An Autumn Outfit Idea: 90's Grunge

Shoes - Dr Martens

Jeans - ZARA

Grey shirt - Gap

Flannel shirt - The Cloak and Dagger

Hello everyone! This is just a quick idea for what you can wear this autumn. I really like this outfit - I love the 90's grunge look! I hope this will give you some ideas and creativity so that you can make your own outfits this season. On a side note, I have finally made an Instagram account for my blog! Please check it out and follow for daily updates and random pictures. It's @acupofteablog_ . Go have a look! It's been really fun taking pictures and updating. Also, I would love for you guys to give me some suggestions for other themes and/or styles for other outfit ideas - I really enjoyed putting this together - so feel free to email me with ideas for new themes and styles.

Hope you have all have a fantastic week and will update soon.

Simona x

Franschhoek

Recently my family went on holiday for four days to the beautiful village of Franschhoek, just an hour's drive from Cape Town. It was such fun, and we had a great time! We've been staying at the same cottage for over eight years now, and go annually around January. The view from our cottage is incredible, with mountains and vineyards. On one day we went to the neighbourhood market in the centre of town. It was so sweet and quirky, and we got to interact with a a lot of interesting people. There are a lot of small stalls that sell very different and often creative things, like jams and schwarmas, antique books and hand-made pillow cases.

1. Delicious smoothies packed with summer fruits like mango, peaches, nectarines, passion fruit and quite a few others that have slipped my mind.

2. Organic home-grown heirloom tomatoes and fruit cordials.

3. The view from our cottage: not too shabby.

4. Some friendly horses we met whilst on a walk around the farm we were staying at.

Simona xx

Breakfast at La Belle

Recently my family and I went to a lovely restaurant called La Belle for breakfast. It's a bakery kind of place, and is attached to The Alphen Hotel. It's so beautiful there - the entire restaurant is amongst oak trees and flowers - especially in summer, when the flowers have bloomed. I always feel so happy when I arrive and see all the greenery!

I had Eggs Benedict, and it was so delicious. I also had freshly pressed apple juice that's done to order. It's so fresh and the only ingredient is, well, green apples. No added sugar or preservatives. Just added yumminess. Both the Eggs Benedict and the juice were scrummy, and you could definitely taste the love!

 The Alphen is really old, but so pretty... Look at all the plants and the ancient oak trees!

Brekkies

Cape Town Adventures

Happy 2015 everybody! I hope you have all had a relaxing and fun time over the festive season. My summer holiday has been jam-packed with so many fun places I have been to, and things that I have done. It has been so inspiring discovering new things and exploring in and around Cape Town. Cape Town is a city that has so much to offer, and has so many different cultures, so it is such an exciting city to be a part of every day.

Day in Kalk Bay

Kalk Bay is such an interesting and bustling place, with the sea on its left, and mountains on the right. Amidst all the beauty are hip and trendy boutiques, that tend to be filled with interesting and often quirky clothing that you probably won't find anywhere else. We discovered a real New York- style bagel place, called Bob's Bagels, that was great, and will definitely become a regular breakfast place for our family.

Felix Unite River Rafting
Recently, my family went on a two night adventure to a place called Round The Bend, by the company Felix Unite. This place has around 20 chalets, and a beautiful  main log cabin-style building. The food was good, the people were nice, and we had such a blast whilst river rafting.

The view from the main log cabin.

Special Time with my Uncles
Recently, my sister and I spent two fun days with our uncles. We went out for breakfast, saw a movie, went shopping, went for a walk along the beach, had ice cream and it was such a blast!

Tea with breakfast.

 Beautiful Cape Town.

We went to this ice cream shop,which uses liquid nitrogen to freeze the ingredients, while you watch!

Looking very sciency.

The finished product: creamy chocolate and raspberry ice cream.

Foo Fighters!
On the 10th of December, the Foo Fighters came to South Africa for the first time ever, on the first leg of their Sonic Highways tour. It was mind blowing - three hours of non-stop, quality music. Yes, the Foos were on for three hours, and didn't have a single break! And a bonus: my parents (die-hard Foo Fighter fans since the beginning) won a competition and met them!

Cape Town Stadium

Both the picture of Kalk Bay, and the picture from our river rafting trip were taken by my sister. Thanks for letting me use them Kira!

 Simona x

Hemisphere jargon // An update of my life

Hi everybody! This is just a quick update post to notify you all that I am still alive. I've just finished my final-year exams (the Southern hemisphere school year ends in December), and this weekend is my first study-free weekend in a long time. A very long time. So I hope you all had a great thanksgiving weekend and spent it with loved ones and chums, and if you live south of the equator (Geography vibes), I hope you are slappin' on that sunscreen and hitting the beach (like me), and if you live north of the equator, I hope you are cuddling with many cosy blankets and cups of tea, and if you're still writing final exams (both Northern and Southern hemispheres), good luck, work hard and stay sane.. It'll be over soon, I promise.

Que random photos from the last two months:

Absolutely delicious orange cake

Thanksgiving apple pie

Simona x

First Product Review: eos Lemon Drop

I absolutely love both the smell and flavour of this lip balm. It may be flavoured, but it isn't overpowering like Lip Smackers or something similar, and it tastes and smells so natural - that's what I love the most about this product. Not only does it smell and taste amazing, I think that the daisy-yellow eggy shape is so sweet, and it really adds to the natural, spring theme.

It's made with ingredients that you can actually pronounce, like shea butter and jojoba oil, so you know what's in your lip balm, and more importantly, what's going on your lips, and I love that. It also contains SPF 15, so you can wear it all day, e'rry day. This is the perfect spring lip-balm!