I love it when...

...I get new stationery! I have a small love, which most of you wil already know, and it's only getting worse!

I would love to say these new notebooks were needed but they're not. Well one is, but two is just greedy. Buttttt, they do match my collection and will allow one of my tutors to continue talking way too much.

(Notebooks from Paperchase)

 Again, they are like my other notebooks, so much so they follow the same retro/vintage theme as well as sporting a plastic cover which is just sooooo good when you're like me and tend to spill things within my bag,

         I haven't been able to shop much in the sales due to my increasing hatred of crowds and bustling-sale-finding people. They have the 'bargain' on the mind and no-one, and I mean no-one, will get in their way. So in general, I tend to just try and stay away. Saying this I have braved it a few times to only emerge with some awesome goodies!

 

( (Necklace, New Look, £2. Shoes, Primark, £8. Tassle belt, H&M, £2. Navy wool skirt, Zara Kids, £12)

I really fancy going shopping but think I should probably save my money so that I can afford to live this year! Even though I have fallen in love with a £249 bag....xx

Christmas Eve!

It is one day until Christmas and I am being a complete grinch because of the snow. I know it cannot be helped and what not but I have never been a lover and with all my parcels and general life being put on hold, I don't appreciate!
I am looking forward to a few quiet days. Quiet and healthy, as I have been pigging out so much lately but I'm putting it down to hibernation weight, ho hum.
Even though its only Christmas Eve, I have been lucky enough to recieve a few goodies!

I am also fortunate to have a new phone, as mine was dying a death, and look how pretty the case is! Now that is what I call a proper cover! (Cover, Ebay)Some new plasters, as I damage myself more than most! This little perfume is lovely and at a mere £2.99, a complete bargain! I love carrying a perfume around with me in my bag but hate carrying anything expensive as I tend to lose everything this is the perfect solution! (Circus plasters, gift. Perfume, H&M) A buddha statue and some lovely new candes! I love having candles and oils burning. (Candles, Ikea. Buddha, Durham Christmas Market) Some gorgeous bangles! Which don't fall off my child-like wrists. I don't think anyone will fully understand this achievement. Oh Well. (Bangles, Asda)

Anyway, I'm off to get ready to see the boy and eat too much, ommmm nommmm. Hope everyone else has an equally lovely Christmas Eve! xx

"Whispers in the rain. Listen. Don't push love away, you know you do" - The Juliana Theory

Just a little mini OOTD before I go to bed with some reading I MUST do instead of saying I will do it later and later just never comes.

  Straw bag, found in the attic, yeyyy! Tan Jumper, Florence&Fred. Tweed Jacket, Vintage. Brooch&fur edged gloves, Primark.

Over the weekend my Mum has been on a mission to de-clutter, like it will ever happen, so boxes lay strewn across the floor so when I have had nothing else to I've sat down pouring through these boxes to reveal some utter treasures. Heres some of my favourite photos and a postcard which I just love.

These are photos of my Grandad&Grandma as well as my Mum as a child. They are both my complete heroes and I adore these photos. Blac&White photos definitely have something about them. xx

A day of highs&lows!

Today has been the oddest day! It started off well with the box of hats...oh the hats and then well it rapidly changed. I am injured now! Oh so injured, oh dear. So to cheer me up I'm going to share some lovely things I have got recently! Nom :)

Bag £2.00.Rose Address Book, 50p.Earrings, £1.00

I love this bag as its got compartments and its just pretty but basic! I like bags like this, kinda boxy and the like.

As well as these lovely things I also picked up this skirt. I know many hardcore fashionistas are going to mutter under their breath when they see this and feel that I do not deserve this as I do not follow fashion like others but looooooook....

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 A normal striped skirt? But oh noooooo, look!

Yes, I am somewhat a follower now. Look at me go! Plus it was only £4.99. Bless the old people in the charity shop not knowing anyrhing about fashion, lol! xx

"I trust you, if it's already been done, undo it. It takes two, it's up to me and you, to prove it."

-The Gossip.

Hello!
I knowwww, I'm such an awful blogger but Uni is hectic! Brutally so. I've posted before on the long hours well, I'm kinda getting used to them (apart from the fact I get up and ready in the pitch black) but the workload is HUGE already! I have weekly presentations on top of seminar&lecture work so yes, when I get home I tend to crawl onto the sofa or bed and cabbage out without having to think of anything...bar any work due for the next day.
Alas, do not fear I have been able to take some photos in between the mess and I'm just going to place them all here :) Enjoyyy.

Owl pencil case, £ shop.

Simple Black Tee Dress, H&M

T-Bar Shoes, Peacocks

Leopard Print Satchel, Thrifted.

 

 

This bag definitely deserves it own little line. It is beautiful, like completely! I have totally fallen in love with it and its far superior and therefore overtook the bag I loved in M&S. Mainly because it was only £2.99 annnnnd it fits EVERYTHING in! Loving it like that!!

I also have some outfit photos ready&waiting which I will post up a bit later but I reallllly want a long bath with candles and music. Ahh, small pleasures are amazing at the minute.
Be back soon my lovelies! xx

Thinking of You!

I'm sorry for the lack of posts but its official, I'm shattered! (This post has been laying around for a few days now...) I am getting up at 6.00am near every morning to then leave the house for 7.15am to arrive at Uni for 9am! It's a big hectic, especially with the summer I've had in which I tended to try and steer clear of any routine. Which of course is now coming back to bite me in the behind.

Buttt, apart from this I have had little time to go out and see some friends which has been most fun. Little pleasures certainly are delicious at the minute (my brutal workload has already started!).

Sometime last week (I've also lost any awareness of time&day atm) I went through to the MetroCentre with my friend and we hit the brand new TKMaxx. It is LOVELY! I really like it, maybe because its new and shiny...but also because its tidy! That is one of my main gripes of shopping there is the fact its a bit like a jumble sale and hit-or-miss a lot of the time. Alas, the tidiness and order won me over!
I didn't buy any clothes or anything this time although I did stand and hold a Versace and Dolce&Gabana bag for a very long time...until I came across this!

You may ask what it is...well, it is a lovely writing set!
As much as I am consumed by technology (and continously baffled) I can pretty much say I would love to live without it! I love the idea of recieving a letter and being excited for it to arrive and the historical routine of replying and placing a stamp on it and sending it away!
This whole love probably fits in with the fact that I love the idea of courting...and where do I see courting the most?! Period dramas, thats where! I love it sooo, sooo much! I was completely born in the wrong era. Write me a letter and I'm yours for life, sad but true.

It came with two different designed cards! Which are so cute!

Two designs of postcards!

As well as two different designed envelopes!

I've taken a seperate photo of the crystallite envelopes as they are so lovely!

 

It came with all these lovely stickets.

 

It also came with these really cute stamps!

 

As well as ALL this there was also a cute little book which contains examples of how to write the perfect letter. 

 I'm so impressed with this and it came in at a mere £3.99! I have an elderly family friend who I feel will be the first person to recieve a card off me!

Quickly before I go to bed (yes, I am that tired...) here is two goodies I picked up from Primark for utterly cheap prices of course!

 

 Laptop bag £8.00

Bee Earrings £1.00

This little notebook isn't from Primark but Wilkinsons and was a mere 65p! It is so cute and has a whole range in this design. I feel I may be going back for another look soon!

Mega long blog post for which I apologise but I have been MIA for a while. I promise to try and fix this! xx

Let Me See Your Jazz Hands.

I love it when you come across pure bargains! Like little knick knacks for under a pound!
Little lovely things you know you'll use and if you don't it won't matter as much.
Well lately I've been finding some gems when out&about; either charity shops and high street.
Enjoy :)

I got the apple-like box&the white spot blue box from a charity shop for the grand total of £1.40, which is amazing! 

Giraffe pen, WHSmith, I love Giraffes&writing so this is a win! Plus it was only 75p!

Miffy coin purse, (this tiny little shop in Newcastle near the Vintage shops) £1. I tend to use tiny coin purses like this for carrying around hair clips&bands in my bag. I used to have one but it either dropped out or I left it in a toilet somewhere...great.

Peach flower hair clip, H&M, £1.50 for two.

Ivory Elepant, this is actually from my Mum and was originally from her Grandma Effy, so vintage and well I love elephants as much as Giraffes!

Love brooch, Dorothy Perkins, 75p

Gold&white kilt brooch, Primark, £1.00

Pink flower earrings&Pearl drop earrings both ASDA and both 50p. They are so cute as well!

In the blue square box I have currently stored pens&pencils in it as I haven't found a proper use for it yet...maybe cotton wool balls/pads.

And this gorgeous french, apple one has Fruitella in which at the moment I think is the best idea ever! :)

I love all of my purchases and like I said, they are always better when they are so cheap! Anyone else love bargains? xx