A rural Urban outfit...

Here is the finishing touch to our dining room:

  

 

This cotton flat-woven rug from Urban Outfitters with a jazzy grey, white and yellow design was a steal at just £65.  It could perhaps do with a rug pad to give it some more grippiness, but it's ok for us just to set the dining furniture on. Ikea do a couple of anti-slip underlay options very cheap.  The cat seems to think it's a new giant scratching mat for him.

 

I also got some super cute post-it notes to go on the shoe cabinet, along with my vintage iron that I got from the Alexandra Palace antiques market.

 

 

I can't believe just how quick the wedding is coming around, as of today it is T-minus 2 months and 4 weeks exactly.  Even though everything is on track my stomach keeps anxiously tripping over itself whenever I think about how soon it is.

 

It's also got me thinking about the personal pre-wedding preparations I intend to do, such as taking up pilates.  It was always my intention to be in good shape for wearing my wedding dress (I could save money on airfare with my bingo wings) and pilates is supposed to be great at achieving a lean and strong physique.  I have no intention to 'lose weight', but clothes always sit better on someone with better muscle tone than my stature which is built on maryland cookies! The other one I'm intrigued by is aqua-aerobics, which has the option of pretending to drown if it gets too tedious.

 

I'll also need to pay a visit to MAC at some point to pick out some new make-up, because I'll be doing my own on the day. My shopping list currently consists of:

• Greyish mid-brown eyeshadow - for a natural soft shading as the dark brown shadows I currently own are too dark for my pale complexion and look patchy when I try the smoky eye look.
• A non-shimmer highlighter powder, to dust over my cheekbones for a natural brightness and to work with my soft rose blusher to give some definition to my face shape.
• Some subtle false lashes, to give my eyes definition that will actually show up on photographs.

I also want to get a nice new perfume, because I agree that scent is key to preserving memories. I love the smell of hyacinths, so I'm hoping to find something floral but with musky not sickly sweet notes. I nearly gave a colleague an asthma attack in an Italian airport by dragging him around the duty-free when our flight home was delayed. I've got a work trip to Dallas and Houston coming up at the end of the month so I'll be gracing the perfume shops in the designer outlet, I think.

 

In the meantime, allow me to immerse myself in the panic. You are welcome to join me, bring your own onesie pyjamas.

 



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P.S. Happy Father's day, particularly to my dad the DIY guru, and our friend Tom who is expecting his first baby this December. Well, not him personally, obviously.