Faux Pas

Fashion. Travel. Food. Bridget. Gin.

It is that time of year again where we slowly have to put more and more layers of clothing on before leaving the house. I love Autumn, I won't mention the 'C' word just yet, but it's getting closer and I am getting slightly excitable.

Anyway, Autumn fashion has always been a firm favourite for me and this year is not an exception! Ox blood red, tartan, over sized knits and my beloved tan Mulberry leather gloves are all going to be out in full force.

I'm a sucker for the 'new in' section on my favourite websites this time of the year and here are a few purchase I made from the trusty Boohoo. Duster coats and super long trenches were the order of the day and I can't wait to trample through the fallen leaves!







We are getting to that age where more and more of our friends are getting married. Scary! Sarah and I had the pleasure of attending our good friend BFK (Keith) and his lovely bride Louise's wedding.

I was given some ASOS vouchers from my gorgeous friends from my old London job so I decided to treat myself to a new outfit for the occasion. One of my best friends Hankey now lives in Australia, but he was one of the best men so I was doubly excited for a reunion at the same time.


Sarah's dress: Jack Wills

Best man Hankey and his sporran

Gabs' gorgeous boy in his own identical best man outfit.

Outfit: mint green dress, white court shoes both ASOS. Gold necklace from Accessorize.



I took my Chanel and my Sarah for a sophisticated evening in Winchester to learn about wine.
What I learnt: I like wine.


Our chosen favourite.

Outfit: Shoes & jeans - ASOS, blazer - H&M, rings - Topshop, bag - Chanel




My lovely mother gave me this beautiful Aspinal organiser when I bagged myself my London job. It never got used as I wasn't organised enough to organise my life. London flew by in a haze of new friends, being in love in the same city - long distance relationship was no more, lots of red wine, long working hours, breakfasts out, long commutes and partying. 

Now I'm back home and my days involve many different tasks including marketing, admin, recruiting and pretending to know what I'm talking about - it's my job to be organised. It's about time to unleash the beauty!

It's not just work that is hectic at the moment as I have lots of exciting days ahead! One I'm especially excited about is a very special lunch date at the Ritz. I get to be glamorous and quoff champagne for an afternoon and I couldn't be more excited.

I'm also just a few days away from being reunited with a bunch of my favourite people in Bristol. I can't wait to talk into the early hours whilst drinking copious amounts of red wine and reminiscing about our uni days.

Not forgetting MY BIRTHDAY in just over a week! I'm taking it on tour back to London this year to celebrate with my old London friends for a big night out. Not before Sarah and I go down the rabbit hole for an Alice in Wonderland themed afternoon tea at the Sanderson Hotel. Check it out here: https://www.morganshotelgroup.com/originals/originals-sanderson-london/eat-drink/mad-hatters-afternoon-tea

So, beautiful Aspinal organiser of mine, do your job.





My old wardrobes are brilliant for an outfit selfie. Everybody loves a selfie. And Raymond.

Outfit: shorts - Asos, shirt - Topshop, cardigan - M&S, necklace - my trusty Accessirize favourite, arm candy - Michael Kors


Although I had to put my serious travel plans on hold for the time being, it didn't stop me shooting off for two weeks to explore Thailand and Cambodia in super speed.

Travelling is my one true love and I'm on a mission to see the world, one bite sized piece at a time.
Sarah and I first went travelling back in 2009 just before we both moved away to university (in neighbouring cities of course. We can't be separated for too long!) We were both very young and very naive but we booked a 7 week round the world ticket and got planning. We started in LA, then onto Fiji, New Zealand, Australia and Thailand. I was so naive, I thought they gave me pyjamas in our first LA hostel, when in fact it was our bedsheets. I nearly cried. I had never experienced sharing a room with 12 other strangers and having to actually make your own bed! Where's the room service in this hotel?! I had so much to learn.

We had the best seven weeks of our lives and even though they were silly little things like experiencing hostels for the first time and navigating our way around different countries on our own; we learnt so much.

The weeks flew by in a flurry of fun, excitement and some added swine flu.
We well and truly caught the bug and I knew I wanted to travel as much as I could.
And that is what we do.

The following year after our first year of uni, we booked a 5 week interrail pass around Europe and packed our backpacks once more.

We've finished uni now and I'm in a full time grown-up-persons job whilst Sarah is being the brainy one and studying to be a doctor, so we don't have quite as much time as we would like (or money!) However, any opportunity that we get we pack up and escape for an adventure.

This year we had planned to go away for a month, but with my shiny new job I could only take two weeks. Sarah booked a ticket to return in a months time and I had to book a return in two weeks. Sarah's wonderful chap met us in Cambodia on my last 3 days and they carried on for a couple of weeks whilst I cried back to the real world and the impending Monday morning blues. Thirty hours is a lot of time to wallow in self pity, I tell you now.

In our two weeks we did so much. We started in the trusty favourite Bangkok at the D&D inn on Koh San road. We had lots of gin on our rooftop bar and planned the rest of our trip.

We went from Bangkok - Phuket - Phi Phi - Koh Samui - Koh Tao - Siem Reap (Cambodia). I'm a keen video maker and have made this 25 minute memoir for me and Sarah to watch and reminisce in years to come...


Time to get planning our next adventure.