Liebster Award! :')

firstly, I'd like to thank Mary from wanderlust for nominating me for a liebster award!

so, here it goes... 

Rules

- Thank the person who nominated you. 

- Answer the 11 questions that the nominate has made for you, list 11 facts about yourself and create 11 questions for your nominees.

- Nominate 11 bloggers who has less than 200 followers and who you think really deserves it. 

Questions

1.     What's your favourite pass time/hobby?

I always say I don’t have a hobby,  but I suppose it’s shopping and fashion/cosmetic related activities. (and does corination street count as a hobby? It’s definitely my guilty pleasure!) 

Oh, and I do like baking and cooking :)

2.     What made you start blogging?

Well, I had a blog a few years ago when I was 14 (ish) and I used it as a diary because I was going through a bit of a tough time. When I started at university in September I thought it would be nice to start another blog so that I have somewhere to ‘talk’ about all the things I love and what's going on in my life so I can look back afterwards and see how I've changed!

3.     Who are your favourite youtubers?

I don’t really use youtube although I’ve been told that there are LOADS of amazing video blogs that I'm missing out on, so maybe I’ll look into it. 

(if you have a video blog, leave me the link and I'll take a look!)

4.     What's your favourite song?

My favourite song is ALWAYS changing.

There are quite a few songs I always call my favourite (I'm totally not committed to one song).

I love any song by The Smiths and I also love Alex Winston and Little Comets because they remind me of last summer and my best friend, J. 

But then I have loads of guilty pleasure too which always put a smile on my face. There are just too many possibilities!

5.     Where would you like to live, if you could live anywhere in the world?

New York.

Or where I am right now (or somewhere similar!) I always thought I was a city type of person and I could live in the countryside or anything like the country side but I've realised since I've moved to university I want to live sort of on the boundary between countryside and city. I love the quietness and beauty of the countryside but I couldn't deal with being completely secluded and having to travel too much for some good shopping!

6.     Favourite number? 

Hmm.. I've never really thought of whether I've got a favourite number, but I do always choose numbers with a 7 in if I’m asked to choose a number, so I suppose 7.

7.     Who is your style icon?

My style is always changing slightly with my mood and I don’t have a specific style icon but I love vintage style clothes, floral clothes, dresses and I love mixing all of that with leather and a type grunge look. So anyone with that sort of style is my style icon!

Personally, id much rather take inspiration from strangers on the street and peoples own take on fashion than celebrities styles or designers.

8.     Do you  have any phobias?

I don’t know if its counted as a phobia, but I don’t like animals.

 Not in a animal cruelty type of way, but I’m just not comfortable in close proximity to animals (and that includes pets) and I don’t know why.

9.     What do you want to do when you're older?

This is forever changing.

Something medical/mental health focused, or biology focused or in fashion.

10.  Any pet hates?

Bad manners and lack of common courtesy, mainly. I cannot put up with rudeness! 

BUT, I like to tell people when I think they’re rude and I always think does that count as bad manners as well?

11.  Do you have a tumblr?

nope.

Facts About Me

1. I’m irritatingly messy. (I hate mess but can’t keep things tidy!) 

2. I’ve never had a pet (but is that surprising after my answer to number 8?)

3. I’m shy but apparently I’m good at hiding it (so am I really shy or do I just think I am?)

4. I’m incredibly broody, but at the same time wouldn't consider having a child

5. I’m not 100% sure what my natural hair colour is.

6. I’d never been abroad until I was 16 and I've never been abroad with my family (does that count as 2?)

7. I’m an incredibly fussy eater and the only foods I actually couldn't deal with cutting out of my diet is chicken and potatoes.

8. after every meal I eat I HAVE to eat something sweet, no matter how full I am and no matter how small the sweet thing

9. I've always been jealous of my sister

10. I've always wanted to be a doctor from when I was 3, until I was 17 and I gave up trying because I’m too much of a pessimist

11. I've really struggled to think of 11 things that might be worth saying about myself.

My Questions

1. why did you start your blog?

2. what is your goal in life?

3. what are the 3 most important things in your life right now?

4. what do you consider to be your greatest talent? 

5. what do you consider to be your greatest achievement?

6. what your favourite 3 things about yourself?

7. what is your biggest fear?

8. what do you think you’ll be doing in 3 years time?

9. do you believe in love at first site?

10. what do you think the best bargain you've ever bought is?

11. if you could travel to anywhere in the world and do any one thing in that place, what would you do and where?

Nominees

Pour Le Femmes

All Things Beauty

Jools

A Parisian Fairytale 

Electra Violet

A Girls Guide To The Universe

Aztec Doll

Rebecca Ruby

Be You and Be Beautiful

Cover Shoot

Candy Cosmetics

sorry!

Just a quick post to say why I haven't posted over the weekend and probably won't be for the next couple of days!

As I mentioned in my last post, I have university deadlines coming up and basically one of them is Friday but I won't be able to hand it in on friday because I'm having my first driving lesson (eek!) so I've got to have it done so I can hand it in thursday morning so... MEGA PANIC.


love you all - thanks for commenting and I'll still be commenting back over the next few days!


xxxx

TK Maxx costs less? YES!

Hellooo!
Today is just a brief post, I've extremely tired because I could not sleep at all last night :( and I'm hoping tomorrow will be a productive day (including a better blog post, hopefully!!) because I've got 1 week until 3 university deadlines and as always I've done no work for any of them..

After yesterdays post I carried on online shopping and being the massive TK Maxx fan that I am (I'm not doing this post as part of my job, I promise!), I decided to pick out some of my favourite bargains that are on their website at the moment!

I think the yellow Reiss dress, the Free People strapless dress and the SD Collection dress would be great holiday/summer weather dresses!
also I am completely besotted with the french connection playsuit, feel free to buy one for me! 

the converse are a MASSIVE bargain, I couldn't believe my eyes, and I think I've fallen in love with the House of Harlow gladiator sandals.

Enjoy!
xxx

p.s. I've also been doing a bit of TK Maxx shopping lately (even though I can afford to do any shopping) and I'll try and get some photos up of my purchases soon too! :)

geek chic.

I forgot to mention this yesterday, but all through autumn and winter I have been loving wearing shirts (and blouses) under jumpers so that the collar was on show and when I went shopping with my mum yesterday I nearly had a heart attack when I saw millions of jumpers on sale with shirts or blouses underneath!
I wasn't happy to see this because I'm not capable of putting my own blouses underneath my own jumpers but because I means I might not get as many funny looks when I'm wearing the combination! Also, it's good if you want to start trying this look but down have a variety of blouses and/or jumpers it's great because they come together and are no more expensive than buying a jumper and even most blouses alone :) and when I tried one on (which I had to buy) I noticed that on most of them the stitching can be unpicked meaning you can mix and match the blouses and jumpers :) which is super economical!

When I first went into New Look (which is where I bought mine from) I only saw one and impulsively bought it because I think it's great value but later on when I went to another New Look store I saw LOADS more that I wish I'd had instead! (I suppose I can always exercise my overdraft and buy some more...)

So, I've put together a few of the ones I saw on the high street yesterday (hence why there are only products from two shops) for you:

On the ones with patterned blouses I've put a zoomed in shot of the pattern so you can get a better idea, and it's difficult to make out but the bottom two both have white shirts underneath. 

Personally, my favourites are the two top ones from New Look and the one from Next which has a leopard print shirt :). I do like the other one from Next but I'm not entirely sure on the shade of the jumper because I think it looks a bit yellow and that wouldn't really complement my skin tone. I like the bottom right one from  New Look for the fact that it's used a more casual looking jumper but the grey-ish shade of the jumper makes me think it looks a bit school uniform-esque and I think the one on the bottom left (the black jumper and white shirt) is a tad plain and the length of the jumper probably wouldn't be flattering for some body shapes and sizes (i.e. mine!).

None of the above are what I bought because I saw ALL of these afterwards.

 This is the one I got, it's also quite plain but has the benefit that it is interchangeable because it has a short sleeved blouse underneath which is only attached by the shoulders of the jumper by a few stitches which were really easy to unpick. this one was from New Look as I previously stated and was only £22.99 before student discount!

On the topic of collars while I was in New Look I also found a nice dress with a collar on too!

this is only £27.99 as well! there are definitely some good buys in New Look at the moment too!

In fact my favourite section in New Look at the moment is what I think is actually a concession called 'Tokyo Doll' which actually have a load of lovely clothes! These are a few of my favourites:

1)     £24.99 and this actually has white polka dots on. Not only does it come in this denim blue shade, but also in a pale coral colour (no polka dots). 

2)     £24.99 and comes in two lovely colours – mint green (as show above) and a peachy/pink colour. 

3)     £24.99 I really like the pattern of this and the lace on the front, it would definitely look great in summer! 

4)     £22.99 I like this peplum top because of the sheer bottom and the patterned leather top half – I think it’s a really unique alternative to the more boring (but still nice) t-shirt type. 

5)     £29.99 I like the lace collar on this (although it’s a little too spaced out for my liking) but I especially like the mint green shade (it also comes in baby blue)

Enjoy. x

ladies at lunch

For some reason I'm always tempted to start posts with 'hey guys!' and have to stop myself,
(1) because in my head I hear the goonies 'hey you guys!!' and
(2) because I don't know who's actually reading my blog and whether females around the world really appreciate being called 'guys'.
Is that over thinking things too much? Probably.

So, I didn't mention this in my post(s) yesterday but I rushed the day because I had a deadline today (and I always leave everything until the last minute) but I'd already committed to spending today with my mum while she's off work for half term (it's alright for some, eh?) and this didn't dawn on me until about 7am on monday morning. So, I missed two lectures to complete the work for my deadline and handed it in before my psychology lab class which I then finished early meaning I got to go home for the night:).

I won't bore you with all the boring details, but essentially today I've spent the whole day out. I went into town with my mum this morning and didn't come home until 6 and then I quickly got ready to go for a birthday meal. (Yes, that does mean I've had 2 meals out in one day!)
being a student and all I'm pretty skint (completely skint) and managed to go the whole day spending only £17! From this I got a jumper, a blouse, a peplum top, a roll neck dress and some jeans :). I also saw about 2 million pairs of shoes I want if anyone wants to treat me?
I'll post pictures on ASAP.

Enjoy! x

ps. I'd like to brag about how amazing my best friend is and congratulate him on his results for his first semester exams at uni! Not only has he managed to bag himself a scholarship he also got 2.1's in all of his exams! Clever clogs. x