Jan
13

Winter outfit

by Sofia   -   in Good things for kids  Shopping

Have you been shopping the sales? I usually buy next year´s winter coats or ski outfits from the sales. We like fairly classic styles and nothing too trendy so they usually look almost or exactly the same year after year. I find that if you live in the North buying outdoor clothes for the winter is the biggest splurge but also the most important as you will want your children to be warm and dry. I do also buy pre-loved and for instance I have longer down jackets for the girls that were both bought pre-loved. I think this year´s regular down jacket´s that I bought last year on sale will still fit next year but I did buy both girls a new ski outfit for next year. No major sales yet but sizes were already running very low on most places. At least in our family where my kids are the same size and we have to buy everything in double even a smaller discount adds up.

On top of the ski-ing outfits we ordered I splurged a little at the Bonpoint sale this January but that is all I´m buying. I got Bubble Gum a very cute and versatile Liberty print dress that can be worn as a party dress but also to school. On colder days we love to pair skirts and dresses with the woollen Condor stockings and my girls also use their woollen sock with pants and love them.

Jan
12

Vanity Fair

by Sofia   -   in Shopping

I have been wanting to read Vanity Fair for a while now and I think I most definitely will have to put it up for another classic book vote at our book club as Four Corners Books has such a pretty perfect copy of the classic William Makepiece Thackeray. Or what do you think?

I love that these days a lot of books have really beautiful covers. They make reading even a little more enjoyable and having books by your bedside a great addition.

What are you reading at the moment? I just finished Joel Dicker´s The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair after Christmas ( I read it in two days as I just had to find out who was the actual culprit) and have now been reading a book from the 80´s, Rosamund Pilcher´s The Shell Seekers that I am absolutely loving. Neither of the books are very recent or on any hot topics at the moment but I can suggest both. They are both my book club books.

Have a wonderful day,

Lattemamma

p.s. The book is available on most online bookstores.

Jan
11

Happy 2021

by Sofia   -   in Random

So good to open my computer after a long while. I´m sorry I missed out on wishing you a Merry Christmas but I hope most of you follow me on Instagram and saw my greetings there. But now I am back from a little holiday and wanted to quickly pop by to wish you so much health happiness and goodness for this year of hope 2021 that I truly wish will take a turn to better very soon. Personally I am so happy about all the snow I try to ignore other things I have no control over and to enjoy the small things. You know it´s my jam. I will try to find myself some pretty flowers to brighten up my home after all the pretty decorations have been taken down and my house looks more like a laundromat after a ski-ing holiday than a pretty home. Luckily I love doing laundry and I actually have a better place for this than in our old apartment. While the machine does the heavy lifting I will go for a walk outside and call a friend to see how the lockdown in England is going.

( what I wish my laundry basket looked like right now. Picture from Gauhar)

Happy New Year! May it be everything you wish for!

Lattemamma