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Six Word Wednesday....




Birthday = Boat, Lunch, Shopping, Sunshine, Cake :)

One Year Older. One Year Happier.

Pretty Summer Toes. Pedicure Time Again.

Back to school. Summer Term Already.

Coffee and Catch-up With Friends.

Royal Wedding Excitement!! London Is Ready!!

Kate's Dress. Can't Wait To See!!

Where Has All The Sunshine Gone?!

Nigella's Chocolate Brownies. Total Comfort Food.

"Mummy, look at my first muscle!!"

Must Get to Bed. Need Sleep.




(this made me smile!)


Thank you so much for all the happy birthday wishes, I had an absolutely wonderful day :)

The rest of the week-end I spent mostly with my Dad.....last night when he had finished eating, I wiped his hands clean and he instinctively turned his head up towards me for me to wipe his face.....not that it needed it or that I have ever done that before, he just did it. So I wiped his face gently....and, for me, it felt as though some unspoken words passed between us - that small gesture said everything....life really does come full circle.

Happy Wednesday....


Kurt Geiger Ltd.

SS11 365 250X250 (2)

French Fabulousness....and my 200th Post!!!!






....Christian Dior Autumn 2010....

"Sitting there, alone in a foreign country, far from my job and everyone I knew, a feeling came over me. it was like remembering something I had never known before or had always been waiting for, but I didn't know what. maybe it was something I had forgotten or something I've been missing all my life. all I can say is that I felt, at the same time, joy and sadness. but not too much sadness, because I felt alive, yes alive. that was the moment I fell in love with Paris. and I felt Paris fall in love with me....."
Paris Je t'Aime

....Marion Cotillard....


....Chanel....


....Chloe....


....Christian Dior....



Brigitte Bardot....


....these chic French girls start young!

...love these crazy shoes....!

...chic, chic, chic....wherever you look....(from Garance Dore)....

....kissing in the Musee d'Orsay....


....Chanel 2010....


So, it's here....I am off to Paris.....seeing Kim again and meeting Kasey for the first time....on the train to Paris....no children.....just me and one rather large suitcase.....

And, as it happens, today is my 200th post!!!!

So....to celebrate that....and reaching 450 followers on Sunday....and my trip to Paris....I am planning a giveway to say thank you to you all just for reading....and also for the support, wisdom, advice, comments, love and friendship....thank you more than I can even say....

I will be giving away one of the following books to one winner....



...should you already have these books....or should you just not like France(!), you may choose another book :) For the prize-winner, I will also be purchasing a little something in Paris.

I am happy to mail anywhere worldwide and to enter just leave a comment and follow my blog....that's all! I will announce the winner next Monday April 12.

Finally, I am dedicating this post to Louise at Lou, Boos and Shoes and Ashlina at Secrets of Domestic Bliss for being just completely lovely over the past few weeks in particular....these girls write really good blogs, you must visit them!

Au Revoir!!!!

Friday Fabulousness....



Just beautiful....


....via the lovely Jackie over at Home....




St Remy de Provence...,gorgeous!


Face of the week....Marion Cotillard at the Golden Globes....






Jessica Stam for Vogue....








Marion Cotillard....




Olivia Palermo....she does have THE most fabulous wardrobe....love these boots....




Emily Blunt in George Chakra....



Another week has flown by.....thank you for the love and support - and for the new followers - I've had some lovely comments this week.

I saw a couple of good movies this week......"Nine" which I loved.....some great performances, particularly by Daniel Day-Lewis and Marion Cotillard....set in 1960's Rome, it was visually stunning. I also saw "It's Complicated...." which was a very entertaining comedy....wonderful acting by Meryl Streep and John Krasinski - I was a little undecided on Alec Baldwin. As usual in a Nancy Meyers movie, the location is a whole character in itself.....Meryl Streep's character Jane lives in a Santa Barbara house to die for....and just wait til you see The Bakery where she works - and her vegetable patch...gorgeous!!

My husband is skiing in Austria with friends for 5 days....so this week-end, weather permitting, the children and I will be tourists in town for the day and I will be catching up on some movies, finishing a couple of books, making cookies and putting on face packs....and enjoying having the bed to myself....hopefully :)

Happy Week-end!