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I had a date with some of my Vestry girls. Karen in the middle was the manager at The Vestry a clothes shop that we used to work for on King's Road, I was the supervisor and Rocio or Cojones like I call her ;-) was one of the sales advisors. I stopped working there in 2003 only to go to Jane Norman in Knightsbridge (don't know what I was thinking). Anyway they were some interesting years adn without them I wouldn't have met these wonderful ladies. Rocio was here in London just for a few a days adn could only meet up today Tuesday, so we went to Starbucks for a good, long chat over a cappuccino. When Rocio had to go meet her sister, Karen, Astrid and I bought some strawberries and found a different Starbucks where the outside seating was free and bought more cappuccino. We left the house at 10 and got home just after 6pm. It was a good but very long day and on the way home we got caught in the rush hour and the heat of the London Underground (which I had totally forgotten about!!) Felt like the old days when we would meet up on days off and just hang and people watch.

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Jumper: Next (new)

Jeans: Primark

Shoes: Converse

Mint eyeshadow: Barry M

White eyeshadow: Bourjois

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Both jumpers are from Next and arrived yesterday.

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This is what a day off from fashion and make up looks like ;-) Been at home almost the whole day. Went to the gym and the supermarket and then back home again. Mondays are when the cleaner comes and so I book nothing else so I can take care of the other chores that need doing like laundry. Also been feeding Astrid solids as you can see by the mango stains on my River Island top. Trousers and slippers are from Primark...

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They looked so sweet I had to post some of the actual wedding pictures :-)

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I took this picture of my grandparents wedding photo when I was in Stockholm a few weeks ago. I remember looking at it when Iwas younger and couldn't understand why my grandmother was wearing black. I still don't know but now I appreciate how beautiful and happy they looked. So fashionable with the hat and the necklace. I was never close to any of my grandparents but would have loved to have known more about them. I think it's a gorgeous wedding picture though, so not the typical white big pouffy cake looking dress :-)

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Yesterday was spent in Surrey at a beautiful wedding. Our friends Ana and Marc finally, after many years together, got married. Husband was the best man, but also walked the bride down the isle, did a speech and acted toast master ;-) a man with many talents...

This May is the busiest in the history of our family I think.  Last weekend we had a christening and a birthday on Sunday. Yesterday we spent near Oxford with mother in law, today a wedding. On Thursday it's our wedding anniversary, Friday/Saturday my family is coming over from Sweden, Sunday it's Astrid's christening and Monday we celebrate Olivia's second birthday... Busy, busy, busy and many outfits to plan ;-)

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Blenheim Palace is the birthplace of Winston Churchill and home to the 11th Duke and Duchess of Marlborough. We went there yesterday, took mother in law out to lunch for a belated birthday celebrations.

For lunch, we had champagne afternoon tea

Then went for a long walk to walk the calories off ;-)

Blenheim Palace and its surrounding gardens are so beautiful and definitely worth a visit. It took us all day to drive from Essex to Putney to pick mother in law up, to then drive to a service station for a loo break and then continue to the drive to the palace and then do it all over again to get home.

The temple is where Winston Churchill proposed to his wife :-)

One of my favorite flowers, the lilac

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We have a small wedding to go to tomorrow and Husband is the best man, so I have decided to look like the wife of the best man :-) ie dress up a little bit more, make a little bit more effort. The dress is from Primark believe it or not. It's a little bit too big on top (I didnt try it on when buying it) but I will wear a gunmetal silver coloured jacket over it and these fabulous heels from Karen Millen, as well as a pair of fantastic earrings that match the heels and maybe a Carrie-bun on top of my head so hopefully it won't show that the dress is too big.

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Tweed blazer: Zara

Blouse: Zara

Jeans: Primark

Belt: Louis Vuitton

Wedges: Next

Ring: Swarovski

Earrings: Vintage, Wedding gift from my mother in law

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Jumper: Primark

Dress worn as skirt: H&M

Ballerinas: Primark

Earrings and ring: bought on Amazon

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Jacket: Zara

Blouse: Primark

Jeans: Topshop

Heels: Fiorelli (superold)

Brooch: Butler&Wilson

Pearl earrings: Links of London

I am off to the gym and then to Eve's for lunch :-)

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Blazer: Warehouse

T-shirt: River Island

Jeans: Primark

Necklace: H&M

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