DO THINGS THAT YOU TRULY LOVE! this is what this whole long post is going to be about! 

With my birthday coming up soon I am getting more and more excited about the big day. As a result, I have been thinking about what exciting I could plan and of course as everyone loves presents, what I would love to receive for my 21st. However, this is not going to be another wishlist. If you are hoping for one, apologies in advance, will do that some time soon. This is more into my personality rather than fashion. 

In the past couple of moths, since the uni semester ended with bright colours I decided to focus on the future and finally decide what I am going to do when I graduate, as the super exciting and very scary date is crawling closer with every day. At the beginning of this year, for the first time in my whole life I sat down and and wrote my New Year Resolutions for 2015. I had been thinking about it for quite a few day until I actually decided what I needed to achieve - I had to take this seriously, don't worry going to the gym was not one of the points... The resolutions have been done, put into an envelope, sealed and hidden somewhere in my book shelf. The whole figuring my future thing had been moving forward slowly, but we are getting somewhere, but there were some things that I had a hold of and then sadly failed on fulfilling and now am trying to get those back on track. I feel like I am getting nowhere with this. Anyways, the whole point is - the past year has not been easy, I am going to be honest here. My emotional state crumbled quite a few times and I realised I had to focus on myself as that it what is important at this moment. I have to do things that I love, I have to spoil myself (responsibly) and enjoy life! Those who have known me for a while, know that there are a few small things that can make me instantly happy:

* Raspberries - from actual berries, to flavours and smells, I am all about those raspberries! 

* Fairy lights - I am a true romantic here...

* Helium Balloons! - I am quite mature on most occasions but there is a thing that brings my inner child out... I have always wanted to get loads of them for my birthday. There is a reason why I have this image of a room filled with helium balloons. Seriously, BIRTHDAY GOALS! Please, if you are reading this and I am an important person in your life, make this happen and I will be the happiest girl in the continent on the 30th of September! 

* Coffee - I do not need coffee to survive, I just love the concept of it. A cup of coffee, a book and a cosy cafe? That is all I am asking from a day off. 

I mean I could add so many more things to the list, but these four are silly things that can really make me happier. Instantly... and there has to be music playing. Always. 

If it happens that you are having a bad day, just make it better by doing a tiny small thing that makes you happy. If you get hurt or heartbroken - just do them all, because it helps, believe me, been there, done that! You might not be able to be with someone you love and it seems like it is all falling apart but there is always that friend that will buy you brownies and hand you tissues while speaking about all kind of random things. 

Just be yourself! Grab a friend and eat some raspberries with a balloon in one hand put Arctic Monkeys on a full blast. Not literally, but find your happy pill, an alternative that makes the sun shine again and you will feel productive and full of ideas again. 

And so it happened that not a long time ago we had an International Faire happening here in grey Aberdeen and I managed to get a hold of two wonderful things - a Tiramisu Coffee and a Raspberry coffee syrup... It is like an explosion of joy! Look at these beauties!

So, I feel like a child again, being so excited abut my birthday but as you can see it got me thinking. A lot! I feel like hitting 21 is going to be like a new beginning. I do not feel like 20 years old, I feel older, but that is because it's be and I am kind of excited to reach that milestone! I know that there is a cliche that every woman wants to stay 18 forever. Well I don't. Maybe 21 is going to be brilliant time? 

I feel honoured if you've read it! ! ! 

-E. 

And now a few words about each one of them!

All The Bright Places

This is one is my absolute favourite this summer. I found out about it from one of Zoella's channel videos, it was in her June favourites if I am not mistaken. The story line of the book is based on two teenagers who meet each other at the top of a tower, both about to commit suicides. It is about love, struggle and a serious illness. I am the biggest fan of these kind of novels if I am being honest. I laughed and tried to keep my tears at some points...

I even wrote down a quote from it. Even though I never do this. It is just that I could feel those emotions taking over me. 

"One of those moments that you have after losing someone - when you feel as if you've been kicked in the stomach and all your breath is gone, and you might never get it back."

 And I definitely know the feeling. Too well...

Just One Day 

A story of a young and not very adventurous girl who takes a risk and does something unplanned and totally offhand and has the best day of her life. After reading other books written by G. Forman I got really excited about this book when i read its back cover. The stories of I Was Here and If I Stay (there is a movie with the same name. I cried my eyes out while watching it...seriously, heartbreaking and very emotional!) created by the same author were so incredible, I could hardly take my hands off them. With this book, however, I felt like the story was written very protractedly. But this is just the first book of a trilogy and as the end of the first one was quite intriguing, I am away to go and purchase the second one! And again, I could relate to this book a bit too well at some points, which was mostly causing the frustration...

"I have a full life. How can I be this empty? Because of one guy? Because of one day?"

I'll Give You The Sun

The story is about twin who were incredibly close their whole lives until a tragedy drew them apart. The manner that the book is written in is pretty different from the other two, it is easy to read and get involved with the story. The story is being told by both characters and chapter are about different periods of their lives which intrigues even more as the moment you know something everything changing is about to happen, the story line shifts onto the other character and a different time. The way book is presented is incredible - it has black splashes of paint all over pages, parts of sentences and phrases written all over the pages. 

-E. 

So let's see what we have! 

We have a MARK LESLEY dress 

Gabor shoes (believe me, finding this colour was a mission!)

New Look clutch & earrings 

Nail polishes: Rimmel London by Kate Moss (237 Soul Session) & Max Factor Glossfinity (55 Angel nails)

And some more unforgettable memories from the weekend! 

Love is in the air!!! 

I have to notify you that all of the accessories are being used on a daily basis! And i am in love with all of them! 

*feeling very sentimental...

-E.

I feel bad about having such a huge pause between my posts, but...holiday... we all know how distracting it is. Being away, having a time of your life, going to places, lying on a hot beach sand, swimming on yacht (yes, that happened!) and listening to the most amazing voices in a music festival... However, somewhere in the middle of loving life I came across an amazing place. I called it Between Two Places for a reason - an industrial harbour environment on one side and a beautiful place of nature, white sand and all the greenery. I fell in love. I did not have my camera with me which was such a shame, but even though missing one of the initial parts of the whole blogging experience I decided to use my phone and make a casual lookbook which is so ME! That is what I wear when cycling by the Baltic Sea. Super casual, one of those times when you literally just put something on without too much into it! 

Top -> H&M

Jacket -> TK Maxx 

Jeans & Shoes -> New Look

Backpack -> Zara Man 

Sunglasses -> Pepe Jeans

-E.