Exciting mid week adventures.

I've been looking forward to the week just gone for a good few months.

On Wednesday I left work early and headed up to London to meet Laura at leister square. We then headed up to Camden to see a band we loved as teens, Jack of Jill!

We also meet up with Emil as we haven't seen him in YEARS! and a friend of Laura's from online too that I hadn't meet.

We grabbed some grub and headed to the gig, there were 2 support bands so we hung around upstairs having a chat and then headed down stairs. The band came on and I did really enjoy it, it was a little bit strange as my tastes in music and style have changed a lot over the years. I'm more of a soft banjo playing Mumford fan, rather than lots of angry screaming. I have also swapped my black baggy clothes for more cutesy colourful dresses. However I am glad I went to see them as I would of given my right arm to see them as a teenager. I haven't been to a gig like that in such a long time and seeing friends from years ago was like I was thrown back 10 years ago!

Then on Friday I had a half day from work ready to go to Tulley's farm! I've been looking forward to this all year!

I picked out my Iron Fist dress to wear as it is the ‘spookiest’ dress I owned with little butterfly skulls on it! Unfortunately it doesn’t fit that well anymore alas but I thought it still made quite a cute outfit! I wore a pumpkin hair clips (which disappeared somewhere in the haunts pretty early on alas) and my flashing badge I got in Tiger a few weeks ago!

I made dinner for me and my Mam and we headed off about 5pm. I decided to go early because last year Sarah and I got there around 7:30 and there were big queues and we didn't have chance to do it all! So we got there for opening.

I was surprisingly quiet! Actually really quiet. We got into the first haunt which was a circus themed one almost straight away! It was quiet nerve wracking waiting to get in and I was suddenly hit with the memories of how scary it could be from the year before. I didn’t need to worry though it was hilarious and I have a great time. My Mum like my sister didn’t enjoy the ‘balloon’ bit where you squeeze through inflatable walls and she had a little moment at the Hunted house where we had to step outside for a moment but she recovered quickly!

I thought yeah take my mum she will be brave and protect me, I was WRONG and instead she shoved me in front and did more screaming and running away that me! Haha! It was great fun though. I don’t think it got properly busy until about 8:30pm and that’s when we were coming to an end. It was nice not having to queue for so long for each haunt! 

I then braved the last one on my own which involved having a bag on my head in the dark. I missed it last year and was determined to do it this time! It wasn’t too bad actually, the scariest part was being on my own at the back scared I would get left behind and get lost!

I thought we would be back about midnight but as we got there so early I was home about 9:30pm… that was the only disappointing part that it was over so quickly as I have having such a blast!

I will defiantly be returning next year and I can’t wait! I hope my sister will come next year and my Mum will come back as I think it would be great to have us all there!

I love the fact that it is scary but so much fun. I ended up leaving most the haunts with sore cheeks from laughing so much! There was one where I ran into multiple walls which was pretty funny and I have some bruises on my legs from running into a table.

So know its time to wait a WHOLE year until I get to go again! Boo hoo!

Hello Autumn, hello chills.

So GOOD NEWS I got my Mumford and Son’s tickets. Woohoo! It was a tense half an hour, they went on sale at 9am but I believe the website must have gone down and it wasn’t until around 9:30am that I actually got in and got 2 standing tickets for the 9th December. I am so excited and I have booked the day off to go and queue early on, I think it will be amazing I am hoping to get to the front! Sarah has offered to pay for the parking which means we could take a blanket and supplies and queue and there are loads of places to eat so there will be lots of chance to get foods. I am really excited. When we hit October I have so much planned and to look forward to I cannot wait.

The weekend just gone was pretty dull, I am pretty sure this is what I will day at the beginning of post so perhaps unless it was eventful we can just assume it was dull haha!

Friday we put everything in the flat away, we had been airing it out all week. My Grandma amazingly washed so much stuff for me and I filled bin bag with charity shop clothes too! I believe the dehumidifier is working well as there is none or very little moisture on the window in the mornings. I have also done some research and feel more confident in keeping the damp away. All is back in its place now, and I believe I can get the washing finished this weekend so no more bags of stuff laying around. At least I know where to check in the rooms to see if there is a problem starting.

 It does mean that I need to invest in a dehumidifier though, that is a fair chunk of money so that kind of sucks but it is a small price to pay if it means I won’t get mold and damp. I am going to test my mum’s one for a few weeks and see how it goes, if no sign of it coming back then I know it will be worth it, I also need tyres for the car. Life is one big list of paying out money, crikey!

So this week is flying by again. I am glad as I have 2 weeks and 2 days to go before my week break. I am so excited for some time off I keep writing about it and going on about it, but I really feel like I need it!

 

I can really feel autumn setting in and so early this year. I even got gloves out this morning to keep the chill of my fragile hands. I’ve been wearing jackets and scarfs for a good 2 weeks now, I still feel like our summer never really came but I am now looking forward to all the things that come with autumn! Snuggly clothes, scarfs, hot drinks and lots of warm colours, and OF COURSE my winter/autumn dresses!

Including this one!

Sugarhill Boutique dress

I am having this for my Birthday it is a Sugarhill Boutique dress. So far I don’t have much on my wish list. My love for Harry Potter has exploded recently so I may just get money and get lots of Harry Potter stuff at the studio tour! I actually ordered another dress with that one (toucan dress) but it fitted really badly and the straps sat so strangely on me and just looked awkward so alas that went back (I was gutted as the fabric was stunning) I thought the above dress was a great all year round piece! The colour is bright enough for wearing in the summer but the style and cut means it can be worn when it's cooler too.

With the joys of lovely autumnal clothes coming in the shops I also picked up some new shoes. I have a little haul of shoes really, woops!

I wore some new pumps yesterday I got in the sale from Office a few weeks ago and they TORE my feet apart. My feet are covered in sores and blisters today, I knew I wouldn’t be able to get home in them so I popped/hobbled to Primark to get a plain pair to get home in. I however got carried away and left with 5 pairs in total (the black pair not pictured below were just their £4 plain black ones they always do)

I know 5 is quite a lot, but £34 for the lot I was pleased. I have been living off of 1 pair of grey pumps Laura bought be almost 2 years ago for about a year now, but the sole is falling off now. I also get fed up with putting together a lovely dress or outfit and not having any shoes to choose from and sometimes grey just doesn’t look great.

I loved all of these for the autumnal colours and I can’t wait to start pairing them with outfits and the brown pair are lovely and soft and actually practical! As much as I have tried to buy more practical shoes I still love my crappy little pumps. I think they look cute and I am most comfortable in them! I just REALLY want navy blue pair; which are always sold out in my size! Hopefully I will be able to get my hands on a pair soon!

In the spirit of autumn coming I have actually done a new design too and I am pretty happy with it! I am pretty sure its almost finished and I hope to complete it this weekend! I wanted to get brooches printed and made but money is a little tight and I bought 5 pairs of shoes instead ahah :p

 I hope everyone else is enjoying the chill in the air (although the sun is out in full force this afternoon!) and looking forward to autumn fun!