Christmas Clothes! My Laundry Room Dress and Sparkly Shoes

Well, here we are on the other side of Christmas!  Really hope everyone had a relaxing few days and feel braced for the New Year.  I hope you are not all sick of Christmas trees by now as I am going to show you a few more :)

My boyfriend is still eating turkey leftovers and I haven't even begun to enjoy some of my lovely generous gifts - there are a good few books just waiting for me!  I was travelling between Belfast and Dublin the past few days doing all my visiting so relaxing today and tommorow with old movies and new books sounds idyllic.

I got this gorgeous dress in a new boutique, Pretty Flamingo.  It's "Laundry Room", an Irish label which I was happy to find as I had only seen it in Arnotts in Dublin before and it's really so pretty!  I love the gentle fit of the dress and the teal details on the shoulders.  I embraced gold sparkly New Look shoes and patterned Betsey Johnson tights (a bargain TK Maxx find) for a bit of Christmas spirit.

The quality of these tights are great.  After many failed attempts at not laddering spotty tights I love how durable these are and the extra detail of the lace seams up the side.  Definitley want to try more Betsey Johnson tights.

A very beautiful gift...my ByBoe ring.  I expect you'll notice this a whole lot on the blog in 2012 as I'm really in love with it.  It just feels so delicate, I don't even think the photo does it justice!

 My pomanders that I made for gifts, they smelt delicious.  I hadn't made them since I was very young and enjoyed the trip down memory lane!  (Look at my Mum's tray of mince pies and macaroons for Christmas Day drinks...I have eaten so much!)

Got my hair done too!  Nothing drastic - surprise surprise - but my head feels lighter and my hair looks healthier without having to stress that I got some crazy short layers I can do nothing with.  I really enjoyed using my 1st Living Social voucher too - 2 haircuts at Hedonist Hair for £25...cut number 2 in the new year, felt like a real bargain.  Thought it was a lovely wee salon too!

I want to update my blog layout a tiny bit in the New Year.  A new header, maybe get rid of the roses and just generally tidy it up a little bit.  If you have any suggestions or ideas, I would really love to hear them. Implementing everything I want with my limited computer skills ever is another matter but I shall remain hopeful I can do something with it!

Take care in the last few days of 2011 xo