Saturday 28 June 2014

Before she dies...

We don't have many words to say about this... but we walked past this wall on union street London and fell in love. It is such a good idea. They left chalk for people to add whatever they want.

Here's what we want to do...

Eat until our belly hurts

Laugh until our belly hurts

And spend time with people we love (not until our belly hurts)

Friday 27 June 2014

If she hit the beach...

Nothing beats the beach... I will fight you on this! The horizon, the sea, the sun setting, the waves, the blue sky, the cocktail in one hand and a book in another. Nothing beats it...

First things first... you need you beach essentials...

The perfect shorts...


The perfect cover up...


Beach dress...


Sunhat and cossie...


Sunnies...


Clear blue sea...

Cocktail...

GO!



Monday 23 June 2014

If everyone was getting married...

Jump for freaking joy... countless weddings mean countless wedding outfits. Some may throw their hands up in despair at the very thought, but oh not Bobbie... We take a leaf out of Bobbies book on this. Use it as excuse to get ya glad rags on and wear something elegant and classy. Because let's face it. We are not classy all the other days of the year. But, weddings call for such decorum and we do like to oblige. Get our Audrey Hepburn on we shall.

However there are rules in how to dress for such events. rules that muat be followed.

Bobbie would never ever ever...

Wear white... not even a white skirt. Just do not bother. White is for the bride and the bride only. Wearing white only looks like you are sort of trying to steal some sort of lime light. We say white but we would also avoid creams, ivorys and nudes.

NEVER wear a 5/6 inch heel...(if you do? Take a snazzy pair of flats, there are so many pretty flats out there you have no excuse) You are up and about from an early hour. Your standing around doing pictures, your dancing to the good old wedding songs (hopefully your young enough that the birdy song isn't one of them) and your feet are going to hurt and blister... which leads us onto our next... 'never ever'...

Wear a brand new pair of shoes. Of course it is tempting but... unless you have worn them in, it is a risky little game. 


Never ever wear a tight dress you can't breathe in. Ourselves have done this, even worn the spanx to help squeeze into said toit dress, only to eat the canapés,  the five course dinner, the cake, drink the champagne, eat the chocolate fountain fondu and then want to pop. And pop we do. There is nothing worse than... One, trying not to burst out of the dress and two trying not to bottom burp all evening. (Please note... Bobbie does not enjoy weddings mainly for the food and booze. I repeat 'Bobbie' does not love weddings mainly for the food and booze.)

Another must not do at a wedding... don't wear a dress with a train or wear a dress that could look like a bridesmaid dress. It's not big and it is not clever.

Never do your nails the morning of... your rushing, your running late, you have to shave, wash your hair, tong your hair, try on four outfits... noone has time for their nails to dry... (Please note, do not listen to the 'quick dry' nail polish marketing slogans. They lie)

Also...Bobbie never wears all black. Some black. A black skirt, a black vest, a black hat if you must... but all black looks like your heading into mourning, so she avoids at all costs.

And last but not least Bobbie never ever wears denim, a scrunchy, kitten heels, spandex, a boob tube or hoop earings to a wedding! Ever!

This weekend we styled our very own Bobbie boutique cigarette pants with a vest (a black vest) from good old Primark, with a black pair of barely there's,  also from good ol Primark. We have never worn trousers to a wedding before and we must say, it was rather liberating. One felt like she take on the world... Whilst eating the canapés,  the 5 course dinner,  the cake,  drinking the champagne and eating far too much chocolate fountain fondu... We did not, we repeat, pop out of our outfit... However,  we may have slightly, accidently popped off and couple of times... which Bobbie would never, ever do!

Thursday 19 June 2014

If she wrote a pilot episode...

 FADE IN: INT.

BOYS HOUSE.  DIRTY CLOTHES EVERYWHERE, IKEA FURNITURE IN GLOSS AND CHROME. CLEARLY A MALES ROOM. DINGY, DARK.

 YOU SEE A GLIMPSE OF HAIRY LEG COVERING A GIRL, JAS, MID 20’S, BIG CRAZY HAIR, AVERAGE BUILD, SHORT, IS TIED TO THE BED POST WITH TIES AND SOCKS. SHE LOOKS DOWN AT HER BARE CHEST, TWO SMALL BOOBS OUT IN ALL THEIR GLORY. SHE'S NAKED. SHE LOOKS ACROSS THE ROOM, HER MASSIVE SPONGE BOB SQUARE PANTS KNICKERS ARE HANGING OFF THE WIDE SCREEN TV. THEY NEARLY COVER THE WHOLE TV. CONFUSED, LOST... WHERE IS SHE. JAS SNIFFS HER ARMPIT. SHE WINCES.

 THE BEDROOM DOOR FLINGS OPEN TO REVEAL WILD SUE AS SHORT AS SHE IS WIDE, GREY FRIZZY HAIRED WOMAN, LATE 50’S. JAS GASPS, THE BOY STIRS BUT DOES NOT WAKE.

                                                                  WILD SUE 
                                                                  Jesus Christ... 

                                                                   JAS (squirming) 
                                                                  My god, shit, sorry. 

                                                                  WILD SUE
                                                                      Sorry love,shitting fuck bollocks... You nearly gave me a heart attack

                                                                                                      


                                                             

On a night with the gals in Brixton...

There is nothing better than getting your glad rags on and going aaaaat aaaaat with the gal dem. When we say aaaat aaaat we mean going for cocktails in The Lounge in Brixton, yummy burgers at Honest Burger in the village, a cheeky bottle of champers at Champagne and Fromage, some dancing and some more cocktails. I know this may sound tame but we will have you know we ordered the burger off the 'specials' list and we had elderflower liqueur in our champers! Cray cray! I have to tell you there are no better cocktails in Brixron than at lounge. There is a scrummy list that we find hard to chose from. When we first moved to Brixton there was not the extensive list of places to go. There was The lounge and Negril on Brixton road, but five years on, one Starbucks, one Costa coffee, boutiques and pop ups by the dozen, it is hard pushed to make a decision, let alone get a table at all the places there are. But despite the competition, The Lounge stands strong and firm and it isn't (thank goodness) going anywhere. Now Bobbie of course would not drink far too much, dance with no rhythym or eat until she couldn't breath. She would get home, down a pint of water, some ibuprofen and wake up breezy and head to the gym. She most certainly wouldn't stop off at Macdonalds for a chocolate Sunday, fall asleep on the sofa, with a faceful of chocolate sauce, wake up at 1pm and eat ice cream in bed the whole day... no no no! Bobbies wouldn't... but we just might.

Glad rags for the evening included black on black with a snippet of gold. You can never go wrong with black on black... unless you are inclined to spill mayon down your new cammi vest.


Saturday 14 June 2014

With a day off in sunny London...

Go drink cocktails and be merry of course. We got to go visit the Soho hotel yesterday and sampled a few of there scrummy cocktails. The passionfruit and ginger caiparina was their special of the day and oh my... what a scrummy delight. The hotel is set quite logically set in soho. Inside its the cutest, quirkiest boutique vibe. There is a library where you can grab tea and cake, a small outdoor patio area so we could catch the rays and... wait for it... complimentary nuts. And not just any nuts... salted almonds. I was in my element. Thought I'd go casual in primark everything for the occasion. Simple t and strappys,  with a cocktail in one hand and almonds in the other... sorted.

Wednesday 11 June 2014

If she had a Thelma...

It would soooo be Nicole Richie....

Latest obsession is her purple hurrr. If we thought only Kelly Osborne could carry off the purple rinse, we were so very wrong. Not only is she uber stylish, she also owns a jewelry line House of Harlow.
Who would have thought all those years ago, Nicole would end up one of our biggest style crushes. Look, we loved 'The Simple Life' who didn't? But we have to admit some of Nicole's fashion statements were something to be forgotten. Much like our Kappa jacket, boob tubes (as mini skirts) and peddle pusher stage. So we won't reminisce, but we will celebrate this gorge transformation. We are not talking weight. Who cares she used to have a little puppy fat, but more to the point... look how freaking stylish she is... All hail Nicole Richie... WE LOVE YOUR STYLE...














If she spent a day back home...

Ah... home. The weekend dreams are made of. The pretty river, the family time, the neices and nephews, girlie catch ups.  Oh and of course food, food and more yummy food. What to wear for such events... white skinnies of course. And what does that mean? Two year old cutesy hands covered in chocolate... All over them. Bobbie would not shed a tear... We just might