You were born in a terrible storm

I seem to have acquired an internet signal from somewhere near my new flat… with no password so I’m just gonna type this and feel slightly guilty (but not ask too many questions at the same time haha, don’t want it to disappear) So not really a planned post, but I’m sitting on my bed with lunch and a cup of tea waiting for my grandparents to come round and see the house for the first time. My mum gave us a couch (which matches our other one really well, luckily) and a lovely old wooden table with 4 gorgeously upholstered chairs. My papa is going to put our mirror up in the hall and do some other wee bits and pieces for us while he’s here. My flat mate Katrina is one of my best friends, and another friend of ours Gary who we went to uni with is coming to take the third bedroom in december. I’m so happy to have these lovely people around me, and so relieved to be living in a place that pretty much feels like home already.

I’ve been waiting in for the gas board to come round all day, and amongst tidying and entertaining my new house guest Milo the cat, I sat reading through my old blog posts for almost an hour. Really strange, but I kinda forgot they all existed and reading through them right back to when I was at uni felt like a real blast from the past. So many memories caught up in this little corner of the internet. When I started this blog, I was the only one that read it, and its a weird feeling know that as I record my thoughts and snippets of my life on here that other people read it too. I could clearly see what posts were ‘popular’, and which ones didn’t get as much of a positive reaction as others. It made it really clear that everything on here is a little piece of me. Not the serious ins and outs of my life mind you, I don’t have a facebook and I don’t want social networking to dangle the vulnerable parts of me and my life for all of the world to see. Blogging does make me feel very exposed at times (I’m actually a total hypocrite, because its even more exposed than a facebook!) But the nice feelings I got when reading back on my older entries is too good to not keep writing. Kind of like a secret diary, the ones you used to keep when you were 12/13, still reading Sugar magazine, collecting Beanie Babies, shopping in Tammy and HATING boys 🙂 Totally aware that I’ve just went off on a completely self indulgent tangent – this is what happens when I’m alone in a house with candle lit, nice music playing, animals sleeping at my feet and too much time to think.

One other thing that never changes with me is how much I love getting things in the mail. Anyone want to exchange goodies with me of any shape or form then email me and we can swap addresses yo!

Rosie, my brother from another mother! She is just the best. I want to go live in Devon with her to have cream tea’s every day, go surfing 8 days a week and play with her new puppy Bodhi. I love the My Neighbor Totoro necklace especially, and I’ve hung the guinea pig shaped lavender pillow next to the piggies cage. Totally thought the Rosie Lee brooch was a real teabag at first, doh! She also made me a pretty awesome cd, and makes me feel like I’m not the only person in my twenties who is a big massive emo at heart 😉

Another lovely little parcel from Imogen. The hankies are far too cute, I’m gonna feel bad using them! The bow earrings are real fabric too, and the tea themed cards make me happy 🙂 Thanks Imogen ♥ I’m excited about collecting little bits and pieces to send people in return, and I love a good mix cd too so email me if you fancy a swap buddy. Best of fun, and beats getting plain old bills and bank statements in the post (Although I don’t know what to do with all these pink glossybox boxes every month, now that the products are in my makeup drawers…)

Here’s a wee sneaky peek of where I’m chilling right now, my new bedroom:

I’m still off work at the moment, so getting my bedroom and the house all sorted and having a major clear out (blog sale to follow soon) has been quite therapeutic. The guinea pigs are still a little unsure of their new surroundings, but they’re starting to recognise the sound of the fridge opening in the next room, so I’m sure it will only be a matter of weeks before they settle and their loud mweeping continues (I love it really!)

I’m hanging out with Stephanie tonight, going for dinner and drinks with Leah and Dom tomorrow, and saturday will see my first roller derby match with Louise which I’m pretty excited about. Saturday night we’re all going out for Katrina’s birthday and having some drinks in the flat beforehand. Starting to think about Halloween and outfits… and my Princess Peach costume has only seen a house party so I’ve got a feeling I might give it a go again if we go out. Got Katy Perry at the start of november so I’ll need to get the blue wig and candy accessories back out again for that too 🙂 Eating too many sweets (and monkey nuts… who even eats monkey nuts when it’s not october?) and dressing up like an idiot should be allowed all year round.

Ayden x