In September...

Apologies for the blogging hiatus for the In August Post - turns out although it was a super busy and quite stressful month, it wasn't particularly exciting or post worthy, but hey ho! September more than made up for it! So heres the highlights of what I've been up to this month!

Had a sneak peak at A/W Must Have's

I was lucky enough to receive an invite to the online clothing store, BraveSoul's Autumn/Winter preview, you can see the full post and break down on my favourite pieces here. I spent the night catching up with some of the lovely bloggers I've met while running Hand-Drawn Heart, looking at the fantastic clothes and sipping champagne - all in all not a bad way to spend a night!

Got a Little Broody

This month I got the chance to take my niece out for the day and I spent quality Aunt time with my little munchkin and took her to a park & nature reserve where she got to hold a hedgehog, watch an eagle and stroke a meerkat as well as play on the swings and slides. I took a picnic and the weather was on my side for once and was pretty sunny! I also got to meet my latest little cousin, he's only 3 months old and the cutest little bubba, safe to say after these two trips I was a little broody, luckily I was also knackered which made me think I'm not quite ready for that commitment yet!

Celebrated 2 years with The Boy

Me and the boy decided to celebrate 2 years together by taking a long weekend and staying at Rudding Park Hotel & Spa in Harrogate, you can read the full low down on the hotel here, but it was a fantastic weekend and thoroughly relaxing, can't believe its been 2 years, it feels so much longer!

Visited the Big Smoke

This was an exciting month for me career wise as well, as I got to travel down to London to meet with the lovely fashion teams from both Now and Star magazine, and also got to experience some of the most amazing cuisine London has to offer! Dining at Cote Restaurant and Novikov Restaurant, apologise for any of you who follow me on Twitter on Instagram who have already been bombarbed with photos from the day, but it was a fantastic trip and great to meet the lovely journalists face to face.

Date Night

Blazer: Primark           Top: Gap         Skirt: Topshop         Scarf: Alexander McQueen

Shoes: c/o DaisyStreet                 Ring: Spanish Market             Bracelet: Independent Boutique 

Second Outfit post from the weekend away, apologises they are in fact taking in the bathroom of our suite but in fairness it had the best lighting and by the time I was ready to leave it was pitch black outside ( hello winter nights how soon you've joined us.) So bathroom pics it is!

It was hard deciding on this outfit as it had to be packed before I knew where we were going - I don't think boys understand this dressing dilemma! So I created this outfit around my A-MEH-ZING new shoes (blog post dedicated entirely to them coming soon!) So I threw on a simple monochrome outfit and added my trusty blazer for warmth and figured I wouldn't be too over or under dressed for wherever we ended up!

We ended up at a lovely Bar and Brassiere in the centre of Harrogate and I had the most amazing steak and desserts (pictures featured on previous post here) and then moved on for cocktails a few other bars in the area. A perfect night and I was surprised how my feet didn't even hurt - seriously love these heels!

Let's Start with Forever

Jacket: Primark          Jumper: Primark         Jeans: French Connection         Fur Stole: H&M

Boots: Topshop              Bag: Mulberry           Sunglasses: Chloe

I figured after my detailed post on the boyfriends and I weekend away I'd also do a few posts on my outfits worn on the mini break - believe it or not I did manage to make it out of the fluffy robes in the hotel and into an actual outfit or two!

I wore this outfit after strict instructions from the boy to dress casual and comfortable, by my own admission I don't do casual that well I'm a heels and dress kind of girl, but I'm seriously loving the Military trend at the moment and its inspired me to buy some simple denim shirts, cosy jumpers, the above parka and basic tees to expand my "casual" wardrobe! 

I wore this outfit while we explored harrogate and it was surprisingly sunny though the wind made it a little chilly so it was a great excuse to dig out my faux fur stole from last year and wrap up. I much prefer winter dressing compared to dressing in the summer I think its just much easier to look chic. But hey that's just me!

3 Days of Luxury

A slightly different kind of post today, but I figured I should explain my little absence from the blogsphere for the last few days. I've been a very lucky girl recently and was whisked away by the boy to celebrate being together 2 years - we're pretty mushy!

So the boy organised a surprise long weekend and drove me to Harrogate where we stayed in the most beautiful Hotel called Rudding Park, if you haven't heard of the Hotel you should check it out here, I can't recommend it enough the staff were beyond helpful and so friendly, the food was delicious and the decor and our room was amazing the Hotel also has a Spa, Golf Course, Cinema and beautiful grounds to walk around meaning there's lots to do without even leaving the hotel grounds.

We were lucky enough to be given a complimentary room upgrade, and it did not disappoint! The largest bed I've ever seen, beautiful bath - which I made great use of, fluffy bath robes, gorgeous views onto the grounds, every piece of technology you could need and lots of complimentary goodies which I'm a sucker for.

The biggest and comfiest bed I've ever slept in!

Our "living area" - if I could of taken these chairs home I would have!

The Amazing bathroom 

The Molton Brown Goodies! 

My afternoon plans - Bath, Magazine & Wine!

Just half of the ridiculously well stocked not so mini bar!

The View from our room.

Afternoon Tea in our room

My Dessert - While Chocolate and Rasberry Eton Mess

The Boys Dessert - Chocolate Brownie

Relaxing in the Library 

The mini break was perfect, and we had a relaxing stay as well as taking in the sights of harrogate, indulging in a little retail therapy, eating way too much food and having afternoon Tea at Betty's Tea room, which is a must and if your not Northern well worth the road trip! I got a little snap happy so I hope your enjoyed the pictures from our weekend. It was a lovely long weekend and to be honest I would of happily taking up residency in the Hotel but its back to work and reality tomorrow!