Things That Make Me Happy {July}

1. Freshly baked home made cupcakes 2. Catching the sunrise 3. A walk along the seaside with my favorite summer drink 4. Fruit smoothies 5. The  lovely scent of a perfume 6. A ride on a ferris wheel 7. A well presented breakfast

What's In Your Handbag

I have written a post about what's inside my handbag here and previously run a series in this blog about what's inside my friends' handbags here and here. 

Now that my baby is four, so much has changed on what goes into my handbag. Most of the baby stuff are gone and what is left is just the packet of wipes. So I guess it is time to run a "what's in my handbag" post. In conjunction with moneysupermarket.com's comptetition, I am taking into account how much each of the items cost including my handbag.

 

I still use my Longchamp Le Pliage bags but of late, I have been using my DKNY handbag that I have not used for ages. I have decided to organise my handbag contents in smaller purse to make it easier for me to find things. 

1. DKNY handbag £90 2. Marc Jacobs wristlet £60 to keep my cards in 3.Cath Kidston coin purse £5 4. Prada make up purse £100 5. Chanel lipstick and compact powder £25 and £38 respectively 6.iPhone 4s £449  7.Ipad £499

Things That Make Me Happy {June}

1. A newly painted kitchen. 2. Finding the best churros in town. 3. Lovely fresh flowers from the front garden. 4. Fresh fruits 5. Baking cupcakes with the little girl. 6. My favourite coffee brewed in the comforts of home. 7. Wearing my lovely lacey dress.

Drink Healhty

With the completion of our new kitchen (which needs its own blog post), I am now very keen to cook healthy meals for the family. New kitchen, new lifestyle, healthy eating in that sense. But I think it is not only healthy eating I have to think about but healthy drinking as well. We tend to forget that fruit juices might be healthy in a way but they contain a lot of processed sugar as well. Bad for the health and bad for the teeth as well, especially for my four year old.

I have vowed to make fresh fruit juices for the family, I mean we basically just have water but we have the odd fruit juice during the week.

I got this gadget from Ikea and it is great.

Here's to healthy drinking.

Things That Make Me Happy {May}

1. A box of Laduree macarons  2. A walk along my favorite street in London, Bond St. (for window shopping)  3. Little luxuries from Victoria's Secret, Laduree and M&M's for the 4 year old  4. A vase of lovely pink flowers on my dining table  5. Lovely summer fruits  6. A new Little White Dress and pearls  

7. Afternoon tea at home with my favorite macarons

Macarons

I cannot remember when and how my love affair with macarons started. I might have read about it or came across it in the shops but I remember my first proper taste of a proper macaron at Laduree in Harrods which I wrote about here.  Pierre Herme is another brand of macaron which I love, well actually, I love it more than Laduree but as much as I do not see many Laduree shops around London, I only know of one Pierre Herme shop and it is not a proper cafe, it is just a kiosk in Selfridges. 

So the other day, as we were traipsing around London, we came across this lovely and quaint Laduree cafe in Burlington Arcade. 

This is what greeted me when I went in, aside of course from the lovely, sweet smell of the macarons. The shop interior reminded me more of  Gaudi's structures in Barcelona than anything French. It is lovely otherwise.

The interior of the shop was small but there are tables and chairs right outside where you can have tea or coffee with you macarons.

Deciding which ones to get is always the hardest when you are faced with this array of deliciousness.

My favourites are pistachio, salted caramel, coffee and recently,the strawberry candy marshmallow

The hubby bought two boxes, the hubby paid for the two boxful of macarons that I chose.

This is afternoon tea at home today.

It has to be Laduree or Piere Herme for me. The others just do not measure up. 

What's yours? 

Bedtime Reading

I love Lauren Conrad. Some might disagree but for me, she is like a younger version of  Martha Stewart. In fact, she is collaborating/guest writing for her if you head over to marthastewart.com right now.

She is enterpreneural. She is into arts and crafts and is really great in making small and simple things look really nice as seen in her YouTube videos. I have always loved her in 

The Hills. She has style and class.She is not a fashionista.

Her book  has been in my night stand in the last week. I am reading it again to be inspired. She is an inspiration in all things nice.