Sorry for the lack of posts!

Our internet has been cut off as my mum hasn't been able to pay the bill and won't be able to until tomorrow. And as Virgin are (insert negative plural adjectives here that may or may not be inappropriate), our internet may not be back until Wednesday. Or even Thursday. Hopefully at worst, Friday.

I am currently typing this from my phone - unfortunately, this limits what I am able to post. So I will include Saturday's through to whenever's posts as soon as we get the internet back.

Typical, there is so much I wanted to post!

Fashion Friday #5

Today's post is a special - it's based on the outfit I will (probably) wear tomorrow at the football match! You may remember when I posted my new Southampton polo shirt... well, that shirt is the focus of today's set.

If the weather stays warm, I will definitely be wearing shorts with it! And of course, sunglasses are a must if it's sunny. My shoes of choice are usually black Converse - they tend to go with most things and they are the comfiest shoes I have ever owned.

As you may be able to tell, I am reeeaaallly looking forward to the match! Let's hope this ends with a good result!

- Kirstie x

Musical Instrument Set #3

Today I created a set based on what I would probably wear onstage if I had this guitar. I believe this guitar is a PRS; I'm not entirely sure since I found it whilst browsing through Polyvore.

I hope you guys like this set - I'm thinking of making this an actual segment, maybe every Thursday.

- Kirstie x

A Paramore Cover...

Remember the week I included Let The Flames Begin and Part II in the same playlist? Or rather, Part II was a bonus track but hey (if you didn't see this post, click here!). I decided I loved both songs so much that instead of making two separate covers, I would mix them together since they are a prequel/sequel to each other. The result? Well, this...

I am not too fond of my voice, as being on a music course I'm surrounded by amazing, exceptional singers, and because of this I feel not-so-good in comparison. However, I am happy with how this turned out (even though I did mess up slightly once or twice); I wouldn't have uploaded this if I wasn't confident enough with my singing, and I certainly wouldn't be showing you guys! Also... please ignore the fact I'm using an electric guitar. I don't have an acoustic guitar at the moment - I have a classical acoustic, but my hands are incredibly tiny so I struggle to play it! I'm probably going to sell it and buy a normal acoustic in its place.

I would appreciate all feedback you may have on this - did you hate it? Love it? Whatever you thought of this, I would love to hear what you have to say :)

- Kirstie x

Happy St. George's Day!

So, today is an incredibly English day. Not British, but specifically English. Today is supposedly the day Saint-George-who-slayed-the-dragon died. Or at least that's what I've read and I do believe Christians celebrate with a feast or something... I don't know, I'm pretty clueless!

Either way, today I decided to be patriotic so I dug out my old England football shirt from Euro 2008 - five years ago, and it still fits me! Not really surprising, as it was quite baggy on me when I was thirteen years old and I haven't really grown since then. At least, not in terms of height.

As you can see from the picture, I wore red lipstick too. The weather was beautiful (it actually still is!) so I paired it with black high waisted shorts and Converse.

I went out with my best friend today - we went to Costa, got it to take away, sat on a bench near the seafront and chatted for a while before going to KFC and then going back home. It was good to see her as I barely see her these days - although saying this, I have seen her a few times in the last couple of weeks and I will be seeing her again this weekend, yay!

Later on I went to McDonalds with my sister and uncle - fast food twice in one day, oops! I don't usually do this, honest. However, I tried their new iced mocha from their iced drinks range - it is absolutely beautiful and so much better than Costa! And cheaper.

It's even more delicious than it looks!

In about an hour or so, I will be watching FC Barcelona v Bayern Munich on the TV with my sister. So instead of doing something English, we'll be watching a Spanish team play a German team! I guess it sort of links in because my top is from Euro 2008 like I said, and Spain won that year.

That's all I really have to say.

- Kirstie x

Pokémon!

I have recently rekindled my love for Pokémon thanks to my best friend, Zahna. She's been playing it a lot recently and told me to go and download this program called PokeMMO which enables you to play Pokémon FireRed from the comfort of your computer screen. It's honestly amazing. All you have to do is register an account and then download it - follow the instructions on the screen it takes you to when you go to download the program!

Actually, that's not all. You also have to download the FireRed ROM, unzip the folder and put the actual file into the ROMs folder of PokeMMO. It's straightforward though, and now that's all you have to do. Click on PokeMMO and you're set to go! This is my character; she ended up looking like Ariel from The Little Mermaid so I decided to call her Ariel, funnily enough (or rather ArieI because it wouldn't let me have 'Ariel'). 

You can also name your rival. So, keeping with the whole Little Mermaid thing, I named my rival Ursula.

And then I realised my rival is a boy.

So now he's a boy called Ursula, woohoo! Also, if you're interested to know, I chose Squirtle as my starting Pokémon as I think that would be the one Ariel would choose if she was really a Pokémon trainer. If any of you guys decide to download PokeMMO, I'd be interested to know what your character looks like and which Pokémon you chose to start with! Leave me a comment below if you like.

- Kirstie x

Playlist for the Week #5 {22/04 - 28/04}

Edit; I have now added a playlist at the bottom of the page - from now on each weekly playlist will be on there!

MONDAY: Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
I want to learn to play this on guitar, so I'll probably spend most of tomorrow doing that! I also really need to improve on guitar so if I can get this down, it'll definitely be a milestone.

TUESDAY: Orion - Metallica
This song is just complete musical madness and since it's very much based around Cliff Burton's bassyness it reminds me I should really practise for my grade 6 bass exam...

WEDNESDAY: Still Into You - Paramore
I don't care that I've already used this song in a previous playlist, I love it so much I want to use it again. It's just such a feel-good song and makes me feel so happy and summery!

THURSDAY: Let It Go - Cherri Bomb
I don't know why I picked this song for Thursday, it just stuck out to me whilst I was scrolling through iTunes. So here's your occasional fix of Cherri Bomb.

FRIDAY: Room A Thousand Years Wide - Soundgarden
This song says the word 'tomorrow' a lot during the chorus, and although I know that's not what the song's about, it's going to hype me up for what's happening Saturday!

SATURDAY: Club Foot - Kasabian
This song always seems to get played during Premier League football, and I'm going to the Southampton match this day and I honestly cannot wait! Woohooo!

SUNDAY: But Honestly - Foo Fighters
I needed a really happy song for Sunday since it's my birthday that day, yay! So what better band to pick than one of my all time favourites? I love Foo Fighters so much.

Birthday woes...

Well... not entirely.

I do have one major problem though. DVLA sent my provisional driving licence application back, as I didn't fill in one section where someone has to verify my identity. I didn't actually know I was supposed to fill that section out so now I have to get that done and re-send the application - meaning my ID will definitely not be here in time for my birthday. Booo!

However, luckily I'm not too bothered about going out on my birthday in terms of getting incredibly drunk since I'm not much of a drinker anyway, I only have a couple of pints at most. Plus, I have the Southampton v West Bromwich Albion football match to look forward to before that (one weeks' time! And I get to see my favourite footballer, Morgan Schneiderlin, yes!) and then me, my dad's side of the family and my best friend are going to Frankie and Bennys on my birthday for a mid-afternoon meal, which should be good! And since drinking laws state that 16 year olds and over can legally have a drink of wine or cider with their meal, I'll still be able to have my first legal pint of cider, yay! Even though that specific drink would be legal anyway... but I can pretend, until I finally get my licence.

I guess it's not too bad. I'm meeting up with a friend (who I haven't seen since school) the Friday after my birthday; he's just turned 18 too so we were originally planning to go out for a few alcoholic drinks and a catchup. However, obviously I'll only be able to have fun with my Coca Cola due to the ID problem, but he said he'd sneak me a rum & coke. Easy enough, it looks exactly the same as normal coke!

- Kirstie x
P.S. my birthday is next Sunday, the 28th, if you were wondering!

Another fashion post... Musical Instrument Set #2

...because I wanted to make another fashion set based around a musical instrument, like I did last week. Today I will be basing the outfit around this pretty little big thing...

The Ibanez AK310 in mint green is approximately £325 from various shops. I have combined it with matching Converse, basic blue skinny jeans and a Blink-182 top - this particular bass guitar reminds me a lot of one of Mark Hoppus' signature models, so I guess this set is a sort of homage to him and the band.

It has quite a pop punk vibe to it (funny that, seeing as it does include a Blink-182 tee!) which I think looks really cute with brighter, more fun coloured instruments like this one.

- Kirstie x

Fashion Friday #4

Sorry about the lack of posts the last few days! I've been busy with college. I hope this week's Fashion Friday makes up for it.

Today I combined this beautiful laser cut heart blouse from boohoo.com with an acid-washed denim skirt, cream ankle strap heels and a cute little owl necklace.

This blouse has been on my wishlist for a little while now and I would probably wear it in a similar style as seen in the picture above, however probably with brown brogue shoes instead of the heels as I'm not exactly the best at walking in heels and I prefer comfort over fashion (however I try and make it both!).

- Kirstie x

Today.

So, I spent over three hours on buses going to Southampton and back, as I had many things I needed to do. First of all, I had to put money back into my account (since I was silly and took all my money out... because I got bored) so I could get my ticket to see the Southampton v West Bromwich Albion football game, yesssss! Then I had to go to Solent University (as you will probably know) to try and sort out this uni mess - I was told I would still have to apply through UCAS, but that it didn't matter too much that mine wasn't in yet because it would just be classed as a late application. So phew, I will still be able to go to university if I get the grades I need, yay!

...and if my tutor actually ever submits my application. I will be talking to him about it again on Wednesday. Anyway! After that, moving onto happier things, I went to The Guitar Store to try out a bass. I never ended up trying out the bass I originally went there for, as I spotted an even better one. But I'm still not quite sure which one I prefer!

Schecter, or Ibanez? That is the question.

Finally, I went to The Saints Store to buy a new top to wear to the game, however unfortunately not the team shirt as I didn't think I had enough for it, so instead I bought this pretty red polo shirt.

Excuse the blurriness of the picture, it's hard taking a photo one handed.

When I got home the first thing I did was go online to buy my ticket, however I was faced with disappointment as the seat I was going to buy got sold in the time it took me to go to Southampton and back. I'd checked just before I left that the seat was still available so I was a little bit upset. However, I found another seat which wasn't quite as good but not bad either, so that cheered me up and it was more than £10 less, bonus! Now I just have to wait for it to be delivered...

- Kirstie x
P.S. My heart goes out to all those involved in and affected by the Boston incident earlier today, I can't understand why people would do such a thing; it's so devastating and heartbreaking. I'll keep you all in my thoughts <3

Playlist for the Week #4 {15/04 - 21/04}

I don't really have any reasons for picking songs now, I guess I just pick the songs I'm feeling fit this coming week. Just assume I love every song I put in the playlist (because I do)! I'm also trying to find a widget that I can put onto the blog to have the weekly playlist on.

MONDAY: About A Girl - Nirvana

TUESDAY: Breakout - Foo Fighters

WEDNESDAY: Interlude (I'm Not Angry Anymore) - Paramore

THURSDAY: Sleep Alone - Two Door Cinema Club

FRIDAY: Flash of the Blade - Iron Maiden

SATURDAY: Nothing Else Matters - Metallica

SUNDAY: Little Lion Man - Mumford and Sons

University issues, festival decisions and The Hobbit.

This is is a sort of 'part two' to my post from last month, 'University and festival dilemmas!'. As you may remember, my UCAS application hadn't been processed so I talked to my tutor about it and, well... 

...it still hasn't been processed. The deadline from which universities had to have responded has long passed, so I guess this means I have to take matters into my own hands and go to Solent University to talk to someone of importance who could probably help sort this for me. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't need accommodation in halls of residence (living on campus at the university) because I could probably easily get a place through clearance (very last minute applications), but since I do need accommodation I will have to get this sorted and try and get a conditional offer from Solent by talking to them and telling them the deets. However, it shouldn't have to be this way - college should have sorted this for me long ago! It's not even free to apply through UCAS - you have to pay just over £20 for 2+ applications to universities. Annoying.

Anyway - moving onto the next part of the post. Festivals. I have finally decided what I am going to do! I am going to stick to just Isle of Wight with my dad, as I have realised my bass isn't exactly fitting to all genres of music... I would have to join a glam, pop-punk, dubstep or something-else-colourful band for it to fit in with the music. So I need the money I had originally set aside for Download for a new bass, as I don't want to get rid of the bass I already have seeing as I've barely had it a year! I have found an incredibly beautiful Schecter bass which has a slimline neck like my current bass also has. I can't remember the model though, meaning I have yet another reason to go to Southampton seeing as the music shop I saw it in is there. It's literally the coolest looking music shop ever...

See! It's a motherflipping amp. How cool is that? It's got an amazing range of guitars and basses; I went in it for the first time the other day whilst I was on a meeting-up with a potential band member. It was a good day and we're hopefully going to have a jamming session pretty soon.

Time for part three of this post. I finally watched The Hobbit yesterday; I was round my best friend's house and she'd recently bought it on DVD so she asked me if I wanted to watch it in the morning after going to see Scholars, seeing as I was sleeping round her house that night. I can honestly say it is I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E and if you haven't already seen it, go and watch it as soon as you can! I cannot wait for parts two and three and I already have a massive crush on Kíli (played by Aidan Turner). Omnomnomnomnom.

And that's all. Over and out.

- Kirstie x

Fashion Friday #3

Today I have created an outfit based around this bow print denim shirt from New Look, £14.99. I thought a western look would look great since it is finally seeming to begin to be springtime, at long last! Meaning summer should follow shortly, yay!

I didn't quite know how to arrange the items so I hope they look okay! I think the accessories are a crucial part of this outfit - the cowgirl hat and boots add the main western feel to this outfit.

- Kirstie x
P.S. the gig last night was amazing!

Scholars Gig.

So, today I am going to see a little band called Scholars with my best friend, Zahna. They're a band she's loved for a little while now and she asked me to go with her to today's gig, and I thought I'd might as well because although I haven't listened to them much they are a pretty damn good band and it'll still be fun. Also, I barely ever see Zahna these days which makes me sad, so it'd be silly to turn this down, especially as she's been my gig buddy ever since we were young and naïve at All Time Low back in 2010 (picture this, we thought we were incredibly cool being in the mosh pit since we were really close to the front, then BAM Zahna gets hit in the face and comes out with a swollen lip. No more mosh pits). So yeah... this is actually the first gig we've been to together in almost a year if you don't count Download - the last one being Lostprophets back on the 2nd of May. Bear in mind we used to go to one every couple of months or so.

Anyway - I'm going to be leaving to go to hers very shortly, at around 11:20 which is approximately 12 minutes away. We're then walking to the ferry, getting the ferry over to Portsmouth, and then walking to The Cellars. It's going to take us ages waaahh. We're aiming to get there for about 1, to meet the band before the soundcheck. The funny thing is, Zahna's talked to them enough that they're bound to recognise her! Woooo.

So... I will leave you with this video of Scholars' song, Tornadoes (which was also featured in this week's playlist woohooo).

- Kirstie x

Musical Instrument Set #1

As you may know, my bass is bright blue with pink strings, so I have to be careful with what I wear so that my outfit both looks good with it and also doesn't overpower it. I tend to try and make my bass the focus of the outfit in effect, so this is what today's post is inspired by: basing an outfit around an instrument.

Being a musician, I have a natural love for instruments. Especially guitars and basses. Today I'm going to base the outfit around a guitar I have loved for quite a while now - this beautiful pelham blue Epiphone Les Paul. Not quite Gibson, but not too shabby either!

With this I have gone for a vintage style - the guitar has a pretty vintage feel and I think paired with the lacy dress and the matching heels (plus accessories of course), it matches the balance between rockstar and girly girl perfectly.

- Kirstie x

Paramore!!

So, as many of you may know, Paramore's new, self-titled album came out yesterday. I have been listening to it constantly since they did the "4 sides 4 nights" thing on their website - safe to say I have fallen in love with them again! I've been hyped up about the album ever since they released 'Now', a song which took a little while to grow on me; "a little while" being about three listens. And then I loved it.

Before I knew it, 'Still Into You' had come out and unlike 'Now', I loved it instantly. The first time I heard it I found the lyric video hilarious, I was giggling for ages. How did I find hands pretending to sing so funny?! I don't know. But I thought it was also rather adorable, which is quite fitting with the song.

Speaking of 'Still Into You', the official video for it came out today! Yaaay!

I love it; they look like they had so much fun filming it and Hayley looks so adorable with all her pastel colours... however, I'm still trying to figure out what the yellow drippy things are - tights? Plastic sticky drippy things? The video reminds me a little of 'The Only Exception' and also Lily Allen's 'The Fear' (anyone else see the resemblance?).

Many people have said Paramore have changed their sound - I do agree to some extent, but from listening through the whole album many, many, MANY times, I can still hear the old Paramore in there. Especially in 'Part II', which is probably as it's a sequel to 'Let The Flames Begin'. As you may remember from my playlist for this week, this is by far my favourite off the album*. Also, a lot of people are now complaining that they've changed. I say, obviously they're going to change, they've grown up a lot in the past coming on four years since they released 'Brand New Eyes', and they also lost two members. Since within a band all the members tend to contribute, there is no longer the Josh-and-Zack-Farro-ness within the music. Of course it's going to sound different! I love that Paramore have taken a new direction and are experimenting with their sound, like I heard they have stated.

Meanwhile, here is the track listing for the new album:
1:   Fast In My Car
2:   Now
3:   Grow Up
4:   Daydreaming
5:   Interlude: Moving On
6:   Ain't It Fun
7:   Part II
8:   Last Hope
9:   Still Into You
10: Anklebiters
11: Interlude: Holiday
12: Proof
13: Hate To See Your Heart Break
14: (One Of Those) Crazy Girls
15: Interlude: I'm Not Angry Anymore
16: Be Alone
17: Future

- Kirstie x

*and the playlist is now updated :)

Footballers = Eye Candy.

So, over the past few months I have been getting interested in football again, my last "I love football" phase being back in the end of junior school through to about year 8. At the time I supported Portsmouth, but then decided that no, I wanted to be different from everyone else (everybody in my class supported Portsmouth too) and so I decided that I would support Chelsea. This resulted in me gaining a Chelsea towel, mug and keyring - no idea where the mug and keyring have gone, but I still have the towel! However, everyone teased me for supporting them so then I decided to support Portsmouth again. I never really told anyone this until along came the FA Cup final and we had a non-school uniform day (for some reason) - I was the only one in my class to wear a Portsmouth football top, not even any of the boys were wearing one! I still actually have my Portsmouth top stashed away in my wardrobe, and it surprisingly still fits me... however, a little snugly.

Anyway, fast forward five years and I am now coincidentally enough supporting Portsmouth's rival team, Southampton! After a hiatus of not really bothering with football any more, I decided it was time to get back into the beautiful game. That's when I did the stewarding course and stewarded the Southampton vs. Manchester City game back in February, where Southampton won 3-1 (COME ON YOU REDS!). After that match, and since my bass teacher is a massive Saints fan, I decided that Southampton really weren't as bad as everyone was making them out to be so I soon ended up supporting them. Then I realised I really liked Man City too (though I'm glad Southampton won against them) so I decided they'd be my second favourite team. And THEN I remembered, 'hey I supported Chelsea back in the day' and by now it didn't really matter what team you supported because at the end of the day, any hate you get over the team you support is only a little bit of harmless banter. So then I decided they'd be my third favourite team.

Anyway. Enough of my ramblings (thank you if you're still reading) and onto the main part of the post. Like the title suggests, MANY FOOTBALLERS ARE MAJOR EYE CANDY. So here's my top six list of the best:

1.) Morgan Schneiderlin - Southampton
He may be #4 on the team, but he is my #1. I saw him for the first time when I was stewarding and I instantly thought "wow, he's hot" and as soon as I got home I googled him and he turned out to be waaaaay hotter than I thought. Bonus!

Morgan, you're my favourite.

2.) Sergio Agüero - Manchester City
I also saw him when I was stewarding, and I instantly rated his skills. Although he didn't score that day (it was Edin Džeko) I thought he was amazing. And of course, I googled him as soon as I got home and as you can (hopefully) see, he's so adorable! He also has a bromance with Messi.

He's too damn cute.

3.) Iker Casillas - Real Madrid
I discovered him years ago when I had football Top Trumps (anyone remember those?! Major part of my childhood) but I've only recently realised how damn attractive he is. What is it with the foreign footballers and being hot? All three I've listed so far are foreign!

Woah Iker, like can you not?

4.) Lucas Piazón - Chelsea (on loan at Málaga)
I think one of the best things about this guy is he's only a year older than me at 19. He's already been compared to Kaká (one of Brazil's best, and we all know how good Brazil are at football, and Lucas is Brazilian himself) and obviously has a lot of potential. He's so cute, awh.

Can I have him? Please?

5.) Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid
How could I not include him? One of the world's best, or maybe even still the world's best (personally I think him and Lionel Messi are equal in skill) and obviously one of the hottest footballers ever. A lot of people think he's arrogant, but as far as I can tell he is a pretty genuine person.

See, he's capable of being cute & sweet.

6.) Eden Hazard - Chelsea
First and foremost... DAT ASS. Seriously, he has the best bum in the Premier League. And he stays true to his surname... he's a hazard to every team up against Chelsea when he's playing. Except for Southampton the other week, ha. He's just so strangely attractive though.

He has an ass to rival Beyoncé's.

That is all! I hope you liked this post, even though I'm guessing most of you aren't really that into football. But hey, you got to see some attractive guys. Not all too bad really, right? And oh look, all of them were foreign deliciousness! Also, this is supposed to be Monday's post, although it is now the very early hours of Tuesday morning. :) Oh yes, just a little side note... Southampton aren't as good as I'm making them out to be. They're a lot better than people give them credit for since they are doing well at 11th in the league, but they're only just in the Premier League again!

- Kirstie x

P.S. Sorry I never posted yesterday!

Here is my reason why...

...I finally got my butt in gear and did my damn coursework. Pretty much, I spent three hours solid writing a business plan. With barely any information to actually write one. So yeah. It wasn't easy! But I can tell you now the feeling of relief is so great. Imagine what it feels like when you've done a piece of homework or whatnot (unless you're my age and know the pains of coursework, then you will know the amazing feeling of relief after finishing the coursework), that feeling of relief like "oh yay! It's finally over" well. I can tell you now, finishing coursework is ten times that feeling! :)

I also had to tidy and hoover my room (boring) because like many other people, if not most other people, I just cannot keep my room tidy for long periods of time. In fact, it's pretty messy again... whoops. Should probably tidy it AGAIN. Soon. Maybe. Naah.

And then came the coursework for three hours. I finished it just in time for dinner, reeeee-sult! We had some sort of tomato pepperoni pasta thing. It was rather lovely.

Anyway. This marks the end of this post; I'm sorry it wasn't as interesting as my other posts may be!

- Kirstie x
P.P.S. Southampton won again yesterday! Three consecutive wins in a row, yay!
And Paramore's new album is out tomorrow! :D

Playlist for the Week #3 {08/04 - 14/04}

MONDAY: Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
I need a little more Zeppelin in my life. Most probably the greatest rock band of all time (joint with The Beatles of course) and I love this song. I'm meeting up with a friend tomorrow and we both like Led Zeppelin so I figured this song is pretty fitting!

TUESDAY: Sacrificial Lamb - Cherri Bomb
I can't believe I haven't shown you this band yet. Originally an all-girl band, they shot to fame due to their young age (they're all still younger than me!) and general badass-ness. However, their singer was forced to leave the band and they now have a dude in place of her. They're still amazing though!

WEDNESDAY: Let Live - Of Mice & Men
I'm just picking random songs now because I really don't have much planned for this week. I've been listening to a lot of OM&M lately, so I decided this song would be cool to include in my playlist. However, I am still sad that Shayley (their clean vocalist) left the band last year... sadtimes. :(

THURSDAY: Tornadoes - Scholars
I'm going to see them on Thursday with my best friend! I'm not much of a fan of them yet but my best friend is, so I decided to be a nice person and go with her. They are really rather good though, and this song has an Avenged Sevenfold reference. INSTANT THUMBS UP. ;)

FRIDAY: Jennifer - Little Comets
This is the song that came on in the boutique we were looking round when I was in London. I really love Little Comets so I thought it would be a good idea to include them in this week's playlist. I don't think they get much recognition, so here's me trying to give them a little more publicity.

SATURDAY: Shine A Light - Reverend and the Makers
This is another song off the FIFA soundtrack and I probably will be playing it this weekend since I'm round my dad's then. Also, they were on the same bill as Little Comets (and my friends' band!) when I went to see them at the Guildhall last month.

SUNDAY: Let The Flames Begin - Paramore
I did want to include Part II in this week's playlist seeing as it is my favourite off their new album, but since the album's not quite released I can't include it until I go out and buy it. Wait... I can pre-order it if I want since I have a debit card now! Yay! Stay tuned because I may update this post...

EDIT: Update! Here is Part II - Paramore.

Fashion Friday #2

Today I'm going to be creating an outfit based around a pair of shoes from my mahoosive shoe spam the other day... the crazy, wonderful, colourful heels!

I've focused the outfit around the colours pink and blue seeing as the shoes are of course, pink and blue. I hope you like this outfit - I thought the Nirvana top would be a very fitting tribute to Kurt Cobain seeing as today marks the day he died. I wanted to include something Alice In Chains-related to tribute to Layne Staley, seeing as today is also the day he died, but I didn't find a thing so instead I will leave a link to one of my favourite Alice In Chains songs at the end of the post.

I love the bright colours in this; I adore the Nirvana shirt although I'm not sure if it's an official licensed product! If so, I'd definitely look into buying it but one thing that puts me off is if people think I've bought the top because I think it's pretty, instead of my being an actual fan (which I really am!). I guess this brings us onto a mini rant I have - many people wear band tops these days because they want to look cool, fit in or because they don't realise it's a band top (shame on them). I say what's the point in supporting a band by wearing the top if you don't actually like the band aka support the band? It's like buying a bottle of drink because you like the look of it, regardless of if you like the taste or not.

ANYWAY. I hope you liked the outfit as much as I liked putting it together (did I say this last time?) and I will leave you with a link to Rooster by Alice In Chains <3

- Kirstie x

Home, sweet home!

As you have probably guessed from the title, I am finally home from my trip to London. All I really have to say in this post is I have updated the two previous posts with all the photos I took, if you would like to see them.

- Kirstie x

My trip to London: Part 2.

8:00am: Ughh, the alarm just went off. Time to get up and get ready for breakfast.

9:13am: We are in the breakfast area; I have just found something that has made my day. Pictures to follow...

I FOUND A DINGLEHOPPER!!!

9:42am: Breakfast is over; time to get ready for the day! Going to Camden market and Covent Garden.

10:10am: Time to go! Seeing if I can get this dress and then we're going to get the tube.

10:20am: I bought the dress! I also got a really cute necklace for free to go with it. Pictures to follow, I promise!

[I will upload pictures tomorrow, the lighting is really bad in my room at the moment]

11:06am: After many changes in tubes, we are finally on Camden Town and it's snowing. I have never been here before and it looks amazing!

12:06pm: Going round the market stalls and a song off a game I like comes on. It's a song I wouldn't expect to hear in public so it made my day! This was like yesterday; we were in a boutique and a song by Little Comets came on. A band I'm friends with supported them last month!

1:10pm: Stopping off for a little tea break. I'm having a hot chocolate with whipped cream and marshmallows! THE best. It is delicious and the tea set is beautiful.

3:00pm: Back in Waterloo, just took photos of the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament/Big Ben Clock Tower. Going home in a bit.

I have never actually been on this before.

It's not London without you, Big Ben.

3:26pm: Burger King! We did want McDonalds but we couldn't find it.

3:55pm: Sat on the train, waiting for it to depart. I guess this should be the end of this post, because who wants to hear about the ferry and bus journey?!

Over and out.

- Kirstie x

My trip to London: Part 1.

Alright, so this will be a pretty different post today. I'm going to post this and then keep updating it as the day goes on, so the post won't actually be completed until tonight! Here we go. Photos to follow when I get home tomorrow evening :)


10:00am: Just left the house and now we're waiting for the bus. Doesn't really come as a shock that the bus is a few minutes late.

10:08am: Hooray, the bus is here! Just found out I can use my bus pass during academic holidays. Re-sult!

10:25am: The bus has arrived at the station, now it's time to get on the ferry to Portsmouth to catch the train to London!

10:41am: And now we've just got off the ferry, bought the train tickets and going to the platform.

10:43am: We have successfully found the train! Now to wait for it to depart...

11:01am: And we're off! Three minutes late, but never mind. Currently eating an apple, yay!

1:14pm: The train has finally arrived in London Waterloo, and now we're in WH Smith, chillin'.

2:02pm: Just got off the tube. En route to the hotel. Trying to navigate using a print-out map. So far, so good!

2:23pm: Alright, I spoke too soon. We got quite lost and I had to resort to using GPS on my phone to find where we were supposed to go. We have since arrived safely at the George Hotel in Camden and although it's only a small little thing, the room is rather cosy.

4:30pm: Off back to the London Underground to go to Piccadilly for dinner and the show! We just passed a market stall and there was an absolutely gorgeous dress that I am contemplating buying tomorrow.

4:57pm: Pizza Hut time! It's rather busy so I think we'll be waiting a while...

5:20pm: Okay, so that wasn't so bad. The pizza has just arrived.

6:00pm: We still have an hour and a half until the show starts. Time to have a look around a bunch of shops.

Some statue thingie!

This is made entirely of M&Ms.

6:13pm: Oh my god I just found a Sergio Agüero Man City top, considering buying this too..

7:21pm: Arrived at the theatre. We're just about to find our seats and my mother just bought me a programme, yay!

7:30pm: It's starting. Signing off...

Viva Forever...

10:19pm: Oh. My. God. I had the best time of my life, it was absolutely amazing! I'm surprised I still know all the words to the Spice Girls songs! I wish I could just do this whole thing over again, I would definitely recommend it to you guys.

(End of part 1.)

Fashion: A boohoo.com shoes special.

First and foremost I would like to say I got this idea from my friend Kirsten (her blog is amazing, check it out if you haven't already!)after she made a post focusing on the fashion from boohoo.com. After reading her post, I decided to have a browse through the website as I hadn't been on it in months, maybe even years! And I was blown away by the variety of different things they have on there, all very fashionable, cute, wearable and most of all, very affordable.

As I didn't want to pretty much duplicate Kirsten's post, I decided to focus this post on their amazing collection of shoes. The first shoes that caught my eye were the brightly coloured, lime green perspex heel boots, and I had a little search around to see if there were any other colours in the same style of shoe. I found there were, and this is my pick of the bunch...

I really love that they're not all made with the same material. I think my favourite of the lot is the baby pink leather look heels, they're a really lovely colour and would look amazing with warm toned creams and browns. However, I also adore the blue pair and the orange pair would be amazing for a night out, if worn with the right outfit!

This is not all though! I also found other shoes that I love - I've always loved floral Dr Martens, and these two varieties (blue and black) are an amazing, affordable copy.

The leather studded boots are my favourite out of all the boots I've shown you; I'm sure by now you all know I do music at college and we have our end of term gigs. As part of our grade we have to dress up in accordance with what sort of music we're doing. If for example, we were doing a bunch of rock songs for the next gig, these would be the first shoes I'd think of buying if I were to get a new pair! I adore them.

Finally, here's a bonus pair of shoes to round off the post.

I'm not really one for wearing high heels but I found these irresistible. I love brightly coloured things because colours make me so happy, and the studs are really the cherry on top. They add a more edgy feel to the shoes; without them I think the shoes would be way too girly and bubblegum pretty.

And there we have it! Many, many, MANY affordable and gorgeous shoes, all put together using Polyvore (follow me here!).

- Kirstie x

Disney movie marathon weekend... along with other things.

Yep, I'm posting again today, because why should I limit myself to just one post a day if I have more to say?

The majority of this weekend was spent watching many, many Disney films with my sister. I say, weekend well spent! Especially as I tend to hide away from cold weather since most people don't want to go out anyway. Here's a list of films we watched in order:

- Tangled 
- Aristocats
- The Lion King
- The Lion King 2
- The Lion King 3
- The Little Mermaid
- The Little Mermaid 2
- Lady and the Tramp
- Up

We would have watched more but we didn't get round to it! Either way, I was incredibly happy because we got to watch my all-time favourite movie ever. That, being The Little Mermaid. Ariel makes me feel so nostalgic. I've always wanted hair like hers ever since I was tiny (oh wait, I still am!) and I aim to fulfil that goal some time soon! I just need to grow my hair long enough and then I will dye my hair bright red like hers. Little 3-year-old me will be so proud and happy.

I love you Ariel. You are my #1.

Look at her. She's just so perfect... I love her so much. She was the main part of my childhood (along with Spice Girls as you will have found out from the last post!). I do believe I'm even having an Ariel cake for my 18th! And yes, there will be pictures, I promise. Oh yeah, and Ariel & Eric are my OTP.

Anyway... that's not all I did this weekend, although it was roughly 80% of it. I also finally got round to applying for my provisional driving licence, so I'm pretty excited for that to come since it will be my only form of ID! My passport ran out a few years back and there's no point renewing it now until I'm 18. But since I need ID for my birthday, provisional was the only option, especially as I will be learning to drive very, very soon. Hopefully it'll come in time, but from what I've read/what people have told me, it will come just in time at the very latest. However, I do have a backup plan so it's not too bad!

- Kirstie x

So... I was right! Sort of.

I am indeed going to see the Spice Girls musical, 'Viva Forever!' and I am so excited! Although... my mum is a little upset that I wasn't as surprised as she hoped I'd be... oops. :P However, yesterday I thought we were going to see it today. That's where I was wrong, and where the 'sort of' comes into it. We're actually going to see it Wednesday. Because of this, I have now updated my playlist for the week (yesterday's post).

Yeeessssss!!!! :D

Then, we're staying overnight in a hotel and on Thursday we're going to Covent Garden to have a look around, so I'm pretty excited about that too since the last time I went there, I was really little.. especially as my parents were still together, and they split up 10 years ago. Time flies...

As some of you may know, Spice Girls were my favourite group all throughout the 90s (well, the last half of the 90s since I was born in 1995) and the first few early years of the 00s too. I looked up to them and wanted to be just like them to the point I was intent on starting my own group ALSO called Spice Girls... until my mum told me I wouldn't be able to call it 'Spice Girls' since it was already copyrighted. Either way, I still loved them, and can just about remember the sad times when Geri left the group. :(

And now I think Victoria's left. Although Geri's back and has been for ages, it'll never be the same again. Waaah. If Victoria doesn't rejoin, I'll never get to see the original Spice Girls, because I never saw them when I was little either. But I guess seeing Viva Forever will make up for this a little bit.

I love you I love you I love you Spice Girls.

Spice Girls were and always will be my first inspiration. I credit them as one of the reasons why I'm still so into music, because they were the first ones to teach me girls can make it in the music industry too. Thinking back on it, they seemed so bad-ass to me and that's why I wanted to be just like them. GIRL POWER!

- Kirstie x