Birthdays By The Riverside

The other weekend we spent a lovely afternoon at a riverside cabin not far away from our hometown. My two godsons were celebrating their 15th and 18th birthday respectively, and we were delighted to join the party. My boy and I cycled to the location (18 miles) as it was a gorgeous late-spring day. Which turned into a nasty cold rainy day in the afternoon but never mind :)

The birthday boys, two brothers, love B-B-Qing so they treated us to a delicious al fresco meal - with lots of yummy grilled vegetables! The cake was made by their Grandma, famous for her pastries - totally and utterly delicious, it was!

We ate, drank, talked, walked, played games and generally had a lovely time - another year cannot pass quickly enough! Or can it...?

- the riverside cabin

- some precious flora

- the river

- outfit of the day 

(fleece jacket & handkerchief 

around my neck - freezing!)

- we didn't cycle back home, I'm afraid :)

- a piece of art at the cabin

- footwear of the day

- football was played by both young & old :)

Once again, happy birthday, boys!

Birthday - Cake & What I Wore

I partied over the weekend. On Saturday evening I invited my girlfriends - I 'rented' my parents' dining room again! This year we enjoyed the company of my little girl as well - she felt she was big enough to join a bunch of thirty- and forty-somethings and enjoy the evening. Oh, she did. She was quite upset when Daddy came to pick her up at ten pm...

Apart from the absolutely fabulous company there was lots of yummy food and lively conversation non-stop. I enjoyed myself immensely, it was such a pleasant evening. Lots of lovely presents as well. Another post to follow.

I made a scrumptious banana-cinnamon-coconut-cream-chocolate cake and decorated it with chocolate stars (after all it was a star which showed the wise men the way so that they could find the newborn Jesus!). It was complimented on by all attending...

As for the outfit, I put on my birthday present from the girlfriends - the wellies - and my parents - the fleece socks. I spent the entire evening in them. Indoors. My feet are usually freezing cold, but not this time...

I'm wearing:

- wellies - Hunter (birthday gift!)
- fleece socks - Hunter (birthday gift as well, yay!)
- tights - NKD
- skirt - Boden
- top - Playlife
- skinny leather belt - H&M
- cropped cardi - Boden
- scarf - local shop
- cK watch
- Rice bracelet

I love my new wellies!!!

Black On Friday

Yesterday's outfit. I would have posted about it last night but I went out to celebrate a friend's birthday. It was lovely. A bunch of childhood friends gathered at the local cafe, had a few drinks, and talked a lot. Just before midnight we felt extremely hungry. So we had some fries outside the local kebab shop... Midnight!!!

I'm wearing:

- flats - Stroll (hand-me-downs from best friend's daughter)
- fishnet knee-highs - Polzela (local brand)
- trousers - Mana
- belt - Mango
- black roll-neck - Dorothy Perkins
- coat - Boden
- beret - Seeberger
- corsage - Kesidov (gift with purchase)
- angel accessories - pendant & bag
- birdie brooch on bag - Etsy (aileenclarkecrafts)

Have a lovely Sunday!

Family Weekend In The Forest

We spent the weekend on a family picnic in a forest cabin (mainly outside the cabin, of course...). It's a sort of tradition in our circle of friends - we book this cabin for a weekend at the beginning of summer, usually before we all go away on holidays, and spend two days having a fabulous time together, eating yummy food, and exploring the wooded hills surrounding our town.

The kids really enjoy themselves, every year they look forward to spending a couple of nights sleeping on bunk beds in their sleeping bags. And all that only about a-quarter-of-an-hour-drive from our flat! I don't even bother joining them in the car, I prefer to take a hike!

We had a lovely weather again this year (it was pouring last year, but we didn't mind; there was a large covered area for BBQs and on our final day we even got some sunshine...).

Whenever we picnic up here, the place is buzzing with children - this year, I'm happy to say, with quite a few 'new additions'!

Good time was had by all, so...

...see you next year!