Dinner at the neighbours!

Today I am having a day at home, I would really like to go to the store and pick up my package from H&M. I hope it's my new hat! But the store is 20 kilometers away. And I don't have a car. I do have two kids. So I guess I won't be picking up any package today....

Tonight however we are invited over to have dinner with some very dear friends! Looking forward to it! Hat or no hat! ;)

Tee from Aeropostale (I accidentally customized it with tea the first time I used it...), tank Aero also, the world's most comfy stretch jean skirt from KappAhl, random cutoff tights, sandals H&M, necklaces Asos, mom's and grandma's, bracelet KappAhl and the chapped hands of a gardener/mom/baker/cook.

Started in a fantasy world...

...but ended up back in reality. Saturday morning looked like a sunny summer day, and I was feeling a totally americana vibe. So I decided to go pinup!

Top Esprit from clothes swap, skirt H&M, random fishnets, necklace Forever 21 and shoes from a local department store.

And then, while I was taking these pictures a storm came in. The temperature dropped, the wind picked up and it started raining cats and dogs... Back to reality.

The fishnets and the open neck sweater had to go. But I was still in an americana vibe! So I opted for a flag tank, blue jeans, fake wayfarers and Keds!

Sweater from clothes swap, flag tank Old Navy 2009, shoes Keds Eleanor, sunglasses and jeans Forever 21.

The weather has not been pleasing me lately, but it is doing wonders for my garden.

See how much my herbs have grown? See the herb box a few weeks ago here

My kitchen garden is flourishing. These are peas.

Our crabapple tree is in bloom...

...so is our rhubarb...

...and all of our spirea bushes.

And SOON I will be enjoying peonies!!!

And that's where I'll be! I got this sign and two others that read "Tea Time" and "At the Beach" for Mother's Day. Aren't they sweet?

Country living

It probably does not come as a surprise to most of you that have been following my blog that I live in the countryside. Waaay out in the countryside! I live in a village though so I am surrounded by lovely neighbours!

I looove the British editions of Country Living and Country Homes and Interiors. If you cannot get your hands on these you can get inspired here.

I do not call myself a gardener. But I have a garden and for the years we have been living in this house I have been trying to figure out how to take care of it. I love working in my garden and I am in love with peonies. I have a few, but plans are to get some more. My love for peonies go way back to my childhood. My maternal grandmother had lots in her garden and I was always enchanted by them.

This is Martha Stewart's peony garden. It is my dream. Of course I don't have the space for it. But dreams don't need space.

This is the bouquet I carried for my wedding. More pictures from my wedding in the post Dream Wedding.

My sense of style has also been influenced by this love of British farmhouse/country/manor. I am crazy about hats and well all types of fashion you wear on your head. Caps, berets, fascinators, headbands, veils. You name it!

Here's what I wore today. It is a sunny but windy spring day.

Cap was a gift from my sister-in-law, Cardigan H&M, Tank Gina Tricot(another gift from my lovely mom!), old cut-off Levi's, tights Åhléns, flats H&M Kids




My kids were also donning some seriously cute headwear today!

This cap is from H&M.

I wish this came in my size!!!! Old Navy

Weekend Getaway

Had a great time with my mom and sis!

Friday we had dinner at the hotel, precourse: tapas, main course: pepper steak, pepper sauce, bell peppers and potato wedges and dessert: milk chocolate panna cotta with lime and vanilla marinated raspberrys. Mmmmmm....

View from our hotel room. These three last pictures were taken by my sister.

Saturday we had breakfast at the hotel, went shopping and had tea at my favorite café. I bought these sandals from H&M.

Back home again!

Dress Gina Tricot, earrings clothes swap, sandals H&M and jean jacket from la Redoute bought almost ten years ago.

Ooooh! I almost forgot to tell you. I found THEM. THE SHOES. Remember my post "Ruby Red Heels" back in April? I was looking for red shoes for my cousins wedding this summer, but if you don't keep an open mind you might miss out on something. I found these purple babies!

Do I need to say I loooove them??! To refresh your memory here's the dress that will befriend these cute heels.

Here comes the sun!

Thank you for your kind comments! Things are looking up now, so just continue keeping your fingers crossed. Today it is spring. FOR REAL!!!! It has been a whopping 17 degrees Celsius today. That might be winter temperatures for some of you, but please remember I live very close to the Polar Circle.

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So in celebration of the "hot" weather the whole family went to town to buy some flowers, herbs, seeds, a lilac and a rhubarb plant. The flowers and the herbs are in the hallway awaiting kinder night temperatures, the seeds might find their way into soil tomorrow. I am for the first time ever going to grow some vegetables. At least I hope they will grow. My husband planted the lilac and the rhubarb tonight. I hope to get a good harvest of the rhubarb so I can make pies and "juice". There is no good word in english, at least not one I know of, for the swedish word "saft". "Saft" is sort of like lemonade but it can be made from any fruit or berry. Is there a good word for it?

Today I wore my new blouse from H&M.

Wow, I really need to clean that mirror. It's got my kids fingerprints all over it. Anyway, I also wore an old pair of Levi's that I cut off yesterday, some black tights and black suede ballerinas from Gap.

Had to show you these babies..... My Judith Ripka earrings. They were a gift from my husband on our fifth wedding anniversary last year. Did I tell you I have the greatest hubby? ;)

Double therapy

Baking while doing some window shopping via internet.

Here's some stuff I could definitely click home right now, not because I need it but because I WANT it. But I think I'm just gonna end up chewing on one of those breads instead. Still that's the great thing about window shopping. It's free!

Bangles from H&M

Clutch from H&M

Wallet from Forever 21

CUTE necklace from Forever 21

Ok, these ones I really, really, really WANT. Maybe I'll click. Maybe.

Cutout Oxfords from Forever 21

Sunday outfit

Today I am wearing the skirt and tights I bought yesterday at HM. Shoes from Gabor, Wrap cardigan from La Redoute, tank Tommy Hilfiger and the necklace is the ASOS Short Cluster Pendant.