"I'd like to thank my friends, my family..."

Better late than never, eh?

The delectable New Favourite Thing kindly tagged me after receiving the Happy 101 award where she listed 'dancing like a loon' and 'silliness' as just two of her top 10 favourite things. And so in return, I duly list my top 10 favourite things.

1. Late night cocktails at the George V, Paris

2. Salted popcorn

3. Camden Passage, particularly Annie’s Vintage

4. Drunken boardgames with my nearest and dearest (you know who you are)

5. My girls

6. En famille

7. Isabel Marant’s s/s 2010 collection

8. My wedding rings

9. Cheese

10. Morgan

To pass the torch, so to speak, I tag the following to share in the love:

Emma Louise Layla
Karla's Closet
Show Me Your Wardrobe
Style and The City
Fafferazzi
Alice in Wardrobe Wonderland
Disney Roller Girl
Bohemian Musings
Lovely Bohemia
Rag Pony

Always and Forever

Please excuse the 3 month hiatus.

Since I last posted, I've partied in Hong Kong, suntanned in Perth and lost my beloved mother to a 5-year battle with dementia and subsequent 5-day illness with pneumonia.

So, in a bid to get my arse into gear and get my life back on track (there's everything cliché about wanting to get your necessities in order following a bereavement), I post these pics in tribute to my beautiful mum, someone who inspired me when she lived and continues to do so, wherever she's travelling now.

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We'll Always Have Paris

Paris is undoubtedly one of my favourite cities to visit. The notion that with every turn you take you could walk out onto a cobbled path littered with vintage shops, or pass two friends playing chess on the balcony with tumblers of red wine or stumble upon a beaten-up cafe, hazy with smoke but serving saliva-inducing croque monsieurs; its insouciance is infectious and with every visit I fall more hopelessly in love.

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Chanel and Strawberries

Beautiful.

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Leopard Spots and Red Soles

I'm a staunch safari fan. Of course I've never set foot in a 4x4, nor have I sat it out for 8 hours waiting for a glimpse of a thick maned lion (ok that's a lie, except it was in India and I only saw a family of wild boars. Three times. I think they were on a circuit).

I have however poured over pages upon pages of the S/S10 trends featuring a muddle of khaki, dust, olive, tobacco and cream pigments that will dictate my wardrobe for the next 6 months. From Celine's leather lace-up cocoon dress to Chloe's wood and canvas wedges; or a starched multi-buttoned A-line skirt to a love-worn leather satchel. It's perennial to summer and it's one of my favourite reasons to get dressed.

And so as the next band of snow dumps on my doorstep, I thought I'd kickstart spring's journey into the jungle with my well worn leopard spotted ponyskin pumps.

What's your favourite look of the season?

Sunshine, Parklife and Leather

Today was the first time in weeks that the sun shone and the snow thawed so me and Morgs took off to Primrose Hill to take some snaps of my newly purchased leather leggings. A balmy 8 degrees also gave my winter-warming fox fur a rest and my Vanessa Bruno mohair coat (fashion yes, function no) an outing.

My jewellery box is overflowing with trinkets and treasures, fortunately my new-found love of yellow gold means I have an extended jewellery box courtesy of my mum. One of this year's resolutions is to collect thin bracelets, top of my wish list is a Van Cleef and Arpels Alhambra chain (a girl can dream, right?) and, perhaps more affordable, vintage charms.

Let me know if you have any address book secrets to help me with my quest.

What's your favourite look of the week?

Say What?

Sometimes I feel like Carrie from Sex and the City. I sit in front of my computer and ask myself, 'Does the daytime have to be boring and gray?' - Lanvin's charming Alber Elbaz.

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