Sunshine, shopping and other reasons to get my smile on

Hullo 🙂 Hope everyone has had a super lovely weekend and had had the chance to enjoy a bit of the sunshine! If, like me, you have a boyfriend that’s went a bit world cup mental (c’mon, do they REALLY have to watch all three games per day?) then I sympathise with you! I managed to pull mine out of the house on saturday for some strawberry picking at a nearby farm – wasn’t the most manliest of events but I think he enjoyed it a wee bit more than I did! :p More to share on that soon!

As usual, sorry for the image heavy post (do you really expect anything less from me though?) I thought I’d start this one off with a little bit of an update. Noticed I am -1 followers and that made me sad 🙁 please come back? Although well done for sticking with me and my ramblings for as long as you all have 😉

I have handed in all my final coursework and portfolio etc for uni, good times! Massive weight off my shoulders, just need to wait for my results now. This is me sitting in the corridor waiting to go in for my oral review for my dissartation. The lecturers were running late so I decided to take a wee pic sharing one of my new models own nail colours. I am a bit slow on the Models Own bandwagon, but they have some lovely colours and in all honesty I am rubbish at painting my nails, but this seemed to go on really well.

Please excuse the dodgy makeup-less face and baggy eyes, but since having my blonde flash redone it is huge enough to sweep across my head like so. Of course, I had to have a play around and I’m guessing this is what I would look like if I was blonde? Haha you have no idea how tempting it is! Even though it would make me look like more of a ghost than I already am.

This week in uni I have been doing a painting for my lovely bestie, Jenn. It’s not quite finished yet, and I’m working at the BBC again all this week but come next monday I’m back at uni for my last week EVER. So I will get it all finished for her then 🙂 Two weeks on tues until my graduation. OH EM GEE! I need an outfit, pronto! Here is me and Luisa posing with our dragon friend from last years panto. Iain is repainting it as part of a personal project, its a pretty daunting thing to have leering over you as youre painting (haha the dragon I mean, not Iain)

You can’t really see in the pics above but I am totally back to rocking my natural colour. Well, minus the blonde bit! A charity worker in the street stopped me with the excuse ‘oh, youre a fellow red head like me, let me have a chat with you!’ I wouldn’t say I’m a total red head, but I’ve always been a bit in denial and this sun is just bringing out my natural light hair colour and I don’t have the heart to dye over it. Plus, my light hair loves my pale skin better and since I’ve been fake tan free for months now I think its a workable combo 🙂 I did catch the sun over this weekend, but all it does is stress to me that I don’t need to feel oogly if I’m pale. I was such a dweeb about it before 🙁 Tango’d is not a good look, agreed? Anyways, I’m going off course now, what was I saying…

Ahh yes! David treated me to some sushi after my tattoo appt! I am addicted to pom green tea and salmon skin hand rolls right now. Yum yum ♥ Anyways, lets get on to the post birthday hauls.

I bought my very first Sleek pallette (Impressed, yup!) and also a brown sleek eyebrow pencil and a few make up academy lipsticks. These were on offer for £1 each, they’re actually really nice. I also got some Girls Aloud lashes after hearing so much about them. I am utter pants at applying fake lashes, these ones were still a bit too ‘fake’ looking for my liking 🙁 But good for the purpose of a night out. Have you tried any others in the range?

I got a birthday voucher from the lovely people at more t vicar, they sell quirky slogan tshirts and I’d had my eye on this mega cheesy one for a while! Haha, remember that time Paris Hilton got put in jail? I don’t like/dislike her, but this tshirt made me laugh. Came in a cute retro brown paper bag. If you like your tshirts, this is defo a website to check out!

So it’s nearly holiday time and I have been pretty worried about trying to pack 1 weeks worth of clothes into my huge backpack to do me for a month long trip. After hitting the shops last week, and trying to be ‘clever’ about my buys, I had a shot doing a little test run of packing my backpack.

I got these handy rolls from superdrug. The top one is going to hold all my makeup (essentials, woe me) and the bottom one is my wash bag which I’ll be able to hang in the shower. As you can see, I’ve started packing it with little testers already and I’m hoping to get little shampoo and conditioners from my mums salon.

I’m only taking 4 pairs of shoes with me on my trip. Bought these two pairs of slip ons from Topshop (they are super comfy) and I’ll take along my gladiator sandals and a pair of flip flops.

My first buy was this oversized tshirt from H! by Henry Holland at House Of Fraser. I didn’t want it to be majorly baggy so I got a size 6, and there was 30% off at the time so that was good. Think I’ll wear this when we fly over to belgium, might be a tad too warm for the rest of the trip.

The only sorta going out dresses I have for night time is this little checked number, again in the sale from H! by Henry Holland. Will also be packing my polka playsuit I wore on my birthday, and the grey and blue striped dress I had on a few posts back (paired up with Zara Taylors gorgeous jewellery) We will be eating out as well as cooking for ourself while we’re travelling, so I really had to minimise the amount of dresses I was going to take. Gutted 🙁

Got these two really light floral print dresses from Primark, they were about £6 and roll up so small! So I figured there would be no harm in packing them too, will do me for cooler days or maybe even evenings too.

So, heres where my brain had to start thinking. What sort of stuff can I buy and pack (a weeks worth only, remember) that will do me for 30 days, across over 10 different cities and a few rural destinations, where I can be comfortable but also not feel like I’m wearing the same stuff all the time? Maybe I’m just being vain, and even though I know I’ll be able to get to a laundrettes every couple of days… I still want to look nice and feel fresh and comfortable on holiday 🙁 Know what I mean?

So I opted for a pattern of neutral/pastel colours and light/versatile prints that could go with anything and can be hand washed easily. Some plain cotton vests from topshop, and cotton shorts can never go a miss! I also got a few pairs of denim hotpants that will be a godsend, because they go with anything and will be really hardwearing – denim doesnt need washed every day!

I plan to mix and match the plain vest tops, and these more detailed ones above with all the different shorts and hopefully I’ll be able to make as many nice combinations as possible! I’m also taking a grey hoody for the colder evenings, and my denim shirt because it can be thrown over almost anything too. Underwear, one bikini, foldaway ghd hairdryer, and a festival-esque fold up rain jacket and that will be me sorted! In terms of jewellery, I’ll only take a little 6 pack of earrings, the friendship necklace Jenn got me and probably my Tatty Devine plectrum bracelet.

So, the verdict is it all fits with a little bit of extra space which is good news! Means I can pick up any nice bits and bobs I find along the way 🙂 Our route is as follows…

Fly from Glasgow Prestwick to Brussels (inc day trip to Bruges) – Morning in Amsterdam – Berlin – Prague – Vienna (inc day trip to Salzburg) – Budapest – Zagreb – Split – Ljubljana (inc day trip to Lake Bled and Bohinj) – Munich – Interlaken (inc day trip to Bern) and finishing off in Paris!

If you would like a postcard from any of these places, email me at stussy_scout@hotmail.com with your address and I will pop your details down in my travel diary 🙂 I don’t leave for another 3 weeks so you’ve got plenty time to let me know! Do you have any holiday plans this summer? I hope packing your bag hasn’t gave you as much of a headache as mines has!