Flowers On The Walls

Good Evening!

There was another package waiting for me when I got home from work on Friday. However this was not something I bought but instead a nail polish and lip gloss I won in a competition from Glamour magazine. I entered the competition back in May and got a box of fake nails in the post a few weeks later. I didn't think I'd won any of the other prizes and then got this package on Friday! It was a very nice surprise I must say. The nail polish is a coral colour and the lip gloss is a clear one and it smells lovely! I feel rather spoiled, it's nice and I appreciate it more because despite the abundance of new stuff I've shown you on here, I don't actually buy lots of things!

Speaking of free stuff. I got a lovely comment on my last post yesterday from Maria of Lulu Letty saying I had won her Jewel Me Pretty Giveaway! I won $25 store credit so I'll let you know what I decide to get. It's so nice to win something when you're completely not expecting it! Thank you to Maria and Rin of Jewel Me Pretty.com for the generosity!

Yesterday was a lovely sunny day so we went to Dublin Castle and took some photos for my second full outfit post! Here it is;

My Floral Maxi Dress from O Captain. I wanted to wear it full length once before I get it taken up.

My Dear Watson necklace again! The nail polish I'm wearing is the one I won




Swallow Stud Earrings








I love the brightly coloured buildings in Dublin Castle




I don't know what this plant is called but doesn't it look like it's covered in snow!

We ate burgers for lunch and got authentic Italian ice-cream in Botticelli's for dessert. I got Tiramisu, Amaretto and Coffeecrunch! Yum! Then we finished off the evening with some strawberry and lime cider and an intimate gig in Anseo where we watched Rhob Cunningham (Our Little Secrets) play.


Here are some photos from yesterday that I messed around with;

How was your weekend? I had a lovely one! I have less than one week left of being 23 and only 3 days until my holidays from work! I'm not going anywhere but it will be nice to have nothing at all to do. I have some fun things planned though!

I shall leave you with a video of Rhob when he played support for Tori Amos in The Iveagh Gardens in June. Let me know what you think!

Em xxx

Pretty Packages and an Early Birthday Present

Don't you just love getting packages? I got another one today. It's so exciting! I think that's half the fun of getting presents at Christmas and birthdays. The anticipation of seeing what's inside! My package today was a necklace I ordered from BrideBlu on Etsy. I first saw the necklace here on Maria's blog Lulu Letty and I fell in love with how delicate it looked and the beautiful colour. Luckily for me, I was able to order one and at a very reasonable price. I can see myself wearing it with a lot of outfits, I just love it! Here it is;

I also got an early birthday present from my boyfriend today. He went shopping for it today and came home and told me it was really cool so of course me being the most curious person in the world, I was dying to know what it was. I think he was as excited as I was so he offered to let me have it early and as you can imagine it didn't take too much convincing! He handed me a paper bag from Avoca and inside was this;

A Moomin Wallet!!!

Isn't it great! I actually cried, I can't believe I did, but there you go! I didn't even know these things existed! It's such a nice wallet aswell, the brown faux leather inside, the pink outside. It's so perfect for me! Thank you Donnacha!

I got this charm bracelet today for my sister. Well I didn't actually pay for it, she bought a ring in my work on Friday but it broke the first time she wore it so I went to exchange it today and got her something else because apparently that particular ring has been returned broken several times so it must not be the best quality. I hope she'll like it!

So there you go, a quick post today. I was going to wait until I took some outfit photos for my next post to tell you about the things I got today but I was so excited I couldn't wait!


It's almost the weekend! Hope your week is going well.

Em xxx

I'll Take Care Of You, If You Ask Me To

It feels like ages since I've posted even though it's only been 4 days! I wanted to share with you some new things. I went to see Gainsbourg in the cinema yesterday. Beforehand I went looking around some of the charity shops on Capel Street with Donnacha and Simon. There's about 5 or 6 on the street so we took our time. It's something you really have to have great patience for, not exactly my strongest point, but I didn't mind yesterday because it wasn't too busy and I had a belly full of brownie and coffee. It's rare that you actually find something worth spending money on in these places, some are better than others, but I really lucked out yesterday. Here's what I got;

Chocolate Fudge Brownie first of course!

A dark brown Freedex Kelly bag in very good condition from the Irish Cancer Society shop

A bottle green and brown mini satchel also from the Irish Cancer Society shop








My Zara Taylor package arrived!

Aren't her business cards really beautiful?

My Dear Watson Magnifying Glass Pendant

What I wore today;

I have to say I have a small thing for Leopard Print




My nail polish is Rimmel Orange Bliss

I used grey and blue tones on my eyes today from a Rimmel palette

So as I mentioned earlier, I went to see Gainsbourg yesterday. I have to admit I didn't really no much about his life or music before I went in. I only really knew the well-known things like, married to Jane Birkin, affair with Brigitte Bardot, daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg and the controversial song Je t'aime...moi non plus. My favourite part of the film was the beginning when it depicted (Lucien) as a young boy. His charm sort of ended there. It did have a lot of great 60s fashion and beautiful women in it, including french model Laetitia Casta as Brigitte Bardot and the late Lucy Gordon as Jane Birkin. I have never seen Bardot in a film, but she really is a beautiful woman. Laetitia Casta looked a lot like her and I think was even a little more pretty than Bardot. Her eye make up is amazing!

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Brigitte and Laetitia Casta

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Laetitia Casta as Bardot

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Laetitia Casta and Eric Elmosnino

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How is your week going so far? Mine is flying by! Bring on the weekend! Oh I also received my dress from O Captain in the mail today. Can't wait to get it altered and show it to you.

Goodnight,

Em xxx

PS. I'm obsessed with the album Teen Dream and have been since I first heard it earlier this year, here's one of my favourite songs from it;

Let Me Steal This Moment From You Now

It's an overcast Saturday evening here in Dublin and I am sitting down with a glass of Chardonnay. It's been raining on and off all day so unfortunately another Saturday goes by with no trip to the beach or picnic. Oh well! It makes me appreciate the rare occasions when the weather is consistently nice enough to do these things. My ipod is on shuffle and I have to say some great songs have played in the last few minutes including Pixies 'There Goes My Gun', Paul Simon 'The Boy in the Bubble', The Clash 'Rock the Casbah', M Ward 'Right in the Head', Air 'Surfin' On A Rock' and Patsy Cline 'Strange' to name a few!

Yesterday was payday thank goodness! Five week months are the worst! I had to buy a good few things in work for uniform because almost all of my uniform went into sale. I got a few cardigans in work for Autumn/ Winter that I know I will wear outside work too. Can't wait til it's cold enough to wear them! I also made a few online purchases including a dress from Maria of Lulu Letty's shop O Captain on Etsy. I'm going to alter the length a bit to make it a bit more wearable for Autumn (it's a maxi dress). So I'll show you that when it arrives. I ordered a necklace and some shoes on Etsy and another necklace from jewellery designer Zara Taylor. She makes the most beautiful vintage inspired jewellery. I wish I could afford to buy more! Maybe next month. I'll show you the piece I ordered once it arrives.

In the mean time I'll give you a look at some of my recent purchases

Wish Upon A Star Bangle

I thought since everyone is obsessed with the whole Alice and Wonderland inspired jewellery these days I'd go for something based on a different Disney film. I couldn't resist this when I saw it. "When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are..." Aw!




20s Glitzy Flower Bando

I wouldn't normally wear something like this, but it caught my eye and I said why not try something different!




Enamel Pansy Stud Earrings

I thought these were really cute!




I found these for €15 in Dunnes Stores. They're not the best quality, but I really liked the colours and they were very comfortable!

And now a few photos of what I wore today! I just wore a plain black dress so I put more accessories with it than I normally would.

I bought this necklace yesterday too




Bow Chain Ring




Trapped Peacock Ring

Who doesn't love peacock print stuff!




My Je t'aime Paris Bangle

I got this scarf in work last year. I have a slight obsession!




The studs I showed you in my last post




My clarks boots




I thought I'd show you my hair au naturel with no products or styling!
I'm letting it grow out at the moment, I want it to get really long!




This is how I did my eye make up today. I used a brown shimmery L'Oréal colour appeal eye shadow and another one in gold in the inner corner and lined my eyes with L'Oréal super liquid eye liner. I swear I don't work for them! Hehe!




Here's the look close up. I hadn't worn these colours in a while because I've been wearing a lot of strong lipstick colours lately and keeping my eye make up to a minimum.

So there you go! What do you think? I know I have a bit of a jewellery obsession! But I do get it for 75% off with my discount, so that's how I justify it. Ha! I'll let you know how my conflict resolution goes tomorrow. Hopefully it'll all work out.

How is your weekend going? Did you buy anything nice on payday? (or in general)

Here's some lovely Kate Bush;

Goodnight

Em xxx