Just like us…Kate walks the dog!

The Duchess stepped out today with Lupo for a jaunt through Kensington Gardens in London with her four-month old pup.

Amazing Form, Lupo!

She paired her favorite shearling-lined coat by LK Bennett with matching Le Chameau wellies and hat. Perfect for a chilly London day!

We’re pretty impressed with Lupo’s ability to be trusted off-leash at such a young age. Seems Kate is pretty good with puppy training!

Readers, what do you think of Lupo’s name? Love it? Not? Let us know!

Kate and Reese - future bffs?

We’ve alwasy been huge Reese Witherspoon fans here, she seems so down-to-earth and relateable.  And now it seems that we can relate to her even more – Reese is dying to be friends with the Duchess!  So are we!

On Ellen the lovely Oscar winner talked about meeting Kate at a fundraiser for Tusk Trust in LA over the summer and how exciting it was to meet her.  Reese told Ellen ’I would like to hang out. I’m not sure she wants to hang out with me. I could see that happening. Call me. Call me anytime.’  You can watch Reese’s interview with Ellen here.

Reese also spoke about what it was like getting to meet Kate, ’She was really nice. She was lovely. She’s so composed.  She seems like such a lady and I think it’s so nice nowadays to see someone with such nice composure and carries herself so beautifully.’

We couldn’t have said it better!

Kate arrives to head back to school for the day

It’s back to school for Kate!

Another big day for the Duchess as she heads back to school for yet another solo engagement.  She was warmly welcomed into the classroom with cheers, flowers and local children waving flags.

Kate wore a Birdie jacket-dress by designer Orla Kiely which according to a spokesperson for the label “sold out in minutes.”  We aren’t surprised, what outfit of Kate’s doesn’t sell out?!  She also wore a pair of Aquatalia boots that we saw about a year ago at her first official engagement when she commissioned a lifeboat in Angesley, North Wales. The boots are from last season, but you can find the updated boot here at Nordstrom.

Kate’s first stop of the day was to The Art Room at Rose Hill Primary School in Oxford where she wore a “Miss Catherine” name tag, how cute!  She spent two hours in the classroom helping children paint characters from Edward Lear’s poem The Owl and the Pussycat.

Her second stop was to Oxford Spires Academy, which also has an Art Room.  There she had a buffet lunch of sandwiches, crisps and cakes with the charity’s staff  and heard from a few people about how the Art Room had changed their lives and helped them get on the right track.

The purpose of the Art Room is to to increase self-esteem, self-confidence and independence of children through art.

We also learned the name of Will and Kate’s adorable new cocker spaniel puppy - Lupo!  The name means wolf in Italian and a royal aid confirmed the name had no special significance other than that the couple liked it.

William, Kate and Lupo – our happy Windsor family!

The Sledge pump in Canada

Attention copy-Kates: get your credit cards ready!  It was announced this week that Nordstrom is now carrying L.K. Bennett shoes, including the ‘Sledge’ pump and ‘Maddox’ wedge.  Great news for us stateside gals!

The Maddox shoe the day after the wedding

It’s no secret the Duchess is a huge fan of L.K. Bennett and she wears their shoes quite a bit.  The ‘Sledge’ in taupe was her go-to shoe during the Canadian/U.S. tour and the ‘Maddox’ in black was seen the day before and after her wedding.

As far as sizing, we’ve heard that L.K. Bennett runs a little small, so it may be best to order up, but we recommend checking out this size guide to find your best fit.

Happy shopping Kate fans, let us know if you get a pair and how you like them!

Kate is presented roses by Jaqson Johnston-Lynch

She may be spending her first Valentine’s Day as a newlywed alone, but Kate had no shortage of flowers, cards and yummy treats!

The Duchess of Cambridge was greeted by a host of admirers in the crowd today as she made her way around Liverpool for a tour of charities.

Her first stop was at Action on Addiction, an organization that assists alcohol and drug addicts with their recovery. She visited their alcohol-free bar, The Brink, where she was serenaded by a choir and sampled a specialty-drink – made with bananas, almonds, milk, honey and a dash of cream – in her honor.

Kate tours Alder Hey Children's Hospital

In keeping with her love of High Street fashion, Kate looked lovely in a chestnut brown single-breasted “Unlimited Celeste Flared Coat” by Hobbs with cuff straps and waistband belted detailing.

She paired the look over an all-black ensemble, wearing an Oasis “Polo Neck Dress” ($40 and now sold-out) with a gold belt, matching suede shoes and clutch. Although we noticed the coat was on sale for only $240 (in true Duchess-style); this morning it had already sold-out. There is, however, the similar sleeveless “Unlimited Celeste Midi Waist Coat Dress” ($117) that is still available in a few sizes.

Sweets for "the Sweet"

After visiting the recover center, Kate moved on to Alder Hey Children’s hospital where she met Aimee Haswell, a six-year-old victim of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, a rare heart condition.

No doubt, the Duchess made Aimee’s day as she presented Kate with a bouquet of Valentine posies.

Kate was then introduced to families at the Ronald McDonald House, an organization that provides living accomodations to families of sick children being treated at the hospital.

When she was met by 10-year-old Ethan Harris, he presented her with a Valentine’s Day card he had made himself. The card – cut into a heart shape – had an original poem inside that read, “You’re smiley like the sun, you’re bright like a star, you’re light when it’s dark and I love your spark.”

We think it is wonderful of Kate to use this special day as a time to spread love to those represented by these amazing charities. Isn’t that what Valentine’s Day is all about?

Well done again, Duchess!

The Duchess of Cambridge shined today while attending a private viewing today at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

Kate recently became a royal patron of the gallery as part of her charitable endeavors. The viewing was of a new exhibition of artwork by the late artist, Lucian Freud.

If the newest Windsor was worried about how she would handle her first public engagement without William, it certainly didn’t show!

Kate channeled her inner “Mad Men,” wearing a black and white double-breasted tweed swing-coat dress with shawl collar by High Street designer Jesire. She teamed the look with a black belt, and suede clutch and pumps.

She wore a diamond bracelet and silver necklace as accents to top-off the look. Naturally, her hair looked perfect; no doubt after she was seen leaving the Richard Ward Salon in London after a four-hour session.

We’re kind-of liking the “Betty Draper” look on Kate. It is a bit of a departure from her normal look (i.e. shift-dresses). Readers, your thoughts?

Kate spotted in London

Sporting the glow of a Mustique tan, we’ve had our first Kate sighting in quite a while

The duchess was spotted Monday in London wearing jeans, knee-high black boots and a suede coat with fur lining. It looks like the LK Bennett Darwin coat she wore while watching William play polo back during the Christmas holiday.

She was also carrying her Mulberry Polly Posh handbag in Midnight, which she was also sporting while boarding the flight to Canada back in June.

During her London outing she made a stop to the Richard Ward salon and picked up some groceries.  Since William is gone for six-weeks perhaps she is cooking dinner with Pippa?

With William away on a six-week tour of duty in the Falklands Islands, Kate isn’t sitting alone sulking – she’s keeping quite busy!

Recently the Duchess met privately with drug and alcohol addicts at the Action on Addiction headquarters in Wiltshire, one of the charities she is a Royal patron for.  While this was a private visit, she will publicly visit one of their projects in Liverpool on Feb. 14.  Later that day she will also go to the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.  Even though she won’t have William on their first married Valentine’s Day she’ll be doing good in the community!

It is said she will be doing more “under the radar” visits to her charities to get a better feel for the work they do before doing any public engagements.

Before that, she will visit the National Portrait Gallery on Feb. 8, another one of her charities.

Sounds like Kate will be keeping quite busy in the next month and before long her Duke will be home!