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February 14, 2015

Valentine's Day 2015


Happy Valentine's Day!


As you may already know from last year, I absolutely love Valentine's Day. I think it's so sweet that there's a day completely dedicated to celebrating love and showing the special people in your life how much they mean to you or even just having a day to completely spoil yourself with no judgement ;) It doesn't matter if I'm with someone or not I still always make the most of the day. I love going a bit over the top with these special occasions; wearing anything red, pink or heart shaped prints, as you can see from my attire above.

The outfit above was initially what I had planned to wear if we were going out for food during the day which is why I photographed it for the blog. It takes my TFNC London dress I wore last year and layering this cute embroidered lip print jumper from Primark over the top for a more day time look but smartened up with my favourite heart heels from Vivienne Westwood and my red lips clutch from Lulu Guinness

Instead I wore a different dress which unfortunately I didn't photograph, but I wore the same heels and clutch with it and a delicate red heart ring from Pandora (another present from Dan <3). The dress in question was this gorgeous bright red body con dress from Missguided with cross back straps. I felt very slinky in it which is unlike me, ha! I'd bought the dress last year and was adamant I was going to save it to wear for Valentine's day as it's first day out (sad, I know). With my last minute V-day plans I was so keen to wear it that I'd have even wore it to pick up a takeaway pizza from Domino's or a drive-thru MaccyDs haha! Luckily we managed to get into Zizzi at the last minute so that setting felt a bit more appropriate for the attire ;)

The week building up to Valentine's day was not the same as it normally is. I'm usually really buzzing with excitement but my Grandad recently passed away (hence why I haven't blogged so much either) and we had been planning the funeral so I hadn't really felt in the best frame of mind for even talking about making plans for anything, let alone Valentine's day. Plus I was initially meant to be working too so I just thought this year can be a write off this time.


Eventually things calmed down at home and my shift was cancelled so I took that as a sign to pick myself up and make the most of celebrating something positive right now. 
As always Dan spoilt me rotten! I was greeted in the morning with this gorgeous bouquet of flowers that had a lovely bright sunflower, lilies and a glittery red rose within them. I also got a really cute necklace which I'd seen on Not On The High Street which was a silver envelope and inside was a tiny piece of wooden card with the words "I love you" and the date of our anniversary carved in it. 

For our evening plans we headed out to have our delicious meal at Zizzi and then went to see Kingsman: The Secret Service. On first impressions of the trailer for the film I thought it looked good but after watching it I thought it was much better than I had anticipated; full of action and funny moments (And Colin Firth: swoon!). I'd definitely recommend it :) I had a lovely day and it was just the pick me up I needed after a tough few weeks <3

 Hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day! <3

Thanks for reading! <3
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  1. I love this dress! you look wonderful :) x

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  2. Oh wow how stunning do you look! I love the dress and shoes, when better to wear red and love hearts? x

    Always, Alice x

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    1. Aww thank you so much Jayd :D Haha that's so true, perfect time of year for it ;) xx

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  3. Happy late Valentine's Day. You look amazing in the dress.

    Lizzie Dripping

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    1. Aww thank you Elizabeth :D Happy late Valentine's Day to you too :) xx

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  4. Your dress is GORGEOUS! Wow! The shoes (yes I spotted them peeping out at the bottom!) look so perfect with the outfit as well!

    We stayed in this year so no dressing up for me, we sat on the sofa eating pizza and watching Taken (his choice) and 500 Days of Summer (my choice!) ... I think next year we should make more effort!

    Chloe x
    newgirlintoon.co.uk

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    1. Aww thanks Chloe :D haha well spotted, they making a sneaky appearance below ;)
      Sounds like a lovely cosy night in :D 500 days of summer is a great choice :D
      xx

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  5. I loved the dress and you looked beautiful ! :)

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  6. You look absolutely stunning! That dress is amazing! I agree that your bf picked out some very pretty flowers.

    Jessica @ Sunny Days and Starry Nights

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    1. Aww thank you so much Jessica :D Haha I'll have to tell him ;) xx

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  7. Oh my, flowers adorned with glitters? I didn't know you could buy something like that! They're beautiful!

    Life With Antlers

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    1. Thanks Krista :D yeah the florist near where he lives can do that, it's so cool isn't it?! So pretty :D xx

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  8. Found your blog recently and I’d like to say that I’m in love with it!
    Interesting posts and beautiful photos!
    I’ll be happy to see you in my blog!)

    Diana Cloudlet
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    1. Aww thank you so much Diana :D glad you like my blog :)
      I'll check your blog out now :) xx

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  9. You look beautiful! Hope you have a great weekend :)

    Jessica
    the.pyreflies.org

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    1. Aww thank you so much Jessica :D I had a lovely weekend thanks, hope you did too! :) xx

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    1. Thank you very much Sara, I got them for my 18th birthday and I like to save them for special occasions :D xx

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  11. Your outfit is spot on - you look gorgeous! I've heard nothing but good things about that film, I definitely need to see it at some point :) Hope you're feeling okay<3

    Style Sunrise ☀

    :)
    x

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    1. Aww thank you so much Karen :D Feeling a lot better now thank you :) and ooh you definitely should! Let me know when you do, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it :) xx

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  12. The first dress is gorgeous! I love the second outfit you would've worn in the day as well, the jumper is so cute!

    The Velvet Black // UK Style, Beauty Blog

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  13. The first dress is so stunning. It's chic & elegant. Oh I love it!

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  14. Wow that dress is amazing!

    Jenn from jenniferjayne.blogspot.co.uk

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  15. The dress looks gorgeous on you and I love how you've made it work for the day with that cute little jumper :) xx

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    1. Aww thank you so much Sadie :) glad you liked it :D xx

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  16. Hi Kate, hope you are ok I just thought I'd let you know that I've nominated you for the Liebster Award as I love your posts! ps that dress is super gorgeous on you!

    Love Dan
    boothysabode.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Hi Danielle, I'm doing good thanks :) hope you're okay too :D and aww thank you so much! I've already done one before but I'll happily answer the questions and feature you on my 'feature' section of my blog instead, hope that's okay :D thanks again for the nomination :) xx

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  17. So gorgeous!! I love the dressed-down look too, there could not be a more perfect Vday dress O.O

    Gina
    Pink Wings

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  18. You look marvelous. I love the way you styled the dress!

    xx glamdevils.com / miradevils.blogspot.com

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  19. Awh sweetie i'm so glad you had a good valentines despite your recent difficulties! I have to say you look an absolute bombshell in that red dress!! Such a stunner! And omg glittery roses I've never seen them before but will be on my wish list for next valentines haha!

    Have a lovely week ahead :)

    Gabby xo

    Blog - What She Buys / Instagram / Twitter

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    1. Aww thank you very much Gabby it means a lot :) haha aww you charmer ;) thank you :D hope you have a lovely week too :) xx

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  20. What a beauty! You look so stunning in red. I hope you had a lovely valentines day!

    Em x

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    1. Aww thank you so much Emma :D I had a great day thanks, hope you did too! xx

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  21. lovely dress :)


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  22. You look stunning!
    That red dress is perfect in every way!

    fixmeinfortyfivex.blogspot.co.uk - A Beauty & Lifestyle Blog

    xx

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  23. I'm sorry to hear you've been having some sad times, I hope things have picked up now :) xxx

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    1. Thank you Carly that means a lot :) yeah things are getting back to normality now thank you :) xx

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  24. great post ;).

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    XOXO

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  25. That red dress looks so amazing on you
    xo
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  26. The red dress is stunning xx

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  27. Such a cute outfit! x

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  28. for a romantic day... but for all anyday.. and make romantic

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    1. yeah definitely :) thanks for the comment Alberto x

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  29. The second look is also very pretty! These shoes are just so incredibly cute ♥

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  30. The dress is stunning, darlin'!
    xx
    N.Z.

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  31. you look lovely! Really want your shoes :D xx

    dresses-and-travels //@susandollparts

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  32. I love your dress! You look amazing!
    Melanie @ meandmr.com

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  33. ohh this is great :) i love your blog ;D

    mfashionfreak♥blog

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    1. Thank you very much Mihaela :D glad you like it :) xx

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  34. Ohhh im so jealous of the shoes, darling! Gorgeous colour too. Xx

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  35. You look so so pretty and I loved the RED background..

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  36. Thank you very much Mihaela :D glad you like it :) xx

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  37. Wow, you look gorgeous. Red is definitely your color! Hope you're feeling better now and things are brighter. :)

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    1. Aww thank you very much Kie :) Yeah I'm feeling a lot better now thank you for asking :) xx

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  38. Look maravilhoso amei belas imagens arrasou
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  39. Oh dear fantastic red dress!! Amazing.
    Kisses from Spain.
    Xoxo, P.

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  40. Red color suits you so well, great pictures :D

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  41. Both outfits are stunning on you :) x

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  42. Cute outfit! Red is so pretty on you : )

    dontcoralwithme.com

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  43. Wow, how foxy do you look in that red dress!? Va va voom!

    Tara x

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  44. Your skirt is so gorgeous! :)

    Love,
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  45. love both outfits but i think my favorite is the one with the lips blouse, it is beautiful
    x,Abril
    The Color Palette

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    1. Aw thank you very much Abril :D glad you like them! xx

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  55. Great outfit, sounds like a nice day :)

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  56. Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! :D xx

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