I tell you Mona what I wanna do.

Miss Selfridge bobble hat and snood: gift. Zara navy coat: £30. Brag vintage mom jeans. Topshop tan chelsea boots: £27. Chocolate brown half-pint satchel: c/o Brit-Stitch. Mac Ravishing lipstick.

Photos by Carmen.

Currently sat on a coach heading back to Munich from Berlin (it was pretty last minute decision, hence why this is the first time I've mentioned it!), looking back on these photos feels like a lifetime ago, even though this is just six days back. Taken on a chilly Wednesday afternoon, I thought it was about time I wore my matching snood and bobble hat that I received for Christmas - thanks mum! Munich isn't actually that cold at the moment, surprisingly, but it's always nice to feel cosy, and this snood doubles up as a portable head support/pillow, so it's a great all-rounder, and perfect for the lunchtime trip to the supermarket for the essential sweet restock. Essential.

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I'm in warm water swimming down.

Rita skirt: c/o Poppy Lux (now in the sale for £21!). Primark contrast collar blouse: £8. The Kooples leather jacket. Topshop buckle boots: £76.20. French Connection bag: gift. "R" necklace: gift. Topshop "really ruby" lipstick.

Photos by Carmen.

When I arrived home for Christmas, the second thing I did, after put the kettle on of course, was have a look through the post I'd received in my absence. Mostly things like bank statements and "What's On at *insert gallery here*" memos, I also had a couple of red slips meaning I could head to pick up some early presents from the sorting office. The next morning we headed straight down there, I collected them, put them in my mum's car, and promptly headed off to London for a few days of solid drinking, eating, and watching Love Actually. After that, I headed back home for christmas eve drinks, and then christmas day food, and by the time boxing day rolled round and when I put this skirt on for the first time it, unsurprisingly, didn't fit. Cue a promise to never touch carbs again which lasted a whole couple of hours, before deciding to stop being so melodramatic and have the pasta. I find dieting difficult (can you tell? Sometimes I feel like I'm the only blogger who's not a size six, and this is something I'm acutely aware of) as I'm of the "want what you can't have" tribe, so denying myself a whole food group would never work. Instead, I'm making a conscious effort to cook myself more healthy meals, take salads to work for lunch every day so that I'm not tempted by the frankly amazing cheese and ham croissants, and force myself to like eggs. So far, so good, apart from the slight hiccup when Carmen and I ended up at das neue Kubitscheck, but when they have cakes like the one below, surely it's ok to treat yourself a little?

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I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.

Asos denim smock dress: £36. Zara double breasted coat: £30. Sparrow ring: c/o Jana Reinhardt. Topshop Anna boots: £76.50. Urban Outfitters panama hat: £26. M&S leather bowler bag: £43. Charity shop scarf: £1. Topshop "Really Ruby" lipstick: £7.20.

Photos by Carmen.

Munich's English Gardens are some of the most beautiful I've ever seen. Even in Winter, when the fountains are covered and, let's be honest, it's bloody freezing, they still look picturesque against the steely sky. Now that the christmas markets have vacated every free space (although I did find one hanging around at Isartor - did they not get the memo?), Munich's back to its much calmer self, and Carmen and I arranged to meet for coffee and discuss our christmas breaks. For the occasion I wore my favourite smock dress (which is now in the sale!), with my panama hat which nearly flew away when boarding at Stansted, and the cutest little sparrow ring from Jana Reinhardt, all in varying shades of blue, suitable for the wet weather.

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