Maternity Edition - Ditzy Daisies

As the weather finally turns from, frankly, depressing to slightly hopeful, it feels good to be back in summer dresses and little jackets instead of my winter uniform of jeans and parka. Not that it's quite what you would call summer weather yet - so I teamed my maternity daisy print dress from New Look with tights to avoid the Spring chill.

New Look are having a massive sale right now and maternity wear is included - when I went last week all sale items were buy one get one half price so I felt much less guilty spending money on myself! As my baby bump continues to grow, I will be living in floaty dresses for the rest of Spring! Bring on the sunshine!

Maternity Dress - New Look

Tweed Jacket - Zara

Tights - Superdrug

Flats - Topshop

Glasses - Chanel

Gold Bangles - ASOS

This post is not sponsored.



Missing In Action

Hi strangers!

Yes it has been a looong time since I posted - my apologies! But I have some news! I have been completely MIA because my growing belly has required me to think out of the box on the fashion front - that's right we are expecting a myfashioncupboard baby in late June or early July!

Super exciting but I have to admit it has taken me some time to get comfortable with my changing body shape (and the fact I can no longer fit into any of my clothes - sob) and I have been rather camera shy these past few months as a result!

However, I have had requests from some of my fellow mothers-to-be to get posting some outfit ideas on how to dress the bump! So I am putting my insecurties aside and embracing the maternity market.

So radio silence no longer - I promise! Keep a look out for maternity wear posts coming up along with the odd baby buy (because baby clothes are now so much cuter to me than adult clothes!)

To any soon-to-be or new mummy's out there - I welcome your ideas so get commenting!

Bisous xx


Baby Orr!

Blogger Sale!

There comes a time in every fashion bloggers life when she has to admit to herself that there is just no more room to squeeze new buys into her closet! Or, in my case, her 5 closets...so I have come to this conclusion and am clearing the decks!

The good news is that you can pick up some amazing items at bargain prices from my eBay listings!

I will be uploading more and more over the coming weeks so keep checking back for plenty of Zara, Topshop, Monsoon, Oasis and more! Many of which still have the tags on and have never been worn!

Happy browsing! x

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree...

I finally got round to putting my Christmas tree up on Sunday and now I feel ready to welcome all things festive into my home!

I had my first Christmas night out last week and I just wasn't feeling it. Something was missing - I just wasn't in the jingle bells state of mind. Roll on a week, my tree is up and looking fantastic (if I do say so myself!), and I really think that makes all the difference!

I love bringing out all of those meticulously packaged glass baubles that bring back so many memories - like our Mr & Mrs one bought for our wedding last July. It's hard to believe it has been brought out for a second Christmas already! How times flies!

Of course Abbie (my baby, well actually my West Highland terrier) has her own Christmas tree decoration too! Notonthehighstreet.com is pure bliss for anyone searching for something they really don't need but really really want!

Finally, I had to share with you our wall art which warmly welcomes visitors into our home - another notonthehighstreet.com find - I promise they didn't sponsor this post! It may be corny but it makes me smile! Christmas at the Orrs - I just can't wait!

Xx

It's Beginning to Look A lot Like Christmas...

My first festive bakes of the season, Nigella's white chocolate and cranberry cookies, are finally getting me into the Christmas spirit. Not only are they delicious (I thought I'd better post pictures quickly before they all disappear!) but the juicy cranberries always make me think of Christmas. Of course, storing them in my delightful reindeer tin (from Poundland - I kid you not!) helps a great deal.

You can find the recipe below (or in Nigella's Christmas Kitchen cook book) - I always substitute the pecans for extra white chocolate chunks!

Inspired to bring some festive cheer to my kitchen this December I also ventured out to good old Primark to pick up a red tablecloth, Santa oven gloves and Christmas tea towels. It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here!

Next on the list - decorating the tree! My job for this evening!

Xx

Cranberry and White Chocolate Cookies
by Nigella Lawson

Makes 30
Ingredients
150g plain flour
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
75g rolled oats (not instant)
125g soft butter
75g dark brown sugar
100g caster sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
75g dried cranberries
50g pecans, roughly chopped
150g white chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 180oC/ 350°F/gas mark 4.

Put the butter and sugars into a bowl and beat together until creamy then beat in the egg and vanilla.

Beat in the flour, baking powder, salt and oat mixture and then fold in the cranberries, chopped pecans and chocolate chips (I usually skip the pecans and add extra chocolate...yum!)

Roll tablespoonfuls of dough into a ball with your hands, and then place them on a lined or greased baking sheet and squish the dough balls down with a fork. You will need two baking sheets.

Cook for 15 minutes; when ready, the cookies will be tinged a pale gold, but be too soft to lift immediately off the tray, so leave the tray on a cool surface and let them harden for about 5 minutes. Remove with a spatula to cool fully on a wire rack.

Travel - London Calling

I recently went down to London for the weekend with my two best girls for a weekend of fun frolics and lots of shopping!

To start our weekend off in style we traveled first class by Virgin trains and enjoyed the free food and drink to the maximum! I'm not sure any of us will be able to travel in standard class again!

We even went on the London Eye and the weather stayed clear and sunny enough for us to see all of central London from the top. Totally worth the 30 minute queuing early on a Saturday morning.

We also went to see Rock of Ages (I know, I know - I'm obsessed) and we were sat 2 rows from the front! Awesome.

And of course we did some shopping - just a little of course! The Christmas displays in Harrods were perfect for getting us into the festive mood!

We stayed in Chelsea, right in the thick of it, surrounded by shops we couldn't afford and horrificly overpriced bars. We ventured to Maggie's (80s nightclub extradonaire) on the Friday evening after Rock of Ages - great way to keep up the 80s vibe! The place was packed though - and when I say packed I mean sardines so dancing was out of the question! Shame because the music was pretty amazing! We also went to Juju on the Saturday night but I was really disappointed - I remember it being much better the last time I was there (I must've been much drunker!) It was dark and dingy and full of self-important look-at-me-types. Not my scene!

Here are some snaps from our London adventure. Thanks to Sarah and Roxanne for making it so great! :)

Sarah and I living it up in Chelsea!

Roxanne and I in our Bourbon room Tshirts enjoying a cocktail at Chiquitos pre Rock of Ages!

Getting ready to rock!