That Awkward Moment When No One Else Is In Fancy Dress.........

Happy (Belated) Halloween!

So my friends and I went out for Halloween last week in fancy dress. We figured that as it was a Halloween themed night at the club and that there was a 'best costume' competition that everyone would be in fancy dress................but they weren't. Don't get me wrong, there was the odd person in fancy dress but no more than the lone, odd person. So there we were covered in our fake blood and wearing our Halloween inspired outfits whilst everyone else was in their standard Saturday night going out clothes. And do you know what's worse? NOT ONE OF US EVEN WON THE 'BEST COSTUME' COMPETITION. Not that we were bothered or anything. I mean, who needs an iPad, right?!

Nonetheless it was still a good night, well, I mean the music was shockingly bad and, as is usual for that club, ridiculously loud, to the point of which my ears were still ringing 3 days after and felt like that there was a good chance that they would drop off. But we still had fun - even if we looked stupid, and it gave me another opportunity to recycle my True Blood costume which I'm determined to get my money's worth out of! Plus fake blood is always fun and by fun I mean extremely gross and goes absolutely EVERYWHERE. As does glitter hairspray, just, you know, FYI and all that.

A few of my friends and I also decided to go to Tulley's Farm Shocktober Fest which was just an allround bad decision for someone like me. If you don't like people jumping out at you dressed as zombies, creepy clowns or crazy chainsaw people then it's probably not for you (something that I wish I'd known beforehand!). I have never screamed so much before in my life. We had to go round this 'haunted' cellar with people jumping out at us, but obviously dressed in horrible costumes, I pretty much had my eyes shut the entire time because I am terrified of EVERYTHING. We ended up doing a haunted hayride and going round the 'creepy cottage' as well, both of which evoked an unnecessary amount of screaming from me. I have to say that even though I was frightened the entire time, I would consider doing it again next year because as frightening it was, it was also fun.............but then again don't hold me to that, ok?

I also did some Halloween themed nail art which will follow after this post, so check it out!

Graduating Unicorn-Stylee

So Graduation was on Monday. Yes, that's right, those three long, painful, stressful years of my life are over. No more 3000 word assignments, no more dissertations, I'm finally freeeeeee................to get a job. And the fun's offically over. No more ridiculously long holidays, no more nights out mid-week, no more staying up until 3 in the morning with your housemate watching Hot Rod, and worst of all? No more student discount! Goodbye Mr. 10% (and occasionally 20%) Topshop discount, it was fun while it lasted and I wish we could stay friends but honestly you've broken my heart, don't call me, it'll be easier that way for both of us.

I genuinely don't think I've ever been as nervous in my entire life as I was yesterday. The idea of standing up infront of everyone, on a stage, with everyone looking at me is pretty much my worst nightmare. Add to that the fear of tripping up on stage (which ever since seeing some poor girl do exactly that at my brother's graduation a couple of years ago has haunted me ever since so whenever I imagined graduating myself, I always imagined it with me tripping up on stage and let me tell you, the imagined version of myself did not cope with that situation very well at all). Anyway, thankfully I didn't trip over on stage, in fact I would say if anything, I glided, like a unicorn, a unicorn in a graduation gown. Although I'm pretty sure in reality I glided a little less like a unicorn and a lot more like a donkey (note to self: do not watch myself back on the video camera, do not break the unicorn fantasy).

The rest of the graduation ceremony was loooooong. My hands were SO sore and red by the end of it from all the clapping. I even had to come up with a way to 'fake clap' because my hands hurt so much, basically it looked like I was clapping but really I was just lightly touching my hands together so only if you were sitting near me you would know that I wasn't really clapping because it was making no sound.

I had this image in my head that after my graduation I would immediatey feel mature and finally like an adult, but what was the first thing that I did after graduating? Get a Cath Kidston Christmas mug (it's only October. Whatevs.) & some Disney Princess tissues (which ended up being Graduation gifts from my parents!). This completely destroyed my notion of being Little Miss Mature Graduate, but I would take Disney tissues over being mature any day and if you tell me that you wouldn't then you're probably lying. So don't lie, because nobody likes a liar, not even Pinocchio.

I can't believe how quickly the last three years went and the realisation that I'm finally out of education is such a weird concept. I feel so old. The big, wide world is waiting and that's bloody terrifying but also kind of exciting. So I guess it's time for me to gallop off as my unicorn/donkey self into the sunset and say goodbye to being a student and hello to being, well, whatever it is that I want to be!

Back Again!

Ok, so I'm not going to lie, I had a cheeky little break from blogging over the Summer but I'm back now so yay to that!

I feel that it's only right that I whack in some photos in this post of my nail art over the past couple of months, so here you go:

Summer Inspired Nails :)

More Summer Inspired Nails!

Comic Book Nails

I did these for when I went to the Olympics to see the handball! YAY TEAM GB!

These were for a 'Best of British' fancy dress party that I went to!

Earthquaaaake Nails!

So I have a lot to tell you, first off I have become a complete and utter dip dye addict! Over the past couple of months my hair has transformed from a blonde dip dye to a lavender dip dye to a purple fading into pink dip dye and now I am currently sporting a bubblegum pink/purple dip dye. I am aware however that once I get a job I probably won’t be able to continue the cute dip dye look so I’m making the most of it while I can!

I also had my nails selected by HelloGiggles as their nails of the week which was pretty cool, they put them on their Instagram as well and so far they have currently tallied up 2149 likes! 

Click Me :)

Click Me :)

I was also lucky enough to get tickets to the Olympic handball which was amazing and we got to go around the Olympic Park and go in the Orbit (which had 3D mirrors and the only way to desribe them is through the words of Jay-Z and Kanye West as 'that [rude word] cray!').

I managed to blag tickets to the Olympic Torch Relay Finale as well which was a concert in Hyde Park with Rizzle Kicks, Eliza Doolittle, Katy B & Dizzee Rascal plus some other people but I just can't remember their names right now! The fact that the tickets were free made it all so much better, I love a good freebie! I also did a casual bit of celeb spotting, and by celeb spotting I mean I saw the comedian Ben Elton (the guy who wrote We Will Rock You) on the tube escalators as my friends and I were going down and he was going up and I basically waved like an idiot at him and he did a thumbs up at me which kind of made my life......ok, so yeah I'm easily pleased but what can you do!

I went to BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Hackney back in June which was amazing albeit extremely muddy! The tickets were only £2.50 which was a total bargain! Rihanna was the headliner and was ridiculously good as was Tinie Tempah, Ben Howard, Lana Del Rey, Azealia Banks, Florence & the Machine, Dizzee Rascal (yep, I've now seen him twice this Summer!), Professor Green, Plan B, Jessie J, B.o.B and Labrinth. Jay-Z joined Rihanna for her set as well which was amazing and marks the second time I've seen him, I saw him when he supported Coldplay at Wembley Stadium and he pretty much converted me into a Jay-Z fan!

I also ended up going to V Festival on the Sunday on kind of a last minute whim with my mates. It was bloody great but oh my gooooodness the state of the port-a-loos were, as you'd expect at a festival, disgusting, no matter how many times I prepare myself for them they never fail to gross me out! Jeez, I'm such a girl! The amount of people throwing their bottles of what I hope was beer (but potentially could have been pee......but I like to tell myself that it was just beer so shhhhhh!) was ridiculous but you kind of just have to not think about it otherwise there's a good chance that you'll end up freaking out! My friends and I had a test where if you felt liquid fall on you and it was cold then it was beer but if it was warm......well.......go figure! Anyway, The Killers were the headliners which I was a bit unsure about as I loved their first album but had since gone off them......but not anymore my friends, I'm now back to loving The Killers! Their set was mindblowing and they fully reverted me back to being a Killers fan.........not to mention Brandon Flowers was looking beaut! We also saw Olly Murs, Tom Jones (babe!), Tinie Tempah (yep, seen him twice this Summer now!), Rita Ora, Snow Patrol (who were brilliant. Obviously.) and Madness as well as snippets of other bands/singers. 

Oh and I also saw Coldplay at the Emirates Stadium at the beginning of June and as expected they were flippin' brilliant! It's my second time seeing Coldplay, I saw them a couple of years ago at Wembley Stadium when they were supported by Jay-Z (which I mentioned earlier in this post!) along with White Lies and Girls Aloud. This time round Coldplay were supported by Marina & the Diamonds and Ash, although my friend and I missed the support acts because we were a teensy bit late but we were on time for Coldplay which was the main thing! Although looking back I'm a little gutted we missed Marina & the Diamonds because I actually really liked her first album and I'm loving her second album at the moment! Even though Coldplay were amazing this time, I think I preferred them the first time around just because they had such great support acts *cough* Jay-Z. Ahem. Anyway I would definitely go see them again, they put on the BEST shows. For reaaaalz. 

SO many lights!

Wow so this is a mega long post, sorry about that! Not much more to add really, got my uni graduation coming up in October (eeeeek!), I won free tickets for the iTunes Festival to see One Direction which I really don't know how I feel about (I basically applied for tickets for everyone playing, even if I wasn't a fan, don't ask me why!). So yeah I'm kind of indifferent about One Direction, I like a couple of their songs....I can't deny that......but I wouldn't exactly say I'm a fan, not that there's anything wrong with being a One Direction Fan, I'm just not one. Yet. But who knows, they may convert me just like The Killers did, anything is possible, right? I'm also going to see Ed Sheeran in October (I think?) in Brighton (again I think?) so I still have a couple more things to look forward to which is nice.

Bloomin' heck it took me a while to write this post!

Cupcake and Leopard Print Nail Art

So I meant to blog this nail design a while ago but what with having been crazy busy with uni assignments, an exam and my dissertation, I just completely forgot........until now that is!

The nail design I did was a cupcake design, so here it is:

It was quite fiddly to do but the end result totally made it worth it! It's just a really fun, quirky design which I just loooove! I also shaped my nails into a VERY subtle stiletto nail shape, so that they're kind of pointy but then rounded off which looked cool but I got fed up of that and have now reverted back to a more normal, natural shaped nail.

My nails this week are lilac with black leopard print and a purpley blue French tip:

 I've never done this design before but I really love it and will definitely be doing it again!

I'm currently blinking like a crazy person as I'm typing this post because for the last couple of days I've felt like I've had something in my eye and it's pretty uncomfortable, I was going to go to the doctors today but I thought it felt ok this morning & assumed that it was all better but it turns out I was wrong because it's started hurting again. So it looks like I'm going to have to hit up the doctors tomorrow, although the idea of someone touching my eye or going anywhere near it completely freaks/grosses me out! Fun times!

Blog Challenge

Sooooo I've just been given a blog challenge where I have to answer 10 questions given to me. I mean, I've never done this before so let's just go with it, ok?

1. What would be your superhero power?
Well, I would love to say 'flying' but seeing as I'm scared of heights it's probably not the best way to go so I guess that I'm leaning more towards 'super speed'. I'm always late for EVERYTHING and 'super speed' would mean I'd be ready and out the door in a speedy blur. Also, I guess it'd come in pretty handy for saving the world or some crazy stuff like that.  

2. Your favorite movie star?
Probably Zooey Deschanel because she's kind of quirky. Or Ryan Gosling because he has a pretty face.

3. Where would you build your house?
In my parents' backgarden just for the lols.  

4. What are you gonna do tomorrow?
Pack and begin the moving out process. I'm not going to lie, I'm dreading it because I HATE packing. 

5. A good name for a new blog?
'Get Your Blog Out For The Lads'. Haha, I don't know.

6. What is the last cool place you went to?
The Emirates Stadium to see Coldplay. No big deal. 

7. If you were an animal, what would it be?
A cat. Obviously. They sleep all day, get fed & are ridiculously cute, pretty sweet life if you ask me. 

8. What are you afraid of?
SPIDERS.

9. What inspires you?
Whooooa deep question. Maybe laughter? I don't really know to be honest, I guess it would kind of depend what mood I'm in. 

10. How would you describe your childhood?
Badass. I think that I had a pretty fun time as a kid, Supersoakers and the slippery slide for one thing would make any childhood bloody amazing.

My Life Is Ruled By The Jaffa Cake

I have recently rediscovered my love for Jaffa Cakes, in fact it’s gotten so serious that I recently found myself googling what countries sold Jaffa Cakes so that I was able to work out what countries around the world I could live in. I was utterly distressed to find out that they don’t sell Jaffa Cakes in America, so that’s my American Dream over. Neither are they sold In Australia. So that’s two of my dream countries to live in ripped away from me by the brutal reality of a Jaffa Cake-less world, and let me tell you that is one world which I don’t want to be a part of.

 

I remember the first time I stumbled upon the humble McVities Jaffa Cake, I must have been about six years old at the time and I was at my then best-friend’s house when she offered me one. I looked at it with astonishment, in my six year old eyes it looked like a teeny tiny burger and I thrust it back at her in disgust, simply stating that ‘I don’t like burgers’.  She laughed, I was confused and even more so when she told me that in fact it wasn’t a teeny tiny burger, but it was actually a chocolatey, orangey, cakey biscuit. So with a suspicious and somewhat mistrusting  attitude I carefully took the biscuit back, analysed it, picked it at it a bit, making sure to bide my time in case I was being tricked & it was in fact a burger. Eventually I gave in & stuffed it into my mouth & let me tell you, I probably had about 8 more after that, to the extent of which I felt sick but contentedly so. And that was the moment when I knew that I could not live anywhere where I didn’t have easy access to the Jaffa Cake.

 It makes no sense to me as to why I love them so much, logically I shouldn’t as I hate chocolate and orange as a combination, just the smallest piece of a Terry’s Chocolate Orange is enough to make me wretch. Yet somehow this sweet, innocent little cakey biscuit has completely confused my tastebuds, every part of them is telling them that they shouldn’t like what they’re tasting......but they do, they LOVE it. I can quite easily get through an entire packet of Jaffa Cakes in one sitting, I cannot do that with any other type of biscuit, so that is a big deal for me. I even remember the ‘Full moon, half moon, TOTAL ECLIPSE’ TV advert and how I would always re-enact it whenever I had  a Jaffa Cake, thus making them delicious AND educational (how else would I have learnt the 3 stages of the moon?!).

 

So, yes, I put my hands up to it – my life is ruled by the Jaffa Cake, but is that really a bad thing? I certainly don’t think so!    

Back Again

So I had to have a casual break from my blog because I had a little thing called a dissertation to get finished, which is all handed in now thank goodness (not that it wasn't fun & all......yeeeah, that was a joke. It definitely was not fun. Not even a little bit).

Just going to put this out there but if it it wasn't for Will Smith's Lost and Found album circa 2006, I probably would have never finished my dissertation, it honestly was the ONLY thing that kept me sane. 'If U Can't Dance (Slide)' became my favourite track off the album and I am proud to say that I now know all the words to it as well. What more can I say other than: BIG WILL-EHHH!

Anyway, I'm all about 'the blogging' again so some new posts are on their way!