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Bit late, but...

2010-11-05T01:15:00.000Z

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City Prints

2010-11-04T13:38:00.000Z

These city prints are beautiful but I can't really afford them at £95 for the set. Oh well, a girl can dream.

Annie Hall

2010-11-03T00:08:00.000Z

"and Annie Hall is starting to seem quite a lot like you and me"

2010-10-29T01:18:00.000+01:00

Recently I've had a lot of trouble sleeping, I lie awake for hours waiting for the next bus to to the land of nod, but it doesn't seem to come. I eventually fall asleep at 3 or 4am and as a result I usually remain comatose until well into the following afternoon. My body clock is completely screwed up and I don't know how to fix it. "take a bath before bed" they say "read a book, drink hot drinks, relax and empty your mind." I feel like yelling "I'VE TRIED ALL THOSE THINGS! JUST KNOCK ME OUT WILL YOU?!" I've tried everything apart from sleeping pills, I feel 18 is too young to be drugging myself up to the eyeballs, there's plenty of time for that later.

My mind just won't shut off, I find myself tossing and turning while making trivial lists in my head and working things out, like exactly how much I'm getting paid this week, exactly how much my boyfriend is getting paid this week, all my favourite movies in chronological order of release date, or every type of cereal I've ever eaten. I'm insane, I know, its exhausting. So after this mental gym session of list making why can't I sleep? Because my body hates me that's why.

Back (not in black)

2010-10-26T22:24:00.000+01:00

What happened? Well my plans went slightly to seed and my year is looking very different, only a little more bleak. However everything happens for a reason and I carry on.
Blogging to me has always been a bit like scrapbooking, and I've never been brilliant at scrapbooking. I find when I get going on something I can really make it amazing, whether it's turning my bedroom into somewhere I actually want to be, doing an art project or an English essay, the end result is usually pleasing. The only thing is I'm possibly the most lazy person in the world (I'm a teenager, it's in my DNA, for now), I don't motivate myself very well and I have the attention span of a knat, on crack. I admit that's something I really need to work on. As a result of this huge flaw in my character, this blog has never really had much effort put into it, and has mainly just been random bits and pieces from around the internet, posted very sparsely. So today I thought why not throw some actual writing into the mix, share some of my disorganised and fleeting thoughts, tales of the follies of misspent youth, blah blah blah.

It'll probably be in dribs and drabs until I cure my laziness and inability to maintain a hobby, c'est la vie.

I love you?

2010-08-09T15:51:00.000+01:00

"I didn't put an expiration date on the sentiment, but I figure it's got the shelf life of a dairy product. It's going to start to curdle in about a week."

Designer Barbie

2010-08-08T11:00:00.000+01:00

*squee* that's what I do when I see shoes like that. I think there's a little barbie inside all of us, and mine loves Louboutins.

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In Memory of a dress.

2010-08-07T14:00:00.001+01:00

These photos are old old old. This dress was perfect, fitted bust and a pretty swingy skirt. Unfortunately it went on holiday to Japan with me two years ago and got left behind by accident. R.I.P flowery dress, you were loved.

A little sparkle

2010-08-06T10:00:00.002+01:00

Necklace, River Island.

I bought this necklace on my shopping trip on Wednesday, it's like a cute little lego heart.

Ginger Duvet Dweller

2010-08-05T13:00:00.001+01:00

My boyfriend is kinda cute when he pretends to be sleeping so he doesn't have to get up.

Love, Actually

2010-08-05T10:00:00.000+01:00

Oh, Love Actually. You're a classic any time of year.

Shopping Addiction

2010-08-04T22:02:00.004+01:00

Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.
Actually scratch that, don't come again. I'm fed up of such miserable weather in August. Well what else to do when it rains but stay indoors, or more precisely, in shops. As the weather has been pretty autumnal lately I found myself drawn to big jumpers and chunky heeled boots, especially ones with sheepskin lining *drool*. Whilst I haven't found the perfect boots yet, I did buy a few things.

1: H&M sequin top, 2: Dorothy Perkins Jumper, 3: New Look jacket

The last photo is a little blurry because I was losing light in my bedroom (oh how I wish I had a decent camera) but it's a lightweight, black, biker-esque jacket that will be perfect for slightly chilly days.

And this is what I wore for the rainy shopping trip to Lincoln today.

Cardigan, New Look. Playsuit, H&M, Vest, H&M. Shoes, Vintage.
I hate that I have to take dim, blurry, crappy photos wiith my phone in changing room mirrors. :( will someone buy me a camera and then take photos of me with it? thanks.

cute: as defined by disney

2010-07-23T01:29:00.004+01:00

disney's re-use of their own animation:

a little lift

2010-07-18T21:47:00.001+01:00

Since finishing work at lunchtime today I was feeling so tired and sick. Turns out all I needed was a roast dinner and strawberry meringue (similar to the one above, I would've taken my own photo but I was too busy stuffing my face with summery goodness). Hopefully we'll get the good weather back soon.
I've been very busy this week in between working and making the most of my days off, but I do have a few posts in the pipeline for this week (with my own photos - gasp!), so expect posts about a graduation, a holiday and an exhibition or two.

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2010-07-13T13:00:00.001+01:00

feather headband, asos

Firstly (although the only people reading this are probably my best friend and myself) about the sporadic (and not very wordy) posts:

"I could stay here and write about my life or I could ~~go to paris and~~ live my life."

I've been so busy recently, working to earn money for university and making the most of my precious days off by spending time with special people. I also went away for a week to Turkey which was amazing, so refreshing to just get away, I'll post about that trip sometime in the next few days.

I ordered the feathered headband before I went on holiday, it arrived whilst I was away and I've been wearing it pretty much constantly since I got back. The feathers are so soft and strokeable, and it's interesting enough without being over the top as the colours are similar to my hair colour. My sister says it looks like something's died on my head but I refuse to believe that, it's fabulous and I know it.

On a different note, looking at my blog it's clear that I post a lot of screencaps and images I find on the internet. This saddens me because it means that I don't often make the effort to take my own pictures and put my own ideas and thoughts out there anymore. When I my old blog was still active I would post a lot and 85% of my posts included photographs taken by me and discussed my own life and my own outfits, however that was a couple of years ago when I had a lot more free time. Due to my life currently being consumed by working pretty much full time at a mind-numbing job, I can't often summon the energy to create original and interesting blog posts, but at least I can acknowledge that this is a fault I'd like to correct. From now on I will try and rectify this and make an effort to post things that are worthwhile reading.

Over and out.

Pretty In Pink

2010-07-12T23:19:00.001+01:00

Although I love all of John Hughes films, Pretty In Pink has got to be best for style. Not only a brilliant portrayal of awkward adolescence, this film sees Molly Ringwald rocking some seriously cool outfits and I love that she manages to pull off stockings and florals without looking too grandma-chic (aka not chic at all). In fact much of the styling in this film is very similar to the most popular trends of 2010; pastel colours, floral prints, ankle socks, geek glasses and plenty of hats. People say everything eventually comes back into fashion and the clothes of Pretty In Pink are a prime example.

In terms of fashion, Molly isn't the only shining star, her friend Duckie (Jon Cryer) makes a pretty good go of it too.

I really wish those hollywood fat cats had let Hughes keep his original ending for Pretty In Pink which saw Andie ending up with Duckie instead of that wet blanket Blaine. Lets compare shall we? Duckie has amazing style (its all about the layering, and the beat up shoes of course), Blaine wears stupid white trousers and poorly fitting shirts. Also Duckie has some serious moves, his 'Try A Little Tenderness' performance in the record shop is just incredible, and he's really sweet (to the point of irritating, but thats ok) whereas Blaine blows Andie off under pressure from his tool friends ("What about prom Blaine?! What about prom?!), and let's not forget he's about as interesting as gravel.

Ok, rant over. But if you're a Hughes fan like me (and everyone else who's ever seen even 3 seconds of one of his films) then I recommend reading Jezebel's brilliant guide to the Hughes boyfriends. Personally, I'd give bad boy John Bender of The Breakfast Club more than a D, "Remember how you said your parents use you to get back at each other? Wouldn't I be OUTSTANDING in that capacity?", that just makes me melt.

R.I.P John Hughes (February 18th 1950 - August 6th 2009)

screencaps via Striped Wall

how to deal with a messy breakup Carrie style.

2010-07-12T19:51:00.000+01:00

step 1: think 'wtf?!' and wonder why you ever dated such a jerk.

step 2: drink

step 3: get high

step 4: eat a banana split with your very best friends.

photos courtesy of The Carrie Diaries

2010-07-11T23:56:00.000+01:00

oh wait, too late.

2010-06-29T09:17:00.000+01:00

how I describe my life most days.

truth.

2010-06-28T19:15:00.000+01:00

zoeclaudia

Change of a dress

2010-06-28T00:15:00.000+01:00

I can't take a vow of forever and ever if what I mean is for the forseeable future.

This summer I will bake.

2010-06-22T10:00:00.000+01:00

This past year I've found that I'm actually not too bad at baking, this resulted in a friend buying me a brilliant cupcake recipe book and a beautiful cupcake stand. Which I have definitely not made enough use of. Given all the free time I will have this summer I have decided that I will bake. So here are some recipes I can't wait to try from some of the best baking blogs around.

Firstly, these chocolate fudge cupcakes look incredible! They're so perfect and look just small enough to demolish in a few bites. Amy (the baker of these works of art) even made the delicate little flower cupcake toppers.

Find the recipe here.

and speaking of cupcake toppers...

The frosting on these little domes of baking heaven looks so light and tasty, but that isn't the best thing about these cupcakes. I don't know if you noticed but they have teeny cupcakes on top, but that isn't the the best thing! They're wearing the teeny cupcakes like hats, but that isn't even the best thing!! The tasty cupcakes are wearing the teeny cupcakes like hats...jauntily.

I think I just died of cute.

Find the recipe here.

Looks more like a muffin than a cupcake, but WHO THE HELL CARES. It just looks so damn tasty with the creme fraiche and the fruitiness (can I claim it as one of my five a day? I could definitely eat five...)

Find the recipe here

Two Summers Ago

2010-06-21T21:11:00.001+01:00

If you're a bird, I'm a bird

2010-06-21T20:22:00.002+01:00

Last Week

2010-06-10T10:04:00.003+01:00

Last week I spent a lovely couple of days with my boyfriend.

On Thursday morning we woke up to a furry invader on the bed.

It was a beautiful day so we went shopping in Nottingham; we sat in the square, ate vegetable pasties and ice creams and watched people enjoying the hot weather and playing in the fountains.

We saw a balloon floating off high in the sky

And I bought lovely summer things.

Dress Primark, Skirt H&M, T-shirt Topshop

awesome Japanese photo booths

2010-06-09T13:18:00.003+01:00

Taken on my school exchange in Japan in October 2008. Amazing!

Coolest Ad Ever

2010-06-08T02:00:00.002+01:00

Olympus PEN

Blog Crush

2010-06-05T13:00:00.002+01:00

Karla's Closet

beautiful books

2010-05-31T22:27:00.006+01:00

When I was little I was a bit of a bookworm (ok. I was a LOT of a bookworm) and I used to pretend I was Belle from Beauty and the Beast purely because I wanted that incredible library, I would spend all day there. Since I first saw Beauty and the Beast, I decided that I was going to have a huge library in my house when I grew up.

Maybe one day I'll win the lottery and buy the breath-taking Real Gabinete Portugues De Leitura in Rio De Janiero.

or maybe my library will be a little more modest and a little more cosy...

ah, perfect. *sigh*

A lovely library blog.

winging it.

2010-05-30T13:29:00.001+01:00

This secret from today's batch of Postsecret's reminds me not to be so hard on myself, because no one else has any idea what they're doing either. We all make mistakes.

boom.

2010-05-29T11:59:00.005+01:00

Last night I realised I'm pretty self-destructive.

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back with a vengeance (or just exhaustion)

2010-05-28T12:24:00.003+01:00

since I last posted all this happened:

A big relationship ended.

A milestone age was reached. (can 18 be justified as a milestone?)

A new relationship started (he will be known as ron, he will not be pleased to know this)

Stress levels reached maximum.

A Levels nearly finished (18 days till no school ever again)

Life got very un-fun (with small sporadic fun parts)

so it's about to get fun again :)

I wanna marry a lighthouse keeper

2009-08-11T23:05:00.003+01:00

I spent my Saturday at the beach, the first time I've been this summer, it was completely empty and so beautiful. My two dogs had a brilliant time chasing kite buggies :)

Have a Happy Weekend

2009-08-07T19:23:00.002+01:00

Have a lovely weekend! I hear it's going to be lovely weather :)

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Clear a space on your coffee table

2009-08-06T19:41:00.004+01:00

I can't wait for this! The best place to pre-order it from is Amazon for £11 with free delivery :) I'm already clearing a space on my dresser where all the important books are stacked.

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Bed

2009-08-06T08:00:00.002+01:00

This looks like the most comfortable anyone could ever be. Don't you agree that everything in life seems to be a series of distractions designed to get us out of bed? I love bed. so much.

Book Stairs

2009-08-05T17:08:00.006+01:00

I really like the idea of a staircase as a bookshelves, the perfect way to hide my old Jaqueline Wilson's that I can't bear to throw away.

Or how about a floating staircase? Ooh Magical :)

Post It

2009-08-04T11:00:00.002+01:00

Found Magazine is a brilliant website where people upload things that they've found and the best ones are chosen as 'find of the day'. I really hope the curry helped Ron and this lady patch things up.

Grouping Prints

2009-08-01T11:01:00.002+01:00

I like the idea of grouping prints in one area of a room, as if they're spreading out across the wall. I have three pictures waiting to be hung and I've been trying to decide where to put them, I'm definately going to try this!

Summer Breakfast

2009-08-01T08:00:00.000+01:00

Doesn't this look like the perfect summer breakfast?

Summer Reads

2009-07-31T22:23:00.003+01:00

My new summer reading list.

I am currently reading several books, two of them that I am studying (Great Expectations and The Color Purple), a couple of trashy chick-lits and of course On The Road which I am always reading. It's so lovely to just find a quiet moment to escape into a book, especially with an ice cold glass of lemonade under a shady tree. ahh bliss.

Cute Old Children's books

2009-07-31T16:48:00.002+01:00

Aren't these illustrations sweet? I used to have a lot of books like this when I was younger, old ones that used to belong to my mum or dad. I remember my favourite, it was a big book with a really short story for every day of the year with wonderful illustrations. I wonder if I still have it buried somewhere amongst my hundreds of books.

Tell someone today

2009-07-31T16:47:00.001+01:00

Purple

2009-07-31T16:25:00.009+01:00

Isn't purple lovely? This autumn I want lots of purple clothes,

it's such a warming colour :)

Am I about to get whacked

2009-07-30T16:00:00.007+01:00

awrh :)
The OC repeats on channel 4 in the mornings are brilliant escapism :)

Warhol

2009-07-29T11:00:00.000+01:00

Gavin Osborn at Latitude 2009

2009-07-28T17:50:00.004+01:00

I'm out of my comfort zone,

and this is the best shirt that I own,

and I polished my shoes all on my own,

just so you know.

And it's all because night clubs just aren't the right clubs,

for my feet i've found,

I need twee clubs and ice cream tubs,

on the high street of town.

And I don't know whats going on, in R. Kelly's mind,

cos I see an awful lot wrong with a little bump and grind.

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Give a little time for the child within you

2009-07-28T16:50:00.004+01:00

Give a little time for the child within you, don’t be afraid to be young and free.
Undo the locks and throw away the keys
and take off your shoes and socks, and run you.

Run through the meadow and scare up the milking cows
Run down the beach kicking clouds of sand
Walk a windy weather day, feel your face blow away
Stop and listen: Love you.

Bicycles, tricycles, ice cream candy
Lollypops, popsicles, licorice sticks
Solomon Grundy, Raggedy Andy
Tweedledum and Tweedledee, home free.

Cowboys and Indians, puppydogs and sandpails
Beachballs and baseballs and basketballs, too.
I love forget-me-nots, fluffernutters, sugarpops
I’ll hug you and kiss you and love you
La, la, la... Love you.

Me Today

2009-07-28T15:57:00.001+01:00

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