Beef Fondue

Yesterday we were invited for dinner to my parents in Täby since it has been my mam's birthday recently and it is Father's day today. We were served beef fondue and it is one of my favourite dishes :) You cook the beef in oil in a special fondue pot. We had potato wedges with that and a few different sauces, it was so good! F had never had beef fondue before but he really liked it as well.

I had made two cards; one for dad and one for my mam. We gave dad a South African bottle of wine and mam got pictures of me and my brother to hang on the wall. She seemed really happy when she opened her present. It was a lovely evening and we stayed quite late, luckily I got to drink wine since F was driving ;)

This morning we took it easy and watched the repeat of Så mycket bättre on telly. This time it was Timbuktu to be in the headlights, he seems like a really nice guy and he makes great music. There are so many of his songs that I like and the others interpreted his songs very well.

Leather and snakeskin

Today's fashion pick: Jacket Jofama, Scarf Ellos, Clutch Mulberry, Ankle boots Topshop, Blouse Topshop, Trousers H&M

Tower Heist

Yesterday I went to Filmstaden Råsunda to see Tower Heist with my work colleagues. I didn't know what to expect but I actually really enjoyed the film. It's always nice to the cinema after work!

Right now I'm lying in bed and I'm getting really tired. Hopefully I'll be able to read a couple of pages in the book One Day that I have borrowed. Everybody says that the book is so good so now I've decided to read it and afterwards I'm gonna go and see the film.

Earlier on my darling and I discussed the different clothes piles you create when doing the laundry. He explained that he is always dividing his clothes into three piles; one for the clothes he's gonna wash at 60 degrees, one for dark colours and one for lighter colours. When I looked at the piles I saw my beige trousers and my beige cardigan in the dark clothes pile!! My baby is mad, but I must say we had a lot of fun when arguing about how to do it. It's all fun and games when you move in together with someone and you get to see all sides ;)

Guitar hero

Taking a break from yet another session with guitar hero. Every day after work F and I have played, we're improving but very slowly :) Earlier on I went to my weekly Italian class with Maria. Before each Tuesday I'm feeling all nervous about it but every time I'm there I really enjoy it! I would love to continue with it next semester but I feel that I have and have had too much on lately, so next semester I'm gonna do nothing except meeting up with friends and things like that.

I'm really curious about the Blax hairbands, did anyone try them yet? They sell them on Eleven for example. I also want to buy som hair oil as I've heard it's supposed to be really good for your hair but I haven't decided which one to buy. We'll see if I place an order soon!

Keep warm

Today's fashion pick: Trousers H&M, Shirt H&M, Boots H&M, Cardigan H&M, Ring H&M, Sunglasses Ray-Ban

Elsas Hemlighet

Earlier this week I received a book by the post that I've ordered - Elsas Hemlighet. I've read Sofi Fahrman's two previous books and really enjoyed reading them so of course I wanted to read the third one as well! I don't have much time for reading right now since I seem to be keeping busy all the time. If I don't have choir practice or learn Italian I meet up with friends or do something else. Spare time, what is that? Anyway, I'm looking forward to reading it soon.

Today, I've baked bread and we've also been to Sofia and Temme since it's Sofia's birthday tomorrow. I also got to meet the new family member Janelle, she was such a cutie. Right now my boyfriend is in the kitchen cooking us dinner! ;) I wish the weekend wasn't over yet, but sure I'll just have to look forward to the next one instead. Next weekend we don't have any plans except for Saturday night when we're invited to my parents for dinner.

Tonight I'm just gonna chill out in the couch, we might play guitar hero later on since we just bought the World Tour set! :)

Pretty dress

Today's fashion pick: Dress H&M, Shoes H&M, Lipstick Mac, Nail varnish Essie, Sunglasses Ray-Ban

When I held ya

I'm in love with this song written by Moa Lignell, who is one of the contestants in Idol on TV4. I fell in love with the song the first time I heard it and that was when she performed it on her audition. You go girl!

Rihanna

Maria and I were lucky that we got to see Rihanna when she performed in Globen on Tuesday night. We were afraid that she was going to cancel since she had cancelled the show in Malmö the night before but luckily she came out and gave us a show to remember. Wow, that girl can really sing! Some songs were better than others but I really enjoyed the concert. Maria and I went there as soon as the Italian class came to an end. F went to pick up his new car on Tuesday morning so he offered to come and pick us up at Gullmarsplan afterwards. Didn't get home until midnight so I was really tired on Wednesday. Luckily I'm off today so this weekend I'm gonna try to catch up on the sleep!

Little sunshine

I just love these kids to bits. Last weekend when we took a trip to Åland we got to play with them a good bit. There is always so much laughter when they're around. Benjamin is such a bundle of energy, he can't sit still for one second. He wears you out, but as soon as you're away from him you miss him like crazy. Elias is getting bigger and bigger and is over 4 months old now. He's always happy, except for when he's hungry, but who wouldn't be in a bad mood then ;) You're able to interact with him more and more as the days go by and I can't wait to see who this little man is going to turn into. Benjamin is so proud of his little brother and gives him hugs and kisses every now and then, it's lovely to see!

Get the style of Olivia Palermo

Get the style of Olivia Palermo: Cardigan Topshop, Top Topshop, Trousers Topshop, Shoes Jeffrey Campbell, Handbag Topshop, Bracelet Lindex

Winter tyres on

Today I woke up with a vicious headache, I didn't get home until 3:15 this morning after dancing away at Garbo's in Sundbyberg with my colleagues. I didn't drink that much last night but it was apparently enough for me to feel like crap this morning. Got up at 9:30, took two painkillers a drank lots of water. After about an hour or so I started feeling a bit better.

After watching the Idol repeat on TV, we went out to my parents in Täby where my dad helped me fit the winter tyres to my car. I thought it'd be a good idea doing it now, before the snow starts falling. Afterwards we all had coffee and cinnamon buns together (Note: I made the cinnamon buns myself last week and brought them over).

When I flew back from Copenhagen on Thursday night, I couldn't resist buying a new handbag. I needed a bigger sized bag as I'm carrying around so much stuff lately like the Italian books and everything. This handbag is a Mimic Copenhagen bag and I fell in love as soon as I laid my eyes on it. It's black and I love the stars! It doesn't look exactly as on the picture above, the shape of it is slightly different.

At the moment we're cooking our Saturday dinner, we're having steak with roasted potatoes and vegetables (including my favourite; beetroot). I'm also having a glass of red even though I said I wouldn't drink alcohol today. Later on we're gonna watch Så mycket bättre on TV, I loved it last season so I hope it will be as good again. Have a lovely Saturday everyone!

Silver shoes

I just love these silver shoes from Topshop, it's not something I'd normally wear but I think they're really cool. So they will be part of my fashion pick for today. Today's Friday and I'm so happy the weekend is here. I'm quite tired since I've been in Denmark for two days and had to get up so early on the Wednesday when I was flying there. Tonight it's time for AW with my colleagues. It has been a while since I joined them so I'm really looking forward to it. The plan is to go out afterwards, I can't even remember the last time I was out in town on a Friday or a Saturday night. I hope you've all had a great week, now it's time to re-charge the batteries over the weekend. Enjoy!

Today's fashion pick: Dress Topshop, Shoes Topshop, Bag Zara, Nail varnish Essie, Earrings Debenhams, Ring House of Harlow

Today's fashion pick

Today I'd dress like this if I could. I got up really early this morning to fly to Copenhagen, it was raining when I got here and has been raining all day. Right now I'm sitting in the hotel room dreaming about all the lovely clothes I'd like to buy if I had the money. I'm gonna take a shower in a minute and then head straight to bed.

Today's fashion pick: Jacket Topshop, Shoes Nelly, Jeans Acne, Sweater COS, Bag Mulberry, Rings H&M

Lovely weekend in Åland

Yesterday we went to Åland to join my parents and my relatives. We first drove by my grandparents to have a catch up with them, after that we went to my auntie where Kim, Lisa and the kids were. Benjamin was shy for about a second when he saw me and then we all played together like never before. Elias is getting bigger and bigger, he's 4 months now and such a charming little boy. In the evening it was time for fish soup in the summer house, I think we were 18 people altogether. F has never had the soup before but he wasn't disappointed when he tried it :) The fish soup was yum but it seems like I can't eat fish any longer because my stomach has been in bits all day :(

Now I'm watching True Talent but I should really do my Italian homework. I'll hopefully have time to do that before I go to bed tonight. This week is gonna be hectic and I get tired just thinking about it. I might have to skip choir practice tomorrow night, we'll see how it goes.

I need to buy a new pair of black heels, the ones I have are so uncomfortable. I'd love to find a pair that are not just plain black. I quite like the Whitney Port heels from Bik bok, but they are more for when you're dressing up. Perhaps I can buy two pairs ;)

Almost Friday

Thank God this week is coming to an end, I'm dying to have a couple of days off again :) I'm soon heading to bed and when I wake up it's gonna be Friday! This morning I got up quite early and went to the gym before work. It was such a nice start of the day and I managed to run for 45 minutes on the treadmill. I wish I was a morning person so that I could get up like this more often but unfortunately I'm not. I would've liked to go to the gym tomorrow at lunch as well but since I have a meeting with the lawyers in the afternoon I better just take a short lunch break.

Today has been quite a hectic day in work, to keep my energy levels up I tried the new Magnum while having my afternoon coffee. I love the size of this Magnum, it's not as big as the other ones. This one is with white chocolate and nuts and I really liked it :)

On Saturday we're  going to Åland again, we're having fish soup in the summer house together with the relatives. We do this every year and now the time has come to close the summer house for the winter, it's a tradition we have and I'm really looking forward to it!

Breakfast ready!

Every single morning my darling makes breakfast for me. I get up before him since I need more time to get ready, but I'm never ever ready in time to make us breakfast. This is what was served to me this morning :)

Apparently he didn't have the time to have breakfast himself (I'm getting worried he's getting too stressed) but still he took the time to make me breakfast. I love my darling!

I'm so bad at blogging right now, I just never seem to have a minute over. I don't know where the time goes, it feels like it's Monday and Friday, Monday and Friday. On Mondays I have choir practice and on Tuesdays I learn Italian. Wednesdays and Thursdays I'm free but then there is always something else I need to do. I never seem to be able to just go home and relax.

Today after work I went by my apartment to pick up some more stuff to bring over to F. I've moved in to his place now, it just didn't feel right to stay longer in my apartment after I had made it ready for photography and then selling it. When we found out about the problem with the bathroom and realized that it will take some time to sort it out, we both felt that the right thing was for me to move in with F in his apartment. So now I'm here and it feels great to come home to my darling every day after work :)

Since my complaint of the bathroom renovation was dismissed by the contractor in question, I have decided to take legal action. On Friday I'm meeting with two lawyers and I'm hoping that it will be a good meeting and that we can move forward. F is coming with me and it feels so good to have his support. I have good days and bad days but I know we're gonna be able to sort it out sooner or later. F and I will just have to put off our plans to buy something new for a while!

Last boat trip for the season

Last weekend we took the last boat trip for the season when we moved the boat from Fisksätra over to Margeretelundsvarvet in Bromma. F is going to have the boat in Bromma over the winter instead of Dalarö where he had it last year. It's gonna be much nicer as it will be closer and we can keep an eye on it in a better way. It was about 10 degrees last Saturday so it wasn't very warm. My brother joined us as well and the three of us were freezing when we finally arrived at Margeretelundsvarvet :)

Tomorrow we're gonna make the boat ready for the winter so we have a bit of work ahead of us. Luckily the weather forecast looks good for the weekend with warm winds and a bit of sunshine :) I also have to do my homework for the Italian course, I reckon I will have to spend a few hours on it. Tonight I'm meeting up with Ellinor, Camilla and Maria for an after work at restaurant 1900 - I'm looking forward to it!

Mamas and Tapas

A couple of weeks ago my family, Fredrik and I went out for dinner together. We had booked a table at the Mamas and Tapas restaurant in Kungsholmen. The place was crowded as it was a Saturday night but luckily we got a table at the back and we enjoyed the most gorgeous tapas ever. My favourite dish was probably the chorizo, it was so tasty! We all had a lovely time and afterwards my brother left to meet up with a friend of his but my parents, F and I walked across the street and ordered some drinks in the Lokal bar.

My grandparents give us some money every year so that we can go out for dinner together. We tend to go to the same restaurant every single time but this time we chose to eat tapas. I really enjoyed it!

Congratulations Sweden

I'm so HAPPY right now, I never thought that Sweden would win against the Netherlands tonight - not in my wildest dreams. But they proved me wrong and they were playing really really well. What a free kick from Kim Källström to start with, it was just perfect! I can't complain about the penalty kick by Larsson and the following goal by Toivonen either. Everybody in the team fought so hard every single minute of the match and I'm so proud to be Swedish today ;)

Earlier tonight Maria and I went to our third Italian lesson and it's fun I must say but you have to work pretty hard to be able to keep up with it. I've got a lot of homework to do until next week and better start with it soon :)

Tomorrow it's Wednesday already, I have one meeting on the agenda and the rest of the time I'm gonna work really hard to get a lot of open points done. Had a chat with the boss earlier today and he shared his thoughts on what I should be spending my time on in the next two quarters, I'm actually looking forward to it!

Jossi sweater from Monki

I couldn't help myself today when I was in Kista Galleria, I bought a sweater that practically jumped on me ;) I love their description of it as well:

Knitted energy! Jossi is all about bon-bon colours and purl stitches—well, who ever said it should always be about plain ones? We’ll turn the wrong side into the right side and taste the bright, sweet colours of Jossi.

I've had quite a good day, got a good bit done in work and I also had the time to go to the gym. I wasn't keen on going down when I was thinking about it this morning but luckily Petra asked me to come with her :) After work it was time for my second Italian lesson. Maria and I decided to learn Italian this autumn so we registered for a beginners course at the ABF House. I love the Italian language and it would be so nice to know a few more phrases that I hopefully could use the next time we're going to Italy!

After the course I decided to go to Kista Galleria for a while, I needed to get away and do something else. When I come to think of it, perhaps it wasn't the brightest idea since I'm not supposed to do any shopping (at least not as much shopping as I've done in the past). I must say I'm doing quite well but I don't think I'd survive if I wasn't allowed to buy something once in a while!