Schuh Spring/Summer 2014

Last weekend I attended the Schuh SS'14 Press Day to take a look at what they have on offer for the coming season. 

The first thing I noticed when I walked into the room was the amount of beautiful colour, print and texture and some incredible statement heels. Nude, yellow, coral, pink and cobalt blue seemed to be the biggest colours. 

There was also a lot of metallic going on with chains, zip details, gold hardware and buckles.  It was great to see a heel height for everyone as I tend to stay well away from very high shoes, although I can appreciate how gorgeous they are at 5'9" I'm already tall enough and my feet plus high heels do not go well together. 

There were some beautiful lower court shoes as well as a lot of block heels, including an incredible pair with a lucite heel which I absolutely loved. 

There were some amazing flats and sandals too including printed canvas shoes from Bucketfeet, metallic brogues from Red or Dead, black and white Schuh own brand sandals and the old reliable tan which is my go to colour for summer sandals. 

I had my nails done with NCLA nail wraps in this amazing print by the lovely Pamela Laird. Thanks so much to Dom and Lucy from Schuh for a lovely afternoon, it was so much fun. I'm excited to take off my winter boots and get shopping for sandals. Although not yet because it's still freezing! 

What was you favourite pair?

Emma x

You're The Only Thing I Ever Want Anymore

The weather today was beautiful. It was so hot and sunny! After work I went to Dublin Castle and read the new Elle and had some lemonade and a pastry. It was so nice and relaxing, until some junkies came along and started rolling spliffs under the bridge. Typical! Haha! Then Donnacha and I went to collect some packages at the post office. Mine was my hat, I love it! Not as much as my birthday hat obviously, but it's very nice. When we got home I let Donnacha assemble my desk because I'm generous like that, lol, it wasn't easy because the screwdrivers we bought we really rubbish. Eventually though, he did it and now I have a cute little corner of my own with my desk! Here is photographic evidence of my day;

I don't know why they chose Kate Hudson to be on the 25th Anniversary Special Collector's Issue, I guess I'll have to read it to find out!

What do you think of my little corner? I like having my own space to work




Some books I'm planning on reading at some stage. I'm not a very dedicated reader so I have to make myself do it, but once I do I'm usually very happy I did




My Moomin photo clippy thing that I forgot to put in my Moomin post and is now on my desk




My new leather shoes. They're a bit big so I'll have to wear thick socks with them




My new dress from Etsy. I love the gold buttons!




The hat. I'll try to get some photos of myself wearing it at the weekend

For those of you who do not live here, there's an Irish music festival taking place this weekend called Electric Picnic. Roxy Music, Massive Attack, The National, Modest Mouse, Eels, Hot Chip and Villagers are playing to name a few. I really don't like festivals and I think more people go for the weekend that's in it than the music which makes me sad because they'll get to see bands I love and they've never even heard of :( But it's okay, I'm going to get a ticket to Beach House and Arcade Fire (hopefully) so that should make up for it. I'm mostly sad I'm missing The National! Well I hope those of you who are going make the most of it and please, please go and see the bands listed above because they're all great! Oh and "Try not to wonder what the weather will be".

To honour the fact that they will be playing this weekendI'm leaving you with another National song. Enjoy!

Em xxx

PS. I just want to congratulate my childhood friend Colette who got engaged today! xxx

It Rains A Lot This Time Of Year

Yesterday my boyfriend made a full Irish breakfast for my sister and I. Afterwards we walked to the post office to pick up my package from Cookie K's Vintage. I ordered some boots last week and they arrived very quickly! They fit me perfectly which is great because I'm always a bit apprehensive buying shoes online especially with the difference between US and European sizes. Here they are;

I was looking for a pair of boots like these on Etsy for a while but it's very hard to find any in my size.
Then I came across these and they were exactly what I was looking for in my exact size!




Megan sent a lovely little handwritten postcard with the boots. I thought it was such a nice personal touch!

Simon collected us at the post office and we drove out to Killiney beach. Donnacha and Cian went swimming while Shona and I paddled in the shallow water. It's a very stoney beach so I couldn't stand in the water for long because the stones hurt my feet! Instead I buried my feet in the sand. We also had a stone skimming competition, which ended in everyone just grabbing handfuls of stones and throwing them into the sea. We went in search of somewhere to eat, but no one had any ideas so we just went back to our apartment and got fish and chips in Burdocks. Then we bought some beer and went to Simon's house and played an alternate version of pictionary which involved some very strange drawings. We also played Tekken 3, and started Monopoly but a very long and pointless argument over the rules ensued and we gave up!

I love staying up late, it's nice to be able to stay up late this week because normally I have to go to bed early because I get up very early for work. I'm a bit of a night owl and I can survive on very little sleep, having said that it does mean I miss out on half of the day because I sleep in, it's nice do it for my holidays but I do like having the routine of a set wake-up time every day.

Sandycove




Killiney Beach








Donnacha's Underwater Handstand

So that's been my week off so far. Have you been having a good week?

Love,

Emma xxx