Rat & Boa

Voodoo Long Tie Dye Kimono // Rat & Boa

Grey Ribbed Knit Crop // Missguided

Hair by the Braid Bar (Eva Braid) // Selfridges Beauty Workshop London
Tribal Style Long Bead Choker // Primark

Skinny Jeans // Primark

Metallic Silver Sneakers // New Look

Soo I'm back after my very busy long weekend away at the British F1 GP (photos to follow up in due course!) my first experience camping with today being my first full day back n feel like I have the Glasto flu as I've heard it described from fellow festival gowers/friends who are experienced at the camping thing. In other words, I am completely exhausted from next to no sleep and feeling the effects after eating nothing but bacon butties and burgers for 3 days straight...lovely! :) never been so happy to see a plate of veggies for dinner when I got back, and no I'm not vegetarian! 

Annywayyy, The day before I headed up to Silverstone I went to London to visit the Braid Bar again who now have their stand permanently there now after their trial period began back in March (you can read about my first visit to the Braid Bar here) and got a Eva braid which is like one sidey cornrows.

I also thought I'd do some exploring whilst I was there so I went all touristy and sat down in St James Park for a while, just next to The Mall and shot this incredible tie dye kimono from Rat & Boa.

I knew my main summer piece I wanted this summer was a tie dye kimono but kept finding short ones, ones that were just abit too long or I wasn't keep on the colours but this one was just what I was looking for and I bought it for myself for my birthday a couple of months ago.Rat & Boa is def a brand u wanna keep ur eyes on in future!

As well as the online store, they also sell through Asos too :) check them out!

Love, Sarah x

Hot!MeSS

Gypsy Cross Back Bra Top // Hot!MeSS

Gypsy High Waist Trousers // Hot!MeSS

How insanely hot has it been here in the UK this week?! Can't remember a time its ever been this humid! 

Typically though, I booked today off and in good old British weather traditions, the rain decided that this was the day to make an appearance despite the fact it has been glorious all week! 

#verybritishproblems

Anyway, on to the outfit! This is my only top and trouser co-ord I've got for this summer, strange as they were so huuge last year and I really liked the co-ord trend! If you too are wanting to go for a co-ord this summer and wanted something new and different I'd def recommend checking out Hot Mess. 

This is the gypsy print which is a really vivid paisley and sorta indian-y looking design which you can choose in LOADS of different types of outfit on the site, including bikinis and swimsuits, shorts and shirt dresses. Its a great idea so you can mix and match the tops and bottoms or even change up with any of the other prints they do!

I've gone for these super comfy high waist trousers which are better than any other high waist trousers I've got as they are so much more breathable & silky! My other New Look ones that I use for plane attire are a much thicker material which isn't too great in 30 degrees.

I've teamed up the bottoms with the cross back bra as the back is lovely and its a really flattering cut at the front.

Hot Mess is also launching on the high street with a concession stand already up in Selfridges, Manchester, Topshop Oxford Street (which I visited today! Take a look at my instagram to see what I got up to!) & Lakeside & Cardiff and on next Sunday they will be opening up in Leicester. 

Riiight, I'll sign off now , got a couple of busy days coming up, am doing a seminar of Social Media tomorrow and then heading straight off to Silverstone for the British GP..should be interesting! 

Love, Sarah x

Life Stuffs - Becoming Engaged

Soooo if u may not have already guessed from my recent instagram posts of my wedding shoe shopping and scouting charity shops at wedding dresses Me and the boy got engaged!

It actually happened last month, nothing romantic or exciting tales of going down on one knee or anything, was just very quick and private hence why I have waited this long to say anything as wanted to get the main things such as booking the venue and stuff done and dusted cus we are planning to get married very soon - this October! eeek! 

We have been together 6 years, lived together for the last 5 and a half and felt like it was ready to make the next step. Main reason its gonna be very rushed it due to my Dads (who has dementia) condition. 

He has suffered from dementia now for about 7 years. Not many people seem to know to much about dementia apart from the fact it causes memory loss. This is just scraping the surface. 

He always used to forget our names (me and my sisters) , lose his keys and just be generally forgetful, but soon he was misplacing things around the house, slurred speech. going in to mini trances and losing train of thought really easily. My aunt (his sister) came to visit one day and and was concerned at his slurred speech and advised him to go to the doctor. 

A few months later my dad was diagnosed with dementia. They had run many tests on him to do with speech, blood tests, and memory tests of which my dad couldn't even name the prime minister. 

Since then my dad was forced to take early retirement and immediately had to stop driving so the car was sold and my mum quit her job to become a full time carer. Dad now is very different to the dad I had growing up. He dosent know how to communicate with us anymore. For the last year or so we have to mime things to help him understand and lead him around to walk as he's not sure where we're going if we are out and about. He can't wash himself, has to be helped to eat and drink. He can't have a conversation anymore and can only mumble or shrug and if you talk to him it's like the lights are on but no ones home.

On the bright side though he has taken a huge fondness to dancing (dad dancings gonna be huge at this wedding!) and he does still laugh so long as you mime whatever funny story ur trying to tell or smile when u are saying it. Its like having ur dad as a two year old.

I come from a close family where marriage and family life is very important and it was my biggest dreams was for my dad to give me away when I got married and couldn't bear the thought of him not being able to attend or not come as he may start to not recognise us as he is getting worse very quick now. 

My mum wasn't sure that if we got engaged now and waiting about a year before getting married he would be able to make it so we thought we would quickly get married this year.I would rather have my whole family there then feel like a huge part of me was missing. 

We are very gonna be very budgety and low key for the ceremony which will be held locally. We are going to have a honeymoon after to Italy on the Amalfi coast and Rome and then next year do some travelling to Japan as we already had planned.

We are planning on getting married in October so expect a few wedding shopping related posts between now and then! This month booking and sending invites is my no.1 priority though then in August we will move on to the dress. :)

Love, Sarah x