Holiday Snaps

Sorry for the lack of posting the last couple of weeks. Being on holiday I havent really wanted to be on a computer favouring to sit by the pool reading a book (I read Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer again in 3 days) or taking the dogs to the beach for a run in the waves. Hope that you are all having a wonderful start to the new year, I promise next week I’ll be back to posting more regularly. In the mean time, here are a few snaps of my holiday.

And finally (for the time being) I LOVE this house. One day I plan on being able to buy it. I can just imagine there once being grand garden parties on the front lawn…. *sigh*

Love V
xx

Happy New Year

I love being on holiday. Sitting around, relaxing and enjoying the company of my family. Its nice to see them after being away for so long. This week has gone by in a whirlwind of shopping, eating, drinking and sightseeing! The other day a couple of us went to Rottnest Island for the day. It was so nice, just sitting on the beach, listensing to the waves hit the sand then having a long lunch.

Hope you all have a lovely new year!

Love V
xx

Miranda

This image from Marie Claire US reminds me so much of being home by the beach. I guess its the soft golden tones of the lighting plus how effortlessly cool Miranda Kerr looks.

Im so glad to be going home for 18 days tomorrow. I really need the break. My sister told me its going to be 38 degrees on Christmas day! Thank goodness we have a swimming pool!

Love V
xx

Image from here

Burberry

The other day, my friend (Audrey James – check out his blog here) and I visited the new Burberry store in Chadstone. Oh how nice all the sales staff were! Far from the usual treatment I find I receive in luxury good stores. Even though I wasn’t buying (and neither was Audrey James) they were very helpful. So thanks Burberry Chadstone staff for a lovely experience in store!

So onto the “other” purpose for this post….. I cant wait until this coat arrives in store. Its from the Pre Fall 2010 collection. Maybe by the time it reaches the shores of Australia (sometime in 2011 im assuming), I’ll be able to afford it.

Love V
xx

Image via Brigadeiro

Merry Christmas

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Thanks to LLG for the link to Elf yourself!

To chop or not to chop

Ive had long hair for quite some time now. Its been black, its been red and now its blonde. And although I treat my hair every week, the “blonde” process has ravaged the poor ends of my hair… so Im thinking of cutting it short in the new year… not so short as I couldnt put it in a pony tale but just short enough. I quite like Rachel McAdams hair from my previous post, but I dont think I would ever have the guts to cut it that short but it still looks gorgeous.

So what do you think? To chop or not to chop?

Love V
xx

Image by Mario Testino for Vogue

Rachel

All I want for Christmas…

Is a pair of Diane Von Furstenberg shoes….

From Net-a-Porter. And yes, Im back to loving Net-a-Porter after customer service got back to me and gave me a refund on my lost order.

Love V
xx

Image from Net-a-Porter

Grey

I need a dress as simple and as chic as this, that floats in the breeze and drapes just right….

One that I can dress up with a pair of heels for work, and sandles for play. So Im on the hunt.

Love V
xx

Image by The Sartorialist

Once Upon a Time

Dont you think these images look like they have come from a page in a children’s fairy tale book?
I’d love to live in a house like this, where the green grass is emerald in spring and covered in a blanket of white during winter. Where in summer the lake would be full of my friends, a umbrella set up whith a little table on which a jug of punch stands, ready to be served and in Autumn, the reds and oranges of the surrounding countryside entice long leisurely walks and picnics in the fallen leaves.

The turret room would of course be mine, where I could sit in the window, reading a book looking out over the icy lake and dreaming I can hear sleigh bells in the distance.

Love V
xx

Images by Cedric Bihr via This is Glamorous