Last 10 days in Instagram Part 2

Ooh, so you came back for part two? I'm impressed! Well here goes..... 

Valentine's Day was a quiet affair at my parents' house - the bf came back from London that evening so that we could have dinner together. Sweet :)

He bought me these cupcakes from the Hummingbird Bakery - the packaging was SO cute!

I bought him this chocolate lollipop :)

I lurrrve flamingos and so the bf endeavours to get me a flamingo card as often as he can! This is one of my favs for Valentine's this year.

I had a pink rose from him which I added to the bunch of flowers he'd bought me for our four year anniversary a week before.

I struggled to fit three months worth of shopping into three suitcases......

And let's not even get started on the amount of jewellery I had to pack!

I made this little cupcake bracelet for one of my besties and sent it to her for a belated bday gift

I experimented with my new Accessorize nail polishes (they're good, I recommend them!)

And I squeezed in a game of Lego with my niece on my last evening home!

 OKAY so I lied - there are a few more pics that I will add for part THREE tomorrow. Just a COUPLE I promise :)

What I wore: silver sparkles

Hello all! How was your weekend? I am getting over my cold at last - yay! And only one day left till I go to Mauritius! Double yay!

On Friday I'd promised my sister that I would go for a quiet drink with her, and despite my whinging and stinking cold all day, she held me to my promise! We had a great laugh though and after a 20 minute walk along what I can only describe as a slippery wet country HILL road, in massive platforms, and no lights - with a mist covered paddock next to us, we crashed a party at a cottage that our Mum and Auntie had attended. A bit random!

Here's what I wore (these photos look a terrible quality - sorry :( )

Skirt, H&M (NEW!); top, Tempt; Jacket, Primark; tights, Primark; Shoes, Number One Shoes

Headband, Alannah Hill; earrings (just seen) Shh By Sadie

Charm bracelet, Tiffany & Co; Cuff - stolen from my sister!; Black ring, Topshop; Silver ring, gift.

 I normally wear gold toned jewellery so it was nice to change to silver for the evening - do you normally wear gold or silver jewellery?

What I wore: to a cake and karaoke party!

Hi all! How's it going? We're officially in December now and SUMMER actually began today in New Zealand! Whoop! Though in FOUR days I will be "leeeaving on a jet plane" to spend two and half months back in Wales!

Time has been flying by - with markets, parties, birthdays, Christmas parties and events and one whole Sunday afternoon lounging in the hot tub at a friend's house (THAT was pretty sweet!!). The weather has been fantastic (on the whole) so it's been very strange packing Uggs and jumpers into my suitcase!

On Saturday (after a busy day at a market, which i'd irresponsibly turned up to after 5 hours sleep and with a hangover!!) I went to my friend's birthday 'cake and karaoke' party.

Here's what I wore, including the amazing new necklace I bought myself at the market that day. I <3 it!

Shirt, Dotti; Playsuit, Cotton On; Leggings, Glassons; Shoes, Siren; Bag, Witchery.
Earrings, Diva; Necklace, Craft Me Up.

Blurrrry eyes. Nice.

I looove this little guy! He is hand painted ceramic by an 'old man in Thailand' apparently and there are only two of them in NZ! I snapped him up IMMEDIATELY :)

His little hand painted face!! Super cute!

Ring, Primark; Watch, Michael Kors; Skull bracelet, Shh By Sadie; Gold bangle, Hay Luv.

Shoes, Siren.

I've been buying some treats for my holidays as well as some (ahem) essential things such as a new Marc Jacobs laptop bag which arrived today. I just hope it fits my laptop cos I didn't measure it first! EEK!

Will post pics tomorrow! How have YOU started December?? :)

What I wore: sparkles, coral and a Fijian tan

Hello! How are you all? It's Friday here and I am very happy about that! 

Here's some more pics from my time in Fiji. I bought this kaftan / dress when I was backpacking in Australia with my bestie 18 months ago. We arrived in Cairns and it was BUCKETING down with tropical rain, so what did we do? Went straight to the MALL - and bear in mind we were BACKPACKING! Yes I bought this silk, sequinned number and carried it around with me for the whole trip. I fell in love with it as it's my favourite colour and it SPARKLES.  

What more can a girl need? :)

Kaftan, Forever New; Leggings, Glassons; Wedges, Hannahs; Bag (just seen), Primark;
Earrings, gift.

Gold bangles, Primark; Genuine coral beaded bracelet, I made using beads sent to me by my lovely blogging friend at Missouri Daze :); Pink ring, Diva; Starfish ring, Primark; Thick cream bangle, Diva. Nail polish, Chi Chi Bootilicious.

My bestie (who I backpacked with) bought me these amazing earrings when she arrived to stay with us in NZ :)

Excuse the scab - YUCK! Wedges, Hannahs.

Happy holidays :D

Have you ever just "had to buy something" even though you shouldn't?!

New In: Sadie's been shopping (a lot!)

Hi all, how was your weekend? Hope you all had a great time! I had a fun weekend and have some SHOPPING to show you! 

As I mentioned, I'm going to Fiji in 10 days, so wanted to get some cheapish new clothes to take with me. I find that year on year I have taken the same dresses to Miami and the Bahamas in 2008, Samoa 2009, Fiji and the Whitsundays in 2010 and was determined not to do it this year! I don't get the chance to wear these types of clothes other than on a tropical holiday, which is why they've come with me each year. So I bought a couple of newbies to mix in with the trusty oldies!

So here are the new holiday clothes!

A beach top that was a total bargain - $8!

I love this dress, it was $16 and is such a cute holiday dress! It's a thick cotton so is really stiff and lovely :D

Another top - this one buttons up the front and has a drawstring around the waist. LOVE the colours. Also $7

A fairly plain blue dress but it looked really nice on. I thought I can also get use out of this in every day life! $40

 

The bf when he saw me buying this top - "Not MORE animal print!" HA! $20

A playsuit which I envisage with high wedges! $35

Love the wooden buttons!

A super long maxi dress which will NEED high wedges!! $60

 

This dress looks really elegant, and I can wear it to work when the temperature gets a bit warmer! $50

 

A lot of new clothes to squeeze into my wardrobe!

 I told myself I DID NOT need sandals. I have tonnes of sandals from last summer. But when the bf was busy in one shop, I went a-wandering and spotted these fabulously sick glitter numbers and sadly couldn't leave without them. I've even already worn them on Saturday night!!

Do you love them!? $100

I bought the exact same wedge last summer, in cream and rope. They are SO comfy.

 ALSO new in, but not holiday related:

Genuine pearl drop earrings. Very exciting!!

Some jumbo heated rollers - any tips on use?? I've never tried them before!

My fabulous Michael Kors watch! I used the voucher that I won on Aprilia's blog towards this beaut!

Lots of new stuff - eek. What have you bought lately? :)