Next Christmas, I’ll give you my heart

Monday mornings drinking coffee and writing emails with Dexter cuddled into my side, it is actually too cold to get out of bed. But I have a meeting at the BBC about work at 1pm so once I’ve written this I need to get myself ready. I actually don’t mind the cold so much, as long as it isn’t really windy and rainy then I do enjoy getting wrapped up on frosty winter mornings. I met my Dad and baby Lily in town on saturday because he was kindly treating me to a new winter coat or boots. My Dad is like a woman when it comes to shopping, he knows how to treat himself and would happily indulge in jackets from Armani every winter if he could! I’ve had my eye on Barbour Jackets from Repertoire Fashion, and this Parka from Drop Dead Clothing (that one being more my price range) but I think if I get this job today I will treat myself. I was too indecisive about jackets so he ended up getting me a lovely pair of fur lined Dr Martens 🙂 Their new store in Glasgow is beautiful, too many lovely satchels and coats as well as their well known boots. But I will share pictures of my new booties in another post.

A couple of weeks ago I enjoyed a bit of Christmas coming early, with Next kindly inviting me to the penthouse suite of the Blythswood square to have a nosy at their new Christmas collection.

The view from the penthouse was fantastic. There is something about the rooftops of buildings that really intrigues me! We sipped champagne and ate some delicious canapes (you guys know how highly I hold the Blythswood Hotel anyway by now!) The items that really pleased me from the clothing were the gorgeous, traditional-esque christmas jumpers, the delicately embellished party pieces (in particular the studded sheer shirt above) with the right amount of sparkle to feel that christmas party spirit, and the cosy floral jammies and tartan slipper boots. I am a big fan of Next home, and was so pleased to see that they had some lovely christmas bunting! All the bunting in my room is from there. Nothing wrong with making your surroundings a permanent party eh? All this stuff should be in store about now so I plan to pop in for another look soon.

Another great part of the night was getting to meet and chat to some new friendly faces. The three pictures above were taken by Ashley. She takes some wonderful photographs, and I think we are going to meet for a shoot together soon 🙂 Despite how much of a poser I seem, I do get nervous with other people taking my photo. But she is such a lovely lass with brilliant chat, I’m actually just really looking forward to hanging out with her again! Ashley’s sister Carolyn designs and makes her own beautiful dresses, so creativity and talent certainly runs in the family. A year or so ago you wouldn’t have caught me in a million years going to a night like this alone, but I feel much more confident and content within myself now, and in a good way I think you put yourself out there more than what you would if you had brought along a friend. Doing something every day that scares you really does pay off 🙂

You still have until 8pm tonight to enter my Haagen Dazs competition, I’ll be drawing it when I get home from the fireworks display with my friends at Glasgow Green. Good luck! ♥

Ayden x