first day

So today was my first day back at school and it was okay.


































































(im not okay)

stationery shopping and things i forgot

bonjour/hola/hallo/hej/salve/hello guys!

So on Tuesday myself and my friend Chloe went to Westfield, Stratford. This was mainly so Chloe could get her winter wardrobe, and some back to school essentials, and as I have recently got clothes, I decided to spend my money on my other great weakness... stationery. I mean, if you want to get technical, I pretty much had to buy it, because school requires you to have equipment and if you are going to buy pens and pencils and all of that jazz, you may as well make sure they look cute!

In preparation for my trip, I packed my new Kanken  full of shopping essentials which included my phone, purse, oyster card, a hoody in case I got cold, some clothes I was returning to forever 21, along with the receipts, my keys, sunglasses and my camera, which I took along as I needed to replace it's batteries.

So once we arrived at Westfield, we returned our clothes and immediately rushed into Smiggle. Smiggle arrived in the UK all the way from Australia in January, and it is one of the cutest/coolest stationery brands out there. I got a set of pastel gel pens, firstly because I needed some nice coloured pens, and secondly, more importantly, they were pastel. Pastel is beyond amazing, and I really love pastel shades, so I fell head over heels for these gel pens, they are also scented, an added bonus. I also got a purple four-colour-pen, as I love only needing to have one pen out at a time, and I liked the fact it was purple, unlike most boring white quad-colour-pens.

We then ended up in Paperchase, and I haven't bought anything from Paperchase in a long time, but me and Chloe got a tad carried away and I came away with sticky notes, and three wonderful pens. I thought the sticky notes were both pretty and practical, and that combo is always a winner for me. They were also reasonably priced, so I bought them, and they look very nice on my desk, I must say.  Onto the pens... the first pen I picked up was the Uniball pen. I have had this pen before, and I love it. It is smooth, pleasant to write with and the ink is fast drying. They are also perfect for doodling with - but shh, don't tell my teachers. Next up is the Gelly Roll pen, which I was drawn to (geddit?) when I saw my friend testing it out. I really liked the colour and when I tried writing with it, it was so smooth and bright I had to buy it, I think this will be my go-to pen if I want to brighten up my books. Finally, I got this small black pen by Pilot. I got this as I love keeping pens in/on(?) my shirt pocket, and this one looked to be the perfect size to just slip onto/into my shirt pocket. I think it is a very practical ballpoint pen, and I thought it would be nice to have around.

The next shop I went into for supplies was Tiger, one of my favourite shops. Think ikea meets poundland, this chain was started in Copenhagen and is simply wonderful. They sell everything you never knew you wanted and some stuff you did, and I loves it. In Tiger I picked up a glue stick, because although I have liquid glue, I was lacking a glue stick, so I thought Tiger would be as good a place as any to pick one up. I also got this really sweet birdy folder, which I think will be perfect for keeping in my bag so I don't have loose sheets floating around everywhere.

Finally, I went to WHSmith's where I picked up a ruler that folds, so it will fit in my pencilcase, a set of four Sharpie highlighters and a purple Paper Mate mechanical pencil. Notice a purple theme going on? I obviously needed a ruler, and I thought the highlighters were nice because they were slim and sleek, different to the usual chunky stout highlighters I normally use, and I also am maybe a tad brand bias. I really liked the pencil, because despite the fact that I despise writing in pencil, we often need to have one, and the lead in this one is quite thick so it is nice to write with, it also has a working rubber, which is an added plus.

So that's it for my stationery haul, but I thought I would throw in this photo of these tiny earrings I forgot to include in my Forever 21 haul -  I also forgot to include my khaki hoodie, but I didn't get a photo of that. But pretty much , I think these earrings are very cute/sassy/me, so I buy'ded them.

That's all for now folks,
Amy xx


P.S: Please listen to Full Circle by Half Moon Run. You won't regret it.

FOREVER 21 HAUL yay

Hey - so my clothes came like a week ago, and my friend took some photos for me today of me modelling them so I thought I would do a little post. Just a note: I am returning a couple of items that don't fit me, so I won't be showing them.

I got most of these in the sale, for £1.99 or something similar, but I paid full price for a couple of them, although they were still cheap.

So first off, we have this crochet floaty black top, which I think would look perfect with a bandeau underneath, or a swimming costume. It is really pretty and delicate, and you can also see my shorts which I will talk about next!

 So I really love these bohemian/festival style bombshell shorts which I think are very cool and really good for fall. (I know, summer is nearly over, :'( ) The reviews said to get a size up from your usual, but I got my normal size and they were a tad big, so I am not sure what's up with that!

I am also wearing a crop top in the colour 'Tomato Red' which I think fits very nicely and is quite a bright, fun colour.

Finally, I got this striped crop top in burgundy and heather grey, and these casual sweatpants, also in grey, which I cannot find on the website, but I have linked the most similar pair. I like both the crop top and sweatpants because they are both very simple and casual, and are good for lounging around in or if you want to look relaxed.

You may also notice my hair is no longer turquoise/pink/peach/purple and has gone back to it's bleached blonde state. I may cut it off/ dye it brown / leave it, I'm not sure yet.

Amy xx

bleach london, you suck

So without me even washing my hair (because I am a tramp), the 'Gritty in Pink' or 'Slightly unusual faint tones' in my hair, vanished. Like poof. Gone. So a few days ago, whilst dying my friends hair pink with some diluted raspberry pink by live colour xxl, I decided I would put some on my hair. So I grabbed a bit and literally smothered it on the ends of my hair, then washed it off after literally 3 minutes, and to my shock, my hair had been totally dyed, a vibrant, pink.

So my hair is now pink, and maybe I will get round to showing you it soon. Maybe I won't.

Sorry I haven't really been posting, I've been too busy wallowing in self pity and sitting in my bedroom crying because my life sucks. (Possibly slightly exaggerating there).

I will be posting soon though, because I ordered loads of clothes from Forever 21 because I was bored so I will post a haul of those, hopefully.

Amy xx

hippo

crates? no, crite. That's the one.

So I haven't posted in, like, ten days (boohoo) which would be okay if I hadn't been looking at other peoples blogs wondering how they couldn't post for six whole days. Such a hypocrite.

Anyway, I dyed my hair today using the Gritty in Pink kit from Bleach London, I still had some turquoise/green in my hair that I hadn't quite managed to wash out so it failed a
little but it will be okay once I dye it again. I hope.

Amy xx

summertime sadness

I am not really happy that school is ending, which sounds crazy (especially as this year hasn't been the best), but I really am reluctant to go into year ten because GCSE's scare me and I had enough stress preparing for my Latin level 1 GCSE, without having multiple to do, and even more to prepare for. I feel like the year has gone too quickly and I am not ready - whatever that means.

I did have a lot of hopes for this summer, it was going to be great and amazing but I don't know if it will. I feel a bit like it will just be me alone in my house being lazy and not productive and failing at whatever teenagers are meant to do to fill their summers.

I plan on reading more because social media has really stopped me reading as much as I used to, ten-year-old Amy was a crazy book lover, who stayed up till 1am reading three books back-to-back.

I plan on doing a lot of things.

I don't really know what I am doing or where I am going with this post, so here are some songs you should check out.

Cold War Kids – Audience Of One
Tegan And Sara – Call It Off
Never Shout Never – cheatercheaterbestfriendeater
Fearless Vampire Killers – Could We Burn, Darling?
All Time Low – Dear Maria, Count Me In
Kill the Alarm – Fire Away
Bright Eyes – First Day Of My Life
The All-American Rejects – Gives You Hell
The All-American Rejects – Gives You Hell
Foster The People – Houdini
Sum 41 – In Too Deep
Ben Howard – Keep Your Head Up
Of Monsters And Men – King And Lionheart
Daughter – Landfill
Of Monsters And Men – Little Talks
Mumford & Sons – Lover Of The Light
Lady Antebellum – Need You Now
Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks
Agnes Obel – Riverside
Scouting For Girls – She's So Lovely
Fountains Of Wayne – Stacy's Mom
Fall Out Boy – Sugar, We're Goin Down
The Filthy Souls – The Boys Will Be Out For A Fight
Cute Is What We Aim For – The Curse Of Curves
Breaking Benjamin – The Diary Of Jane
Daughter – Youth

Amy xx

we were liars

NOTE: The 100 was not good (in my opinion so I am not going to bother reviewing it).

We
Were
Liars

This book is pretty amazing, I don't really want to tell you anything about it at all because I think it is best if you read it without knowing anything about it. I thought I could share some of my favourite quotes from it with you, though.

than you have to be







Now go and read the book please thank you very much. I really want people to read it. I don't know how I feel about it.

Amy xx

I read Eleanor&Park, it was a bit of a let down but I will still review it.