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So I'm sure, like me, most of you put up your Christmas tree and decorations over the weekend. This year, for the first time, we went faux, courtesy of the White Company sale last year, with the matching garland to drape over the fireplace mantel, in the vain hope our lounge might resemble their Christmas catalogue.
However rather than treating it like a magazine shoot I made a point of being more casual and relaxed with the adornment of the tree even allowing my children to place their homemade offerings in prime position, rather than near the back, out of sight, haphazard baubles looking like they've already had a sherry or two or worse daring each other to jump from the tips of branches, and the lights look literally thrown on, but at least they were put on first; I have kept some standards!
Each year I buy a few new items; this year being no exception, as I purchased a clip on Robin, a glitter bird and some pine cone glitter picks from Gisela Graham, the designer who seems to have the festive dec monopoly, from Sparks Yard, Arundel. I admit to putting those up myself.
But isn't that the festive fun of family and sharing in these annual traditions together, and once the decorating was completed, albeit with a few breakages along the way, we all sat down with a log fire and watched 'Love Actually' together. Well I did have to hide their eyes and fast forward a few bits; I'd forgotten about certain racy scenes and just how much bad language there was!
However rather than treating it like a magazine shoot I made a point of being more casual and relaxed with the adornment of the tree even allowing my children to place their homemade offerings in prime position, rather than near the back, out of sight, haphazard baubles looking like they've already had a sherry or two or worse daring each other to jump from the tips of branches, and the lights look literally thrown on, but at least they were put on first; I have kept some standards!
Each year I buy a few new items; this year being no exception, as I purchased a clip on Robin, a glitter bird and some pine cone glitter picks from Gisela Graham, the designer who seems to have the festive dec monopoly, from Sparks Yard, Arundel. I admit to putting those up myself.
But isn't that the festive fun of family and sharing in these annual traditions together, and once the decorating was completed, albeit with a few breakages along the way, we all sat down with a log fire and watched 'Love Actually' together. Well I did have to hide their eyes and fast forward a few bits; I'd forgotten about certain racy scenes and just how much bad language there was!
Anyway back to todays post and I've had my eye on these flats from Massimo Dutti for a while now and think they'd be a great but practical stylish flat to wear over Christmas. I'd also seen the Hush sweat top,with metallic stripe, but at the time it had sold out, so was pleased as punch it's now back in stock. It then seemed a natural progression to research other items with the classic black and gold combination, so see my top picks below. Click on the links to shop and thanks, as always, for taking the time to stop by.
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