Your itchy feet like mine

I had such an awesome day today.  Tom and I have been apart a bit lately due to us both working away so we decided to book the day off work and spend some time together enjoying the sunshine.  We went for a bike ride in Bolderwood in the New Forest and took the dog so he could have a good run around too.  It was such a beautiful day and because it was midweek there was no-one else around.  I've had a bit of a cold and a bad throat lately so it did me good to have lots of fresh air! We only cycled about four miles as we had the dog and because it was so hot it made it difficult to do too much strenuous cycling!

Tom had suggested we had a picnic for lunch so we went to Sainsbury's on the way and bought half of their deli counter (lots of yummy tarts and pies!) along with some crisps, dips, Prosecco, strawberries and cream.  It was so nice being out in the forest in the sunshine with a glass of ice cold fizz (Tom has a cool box!) Then we came home and spent some time sorting out the garden.  We now have a little water feature and lots of things are flowering and growing.  It's going to be amazing for barbecues soon! We were going to go swimming tonight but I'm too exhausted from all the sunshine.  Have you been enjoying the heat or have you been stuck at work all day? I'll be back there tomorrow unfortunately!

I am a serious cyclist, I have cycling gloves and everything

Lemon floaty skirt | Room 31

Winnie Knee Skirt - Vero Moda at Room 31 - £26  |
Shirt - sheinside.com | Heels - Aldo | Necklace - Primark

I've chatted to Room 31's lovely owner Ruth a few times recently after they joined in with one of the #fbloggers Twitter chats, which I thought was such a brilliant and clever way for a brand to get to know the blogger community.  Room 31 is a gorgeous online shop that sells clothes, shoes and accessories from the likes of Vero Moda (one of my favourite brands), Yumi, Vila and Brat and Suzie.  I ordered several things from their sale last week (including this cute Peter Pan dress for 14.99 - bargain!) and shortly afterwards they contacted me to ask me if I wanted to review another item from the website.  Ruth very kindly sent me this absolutely gorgeous skirt, along with another item which I also can't wait to show you.  I absolutely adore this skirt and I know I'll be wearing it lots throughout the summer.  I love the drama of having a long skirt floating behind you, makes me feel like running through cornfields or along beach promenades.... For now though I'll just pose in my garden! If you haven't had a nose around the lovely things on the Room 31 website I highly, highly recommend you have a look - they also have a blog and a Twitter that are well worth a follow.

From Inverness to Skye

I've been absent from the blogosphere this week as I've been up in the Highlands and Inner Hebrides in Scotland with work.  I'm now on call over this weekend so I'm going to take advantage of being in the house and catch up on my blog reading and get some posts written.  I have come home to some parcels of things I ordered from ASOS, Room 31 and H&M so I'm looking forward to doing a mammoth trying on session and showing you what I've been spending my pennies on, along with doing lots of catching up on TV, lolling around in my pajamas and drinking tea.

My trip with work took me to Inverness, and then across to the Isle of Skye on the west coast of Scotland.  Because we were away with work we couldn't do much exploring, but I'd been told that the drive from Inverness across to Skye was absolutely beautiful so I took my camera along in case there was anywhere to stop along the way.  Unfortunately it rained from the moment we arrived at Inverness Airport until the moment we left yesterday so taking photos was quite challenging due to the camera getting absolutely soaked and the fact that it was so overcast and dull.  We did drive past Loch Ness but unfortunately I didn't spot the Loch Ness monster either.  He was probably sheltering from all the rain.  Here are a few snaps I managed to take during the drive.

As you can just about see, the scenery was beautiful - I'd love to come back and have a good explore when I'm not working.  Have any of you been up in this neck of the woods before? I do envy people who live up here, can imagine Bodhi would enjoy his morning dog walk if he had this on his doorstep!