Hello 2021! And hello to you wonderful kind people, it feels so good to be back posting online again. I'm no stranger to taking long breaks from my presence on the internet, but know you must have some questions this time around. I've tried my best to explain where I've been, what's happened in the last three months and also talk through some of my life goals and resolutions for the new year ahead, because yes, January & February have been cancelled and we'll be starting fresh in March this time around - didn't you get the memo!?

I made it no secret that I struggled to keep up with reading in 2020. So many books, so much time, yet little to no motivation to get through even the flimsiest of paperbacks. This year however, I'm finally feeling that familiar itch to get stuck into a new world that isn't my own. These are the books currently sitting in my to be read pile.

It's that time of year again.. capsule wardrobe time! I've put together as many Autumn/Winter outfits as I can from twenty basic pieces in the ASOS sale.

The second the first overcast day settled on London this autumn, I've been itching to pull out the trench coat. An absolute seasonal staple, I find myself throwing one onto just about any outfit and loving the result. This particular structured longline piece is from Zara, but I've listed four of my high street favourites below.

A chatty get ready with me while I play with some new in makeup!

Hampstead Heath, September '19

The devil works hard, but this pair of Spanx is working harder.
Ordering for Realisation Parr usually involves a little bit of blind faith when it comes to sizing, but after visiting their pop up in Harrods (on until October) and trying on The Allegra, which I'd toyed with the idea of getting for the longest time, I was sold.

She's an unbelievably flattering fishtail maxi that finally lets me play out my How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days yellow dress fantasy. It's one of the more overlooked colour in my wardrobe, but one that I'm now all ears for. Here are eight of my picks for the best yellow dresses.

A week in outfits featuring some transition looks I’ve been wearing as we move from summer to autumn.

Dropping in to say a quick hello and welcome to ICT 5.0. I've been blogging on this space for nearly nine years now which is a little unbelievable. I've seen blogs come and go and I've watched my interest and commitment to posting here waver with them. With the instantaneous platform of Instagram on offer, where in one click you can share your thoughts and photos with the world in digestible pieces alongside a curated feed of your favourite accounts, the detachment of a separate blog has become harder to manage.

It's turned this blog into a space where I feel the need to take more time, have a theme and goal in mind when posting. I want to make something significant for you here that establishes itself from the other social media I share on. Realistically though that's not been the case, and I've been asking myself this week, why this blog can't be just as fast paced and easy to run as the rest of these platforms?

So, from this point I Covet Thee will become a hub of all my online goings on, where you'll be able to find my latest video, what I'm wearing today, what's on my mind and all of the above. See you here!

If it's not a white shirt, I don't want to know.