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

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;