Assignment treat!

So today was an excellent day for me! I've got back to work childminding , followed by 700 calories worth of sweating in the gym (I'm sure i'll be telling you all about my new health kick soon) then I ventured into university to pick up an assignment and holy shit was i dreading it. I've had a bit of a roller coaster with my marks this year which isn't good enough for final year to be honest. So i definitely felt nervous for this one! But praise the lord , I picked it up and got 75% a first! In an utter fantastic mood with myself I headed into town to treat myself (only primark treats though since I have £35 left till Thursday) .

I already kind of knew what I had in my mind thanks to a wonderful girl on instagram (@Charlottefischer btw) and my new found love for co-ord sets. Enter the primark version - only £25 and could probably just about pass as a topshop version.

Let me know what you think!

Hula Hula

xoxo

Payday treats

Payday came around last week for me and lord did i go on a blow out 

I decided to treat myself to:

Urban decay naked palette 2 (£37)

Urban outfitters tartan skirt (£15 in the sale )

Urban outfitters slubby jumper (£10 in the sale) ps it pictures terribly !

And what do I think ?

Basically I'm in love with the naked 2 palette , although the rosy tones of the 3 was close to tempting me , both me and the shop assistant decided that the 2 was probably better for my skin tone , more diverse and a good place to start with a palette. I try and use it everyday ( coming from a girl who never wears eyeshadow) , and I love experimenting with the looks that I can get, in fact i'll probably do a post on it pretty soon!

The urban outfitters tartan skirt just feels so on trend right now , and it was in the sale which is always great. The only problem I have with this skirt is me , it fits pretty nice and it sits just above the hip which I love , but it is pretty short on my 6ft 1 frame. I know that if I was wearing shorts then i'd wear shorter than this skirt but I don't think i'm confident enough to go out wearing it casually in the day yet ( maybe wearing the right shoes I could deal with it)

The urban outfitters slubby jumper was also in the sale and i bought it specifically to go with the skirt , its quite cropped , super comfy but as you can see pictures terribly and it clicks quite easily ( although  I knew that it would when i bought it

Any opinions ? Been on a payday splurge ?

Hula Hula 

xoxox

Kimono lovin'

 Im not really sure what it is with me and my style at the moment but I have intense love for kimonos.
It may be because I can finally imagine Summer coming and they're perfect to throw on or maybe its because they're in the sale. Anyways I bought these two little beauties from topshop - one the definition of summer with its vibrancy and the other one a little more dark , gothic and intricate.

Topshop reduced from around 50 to £20+ student discount

Such a pretty pretty thang, from 55 to £20 + student discount

What do you think , anything you're hyping over at the moment ?

Hula Hula xoxo 

City girl - LONDON

Recently i got the opportunity to go to London for a really exciting opportunity - an interview to be an au pair in America! My friend Lauren also had a training day in London on the Thursday too so we decided to go Wednesday and make a trip of it

Cue disaster
I eagerly woke up on Wednesday morning to find a text off Lauren telling me that she'd actually booked the wrong day for the hotel, although it was an obstacle number one ,we quickly rang the hotel and the kind lady at the desk sorted it out for us.
Then the second obstacle came head on - Lauren was stuck in Middlesbrough when our train was in Newcastle , I quickly told her to make her way to Darlington where the train stopped anyways , and when she confirmed she was en route to Darlo I relaxed a bit... all ready I made my way to the train station collected the tickets and settled down on the train ready to go , sorting out the tickets I realised  that I'd booked the wrong time train - the 9.29 one instead of the 10:25 i was currently sat on. PANIC.  So i quickly rushed to the front of the train to see the guard , explained how everything had went majorly wrong , fortunately he was super kind , told me it wasn't a busy train and to take a seat anyways . PHEW . Things were finally sorted until we realised that there was actually a tube strike on so entering London was pretty daunting since I've only ever used the tube. Dun dun dunnnn - aside from all that we actually managed alright and ill give you a quick overview of what we did

Arrived in London
Managed to get the tube to Oxford Street
Shopped in the mega ass topshop (beautiful place)
Walked down oxford street shopping
Made our way to our hotel in Kensington
Went out for dinner
Went to the pub , met a spanish man who would not stop buying us tequila - proceeded to get extremely drunk and stumbled back to our hotel

Day 2 - Interview day
I had already pre planned my outfit topshop treggings (tall) (£25) , the beautiful white oxford shirt from topshop that i got in the sale (£15) , my black doc marten chelsea boots (£80) , zara black bag (£60) , urban outfitters navy coat (mentioned in a previous post) (£27), topshop pork pie hat (£25). All pictured below 

               

Getting to bloody tunbridge wells was a feat in itself - long story short i ended up on a tour bus (i'm an idiot ) where the driver was extremely kind and helped me get to charing cross.
My interview was great ( i got it )
I came back we went to camden to mooch through the market , grabbed a slice of pizza and went for a few drinks in Amy Winehouse's local.
We then made our way back to central London where we went and looked at a Banksy piece (Lauren loves him) after this we made our way home.

Wow i feel exhausted just writing that.
But honestly i feel London is such a thriving place , i'm in love with it and I'm really hoping to live there for a couple of years when i'm back from America. I think ill be happy when i can master the tube!

Side note- Ive always held the belief that southerners might be a little bit unfriendly but holy shit was i proved wrong, every single person that I encountered on our trip went out their way to help me and one stranger even came up to me just to say ' you're so beautiful'. I wouldn't of got anywhere without all of their help. c ya soon LANDAN 

Hula Hula xoxox 

Chokers

I just feel like they're everywhere at the moment , and i kind of love the grunge vibe they give, buttt the ones i wanted just haven't hit the shops yet , therefore it was time for a good ebay trawl and guess what i found !? Possibly the prettiest, extremely cliched infinity choker. Just bloody look at it , how pretty (and only a fiver - bargain)

Channelling some ultra goth vibes right there.

Ive also noticed the '90's tattoo choker' coming back in and I really want one , I Just don't know if thats going a tad too far!

Hula Hula xoxox