The Week Ahead

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This Spring, I appear to be embracing my feminine side.  Every other post seems to be about florals, maxi dresses and the like.  I fear a backlash coming on, I'm terribly fickle when it comes to trends.

The lovely Laura at theblogofobsessivecoolness has kindly given me a Stylish Blogger Award.  While I'm not going to pass it out to 15 wonderful bloggers - check out my links list to the right of the screen to see what I recommend - I will divulge a few tidbits about myself, I've been at this a while and I don't think I've really introduced myself.

1)  I'm quite academic.  I like being academic, well read, well informed.  Now that I've graduated I'm afraid I'm going to drop the ball on reading as I read almost 200 books during my university career and am a bit sick of it.  I'm trying to push myself into reading good literature (with a few lighthearted ones on the way; have a look at what I'm reading on the lower right hand of the screen), I want to get through the BBC list of 100 books to read before you die.  Although it does have the entire works of Shakespeare on there and I don't think that's entirely feasible.

2)  I love Lost.  I'm currently working my way through the series to see if it actually made any sense.  Just started Season 3 yesterday and everything is still pretty normal and not confusing.

3)  When studying for my A Levels, I used to eat.  A lot.  I would get through three tubs of Belgian Chocolate ice cream a week.  Still maintained a UK size 8 though.  It wasn't till I got to University and discovered alcohol my weight ballooned.

4)  I'm offended by Uggs.  This may be a bit controversial, but it's true.  Don't misunderstand me, they're fantastically comfortable, warm and just all around amazing for your feet.  But they are not waterproof.  Or snowproof.  Why do people wear them in the rain and snow? And they don't look good with jeans.  Or black tights.  Or outside the house.

5) I watch the Vampire Diaries so I can ogle the hot men.  I'm not ashamed to admit this.  If you haven't seen the Vampire Diaries, I seriously, seriously recommend you check it out.  There is always some shirtless eye candy going on there. 

6) I have never seen the whole of Pulp Fiction.  I believe this is a crime in certain cultures?

7) I'm currently interning at a well known London based high fashion label.  I'm tired, broke, but loving it. 

My Year

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The year for me included music by Florence + the Machine, Mumford and Sons, Tinie Tempah; films Harry Potter, Inception, Kick Ass, Toy Story 3; on the small screen Misfits, This Is England; fixated by the beauty of Lara Stone; saddened by the death of Alexander McQueen; incensed over the raise of tuition fees; inspired by Celine, Prada, Burberry; lusting after Lanvin for H&M.

How do you define 2010?

Christmas Wish List

So, apparently it's close to Christmas.  I know, who knew?!  In case you can't tell, holiday season is not my favourite season of the year.  I stress about finding gifts, finding enough money for gifts, finding enough time to shop for the gifts.  I stress about New Year's Eve, the obligatory worst night of the year.  I stress about Christmas dinners, about how much food shall be consumed and how all that wonderful weightloss will be undone in just a few days, about whether my family can make it through the night without tearing each other a new one - yes, Christmas is a stressful time of year. 

One of the only redeeming aspects of Christmas is the gift-giving.  Even though my purse strings are tight this year I always feel excited when I give my Secret Santa a present, or when the parents love what I bought them.  Despite having to fight through the crowds of people, skip lunch to save the pennies and take advantage of every offer going in the shops, presents are fun.  Strangely enough, I also love wrapping them.  Another plus.

Although I don't love the Christmas season, I do love lists.  There will be a fair amount of lists in the coming weeks as December is the time of list making and consequently I am in my heaven.  This Christmas wish list is half for the blogs' purposes and half for my own.  Mother dearest keeps asking me what I want under the tree and I can never remember, when I do I'm half way to work or it's two in the morning.  Some of the items on the list are genuine wants, others (give a guess!) are pure fantasy.

 

1 - CORALista, Benefit; 2 - Topshop Kimono; 3 - Topshop shirt; 4 - Pamela Love; 5 - Downton Abbey DVD; 6- Topshop tunic; 7 - Oasis Watch; 8 - Brian Atwood; 9 - David Mitchell, The Thousand Autums of Jacob de Zoet; 10 - Beyond Retro Maxi; 11 - ASOS Waterfall Maxi; 12 - Beyond Retro Dress; 13 - American Apparel Office; 14 - Beyond Retro Dress; 15 - Alexander McQueen boots

If money/practicality/law is no object, what would your ideal Christmas present be?  I'll tell you mine - a wipe of my student debt and a job!

Keep Calm

Normally I wouldn't post about this things, but I found this hilarious and couldn't wait to share.  I'm sure you've all seen the Keep Calm and Carry On posters, mugs, postcards and so on, a reinvention of the classic British WW2 posters that were supposed to instil confidence and hope during those terrible times.  I do find it ironic that the phrase, although marketed with products a few years ago, has suddenly latched onto mainstream popculture with a host of new products being released in an economically unstable world.

In a fantastic twist, I came across something as I was casually shopping over the weekend.  A man wearing a t-shirt, bearing a fantastic response.

Honestly, this did make me chuckle quite a bit, and by myself which is quite the sad thing.  I hope it makes you laugh too.

On a side note, to all those British readers out there who keep an eye on the news, I imagine this is what a generation of young students-to-be will be doing when the report of tuition fees is released in the morning.  Now panic and freak out, indeed.

Record Breaking

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