in Fiji!

Here are a few photos of the first few days of the holiday....

Leaving Heathrow

I'm pretty obsessed with my new ring!!And had gone back to my summer turquoise shade of nail polish.

Coming into land after the 12 hour flight...

Gorgeous bed display - with NO ants!  :)

The bf happy to have arrived!! ;)

Large dressing room - soon put to good use with all of my new clothes!

A peek of the canapes - yum!!

 Do you feel sad at the end of holidays? Or do you look forward to coming home? :)

PS I am a huge (new) fan of Instagram - do you use it? If so, let me know so I can follow you!

Mauritius!

Just a couple of quick pics of the last 24 hours! Rain, sunshine, complimentary canapés and a tot of rum each evening delivered to the room(!!!), and plenty of relaxation.

Where's the nicest place you've ever holidayed? Ps. I tried to add more than two images via the Blogger iPhone app and kept receiving an error message of insufficient storage- have you ever heard of this problem? Xx