Saturday on the farm: A lifestyle post.

Hello

Today we visited a little farm near our home in Hampshire and thought I would share some of our family photos from our freezing but lovely day out with you guys.

Today we had a lovely day out at Millers ark farm which is just on the outskirts of Basingstoke. Although the weather is still absolutely freezing we really wanted to get out for some Saturday fresh air. We have visited Millers ark before during the last spring lambing season and we really enjoyed cuddling the new babies. As it's lambing season again we were really excited to return again this year.

As you can see from our family pictures, the farm allows a lot of interaction with the animals. Every pen had a staff member ushering you in to stroke, hold and brush the animals. This has to be our favourite part as most farms don't allow you to do this. This constant interaction makes the animals extremely friendly and tame, preventing those tears when animals have a little nip.

After all the excitement and a thorougher hand scrub, we visited the lovely heated barn they had for a sausage bap and cake. The food was so welcome as our hands were slightly frozen by this point but overall we had a really lovely day. Definitely recommend a visit if you are ever around the area.

What I wore today

Dress: New look

Cardigan: Primark

Boots: Primark

Coat: F&F

Belt: Primark 

Hope you liked our pictures. We had a lot of fun cuddling some baby animals. How have you been spending your weekend? 

Gem xx

Fun in the snow. A lifestyle post…

As one of my 'blogging' new years resolutions i decided to merge my family blog with my fashion blog. I hope this is OK with you guys. I was finding writing two blogs too much and my family blog wasn't really getting enough readers to warrant all my hard work. Looking at other blogs i have seen that mixed themed blogs do quite well, so hopefully i won't lose any followers for talking motherhood. I promise though it will be mainly fashion and beauty posts but i am defiantly aiming for a post a day.

So on to today…

Thanks to my Facebook and twitter feeds i knew even before i pulled open the curtains i would be greeted with a beautiful view. Snowflakes were falling and my garden was white. I love snow days but i admit they can be a pain in the neck. But whoever you are you can't help but want to start a snowball fight or compete with your neighbours to build the best snowman. Not every part of it is fun. Walking in it to school was a challenge and we had a few near slips. Also it stops you from being able to go anywhere.  As a kid you wish for the snow to come but as a adult you grow to hate it.  

These photos were taken on our morning school run. I had promised the boys we would build a snow man when they returned but unfortunately by lunch time the snow had melted. I have heard we are expecting more snow soon so hopefully they can build their snowman then. 

Gem xx

A Weekend of Les Mis and a few outfits ★

Hello my lovely readers ♥

I was going to start posting 'what I'm wearing today'  posts but this weekend i have been rather busy with the family to sit down at my computer. So I'm am just going to compile my pictures into one big post.

Friday 

Friday nights are spent with friends at our local family friendly pub. We like to chat about the week and let the kids run around with their friends. Everyone normally dresses very casual here but as i have spent all week in leggings, wellies and baggy tops i wanted to make some effort.

I wore a white dress with a peter pan collar from my favourite shop Primark. It has a horse and woodland print with a purple belt. For some reason i find myself buying a lot of clothing items that have collars, i just love them.  This dress was in the summer 2012 sale for £5. Bargain.

Saturday 

I have a little more to say about Saturday. Today was the day i finally got to see Les Miserables at the cinema. If you follow me on Twitter or are friends with me on facebook you'll know that i am a massive Les Miserables geek. I have all the cast recordings, seen every film made and been to the queens theatre twice. My review of the film? I can't say i was happy with it entirely. I'm sorry to say Russell Crowe ruined it for me. He is not a singer bless him. When he started to sing one of my fav songs 'Stars' i was so disappointed. Also as much as i was impressed with Amanda Seyfield's singing in Mamma Mia, i felt see struggled with the high notes playing Cosette. Hugh Jackman was amazing though and I admit i cried when Anne Hathaway performed 'I dreamed a dream'. So emotional and so perfect. My favourite girl was of course Samantha barks. She is the one and only Epoinine. She really should have got more credit for her role. Have you seen the film yet? Let me know your thoughts on it or if you are also a fellow Les Miserables geek. 

As the film is a massive three hours long i decided to dress comfy casual. I wore my favourite Atticus jumper from Play.com, (I'm sorry i cannot remember how much this cost), with my grey skinny jeans from Primark. 

Sunday

Today we woke up with the intention of having a very lazy Sunday. It has been a very busy week for us with work, extreme house cleaning, school and job hunting. However while making breakfast we realised we had no food in the cupboards so a quick shopping trip was needed. Yesterday before the cinema, i sneakily ran in to Topshop to see what was left on the sale rails. I found this dress which i have actually been after for a while now. It cost me £20 reduced from £38. Even though it may be a little to dressy for food shopping i still cant help showing off my new purchases. 

It is a deep red skater dress with capped sleeves. The material is textured and thick, ideal for the winter. Also the dress is stretchy which i love even though the dress is unfortunately a size to big due to being the only one left. I teamed it with my favourite Primark bow belt, black wooly tights and my Chelsea boots also Primark.

Let me know your thoughts on the Les miserables film.
Thanks for reading.
Gem x

October to 5th November in pictures.

Fashion and beauty

From top left, Chelsea boots by primark, bracelets by Freedom at Topshop, Red lipstick from glossybox, Primark haul, Mermaid nails by Topshop, Feather and gold spike earrings from Primark, October's Glossybox, Watch from Txmaxx, Peplum top by primark.

 

 

Family

 

From top left, Bonfire night, Halloween costumes, Halloween pumpkins, Anniversary meal and chocolates, walk in the fields, isle of wight ferry, Finally the isle of wight zoo featuring casper the white lion.

Happy Bonfire Day!This was our local firework display in 30 seconds. Hope you all had a lovely day.
Gem xx

Autumn Bucket List.



My favourite season is Autumn and I'm glad its here. Love it. Bring on crispy leaves, long cool walks, and fluffy jumpers and slippers with a hot chocolate. It also means my favourite holiday, Halloween is coming. eek. Nothing like pumpkin carving and trick or treating. (I have two little boys, so its OK that i do it). Reading through my favourite blogs, i came across a fun activity made by Marie at Bits and Clips. I know this is supposed to be a fashion blog but i really wanted to give this a try and its always nice to add something different now and again, so here goes.

Here's the Bucket list. Click here to visit her site for info. 

 

 

 From this list I have chosen 'Activity' with 'Outfit' as well. Kill two birds with one stone as they say.

On a chilly October weekend, me and my family took our Labrador for walkies at Wellington country park in Hampshire. As you can see from the photo below it was a gorgeous day. Blue skies with the park covered in purples, browns and yellows. Here I am wearing my warmest trucker coat from Animal, it has so much furry goodness inside.  Brought this last year and still love it. My shorts (if you can see them, rubbish pic i know) are high waisted and from Primark, Wellies are also from Primark and underneath my coat, sorry i don't have a pic, i am wearing a red peplum top from Miss selfridge seen on the left.

 

In the afternoon, we still seemed to have some energy so decided to bake some Halloween cupcakes. Below is the delicious results. With three boys in my house they didn't last long.