The amazing joy of Friday

I know it's not Friday and you might think I am crazy to write a post about that, but how cool would it be if it were Friday today? Pretty cool I tell you, simply because Fridays are just awesome and if you also have a day off like I have every week (one of the joys of working only 80%) then it's guaranteed that it will be a good day. This was the case this past Friday when the weather, the sun and the city of Zurich made me spend all day outdoors enjoying my day off. I had also a reason to ramble the streets of Zurich, I was looking for some pieces of furniture that would make our new home more interesting. So I decided to visit some Brocken Haus stores where, they say, you can find some nice pieces of old decor. I wasn't lucky enough to find that something that would just impress me to buy it, but I managed to see a few stuff that I love to share with you. So, as it follows, my day off in pictures:

I also went to one of my recent discoveries Cachet, a store that has all this amazing products from furniture and home decor pieces to clothing and jewelry. Everything is hand made and brought from around the world. I took some pictures there as well and I also bought a few stuff.  It's just impossible to leave empty handed. Also if it looks a bit messy it's because the staff was bringing new merchandise and they were just rearranging everything.

Of course the day couldn't end without a quick stop to my regular stores. I have always said that Zurich is a great city but when it comes to shopping, from my perspective it is a bit poor. So I always find myself in the same stores when it comes to clothing, H&M, Zara, Mango, Massimo Dutti and a few others but the choice mainly ends here. And when faced with a shopping spree I often go online also. But this Friday I bumped into this nice pair of sandals in Mango that just had my name on it. I call them One more reason to wish for summer to come sooner :)

Enjoy the week luvies!

Summary of the past week

I have some good news: we got the most gorgeous apartment and I couldn't be more happy about it. It is a 2 bedrooms roof top, with a great terrace, nice kitchen and we just love it. Of course all we do now is talk about it and plan new purchases that will make it our new home. But until the great moving day (in 2 weeks) let me show you our last week in pictures.

We celebrated Valentines day all week, first we had a nice evening at home with flowers and chocolates from Traian and then, on Thursday we went for sushi ...so delicious. Last night was BBQ at the house, we celebrated our friend's birthday.

Friday, my day off, I went for some shopping. It is time to start getting ready for spring and I got shoes from Zara, skirt and accessories from H&M, all in bright colors. Saturday it was sunny, the perfect weather for my new blue skirt.

I finally made cupcakes on Friday. I wanted so bad a cupcake and I did this recipe. Thanks Linda, they were wonderful.

Have a great week, bright and sunny!

Something old...

This song, Julio Iglesias - La mer, sets my mood these days. It's from the soundtrack of another movie that I liked, Tinker Soldier Tailor Spy. If you get a chance to see it, don't miss it. It's not one of the movies I would normally watch but it has that something that made me like it. Maybe is that seventies vibe, maybe is London and the Brits, or just the song that I absolutely love...Anyways, oldies but goldies, and in this spirit let me show you a few pictures of some of the Vintage stuff that I saw lately.

 Brooches that could add that something to a every day outfit

Wood jewelry cabinet. I just love those small drawers

A collection of French classic songs that my hubby got for me. 

And something glam to go....Simple and chic.

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Have a relaxing and inspirational weekend!