This Week The Mice Have Mostly Been...

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So the big question ... what have we been up to this week? Well we've mostly been bloody frio, blocking out the cold with as much cashmere as we can get our mits on! When our teeth haven't been chattering, we've been exercising it up at the gym or bikini fitting it, working our little socks off to shed as much of the festive chocolate and bread sauce as possible! With Dubai for the London mice fast approaching, we have just 6 weeks to turn our bodies into Rosie Huntington Whiteley doubles! 

We have also managed to fit some fun and retail therapy in mind. With out further ado, This Week The Mice Have Mostly Been...

Blinging the everyday up with our latest jewellery label obsessions, Melanie Auld and Lucky Eyes. After being dazzled daily by diamond encrusted Instagram posts, I just had to grab myself a piece of the gold plated action…

Over Christmas I went a bit credit card coo coo and snapped up five rings and in a mixture of gold and rose gold. A tad over the top I admit it but believe me when I say that was me curbing my spending, as there are so many oh-so-pretty designs to choose from. Here's me modelling the beauties…

First up Mealnie Auld rings:

And Lucky Eyes:

Frustratingly, Melanie Auld is an Aussie brand so the bulk of the range you can only buy online which comes with the added annoyance of being stung import tax - grrrrrrrrr! Fenwicks does however stock a limited few styles on Bond Street so worth checking out. Lucky Eyes is London based – hooray – and is also stocked in Fenwicks, so kill two birds with one stone and head there first.

Treating my skin to an extra dose of moisture this dry January with Le Couvent des Minims’ new loving care body balm (£13) and Melvita’s face care oil Argan+ (£32). After a hectic day at work and battling for a space on a packed tube full of commuters, the first thing I want to do when I close my flat door is get into comfy clothes, take every scrap of make-up off my face and slather on lotions and potions to make me feel semi-human again! Both of the following products tick that box... 

Melvita’s product is a great night time oil – giving it enough time to sink in and work its magic is key! Packed full of fatty acids, it works hard to improve the skins natural moisture barrier leaving my face feeling silky smooth and super hydrated. It smells super gorgeous too...

Le Couvent des Minims all over body balm also feels insanely nourishing and for sensitive souls with sensitive skin apparently this is the best of the best as it soothes as well...

Being social Little Social style with mini and honorary mouse, Kitty. I've been wanting to check out Little Social and her big sister, Pollen Street Social for some time now so what better opportunity than a lazy Saturday afternoon. I needed to psych myself up on the money front before trialling the super swish Pollen Street so Little Social it was. 

We'd heard about the uber reasonable 2 or 3 course set menu at £21 / £24 so we all went for that, opting for the same starter and main! So first up, a creamy pumpkin soup, slow-cooked egg, pepper cured bacon, parmesan, wild mushrooms and crunchy croutons to start. We all loved the drama the dish bought with it! We were firstly presented with a deep white bowl cradling a ridiculously orange egg yolk, bacon bits, mushrooms and croutons…

A different waiter then swooped in with a silver sauce boat and slowly transferred it’s pumpkin goodness contents in circular movements so not to cover up the eggy inner heart of the dish…

One word – D-I-V-I-N-E!

And for main we ordered up a beasting great aged Scottish beef burger with bacon, cheese, caramelised onions, pickles and chips…

Again really tasty but the starter definitely had the edge – the burger was good and cooked perfectly pink but how does the saying go … ‘call a spade a spade’ or ‘a burger a burger’ … a chef really can’t go far wrong when it comes to whipping one up can they?!

All of that talk has made me ravenous for ... the weekend! Have a good one you gorgeous lot.

Lots of love

The Mice 

xxx