It’s very lovely and sunny here at the moment making the evenings seem extra long, which after a hard day at work is rather nice. And something my guy love, love, loves.
So we've been heading out on lovely evening walks (maybe with a sneaky ice cream) and little trips to the golf course that’s five minutes from our house; where we attempt (very laughable attempts) to play. Always funny and the amazing views of the city we love in the early evening sun are rather pretty. Here’s hoping the warmth continues.

My little sister moved back to the hood this week after four years living in Cardiff and I’m well excited about it! She’s the funnest girl I know and I love spending time with her reciting quotes, doing stupid accents and generally messing about in a way that only we find funny or remotely understand. Plus she’s bought her beloved with her and he pretty much rocks too.
Welcome home my dear (West Country accent optional!)

Here we are on the annual family holiday to St Ives - all of our favourite place in the world! Looking a bit wind blown, but hey ho!

Browsing street-style blogs take up a lot of my time. Too much maybe. But it’s so much more inspiring seeing people putting together great outfits themselves as opposed to over-styled celebs or looks straight off the catwalk, don’t you think?

The likes of The Sartorialist, Garance Dore and Jak and Jil always produce the most beautiful pictures that are brilliant to look at and it’s never too long before I see snaps of some of my favourite ladies; Giovanna Battaglia, Miraslava Duma, Cat Power and Sofia Coppola, to name just a few. Oh, and Jane Aldridge from Sea of Shoes has to be another favourite. Crazy style maybe but something that should be admired. I’m feeling a bit green with envy just imagining the treasures each of their wardrobes hold!

And yes, I realise that I’m following a ‘I’m not buying things as I have too many clothes I never wear as it is’ post with a ‘how pretty are her clothes, I want them all now’ post! Whoops!

Our wedding was planned on a teeny budget and for what seems like forever we’ve spent any extra money before it was even earned. Now we’re good and married and looking to the future more clearly we’re on a mission to be debt free. OK so we’re not exactly in much debt, but it’s enough to hold off certain plans we have and we’d rather have the freedom to do such things when we want to rather than be dictated to by money, thank you very much.

So I’ve made a bit of a pact with myself to only buy things I a: see in a charity shop (which is one of my favourite ways to shop anyway, so that’s not too bad!) b: I’m in desperate need of (and I mean need. Not ‘want so much I’ve convinced myself I need it!’) or c: it’s just too much of a damn bargain to pass up.

In the last few months my boy and I (who also happens to love perusing a charity shop or two on a Saturday afternoon) have gathered some pretty awesome finds, so fingers crossed the bargain hunting luck continues and the savings stack up fast!

I love sewing projects. I’ve been taught to sew by my Mum, to knit (on pencils!) by my Nan, learnt bits myself along the way and took a creative fashion course for a bit of extra help. And I’ve managed to make scarves, tops and cushions galore. But with crafty wedding-related things taking over since Christmas it’s all taken a back seat. So I’ve cleared through the baskets of fabrics, buttons and wool and am ready to get started on another project. I’m really wanting to try out a quilt to mark the year of my marriage to that beautiful boy of mine, to pass down through the generations, so I think I’ll give that a try, largely inspired by the beautiful handmade quilts Kathryn over at Maggie and Sparrow creates; not that I have any delusions of mine being quite as amazing! Plus, having not knitted for a while, I want to start that again and have bought the perfect pattern for Christmas present ideas: hats, wrist-warmers, leg warmers and mittens. So dear family and friends - it’ll be knitted gifts galore this year :)

New glasses are a-calling. OK, so an eye-test is probably more important to begin with, but the prospect of new glasses is far more interesting and i'm super bored with my current pair. One problem. The only pairs that I actually like are expensive. As in Dior, Rayban and Chanel expensive. But, as the too-cool-for-school Chloe Sevigny is so fabulously showing, they look awesome, don’t you agree?

So, the essay-like posts have finally come to an end! Hoorah! And here in the Mallia household we’re settling into married life rather well after a month of wedding fun. The sun is shining and I’m slowly tidying away the debris left by the wedding bomb that appears to have exploded in our living room.
I’m clearing off shelves and have several bags of goodies for the charity shop and actually having a lot of fun doing it. Does that make me lame? I don’t think so.
IMAGE FROM HERE