Teenage Dream

On tuesday night, myself and my lovely friend Katrina went to see Katy Perry at the SECC in Glasgow. She was bloody wonderful! Last time we saw her at the Barrowlands, and we also have tickets to see her later this year (losers much) I def don’t go to gigs as much as I used to when I was younger. I guess its maybe just because the bands I was into when I was younger, are the bands I’m still into now and they just don’t tour as much anymore? I dunno. Makes me sad though.

I first heard Katy’s internet release of ‘Ur So Gay’ (gotta love the Myspace days and how awesome it was for music and finding new bands) about a year before she officially released her first mainstream single ‘I kissed a girl’. We thought we would have a laugh and dress a little for the occassion. I decorated my bag with some sweet treats and made silly headbands for us. I bought the wig for a tenner out of a local joke shop, and the loveheart ring/earrings for £1 from Primark. The lollipop necklace and hello kitty dolly beads were a present from my best friend Jenn 🙂

I did have plans for cupcake boobs or a full on applique candy land dress – which seemed totally feasible 5 months ago when we got the tickets! But NAW! Time has absolutely flown, and although I make props and paint very random things for a living, I’ve had no time whatsoever to do anything like this for myself. It’s literally been non stop since I graduated. So maybe for her next gig later in the year I’ll be posting about something even more candy land-esque and handmade, than the silly wee pieces I stuck together with a glue gun on my living room floor on monday afternoon.

Katy put on a great show – her voice is flawless. From a production point of view, I couldn’t fault the sound, lighting, set design, costumes (or quick changes and all the technical jumbo that goes on inbetween) one bit. The hall was full of the smell of candy floss which was on sale, bursts of glitter bombs at the end, pyrotechnics (during firework, of course) bubbles that had strawberry scented smoke inside. It was a fab wee night and I can’t wait to see what she has in store for us on her next tour 🙂 I also managed to nab a setlist at the end, half of which I gave to Katrina. SCORE!

Just a few more things before I go:

1. Complaining. Remember the Henry Holland tights I mentioned in this post? Well, from the two Pretty Polly generously returned to me, I gave one away and put the other pair on for the first time on tuesday night. To my bloody dismay, they have a MASSIVE flaw above the knee of one of the legs. An inch wide, discoloured ring as if lines of stitching have been missed out all the way around the leg. Looks like I’ll be on the phone to customer service again. Awesome 🙁 Also, my Mac WW blush has decided to depot itsself. Should I attempt to glue it back in, or can I get my Mary Portas on and complain about this, since it is pretty much brand new?

2. Giving. I recently donated to Claire’s May 22nd appeal. You should take a look at this post, if you are having a spring clear out and feel like donating a wee item or two to charity. I felt really good after doing it, and also took some stuff to my local charity shop. A final few things went up on my ebay a couple of days ago. I’m having a mega de-clutter at the moment and it feels GOOD!

3. Smiling. I am feeling pretty settled in our new home. In the next few posts, I’ll be sharing some house pictures with you, my american and canadian candy/makeup parcels that arrived during the week, some things which I am looking forward to this month, and mine and Leah’s successful attempt at chocolate macaroons. (My first attempt a couple of months ago didn’t go so well)

I hope you have lots of reasons to smile this week. I dare you to watch this video of my little sister singing and not giggle! (or feel remotely embarassed for her haha)  

 Ayden x