Presents & Latest buys..

Okay so as promised, I thought I would show you the things my mum and dad brought me home from Tenerife. I also could not resist showing you my latest buys!! So after they lied to me and told me they had found nothing I would like in Zara (I knew that could not possibly be true!!) I was lay in bed after having opened my other presents - which I will get to later, and then in appears my mum with a HUGE Zara bag, and inside was my beautiful new shopper. It's from the Trafaluc collection, and I absolutely adore it and it will be perfect for my long 4 hour journeys home from Uni when I want to come home to visit my fam! (Arrrr still can't believe I'm moving!) 

They also bought me these two fabulous tops - which are so casual and will be perfect for when I'm only going into uni for an hour or so, one has an owl printed onto the front, which is an oversized vest style. The owl has what I describe as an aztec print going on; if that is even possible for an owl?! Hahaha somethings make much more sense in my head! I then also got the black studded top which is quite thick - so will be ideal in Autumn! Is it just me that cannot wait to get all the wintery clothes back? I love summer but I can't wait to layer and stick on my uggs! The tops are both from Springfields which is a shop I absolutely adore in Tenerife!!

Okay, so Tenerife aside. It's making me quite sad that I didn't get to go hahaa! I then took a trip to H&M, and I found this bowler hat! Now, I know for sure they sold the bowler hats in H&M about a year or so ago, and then I never seemed to be able to find one, so as soon as I walked into my tiny local H&M and spotted this I had to have it!! At £7.99 I didn't even care that I'm not exactly a "hat person", I just fell in love. And it actually doesn't look that bad on!! BONUS. I also picked up these H&M leggings! Now, whenever I need new leggings these are the only ones I will literally buy, and often they only have the £5.99 ones in which I refuse to purchase! H&M £7.99 Leggings are the best leggings in the world!!! They're just so thick! I love it, like I can wear them with a top and not feel like an inappropriate amount of bum is on show! Fab. 

What are your recent buys, and do you have anything you could not live without?

Ally

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What a week...

Okay, so this week has been quite a big week for me!! So I thought I would share with you some photgraphs from the past few days!! For starters, I got into Sunderland University!!!!!!!! I was actually really happy, and so surprised!! After the state I was in taking my exams, I am glad to say all my work and stressing has finally payed off and I am finally studying something which I want to do!! Magazine Journalism!! EEEEEEK SCARY HUH?

So the first image is my confirmation, which was beyond scary logging into UCAS to see whether I had been accepted before I had even collected my results!!! I then found my freshers line up!! Which is quite good considering that Sunderland is not a hugggge city!! I am quite excited to watch LoveableRogues to be fair!

I then went out to celebrate, which explains the embarassing selfie and the drunk taxi pictures, believe it or not that was the way there, and I already look wasted, I'm never usually that bad but I honest to god remember none of the night but apparently I was lay on the floor of the dancefloor kissing my friends cousin, stay classy Alice stay classy. 

I then got a new pandora charm, a cute little camera! Which I think represents the next step in my life as a journalist! I got so spoilt by my family for my results, 

We all live in a yellow submarine

 me and my bezzie Paige

 my wonderful papa

Beaded Blouse | Internationale   Tailored Shorts | Old    Sandals | New Look   Earrings | Dorothy Perkins

Wow, I am doing well with keeping up with these blog posts!

I thought I would share with you a few photos I took a few weeks ago when I went to Liverpool with my Dad and my best friend Paige. As the weather was amazing (seems to have gone now, huff!!) we thought what better than to spend a day in Liverpool. Now let me be honest in saying that I am a Manchester gal, and I really love everything about our city. But can I say, Liverpool might come a close second (behind Newcastle maybe, woo excited to be moving North East in September - even though I am moving to Sunderland, Newcastle is like 20 minutes away on the metro, wooo shopping!) the city is just so clean and nice, way cleaner than Manchester! I was quite disapointed I didn't hear many scouse accents whilst I was there, however I did such cool things!

We did some typical touristy things, such as go on an open top tour bus, I did top up my tan as we went around the whole of Liverpool and it was such a hot day! We went to the Cavern Club, the home of the beatles, and had our photo took with the Cavern Club Liverpool wall. We also saw the Titanic building, which was amazing, probably because it is my all time favourite film ever, but it was so interesting to be told that all the relatives of people on the ship went there for news of their loved ones when they heard that the ship had sank! As we went around Albert Docks, we found a shop which was selling things which were actually on the titanic!! A silver spoon off the Captains table, which was about £80.00, but it had a certificate of authenticity and everything, I really wanted it!! 

Albert Docks were so pretty in the sunshine, and some of the themed boats were fab, they had a Yellow Submarine (they really do love being the beatles birthplace) and a Titanic one!!! (I am actually obsessed) 

We finished off the day with a spot of Shopping and a ever so classy beer and a burger at Wetherspoons, I purchased a new top and some sunglasses (as I sat on mine ha).

As it was sunny, I wore my new top which was an absolute bargain from Internationale (in the sale for £4 AND on Buy One Get One Half Price) What more can you ask for??? The top is fab, the back is a chiffon with buttons down, and the front is like a strung sequin and beaded material. Which I teamed with some beige tailored shorts that I have had for ages and don't even remember where they're from, and white sandals.

As my mam, dad and little sis have been away to Tenerife for almost 4 weeks now, they get back on Wednesday (I know I know, I am very jealous) I would have gone if it wasn't for Driving Lessons must pass before uni. must pass before uni. must pass before uni. But anyway, they skyped to tell me they have popped into my favourite boutique over there and have picked me up a surprise. So you may see a blog post on that, if I like it!! I did ask them to get me something from Zara, as the Tenerife Zara has the most amazing bargains, but they said they couldn't find me anything pft!! Impossible to not find me anything in a Zara. But hey, I can live with a boutique item!

Hope you like my post, what have you been up to this summer?
Ally
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Summer Fragrance | 212 VIP Carolina Herrera

212 VIP Women | Debenhams 

I was well and truly spoilt by my Auntie on a recent trip to the Trafford Centre for a lunch date, where I got this perfume Carolina Herrera 212 VIP. To be honest, I have wanted this since the TV advert came out a while back, remember the one "you're not on the guestlist..." yeah, you get the picture. Anyway, I love having new fragrances for summer, I seem to usually get lots around this time as I have a summer birthday, but this is probably one of my favourites this year! 

The scent is quite youthful, it's very fruity and I think vanilla based. It seems to remind me of the aftershave Paco Rabanne One Million, but maybe thats because it's in a gold bottle haha! It does have a few similarities in scent though, however I would say 212 VIP is much sweeter, which makes it the perfect summer scent. I actually love this perfume so much, I can't recommend it highly enough. And, amazingly, the lid is magnetic, which is perfect for me, as I tend to shove perfumes in my bag and lose the lid! However, as this is 80ml, I doubt I'll be carrying it around in my small bags when I'm on a night out! 

If you're looking for a fresh new perfume, I would say get your arse to selfridges or debenhams and pick this up, for 80ml the perfume is priced at £64.00, but 30ml is quite cheap, at £33.50.

What's your favourite summer fragrance? Have you tried this before?

Ally

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Wishlist | August

1. Wedged Peep Toe Shoes | Zara

2. Sleeveless Silk Blouse | H&M 

3. Classic Leather 11'' Satchel | Cambridge Satchel Company

4. Black & White Striped Leggings | American Apparel @ Selfridges

5. Ibiza Crop Top | Missguided

6. Frilly Ankle Socks | Topshop

7. Sequined Converse | Office

This post seems to have been based on a black and white theme, which started out as a coincidence. I think you can tell I am still a bit obsessed with Ibiza, and I spotted this crop on the missguided TV advert, and I feel as though I need it in my life!! I just wish I could have bought it before I went to Ibiza; I would have loved to walk around San An in this!! I have mixed some classic looks which seem to be coming in this season, with quite dressed down looks, I love the H&M silk blouse, it just looks so elegant. The converse are in he sale in Office, however the sad part is they only have large sizes left *sadface* but these would be perfect for me when I'm going to the less dressy clubs in town, as I could pair them with a skirt and blouse and they still look nice because they're so sparkly! Hahaha! The Zara shoes are also in the sale, BARGAIN! I am currently mourning the closure of the Zara in Manchester, which reopens in September (but by then I will have moved to Sunderland - eeeeek) it's such a killer especially with the Zara summer sale! 

And yes, I know Cambridge Satchels have been on everyones wishlist for like ever now, but I still haven't got my hands on one, despite having asked for one for the past 2 birthdays and christmas's after first seeing Zooey Deschanel sporting an embossed classic I fell in love. So much that I have refused to buy a dupe even though most of them are amazing quality. I am still ever so obsessed with them, yet I always have other things my money needs to be spent on, so for now I shall dream of an 11'' embossed with my initials.
Ever since the hype of American Apparel Disco Pants, which took the blogging world by storm, I have wanted a pair of leggings from American Apparel to see whether they are the same good quality as the disco pants, and I am actually surprised at how cheap these are, seeing as everything in American Apparel is beyond expensive!

Whats on your August wishlist?

Ally

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