I got this in a really cool vintage shop in Angel, Islington. In fact I think I self-gifted it for my 27th Birthday! You can't beat a bit of self gifting on your birthday (which now I've written it down sounds worse than it did in my head, ooh-er!)
I went to Barcelona with four friends for my 25th Birthday and bought this ring from a stall out there. I bought a pink and purple one too which I might wear soon! It's pretty cheap and cheerful but it reminds me of a great birthday and fun break which was definitely needed at the time! Even if we did stay in an apartment with the most terrifying shower curtain ever...
This was a present from my oldest (as in longest serving as opposed to being elderly!) friend and her children who we refer to as my fairy godchildren as they're not a religious family so I can't be godmother, therefore I must be Fairy Godmother! I like the sound of this. Although I don't get a wand or anything. It's a lovely pale gold necklace made up of interlocking hearts and its from one of my favourites, Accessorize.
Today is my birthday, yay me! And what is also quite random is that without having read this post on my blog, the Husband went out and bought me my presents from Oliver Bonas. He got me this lovely necklace and then the earrings I am wearing tomorrow - you'll see why its random then! I was lucky to get lots of lovely presents and a lot of them were jewellery related which is great seeing as I'm not supposed to be buying any!
I used to love a good night out back in the day; spending hours getting ready, drinking wine whilst listening to music and chatting to your girlfriends whilst doing your hair and make up. At some point around age 25 it all seemed to change for me, I don't know if that's the universal point, but suddenly the regular nights out became more sporadic and eventually extended only to weddings and substantial birthdays. In some ways its nice - at some stage we all get to the 'I want to sit down, be able to hear myself think, pay a normal price for a drink and not listen to drum and bass' stage...but in other ways you do start to hanker for a big old night out. I was ill over Christmas and New Year so didn't really get a chance to parteeee but it was my friends 30th this weekend so we went out for a party at a local bar. It was a nice chance to crack out some big old earrings, call it a tribute to Pat Butcher, but I really like these earrings. I don't really get the chance to wear them often so it was nice to throw on a nice frock and a pair of big old danglies. I am pretty sure these are from Accessorize and they make me want to swish my hair!
