Girl In The Pretty Dress

I've been meaning to do this post for the past 3 months - but every time I sat down to write it I struggled to do justice to this amazing city. St Peter's Basilica and the Vatican City (as seen from the top of Castel Sant'Angelo) Two years ago I decided I wanted to go to Rome. I bought a guidebook and everything... then I bought my house. All plans for adventure had to be put on hold whilst I spent my time traipsing to solicitors, banks and building merchants. So this year, as a birthday present to myself, I decided to make it happen. I flew out on my birthday (word to the wise: if you book a flight on your birthday, make sure it isn't at the crack of dawn - no one remembers it's your birthday when it's that early in the morning!) and I got my birthday wish to stand in the Colosseum. Though I quickly learned that I've been calling it by the wrong name all my life - it's proper name is the Flavian Ampi...

Before I sat down to do this post, I didn't actually know what Bouclé meant. I knew what a Bouclé jacket looked like of course - but not what specifically made it that. Turns out it's not the cut or the style, but the yarn (or, as Wikipedia called it the 'novelty yarn'). Anyway the point is, that yarn is a lot warmer than you might expect, I was pretty toasty when taking these photos. Jacket: Miss Selfridge (similar here ) Top: F&F (buy it here ) Longer-length Jeggings: Marks and Spencer  ( indigo ) Boots: Primark Statement Necklace: via Luan Matthews