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Our plan was to head in to Cannes for a lovely Sunday lunch and people watching followed by a bit of innocent shopping while strolling up and down the streets holding hands and just being close to each other after having spent so much time apart. The weather however had a completely different plan in store for us. Normally May in the south of France is beach weather with a few interruptions of rain, this year it has been the opposite and this day was no exception.

It started with just being windy, so at least we got to walse around for a little bit and see the red carpet and all the hopefull people queuing up in front hoping to spot a celebrity.

The wind turned more and more vicious and the sky didn’t look too promising…

Suddenly the rain poured down as if the sky was ripped apart and the wind became even stronger. Umbrellas were blown out of hands in all directions and we also fought with the one umbrella we had with us, me in front holding the shaft while James was behind me holding the arms of the umbrella up to avoid it being smashed by the cruel wind. I had my sunglasses hanging on my top and they flew straight up in the air and landed in a pit of water so I crouched down to snap them while people were walking in all directions nearly stepping on both the sunglasses and me while James managed to find the driver the hotel sent out for us. This exact scene was being captured by a row of paparazzi photographers as we we leaped in to the car haha.. Must have been such a sight!

The car had so many more buttons than the one we’re used to, so we had a lot of fun in the car on our way back to the hotel :)

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..for your amazing comments and support you have shown me. It means so much to me!! ♥

It got pretty heated in the comment section in the last post as one poor soul couldn’t resist the temptation of spreading some negativity, but it makes me so happy to see so many wonderful and beautiful souls jumping in and spreading so much more positivity that in the end I was sitting with the biggest smile reading through your comments. You are the reason why I write this blog!! It is such an amazing feeling reading that I can inspire someone in their life and that coming here reading this blog makes them happy. How lucky am I to be able to make someone happy?? :D

And once and for all for the few of you that still haven’t understood this, I was never rescued by a knight in shining armour. I was already in Monaco when I met James. I was already travelling the world, even travelling more, before I met James. The difference is that we now do it together.

I don’t expect everyone that comes to the blog to like me. Everyone can’t like me, and I am honestly fine with that. What I’m not fine with is that someone throws lots of false accusations at me about my life, the people I love and our relationship as if they knew us. I share a lot on the blog, but this is still just a small percentage of my life and who I am, and even less about my relationship and family. There are much more to me than handbags and lipsticks, but I chose to write a blog about handbags and lipsticks. Luckily most readers get this, but it seems that some people don’t understand that even though I sometimes write about shallow things, that doesn’t mean I’m a shallow person. It’s a very dangerous thing to judge people too quickly, chances are you are missing out on a lot of lovely people coming your way in life too.

I wish you all a wonderful day! The post about Cannes is coming up later today :D

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I’m reunited with Chanel, Alexander McQueen and Hervé Léger at the lovely Eden Roc in Cap d’Antibes for the Cannes festival – quite the opposite of Khao San Road madness which I came from just the day before. The Eden Roc hotel is where most of the biggest celebrities stay during the film festival and it was nearly impossible to get a room. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing several movie stars already which inevitably puts a dorky grin on my face which is impossible to wipe off. Really smooth. Guess who is the odd one out in this bunch? *Snigger*

Speaking of celebrities, one of our flats in Chelsea in London is now rented out to an English singer, and I so want to scream out write who in big letters but I’m not allowed to say…. So before I accidentally give you lots of hints, let’s just move on to something else… What about detox chit-chatting? Yes, yes, yes :)

After not having eaten for a week I went nuts in Bangkok with pad thais and banana pancakes, but proper chocolate was harder to come by so when I found this delicious little thing (with such beautiful print) in the mini bar I smashed it with my now so bony little fist and ate untill I was rolling around like a canon ball. Yummy.

Many of you have been curious about how much weight I lost and the result of the detox. I lost 6 kg in total, but truth is that most of this is water and muscles so a detox like this is not a quick fix for weight loss if that’s what you were hoping to read. I wasn’t really doing this to lose weight, it was more about getting rid of toxins and rinse through the system. Just like last time  I did the detox I feel much more energised and happy and my skin is much much prettier too :) When I arrived at Eden Roc (2 days after the detox finished) I had gained 3,5 kg of the 6 kg I lost but the banana pancakes alone was worth it ;D

To swap out fisherman pants with Hervé Léger and a backpack for a Chanel is such a fun experience! I can’t wait to go “backpacking” again, hopefully next time I can go for a longer time and with James by my side. Now that I’m back I am really enjoying everything though. I like both worlds :)

Saturday night was quite chilled. We just sat around in the hotel lobby and did some super fun people watching while sipping on drinks – vodka and apple juice for James and raspberry bellinis for me. Not a good time for poping up a huge paparazzi camera, so unfortunately I just have this one which I took yesterday for illustrative purposes. Yes, we drink on Sundays too ;)

Before this post gets too long I will stop here and tell you all about our dramatic incident in Cannes later on (people were even taking photos of us). Please let me know if there is anyhting about the detox you are still curious about so that I can answer your questions. And lastly, thank you so much for your concern about my absence – I feel so lucky to have such genuinely sweet readers. I have missed you so much the last few days and it feels so good to be back!! ♥

LOTS OF LOVE XXX

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I found a picture on my phone which I totally forgot I took hee hee..

Hey all <3

I’m reunited with James back in Europe after having had a wonderful time in Thailand. I will tell you just where about and what I’m up to in the next post!! First I thought I’d show you my last snap shots from Thailand. After Koh Phangan and the detox I headed over to Bangkok for a few nights which was a lot of fun! Here are lots of pictures from the last few days in Thailand:

Koh Phangan

Elephant Trekking

Tiger Temple

The bridge on the river Kwai

Khao San Road, Bangkok

I didn’t mean to go quiet on the blog, but the internet sucked and suddenly time flew by and before I knew it days had gone by. I guess that’s what happens when you’re having fun hehe. I arrived in Monaco Friday night and repacked my bag before crashing in bed as the driver came and picked me up 07 next morning to take me to the airport where I picked up James. Finally back together <3 Now my restless soul feels satisfied so I will be posting as usual again and I have lots to tell from the WE ;)

How are YOU?? I hope you’re all doing great, and I hope everyone in Norway had a marvellous 17th of May!!