July 27, 2016

York holds a lot of memories for me. I did my undergraduate degree in York and even stayed on for a little bit after I graduated; I grew up, fell in love, made friends for life, learnt how to live by myself, got a job, moved in with my boyfriend and accompanied drunken companions to A&E. I loved my University experience but it was pretty intense. I felt heartbreak, crippling self-doubt and learnt
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Posted in Photography, Travel | Tagged el piano, evil eye, travel, York |
July 24, 2016

I've been trying not to buy any clothes from high street shops unless completely necessary, but this top just called out to me. I feel like an angel in it. An angel with velvet flares. It's funny how flares have become like, my thing. I met a friend's new girlfriend recently who thought she'd seen me before at an event. "Were you wearing, velvet glittery flares?" yep, that sounds like me. This particular
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Posted in What I wore | Tagged ASOS, botanic gardens, Edinburgh, velvet cave, YRU |
July 14, 2016

My birthday was a long while ago, but I had these photos sitting around in my hard drive and I wanted to share them with you. It's funny having a blog because you are intentionally or unintentionally curating a space which presents only aspects of your life. No one could share their whole life on a blog or perfectly convey every facet of their personality. I am aware that I have accidentally created
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Posted in Photography, Travel | Tagged birthday, culross, loch lomond, scotland, travelling |
July 10, 2016

Like every blogger, I love a good hat. No outfit is really complete without a cowboy hat, right?!? Unfortunately I also live in Edinburgh, one of the windiest cities in the UK (and possibly the world.) It doesn't take long after leaving the house until my hat has flown away, I'm clutching it to my head, or I've given up and tossed it in my bag instead. A couple of years ago I discovered a really simple
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Posted in DIY | Tagged DIY, how to keep your hat on, how to stop your hat from blowing away |
July 9, 2016

It feels weird to be talking about anything other than politics post-Brexit-referendum. There's all this turmoil and we're just carrying on with our ordinary lives like nothing's happened. I recently found out that I'm entitled to Irish Citizenship, meaning (if they accept me) I'll be able to keep all the benefits of EU citizenship - yay! Maybe this is the perfect time to show you Part 2 of my Ireland
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Posted in Travel | Tagged dublin, galway, ireland, roadtrip, travel |