plenty of room at the hotel california..

dress: monsoon



heels: primark



cardigan: h+m

 Given the fact that I would consider this dress one of my absolute favourites, it seemed a shame that I've only worn it the one time so far.. So when it came to choosing something to wear for a Sunday lunch out with family friends, the print jumped out at me and I matched a cardigan and a pair of shoes to the print..

The shoes are fab; I picked them up in Primark a little while back, because they're the exact same style and shape as the mustard pair I have and wear often - really comfortable, and I decided a bright blue pair wouldn't go amiss in my shoe collection..

I had such a lovely weekend. I popped down to drop some paving slabs off at the allotment at 8am on Saturday morning and ended up staying there until 4.30, by which time I think I'd managed to dig over and weed about 30sqm..After a soak in the bath (unheard of for me as I'm generally a hater of baths!), I managed a bit of sewing before an early night after all the digging..

The good part about that was it meant I was up early on Sunday, managing to cram in a good few hours of dressmaking whilst watching Despicable Me and then the Princess and the Frog, before even having to think about getting ready to head out for lunch - it felt like a productive weekend, despite spending most of Sunday afternoon eating / loafing about at a friends' fabulous penthouse flat.

I'm doing rather well with the spending ban too; being busy all weekend kept me away from the shops - I didn't even think about shopping! - and I'm on day 19 so almost 1/5 of the way through and have managed to transfer quite chunk of money to my savings, rather than spending it all as soon as payday came around, so that's good.

I'm considering planning a couple of nights away around Easter, although it will really depend on the weather by then. I'd love a couple of relaxing days away somewhere new, although I'm not sure where.