December Photo Diary: Festive Celebrations

I'm a bit late since its now January 5th (oops) but I thought I'd share some pictures from December.

at the start of the month, I got this cute jumper from ASOS which I absolutely love

I also got the new Last Shadow Puppets EP which I haven't stop listening to

I bought the Warpaint Ep Exquisite Corpse which I've been after for years

I got my hair cut into a bob again, it hasn't been this short since 2013

me and Chris had a pre-Christmas at our flat a week before actual Christmas because we were going home for Christmas and we didn't want to miss out on having Christmas together so we put on our best Christmas jumpers, gave each other presents and had a Sunday carvery 

I got so many amazing things including a ticket to Warpaint in March, the coolest velvet bomber and a boxset of velvet underground singles on vinyl :)

look how cute and christmassy

I went home for Christmas on the 19th and got to see my family, mum really aced the Christmas decorations this year 

I also went out with friends and wore this sparkly tinsel dress that I featured in this outfit post

I got this amazing Nars x Andy Warhol makeup palette which I've loved since it was released a few years ago, I cant wait to use it

we celebrated New Years in Cardiff this year and as tradition I got a picture in front of the fireworks. Chris and I also celebrated our three year anniversary on New Years Eve so it was a special night :)

Photo Diary: The Christmas Holidays

I'm going back to uni tomorrow so I thought I'd make a post looking back over this month, It's been such a great Christmas and New Year and I'm missing it already :( I took the picture above before I left home, I'm wearing a top from Topshop and a hat from Penneys. I had really frizzy hair  that day so this hat was the only thing that helped, plus black hats make any outfit slightly cooler. I'm also wearing a new eyeshadow palette from Seventeen, its full of really pretty nudes, pinks and shimmery golds/coppers. I might do a review sometime (the beauty area of the blogging world is so intimidating eek)

New Years was such an amazing time, it was me and my boyfriends two year anniversary so we went to the fireworks in Cardiff to celebrate and ring in the new year. He bought me a big framed poster of Morrissey and Marr as an anniversary present, he knows me too well

I had such a relaxing time at home with my family. I starting reading some of my books for college, its so much easier to read when there is no time pressure. The Virgin Suicides is my favourite book so far. I bought some lush things in Dublin in order to make my break super relaxing.It was also my Dad's 50th birthday, we had a party so I got to meet up with the two sides of my family

all pictures from my instagram

It was also my brothers birthday so we went out for a meal, I got this lemon tart for dessert, it was so yummy. We also went to see the Hateful Eight. I really liked it, not as much as some of the earlier Tarantino movies but it was still pretty enjoyable. I didn't like Django Unchained that much so maybe its just the western genre that I'm not feeling.I also made an 8tracks based on songs that could be in a Tarantino or have a Tarantino aesthetic (you know what I mean). You used to be able to embedd 8tracks in blogger but I can't seem to now :( I feel like blogspot really needs to do some updates and keep up with some other social networking sites. Anyway here's a link to my playlist :) I gave my room a big clear out and I found lots of magazines and zines I bought from etsy. I really want to start buying zines again, theyre so fun to collect. 

I went back to Dublin a few days early in order to go to a film conference called The Film Network run by the Trinity film society. There were talks by Irish filmmakers like Ed Guiney, the producer of Room and The Lobster, Tim Fleming, the director of Once and Jenny Oman, the set designer for Brooklyn and Frank. It was a really interesting insight into how film sets are actually run and how to get a film into production. I have class tomorrow at 11am so I better finish this post here and catch some zzzs

New Years Eve Outfit

dress - topshop (sold out similar here and here)

necklace - topshop (sold out online similar here)

bag - monsoon

boots - office

 I think this gold dress is perfect for a New Years party and the pointed chelsea boots give the look a bit of an edge. I will be spending New Years Eve in Cardiff this year :) I'm flying out tomorrow evening (if the weather permits!). I went to Derry on boxing day to do a little shopping. I bought the necklace that I'm wearing in this outfit and a few other things in the picture below. I reckon I still have a few more days to wear the Christmas jumper that I bought :P 

(grey jumper - river island, christmas jumper - topshop, velvet high-waisted joni jeans - topshop, christmas socks - h&m, blue jumper - h&m, oversized grey tshirt - new look)