Asymmetric hem love

I've been really attracted to asymmetric hems lately (is this the word for long at back, short at front? I kinda want to call it a 'mullet hem'!) I got this blouse from the Topshop sale the other day, as a slightly more interesting option to bung on with leggings or jeans. Or jeggings as I'm wearing here! (The necklace is from H&M, the jeggings are H&M Kids)Meet my new boots, they're called...

My week in photos!

I joined Instagram last weekend (search gem_fatale) and am embarrassed to reveal that I am hooked... I don't actually mind reading bloggers' Instagram/'week in photos' style posts as I'm a nosey git, so hopefully you won't mind mine! Anyway, I'm not quite the cliché Instagram addict yet - I ate 2 Laduree macarons the other day and downed them without thinking to take ANY sepia framed reminder! #hipsterfail...

Putting A Ring On It

We went to collect my engagement ring that we had custom made at M & M Jewellers today! I decided on an opal ring surrounded by diamonds, as I think opal stones are so beautiful with all the different colours running through them. My rationale was that it would go with anything seeing as it has so many colours in it! The pictures don't do justice to how vivid the colours look in the light. Flecks...

Blogging from an iPad: A Beginner's Guide!

Soooo, my loved ones were extremely generous on my birthday this year and clubbed together to get me an iPad 3! I am IN LOVE with it. Whether or not I'd be able to blog effectively from it was a really big factor in me deciding to get an iPad, and articles online made it sound like it was not easy. But (with the help of recommendations from Twitter peeps) I have found a few things that have made blogging...

My €1 dress!

When we were in Paris, one of the highlights was rooting through the €1 boxes in a vintage store in Le Marais. We got absolutely HEAPS of stuff! This is just a really oversized orange spotty blouse which I cinched in and wore with my trusty biker! It's a bit creased as this pic was taken after work and my job does involve a lot of sitting! (jacket - H&M, boots - charity shop)My incredible Pug...

Backstreet's Back!

One of my thrifty finds in Paris was this battered old Backstreet Boys tee for 5€! I wore it to work yesterday because if anyone can appreciate 90s nostalgia its the Company Mag team (in fact, Alexxsia wrote a spiffing article all about it in the new issue which is out today!)As you can tell from my poses, I'm a bit excited about my new tee... (Head scarf - charity shop, jeans - Primark, shoes...

Fabuleux Destin

Well I'm back from my holiday in Paris and as you may have seen on Twitter, I am now an engaged woman! My amazing boyf of nearly 7 years popped the question in one of our favourite places and it was perfect.(This wasn't where he did it, btw! We're on the giant escalator at the Pompidou centre!)No ring to show off just yet as one of my besties' family business is a jewellers so she is going to have...