we heart some new years sample sales! x

It's a new year and there's some fab new sample sales on the horizon! Put these in your diaries girls!

gorgeous designer gowns from £900 as well as accessories- too good to miss

from this Saturday to 20th January

10am-6pm

at:

48 Fulham Road,

London, SW3 6HH

020 7590 9771

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The Royal bridal designer is selling her samples at up to 75% off!

from this Saturday to 21st January

Mon & Thurs - Sat 10am-6pm

Tues & Wed 12pm-8pm

at:

74 Fulham Road

London, SW3 6HH

020 7584 1532

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elegant gowns from just £500- this is one to run to!

from this Saturday to 21st January

10am-7pm

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY (so call ahead..)

at:

11 Beauchamp Place, 1st Fl.

London, SW3 1NQ

020 7584 8322

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this really is the grande dame of all bridal stores so it's best to be there at least an hour early- believe me, there'll be a queue!

And especially with up to 70% off labels such as Oscar de la Renta!

Sunday 22nd January

11am-5pm

at:

12 Hinde St.

London, W1U 3BE

020 7514 0056

we heart gorgeous French bridal gowns. x

On these greyest of January mornings I'm already finding myself dreaming of warm summers days when I can back into leather sandals and floaty white dresses.. Ah, to see the warm sun again..!
I found the French label Laure De Sagazan on A Cup of Jo just before Christmas and had to share this perfect selection of laid-back bridal gowns with you..

I think that these really are effortlessly cool and chic, in that way that only the French do.  The one below would be my ideal for a destination ceremony.  Perhaps on a Greek Island..?

It always makes me a little bit sad (and very envious) when I discover new brands after my wedding has already gone by..  But actually all these clothes do look as though you could wear them anyway.  Just not at a summer wedding- there's a high chance of upstaging the bride in one of these delicious dresses! x

To make an appointment at the Montmartre studio in Paris, email:

laure@lauredesagazan.fr

Happy new to you all! x

HAPPY NEW YEAR FRIENDS!

How were your new years celebrations?

I was lucky enough to spend the last evening of 2011 with friends and family- we ate, drank and toasted marshmallows!  It was the perfect low-key evening!

And for a few days between Christmas and New Year we headed down to the very picturesque Polruan in Cornwall to spend some time with my lovely in-laws..

We're very lucky to have such a gorgeous place to stay:

Just stunning isn't it?

But being down in the peaceful tranquillity of Cornwall gave Mr A and me some time to think about what we are looking forward to and what we would like to achieve in 2012.  New Years resolutions aren't usually something I think too much about- I just think you're setting yourself up for failure..  But thinking about the things we would like to achieve in our future is a much easier way to think about it...

So this year I would like to

• be a better blogger!
• get a better 'work/out of work/spending time with Mr A' life and being consistent with this
• worry less about what other people think of me
• find my way back to NYC
• make the time to cook more
• get back into a fitness routine (and stick to it although I would imagine that this forms the basis of 90% of the world's new years resolutions..)

perhaps more randomly:

• jump out of a plane.  I wanted to do this as it's my 30th year and it's on my bucket list!

and ideally (perhaps dreaming..):

• manage to sell our current place (is anyone in the market for a lovely flat in Gloucestershire) and buy an actual proper grown-up house.

what's on your to-do list this for 2012?