Outfit: clashing colours

Dress: River Island
Jacket: New Look
Bag: New Look
Shoes: Moony Mood Spartoo*

I know this isn't really a fashion blog (nor am I a fashionable person), but I am quite enjoying posting the odd outfit post every now and again! This is what I wore on the second day of our trip to Paris (and this photo was taken in the Louvre, no less!).

It was a slightly grey and drizzly day, so this outfit was perfect for charging about the streets. I wore my very trusty leopard print raincoat which I love SO much. I bought it for £10 to wear to T in the Park and (shameful confession) have held onto it and loved it ever since. I don't know how it hasn't fallen apart yet, but it's just so good - it's light and small enough that you can pack in it your bag and also manages to keep heavy rain off. Perfect!

I know for a city break I'd want to stick to flats (I can barely handle heels for a night, never mind a weekend) so these brogues were super! Really good and comfy, and they even coped with stomping around in puddles.

p.s. I know that combining a coral bag, rust orange tights and leopard print maybe isn't the most ladylike combo, but I don't mind... I like it!

24 Hours in Bed with Harry Potter

Photo from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Exciting stuff! This weekend (as part of the EIFF Atmosphere programme), New Media Scotland are holding a HARRY POTTER MARATHON. And it's free!

Starting at midnight on Saturday 30th June, they are showing all eight Harry Potter films, followed by a game of Quidditch on the Meadows the following lunchtime. You're encouraged to wear pyjamas in house colours and to have the most fun ever.

You can join the waiting list on the Potterthon website if you are interested. Go because I can't, and I'm sad about it!

Pomegranate Edinburgh

Last night I went to the press launch of Pomegranate - a brand new Middle Eastern mezze and shisha restaurant that has opened up at the top of Leith Walk. It's run by the lovely folk who own Hanams who I've been a fan of for years (since they used to be in a tiny restaurant in Tollcross!), so I had pretty high hopes.

It's a really sweet wee restaurant - all pinks and greens, shisha pipes and gorgeous cake stands (which annoyingly I forgot to take a photo of!).

For the launch night they pretty much served their entire menu, so I was able to put together a wee taster plate which was SO GOOD.

They've got pre-theatre menus (3 mezze plates for £11 or 2 courses for £13), it's veggie-friendly and BYOB (with no corkage charge!). Their website is under a bit of construction, but I imagine they'll be popping menus on there soon.

So it's definitely worth a visit! Pomegranate is on 1 Antigua Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3NH (across from the Playhouse and the Omni centre).

EIFF photobooth fun

I am getting a bit behind of myself - I can't believe the opening of the EIFF was last week! (To be fair, I've had a pretty busy six days). It was SO much fun! We got glammed up, got to walk a tiny red carpet and excitedly spot famous people. FUN.

It was the UK premiere of Killer Joe which is a very (very very very) black comedy about a guy in debt (Emile Hirsch, hello) who hires a hitman (Matthew McConaughey) to kill his mother. I really enjoyed it, but it's definitely a film that'll split opinions. You'll never look at Matthew McConaughey (or fried chicken) the same way again!

The after party was at the beautiful National Museum which was looking splendid. It does feel a wee bit like absolutely everyone is holding events there... it's become my local night-out destination (which is sort of weird, as it is a museum, but good for them!). Rae & I awkwardly hovered right next to Jim Broadbent (because he is WONDERFUL), and then told everyone that we'd been hanging out with him. Which I am still going to insist is somewhat true.

Hahahaha Craig!

The party also had photobooths again, hooray! I (as you can see) am the world's biggest sucker for a photobooth - I just can't resist!

I've got a few films lined up this week which should be good - then I get to go to Brave (omg) on Saturday. How many times can I blog about Brave? Loads & loads, obviously. I hope it lives up to the hype!

Dr Martens

Quick question - are Dr Martens worth it?

I recently had to bin (R.I.P.) my favourite stompy ankle boots (which probably wasn't too  much of a surprise as they were £12 from Primark), so I've been swithering about what to replace them with. I thought that it would be a purchase that could happily wait until after the summer, but what summer? (The weather has been APPALLING. Bad show Scotland).

Highlighted shoes are: 1. 1460 (which has a liberty print inside!) | 2. Joyce | 3. 1461 | 4. Pascal

I've been on the hunt for a decent replacement for months - and keep coming back to Dr Martens. They are fairly pricey boots (definitely a notch up from a £12 Primark number!) but are built to really last. I bet they wouldn't fall apart on a dreicht day!

I've picked out a few pairs that I reckon could easily work in my wardrobe, and have tried to avoid the lure of bright red shoes or flower prints (ha!) as this is a sensible pair of shoes. I'm such a grown up these days (let's not talk about my zombie shoes right now).