I never promised you a rose garden.

Rose print dress, H&M (really old!). Oh, and the heels are also from H&M. Pink lipstick by Rival de Loop Berlin.

It's 2:15 AM when I'm writing this. Everyone is sleeping, except for me and Biianka (my kitty) - no, wait, looks like she's fallen asleep, too.

I was in such a rush earlier today when I snuck out to take these photos, right before we got in the car to pick up Ronnie's brother Richard's girlfriend Diana from the airport (she's from Colombia but lives in Madrid, and this is the first time we've met her - turns out she's such a brilliant girl!). The lighting was terrible, but at least we got quite a bit of sun. I love it when the forecasts are wrong about the constant raining. As you might have guessed, the weird editing is the result of the photos being of way worse quality than they normally are. I didn't have the time to find a better camera angle to make the best of the poor lighting, and also, instead of spending half an hour on the shoot, I took the photos in five minutes. Sorry, I'll stop making excuses... right now!

This dress has been my "Midsummer go-to dress" for years and years now. There's just something about it that I think captures the essence of this Swedish holiday: it's simple, approachable, romantic and it positively screams "it's suuuummertiiiime!". To me, Midsummer is about exactly that: it's not fancy or ceremonius, with expensive food and rules to follow; it's all about being around the people you love, having fun, enjoying eachother's company and the fact that summer is finally here.

I've had this dress for ten years and it's become sort of a tradition in it's own to wear it on Midsummer, but this year, I decided to change it up a bit and wear it the day before the holiday instead. Yeah, being all wild and crazy, right?! I have yet to pick out a dress for tomorrow, but I wouldn't be surprised if I end up in another flower print dress... I mean, come on, why change a winning concept.

Time to get some sleep - I need to be well rested and full of energy tomorrow!

(Oh, and when I say "tomorrow", I'm talking about Friday. I'm scheduling this post to be published at 2 pm, local time. Which means that when you read this, I've already stuffed my face with herring, early potatoes, salmon, strawberries and vanilla icecream and am probably dancing around a maypole at this very moment!)