Night Away: York

I love love love being able to get away and devote time to charity shopping, gazing at antiques I can't afford and don't have a house to put them in and eating good food. I love that my bf enjoys this as much as me (I don't know how I got so lucky!).

We decided to go for the first time to York. It is such a beautiful city and if you haven't been I really recommend it. I'd love to live somewhere like that one day. It's such a cluttered mess of buildings that look so dainty and cute but yet so big and rustic. The roads are cobbled and the wall that surrounds it is an even better way to get to one side of the town to the other. Walking through one cobbled road I saw Philip Schofield but as soon as the words "Is that that TV Presenter" left my lips he had ran into one of the neighbouring shops and I wasn't that desperate for a photo. We didn't buy much other than a trip up the York cathedral tower (Beware: The stairs up are terrifying!), food and a gorgeous antique pair of earrings Sam treated me too. I'm already hoping to go again in the next couple of months to see the Mystery Plays that are being put on. If you're planning on going I can recommend a lovely vintage-feeling B&B which is currently being done up and a hidden restaurant where you can get a lunch meal and a glass of wine for under £5. We took some photos so I thought I couldn't not share some with you.

The perfect outfit for a rainy day 

Vintage Monday

A rainy, cold, windy Monday stuck outside... Everyone's worst nightmare. Could there be a worse start to the week? Usually I would probably say yes but not this week.

I know it's now Friday but I couldn't let the week go without sharing mine and Sammy's adventures on Monday. It was a lovely surprise because neither of us had realised it was going to be a bank holiday so we had a last minute whole day free to do what we like.  So what did we do with ourselves? Spent the day outside at markets, vintage&antique shopping.

I think it is so special finding something that was once so precious to someone else and being able to make it precious to yourself. Once upon a time someone will have treasured the antique that you now own, it's like they passed on the baton to you and its now you're duty to look after it.

We didn't buy lots and lots but it was still so worth it. I got some bits for Satiable Fashion (you will see these soon in the shop!!) and we treated ourselves too, of course! I didn't get a photo off my outfit, it was such a cold day and as we were outside I stuck to jeans from Zara and a sweater from Hollister plus my great farmer style jacket from New Look so it wasn't anything that exciting.

We did get some other fab snapshots throughout the day though so I thought I would share some with you all...

Honey, I'm Home

Words can't describe the amazing time I had away. Mexico is such a beautiful country and the feeling of building a house for a family who doesn't have one is indescribable. Then, shopping and a beach day in San Diego was so rewarding.

I lived most of the time in chino's, tee's and a big summer hat whilst building so I didn't get many nice photo shots. I did get a couple from my two days in San Diego, though. Whilst I was there I went into Forever 21 for the first time and fell in love.. I wish I had one near me! I got a beautiful lace cardigan which I wore the next day. 

So here is what I wore during the day for walking around La Jolla and sunbathing around the pool.

I transformed the outfit from day to night by simply switching my shorts to my maxi skirt. Perfect for a chilly trip to the beach! ...

Out of Action

Well, the day has come and I am off to Mexico for 10 days. I'm so excited! I'm going with a big group and we're going to be building houses for families who don't have them. Oh and, spending a couple of beach days in San Diego at the end of it.

I'm sad to be out of action from blogging though, I was getting into this! I'm going to leave you with a few pictures from my latest fashion post on Chictopia first, though.