A Wales of a Time featuring Yours Clothing Red Washed Cotton Parka with Hood.

My lovely partner surprised me with an early birthday holiday to South Wales last week. Pennard, in the Gower Peninsula. to be exact Now we're back and coming to terms with not having a beautiful beach as our back garden. 

Our view from the cottage.

Don't be fooled by the lovely photo, the weather was pretty horrendous at times. I was woefully under prepared for the muggy weather and torrential rain that befell us pretty much everyday. Thankfully it only ever last a couple of hours at a time before it was gloriously sunny again so we were able to salvage something.

On one such miserable, then suddenly warm and sunny, returning to miserable kind of day we drove down to Swansea to do some shopping. To my delight I found they had a Yours store. I popped in out of the rain and found it stocked with so much lovely stuff! The staff were friendly and super helpful. To my surprise they had a selection of jackets and I picked out this lovely Red Cotton Parka. 

At £39 it was more within my budget than some of the more waterproof ones they had. I've wanted a light jacket like this for so long and I'm so excited to finally have one. Living in the Lake District this would have come in very handy but better late than never! While it isn't waterproof, probably best for a light shower at best, it is a really decent windbreaker. We spend the morning at Rhossili beach doing the cliff walk and it was very sunny but super windy. Being so lightweight meant I wasn't sweating but also snug from the wind.

Rhossili Bay: legit amazing

It has some super cute striped lining in the hood and on the shoulders, which gives it a kind of nautical feel too. Most of the photos were taken at sunset but the red is lovely and vivid. The fit is great, there's actually room around my tummy and the arms are not super long which is unheard of. It's really soft too! Super pleased with my purchase! 

Have you made an unexpected, but awesome, purchases lately?