The Jolliest of Holidays

Hello strangers! Its been far too long! In the last few weeks I have started a new job, moved house and been on holiday, so there has been no time for blogging I'm afraid!

On Thursday I returned from an amazing trip to Nice, France with my beloved friends and partners in crime. This was the first holiday for the Vintage Mafia, and I hope the first of many more to come!

We were lucky enough to be staying with Naomi's mum who lives in a fab house in the picturesque village of Valbonne. Her beautiful home was the perfect retreat for our lazy holiday. We planned to sleep, eat lots of cheese, drink lots of wine, explore and soak up some French culture. We did all of the above in abundance. We ate like Queens and have all put on inches around our waistlines (gasp!!!).

The Mafia on holiday were:

 

Lisa

Naomi

Gemma

Fleur

Bethan

and Moi

Between us we took about a Gazillion photos, so I'm not going to bore you. I know that looking at other peoples holiday pictures can be more than a trifle yawnsome. So I will show you some of the bits that I feel you may be interested in.

We took a day trip to Grasse, which is still known today as the world's Capital of Perfume and has been so since the 17th Century. If you have seen the film Perfume it may ring a bell.

They have lots of wonderful museums and one in particular was rather spectacular. It had the most amazing collection of perfume bottles. Here is a small example of what we saw there

We also visited Cannes, on what must have been the windiest day in history! We had pictured ourselves promenading on the beachfront in our finest vintage regalia, the reality was actually us climbing up a hill, screaming in gale force winds, with our hair working itself into an afro in the wind. But we had fun!!!

Gem held on for dear life...

Fleur shelters behind a tree as her wide legged trousers turned into a kite in the wind

The closest we got to the beach at Cannes was this painting in the museum

We spent alot of time reading and snoozing, sometimes by choice, but also because it rained heavily for a couple days and we had no choice but to stay in the house. (We were secretly pleased about that)

The Vintage Booky Club

Before we went away we all decided to buy matching jumpsuits (don't ask why!) which we could laze about in. Well, we did enjoy wearing said jumpsuits. There is something utterly wonderful about swanning around with your friends in matching outfits. Although, I will be the first to admit that we do look slightly....erm...eccentric in these pictures!

He he....well less said about that the better methinks....

That is all for now, but I will be back soon with another post about what else we got up to on holiday which includes a super stylish project.

Here's a sneak peek...