Everytime I'm Happy, The Sea Is Calm And Blue

Thank you for your comments on my last blog, I'm glad people like the new layout.  I really love it and am planning to do a little giveaway in the next month to celebrate it so make sure you are following me to find out!

The rain is pouring down outside on my one day off this week so I may postpone my planned shopping trip today and stay cosy inside instead!
This bank holiday weekend feels like a million years ago, but it was truly the last day of Summer we had.  We visited Newcastle, a seaside town in Co. Down, for a vintage and antique fair that was being held.  The entrance to the fair was free if you dressed in vintage.  I may have been the only person to take note of this but it was fun all the same!

Dress - 50's vintage          Shoes - New Look       Sunglasses, Purse, Headband - vintage

All vintage apart from my New Look shoes which I bought for wearing with sundresses ages ago and are on their last leg!    The couple who sold me this dress over a year ago were exhibiting at this fair and recognised the dress on me.  It must be fun spotting one of 'your' dresses out and about!  I lost the white belt I usually wore with it and I think it needs something to replace it.  To really go for the 50s look I should try a bigger petticoat but I like the simplicity of it here.  The embroidery and the green colour are just so pretty and it's in great condition.

The fair was held in a beautiful hotel, the Slieve Donard.  Here I am pretending my transport has arrived.

After purchasing a new dress, sparkly necklace, felt hat and carved wood table (they were bargains in my defence and I am still lamenting the cocktail ring and handbag I left behind!) we finished the day off with sausage and chips by the sea...classy!  A perfect end to the Irish Summer that never really began.

xox
p.s just realised that my last few posts have featured water and oceans and lakes very heavily..not sure what that says about me right now!

Adriatic Sunset

In spirit with the Indian Summer that lasted a few weeks there, I thought I would continue to share some final Croatia pictures before Autumn takes over completley. I am also hectic with work right now, so it's easier to be able to post these than take new ones for the next couple of weeks!

When stress threatens to take me over in the next few days, I am going to try and remember this sunset, in this corner of the world by the Adriatic on an August evening.
Sunsets have such a magical quality, that are unique and different everywhere you travel but still have that comforting feeling that no matter where you are in the world, the sun will set and the moon will rise.

Hole in the wall to the Buza beach bar for champagne in plastic cups!

This dress was my favourite outfit that I wore on this holiday.  I bought it in H&M in Amsterdam and it was the first chance I'd got all year to wear it!  Unfortunately, I know I won't get to wear it again until next Summer.  I kept it casual with my sandals mostly for the practical reasons of the heat and walking everywhere, but I think it would be nice to dress it up too.

We finished the night off with buckets of gigantic prawns and beautifully salted squid.  Super fresh and tasty,  the restaurant was called Lokanda Peskarija and just outside the city walls (which you can see in the corner behind me).  A beautiful place to people watch and relax.

Back to work!  Have a lovely Sunday

xox

P.S. I have stopped doing my beloved rounded corners on photographs to fit in with my new blog layout.  Do you miss them or do you think  it works ok without?