LaraLoves... a fresh start

So its a new year and this calls for a new blog. LaraLoves is going to be a record of all the things that make me go gooey eyed in 2013... I'd like to keep a tab on how flaky I can be so I will review my loves at later dates and see if my love was a #lust or a #lifelong... theres the odd #LoveHate in here too.

A little about me... I am a Reading Uni Law grad. I love fashion, sports, baking, travel, film and peanut butter.

For this first post im going to do a  retrospect on my faves of 2012.. it was a big year and 2013 has a lot to live up to... here goes..

#Lifelong

OK so I dont actually own a Kitchen Aid. Sob. But I do have an ancient adorable Kenwood with a marble bowl. It is the means by which my baking dreams become a reality. This #Lifelong isnt so much about the mixer but about my lifelong love of all the things you can create with the mixer! In 2012 baking became HUGE.. no longer the hobby of the stay at home mum, now the past time of trendies everywhere, from Karlie Kloss and her Kookies to Mary Berry and her Zara jacket... More on baking later...

#Lust

I dont know if this Love is going to stand the test of time (although I have loved these since last January and still going strong) and some of my nearest and dearest hate them, but j'adore wedge high tops. I have the above two pairs.. no I couldn't afford the Isabelle Marant beauties. I think this will continue to be a Love until Primarni start making them out of plastic and they join the Jack Wills/Hollister/Superdry fodder pile... ooop too late....

#Lifelong

No not Frank... (although he is the man and his voice is like velvet.. do one Buble).... more his hat. I think this love stems from my dad who has more Fedoras than the man himself. I Love a hat.. increasingly so do celebs... and I'm going to say this now- its going to be huge for 2013...

#LoveHate

Ah the macaron.. the colours, the flavours, the PRICE!!! £2.50 a cookie?! Laduree is killing me. These are my Love and my nemisis.. I have tried over and again to make these.. do they come out with shiny tops and crinkley feet.. do they hell..... and finally.....

#Lifelong

FURRRRRR! Listen, I Love animals but I love the way they can make a Zara coat look like a Moncler more....also, I am about as pro fake fur as those hippies outside Harrods are about the real deal.. and before you all report me to them and throw ketchup at your computer screen.. synthetics are made from petroleum by-products, they dont biodegrade - damaging the environment and they're no where near as shiny!