My First Post Of 2011!

My First Post Of 2011!

Well well well! It's 2011, and I've sadly neglected my Blogger for a whole month!! But, I'm back, darlings, and I have plenty to talk about! For starters, cupcakes have been made TWICE so far this year, and were absolutely amazing both times! Pastel blue, coral pink and apple green icing, along with sugar alphabet letters and silver balls made for absolutely gorgeous little cakes every time! Another couple of things I've gotten pretty into since the start of the year are a couple of cool magazines, Wired (UK) and CLiNT, a magazine full of comics, both of which help me indulge my techy-geeky side!

Decorated Cupcakes!!

This is the cupcake I made for my boyfriend Piers :)

My wonderful boyfriend made me a pretty cupcake!!

But that's not all for the new year! 2011 is going to bring amazing times, and wonderful days, it's going to be such a happy year, and I can't wait for every second of it! I applied to University recently, and have received one offer so far, so now just time to nervously check emails and post, freaking out every time the word UCAS shows up.

Next month, I will be turning 19, so we've decided to have a mini adventure in Bristol and Bath, which will be amazing fun! http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Leisure-Culture/Museums-Galleries/bristols-city-museum---art-gallery.en Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery seems like an amazing place to visit, and I think that this would be a really cool way to celebrate getting a year older. ^^

So, I'll come back when I have fun things to talk about again!

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Presents!

Presents!

So I was in Exeter a little while ago with Piers, and we were looking in this lovely little shop full of second-hand stuff called N.E.Tings, and they had a sale on of old piggy banks, all for 20p each! They were all so cute, but none had stoppers in the bottoms. This didn't matter though, and Piers got me a cute little pink one! I thought I should share this, since Percy the Piggy's so very cute and lovely :)

"Let's get you a piggy bank then" :) It made me very, very happy :)

                                              Coin slot!

 

I love how delighted he looks! :)

 

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Hmm...

Hmm...

Hello hello!
I thought I should probably update, since I haven't in a little while, and I was looking through all the saved pictures on my old laptop while I waited for my netbook to work, and found a photo of a top I'd seen a while back which I thought might be worth uploading. I can't decide if I like it or not, there's kind of two sides to the top!

Dorothy Perkins Gingham Knot Top

I love the gingham, and I think that the knot inbetween the cleavage is super-cute, and kind of hot! But it could only really go with skinny jeans... If paired with a pair of shorts or a mini-skirt, I have a feeling that this might look more Daisy Dukes than anything, which isn't usually a good look! So, it's probably time to find a cute alternative which can be paired with skinny jeans and a skirt, or could also be thrown over a dress as a casual light jacket! And then I came across this! Now, normally I'm not too keen on Superdry, it's a very generic label, but I do totally love the colours in this shirt, the blues and greens are suited to Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter! It's a shirt to see you through all the seasons! Enjoy!

Apologies for no photo, the website was being lame and not letting me take it! BUT have a link! http://www.cult.co.uk/women/shop/shirts/details/23622/lumber-twill-shirt

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Vintage Shopping In Exeter :)

Vintage Shopping In Exeter :)

So, yesterday I went into Exeter to see Piers once again. We weren't really planning on doing all that much with our day, and decided to have a walk along the Exeter Quay, which can be very pretty at times. On our way, we noticed a little Retro shop (Can't remember the actual name, I'll look it up later!),  and decided to take a peek, since Piers was looking for a new umbrella for his flatmate Charles, whose umbrella he had broken. Naughy Piers. Turned out that the only umbrellas they had were very girly, very old, and apparently not "manly" enough to be a "man's umbrella". BUT the shop was absolutely amazing, featuring a particular chair which you could totally sink into, it was incredible! Plus everything was so cheap, it was awesome! I can hardly wait for my next pay-day now, since I saw so many pretty little knick-knacks which certainly took this Vintage girl's fancy! We even found two old deckchairs for £25, which Piers seemed very tempted by!

BUT this wasn't enough, I was dragged around a vintage clothing shop, where I was almost overwhelmed by an abundance of corsets, dresses and suitcases just begging to be bought! If only I'd been paid...Sigh. AND an antique shop, too, featuring comical postcards and some rainbow and Chezch crystal jewelery which took my fancy, since my Nanan often wore pieces like this, so we left feeling nostalgic!

All in all, I'd certainly reccommend going antique/vintage clothing shopping in Exeter! There's a wide variety of items to choose from, and the shops in question don't dissappoint! I will upload photos very soon, on my next trip! :)

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