This isn’t really a proper post, but I just wanted to post and say I’m still alive! I really haven’t had much blogging inspiration lately, probably because I’m so busy during the day, don’t get home until 7 most nights, and have homework. C’est la vie!

Anyway, today my boyfriend and I went to see Alice in Wonderland for our fifth month anniversary. We both enjoyed it a lot! I’d heard so many mixed reviews that I wasn’t entirely sure whether I would like it or not, despite being a general fan of Tim Burton’s work. I tried to go in there with an open mind though, and I was definitely very pleased with the film. The imagery was wonderful, as to be expected. The whole thing was brilliantly whimsical (with a dark, Burton twist, of course) which is so very appropriate for a Lewis Carroll story.

Have a great weekend!

After months of letting it do its thing, I finally got my hair cut today. Over summer I don’t like to have a fringe because I find that I get too hot and it sticks to my forehead or just bugs me, but now that it’s starting to kind of cool down I decided to get the fringe back.

Last Sunday my guy and I went to see Lady Gaga. It was quite enjoyable despite our horrible seats. She really put on a great show and I was most pleased with having gone. I didn’t really get her when she first appeared on the international music scene, and it’s really only been over the last six months that I’ve been coming to the conclusion she’s not actually a useless over-commercialised, untallented idiot. She actually writes her songs, plays instruments and, as I was witness to it, can sing (very well, actually). While dancing almost continuously, I might add, which is incredibly difficult (trust me, I’ve tried doing it while home alone and it’s pretty freakin’ exhausting). So, basically, I love her now. And I can’t stop listening to her albums, either. She’s the first woman I’ve seen live, too, which is kind of cool, I think.

Anyway, this week has been pretty busy at university, but it’s going to get much busier over the coming weeks. I have mid-terms coming up and assignments to start/finish, etc. To keep my sanity I’ve been reading for leisure daily, but I don’t get to do much in terms of hobbies (i.e. finish crocheting fingerless gloves) and that makes me feel a bit off. Luckily I don’t have much time to think about it.

I shall leave you with a little What I Wore Today thing. I don’t do this nearly as much as I should, but now that I have a decent camera on my phone I think I’ll be more inclined to, haha.

Top from Glassons.
Skirt made by me from a New Look pattern.
Black pantyhose.
Not pictured are the black ballet flats and the black cardigan with pink ribbon detail.

I love the pockets on the skirt because they are so super-handy!

I don’t think my weekend could get any lazier, even if I tried really hard for it to. It started Friday morning (I have that day off uni) and has continued ever since, despite my to-do list lurking in the back of my mind and making me feel periodically guilty. Sort of. Mostly I don’t really care though because I bought a new cell phone this morning and have been playing with it pretty much ever since. It’s a black Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and pretty much the greatest thing ever. I feel technologically up-to-date now, especially since my old phone was bought it 2006 and definitely looks (and operates like) it!

So aside from sitting on my butt overdosing on Internet and cell phone, I’ve been out to the supermarket with the boy twice (once yesterday and once today), to the beach and drove around with him also. Yeah, we have exciting lives! It’s been nice though.

Tomorrow night we’re going to see Lady Gaga! I’m really looking forward to it; I think she’ll put on a very entertaining and artistic show. Our seats are, unfortunately, awful but as long as I can still dance myself silly, I don’t care.

I hope you’re all having a nice weekend so far! ♥

Blue is one of my favourite colours and I particularly like it when used for interiors, be it paint, wallpaper, furniture or accessories. Just gimme blue!

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Design Sponge Online

Rachel Whiting

Tim’s Sally

Littlebeane Boutique

Claudine Hellmuth

John W. Golden

What colours do you love?

♥

Wow, my entire post was just lost. Er, I shall now try and re-write it as best I can.

Bonjour! Yes, I am aware that I haven’t posted in something like 7 million years. This week has been super-busy with the semester starting this passed Monday so I’ve have my head in psychology, sociology, accounting and French! I’m done for the week now (yep, Fridays off, so 3-day weekend, here I come ) and I’ve got a bit of time for some blogging.

To be honest, the week didn’t start out all that well. Last weekend and until about Tuesday I had been experiencing a lot of confidence and anxiety issues which did not make for the most enjoyable time. I was actually more anxious about beginning this semester than I was about beginning my first ever semester at university! I think that is probably because I know what to expect now and I’m not going in with the naiveté I was last year. I know there is a lot of hard work involved — you don’t just how much until you experience it — and that (for me) I end up working my butt off and having bugger-all time for anything else (like hobbies). Anyway, I digress. Fortunately I managed to pull myself out the funk with the help of some lovely people, namely my boyfriend and my mum. They are the best. So, the last two days have been really quite fun.

My accounting course is about developing financial literacy, so we’re learning how to wisely manage our money, including: saving, investing, retirement saving (in NZ we have something called KiwiSaver) and that sort of thing. There isn’t heaps of reading and the textbook, Get Rich Slow by Mary Holm (who is also the lecturer), was originally written for general population consumption, so it’s non-academic and thus very straightforward to read and understand. The assignments are also looking to be very straightforward and not too time consuming.

Sociology (cultural studies and theory) may turn out to be the one with the biggest amount of reading involved. Two big textbooks, some other required readings, and lists of recommended readings which our lecturer really recommends, lol. The reality is that no one is likely to read all of it, unless this is the only course they’re doing. Fortunately sociology is not terribly difficult for me to grasp and my previous sociology course has given me some decent background knowledge. I don’t think I’d want to be taking this one if I’d never taken a sociology paper before.

Psychology (mind, brain and behaviour) is probably going to be the one I find most challenging, but that’s a good thing in the grand scheme. Maybe not so much when it’s 3am and I don’t get something, no matter how much background research I do… But oh well, that’s what tutors and lecturers are for — to bug when you don’t get stuff. Bug, bug, and bug some more if necessary. We’ve just finished the research methods lectures and next week we start the statistics ones. Oh joy… Statistics is not something I am particularly fond of but I better get used to it because it’s a huge part of psychology (and I have to take a Stage 1 paper in it if I want to major in psych, which I do).

And lastly there is French! Learning a new language is so much fun and the tutors are marvellous. I have four classes a week and two tutors (two days each) who are both lovely ladies from France, Audrey and Marion*. This week has been fairly easy but I know things will become more challenging as we progress and I look forward to it! It may be early days yet, but I think I would like to continue on with French with the goal of eventually reaching fluency. Hopefully this will be aided by actually living in France for awhile, at some point.

Ok, phew, that was a lot of get through! I think I remembered all the main points of that poor lost post.

Tomorrow I’m off to stay at my boyfriend’s place for a week or so. We get to play house for a bit, though sadly I don’t think either of us will have time to do any baking. For some reason I always think ‘playing house’ should include baking. Probably because I have a sweet tooth. Speaking of which, I had my first ever macaron yesterday (yeah, I know, nearly 22 years without ever having one before, where the hell have I been??) and HOLY SWEET THINGS it was good. It was probably the most delightful, decadent treat I’ve had in a long time. I think you should go and find a macaron and try one if you never have before!

Loves!

*Same names as two of my favourite French actresses, Audrey Tautou and Marion Cotillard!