Day Shopping Trip at Designer Outlet Village

My Thursday Day Trip is revealed!! I was invited to a VIP (my first ever!) blogger shopping day at Bicester Village Outlet Mall near Oxford. Despite having 5hr sleep the night before to get up at 6am, the trip was totally worth it. Just check out the amazing VIP room above that we got to hang around through out the day.

The village itself is so pretty, packed with gorgeous brands with amazing deals! Even the rain and grey sky did not dampen my spirit! I also met up with the lovely Liz from Violet Posy and had such a fun day together!

Floral print heaven at the Cath Kidston store!

The lovely people at Bicester Village was so kind to offer us a delicious champagne breakfast & lunch, a goody bag and an amazing £50 gift voucher!!

The cool dressing room inside the VIP lounge

Flats is a must for a day of walking!

Taken when I got home in my messy old bedroom at my parents, the jacket is like 5 years old! It's a bit small these days so I'm rolled up the sleeves to make it a crop :)

Oh, nearly forgot to show you my purchases! A 100% cashmere Burberry scarf (reduced from £210 to £69!!) and a cute Mulberry keyring (reduced from £49 to £19)!

There is a direct train from London to Bicester Village and it is a hotspot for tourists!! Check out the full list of designer shops here.

xx

{Dear Diary}: Early Valentine's Day Dinner

Sorry for the late post today, I had just come back from a early Valentine's Day dinner. The reason? We couldn't book a table on Saturday as the restaurant I wanted to go is fully booked! We rang one week in advance too! Is this normal? We usually don't book earlier than a week but maybe because this year it's on a Saturday so hence more busy?

We went to Raphael in Bath, actually only a 5 mins walk from our flat but on the way back it seems more like 15 mins! Obviously I ate too much :) My lovely food, "Pork fillet wrapped in Parma ham with a prune, chestnut & Armagnac stuffing" with extra potatos as a side order and the gorgeous looking and yummy cheesecake!

Sorry for the weird lighting, there wasn't any main lights in the sitting area, we just had a little candle on the table, quite romantic really! I looked through my whole wardrobe and couldn't find anything red or pink, everything is white, navy, green, purple, grey or black! So I painted my nails red to inject a little colour & Valentine's Day feel!

The plan on Saturday is just to have a quiet night in, have a takeaway from our favorite curry house while watching a film and baking some cupcakes for dessert (hopefully as I'm useless at baking!). I'll also get my present on Sat (specifically instructed of course ;) xx

(my photos)

{Dear Diary}: My very late New Year Resolution list!

this is my very late New Year Resolution list, my argument is Chinese New Year is like today so if I go by this then my resolution list is actually quite early ;)

This year, all things on my list are things I want to achieve by the end of this year, most should be quite practical too...

{wallpaper image from Benefit Cosmetics}

1. graduate from uni - hoping it would be a 1st Class too! Our graduation ceremony will take place in the famous Bath Abbey, which despite the fact I have lived in Bath for more than 3 years, I have never been inside the Abbey so I'm hopeing it would be a nice surprice!

{Bath Abbey via amigadave}

2. start the Women into Enterprise course - I recently discovered there is this amazing training program running in Bath, helping women to set up their own businesses & it's free for students! The course starts next week so I'm very excited!

3. & 4. I'd love to improve my photography skills, at the moment I just take pictures with a simple click & adjust the lighting using my limited Photoshop skills. Since I might be leaving in Bath this summer, I've decided to explore more of Bath and capture places with my newly improved photography skills! So I am calling on all photographers, I'd love to know how you picked up photography, was it a training course? a book? Any info you can give would be greatly appreciated!

5. well, it's just I'm a bit bored with my current style at the moment, I tend to buy a lot of basics, lots cardigans, all plain coloured. While basics are important, I would like to add a bit of excitment into my wardrobe and mix with my current basics. I'd love to be more edgy & adores the relaxed chic style, I am also really loving this girl's style:

{Woori Go via lookbook}

What does all these mean for this blog? Here are some changes you can expect, hopefully good changes! I kept a diary when I was quite young but somehow grown out of it, so I'd like to start an electronic one, and don't worry I won't share any of my maths related topics! ;)

{wallpaper image via Cath Kidston}