Breaking the Stereotype

This one's gonna be short and sweet like a little fairy blog... I am currently sat out in my garden with the dog and a blanket reading my dashboard and I thought it was funny that I was doing this. This is because us bloggers get a bit of bad press about never going outside! (Well maybe some of the time...)

So people of the Internet, it got me to thinking about breaking out of the norm! We can do it!

That's it really!

Little pic from Instagram of me and my best chum Alex from justmylittlelifeandme.blogspot.co.uk

Busy Times and Cheap and Fun Summer Holidays Checklist!

I was sitting at home this morning and I realised I hadn't actually blogged in over a week! Time flies eh? Well it's not as if I am particularly having fun either as I have recently begun working in a very well known fast food place (which I won't name in case they find this and kill me for not liking my job).

Every summer (while I am still a student), I try and make a list of things I want to do before I go back to school/ uni. This year despite me working lots of hours, I kind of want to save some money before moving out in September, which means a cheap and cheerful summer is on the cards! Here are some ideas of cheap(ish) things I either have done already or plan to do over the next couple of months...

1. Pick your own fruit!

Now, I am really lucky at times when it comes to where I live. If you live in the city then this may be a little more difficult to do (I'm guessing), but there's something really cute about those pick your own strawberries places. You pay for what's in your basket, so if you eat on the way round then it's gonna be cheaper!

2. Restore something!

This summer I have an old 1970's bike I plan to restore in order to take with me to uni, but it got me thinking that a summer project is something fun to do other than go on the internet when it's raining. I spent £15 on my bike and it still works really well, so I think that it will be really fun to do! I will put pictures up of this as I go... One year I went to an antiques shop and restored an old cheap chair too which I recover every time I get a new colour scheme for my room! There's loads of things you can do for really cheap!

Restore your Grandad's clothes, you'll look incredible...

3. Cycle!

Alex and I from justmylittlelifeandme went cycling by the beach on Monday and it was such a nice day! We spent next to no money and had such a good day! Obviously,  if you've not got a bike it's gonna be a little bit more expensive... I would recommend taking bike locks with you though so you can actually do stuff, Alex and I forgot and had to walk our bikes everywhere!

The bike I was cycling on leaning on the prom while I ate my lemonade fizz ice lolly

4. Attend local festivals or fun days

Who said festivals had to be £200 a ticket? A lot of places will do music festivals and other types of festivals for a lot lot less than that, even free sometimes. This summer I am going to Ireland again to a festival called Forfey which is about £50 for the weekend. I know that there are a lot of folk festivals and things similar for really quite cheap and the atmosphere is always awesome! After all, you only need some decent tunes and a bit of sunshine (sometimes not even that) to have a magical time. Even crack open a couple of beers if you're over 18 and into that kind of thing...

This could be you, if you can use stilts...

5. Camping!

Can't afford to summer in St Tropez? Can't afford to buy St Tropez spray tan? Well lovelies, this is the ideal holiday for you... Get your St Moritz from Home Bargains and pack up your tent and disposable BBQ. Camping is a fun way to spend a few days with friends (weather permitting) and it doesn't break the bank too much. You can even make it sound glamorous and call it Glamping and coat everything with pink fur and glitter before you leave. If you do go, make sure to take insect spray, a pack of cards and dry shampoo. 

This is most definitely glamping... The type of camping I'm talking about is a lot less cool, but we will all think this is what we look like anyway.

That's it really!

If it's raining get a friend round and eat Breakfast at night with The Breakfast Club... Make sure you wear onesies!

Shopping on the interweb

Although I rarely have the money for it because my car eats money, I on occasion enjoy having a little moocharoo 'on the line' as many an old person would say. There are many magical places that this can take place, but I often would go on the websites of the stores I can get to in my local big town or city. HOWEVER, I have more recently realised that I can use the internet to my advantage in finding my dream outfit! Kind of like having a personal shopper that doesn't care that you're in your onesie with no make up on and a homemade face mask. Or eating chocolate spread out the jar.

This ladies is now all taken care of via the internet, something which for many (me included) is needed as much as Oxygen and H2O. This sounds like I have only just discovered internet shopping, which would make me a complete idiot and you might be questioning my age about now. THIS IS NOT THE CASE.

A few months ago I discovered a little website called 'shopstyle' which has CHANGED MY LIFE. No joke. Sometimes I want to look for something really obscure (like a dress covered in lemons for example- this is actually true) or specific but I can't be bothered to flick through every shop, because when it comes to online shopping do you ever find that you forget certain shops exist? Okay here is a few screen shots of me searching for something on it so you get the idea...

I might have told a bit of a porky here, well not exactly, this is how I found the dress but House of Fraser don't sell it anymore to my knowledge...

This dress was £28 and it is by Izabel London at House of Fraser

When life gives you lemons... WEAR THEM.

My face when I found the dress!

 Just wanted to share my knowledge with the world to make buying things even easier than it already is!

That's it really!

Some chick doing it better than me... This was my inspiration for the dress, seen on www.laurenconrad.com, skirt is from Alice + Olivia.
http://laurenconrad.com/blog/post/style-guide-how-to-wear-spring-s-trendiest-colors

Summer Wishlist 2013!

Although many days (like today) may not look like it; summer is finally here in the UK! Like the start of any season, I find myself searching the internet for things I would love to have for the upcoming season. Hopefully before the season is out I will have purchased a few of these lovely items I am going to share with you. I have sectioned them into categories, kind of like when people do 'favourites' posts, the only difference is I actually don't own the items. *cry* LET'S DO THIS.

Número uno... (1)
BEAUTY!

Going from left to right, here are my beauty picks for summer:

Top- Bourjois So Laque Glossy Nail Enamel in shade 04 Amande Defile, Stila Eyeshadow in Compact Cloud, MAC Lipstick in Candy Yum Yum
Bottom- Rimmel Exaggerate Eye Definer, Benefit Fine One One Cheek Colour, Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau so Fresh

All of these products look so lovely! I really like the idea of Benefit Fine One One, it looks so easy to use and the colours are really good too I think. Also, although I love using liquid eyeliner, I feel like the Rimmel exaggerate eyeliner will give a softer and smokier eyeline as  it is cream based, which will make it easy to blend (IN THEORY). I adore all of the Marc Jacobs scents, and I recently smelled the new Daisy in Debenhams and I truly believe I need it in my life as soon as possible! I LOVE stila eyeshadows, and I own two Stila palletes which I really enjoy using, some people find them awkward to use because they're really powdery, but once you get past that I think the eyeshadows give an incredible pigment with the right amount of shimmer. I just really like the colour of the Bourjois nail polish, I understand that a lot of companies do that kind of mint green shade, but I could only pick one so that is what I chose.


Nummer zwei... (2)

FASHION!

I'm going to do three high end and three high street, this is a wishlist after all...

Top- Valley Girl T-Shirt from Wildfox, Madameoiselle Tara cute bow dress, The Cambridge Satchel Company Chelsea Bag in Honeysuckle
Bottom- River Island Cream Floral Cut out Playsuit, New Look Limited Gladiator Sandals in White, Stone Flower Rope Bracelet from Topshop.

It seems like I have a bit of an obsession with white, maybe I do, it's just there's nothing more pretty in summer than clean white clothes on a tan (I don't ever tan but I still love white in the summer, keeps me cool). I love that Valley Girl top from Wildfox, I know it's meant for the American Belair Princesses, but being someone who lives in a valley in North Wales, I personally find it quite funny! It's pink too which is an added bonus! I kind of think most of these items go together too which is nice, although I doubt I will get all of them as combined it is about £500 of stuff! I got stuff to pay for man...

Rhif tri... (3)

RANDOM!

Top- Tumblers with a straw (This one is from The Disney Store), Sunflowers EVERYWHERE, This is 40 on DVD
Bottom- Macaroons, The New Beetle Cabriolet in light blue, The smells of lemons!

All of these things make me very happy! Well I think, I haven't seen This is 40 yet but I have heard it is very funny so I can't wait to see it!

That's it really!

This is my pet unicorn (the green one). He's called bollock.