Macaroons and rainy days.

So on this really miserable rainy day my mom, sister and niece came to visit me in Leicester. They bought me and Joe wonderful housewarming gifts. To start with, a glass picture frame with 'You had me at hello' etched into the glass. They also bought us a set of candle holders that are dip dyed in pastel paint! My mom also thoughtfully knitted us a cushion cover in navy blue wool with brown wooden buttons. After gifts and nattering we went into town to my favourite place to eat, Mrs Bridges Tearooms, a pretty cosy eaterie that make the best sandwiches and macaroons. I discovered today that my niece Molly has an incredible taste in desserts, she too loves macaroons, so much so that I ordered a cup of  to share. After that we did a little bit of shopping. We're all a little Yankee candle mad so we spent an hour picking out individual burning tarts then I found a gorgeous tweed scarf, with weather like today it was hard not to buy it. I finally got around to purchasing a new purse, my Hello Kitty one just wasn't screaming out 'sophistication' anymore so I looked in Debenams and found that the Fiorelli floral purse I've been looking at forever had 20% off, so for a nifty £25 I got the purse of my dreams! I haven't really been doing outfit posts but I wore my sparkle and fade sleeveless pink shirt dress with a black H&M kimono over the top, I put it with black tights, a pair of black ankle boots and my pastel gold Aldo necklace. 

Strolls, sun & sushi.

The sun was out! I'm bloody ecstatic about it, waking up and seeing how lovely it was outside i asked Joe if we could go the to Abbey park. We bought some sushi and Ribena from the shop to eat at the park, but before we could stroll through the grass, Joe took us to the local RSPCA to look at the dogs because his family are looking to adopt. It was so sad seeing that many lovely dogs without a home but a lot of them were reserved so it made me feel better. Sadly no dashhounds though! After we looked around we headed to the park. We sat on a picnic bench and ate our sushi then walked round. Abbey park is huge with two lakes, one which has pedalos! Also plenty of huge trees and brightly coloured flowers, a petting zoo, a children's play area and a cafe that serves sandwiches and ice cream til late in the afternoon. We went to see the geese and swans, and because I'm a huge kid i went on the swings.

I asked Joe to get some pictures of my outfit for the day because it included two of my birthday presents, my beautiful leather wedge shoes and my tapestry rucksack! I also wore my ditsy flower print dress with the crochet waist, pastel green frill socks, an Alice in Wonderland badge and my cat-wing sunglasses.

 

Dress - Topshop - £38
Tapestry bag - New Look - Was a gift
Frill socks - Primark - £1.50
Wedge shoes - River Island - £55
Sunglasses - Topshop - £16
Alice badge - Was a gift
Well that was my sunny day out, one of the last (sob). It's my first shot at a proper outfit post so hopefully i will get better at this! Hope everyone has enjoyed the sunshine and now to start getting ready for Autumn! Can't wait to see everyone's autumn posts, all the tights and jumpers!

Thanks for reading!
Love Madison

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