Saturday Snelsmore Snaps.

I was going to say it's nice that the weather settled down but it hasn't really, that said, it's warm enough to go for walks after work and to get out in the garden in the evenings and play catch. It was warm last weekend though and even though it clouded over, we made the most of it and headed up to Snelsmore Common for a less swampy walk than our last visit.

We didn't get to see any ponies like we have done before but it was nice to walk around chatting, deciding which routes to take and talking 'big future things' without the distraction of the TV or our phones. Moon actually might love it up there and insisted we walk up there again the next day with some old (new) Newbury friends, they did help us find a new route from Donnington Castle though so I'm not complaining.




We've been obsessed by 'wild' pine cones since seeing huge one for £20 in shop when were in Bath at Christmas. I mean really, how ludicrous, they're free everywhere. Our favourite game is 'how much do you reckon this one's worth?', the amount we've even seen in other shops is getting a bit silly too!




50p of pine cone.











You might have guessed it by now but I'm quite liking a bit of this landscape stuff at the moment, not sure why, I think it's the changing of the seasons and being able to enjoy being outside again.

Soggy, Swampy Sunday.

Moon and I took ourselves somewhere a little different for a Sunday walk a couple of weekends ago. It was back to Snelsmore Common, which perhaps wasn't the wisest decision due to the recent flooding and Moon's irresponsible choice of footwear - he had quite the time swamp-dodging!

It was a very different kind of walk from the one we took with our friends, Tom and Matt on their last visit. I was able to get much closer to the horse this time around and the sunset was pretty great though which more than made up for the puddles.





All in all it was the perfect opportunity to give my new Joules tweed coat a quick trial. A late-Christmas present from Moon, it was a lot warmer than it looked like it was going to be and I love the little 'Joules details' about it all over - plus, it's pretty smart and flattering, even more so once it's sans cat hair (Dolly!).


Coat: Joules
Dress: H&M
Scarf: Primark (yonks ago!)
Belt: Urban Outfitters
Boots: New Look


This scarf has been a staple forever, back when I trusted Primark with my pennies...
Brooch: My Bear Hands


I'm really hoping that my daffodils poking through and occasionally seeing a smidge more sunshine means that this rain is on its way out, silly optimism really as we're due snow at the end of the week.





The boy with the brightest shoes!





It's been a little while since I've done any kind of 'outfit post', which I guess just comes with winter (and the goddamn rain) but I did quite enjoy it. Plus it was pretty nice to be dressed up without having to worry about having somewhere to go, something I've been all to guilty of thanks to Skint(Jan)uary.