Southern Yacht

My little take on plus size fashion, life, travel and smurfs

Friday 19 August 2016

A weekend on the Isle of Wight

Hello there,

A couple of weeks ago, I went to the Isle of Wight for the weekend. Living on the south coast, the Isle of Wight is literally on our doorstep and I've spent many a happy holiday and day trip there. It's like an old friend that never seems to age and always welcomes you back.

We sent most of out time in Shanklin, a beautiful little town on the east coast. Here's a few images of the weekend, it was hard to drag ourselves away!


 

 
 

This last picture with the pink cottage really sums up how I remember Shanklin. Such a beautiful place that I hope to be back visiting again very soon.

Thanks for reading

Cathy
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Wednesday 17 August 2016

Summer nights and party tops with Simply Be

Hello there,

I love a good summer party. Now don't get me wrong, all parties are good, but a party on a warm summers night with good friends and good food is very special. And let's face it, there's not many of those here in the UK so we should make the most of them when we can.

Looking at party tops on the Simply Be website - this little shrug caught my eye

It's metallic and floaty and would be perfect for when it gets a little bit cooler in the evening. I also reckon it would look great with this tropical print dress. Now this dress is so not my normal style, I normally avoid strappy tops, but the print grabbed me, and with sparkly shoes as well - how could you go wrong?




I love the layer top detail on this dress. It's normally quite hard to find a dress that fits top and bottom but this wasn't too bad. It helped having adjustable straps and elasticated edging at the top and on the waistband.


Can we take a moment to talk about these shoes?? I know a few people who'll hate them (you know who you are) but I love them! There is so much sparkle and bling and most importantly? They're comfy. I seriously cannot wear heels so to have a choice of something like this in flats is such a lovely change.


The obligatory silly pose...

I had a past season shrug from Simply Be so I teamed it up with the dress to get an idea of how it could work for the evening.


Still loving those shoes...

Yep - excited about it all

I think is the perfect outfit for a summer party, with the gold shrug for the evening, I'd be set to party the night away.

Thanks for reading

Cathy
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