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Fall shopping in 90 degree heat…

I hope you all had a great Bank Holiday weekend in the UK! We have our long weekend here this week for Labor Day. Labor Day traditionally signals the end of summer but in Georgia it will be in the 80s till well into October! Having said that the heat doesn’t stop me from thinking about all things Fall!

I’ve already ordered this awesome jacket. Zara have a similar version but I prefer the Mango one as the fabric is a short furry fabric…softer and more appropriate for leopard print – at least I think so!

I’ve also ordered these dresses. Yes I know, I know…I couldn’t decide which color so ordered both! Not to mention they are a great price. How cool will they look with a biker jacket or the jacket above to give them a little attitude!?

I did a little survey on these boots the other day on Instagram. I was torn – I love the blue but they are higher than the brown and pink. Both are stunning and perfect with dresses or jeans. I think I’m going for the higher blue pair…

These are on my MUST HAVE list for winter – but I will try and wait for these, hoping they won’t sell out!

Finally I have just ordered this sweater from Zara – it comes in mink, khaki and grey. How fabulous is it with either skinnies (with the boots above!) or boyfriend jeans – so slouchy.

Oh how I love dressing for Fall and Winter – I really do live in the wrong part of the world!

Poppy and I had fun the other day – I did my own #2 undercut – so easy, a little nerve wracking, but easier than anticipated!

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Here’s what I’ve been wearing recently – making the most out of my dresses!

Dress – H&M // Sandals – Birkenstock Yara // Bag – Mulberry Bayswater

Dress – Zara // Shoes – Castañer // Bag – Proenza Schouler

Dress – Madewell // Shoes – Marc Fisher // Bag – Mansur Gavriel

The dog days of summer

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Mid August in Georgia is just miserable…moan, moan, moan…hot, humid and hot! Thank goodness for AC! Though the AC in the office blows snowballs so a jacket is still required for inside! Today I have just a quick outift catch up from this week – it’s been a busy one now we are back at school and normal work weeks have resumed. Oh and yes I’ve been learning to drive a manual car again – not too much gear crunching thankfully! I still love my GTI and I’ve just about figured out the radio and all the buttons!

Shoes – Mango (old) // Top – Mango (old) // Jacket – H&M (old) // Bag – Bayswater // Jeans – Zara (old)

White jeans, sandals, Georgia, summer, summer style

Shoes – Nine West (old) // Jeans – H&M (old similar here on sale) // Top – Zara (old)

watermelon t-shirt, Nike Air Max, Mansur Gavriel, Cargo pants, Georgia, summer, summer style

Shoes – Nike Air Max // Trousers – Zara (old) // Top – H&M (old)// Jacket – Mango (similar here new season) // Bag – Mansur Gavriel

A birthday and an unexpected gift!

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So the celebrations have ended, but definitely on a high note! I was greeted by the children with breakfast in bed on Wednesday morning – so lovely! Then it was off out for lunch with my husband, and maybe a glass of prosecco. I do love a long lazy lunch!

Top – Zara // Jacket – Zara // Shoes – Castañer // Bag – Mansur Gavriel // Necklaces – H&M

That evening we went out for dinner and cocktails. It is fun to go out on a school night but I certainly can’t do it every week! 45 is turning to out to be pretty fun so far!

Shoes – Castañer // Dress – Zara

Before we went on vacation my husband had someone drive into the back of him – we found out this week that the car had to be written off as a total loss. So sad! We had had both of our cars – a large sedan and an SUV for about 10 years and had planned to keep them till the wheels dropped off! Having no car payments was lovely but they were also expensive to maintain. I say ‘they’ as while my husband is looking for a new car we decided it was time to trade in my SUV. With more than 100k miles on the clock, and no longer needing to carry strollers and carseats around, I decided it was time for a little driving fun! I’ve ended up with my ‘dream’ ‘hot hatch’ – a Golf SE GTI! It’s manual too!! I haven’t driven a stick for 16 years (the sales guy on the test drive went a bit pale once I mentioned that….) but after missing a few gears, and a few gear crunches, it was like I’d always driven one! I LOVE it. It is so much fun! All I need now are some furry dice on the rearview mirror! Today I have mostly been reading car manuals!!

Top – Zara // Jeans – Zara (old) // Shoes – & Other Stories

Shoes – River Island (last year) // Shorts – Madewell (last year) // Top – Mango sale

Golf GTI

Funnily enough my husband is STILL without a car…he is contemplating something fun and smaller too! Once again we’ll be the odd foreigners…driving small cars, in a neighborhood of SUVs, trucks and luxury sedans!

Back to reality

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Well we made it home safe and sound, if a little tired. 12 hours is a long time to be on a flight! I’m still not sure what time it is and I feel pretty fuzzy but the kids were up bright and early this morning excited to see their friends in their last week of camp before school starts!

I am back in the office trying to remember what I do for a living 😉

Trousers – TopShop // Sneakers – New Balance from J.Crew // Top – Mango sale // Bag – Mansur Gavriel

New nude shoes

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You may have seen these beautiful Miu Miu ballet flats on Pinterest or Instagram. I think they are beautiful. The perfect girly show with a little edginess.

At around $600 they are steep for a shoe that is very much a ‘trend’ and may have limited longevity, though the leather does look perfect. Thankfully trusty Zara has come up with a fabulous tribute in leather, and a much more palatable $59.99.

Mango have released a variation on the theme. A cross between the gorgeous block heeled ballet shoes and a lace up. These are just beautiful and I have ordered them as I am pretty sure with the attention they are getting they will sell out fast. With black step hem (like these here) or fringed jeans they will add great balance – you don’t want to look to lady like in them!

Finally a nude pink sneaker. I LOVE shoes, I love sneakers, I love Adidas and I love Gazelles – how about these beauties in pink. I can’t wait to wear them with a dress and tanned legs!

In fact that is the beauty of pink/nude shoes – regardless of the style they have a leg lengthening effect – there’s no hard stop at the bottom of your leg!

So you may notice that I’m still able to keep up with the new AW releases while here! Thankfully we have wifi though the kids are hogging it…I’m about to head down the garden path to the beach again with a pot of tea! Yesterday we went to Datça market again where the fruit and veg is amazing – I keep telling my Husband that it reminds me of Bury Market as you can buy everything there – even the Turkish version of a pasty 😉 I came home with more harems – tie dye and dropped crotch whats not to love!

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The other evening we went out for dinner and listened to France make it through to the Euro Final. I had a wee bit too much wine but much fun was had by all!

Dress (on sale here with extra 40% off using EXTRA) and leather flip flops – Gap

Countdown to Turkey!

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It’s all a bit crazy here! Visas are sorted, passports are found and bags are out ready to be packed! I spent bloody hours figuring out movies for the kids yesterday and making sure they were all synced on iPads for the plane. I guarantee we will get on the flight and they won’t play or will have disappeared – it always happens no matter how often I check. Anyhow hopefully they’ll be out like a light as soon as they are settled in their seats as it’s a late flight. I’ll of course be enjoying all the services offered!

Shoes – Castañer Campasina // Shorts – ASOS on sale here // Top – Mango on sale here

Dress – Mango on sale here // Shoes – Castañer

Save vs. Splurge – Chloe Wedge Espadrilles

Shoes – Castañer on sale here // Jeans – Zara // Shirt – Mango on sale here

Trousers – Zara // Top – AllSaints (old – sale now on here) // Sneakers – Nike Rift Limited Edition

I do love a good dress

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A dress can be the easiest thing to throw on – and when you get it right it can be a killer outfit! I love a dress and my closet is now diversifying from the AllSaints drapes that I adore. Of course heading to Turkey next week gives me the excuse to buy dresses – they feel more conservative and appropriate in Istanbul – even a strappy sundress can be adapted for a mosque with a scarf over the shoulders.

I have this Gap dress in pink and adore it – I’ve just ordered the blue with code TGIF in the US – I have a large – it’s cut quite narrow around the bust so be careful if you are well endowed. Oh and I can’t stand the belt so have immediately discarded it!

& Other Stories are fabulous for unusual prints and they have their sale running right now. There are some dresses from a couple of seasons ago that I have ordered.

Many of my friends have the porcelain midi dress – I’ve ordered this style – I’m really starting to embrace blue. It’s reduced from $115 to $58.

The Mountain print dress is pretty polarizing but I think it will look amazing with a tan and black espadrilles. This is reduced from $90 to $45.

Finally in the sale – a dress I see wearing a lot in the Fall with ankle boots – I’ve been desperate for another plaid dress and love the length of this one. Reduced from $115 to $58.

There is 25% off certain footwear and dresses at Madewell this weekend with code UNIFORM. I’ve ordered these for my vacation closet. Size down in the dress.

eyelet boardwalk dress

Some food for thought – and yes my packing pile is growing aaaargh!

Ending with outfits from the past couple of days…

Jeans – Zara // Shoes – Castaner // Top – Mango (in sale) // Bag – Mansur Gavriel

Sneaker – New Balance // Dress – H&M (in sale) // Bag – Hill & Friends

My Husband made me do it!

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My Husband is never one to say I need more of anything. He knows I need no encouragement. However he just sent me a link to these saying ‘they are very you’.

Oh yes they are!! I had a pair of Nike Rift years ago – they have the toe thingy – yup just like a camel toe 😉 These are now on their way to me for vacation.

I have indeed got plenty of shoes for Turkey – these just arrived and I bloody love them – they make me feel super sexy but they are so comfortable for Istanbul nights! I am now the proud owner of a pair of Castaner espadrilles!

Now for a prime example of something that I loved but did not love me. I so wanted this jersey skirt to work but I felt and looked enormous in it – it did nothing for my shape so back it went.

Skirt – TopShop // Sneakers – Adidas (old) // T-shirt – AllSaints (old)

Today I am wearing my new Mango top – 6SALE9 in the US will get you 40% discount today so hurry! (Excludes items labeled ‘new in’).

Top – Mango // Jeans – Zara (old) // Shoes – & Other Stories // Bag – Hill & Friends

Finishing with a couple of outfits from earlier in the week.

The skirt didn’t work but I still bloody love the TopShop pleated trousers. Oh and the TopShop Karter loafers are back in stock in gold, pink and now silver here!

Shoes – TopShop // Trousers – TopShop // T-Shirt – J.Crew (old)

Finally all old from the other day – though I was stopped 3 times and asked where my sandals were from – TopShop last year! Good old TopShop!

Top – Mango (old) // Jeans – Zara (old) // Shoes – TopShop (old) // Bag – Givenchy

What happened in TopShop today…

Jacket – Mango (old but here on Mango Outlet) // Trousers – Mango (Don’t forget private sale codes here!) // Tank – Gap (this is a medium – they fit on the bigger side) // Shoes – Gucci (old) // Bag – Givenchy

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Tag Archives: Mango

Fall shopping in 90 degree heat…

Dress – H&M // Sandals – Birkenstock Yara // Bag – Mulberry Bayswater

Dress – Zara // Shoes – Castañer // Bag – Proenza Schouler

Dress – Madewell // Shoes – Marc Fisher // Bag – Mansur Gavriel

The dog days of summer

Shoes – Mango (old) // Top – Mango (old) // Jacket – H&M (old) // Bag – Bayswater // Jeans – Zara (old)

Shoes – Nine West (old) // Jeans – H&M (old similar here on sale) // Top – Zara (old)

Shoes – Nike Air Max // Trousers – Zara (old) // Top – H&M (old)// Jacket – Mango (similar here new season) // Bag – Mansur Gavriel

A birthday and an unexpected gift!

Top – Zara // Jacket – Zara // Shoes – Castañer // Bag – Mansur Gavriel // Necklaces – H&M

Shoes – Castañer // Dress – Zara

Top – Zara // Jeans – Zara (old) // Shoes – & Other Stories

Shoes – River Island (last year) // Shorts – Madewell (last year) // Top – Mango sale

Back to reality

Trousers – TopShop // Sneakers – New Balance from J.Crew // Top – Mango sale // Bag – Mansur Gavriel

New nude shoes

Dress (on sale here with extra 40% off using EXTRA) and leather flip flops – Gap

Countdown to Turkey!

Shoes – Castañer Campasina // Shorts – ASOS on sale here // Top – Mango on sale here

Dress – Mango on sale here // Shoes – Castañer

Save vs. Splurge – Chloe Wedge Espadrilles

Shoes – Castañer on sale here // Jeans – Zara // Shirt – Mango on sale here

Trousers – Zara // Top – AllSaints (old – sale now on here) // Sneakers – Nike Rift Limited Edition

I do love a good dress

Jeans – Zara // Shoes – Castaner // Top – Mango (in sale) // Bag – Mansur Gavriel

Sneaker – New Balance // Dress – H&M (in sale) // Bag – Hill & Friends

My Husband made me do it!

Skirt – TopShop // Sneakers – Adidas (old) // T-shirt – AllSaints (old)

Top – Mango // Jeans – Zara (old) // Shoes – & Other Stories // Bag – Hill & Friends

Shoes – TopShop // Trousers – TopShop // T-Shirt – J.Crew (old)

Top – Mango (old) // Jeans – Zara (old) // Shoes – TopShop (old) // Bag – Givenchy

What happened in TopShop today…

Jacket – Mango (old but here on Mango Outlet) // Trousers – Mango (Don’t forget private sale codes here!) // Tank – Gap (this is a medium – they fit on the bigger side) // Shoes – Gucci (old) // Bag – Givenchy

Dress – H&M // Sandals – Birkenstock Yara // Bag – Mulberry Bayswater

Dress – Zara // Shoes – Castañer // Bag – Proenza Schouler

Dress – Madewell // Shoes – Marc Fisher // Bag – Mansur Gavriel

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Shoes – Mango (old) // Top – Mango (old) // Jacket – H&M (old) // Bag – Bayswater // Jeans – Zara (old)

Shoes – Nine West (old) // Jeans – H&M (old similar here on sale) // Top – Zara (old)

Shoes – Nike Air Max // Trousers – Zara (old) // Top – H&M (old)// Jacket – Mango (similar here new season) // Bag – Mansur Gavriel

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Top – Zara // Jacket – Zara // Shoes – Castañer // Bag – Mansur Gavriel // Necklaces – H&M

Shoes – Castañer // Dress – Zara

Top – Zara // Jeans – Zara (old) // Shoes – & Other Stories

Shoes – River Island (last year) // Shorts – Madewell (last year) // Top – Mango sale

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Trousers – TopShop // Sneakers – New Balance from J.Crew // Top – Mango sale // Bag – Mansur Gavriel

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Dress (on sale here with extra 40% off using EXTRA) and leather flip flops – Gap

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Shoes – Castañer Campasina // Shorts – ASOS on sale here // Top – Mango on sale here

Dress – Mango on sale here // Shoes – Castañer

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Shoes – Castañer on sale here // Jeans – Zara // Shirt – Mango on sale here

Trousers – Zara // Top – AllSaints (old – sale now on here) // Sneakers – Nike Rift Limited Edition

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Jeans – Zara // Shoes – Castaner // Top – Mango (in sale) // Bag – Mansur Gavriel

Sneaker – New Balance // Dress – H&M (in sale) // Bag – Hill & Friends

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Skirt – TopShop // Sneakers – Adidas (old) // T-shirt – AllSaints (old)

Top – Mango // Jeans – Zara (old) // Shoes – & Other Stories // Bag – Hill & Friends

Shoes – TopShop // Trousers – TopShop // T-Shirt – J.Crew (old)

Top – Mango (old) // Jeans – Zara (old) // Shoes – TopShop (old) // Bag – Givenchy

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Jacket – Mango (old but here on Mango Outlet) // Trousers – Mango (Don’t forget private sale codes here!) // Tank – Gap (this is a medium – they fit on the bigger side) // Shoes – Gucci (old) // Bag – Givenchy

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