Summer Sun

Summer is finally here. 

I can't believe my second year of university is complete - it seems like yesterday I was going crazy at freshers.

The last walk from uni

Leaving uni this year was extra emotional as a lot of people I won't be seeing again as next year I will be in Toulouse on my Erasmus year! Me and my friend successfully found an apartment which is perfect and so I am starting to get much more excited to go - it's set to be a great year. 

Get ready for a lot more blogging from September as I indulge in french culture (wine, bread and cheese, right?).

My summer is starting swiftly with a week on Bulgaria next week - veryyyy excited indeed. Then followed by a few local festivals and a bit of work here and there and my summer is complete!

What are your summer plans?

Alice x

May

We Heart It

It is already May... I actually cannot believe it - Christmas seems like yesterday! 

Busy May ahead...

The start and end of exam season

If you are a student you will understand what a horrible time this is.. for me this year, however, it consists of one exam (I have a lot of green eyed monsters around me lately..) so I will be officially finished with year two by the 21st May. Time is going far, far to quickly!

The end of Year 2 at university

And with the end of the year comes a lot of goodbyes as I will be spending next academic year in Toulouse so chances are I won't see a lot of people for a fair while! Very exciting prospect to be going but I am certainly going to miss a lot of people.

House-hunting in Toulouse for next year

At the end of this month me and my friend are going house-hunting in Toulouse (/sunning it up for a few days) which should be good! Our aim is to get an apartment with a balcony pour quand il y a du soleil et nous buvons beaucoup du vin ;)

The commencement of summer!

It is finally feeling like it with the beautiful weather we have been having lately. Summer is just around the corner and I cannot wait. Hopefully I will find a job but I aim just to have a relaxing break with my friends in the sun.

May is going to be a good month.

What are your plans in May?

-Alice x

Update

It has been unbelievably long since I wrote a blog post - I am not very good with this blogging malarky.

I thought i'd try get back into it with a short update on the past few months...

- Christmas was lovely having the whole family back together to welcome in 2013. The break from uni was great but again it just flew by - three weeks was not long enoughhh.

- Second year has already flown by, I cannot believe i'm already halfway through. Exams are all done for Semester one so I have had a short time of relaxing in the past few weeks before Semester two gets well and truly underway!

- With my return to University after Christmas I have managed to get an internship for Easter which is amazing - i'm anxious but excited to finally get some hands-on marketing experience.

- As the year moves swiftly on, my year abroad moves swiftly closer. I will be in Toulouse in France for Year 3 of university which is daunting yet exciting as I struggle to improve my extremely bad french skills. With this adventure abroad though my goal is to keep a very regular blog going so I record every aspect of it. My virtual diary for the year.

- One of my new years resolutions is to blog more often so watch this space!

Alice x

Home for the year

Hellooo!

So I have now returned to uni (yaaay!) and moved into a house. I have finally got my room kinda in order so I thought I'd do a little post on it and a few things I have done!

I have one of the smaller rooms in the house which I was sort of sad about to start with but now I loveee it and also I swear it is warmer than the larger rooms in the house :) Our house is cheap and cheerful so it's no palace but its 'charming' in its own little way (in spite of the constant mess and various broken appliances we are slowly discovering - but that's what being a student is all about, right?).

This is sort of my room as you walk in, you can see the foot of my bed and window. The drawers/'dressing table' is new from Ikea as I needed some drawers that would fit into the awkward cubby-hole! So we got this chest of drawers which I looove and the smaller drawers are so handy for make-up storage. Bedding is also from Ikea.

This is my window where I have little nic-nacs like my rings in a little dish and perfumes. The little owl pot is the newest addition from New Look!

Not much to say here - my desk and laptop. Probably a place I will procrastinate to no end.

And on this wall I stuck on the wall stickers I got in Korea, I really like how it turned out :) And again, the mirror is of course from Ikea and the bedding also (it was £12 so I thought it would be kinda bad quality but its actually really nice).

And thats about it realllly! Not much else to say apart from that I have shopped waay too much already since ive been here considering I have yet to succeed in finding a job. Maybe i'll do a post on a few things I have bought sooooon.

Thanks for reading :)

Alice x

A Drop of Sun

Hooraaay the sun is finally here! Since Monday we have had clear blue skies which I am most definitely not complaining about.

The only shame was that it was grey and dreary on my Birthday - however I still had a lovely day nonetheless :) However I just can't believe I will never be able to say i'm a teenager again, I don't feel old enough to be 20 already! Time is moving too fast for my liking, I need to stop wasting time watching one tree hill (though we all know that will never happen) and make the absolute most of this year.

I was offered to work at my university's Open Days on Tuesday so stayed in Southampton for 2 days which was fun - and a bonus getting paid for it! 

The Docks in the sunshinnneee

I might have accidentally gone shopping and spent some of my birthday money whilst there and bought a new pair of boots from Topshop - the 'Mighty' boots. I love them but contemplating whether they are very practical for uni so mightttt return them. Though who wants practicality in their wardrobe?

Just thought i'd do a quick update as I was bored - I plan to write a lot more next week!

-Alice x

Recent Purchases

If you like a good bargain, you have come to the right blog as I am definitely a very indecisive person which results in me usually shopping in Primark over Topshop in favour of guilt-free shopping!

I am soon to be beginning my second year at University and so moving into a student house and my bedroom is far from glamorous. So I am slowly collecting little bits and bobs for my new room in hope to 'spruse' it up a little!

Amazon - Roughly £5

I have been looking for a nice necklace holder/jewellery holder for SO long now as the tangles were just getting too much for me. I never think to look for stuff like this on amazon but I found this little gem which is cheap, cheerful and pretty. 

E-Mart in Korea - Roughly £7

I bought these whilst on holiday and they are wall stickers which form a tree and bird-cage on your wall. I have wanted some for ages and thought these would easily add a little character to my new uni room. I know you probably won't be able to fly to Korea and grab a roll of these but I'm pretty sure if you search the internet they won't be hard to find!

That's all the decorative stuff for now but i'll keep you updated on other bits and bobs I find :) Below are a few bits I bought when shopping the other day...

Miss Selfridge - £3

Primark - £16

Bargain of the day - Primark - £1

And as one final random purchase, me and my friend both got our ear pierced as we have both sai we would do it for aaages but never got round to doing it. Finally did today though! Successful shopping trip i'd say :)

Hope you are having a lovely day,

Alice x