Ibiza

For the past couple of weeks I've had a major case of the Ibiza blues. I knew I'd love it as I haven't met anyone that's been and didn't but I was still a bit surprised to how good it was. We spent most days of course on Bora Bora beach, although one day Josh and I explored Ibiza Town, which offers something so different to the party scene down on Playa D'en Bossa. Ibiza Town is beautiful, with a stunning harbour, hundreds of shops and delicious Tapas bars, it was by far my favourite part of the island. That said, one of the best nights I had was in San Antonio, watching the sunset at the legendary Bar Mambo, and exploring different bars along the Malia-like 'strip'. Clubs we went to were DC10 for Circo Loco's closing party, Amnesia for Cocoon and my favourite - Ushuaia, which was like something from Vegas,  and all good apart from the astronomically high bar prices. Next year I want to return and get a villa with a load of friends. Lets hope something gets sorted soon, with our current crap weather I need something to look forward to, even if it isn't for another year.  

Summer's Afternoon...

Yesterday afternoon I headed down to Farnham for a wander around the trinket stores and an overpriced coffee in Starbucks. It was a beautiful time of day as the sun was low, so Josh and I took quite a few snaps (three of which are above.) I am wearing my new mesh panel & sleeve crop top and a forest green maxi skirt with a black chain bag. The top is Topshop, skirt River Island and bag Primark. Oh and tortoise shell Ray Bans.

A Week Off

This weekend I headed up to Liverpool for a week of relaxation and family time. I'm hoping to have little distractions up here so look forward to a few new blog posts in the next couple of days...

Summer At Last

 As you know from my last post, I am very excited that summer has arrived in the UK at last. To celebrate this, Josh and I spent yesterday in Windsor and hired a row boat along the River Thames. This is something I've been wanting to do for ages but never quite gotten round to it. It's actually pretty reasonable too - £19 for an hour. There is the option of hiring a motor boat instead but I thought a row boat would be nicer. I (of course) didn't realise how hard work rowing is, and while I relaxed and enjoyed our picnic on one end of the boat, Josh was working up a bit of a sweat on the other end, trying to steer the boat in the right direction and on the right side of the Thames. I think next time he's hoping for a motor boat instead...

Berry Picking

Finally, summer as arrived! After a month and a half of rain. Josh and I took full advantage of getting out in the sunshine and went berry picking in Adelstone. I've been strawberry picking once before but that was years ago and this time it was far more fun! 

The Packhouse

On Saturday afternoon Josh and I spent a couple of hours admiring the old antique furniture and modern home-ware treasures found in The Packhouse. The Packhouse prides itself on being "an independent lifestyle retail experience, a one-stop retreat for customers in search of something unique and individual for their home and themselves." I can't believe I've never been to The Packhouse before, especially considering one of my old school friends has set up her own hair salon inside the building. I definitely need to revisit the shop when I'm moving into my first place (whatever year that will be) and buy one of the many amazing wooden chests I fell in love with. It's a great place to purchase bunting too if you are short on time to make it yourself, as well as cute floral wash bags and a tonne of other things including vintage clothing. The Packhouse is situated in Tongham, close to Farnham and I would urge anyone close to there that hasn't been to do so. There's also an art gallery with a small number of impressive paintings, as well as a wonderful cafe that serves the best lemon drizzle cake for a really reasonable price. For more information visit: www.packhouse.com