Close your eyes! Imagine a soft breeze, the sun on your face and the sound and smell of the ocean nearby.

I guess I'm desperate to see some progress weather-wise at the moment. The grey-brown branches of the trees outside my bedroom window, the dirty snow on the ground, and the cloudy, white winter sky are not as appealing anymore. Luckily I received a box filled with new clothes yesterday, quite a few necessary items for my children but also the brown summer dress/tunic and the matching bathing suit I found on sale at Bon'A Parte. (I'm sure T. laughs when he reads this. He always teases me about the brown clothes I tend to prefer.) However, I know they will be perfect when summer finally arrives.

Outside my window I can see a mix of rain and snow coming down from a grey sky and I'm not exactly thrilled by the idea of going out even though I know I have to. Images like the one above are therefore particularily seductive. I'm sure I'd like to have one or two of the garments in the new Spring collection from H&M at some point, but right now I'm probably more into the images themselves — the light and the colours. Aaaah... well...

Image from H&M.

These woolskin slippers from Shepherd have become my new favourites. It has been pretty cold in the apartment from the beginning (approximately 18-19 degrees Celsius... I need to do something about that) but when I received these slippers earlier today I realised that my feet won't be cold anymore. It's actually amazing how warm they are. Thank you, my sweetheart!

I hope you have all had a wonderful beginning of the new year. We got stuck in bed for almost a week fighting fever and coughs, but now we are all better and we're ready to go back to school and work.

Today I went shopping as well and was lucky to find what I've been searching for the entire autumn and, to top it all off, they were even on sale. Finding new boots has really been a hassle, but now I finally found a pair that fits. I'm ready to face the snow again.

I just received e-mails telling me that the skirt and boots above are on their way by mail. I hope they will be as perfect together as I think, and that they will work well with my dark turquoise Pashmina shawl too. Funny... I've never really liked summer clothing or colours, whereas autumn, winter and spring seem to be more my element. (Images from Ellos and La Redoute.)