/ Georgina Does

LIFESTYLE: Pretty Flowers To Cheer Me Up

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Coming home from am amazing holiday is always a sad time but this time even more so, I had the best time ever. I miss seeing something new and amazing everyday, I miss the food and I miss the heat! And the fact that its cold and rainy back home makes it ever worse. The guys at Suttons Seeds sorted me out with a little present to brighten my first week back - they had a pretty bunch of pink flowers delivered to my door in the rain!

So this post is short and sweet just to say a huge thanks! Plus any excuse to fill my blog with pretty flower photos!!

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Monday, 14 July 2014

So here it is, the most amazing holiday I have ever been on is over so I though I'd share a few snippets with you all! These photos were all taken on our first full day in Phuket. (I'm not sure how in order all these posts are going to be haha, We got to Phuket 5 days into the holiday) We actually arrived the night before in the middle of a storm and we were super sad when we checked the weather and saw that it was meant to be stormy all week. Luckily, it was just a bad day and we woke up the next morning to very bright, hot sunshine and the birds singing in the palm tree over our balcony which was something I loved waking up to! It was crazy, there were coconuts growing on them too! It was definitely alot hotter here than in Bangkok which meant I could wear all the crop tops and shorts that I'd packed!

Motel Rocks - Forever 21 - Havianas

We started the morning by meeting with our holiday rep and booking a couple of amazing things to do while we were there (more to come on that) and then went for breakfast. This was out view. It was amazing!!

We then spent the day walking around and exploring the resort where we came to find that it had a private beach at the back and the most amazing swimming pools ever! We booked ourselves a few treatments in the spa and then straight to the pool!

Remember to keep an eye out for my next Thailand post!

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Friday, 11 July 2014

Like most girls at the moment, I have been after a two piece set, it's taken me ages but I've finally found a few that I like and here's the first, Of course I will also be posting about the others that I've found too!

One thing that they all have in common is that there are no skirts to be seen, they are all trousers or shorts - I just feel alot more comfortable in them. I have been watching this set online for a while now, it first came out in black, and the yellow (!?) pink and blue and all sorts but I wanted white so I waited and waited and finally it appeared in Fashion Union's New In!

Its a light floaty matieral with mesh panels. The shorts are high waisted so although it's a crop and shorts, your still covered up (which doesn't bother me either way, but still) I thought since the whole outfit was already white, it would be best to pair it with my white heels with the see though heel which have been so easy to wear this summer, getting white shoes was a big step for me as I wear black with everything but they seem to just match all my summer otufits, yey.

I also love that I can (and will) wear each piece separately too, the top will go perfectly with my lovely pair of black jeans that I wear with everything and I'm sure I can find another super cute crop to go with the shorts!

White Set - *Fashion Union

Heels - Boohoo

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Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Last night, The lovely team at Braintree Freeport invited me along to come an find an outfit for an event I am going to on Saturday! Free port is a cute little shopping village with over 85 stores all offering up to 60% off plus there's loads of nice places to eat too - They even have a Cadburys outlet! I'll keep it a surprise on here but I'm sure there are a few clues on my twitter if you want to see what the outfit is for, Ill be posting about it next week if you can wait!

I was given £150 gift card and about 50 minutes to find myself a outfit. First things first, I need the actual clothing part. I knew I wanted a dress and I knew I wanted to get it in one of two places, Ted Baker or Karen Millen, I ended up finding the perfect one in Karen Millen with a crazy half price price tag, it was £80 down from £110 down from £160! Its super fitted but still comfortable which is what I was looking for, I hate having my day ruined because something I was wearing was uncomfortable! I was hoping to find something that I will be able to wear again and I think I will be able to do it with this dress since its black and white and very smart.

Next up I was desperate to find shoes, I had about 20 minutes left and no idea what I wanted. I'd left the accessorise wide open with buying a black and white dress, did I want to stick to the monochrome or add a pop of colour?! I ended up in Clarks as I knew that whatever I chose would be comfortable and as I said, that a big thing for me! I knew heels would make the outfit so much better but I decided that I was going to get flats as I have no idea what to expect for Saturday and again, I didn't want my shoes to ruin my day. These were actually the first pair that I picked up and I fell in love with them, they have the perfect little chunky heel which solves my problem and the colours fit well with my dress! They were £19 down from £24!

Now I literally had about 12 minutes left and £50 to find a bag, it was craziness - this is when I started running haha. I ended up in Zatchels - I've just taken my huge hologram Zatchel to Thailand and I know how sturdy and well made they are so I thought it was worth a look and amazingly I found what I needed. This super cute tiny little satchel with a subtle sparkle fitted right in plus I had enough money too! The micro Zatchels on the site cost £75, I paid £24.

Huge thanks to Team Freeport for the opportunity and I'm sure excited to wear my outfit on Saturday! More photos to come of course!

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Monday, 7 July 2014

On Friday I was invited down to Brighton along with some other bloggers to meet up with one of the companies I work very closely with - Propellernet!! I got there two hours early, as usual, but it was fine this time as it gave me a nice bit of time to have a wander around on my own, I even found a Boost juice bar so I was sorted for a little while, they are my favourite things ever! After a look around the shops, I took a leisurely walk along the sea front and soon arrived at the Hotel Du Vin, (still early) I took this time to chat to the girls about my trip the Thailand over some prosecco! They gave me loads of great advice!!

As the other bloggers started arriving, we all sat down around the huge table for a lovely lunch, they had put on a great spread and kept all of our glasses topped up whilst we got into a huge discussion about what we predict for blogging, 2015 trends and all those things that bloggers hate like silly emails starting "Dear Blogger..." It was very interesting and I learnt alot about how everyone else works which I really appreciated!!

After that we were sent out to explore Brighton on a treasure hunt. I paired up with Laura (She was on the #ActiveHen weekend with me) and luckily for me, she's from Brighton and got us to each location without even looking a the map, she was greaatt!! Brighton is actually the loveliest little place and we were so lucky with the weather, I had the best time just wandering though the lanes. The treasure hunt was super exiting too - getting to the next shop and seeing what they had for us!! We ended up with a super cute little cupcake from Brighton's answer to the hummingbird bakery, a vintage leather clutch from Beyond Retro, a bag of goodies from the local salon, a box of sweets from Cyber candy, some fro yo (perfect for the weather) and a few other bits and pieces!!

After all that work we met up with everyone at Dirty Blondes for an evening of champagne and cocktails! I had loads of fun and cant wait to now get back to Brighton with Andrew! After that, I headed back to London and met my friends in Shoreditch for a bar crawl, it was a crazy day but I had the best time haha!