Holiday

As part of my catch up posts I have decided to dedicate an entire post to my holiday in August. There was just too much to put into the monthly catch up post.
As I talked a little about earlier in the summer my younger sister travelled to Barcelona for the months of July and august to Au Pair for a Spanish Family. Of course being as close as we are my other sister and I couldn't do the whole two months without seeing her so we decided to take a long weekend trip over to Barca to visit.
Here is our trip in picture form

After travelling on the early plane from Ireland we landed in Barcelona just after 9 and the weather was already hot. I was silly enough not to wear the best travelling clothes and after getting the bus and the metro to our hotel I was ready to collapse in the heat. A jumper and jeans were definitely not the best choice. After a quick change we headed to the local park for a refreshing lemon drink. It was exactly what the doctor ordered.

After taking a look around the park and availing of the beautiful scenery for some photo opportunities we headed over to the pool at the apartment block where my sister was staying.

 That evening we headed to The Magic Fountain of Montjuic which is an amazing display of colour, light, motion, music and water acrobatics. It was so pretty to watch the lights within the water all in time with the music.

The following day after a morning of chilling out by the pool we went for a look through the old city. All the winding streets and fabulous architecture were so enchanting. And of course surrounded by fabulous company always helps. How beautiful are my sisters, seriously!

 

On the Sunday we decided to get the metro out to the beach. To say I was in heaven was an understatement. We tanned and swam and basically just chilled out.

So that was it. Of course there were alot more pictures but I didn't want to get over excited with the post. Barcelona is my favourite place in the entire world. If you haven't been there yet I suggest you do something about it. I can't wait to go back there again. My husband and I are even talking about going there next year as he has yet to visit the gorgeous city. Ah I want to be there now!!!

I'm Back

If you are a regular visitor to my blog or you have just happened to fall upon it recently you will have noticed it has been quite a while since I updated my posts. I went through a rough couple of months and I decided that with the blog I would take a break. I left the door open, so to speak, to return once things got a little better for me which is where I am at now.
SO

I lost perspective for a while on what was important in life and what was not. I was questioning myself on who I was and where I was going. I spent so much time sitting at the computer blogging or reasearching things for the blog that I found although I was in the room with my daughter I was not fully present. I found this very upsetting once I realised it and it definitely was not fair on her.

So I took some time off. I spent quality time with my daughter. I spent time with my cousins and travelled home to Cork on quite a few occasions spending time with my friends that have been there for me since... forever. But being truthful I found myself dreaming of fashion, thinking about the blog and getting excited about up and coming trends and the autumn winter drops on the highstreet and this is when I remembered why I started the blog in the first place. FOR THE LOVE OF FASHION
I also got a lovely message from a fellow blogger which cemented my decision to return. So thank you...

So, I am back and with a new look. From day one I had always wanted to change up my header and the previous one had only ever been a temporary one. I made this header with pictures I found on Pinterest and had it sitting on my desktop since May but couldn't quite figure out how to adjust it specifically to fit the blog. I have finally worked it out. YAY! I hope to eventually fill in the pictures with my own personal pictures but until then this will fit the bill nicely. I have decided also to take it a little easier with the blog and to not put so much pressure on myself. I have scheduled time in my day to do posts and spend the rest of my day doing fun things with my daughter aswell as ensuring the dreaded housework gets completed. I hope you are all keeping well and I look forward to resuming blogging and chatting to all of you.