OOTD ; Sundays, Christenings, Flowers and Shaved Hair

 

Floral Crown: Newlook
Dress: Asos
Tutu Skirt: Dorothy Perkins
Jacket + Shoes: Topshop
Lipstick: Mac's Heroine

Today me and Chase went to a christening which was pretty cool, the last time I went to one I was 4 and so singing along to some well remembered primary school favourite hymns was a nice start to the day ^.^ I've been a bit bored since finishing Uni and in that awful phase of obsessively checking my emails for job acceptances/declines and awaiting my final degree result. Last night I decided to shave a bit of my hair off just because I was bored and I wanted to do something different and so I made Chase (who didn't want to haha) shave a small piece of my hair off at the front, it can only really be seen when I'm wearing my hair up and although I may shave more off over the next couple of weeks I like how it is at the moment ^.^ There was that moment of dread as I saw my hair coming off that I was like 'What am I doing'.. but only I know its there when I wear my hair down like in the photos above ^^^ I really want to dye it something different but I like the colours too much to change them at the moment.. hair feels like the most affordable thing to play around with at the moment as I'm so stuck in my student overdraft its horrible, I just want to be rich.. or if not rich with at least enough money to rent a little cottage like Miss Honeys in Matilda and have a toy poodle (unclipped.. because then they look like teddy bears). Or to live in london and be famous. ^.^

Shopping, Pancakes and Black Cats!

This weekend has been awesome. Its been nice to leave the stress of pattern cutting, toiling and sketchbook dilemnas behind me and go back home to see my sister Gemma, her boyfriend John and their cute crazy cat Jasmine! 

Me and Gemma explored a nearby city, making the best purchase so far this year: white dungarees for £14.99 (blog post to follow ASAP!), we made pancakes, played charades, watched Pride & Prejudice and made cornflake cakes! I finished off the visit seeing my favourite person ever Luke Chase! 

Its nice to get away and get refreshed before starting another week! This week we have to have 3 outfits toiled for our crits (I barely have 1...) and I need to finalise my print which I'm super excited about. Pattern cutting I suck at but print design I love! Its exciting to start to see everything V E R Y S L O W L Y start to come together ^.^ 

Being Happy.

Two days into my design placement and i'm now in bed with a cold/flu; some weeks really do not go to plan..
I uploaded all the photos I took over Christmas onto my computer and it made me feel slightly homesick, I always find getting back into the routine of 'uni life' hard, especially the part of living away from the people and places I love, but for these final 6 months of Uni I really feel determined to push myself to enjoy all the things that this time next year I'll be missing.
I find myself focusing a lot on the places I'd rather be, the people I wish I could see and the lives that I can't help but be envious of whether their my friends or internet celebrities.. some days its easy to want to emmerse yourself in anyone's life but your own.
I hadn't made any new years resolutions so far for this year (except to learn all the words to Paul Simon- You can call me Al.) But from my (sick)bed I want to try and make 2015 a year of appreciating everything and everyone I do have and making more of an effort with them. Whether that mean's prying myself away from netflix so I talk to my friends or finding the positives in my life rather than the negatives, I really just want to see my world as something that's just as good as everyone else's, if not better because its mine and I have so many amazing things in it.