things i would like #1

1. Last year H&M had a similar coloured camel coat and I was constantly on the look out for it but I never found it. This coat from Topshop is just wonderful but at £89 I don't think I could splurge out on it. Tom convinced me to try it on last time we were shopping and it only made me love it even more.

2. The last Benefit blusher I purchased was Sugarbomb and I really loved it. I've been wanting to try this one for absolutely ages and I think I may treat myself to it soon!

3. I am in desperate need of some 'going out' shoe for when I go back to Liverpool.

4. I can't decide whether I prefer this top in white, coral, or black. At only £10 it's pretty cheap for Topshop and it would be first step into the current peplum trend!!

5. Always keen to expand my Essie collection!

6. I bought the Core Collection a while ago and I would love to try this this brush out!

7. I'm going into Leicester sometime this week and I won't leave until I've found a striped top like this one. I can see it looking nice with black jeans, a leather jacket, and my red dr martens.

summer songs

Even though Summer isn't over just yet, I though I would do a post that includes some of the songs that I've been loving and listening to so far.

Tiny Vessels - Death Cab For Cutie

Death Cab For Cutie are my favourite band and Tom and I listened to them a lot on our holiday. This song is one of my favourites by them.

Closing Time - Semisonic

When I was in Cuba the television in our room only had a few channels that were in our language and one of them showed the film Friends With Benefits every so often and this song is featured in it. It's so catchy!

The Man's Machine - Jamie T

I've always kinds of overlooked this song when listening to the album that it's from but I've really been enjoying it over the past few weeks. I saw Jamie T play in Birmingham a year or so ago and I would love to see him again.

Call Your Girlfriend - Erato

This cover of Robyn's song is just AMAZING! I have tried to convince Tom to try and learn it with some empty tubs of Clover but he pretty much refused. 

Isabel - Frank Turner

I am absolutely gutted that I wasn't able to get tickets to see Frank Turner when he plays in Liverpool later this year, but at the time Tom was unsure as to whether he would be studying in Copenhagen or not so we decided to just wait and before we knew it they had sold out of tickets everywhere. Hopefully we'll be able to snag some last minute from somewhere.

Give these songs a listen, they're great!!!

holiday snaps

It's been about a month since I've posted on here and I can only apologise that this post contains even more photographs from my holiday in Cornwall!! I bought the disposable camera from B&M Bargains last minute and I didn't have much hope that the photo's would turn out that well but most of them did (despite a few of them featuring our thumbs!!).

I have actually just got back from a holiday with my family so I'll be writing about that soon. We got home on Friday morning and since then I've just been enjoying being back home and this glorious weather that we are currently experiencing! 

Whilst I was on holiday I read Atonement by Ian McEwan and I think I shall watch the film adaptation of it tonight, despite finding Keira Knightly a bit irritating! I also read One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey and I also ordered it on DVD and I can't wait to watch it! I'm going to wait and watch it with Tom though when he get's back from his holiday. Our holiday's overlapped and I've not seen him for three weeks, he gets back on Thursday and I am beyond excited to see him!!

camping in cornwall

I've just returned from the most lovely holiday in Cornwall. Tom and I spent two weeks camping on Gwithian Farm, a site that we had visited the previous year with his family. Over the two weeks we were there we experienced a whole variety of different weather but there was always something fun to do. When it was sunny we visited the beach that was only a few minutes away,  we went on walks to try and spot the seals that lived nearby, and barbecued pretty much any food we could get our hands on. When it rained we curled up in our tents and read (I made my way through the Millennium Trilogy and I can't wait to start the last book) or we caught the bus to nearby villages and spent the day in cosy pubs drinking the local ales or in cafes enjoying cream teas. We were lucky enough to visit St Ives on a few different occasions and it definitely is one of my favourite places. One of our friends from University came down to visit us there and it turned out to be such a fun day.
I would highly recommend visiting the same site again as the facilities are great and the staff are so friendly, they even showed all the England matches in their barn! It's also only a few minutes away from a beach, an awesome cafe called Sunset Surf Cafe, and buses stop right outside of it. To top it all off, a pub is located directly opposite it. Perfect!

summer jam

The last time I wrote a post on here was nearly two months ago! I've been really busy with exams and such at University so I guess I've just not had the time. My last exam is tomorrow (roll on 4:30pm!!) and I thought I'd take a quick break from revision to write about what I got up to at the weekend.
On Saturday morning Tom and I got on a ridiculously early train to Leeds to go to Slam Dunk Festival. It was all worth it though as we had such an amazing day. Tom's friend very kindly let us stay at his house for the weekend and after we dropped our bags off there we had a few drinks and something to eat at Hyde Park. We arrived at the Uni just in time for me to go and see one of my favourite bands in the whole entire world, Say Anything. They were just brilliant and I cannot wait to hopefully see them again one day. The rest of the day consisted of grabbing pints of cider, seeing bands, and sitting outside when we could as the weather was just so nice. In the evening we saw Set Your Goals, Capdown, and Gallows. Gallows were just great. After the gig we made our way to another one of Tom's friends who is studying in Leeds and we spent the rest of the night in his flat playing Trivial Pursuit, drinking Kopparberg, and ordering pizza.
It was a great weekend and a perfect break from revising national cinema!

two years

Whilst I know two years isn't really very long, I've had the best last few years knowing Tom and knowing that he is mine. He sent me the most beautiful bouquet  of tulips and I opened the handmade card he'd sent to my house with strict instructions that is should only be opened on the 30th of March.
I'm missing him terribly, but he gets back in 10 days and I can't wait to see him.

bits and bobs

After having a fairly productive morning of handing an essay in and taking out books for another essay, I decided to have a wander into town. As you can see from the picture above, I treated myself to a few bits and bobs! I've been in need of a new foundation for a while and I finally settled on Clinique's Even Better Makeup. I then picked up the MUA Heaven and Earth eye palette from Superdrug, I've wanted it for quite a while! I'm not very experimental when it comes to eyeshadow so this palette contains the perfect everyday colours for me. Boots are currently running a 3 for 2 offer across loads of different brands and I chose the following things: Real Techniques Core Collection, Rimmel Stay Matte Powder, and a Model's Own nail varnish in Utopia. The sunglasses are only £3.99 from H&M and I really do like them, I think I need a second opinion as to whether they really suit me though! I spent far too much money this morning but I felt like treating myself, also when I got home I ended up buying a Nars blush in Deep Throat!! I'm trying to convince myself not to feel too guilty about it as I bought it for about only £17!
Speaking of spending EVEN more money, on Thursday I managed to buy tickets for myself and my boyfriend to see Regina Spektor play at the Royal Albert Hall in London. How cool is that?!? I've been a big fan of her's for a while so I am beyond excited to finally see her live! I'm actually off to a gig tomorrow evening with my younger sister. Her and my dad are arriving in Liverpool at about lunchtime so we get to spend some time shopping together and I think we'll go out for dinner before the gig. We're going to see a couple of bands that I used to really like when I was about 15/16 so I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun.
I'm really looking forward to this weekend and then I get to go home on Monday and see my cats, hooray!