This Week The Mice Have Mostly Been...

This is the feeling of today for two very valid reasons...

Not only is it the start of a four day bank holiday weekend for us lucky Londoners BUT we smugly only have two more days of work left next week before we jet off to NYC for a sister micey reunion! Hooray! Apart from frantically pre-planning our New York wardrobes and ticking off each day with a squeal, This Week The Mice Have Mostly Been...

This Week The Mice Have Mostly Been...

Micettes - I have major news ... It's only frickin Friday again...

Let the champagne corks fly and the dream of weekend lie-ins commence - my two most favourite things!

So this week has been a bit of a balancing act - too much work to get through paired with too much social temptation ... so we did the only thing we could do and burnt the candle at both ends! We worked like billy-o by day and drank like billy-o by night. As always we also managed to make time for a spot of beauty maintenance and fashion purchasing. So without further ado, This Week The Mice Have Mostly Been...

Treating our talons to a touch of shellac sparkle! Some of you will know that we're shellac addicts through and through ... two whole weeks of non-chip, super shiny nails is enough to turn any girl riggggggght?! The Mice are super tight with the NYK1 team (see our full review of their shellac starter kit here) and we're lucky enough to be gifted new season colours every now and then - latest additions to our line-up include fire engine red and cutie-pie coral. This time round we were also treated to a set of 12 spangle glitter pots so we could put our nail art creative skills to the test and that we did! You’ll be happy to hear we didn’t go cra cra and embellish every nail, instead we selected each ring finger and dressed them up to the glitter nines! Subtle sparkle is definitely the way forward...

Giving into shoe-temptation and flexing our credit cards as far as they will go! Do you remember last week, we shared our latest shoe obsessions? See here if you missed it. Anyway, for HK mouse it was Sophia Webster's J Crew holiday shoe collection and for me it was Valentino's Rockstud ankle boots. Well i'm happy to share the fairy shoemother AKA fairy MasterCard worked her magic and HK and middle mouse lived happily ever after...

 Here's a snap of us both rocking our new found loves...

You know what they say...

Or is that just what we say?!!!

Regardless ... that's it for another week. Have a fantabulous weekend and...

Lots of Love

The Mice

xxx

Word Up: Top Ten Fashtastic Quotes

It's Monday, we're feeling gloomy and we're in need of a little start of the week pick me up. If you're in the same boat, we prescribe an extra shot in your morning coffee, a sneaky lunchtime shopping spree (make that an e-spree if you're eating al desko) and a large Hendricks and tonic in front of something very good on the TV this evening. In the meantime, here are our ten fav fashion soundbites for your Monday enjoyment... 

May this week be full of friends, cocktails and fabulous outfits!

x

The Mice

This Week The Mice Have Mostly Been...

It's F...F...F...Frrrrriday!

Oh yes it is!

And as it's been at least two weeks since one of us was last sunning ourselves on a beach somewhere, you'll be relieved to know that the London Mice will soon be filling your Instagram feeds with lots of sun-soaked smoasting as this weekend they're jetting off on yet another holiday! Lucky little 'uns!

When I haven't been wistfully eyeing my empty suitcase and wishing I was zipping off on a jet plane too, this week this Mouse has mostly been...

Drooling over each and every pair of swoon some heels in the Olivia Palermo x Aquazurra capsule collection. Yeah, we know, she's a reality TV star, but this is hardly your average famous-for-five-minutes-person-lends-their-name-to-shoddy-product collaboration. Take a look at these babies and tell us you aren't at least considering blowing a hefty chunk of August's paycheck on a pair...

Prices start at £375. Fight you for them when they drop on Net-A-Porter on the 25th...

Sipping divine concoctions at my new favourite cocktail hotspot, the Woods. This slinky new addition to Hollywood Road's buzzing bar scene manages to be minimalist yet cosy, buzzy yet quiet enough to have a proper chat and shakes up some of the most deliciously different cocktails I've tried in a very long time.

The Watermelon Cilantro is fruity and aromatic with a spicy kick. 

While the Fizzy Cucumber Gimlet is super refreshing and summery - a garden in a glass. 

I've heard great things about the 4-course prix-fixe cocktail menu which includes a gin basil smash that you quite literally take a hammer to before you drink. Hammered on Hollywood just took on a whole new meaning...

The Woods

17 Hollywood Road

Central 

Hong Kong

+852 2522 0281

Cranking up the aircon and pretending that Autumn's come early, while shopping the awesome Needle knitwear sale. If you haven't discovered Needle yet, hop over to the gorgeously shoppable site immediately - when the cold weather sets in, these cosy chic separates are going to be your NBFs! The Needle fall/winter '14 collection drops in a couple of weeks' time, but until then go and shop up a storm in the sale. Luxe knitwear at a snip? How can you say no to that?! 

Ithica Lace Hole Striped Jumper

Now £67.50 (down from £135)

Ravello Cable Knit Jumper

Now £65 (down from £145)

Capri Colour-blocked Striped Jumper 

Now £44 (down from £125)

So that just leaves us with one last thing to say before we head off for a couple of rounds of celebratory Friday cocktails...

x

The Mice

Carrie Bradshaw's Shoe Closet for Just $29

If we were given the chance to swap wardrobes with one person real or fictional,  we'd choose Carrie Bradshaw in a heartbeat. The dresses, the fur coats, the bags, the oversized corsages and the shoes. Oh, the shoes...

Like these...

... and these...

...and these...

... and these...

Imagine shelf after shelf packed with all that stiletto amazingness. If only.

Given that the chance of us magically acquiring Carrie's shoe cornucopia is slim to zilch, we've come up with the next best thing. All of Ms Bradshaw's finest footwear for just US$29. 

Sounding completely ridiculous?

Let us introduce Pop Chart Lab's totally heeltastic The Many Shoes of Carrie Bradshaw's Closet.

This beautifully illustrated print shows fifty of Carrie's most iconic shoes each neatly labelled with the episode or film that it appeared in. 

Not quite as good as a closet stuffed with Choos, Manolos, Louboutins and Zanottis but a pretty damn fabulous source of shoespiration to have hanging on your wall and help you build up a suitable Carrie-esque collection of your very own.