Get your geek on

Jacket - Sack Sale ♦ Tee - Primark ♦ Jeans - River Island ♦ Shoes - Topshop ♦ Bow - Rowfers ♦ Lippie -  Rimmel Starry Eyed

It's that time of year again - Freshers Week. You may be wondering where the obligatory OOTN posts are - well I'm afraid I won't be joining the newbies this year as my body has decided to fall prey to the plague. Or a head-cold, whichever. My system just can't handle illness and alcohol at the same time. Boo.

I have however managed to prop myself up long enough to do a little outfit post - it's been a while. A pretty standard look today but I wanted to show you my new sandals. How cute are these? I couldn't decide whether I should get them in black or burgundy but I came to the conclusion I had way too many dark clothes in my wardrobe and that a little colour would brighten it up. They're so sweetly geeky and totally appropriate for back to school/uni.

I really hope I feel better for next week; I don't want to be the annoying student sniffing loudly every five seconds during a lecture. Wish me luck for this final scary year and  erm, pass me a tissue? *sneeze*

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September so far...

... has been rainy. Very rainy. It's made me quite fearful of stepping outside of my door, but I'm going to have to overcome that phobia soon as my third year at uni is just around the corner. It's kind of really scary to think that in a years time I'll be a proper grown-up, looking for a proper job. Yikes. 

It's probably just as scary for you guys starting uni too, it's a huge step up from school or college. You're probably nervous about workloads, deadlines and of course making new friends - maybe my advice will help you on that front ...? But seriously, just be yourself, have fun but above all, work hard. Yes, this sound quite boring but if you want to have a great time you've got to keep on top of your studies. It's not as hard as you've heard, promise! You can do it.

I couldn't choose which colour, so I got both ♦ My inspirational advice to all freshers starting uni... ♦ OOTN for Tori Kelly, ßclick the link! ♦ My bro baked - so good ♦ Funny-face speccy-twonk ♦ Rubicon Mango Swirl ice cream

Hope you have a super September ♣  

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Student Style

Posin' hell

I haven't done an outfit of the day post in quite a long while, uni has really got in the way of everything; my social life, my blog, my sanity! Luckily, the Easter holidays are on their merry way, so I'll have plenty of time to chill and give my little old blog some attention. 

Just your bog standard uni outfit today - but I really wanted to show you guys my new cardie. I love the pastel colours, they remind me of the coloured cotton balls we used to have when I was little. Anyone remember those? No? Just me then. Either way, I've totally been over-wearing it, but I don't care!

Don't you just love these ankle cuffs? They look really cute with trainers, though my mom thinks they look like a criminal's electronic tags. Personally, I think they're more like pigeon tags :') 

Cardigan - Primark

Tee - Bank

Jeans - River Island

Trainers - Hypnotic

Ankle Cuffs - eBay

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It's been a funny old week...

... if the definition of funny has suddenly changed to TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY DREADFUL. Which it hasn't. So that point is pointless.  But yeah, it's been an arse of a week.

Everything has gone wrong this semester. So you guys know my documentary ended up being filmed with no sound? We managed to re-shoot it and edit the majority of the footage this week, which is great. However, now it seems my other module is in jeopardy due to issues beyond my control, so that's not good. Don't you hate how you do everything in plenty of time and last minute things blow up in your face?

♦ Editing our documentary ♦ Spotty socks & gold headphones - chillin' ♦ Buddy's pizza - it'd be rude not to
♦ The Christmas countdown continues! ♦ Bad posing 'n' pouting ♦

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At least I'm still getting away with paying child fare on the bus. However, I nearly had an issue the other day, when the bus pulled up at a stop and I heard that oh-so-rare and terrifying phrase: 'tickets and passes please'. Shit. I tried to look as causal as possible as I quickly flashed my ticket at the bearded inspector. For a second it seemed he was going to leave, and I'd be safe, but I saw him hesitate. Shit. 

Here's how the convo went:

Him: 'How old are you?'
Me (little kid voice on): 'Fifteen..'
'When's your birthday?'
'17th of December' (he waits for the year) '..1996.'
He stares suspiciously for a second ... then he leaves. Oh my lord.
Thank god that date was right.

So at the grand age of nineteen, I'm still able to pass for fifteen, thanks to my great (not so great) maths. It probably helps that I'm shorter than most of the pre-teens and mid-teens out there.

Looking extremely calm despite the stress ;')

Hope your weeks have all been better than mine, have a good one.. ♣

Autumn is upon us

These pictures were taken hastily before uni today. Looking at them, you'd perhaps think it was a bright sunny day - no chance. The wind was awful today, my carefully sculpted hair was a knotted mess by the time I got to the bus station and I had to be extremely cautious that my skirt didn't betray my modesty. Eek.

Look at all the lovely Autumn leaves on the ground! I have to be honest, Autumn is the one season I've never actually had strong feelings about. If anything, I kind of disliked it, as it ushers in the end of summer and the huge gap to Christmas. I've been reading lots of blogs who have been celebrating the turning of the leaves, and I've decided to join them. Autumn is actually a really beautiful time of year, it's strange I've never really thought about it much. I'm enjoying it so far (:

Not a great deal has happened in the last week, although I have been given some articles to write for the uni paper The Thread, which I've really been looking forward to. I have already written a promo for the Band Night that's happening this Thursday and I'll be going along to that to cover it. As my regular readers will know, I'm kinda familiar with independent and local band, so I can't wait for that ☺

Some of my necklaces in their new home ♥ Sorry it's a bit blurry

I'm disappointed that you can't see my robot necklace in the photographs. Like seriously? It's like it's disappeared. I swear I was wearing it, but for some reason it is invisible - huh. Very strange. Oh well, here it is.  I find it really funny that the boy robot has the Ecape button on it's tummy - it's kinda like when the girl says she want to move in together or something, he's got it there, ready to bail :')

I've had it for ages, but only recently have I organised all my necklaces. I'm notoriously untidy, so I've been giving my room a massive clean-up. My necklaces were wedged into a box all tangled up, so my mother had the ingenious idea of getting a noticeboard and pinning them onto it. I think they look quite pretty up there too, which is a bonus.

Have a good week bubalas! Yes, I've become a Jewish grandmother lately. 

Cardigan - Layers

Tee- Apple Bottom

Skirt - Topshop

Sparkly tights - from childhood

Shoes - Ebay

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Watch - Jeremy Scott for Swatch

Robot necklace - Claire's 

Heart necklace - a gift

Deer Earrings - Clothes Show