oh me!! oh my!!

worth a shot...

2010-05-13T22:39:00.002+02:00

i know i haven't posted here in ages but seeing as it is a mostly style directed blog i figured this would be worth a try. i need people to fill in this spanish questionnaire for me so that i can use the answers as part of the research portion of my spanish oral presentation on fashion blogs and spanish fashion. problem is i have to give the presentation on tuesday and i still haven't got a single response, so if anyone speaks spanish or knows someone else who could help me out, i'd be forever indebted!! if all else fails i might just post it in english before the weekend is through to see if i can even get some english opinions to work with.

1) Por qué empezaste tu blog de moda y cuándo?

2) Qué crees de la fama que otras españolas han recidibo a causa de sus blogs? (por ejemplo, amlul)

3) Qué piensas de “la moda española”?- de qué consiste? como lo ha cambiado durante los años? existe una moda española “moderna”?

4) Describame tu estilo personal.

5) Piensas que hay un aspecto o una influencia de la moda tradicional española en tu estilo?

6) Estás de acuerdo con la noción que los blogs de moda han cambiado la manera en que vimos la moda y el estilo para siempre, a través de un tipo de “globalización” dónde no existen diferencias entre la moda desde un país al otro? crees que la “globalización” del estilo ha tenido un efecto negativo en la moda española?

7) Qué dirías a alguien que opina que los blogs de moda y la obsesión de moda en nuestra generación están culpable de los trastornos de comer, la falta de autoestima y imagenes corporales negativas etc?

GRACIAS DE ANTEMANO!!:]

(y por avor, corrigeme si he hecho errores en la lengua!! estoy aprendiendo todavía y necesito toda la ayuda que pueda obtener.)

i'm mostly still hanging out here.

kthxbai!!:]

note to self: don't die.

2010-03-23T01:17:00.005+01:00

i've been pretty fail at life recently. all those rumours about being a final year student and how it ruins yr general existence are pretty true. having said that, i have (finally) started a new blog. it's probably not going to be very fashion/style centered, unless i can pluck up the courage to hound other people for outfit photographs (which would be ideal). i don't really know what it will be like or for at the moment, but i guess it's kind of exciting not to have any real plan and to just see where something takes you. i guess i feel like i'm going to be more "me" on it. i'm not exactly sure how that will go down, but we'll see.

anyyyway, i know it can be pretty annoying when people do this, but here's the new link:

http://dirtylittlewhirlwind.wordpress.com

if yr in anyway interested in what i am/am not up to, click it and add it or whatever. :] but i won't be offended if not. anyone who wants me to link them again on the new blog let me know. i still read every single one of the blogs on my blogroll every day and i adore them all!!

peace, love and waves of nausea.

<3 Ru xxx

ps: oh yeah, and i dyed my hair blonde. what do you think??

botfly brain.

2010-01-06T19:12:00.008+01:00

i'm pretty much a husk of a human due to finals at the minute. but once they're over, the blog is getting an absolute overhaul. exciting!!

to do:
-~~spanish translation~~
-~~human rights coursework~~
-~~spanish exam~~
-~~human rights exam~~
-~~spanish presentation~~
-~~spanish oral~~
-~~evidence exam~~

then i can get back to reading all the books i want to read and blog type things and zine type things. ace.

<3 click
xx

02-12-10

2009-12-04T00:22:00.002+01:00

i'm currently resisting the urge to do something like this to my hair. my friend sophie has a sidecut a bit like mine and when her hair was blonde she dyed the shaved part slush puppy blue. it was ace. by resisting it's important to note that i mean i don't really plan on resisting at all, just tweaking the idea a little.

<3 click
xx

arms.

2009-12-02T02:06:00.004+01:00

things i am looking forward to (a lot):

1. the convict comes home in nine days:] this makes me ridiculously happy. i'm on my dad's laptop cos i'm t home and i was looking through all my old photos and suddenly realised that this is the first photo i ever took of him (right hand side, in odd "staring at crotch/floor" pose), not the one i had previously thought. it's at a party about a year and a half ago and i remember we called him the convict cos of his shaved head. do you ever see things like this and find it hard to believe that the person in the photo and the person you know now are actually one and the same??

2. PAVEMENT!! or, hopefully pavement, in may!! they're playing a gig in dublin in may and my bfff is going to try to get us tickets as my birthday present. imagine how close to complete my life would be if i got to see pavement live??...and buy a tee shirt??

yeh, that's right; i used a photograph of a piece of pavement with reference to the band. cos i had it on my laptop...and i imagine the experience of seeing pavement play live would be as exciting as this photograph is to look at (for me anyway). so sue me. :]

<3 click
xx

speaking of birthdays...

2009-11-29T21:00:00.005+01:00

mine is not too far away now. and i still have no idea what to do etc.

though this cake would be awesome, thanks. :]

<3 click
xx

trapped in a basement...

2009-11-29T01:24:00.008+01:00

this is what ensues if you go to the christmas market for a catch-up over strawberry beer and (too strong) cider, onward to tesco to purchase lemon birthday cake and other assorted birthday favors and then to the empty basement of magazine offices in order to surprise yr friend/the birthday boy at band practice. the last picture is of me in a discarded hallowe'en costume that we found in the basement from a "dead famous" party the magazine hosted in 2007. there is also a video of me smashing one of the cakes in his face, but i won't put it up as i don't think the interwebzz is ready for my horrible northern irish accent. :] especially at the moment as i have a throat infection and sound particularly croaky/husky/manly/sadly not sexy like other girls seem to sound in the same situation. swallowing is difficult. that will be all. :]

oh, also: it turns out this blog ALSO celebrated its birthday yesterday. how apt. so happy birthday blog...i am still not entirely sure of yr purpose. oh well. :]

<3 click
xx

the mediator of the head and the hands must be the heart.

2009-11-23T20:29:00.004+01:00

my weekend in southampton was fantastic...the only downside is coming home and having to get straight back to uni work etc etc all while remembering how sucky it is to miss yr boyfriend after spending four and a half days in his pocket. i didn't take any photos (shocking, i know!!) but we pretty much just cooked and ate nice food, went out drinking and dancing and watched movies etc etc. oh and i took him on a google streetview tour of the city i lived in in spain last year because (for some unkwon reason) flights are far too expensive for us to get there in reality anytime soon.

the screenshots above are from a german silent film called metropolis that we watched last night. if you haven't seen it you should definitely invest some time to watch it. it is really inspiring. i now know what my hallowe'en costume will be next year. and the score is beautiful.

click<3
xx

when we are far from eachother...

2009-11-18T19:04:00.006+01:00

...we slip into something more comfortable.

bally's dress, topman shirt, topshop tights, river island boots.

this is from approximately forever ago such is my sham of a laptop. it is completely broken now and i had to steal a friend's power cable to post this. meaning that now, the night before i leave for a weekend southampton, i am trying to save everything that i can foresee myself needing in the immediate future off my laptop...instead of going to see my friends play a show. :[

the dress is stolen from my housemate and it's so comfy i practically lived in it this week but i don't think i'll bother buying one myself. this is the kind of thing i'm really fickle about. i loved it last week but don't think i'd wear it again, even though i think these flower print tops and dresses look nice on other girls...although they do seem to be on a LOT of other girls at the moment.

anyway...i better go pack and finish the seemingly endless list of other things i have to do before i can go to bed, excited for my visit to the boyfriend.

<3 click.
xx

PS: these photographs are testament to the fact that you should not get yr friends to take pictures of you when you've been drinking...and also frightening proof of just how short i really am...and how goofy my face looks at all times.

"this is an emergency, you're not you anymore and i don't feel like me."

2009-11-14T02:20:00.006+01:00

i was in dublin, briefly, this week. it was fantastic fun and i wish i never had to leave. i'd like to say "photos to come" but that would be a massive lie as i was far too drunk and far too distracted to even remember i had my camera, save for a ew pictures of a cat and me eating my weight in food.

today i got anooother injection. my last for a few months though, yay. i will not miss that dreaded sore arm feeling. though this one has been less painful than the others so here's hoping it stays that way.

i'm going to southampton next weekend but i want to be there NOW.

i'm thinking of (dash probably definitely going to be) dyeing my hair orange. like, bright orange. like, fifth element orange. like, this-

...probably even orange-y-er actually. it is an obsession. and one of those things i think i just need to get out of my system. and yes, everybody seems to think i am insane. i just want to have it already. i saw a little kid in town this week in skinny jeans, a knitted baby pink jumper with a snowflake on it, a black parka and bright orange hair (natural!! bitch!!...okay she was like six...but jealousy ahoy.) the same length as mine. i think she is my current muse/style icon.

upon rereading, this is a post full of impatience. you wouldn't think i had a zillion things to do for uni before my life as i plan it can actually begin.

<3 click.
xx

how do you think yr gona get me home??

2009-11-07T01:07:00.008+01:00

...you ain't got any cigarettes, cigarettes, cigarettes, cigarettes, no.

river island boots, firetrap heels.

good things come to those who wait. :] and i do feel like i waited a lifetime. but now i finally have a pair of booties to keep my toes warm and dry this winter. and a pair of killer heels to keep me dancing through the party season. i think this is the clearest material indication of the complete dichotomy of my very existence- comfortable, flat, durable boots vs ankle-threatening, hooker-esque, patent heels. hello life.

<3 click
xx

there's fake blood all over my bed from you...

2009-11-03T15:27:00.008+01:00

...no really.

<3 click.
xx

he's a VAMPIRE!!

2009-10-27T02:00:00.003+01:00

Cole from the Black Lips dressed up as a vampire for hallowe'en when he was younger. what are you going as??

I am such a hallowe'en geek. Except this year i am so badly prepared in the costume department.

Still beyond excited though!!:]

<3 click
xx

decir que no a todo.

2009-10-26T04:08:00.004+01:00

note to self: stop flailing and looking awkward in photos.

firetrap dress, top and scarf, river island leggings.

i have officially been sick in one way or another for about three weeks now. it is getting ridiculous. currently i have some kind of head cold thing that has impaired my hearing with hilarious consequence. you know when yr ears are popping and everything sounds like it's underwater??...that has been my life for the past 48 hours, no joke. i'm never sure if i am shouting at people or barely being audible. try that when working in a clothes shop and studying languages, it's fun.

turns out i didn't even need the second injection on thursday as i'd already had it. that definitely sucks, considering the fact that since then, my right arm has been swollen up to popeye proportions and absolute agony to have attached to the rest of my body. getting dressed and undressed(woe is me, no sexy undressing time??...oh wait, that never happens anyway:]) have become my worst enemy, hence the need for comfort at every turn...which is why this outfit is my new best friend (it's actually my work uniform). slouchy, soft and dark...i'm sold. also, i have wanted this circle scarf with tassels for so long now and it certainly does not disappoint in the warmth/comfort stakes.

i love this blog enough to pay it attention over my spanish assignments. (now can we have sexy undressing time??) oop.

<3 click
xx

hectic ducks and ominous clouds

2009-10-23T00:17:00.010+02:00

sometimes on a day off, there is absolutely nothing better than taking a roadtrip to yr hometown and enjoying stormy beach walks, long lunches and forest adventures with two of yr favourite city boys. :] i have never experienced two people be quite so enthused about waves and ducks before...it reminds me to be so grateful to have grown up in such a naturally beautiful area.

today was such an awesome and necessary break...even if it did end with a doctor's trip for yet more injections. :[ i was only meant to get one but ended up with two sore arms cos the nurse realised i'd missed one and "might as well get it whilst about." yay??

my views on the BNP/question time debate:
that bonnie greer has got SASS!!
i would totally buck jack straw!!
:]
if yr not sure what i'm talking about click here. sorry it's a pretty old link but getting one with just the facts is pretty difficult. to find any articles on this subject that are not outrageously biased one way or the other is tough...there's plenty more follow up links from there.

also...booked my flights to see the boyfriend this week: 19th-23rd november!! happybat:]

<3 click.
xx

i don't care...

2009-10-22T00:42:00.002+02:00

...how absolutely mental lady gaga is. and i don't give a fuck that she is completely dead behind the eyes. the woman is an absolute machine.

...a machine with LILAC LIPS!! she makes me want to dye my hair blonde (oh wait...already tried that, worst 48 hours of my life...i remember now) and put lilac streaks in it. and wear lilac lipstick...as if my obsession with unnatural lip colours wasn't already verging on worrisome.

this is one of the few issues in life where my boyfriend doesn't concur. the only other i can think of is our very differing opinions on the influence of the glamrock movement on the origins of 80s metal and the true definition of "punk" as a concept and/or lifestyle.

he doesn't know what he's missing. :]

<3 click.
xx

i'llwrapyouroundmyfingerwhileyouhavemebythethroat...

2009-10-18T04:02:00.008+02:00

...yr still a heartbreaker and i'm just an idiot.

housemate's jumper, topshop vest, nanny's belt, h+m skirt, primark shoes.

yeh so i still have that aversion to looking at the camera and tend to awkwardly attempt to fix my hair mid shot. :]
i've been ill, but got convinced/coerced into going out tonight...which i can't really complain about cos i did have fun miscellaneous banter with people i hadn't seen in a while.
these pictures are just to illustrate two of the loves of my life right now.
first: this grey jumper that belongs to my male housemate (who's wardrobe is becoming my go-to zone for the cosiest and softest winter knits i've ever worn plus the most extensive scarf collection known to man). i have been wearing it for the past three days straight over all my outfits. it is just TOO comfortable and soft...like a hug. and really slouchy...i enjoy slouchy things, as i'm sure is obvious by now.
second: a black waisted cummerbund style belt my nanny gave me during the aforementioned clearout of her closet. she gave my little sister and i an absolute heap of amazing vintage belts and this is one of my favourites. i'll try to take some more detailed pictures of it tomorrow, along with some of the others.

my housemate's worklife is beginning to intertwine with the business transactions of my father!! how weird is that?? it does essentially mean i never have to pay for indian food again though, so no complaints here. :]

tonight i got called "boatwreck"...which was pleasant. but then some complete stranger girl told me she thought i looked like karen o (i think it's the new hair that does this...) and that she really like karen o and hoped i did too. which was a nice thing to hear, i think. :]

night night click<3
xx

gonateachyoutricksthat'llblowyrmongrelmind...

2009-10-15T04:50:00.005+02:00

...babydoll i recognise yr a hideous thing inside.

black flag tee, thrifted shirt, nanny's bracelet.

only wednesday and already this morning i woke up feeling as if we have had a sufficiently mental week...a little dull and drama-less existence wouldn't go amiss for a while, you know?? so i've reverted to "boring" things in hope that life will be a little less hectic. luckily for me, i find boring things are kind of the best things. tidying my room, drawing wolf outlines for a teeshirt for michael, making mixtapes and drinking tea. lots of tea. i had forgotten just how much i adore tea. this week's favourite picks being chamomile and vanilla, echinea and raspberry and green tea(as always).

my nanny gave me the most beautiful bracelet on sunday. it is jade and gold; she bought it when she was traveling in hong kong a few years ago and it is so delicate and mesmerising. i'm in love with it.

i wear so much gold now. i think i want to get a gold nose ring to wear instead of the silver one i have.

<3 click
xx

eye spy with my little eye...

2009-10-10T03:06:00.004+02:00

exciting things in the future...

these are some of the vintage glasses frames i got that i have been talking about selling since forever ago. i'm in love with pretty much every single set, but to keep all of them would be excessive even for me:] i have a heap of classwork to do tomorrow aaand i promised my nanny i'd help her clear out her closet (seeing as i have a rare saturday off)...but hopefully i can also get pictures taken of some of these bad boys for selling. as per usual, any bloggers who are interested in a certain set; just drop me a comment or email and i'll sell them direct. they come with a free vintage case too!! i have no pictures of those yet but trust me, they're awesome.

<3 click
xx

dirtylittlewhirlwind...

2009-10-09T18:29:00.004+02:00

i never really shop in topshop. i know, scandal...but generally i've always been of the opinion that the stuff is overdone, overpriced and sub-par in the quality stakes. so imagine my surprise as, yesterday, on my walk to work, i found myself unable to take my eyes off one particular item in the topshop window...this bra. umm...i NEED it in my life. all i want to wear for the rest of my life is this bra over a white vest top and skinny jeans. it is amazing.

payday can't come soon enough...only fifteen days!!:[

<3 click
xx

*edit*...i just realised it comes in the green too!! completely torn. at least this way i have fifteen days to decide i guess.

mymind'smadeup...

2009-10-09T18:20:00.002+02:00

i'mtoomuchinlovewithyou.

hettie@firetrap.com
these are currently waiting patiently for me in the stockroom at work...until the 24th of october when i get paid and will (hopefully) be able to afford them. they are perfect. a few months ago i made an inward pact with myself not to buy anymore black shoes, but i'm making an exception. they're full on hooker shoes. anyone who knows me remotely well knows that hooker shoes are my achilles heel. also, that's an eleven cm heel. you should SEE how tall i am in them. i may just never take them off once they are mine.

<3 click
xx

dirty mirror kissers.

2009-10-01T02:10:00.006+02:00

i found this giant mirror sitting in the hall of my mum and dad's house. it is amazing. i want to steal it but i'm pretty sure they would notice right away due to it's absolute gargantuan size. i tried to take some picture to show how huge it really is but they just don't do it justice. aaand it has the prettiest frame ever.

also, this is one of my favourite jumpers in the world. i picked it up in a thrift shop three years ago for just five pounds!! it's so comfy and so easy. :]

<3 click

xx

i'm beat.

2009-09-30T00:02:00.003+02:00

okay so you can't really see anything in this picture (of my little sister and i being idiots together as per) but i figured it was better than nothing. new hair new hair. it's so short...but i'm really excited about what i can do with it.

and so to bed. i had a trip to the doctor today and i have been prodded and poked and weighed and measured and injected far too much for my own liking. i just need sleeeeep now.

<3 click
xx

because being skint wasn't already killing me enough...

2009-09-29T02:42:00.004+02:00

i know, i know...a poor girl just shouldn't even venture near pixie market. especially a girl as poor as me. hell, i can't even REALLY justify shopping there on good money days.

but LOOK!!...it is me!!...in dress form.

courtesy of neurotica. i'm swaying toward the first one. and wondering whether my parents or boyfriend love me enough to buy me an early birthday present.

click <3
xx

you know what is weird??

2009-09-28T17:06:00.005+02:00

...looking through the sartorialist and seeing belfast boy rory mckee looking ethereal on the street at london fashion week. especially a few weeks after you were chatting to him at a local band's ep launch.

weirder still??

...discovering that that same lovely boy has recently been shot by HEDI fricking SLIMANE!!

the first i knew of rory's modeling was when his mum came into firetrap a few weeks ago and pointed him out in the ad campaign we had done with i-D. she mentioned he was starting to do more high fashion and catwalk stuff. and judging from these pictures i daresay he'll be pretty good at it.

amazing, non??

<3 click

xx

if i could just leave my body for one night...

2009-09-28T16:45:00.002+02:00

...then we could be dancing, no more missing you when i'm gone
there we could be dancing, and you'd smile and say "i like this song!!"...

this is pretty much the only song i am listening to this week (well, besides the black lips and jay z...but what's new there??). it is kind of my life. it kind of makes me want to cry whilst filling me with comforting warmth simultaneously.

we have internet in the house now...how novel!!:] so that plus the fact that classes recommence this week should mean a hasty return to regular posting.

not much has been going on...i have just been getting settled in the new house, working my balls off in firetrap and being ridiculously skint. le boy went back to england on friday (yes, i am very good at putting myself in long distance relationship situations:[). he is missed. but hallowe'en isn't too far away and i have a scary amount of work to keep me occupied in the meantime.

aaand...in true "ru in hair boredom shockerrr" mode, i am getting my hurrr did tomorrow morning. my friend needs models and i'm sick of having this bird's nest in my way so i'm giving her free reign. then...i'm thinking about dyeing it orange. thoughts??

hope everyone has been keeping well!!

<3 click

xx

if you're a bat; i'm a bat.

2009-09-02T03:09:00.004+02:00

i am currently at my parents' house with a ridiculously sore/dead arm because i got all these injections today. now my shoulder is all swollen and the general dull pain is creeping up my neck into my head. i hate injections...needles are one of my greatest phobias and today's needles were no exceptions...but necessary evils, right??

i have had a strange couple of weeks and still have a strange couple of weeks to come...all culminating in...well, i don't know what. i guess i'm just riding things out and seeing what happens/whether that is good or bad etc.

i lost my glasses at pukkelpop. annoying but no biggie. i also got my watch pickpocketed/lost. yeh THAT watch. i still haven't even been able to bring myself to tell my dad. it's not even the money it is worth...just the fact that it was such a thoughtful gift for my twentyfirst birthday and had real sentimental value.

i started my new/old job last week and it has been awesome so far. generally...once this week (especially tomorrow) is over i'm thinking things will calm down a bit. which is nice.

i can't wait to have internet in the house so i can actually blog properly...rather than saving up a fortnight of rants for one quick, heavy-armed post. :]

in other news: sunday was european day of the bat!! obsessed still.

(can't remember where i got this picture, sorry)

tonight my sister and i watched the notebook with my nanny. she cried for half the movie but really loved it. things like this remind me how happy i am to be back with my family and free to hang out with them at pretty much the drop of a hat. it's a good thing to keep in mind when i'm bitching about missing madrid so much. :]

i hope everyone is doing great!!

<3 click
xx

mister, look at yr girl.

2009-08-16T15:05:00.008+02:00

this is what happens when my friends arrive at my house at eleven pm, two bottles of wine in hand, and tell me (and my mother) that i don't have a choice in the matter; i simply must go out dancing.

the dress is an old xxl topman tee that i cut up. i had to steal some leggings from my little sister. the jacket belongs to Shoes but i love it so much i don't think i will ever be able to give it back to him. i've been wearing it all week. and that is an epic hangover breakfast. giant bottle of lucozade also provided by friends not pictured. :]

photos aligned to the left or centre??

<3 click
xx

come on rick!! i'm not a child...

2009-08-15T16:57:00.004+02:00

...i'm not special or one of a kind.

A big thankyou to the adorable sophia from tictactomato who tagged me for this award a while back. apologies for being such a sham and only getting around to it now. so here are my seven (un)interesting things about myself:

one- i have been a vegetarian for around nine years now and i can't imagine ever eating meat again. for the record, the choice was based upon not really liking the taste of meat and a belief that if i don't have to kill something in order to survive then i would prefer not to do so.

two- i have studied classical singing up to grade 8 and it is one of my favourite things in the world to do. but i hate actually singing classical music in front of people cos i get so self-conscious/it's quite personal for me.

three- i don't watch tv.

four- this week i am constantly listening to/shouting these three songs: titus andronicus-titus andronicus, volcano!-africa just wants to have fun and future of the left-arming eritrea.

five- my three lifelong obsessions are the moon, zombies and unicorns. two of those things are not real. that probably says a lot about my mind.

six- i am allergic to my cat's nose. it makes me come out in a rash. the rest of her is fine though...it's just her nose.

seven- on wednesday i am going to belgium for pukkelpop festival and i literally cannot wait. this is my third year in a row attending and between the line-up and the group of friends we have going, i know it is going to be the best yet!!

i'm tagging these five girls because their blogs always seem so fresh and never bore me: savage sunshine, lauh-ren, ripped-knees, raben schwarz and thrillsand frills.

<3 click
xx

where do people like us go??

2009-08-08T20:42:00.006+02:00

i've been spending the day rooting through the bags upon bags of clothes i have had stored at my parent's house for well over a year now...trying to sort everything into some kind of vague order of ebay/charity/sister/keep. so far i'm two bags down (and afraid to actually count how many more to go) and i have rediscovered some gems already. my favourites so far being this scarf, a pair of bright red shoulder pads (that i'm thinking could look ace underneath a sheer white deep v-neck tee or the like) and a polkadot crop top that i bought in a spanish thrift store a few years ago and thought had fallen victim to my attic (which i seriously suspect eats my belongings).

apparently my brackets addiction still exists.

back to the bathroom mirror, my own camera and trademark awkward poses. :]

<3 click
xx

new things.

2009-08-08T01:52:00.005+02:00

ive been talking about "exciting impending events" for a ridiculously long time now. so in short...here are few new occurrences (one slightly unexpected) to keep everyone up to speed...

new house...with a bitchin' blue wall in the back yard...for which my mother has promised to give me one of her 12 foot tall sunflowers!!:] we're currently trying to get the place in order to whatever extent our highly impoverished selves can afford...so maybe i'll do a little post about the place once it feels ready.

new (dash kind of old if anyone picks up on previous posts he's featured in) boy shaped thing. he likes the dismemberment plan and my sidecut. he aiiite. :]

new project that i am contributing to. it's a belfast/northern ireland music blog-meets-zine type thing. i'm really excited for this cos it has loads of potential. it is still in the early stages but that just seems to make it more fun to be involved in. check it out if yr in any way musically inclined cos it covers a lot of stuff such as live reviews for touring bands etc etc etc.:
tracemagazine.wordpress.com.

i'll put a link up to the side anyway.

and fiiinally...i can reveal that there are new musical aspiration based things taking place as well. but no more about that until i have more to share. oop!!:]

last but not least...it is my little sister's seventeenth birthday on sunday. i can't believe she is seventeen...unreal!! but i also can't believe how little money i have at such a crucial time of the year. i have promised to buy her an N*E*R*D tee shirt when i am at pukkelpop in a few weekends time...but any suggestions as per nice (but ridiculously cheap, or preferably, FREE) small gifts i could give dash make for her on the day would be highly appreciated.

happy weekending!!

<3click
xx

aye, i am aye...

2009-08-07T20:25:00.002+02:00

currently sitting in my parent's back garden (i felt ill and decided to go home for the weekend) talking to my brother on the phone (giving him NYC tips) and playing a music quiz with my mum and dad (highly competitive).

we are also very, very drunk. already.

six bottle of wine will teach me right for asking my dad to teach me about how to pick decent stuff.

anyyyway...i'm going to make some dinner and head back to kick (more) ass in the quiz. but i'll post properly tonight. my life is not normal sometimes.

(and i am VERY fond of brackets this evening, hell.)

<3 click

xx

i have no sympathy...

2009-07-23T22:43:00.006+02:00

...when you waste such time, you waste such time. i have no sympathy for you.

i've been helping my mum clear out her closet. it's probably the least i could do seeing as she didn't mind the sidecut incident. basically...i've been threatening to shave my head for a long time now. i told her i'd do it in stages so she could get used to it bit by bit. on sunday i asked her to help me do a sidecut. she hid the hair shears. so i took matters into my own hands (well, ella's very capable hands but you get my drift).

in the end she just did that thing where she tuts and rolls her eyes, then an hour later says "it is actually quite YOU*."

and now i have an exciting multi-coloured, fleecey, pocketed, jumper-dress thing that she hasn't worn in years but could well become my new festival/BBQ staple. the other jumper is one she just finished knitting for herself that i have yet to convince her to send my way...but i'm hoping it's only a matter of time.

sorry for the (even more) awful (than usual) photo quality but i'm working with my dad's camera, which clearly doesn't agree with me.

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xx

*i have yet to fully decide whether my parents use the word "you" in this sense with me in a derogatory way or a positive one.

oop...

2009-07-23T18:36:00.003+02:00

things that happen when you least need them to...

-essays that actually count a lot toward yr grade.

-losing yr phone at yr own house party. (how is that EVEN possible??)

-complaints about said party to university...most likely result being a fine. money i don't have.

-people you could do with talking to not being around.

-four o clock in the morning.

-leaving all yr stuff in belfast, camera included.

<3click.

xx

pee ess: some stuff has been happening. i'll post about it once i've found my dad's camera and done a wee bit more essay research.

i'm getting better at the small stuff...

2009-07-19T18:44:00.008+02:00

...day by day, night by night, little by little, i'm getting alright.

some pictures from this week...

top to bottom:
clothes that have become my general unifrom of late with the occasional changing of oversized band tee shirt. i can't complain...it's helping with the changeable weather and comfortable.
my new bracelet which consists of a wooden bead necklace i was given at a little market in mallorca (for speaking spanish, how sweet??) and a tag i got for free at the tropen museum in amsterdam about three years ago. i think it matches my other religiously themed jewelry quite well.
an exceptionally last minute and girly outfit for an FM belfast gig. i almost didn't go. i almost missed the bus. i'm glad i chased it in the end.
an epic fail attempt at capturing literally THOUSANDS of birds flying over my house at dusk.
a make-up experiment that resulted from boredom when i was clearing out my room yesterday. i kind of like it. maybe a little too much.

<3 click.

xx

eventful...

2009-07-16T17:25:00.008+02:00

we climbed a mountain...we celebrated my nanny's 80th birthday...we burnt a giant effigy of bill cosby in the name of his birthday. we got very very drunk.

oop. can't complain. :]

<3 click.

xx

it's a'comin'...

2009-07-12T00:55:00.004+02:00

BC BBQ BBZ!!exclaim.

as you may know...12th of july is kind of a controversial day in northern ireland. it involves bonfires...and parades...which are words that bring to mind funtimes. however...these bonfires and parades are not necessarily THOSE kinds of bonfires and parades...and things have a tendency to end messily.

which is why all the cool kids (for which read "my friend john and i plus all our geekish counterparts") would rather celebrate that other thing that the date is famous for...THE BIRTH OF BILL COSBY!!

it's going to be hectic. i literally cannot wait to get on the bus tomorrow. there will be a barbecue, a bonfire with a burning effigy, live music and a lot of people i haven't seen for a long time. plus a beach. now all we need is for the weather situation to improve.

oop...plus these guys are playing. check them out, i am their official merch girl...merch is on its way i swear. on a none band related note yesterday i led the two singers up a mountain in my hometown (photos to come) which was some of the best fun ever. it was a really beautiful day and you could see the whole town and beach below. i've missed that.

anyway...i'm gona go try to get an early night in preparation for tomorrow.

<3 click.

xx

wait...

2009-07-09T11:54:00.004+02:00

still alive.
just barely.

sorry i disappeared for a bit...i had even less internet in mallorca than i thought i would. i am now firmly back in ireland. it is beyond surreal. last night i went out with bally (well i had been back 23 hours, you know??) and i felt like a little alien girl, seriously.

i also have new glasses...after drunkenly leaving my old ones on the bus to the airport after a very messy last night in madrid. :/ i swear i am my opticians best customer. but clearly also his favourite...cos he gave me a heap of vintage frames for free...so i can keep some and sell some. IKR??

pictures and stories (of which there are many) will have to wait a little bit as i'm off to belfast today to sort out some house drama. i just need to move in and get settled so i can feel like i am really here...but our landlord is already being an asshole. shockerrr.

hope everyone is good!!:]

<3 click.

xx

batfeatures...

2009-06-23T22:00:00.003+02:00

happybats:]
-i have an egle in my flat.
-i somehow managed to pull off an 8 in international trade law.
-exams are over...i am but half an essay away from official summer holidays!!
-i managed to fix my fringe after hacking it to shreds this morning.
-fritzi is going to bring me to the airpost on friday. (moral support)
-i get to see my family in under three days.

sadbats:[
-tonight is cat's despedida...she leaves tomorrow.
-i have almost certainly failed the majority of my other exams.
-i have not finished aforementioned essay.
-i have not even begun packing or cleaning the flat etc etc etc.
-i leave madrid for good in under three days. :[

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xx

i also have some projects coming up i am beyond stoked about...so close i am ready to explode with excitement. vacaciones os quiero.

don't bury dead, first shoot in head...

2009-06-21T19:13:00.007+02:00

all these and some pretty impressive tattoos here at viva dolor.

alongside unicorns, zombies are one of my other major obsessions. when we were in lyon there was a marcha zombie type thing, the most fun i have ever had of a random saturday morning by a river.

<3 click

xx

á rebours...

2009-06-20T02:54:00.015+02:00

this was lyon...

i really wish i could speak better french. my accent, for one thing, is appalling...i definitely speak french with a spanish accent, which is horrible to listen to. bally is going to attempt to teach me a little next year. meaning i have german and french language goals...it could either go fantastically or messily.

<3 click.

xx

back in action...

2009-06-18T21:09:00.003+02:00

this is the black flag tee shirt i mentioned in my last post. or at least i think it is...the one i am getting may be black, which is fine...though i reckon i'd prefer white what with my continuing anti-darks summer kick.

in other news, aforementioned glaswegian friend is an actual genius. i left the country for five days and came back to a completely fixed laptop free of charge. i owe him too many shots.

lyon was amazing. photos will be posted soon. right now i'm attempting to write my last ever essay for spanish university so i can head out tonight. pretty emotional stuff.

<3 click.

xx

out of action

2009-06-14T15:08:00.000+02:00

so as it turns out, all those jokes i make on a daily basis about my computer being on death's door have come back to haunt me. it crashed last week, as i was mid-essay and mid-trying to ring home to talk to my family the last chance i'd get in a month. according to my computer genius glaswegian friend, it is fixable. the downside is he means fixable once he brings it back to glasgow with him in july for parts. for now i'll try my best to update by scobing whoever's computer i can. [hmmm, this gyspy lifestyle may be getting out of hand...]

in other news...this week i am in lyon in france visiting my bally boo. we have been drinking cheap wine, smoking cheap cigarettes, eating amazing vegan/vegetarian picnics, lying by the river rhone, partying on boats and playing in kid's parks at six am. and we saw a zombie march...pretty much made my life.

i'm back to madrid [for the last time, howl] on wednesday and then i have one week and one exam before i head to mallorca.

i'm also pretty excited at the prospect of being given amazing black flag and liars tee shirts as presents just cos they don't fit my friend. i'll find pictures when i can.

hope everyone is good and enjoying themselves!!

<3 click
xx

trouble is you're in love with someone else...

2009-06-06T20:38:00.005+02:00

a few choice photos from a night out in madrid with niamh last weekend...

niamh: h&m vest, urban outfitters skirt. me: primark (like 3 years ago) dress, vintage belt, topshop shoes.

we are maybe getting a wee bit too obsessed with the sex shop photos. i tried to get my mum to do one when the parents were visiting but it was too early so the shutter wasn't down yet. gutted.

last night i realised that, seeing as i am going to france next weekend, this is my second last weekend here. it led to today being a bit of a weep day.

<3 click.

xx

summer viewing...

2009-06-03T19:19:00.012+02:00

at this precise moment in time when i ought to be revising for a resit, nothing seems more imperative than making lists of all the movies i plan to watch with my friends this summer. below is part (yes, only part) of my list so far. if you haven't seen any of these movies i would definitely encourage you to do so. every single one of these movies is awesome in some way or another and i can't wait to rewatch them with old friends and introduce them to new ones.

the holy mountain, grey gardens, taxi driver, moonwalker, rec., my neighbour totoro, alice.

the last one, alice by jan svankmajer, i am particularly excited about. i have only ever watched it online before...but a friend of mine recently picked up the dvd. as i'm sure you can tell it is an alice in wonderland adaptation...and definitely the best i have ever seen. it manages to be simultaneously creepy (just look at those screenshots) and beautiful. everything about it is fantastic!!

anyway...to the point...has anyone got any movie recommendations for me?? most of you who read this blog seem to have pretty similar taste to mine when it comes to this kind of stuff, so i would really appreciate some input. i'm trying to make a list to end all lists. :]

click <3

"i mean, you probably wouldn't shine if put up against a normal girl..."

2009-06-02T02:33:00.013+02:00

...some people i know really are are just charming.

assortment of trinkets: large silver and broken heart rings from bijou brigitte, stacked rings from sfera, panther ring leaving present from friend.

last week equalled finals and a shamtastic but very much appreciated and enjoyed neem visit. aaand my camera kind of broke (i'm working on it). so this is half a post.

anyway, i know that with it being 43 degrees (celsius) here, summer 2009 has essentially already started. but i tend to think about summer as being when i go home. either way, i intend to spend the majority of my summer (mallorcan holidays, rainy belfast times, cold nighttimebeachwalks and belgian festival craziness alike) pretty much dressing like a gypsy. in fact...this is an urge so strong and with such longevity that i am tempted to say i plan to spend the majority of the rest of my life as such.

basically:
the baggiest/most oversized/most layered tops/dresses/jerseys i can get my hands on, preferably in airy summery off whites.
turbans/headscarves/headbands/fascinators/feathers.
too many stacked/tacky/ridicuhuge rings and layer upon layer of chains and pendants.
heavy eyes and blood red lips.
hair i can enjoy hiding behind before i finally take the leap and cut it all off for autumn.

yeah, yeah...i know. i probably, pretty much, definitely just described the way i dress now anyways. but it's tiny differences...it'll make sense i promise. one of my housemates plans on dressing up as a native american, listening to music too loud and painting all summer. so it's nice to know i'm not alone in my insanity.

click <3
xx

i already know how this one ends, baby...

2009-05-26T03:31:00.007+02:00

thrift scarf, primark vest, own mess.

it is 3:30am and this is pretty much my life right now. pulling an all nighter to get my presentation finished and living in squalor i never thought it possible to create in just 24 hours.

i went on a junkfood run and got felt up by an old drunk with a dirty jacket right outside the garage. it was creepy. and kind of terrifying.

click<3

xx

you're so young you're so god damn young...

2009-05-25T00:40:00.006+02:00

(h&m top.)

one presentation, one essay, one case study, one open book exam, one oral final...by friday. i cut my fringe...badly.

<3 click.

xx

homebird sing, leave out nothing, tell me everything...

2009-05-22T13:55:00.013+02:00

in ireland, this is where i live...

please ignore the dirty post-storm beach though, it's not always like that i swear. i just thought i'd take a moment to share some of my friend ger's photography. he's just under two months off finishing a 365. sorry these are pretty much all of me, but i wasn't sure how other people would feel about me posting their faces here.:]

you can see the other, more interesting stuff at so-says-gerard.

(last night out together at easter, pukkelpop 2008, midnight in belfast last summer).

Click<3

xx

primary colours party...

2009-05-21T02:37:00.006+02:00

i look mental. finals will do that to you...

yyy tee, firetrap skirt, aa cardigan, primark socks, firetrap shoes.

i think i'm doing bunny ears cos we realised i was in miffy colours. and i love miffy more than most things in life. today i learned that my alternativas professor is the nicest woman alive. and that my filosofia professor is not as evil as we originally thought. although my comunitario professor is moreso. as you can probably tell, all i can think about is finals. thus we amuse ourselves with primary colours parties out of class and ridiculously immature lists during. god i hope no-one who could find the picture below incriminating reads this blog.

anyway...i'm off to schlepp. gypsy and adventure updates posthaste, pinky swear.

<3 click
xx

coco bella coco...

2009-05-18T19:33:00.020+02:00

"barcelonaaaaagh!!"

all in all pretty awesome!!:] even despite the scary getting caught up in riots on the first night!!

<3 click.
xx

you can be my baby it don't matter...

2009-05-18T17:07:00.002+02:00

sonia by sonia rykiel dress.

on the rare moments that i am not taking all my inspiration from my desire to be a gyspy, i am craving items like this dress. it is my idea of perfection for something a little more formal but still quirky and cute. and pretty versatile. if i wasn't saving for all my trips i'd have broken and ordered it by now.

barcelona was awesome!! i'll put a few photos up in a while...going to have a wee nap first cos i feel sicky bad today. :/

click<3
xx

see you on saturday...

2009-05-13T03:34:00.004+02:00

i am going to barcelona tomorrow...

well...i leave for the train in just over an hour. i haven't slept cos i'm too excited. we are meeting up with ste and he has promised bike rides through the city to show us around, football excitement and a wee bit of beach relaxing. then i am going to search out an old friend who works there now...wish me luck!!

i'll do some uni work when i get back, hee...but i'll also book my flights for lyon!!

[which reminds me...i bought my plane ticket to mallorca the other day. meaning i am officially no longer a madrilena come June 26. i don't even know how to explain that feeling. sadbat.]

<3 click.
xx

i will commit no act of violence, be it physical or otherwise...

2009-05-11T03:42:00.006+02:00

ATTENTION!!...

i NEED a pair of spurs in my life...

jak&jil.

amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!amwant!!

...going to have a little peek on ebay now before bed. even though i really need to sleep!!:]

<3 click.
xx

...if things come alive.

she said oh baby don't feel so down...

2009-05-09T03:48:00.007+02:00

last night's outfit...

topshop lace top over zara dress, primark tights, topshop shoes.

last night's lessons:
1) i will always be running late...no matter what.
2) beer is beer...no matter how many nice things you add, most of the time it still tastes like piss.
3) girls are bitches...with or without the language barrier. nice girls always get hurt, mean girls always get head. hah.
4) someone unwanted always breaks yr last cigarette in two.
5) i am destined to never get more than two hours sleep before i have to pick people up from the airport.

<3 click.
xx

ya te echo de menos!!

2009-05-08T18:12:00.004+02:00

talking to people from home and missing graduations and not being around to help my little sister destress for her first "important" set of exams has me missing ireland a little. but at the same time, there is nowhere in the world i'd rather be right now than madrid. and i am so aware of how quickly the last few weeks are slipping by and how much i am going to miss this place. i have never felt so completely torn in my life before. either way...i wore this shirt out on wednesday night as an homage to home...

h&m cardigan, liberty blue teeshirt, primark tube top as skirt, primark tights, converse.

cat and fritzileine and i enjoyed a much needed girly night out including botellón at the fountain, tequila shots through straws and a lot of dancing. all the traditions, oop.

and...i saw my first gecko of summer!! happybat:] i also saw my first cockroach...but i'm dwelling on that less. all i need is for the crazy heat to subside just a LITTLE!!

<3 click.
xx

walking around thinking the same again...

2009-05-05T21:05:00.004+02:00

to get to you i'd go down on my knees.

firetrap shift over zara dress and primark tights.
[ahaha!! this second picture is a pretty accurate depiction of how i feel right now!!]

today i got LOST!! like..."walking around for two hours in the blistering heat without the VAGUEST idea of where you are going" lost. i cannot believe i have been here for almost nine months now and still haven't discovered my way around the whole of the city!! on the plus side, i found THE most beautiful park ever and sat there to write a card to my little sister wishing her luck for her upcoming exams(not that she needs it, genius!!). on the minus side i wasn't wearing any sunblock...so might wake up burnt tomorrow?? oop:/

idk...it kind of annoys me that i only have like seven weeks left here and feel like i am only beginning to really find the places i want to go to etc.

anyway yeh, as i mentioned, it is hot here. too hot. so i've been living in stuff like this (although the two layers are becoming too much!! and soon i fear i will have to discard my tights!!). i love the shape of the firetrap dress and pretty much see myself living in similar stuff (albeit a bit longer) for summer. hee...apologies for my crazy hair also...but the more i study the more i fiddle with it so it just kind of explodes.

my parents are visiting this weekend!! tote 'cited!!

<3 click.
xx

museum piece...

2009-05-03T14:10:00.005+02:00

over the easter holidays, my dad pretty much made my life by giving me this vintage men's movado museum watch as a belated twenty first birthday present...

he was annoyed that he got outbid on the pocketwatch mentioned in this post, and so got this instead. to be honest, i am so much happier with the movado!! i have been obsessed with the museum model for ages now and the fact that he found a vintage mens model make this the most perfect thing i have ever received!! i am srsly going to keep it foreverrr!!:] the below picture is my very poor attempt at capturing how it glows blue/green in certain light.

err...my photos suck so here is a slightly better picture from google images...

<3 click.

xx

i look just like buddy holly, and you're mary tyler moore...

2009-04-25T18:21:00.014+02:00

...i don't care what they say about us anyway...i don't care 'bout that.

some snapshots from the aforementioned pin-ups party for ella's birthday.

<3 click.
xx

alcoholiday...

2009-04-25T03:00:00.014+02:00

the dazzling conor...who is so dazzling he was featured in the fashion section of this magazine...but i can't find the photos of the actual spread.

crunk faces with michael...who went to a gig i couldn't attend (though i went to see a friend's band play a fantastic show instead) and also got papped by the same magazine.

a birthday picnic in the park for ella's 21st birthday!! featuring the best mexican ever and an exciting diy cake.

me being very mature during the birthday cookie baking experience.

pac man cookie!! which i owe him more of...there, now you have it in writing, happy??

belfast sight seeing with the lovely cristina who visited from spain!! this is the sad fish.

a little hit of nostalgia on the walk to my old house...my brother's tag. when i see these in belfast they make me smile cos i remember the night he drew them during one of his visits home from amsterdam.

ella's amazing vest...that we like to consider an homage to david bowie. i think it's from asos.com.

a sketchy night out with two of my boos and future housemates!!:]

easter sunday at my house with my lovely english guests, before we all had a wee bit too much wine and champagne. :/

all in all i had one of the best easters ever!! it was so great to just get to catch up and hang out with my friends and family again. sadly all the pretty scenic photos i have from my mountain adventures etc were on a disposable camera. i can't wait 'til my mum sends me the prints from it!!

i am currently fighting my way through an evil philosophy of law essay which i need to have finished by sunday in order to start all my other work. and i have essentially put myself under house arrest as i am without my flatkeys and all my flatmates have gone away for a festival this weekend without leaving me a set. :/ i may go stir crazy.

i have exciting things to blog and exciting things going on in life in general at the minute though. for tomorrow.

<3 click.
xx

barcelona loves you!!

2009-04-21T01:33:00.003+02:00

proof that i do in fact, still exist and am infact, back in spain (hello wood panelling)...

yeah yeah yeahs tee, topshop dress, primark tights, mother's vintage belt.

also proof that my mother finally caved and gave me this tan belt that she has had since she was my age and that i have always adored!!:] which is pretty much my entire reason for posting this entire outfit again. though i'll try to get a better picture of it during the week.

apologies for the slow and stop blogging of late...things have been pretty hectic. an illustration of this lies in the fact that i got back last wednesday and have yet to unpack my suitcase!!

i will upload some ireland photos and give detail on "that which i have been holding you in suspense over" ASAP!! and fill you in on life stories etc.

for now...a list of reasons why today was awesome:
-today was one euro pizza day!! (i know!!)
-tomorrow is FREE ICE CREAM DAY!! (ben and jerrys!!...i'm not really a big icecream fan but i do love ben and jerrys.)
-my friend cat and i booked flights to BARCELONA in may!!...for TWO EURO EACH!!

hope your day was equally fantastic.

<3click.

xx

i'm ill...not sick...

2009-04-19T04:07:00.004+02:00

i have so little money and yet so much desire to purchase these two fantastic tee shirts...
both from alloy.com

ha, in case you haven't figured it out yet i'm a bit of a wannabe ghetto princess. :] these are both ace...but i can probably just make my own come summer when i have a bit more time on my hands and my dad's printer at my disposal.

also...i am pretty ill at the moment. i have completely lost my voice (it has been gone for like four days now!! should i start to worry??) and as a result my chest and throat have fallen out with me.

hopefully tomorrow i will have more energy to upload my ireland photos and do a proper post.

nighty night.

<3 click.
xx

"they speak american, idiot!!"

2009-04-17T18:37:00.005+02:00

say hello to jonathan duane bradley esquire...aka "boyface":].

all from topman as far as i can remember.
"awk, hiya!!":]

this, ladies and gentlemen, is my best friend in the whole wide world...my n.o.b...one of the few people who has floated around in my life for a DECADE!! he keeps me on the straight and narrow and doesn't even mind when i call him a thousand silly nicknames (though maybe only because he has as many equally stoopy ones for me).

and i'm sure you'll agree, he has pretty awesome taste in clothing to boot!! and was nice enough to let me take a wee photo of him in his formal/graduation attire to post on here despite the fact that it evidently made him quite awkward. also, shoes are missing because he hadn't bought them yet but they were lovely brown ones.

anyway...i am now back in (not as sunny as it should be:[) espana...so regular posting including a wee catch up will resume over the next few days. i have something exciting to show off!!

hope you are all well and that easter was as great for you as it was for me!!:]

<3 click
xx

we trade alcohol for blood...

2009-04-08T22:40:00.004+02:00

okay guys, the amaaazing rachie(of whom i beyond want to raid the closet/piles of clothes all over her room!!) of leopardprint and lace has given me a lovely award that i wish to share with you all in the spirit of easter and the fact that i am ridiculously happy at this exact moment of time and hope you are too!!

1)Put the award in one post as soon as you receive it.
2)Don’t forget to mention the person who gives you the award.
3)Answer the award’s question by writing the reason why you love blogging.
4)Tag and distribute the award to as many people as you like.
5)Don’t forget to notify the award receivers and put their links in your post.

Why I Love Blogging:
eek...i love it for so many reasons. it is an amazing way to encounter people who have the same or completely different tastes and lifeviews from me, which is something i enjoy. i've only had this blog a few months and already i have met some of the coolest girls (and guys) ever to share ideas and even disagreements with. i love reading blogs on subjects i don't necessarily agree on because i just love people who are passionate about what they are saying full stop. generally it's just nice to have an outlet that means i can pour out my pointless views on clothes, life and the universe in general and feel like i'm not just boring my friends to tears, hah. aaand i love the fact that it allows me to organise my otherwise complete scatterbrain thoughts as well as acting as a kind of online scrapbook about how my tastes and even my life have changed and developed. hah, whatever the reason, it is clear to see now that i am pretty much hooked!! also, i apologise for the slightly rambly sense of this post...my mother and i may have had a touch too much vino this evening.

anywaaay...i would now like to tag EVERYONE!! all the blogs i have in my sidebar are there for a reason, because i love reading them and think they are fantastic so i would like to know why you all blog too!! hopefully you'll be slightly more coherent than i was!!

i'm heading back to belfast tomorrow night for a night out with my spanish friend cristina who is visiting and an exciting semi-secret party/club thing on saturday...so hopefull i will have lots to fill you in on post-weekend. aaand my mum has invited two of my best friends (poor english souls) to share in easter festivities with us...so needless to say i am beyond looking forward to this, my last weekend at home until summerrr!! :/ how crazy!!

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xx

peace out!!

i'm so clever, oh but clever ain't wise...

2009-04-07T23:28:00.008+02:00

zara dress, jonathan aston tights, babyshambles tee shirt (attacked with scissors), primark mens cardigan (stolen from gavin).

i've literally just had one of the best weeks ever!! from days spent reading and lying in the sun at the harbour, burritos and coffee dates with my dad, mountain walks and breakfasts/lunches with my mum, wee nights out dancing and watching a friend's band, nights in with my boos, a birthday cake and chill out time in the park and a pin-up themed fancy dress party...all in all, a ridiculous amount of fun!!

i'll put up a few photos as soon as i get the chance...but for now i'm going to make some hot chocolate and curl up in bed with a book...as this is my first chance to get an early(-ish) night since last wednesday!! also...i figured i'd post a quick outfit. i got the babysambles tee shirt two or three years ago at a gig but haven't worn it in ages...so i decided to cut it into a shape i might wear a bit more often. i had to put the little fabric star over the "u" to clam my mum down when i first got it, hee. :] the world may disagree, but i think pete doherty is amazing!!

click<3

xx

playing dress up...

2009-04-01T23:50:00.007+02:00

i have/had a birthday party with a "pin-ups" theme to go to on friday which i think i've decided on an outfit for. today my little sister and i were trying out various haor and make-up ideas which turned into a general fancy dress session and ended with us dancing around our living room to yeah yeah yeahs. :] the scarf on my head was a present my mum got me from a wee vintage shop in my hometown...i adore it and want to wear it constantly!! i love that my mum shares my scarf obsession. she also gave me a tan belt she used to wear when she was my age that i have had my eye on for years now!!

oh, and my camera is neeearly charged!! yay.

click<3
xx

now you know me better baby i'm a quitter...

2009-03-31T00:24:00.004+02:00

okay so i got tagged aaand awarded by the lovely sophia of tictactomato to do the show your heart tag and the questions tag. however...at the moment my camera is powerless and i am using my dad's laptop so for now i can only really do the questions tag. hopefully i will be able to post the other tag and maybe some exciting ireland pctures sooooon.

What is your current obsession? baking!! i am going to bake easter cookies with my sister soon and i have a million other ideas of things i want to bake.
What are you wearing right now? a huuuge red plaid shirt stolen from my friend jay with a bow at the neck, wooly tights and my falling apart studded booties.
Who was the last person you hugged? i hugged my daddy goodnight a minute ago.
If you were a tree, what tree would you be? at this precise moment in time, either a cherry blossom tree or a weeping willow. don't ask me why for either cos i have no clue. :]
What’s for dinner? tomorrow=my mum's veggie lasagne and i cannot wait!!
What was the last thing you bought? a bus ticket home.
What are you listening to right now? animals by cocorosie.
What is your favourite weather? crisp, cold but DRY autumn mornings or evenings make my life!!
What’s on your beside table? some jewellery boxes, a lava lamp, a bombay sapphire lamp, old bottles with candles in them, alarm clock, glass of water and many books, graphic novels and cds...i ought to tidy. :/
Say something to the person/s who tagged you. sophia...i'm so glad you found me, your blog is so sweet and i am quite jealous of your obvious artistic skillzzz!!
If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you want it to be? stockholm!!
Where are you typing from right now? father's laptop.
A book you're currently reading? i've been rereading the bell jar as i didn't bring enough books to spain with me. also the second volume of top ten (i tend to always have a novel and a graphoc novel on the go at the same time, oops). and at the weekend i read howl, ashamedly for the first time ever and i am now in awe.
What would you like to have in your hands right now? the ability to handle all the things i am currently a shamm with much more successfully!!
What is your favourite tea flavour? too hard it depends on mood...regular, green, chamomile, peppermint...i just love tea in general!!
What did you eat for breakfast? banana on toast VERY quickly cos i overslept and was late for a dentist appointment. :/
What did you want to become as a child? a singer, a clothing designer or an aeronautical engineer like my dad...lawl!!
What is your fantasy? to be well travelled, well informed, content in a house filled with charmingly tacky things...and to be really understood, even if only for one small moment in my eentire lifetime.

and now i would like to tag:
rachie pie.
lauh-ren.
valentina.
aaandella...who is actually one of my best friends who now follows this blog (and is yet to make fun of me for it, how nice:]) but who i am now going to bully into posting on her own blog!! [i love you really boo<3]

anyway off to bed i go...tomorrow i am clambering up some mountain with my mum and her friend who wishes to practice her spanish with me. clearly nobody told her how bad i am. :]

click <3
xx

one month...

2009-03-26T15:28:00.013+01:00

a few photographic highlights of the last four weeks. not a bad month for such a "bad" month really...

i may or may not be able to post when in ireland depending on internet connections and my ability to stay in one place long enough. fingers crossed!!

i hope everyone else has had amazing months as well!!

<3 click
xx

i wanna be a hippy and i wanna...

2009-03-26T07:14:00.004+01:00

tonight some our friends who live in halls threw a "bienvenida la primavera" cocktail party with a hippy theme. which pretty much meant headbands and painting flowers on our cheeks. they had decorated their roof terrace with little tealight candles and cutout flowers and scattered cushions everywhere...it looked amazing as well as being very comfy!!

zara dress, primark tights, topman teeshirt (attacked with scissors), converse.

in other news...i leave for ireland this evening (i'm writing this at seven am because i just got home) and i still haven't packed properly!! and i can't find my backpack for hand luggage ANYWHERE!! augurs well...

<3 click
xx

sneak preview...

2009-03-24T19:43:00.006+01:00

these are just a couple of the items that i will be selling in the next week or so...

topman denim shirt (mens XXS), liberty blue boutique floral skirt (one size), h+m black polkadot skirt (size 36), lux@urban outfitters plaid shorts (US size 0 but they are quite loose on me so i'd say UK 6/8/10).

most of what i am selling are items that i really love but just don't wear enough (or shamefully, have never worn at all!!) and i figure someone else could get much more use out of them and let them see the amount of wear that such beautiful clothes deserve!!

anyway...i wanted to give you guys a heads up because i will probably sell them through ebay but if any of you lovely bloggers wanted to purchase any of it i would rather deal directly as it's more intimate and i'd know they're going to a good home. :] and i would be willing to offer them to you at a slightly better price of course!! if anyone has any doubts or questions or wants better photographs (these were pretty rushed) just shout me in a comment.

each of the above items has literally only been worn two or three times, i am a travesty i know. the denim shirt is effectively new and i adore it (remember it featured on this wishlist??)...but it was a present from the ex so i don't really feel like wearing it. yeh i can be pretty ruthless!!

i also have many more items at home that i can't post pictures of until i get to ireland, including a brand new with tags celia birtwell for topshop dress.

decluttered wardrobe and new life: here i come!!:]

click<3
xx

thoughts??

2009-03-23T18:46:00.003+01:00

i am fairly certain that i would like to own this dress from h+m in the not too distant future...

but i am also fairly certain that it could become a little too popular with the masses for my taste?? call me what you will, but yes...i dislike when an item of clothing i like turns up on everyone and their mother. cos nobody REALLY likes to leave the house and see a hundred other girls rocking the exact same look...that's not the point of personal style. :]

it could be pretty versatile though...above is just an example of how i could wear it with stuff i already have. well, and the elusive jacket...yes, yes i am pairing it with everything in my head!!

xx

not quite plaid out...

2009-03-23T02:56:00.005+01:00

last night's dress...

i bought this primark dress in september before i came to spain and only wore it for the first time last night...shameful, i know!! originally it had three tiers but i cut the bottom one off cos it was a bit too long for my vertically challenged self. i now fear it may be too short though. typical. :] i can't find the full length pictures i took of it though!! i also apologise for my general roughness in this photograph...but it was taken after about five hours of non-stop dancing.

also...(kind of) lesson number 4: when you come very close to kissing a boy, only for your mind to stop you due to a sudden fear that he bears an uncanny resemblance to the long standing object of your best friend's desire (who you openly disapprove of)...it might be time to worry.

<3 click.
xx

lessons learned...

2009-03-21T22:01:00.004+01:00

thursday night...

h+m dress, primark belt and tights, firetrap shoes.

lesson number 1: never trust a ~~man~~ sleaze with a "car-bar" (ie: whiskey, coke, glasses and icecubes in his trunk)...especially if said car is in a near-deserted dusty carpark.

lesson number 2: mixing cider, sangria, tinto de verano, whiskey, vodka and redbull is NEVER going to end well.

lesson number 3: waking up in cat's bed in last night's clothes with all bling still attached makes you a sham...six in the evening walk of shames through the (very busy) city are NOT a good look.

friday evening walk of shame...
h+m dress as skirt, topshop vest, h+m(via oxfam) hoodie.

in true puente fashion, my life as a sham continues. hope everyone is having a happy weekend. sorry this post is rather short and pointless...but i'm off to madrid for surprise funtimes as my friend cristina managed to blag us guestlist at elastica!! :]

<3 click
xx

werewolf...

2009-03-18T22:37:00.003+01:00

long time no talk. i apologize for the much longer haitus than planned but after the events mentioned in the last post and just general HELLA schoolwork times...i literally had no time to blog. and the only downtime i did make use of, was spent with my lovely bally-boo...who flew aaaall the way from france to rescue me from a boredom breakdown...aka eat pizza, watch musicals and talk about how shitty boys are with me!!:]

anywaaay...this weekend we have an unexpected (well, i hadn't known about it:]) puente so i figured i'd catch myself up on all the basics i would be replenishing if i had a single penny/cent to my name...
miss selfridge denim bikerjacket, oversize sweater, vintage tutu netting, aa cardigan, oversize pocket vests, rayban clubmaster and rx, office pelvis creepers.

i am going through a phase where i generally feel i have nothing to wear. this tends to happen when i go through major life changes. i want a complete wardrobe overhaul...which probably won't be possible until i am back in ireland in summer. until then i am making do with the fuzzy feeling i get when considering how much of my closet i am bringing back and leaving in ireland at easter. if i have time, i will be using that three week break to sell a lot (and i mean A LOT) of my stuff.

i am completely in lust with the miss selfridge denim biker jacket. it's not actually on sale yet but when it is it will only be a mere £45, which i will not have. most upsetting. the other stuff is just a mixture of basics i need to rebuy (vests/cardigans) and items i have longed for at length but will most likely never own (the creepers). oh, and i don't know if it's a personal spring trend...but i am obsessed with the thought of making dresses out of slouchy sweaters and vintage net tutus for spring.

as for the glasses...i actually already have a pair of wayfarers (that i love and need to get back of a certain male come easter) but i am in the middle of another wave of a recurring obsession for rayban prescription lenses. ideally, i want a pair of frames that look like clubmasters but have transparent plastic where the gold is. i have wanted these forever...the search is not proving fruitful. so this is my plea for help...if anyone knows where i could get them, hit me up!! they don't have to be rayban, that's just the closest i can get to describing them. if you have seen the film grey gardens, then what i am trying to say is "i want a pair of glasses identical to mother's!!"

it's good to be back!!:] i hope everyone is doing amazing and looking forward to easter!! i can't wait...i'm back in ireland for a few weeks holiday in eight days!!

xx

mirror images...

2009-02-25T23:53:00.007+01:00

i can't actually remember where i got this picture from but i will try to hoke it out. i absolutely love it though.

anyway...i just thought i would give a heads up that i'm not going to be posting over the weekend and maybe not for a little bit after that. my boyfriend and i broke up last night and at the minute i just don't really feel i have much to write about. sorry to sound so melodramatic...but i just feel i need a little haitus.

thanks so much to all you guys who read this blog...it is so nice to feel a connection and shared interests with such cool people. <3 i promise i'll be back asap.

oh, aslo!! valentina!!...can you add me to your readers list please?? i can't access your blog at the moment. :]

<3 ru.

xx

psychotic yellow and eyeball prints!!

2009-02-24T20:43:00.005+01:00

recently, i have been nothing short of obsessing over this picture from the mishka spring/summer look book...

i mean, sure, i've always been a bit of a hosiery whore...but the leggings are AMAZING!! seriously, just look at how awesome they are!! i would wear them with everything!! i want a pair so badly. then when i saw them teamed with the yellow jacket i freaked out. i love yellow...or "psychotic yellow" as my friends call it after reading in a psychology journal that if you like it you have psychotic tendencies...oops!! and the cut etc is just so perfect.

i'm hoping that even given my skint existence i will manage to get my hands on the leggings. the jacket will remain a dream until i have some serious funds...sadness!!

owning both would literally make my life.

<3 click.

xx

tights and scarf envy...

2009-02-23T23:20:00.005+01:00

meant to post these like last week so excuse my lateness but...oh my!! how much do i want those tights??

source: style.

also, this exact combination of pink and green has long been a favourite of mine. a girl in my filosofia class has a scarf in precisely the same colours. i have enviously been eyeing it up for weeks. now i feel i really must ask her where she got it so i can have my very own mj lookalike!!

<3 click.

xx

not another outfit post...

2009-02-22T22:01:00.003+01:00

cos this one is fancy dress, see??

topman tee, bershka waistcoat, h+m skirt, primark tights, bronx booties, homemade dagger and belt.

completed with gold chains, too much eyeliner and many a transfer tattoo (parrot on my neck, love/hate knuckles etc). and yes, yes that is my best pirate face up in that first photo. it was like six am to be fair.

last night ended up being even more fun than i expected. i was really tired and all set to go home at one or so...but ended up staying for the whole party and both clubs after it. everyone had such brilliant outfits too!! though i was quite proud of mine as it cost me nothing.

and all the kids in the square at the start of the night were amazing looking running around dressed up as teenage mutant ninja turtles etc. hah.

hope everyone else had a good weekend too!!

<3 click.

xx

i always fall in love too soon, caught beneath the glow of a honeymoon.

2009-02-20T21:46:00.006+01:00

last night's outfit...
w scarf, primark boobtube, topshop vest, river island leggings, primark socks, firetrap shoes.
we decided not to go ot in madrid tonight after all...everyone was just too tired. i must admit i'm kind of thankful for the break and cat's suggestion of a pizza and dvd night instead!! i feel like i have a thousand things to think about this week. one of which is what to do next year. i am meant to go back to ireland to finish the last year of my law degree...but i am considering taking a year out and either working here in spain or travelling or something. this probably sounds like such a waster thought, but there is reasoning in favour of it. as well as plenty against. :/

another...is what to wear to the costume party tomorrow!! HELP!! :]

click <3

xx

pink bullets...

2009-02-19T20:18:00.007+01:00

last night's outfit...h+m shirt, primark shorts, tesco tights.
okay so i broke my own plaid ban...but just this once...and only because i was at a loss for what to wear when i have so many nights out to attend this week.

today i skipped class for the first time this semester and stayed in bed because my head hurt (free of charge or not- whiskey, tia maria and vodka is not a friendly drink) and i was not in a happy place. i'm skipping the asian buffet tonight also (sad face) for some down time...such a sham.

sometimes when i feel strange and not myself and pointless all it takes is a text with a song name in it to remind me of who i am again. <3

click xx.

i'm sorry but...

2009-02-18T22:10:00.004+01:00

just when this dress couldn't get any more overexposed...

thefashionspot.

it's not that i have anything against the dress, per se, but i was kind of bored of it after the first couple of times i saw it...yet it just keeps cropping up everywhere and endless reams of people have put it on their most-coveted lists. and now, good old gwynnie has put the final nail in the coffin by taking away whatever ounce of shock-value/fashion-forwardness the dress had left in it!!

again, not that i don't like gwyneth paltrow either...i just find her ability to make some of the most amazingly fashion-forward and sexy and daring clothes look so DULL to be astounding.

anyway, rant over...i really must start getting ready to go out!!

<3

xx

keep my secret. don't tell anyone!!

2009-02-18T20:37:00.007+01:00

primark tee, bershka dress, tesco tights, firetrap shoes.
sorry i have been kind of m.i.a* this week and will probably continue to be so but it's just been quite hectic trying to get all my uni work done at the same time as entertaining the scots and the proper craziness hasn't even kicked in yet!! tonight we are going out because cat wants to actually "be out somewhere" when she turns twenty. tomorrow is her actual birthday so we are going for an asian buffet (yum!!) then drinks at hers then out again. friday we are heading into madrid for a "proper birthday celebration" as her boyfriend is visiting. and then, not forgetting carnival of course, we have d disfraz party to attend on saturday night!! i know i said i would go out more this semester but this is getting crazy!!:] keeps me distracted though o i can't complain. with any luck i will get a few outfit/general musings posts up in between all the fun!!

also...please please please send all fancy dress ideas for saturday night this way...for the first time in my life i am at a complete loss as per what to dress up as!! and i'm quite skint, which doesn't help.

hope everyone is good!!

<3 click.

xx

*speaking of whom...she had a baby boy!! the child is going to inherit the earth!!

...

2009-02-16T00:03:00.004+01:00

source: moderniteter.

urgh...i have so much work to do but absolutely no concentration span today!! hope everyone had a lovely weekend and is excited about the week ahead. i am, as it will involve a friend's birthday, scottish visitors aaand carnival fancy dress fun!! i booked my flights home for easter tonight...ridiculously dear already!!:/ and i have an exciting prospect in the pipeline or visiting my best friend in lyon early may when there is an electro-esque festival thing on!! tres excited!!

on a sadder note, it appears the nike/liberty trainers will never be mine!!:[ i may have to just get to work on a diy pair, hee!!

<3 click

xx

<3

2009-02-15T17:31:00.003+01:00

a message i got from my boyfriend yesterday morning:

"hello and how are you today? sorry your valentine's gift is going to be late but i can give it to you on the 28th when i see you! <3 xoxo"

this made me ecstatically happy because he was not MEANT to be coming to visit until around the sixth of march!!:] and i totally wasn't expecting or in need of any valentine's giftness.

i don't normally really bother with valentine's day but yesterday we went shopping for birthday presents for a friend and all the couples and cheesey annoyingness did get to me a bit. i guess just because it sucks to have a boyfriend thousands of miles away anyway, without having to be reminded about it by a stupid holiday.

<3 click

xx

alittlespringinyourstep...

2009-02-14T01:20:00.006+01:00

today it was twenty eight degrees here...which *almost* made having to get up and go to four hours of class bearable!!

topman tee, newlook skirt, primark tights, firetrap shoes and jacket.

seriously though...these past few days the weather has been so ridiculously good that, being an irish girl who is used to pelting rain, three degrees in daytime and the likelihood of snow in february, i have taken to joyfully fantasising about all the picnics and park trips that are just around the corner. :]

i got this skirt almost a year ago after a chance encounter in new look and before i got a nasty electric shock from their escalator (another story entirely, but i always take the stairs now). it was only fifteen pounds and i am as in love with it now as i was then.

in other news...remember the first time nike collaborated with liberty??...it was like, last year sometime. well, yeah- i have wanted a pair of those shoes since i way back then. so forgive me if my heart skipped a beat when i saw the latest offerings gracing the pages of teen vogue!! in my current impoverished state, i had almost forgotten about them again, until i stumbled upon them today. these shoes are perfect. would it be wrong to sell a non-vital organ for the blue pair?? or attempt to sway my already over generous boyfriend into purchasing them for me?? i'd repay him in similarly awesome presents as soon as possible, obvzz!!

yeh so in case i'm being too ambiguous: AM WANT THESE SHOES!!<3

alsooo...yay for me officially getting through a friday the thirteenth without any massive disasters. i mean, i'm not normally the most superstitious, but i was beginning to worry myself after the last few!!

happy weekending bloggers!!

<3 click

xx

la ausencia.

2009-02-13T05:25:00.003+01:00

another day, another leaving party...this was the last i think (/hope)...and also the saddest:[

h+m sheer oversize tee, zara dress (as skirt), h+m tights, firetrap shoes.

i have two classes tomorrow meaning four hours in total. on a friday. i know!! man i miss the being-able-to-sleep-all-day-ness of fridays last semester. sorry my posts have been a bit rushed these past few days. just been trying to update among the flurry of new classes and leaving parties...hopefully i can play catchup come weekend. especially as, this year, i will be alone on valentine whether i would like to celebrate it or not...stupid farawayness!!:]

goodnight<3

click xx

what i ended up wearing tonight...

2009-02-12T03:30:00.009+01:00

...or, alternatively "how i joined the rodeo and other short stories."

topshop dress, primark tights (ribbed...sexy...that wasn't funny...maybe i am drunker than i thought), vintage bandana from some shop in williamsburg.

i hadn't really planned on wearing quite so much matchy-matchy red...but one spillage led to another and i pretty much had no time to seek out alternatives.
also my hair was different.

anyway, i'm wrecked...and so to bed...well skype first then bed, for a lie in tomorrow(=best day ever)!!

night night.

<3click

xx

quick little updates...

2009-02-11T23:04:00.006+01:00

random fashion shoot i did for the student newspaper last year...i felt this blog needed a picture??

hopefully i shall post a proper entry later tonight but for now, i would like to share some facts that are making me very happy:]

-my friend preston and i are going to see "the jigga man" in september in manchester (meaning i can also visit my sister and her family)...JAY ZED!! i know.

-somehow, against all odds, i managed to get 80% in my nacionalidad y extranjería course...which is "notable" (kind of like a commendation)...and translates as a first!!

-boyfriend dearest is hopefully coming to visit me for a week(!) sometime in the next three to four weeks.

-speaking of whom...we went on a little shopping adventure when i was home last week and he would not let me pay for a single thing. ridiculously generous. i shall blog the results at a later stage.

-all my classes this semester seem really interesting so far.

-i am definitely feeling less homesick now than that strange post-christmas phase i went through. :]

i don't really feel like going out for the second night in a row. especially when we are going out again tomorrow. i have no idea what to wear. and i dislike all this saying goodbye to people forever malarkey. but at least i can get drunk here for under €1.50, hee.

<3 click

xx

homeslices...

2009-02-11T01:54:00.008+01:00

last night in madrid...with my new bling.
inverted colours:]
pulp fiction plus peter pan poses apparently.
japanese birthday dinner...yum!!<3
the best vegetarian miso soup i have ever tasted plus other assorted delights!!
miffy birthday cake...yes i did make this from scratch and by hand...yes it was time consuming. and messy!!

yeh i don't have many photos as i kept forgetting my camera but it was so good to be home again for a while. i definitely feel more ready for this term now and a lot less homesick than i did after christmas when i was sick and feeling sorry for myself.

most annoying of all is probably the fact i didn't take any outfit posts...especially after my last post as i could have illustrated my point better. oh well!!

off to bed now as i have a whole day of classes tomorrow and have been out tonight as it was alexis' last night before he returns home to paris. not sure how i feel about that. again, oh well!!

<3 click

xx

the calendar hung itself...

2009-02-10T01:23:00.006+01:00

dad's teeshirt, sister's leggings, bershka waistcoat thing.

well, so much for my promises to update when i was in ireland...my dad's laptop was acting screwy so between that and me never really being in the house for any prolonged periods of time, i kinda failed. the above is a prime example of what happens when i go home with a whole lot of laundry to be done...i end up meeting my mother for lunch wearing various garments pilfered from the closets of the other people in the house whilst waiting for my clothes to dry. :]

i realised over the past couple of weeks that i think i dress better, or at least more like "me", and have more confidence when i am at home in ireland. i don't know whether it is because i have friends there who have always known my style and are into similar things, being able to steal items from my dad/boyfriend/sister, the fact that there seems to be more inspiration or just that i have more clothes there. or maybe it is a mix of all of the above. plus the fact that i get the strangest looks when i go to class here in spain wearing anything remotely different than boots jeans and a poloneck etc...which is pretty much all the time. but i still don't wear half the things i love to wear at home because they either seem a)impractical or b)like noone would "get" it.

which is weird...because i've never really dressed according to what anyone else tought before...and now i'm wondering if that is what i am subconciously starting to do?? scary. and a little annoying.

anyway...i have a few more photos from my visit that i would like to post but they will probably have to wait as being back to classes has made me tired and i need cammomile tea (yum<3), skype time with the boyfriend and sleeeepz!!

<3 click
xx

this is my comeback girl...

2009-01-23T21:38:00.008+01:00

finally...my exams are OVER!!:]

so naturally we had to go on a small shopping trip to celebrate (and commiserate that the cideria was closed...it's ok though, i have two cans chilling in my fridge right now).

here are some of my purchases...sorry i don't have time to try them on but i am currently flailing between packing and getting ready to go out tonight.

a slouchy waistcoat thing from bershka that i couldn't resist at 2€ int the sale!!
stocked up on oversize h&m tees again.

superhero ring from bijou brigitte.

i also got a little plain black skirt and some other stuff in h&m but didn't have time to take pictures.

there's a strong chance that some of the above will work it's way into my outfit for the trip home tomorrow so i'll maybe have time to snap a picture then??

today i had to say goodbye to some of my friends who were only studying here for one semester, which was pretty sad as i am a big girl's blouse. but i have made plans to see my friend nieltje when i visit my brother in holland this summer, which is exciting!!

also...please bear with me as i attempt to blog as much as possible over the next two weeks at home. i tend to shimmy between my parents' house and my boyfriend's and friends' which is pretty hectic. but i shall try to update as much as possible.

happy weekending!!:]

Click <3
xx

"i lean towards fiction, but you deal with fact, i don't mind the friction cos, opposites attract."

2009-01-23T01:31:00.003+01:00

hello awkward looking self:]

topshop dress, primark top and tights, keds shoes.

this is what i wore to my european law exam the other day (which i passed!!). it's still pretty cold here so layers ahoy!! apparently it won't stop raining at home, hopefully it will stop when i am over so i can go for the nighttime beach walks i've been dreaming of all week. french was awful. we don't know for sure yet but i'm positive i've failed. one more to go...european and international human rights tomorrow...and then i am freeeee!!

we have planned celebratory sidra and shopping followed by a night out. which will be fine as long as i can find time in the middle somewhere to pack and don't get too drunk and end up with terrible having to travel early when hungover. worst feeling in the world...but i always seem to be hungover on planes!! oops.

<3 click
xx

here's one i made earlier...

2009-01-19T12:11:00.003+01:00

whilst revising last night all i could do was thinki about the impending trip back home and some delights i want to pick up when i'm over there, now that i have a tiiiiiny bit of money to treat myself with.

topman denim shirt, white oversize tee with pocket, sequinned leggings, priceless boots, topshop blazer, leopard print plugs.

i definitely hope to pick up the denim topman shirt because there's just something so cool about it and i love the idea of wearing light denim in the middle of winter. i've raved about it so much since first seeing it on the website that one of my guy friends (who really isn't the type) now wants one.

the sequin leggings are something i've been debating for a while now...mostly due to the inevitable mess i would make of them. but they are the perfect answer to those wet-look aa rip offs that are everywhere these days and i've been told river island have a nice pair at a decent price so i may be tempted. they also have flower print tights which i have been searching for foreverrr but i don't know whether they're exactly what i want...i'm picky.

the blazer is lovely but i don't think it will ever be mine as i just don't think i'd get enough wear out of it. i can't remember where this particular teeshirt is from but i love it...i'll probably have to make do with just sewing some pockets on menswear tees though. boyfriend dearest has already hinted that he has bought me plugs like this, yay. and finally, those boots are only £12 from priceless...so if they have them in my size and they don't murder my feet they will definitely be mine.

one exam down, two to go. so i'm off for a nap before i start french revision.

i swear after this week, i will never take life without exams or feeling ill for granted again.

click<3

xx

lovecountsinbeats...

2009-01-18T16:10:00.007+01:00

dress: topshop

In full awareness that this is the first outfit post in aaaaages, i apologise that it is oh so very lame.

unfortunately with all these exams to revise for (starting with an oral on european law tomorrow, eek) and the fact that i have now been ill and unable to leave the house for four days; i have been living in tee shirts, leggings and comfy dresses.

i got this one from topshop in the sale last year...it was like a tenner...but technically i got it for free cos the girl at the desk forgot to ring it through. i didn't notice until it was too late but i still feel really bad about that (mostly cos there's more of a backstory to WHY she forgot). but then i used to work there, and ten pounds is nothing to them...so i'll just chalk it up as a stroke of luck?? it's woollen, so nice and warm...but i've worn it in summer too. i just love the tiny little stripes and the collar:

and yes i am tightless in zero degree weather...but only because this illness has provided me with a pretty high temperature...i wouldn't endorse going anywhere in madrid without several layers right now. i think my flatmates think i have gone insane because i constantly have my window open.

well...back to revision i go. and to dream of the fact that in a week's time all these awful exams will be over and i will be organising two weeks of cosy pubs, cinema dates and home cooked meals in ireland. :]

Click<3
xx

baby, i miss you...

2009-01-15T23:47:00.003+01:00

i have been ill all day today. and i am trying to revise for these damn exams when i feel so bleh. and when i feel this bleh and need get well cuddles i only miss him even more. :[

please excuse the general grossness of the picture...nights out and lots of goodbyes do that to me. :]

sometimes i wonder why my friends even try to get sense from me:
G: you've gotten awfully ghetto of late.
M: nah...i think i just show it more every once in a while. either way, it was probably a natural progression.
G: yes...from alt. country to hip-hop...i see what you mean.

actually, i bet a shocking number of cowboys listen to lil wayne.

anyway...i'm off to watch some gilmore girls, drink green tea, skype the boy and get an "early night". hopefully that will shift this blehness.

sweet dreams.

click<3
xx

completely obsessed...

2009-01-15T01:14:00.003+01:00

i really love coffee. and tea. and cookies. and goats cheese and jalapeno relish sandwiches. and my boyfriend works in a place that provides me with all of the above for free (yeh, i am fully aware of how amazingly lucky i am). luckier still, one of my best friends ger shares my passion for the above list. meaning we have been known to spend almost entire days in the coffee shop catching up, hopping ourselves up on too much caffeine and generally planning all the places we want to live in the world. (he's an architect, he's gona build me a house once i get to that place in life...word)

another one of our favourite passtimes is drawing in eachothers diaries or him drawing on me. when i was at home for christmas he drew this pink unicorn as an ode to the transfer from my birthday. i have long been obsessed with unicorns. but now i fear i am becoming obsessed with the idea of this particular unicorn. who knows...if i had the balls and a mother who wouldn't murder me, maybe i'd get a real version?? but for now i think i'll stick to my usual retort of "my boyfriend has enough tattoos for both of us!!"

true life conversations between my boyfriend and my mother #1:
M: what type of a person would want a tattoo of miffy on their shoulder??
B: the question is, what type of a person WOULDN'T want a tattoo of miffy on their shoulder?!

she deals with his generall strangeness rather well. :]

click<3
xx

i'm late, i'm late, for a very important date...

2009-01-14T00:50:00.005+01:00

hello madrid...
apologies for being absolutely m.i.a recently but a series of unfortunate events outside of my control such as broken internet in ireland and "un montón de trabajo" i have hardly had time to catch my breath let alone blog. i definitely didn't take the time to check the weather reports for spain at all...so imagine my surprise when i touched down to a madrid COVERED in snow. note to self: giant suitcase, boots with slippery soles and ice=not a good combination.

i won't bore you with a pile of photos and stories from christmas and new years but suffice to say i had a wonderful time and would probably be feeling extremely homesick right now if i a)had time and b)wasn't gong back to ireland for two weeks on the 24th as part of my boyfriend's birthday present.

i hope everyone had a fantastic christmas and i wish lots and lots of luck to anyone unlucky enough (like me) to have exams in the next few weeks!! i have three in five days; one french and two spanish...bleh!!

oh!! i do feel the need however, to post a picture of this beautiful antique ladie's pocketwatch.

my dad's friend is an antique dealer and he has it in his shop. my dad has offered him a price to buy it for me for my 21st but the guy is tracing its origin and waiting to price it. i fear it may end up being too dear to adorn my frame, but whoever buys it will be very lucky.

click <3
xx

bit of a blur*

2008-12-18T02:08:00.010+01:00

the last couple of days have been a complete blur of essays and dressing up and wearing heels and dancing and drinking and birthdayness and tea parties and classes and adventures and christmas dinners//cenas de navidad and trains and flights and busses...generally, i don't think words can properly explain the craziness or fun of it all. i'm not even sure that photographs can-but they're fun to look at.unicorn-ness!!boyness<3glaswegian.visitor from barcelona.bee eff effsbirthday loot :]GIANT DOOR!!compulsary clouds.the air host made me a sydney opera house serviette!! wow.
BUT

finally i am home for christmas!!

i've literally only been in the country for like eight hours but i've already had burritos with the boy and coffee with my dad and dinner with my family. and tomorrow night will be lots of dancing with friends (plus free guestlist spots for my birthday:]). aaand-my brotherrr<3 comes home on friday!! i'm pretty ecstatic right now.click <3xx*speaking of which...no i did not manage to get tickets to the hyde park gig. and doubt i will ever be able to afford to see them this year. sad face.

kisschasing...

2008-12-18T01:49:00.004+01:00

okaaaaay...before i provide a little update post i have excitement to share. the lovely lauren over at lauh-ren's odd blog has been nice enough to tag me for this little award (i'm very excited and don't at all feel deserving...can you tell it's my first??hee):i think i'm meant to pass it on to eight people but, truth be told, being kinda new to this thing means that i don't have a full eight bloggers that would actually carry on the tag?? nonetheless, i hope this list will suffice:

-savage sunshine
-rantings of a fashion addict
-a future in noise

for the record...if i could, i would tag lauren back because i have totally become addicted to her blog and the amazing illustrations she posts...so if anybody hasn't stumbled across her yet-go checcck itt now!!:]click <3xx

prettyinpink

2008-12-13T04:02:00.006+01:00

i am now finished my main essay, in english at least. 3200 words that now just need to be translated into spanish.

hairband-H&M, teeshirt-H&M, skirt/boobtube-primark, tights-topshop.
i've tidied my room too. so at least i can tick two(well, one and a half) items off my to-do list. though i doubt i'll miraculously pull off the tranlsation in the next few hours...meaning january presentation slot ans having to complete it on my first few days back in ireland. oh well.

it will be worth it for the birthday fun over the next few days!! the boy is bringing over my dress, ive got my exciting fake tattoo and some heels with an excuse to wear them for a change:] my best friend arrives tomorrow along with some very cherished others aaand the club we are going to has put me on the guestlist plus fifteen!! also, my friend cat bought me a sequin mask and hairband (as well as a candy necklace and some irish tea to get me through me essay, how sweet!!)...in the words of a boo..."tote 'cited!!"

in other news, i am currently completely obsessed with this colour of lipstick!!

hmmm...it's 4.10am and i have to be up at 8am to go pick the boy up from the airport...think i'll abandon the essay for bed.

click <3

xx