Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground

So these are the photos we took yesterday. I wanted to showcase my new budget furs. They really are so warm and so inexpensive at just €10 for the snood and hat! I felt so cosy in the crisp Winter air. Dublin Castle was almost deserted apart from a few tourists, which is great for taking photos. We took a lot more photos than we normally would because it was so quiet which meant I was more easily coaxed into standing out in the open. It was good in one way because it meant we got to take more interesting shots and there was a bigger selection to choose from, but it also meant I got a bit giddy and made a lot of goofy faces, which I might share with you in a special outtakes post.

Ok so I know that's a lot of photos, but I really liked so many so I thought, why not show you more than I normally would? Thanks again to Donnacha for his patience and talent in taking the photos with me!

Don't you love the colour of the leaves?

I'm getting a touch up on my hair colour tomorrow and doing some Christmas shopping, might try fit in a trip to the cinema too if I have time!

Here's the video to my favourite White Stripes song directed by Michel Gondry;

Em xxx

Jewel Me Pretty

This is the package I received in the post yesterday. I ordered some more things from Jewel Me Pretty because Rin is currently having a half price sale! The prices were already great, but with the sale it's seriously worth checking out if you have any Christmas presents to buy or if you're just looking for something nice for yourself! Here's what I bought;

I know I've said it before but I just love the way Rin packages all the items! She even sent me the little pink hair pin too!

Donnacha's dog Snapper is very sick and his mam thinks he doesn't have long left so we're going to visit them tomorrow so Donnacha can say goodbye. They've had him for about 12 years since he was a puppy. Donnacha was choosing which puppy to pick and Snapper got sick on his chest and he knew that was the puppy for him! I've always thought that was such a cute story! He has a tumor on his liver and thankfully doesn't seem to be in much pain but he's still very sick. It's hard for me to relate to losing a family pet because we didn't have any pets growing up. We have a cat now, but only for the past 4 years and she's not a very nice cat so I don't think I'd miss her, but my mam loves her! Snapper is a great dog though, he has such a personality and is very loving for a dog. I can't wait until Donnacha and I move to a bigger place so that we can get our own dog.

We took some outfit photos today so be sure to check back for another post soon!

Hope you all are having a good week so far!

Love Em xx

Oh, But Your Wish Is My Command

I went to see Beach House in Vicar St. last night with Donnacha. He was doing an interview with the support band Lower Dens beforehand and came home to drop off his equipment (we only live 5 minutes from the venue) and collect me in time for the show. We managed to get pretty close to the front despite arriving only ten minutes before the band came on. We even bumped into our friend Dave in the crowd and some other people we knew. Beach House played an AMAZING show! If you haven't heard them yet I can't recommend them highly enough! I didn't really know much of their stuff when we saw them in Whelans earlier this year, but seeing them live made me want to hear more and then I became a little obsessed (I tend to do that a lot with albums I love).

They played most of their latest album Teen Dream and a few songs from their first two albums. The stage looked incredible too, as you'll see below there were three huge triangle lights on the stage that went different colours for each song and then the black backdrop had hundreds of tiny lights on it that flashed like crazy for a few of the songs.

Here are some photos from last night, I could only bring my small Samsung camera and it doesn't take great photos in low light so I did my best but I think you get the idea, I just wanted to show you all the different colours, it looked so good!

Afterwards we got pizza in our favourite pizza takeaway on Thomas Street called Vincenzo's (€5 for a 9" and 2 toppings ain't bad!) and watched Walking Dead and Conan from last week with Jon Hamm as a guest.

Have you been to any great gigs recently? Today I slept in and Donnacha went out to get me a mocha and croissant for breakfast, then we went to the post office to collect another package the contents of which I will share with you tomorrow. We watched some more Weeds with Simon too, we're nearly finished the sixth season.

Hope you had a good start to the week. Here's some more Beach House, let me know what you think if you get a chance to listen to them!

Love Emma

So Stay On My Arm You Little Charmer

This is what I wore to work today.

Okay so I had links to everything I'm wearing but for some reason blogger didn't autosave my post before I published it and then when I viewed the post there was just the title there :( so if you want info on anything just mail me and I'd be happy to give you any info you need! The close up of the lips is to show you more clearly the new Rimmel Heartbreaker lipstick I bought last week. The scarf is the only new thing, I think you've seen everything else already. This oufit is a remix of two pieces I've worn in my last two outfit posts.


I went to see the new Harry Potter film today with some friends. I loved it! The films just seem to get better with each one. I'm really looking forward to the final one now! I also found a faux fur snood in Penneys for just €6! I've been looking for one for a while now and any I liked were too expensive for my budget. I bought a faux fur hat in the same colour as the snood too for only €4. It reminds me of the one Jen from Jen Loves Kev is wearing in this post and also this one;

Image found here

I'm off work for a week now! I'm so looking forward to the time off, I'm planning on spending it wisely including some adventures, Christmas shopping and much needed R 'n' R!

Hope you had a good week! Got any plans for the weekend?

xx Em

Neutral Eyes

Hey everyone! I just wanted to do a quick post to show you how I did my eyes with the Revlon eye shadow palette I bought the other day. I used it for work this morning and although I did it in a hurry I think it turned out pretty well! I normally just wear Benefit's Leggy shadow and No. 7s Innocence and then some liquid eye liner and then a strong colour lipstick, but it's nice every now and again to spend some time on doing my eye shadow in different shades. I always use Benefits Lemon Aid eye lid primer because I find it really helps the colour stay in place all day and some brown eye liner and shadow on my bottom lash line. This is a great colour palette because it has a khaki green, chocolate brown, ivory and a gold colour all of which seem to suit my colouring. What do you think of it?

Hope you're having a good week so far! I'm going to see the new Harry Potter tomorrow with my friend, I haven't read the books but I do enjoy the films.

xx Emma