What I Wore book GIVEAWAY!

WhatIWore: today the What I Wore book - by blogger Jessica Quirk - hits shelves in bookshops across the country.

Jessica is giving away 10 signed copies of What I Wore: Four Seasons, One Closet, Endless Recipes for Personal Style plus a personalized illustration (of you!) to one extra special reader!

I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of the book which has been promoted as "a cookbook for your closet"!

For your chance to enter, be sure to check out the terms and conditions.

Having it all: an evening with Tabio

The Japanese hosiery brand, Tabio, has it all!

When Tabio tweeted that they were having a blogger event exactly a week before my birthday (did I mention it's my birthday soon?!!) I could hardly ignore it, could I? I admit, it is only since I started reading blogs that I have become aware of the brand but it is safe to say that amongst bloggers, they are a firm favourite. And now I understand why:

From bows to frills and sockettes to leg warmers, from glitter to neon and house socks to thermal socks and toe socks and toe-post socks to heel socks and many other wonderful and surprising combinations in between:

Tabio really are revolutionising hosiery - turning it from a boring necessity to an exciting and coveted accessory.

Not living in London I don't have the pleasure of attending many blogger events and was, thus, duly impressed with the spread of refreshments laid on:

And the kind invitation to choose any one item "as a gift". With so much choice, I was torn - between the pink glitter ankle socks and the bow embellished leg warmers. I plumped, finally, for something completely different; those rather fabulous crochet socks with a flower ankle detail, which I will show you in a post very soon.

Thank you again to Tabio for inviting me and for putting on a fabulous evening.


To see more photos from the event, visit the Sugar & Spice Facebook page. And while you're there, remember to like the page too!

Thank You Handpicked Media and Asos and Nivea

When Asos and Nivea decided not to hold the usual London blogger event to launch their competition to celebrate the new Nivea Invisible deodorant and instead invited bloggers to hold their own event at home last night, with the help of a bottle of something lovely:

And some fabulously yummy brownies (with my own addition of some ice cream, naturally):

And, of course, it isn't a party without party rings, in my humble opinion:

Whilst Asos were kind enough to offer a gift voucher to add a little retail therapy to the evening:

Thank you Handpicked Media for organising the event and Asos and Nivea for providing the goodies that made the evening so fabulous! And a particularly big thank you for allowing those of us not always able to get to London easily to participate too.