city of dreaming spires

summer bucket list | pretend to be a tourist in my home town

oooh look pretty buildings

Despite living in Oxford for 16 years i'd never once walked around and appreciated it 

and i felt that such a beautiful city deserved to be appreciated every once in a while, y'know?

So Matilda and I pretended to be tourists on this blue-skied morning last week, and then fell asleep in the park

And this little shop deserves a special mention because it's just so perf;
lying almost forgotten in a little side street.
It's a time capsule literally spilling with vintage goodies, everything from '50s evening dresses to '80s comic books.

I told Zoe (fashiononymous) about it when she was visiting oxford last summer and she posted about it here (check it out!)

And, being named after my favourite (debatably) mythical creature, i could say it's pretty magical. 

“this moment will just be another story someday.”

summer bucket list | read books that will feed my soul

The arrival of summer was accompanied with the ample time i had been waiting for to make a dent in the ever-growing list of books i had wanted to read. 
Some of them are classics, others are the type of book that my mother frowns at (well, the title the virgin suicides was always going to raise an eyebrow), and others are ones i've already read before, but i reckon that there are certain books, like the perks of being a wallflower, which always feel like the first time reading it again and again and again. 
And i think i will be reading most of these again and again and again; i adored every single one. 

Do you have any favourites?
I'd love some more recommendations! 

life's a beach

summer bucket list | go to the beach

hopefully by the time you're reading this

i shall be sunning myself on a beach

it's so typical that i'm going away as soon as the uk decides to provide us with some decent summer weather

oh well, i'm still supermegacraaaazy excited

i do love the beach! It was one of the first things i put on my summer bucket list. 

I say hopefully because my track record with technology is appalling, so if this is actually posted when it has been scheduled to be, it will be a minor miracle. 

Therefore if you are reading this, i have succeeded, and a virtual high-five is in order

*kaa-psshhh*

I'm in the midst of packing to spend a week in Sardinia with my family, so i laid out the typical kit i would take to the beach:

asos bikini top

monki bikini shorts

vintage dungarees

juju jellies

lolita by vladimir nabokov

my trusty notebook + pencil

vintage sunnies

summer mix cd

aaaand a lolly-pop (nom nom)

Are any of you going on holiday? Where?

awake my soul

summer bucket list | spend more time sewing

I've been doing sew (sorry couldn't resist)  much sewing recently, but this is the first time in a while i've made something for myself. 

This wee dress was made out of the left over fabric for some shorts i made for my big sis. I ran out of fabric so it was a tiny bit shorter than intended but i got some trim to put around the bottom to make it slightly less... risque.

On saturday i'm going away for a week to Sardinia with my family, but stay tuned for a cheeky little post i've got lined up for you guys. 

Enjoy the sun! 

freedom

Exams are finally over

which means I have 78 days

1872 hours

112320 minutes

6739200 seconds

of

f r e e d o m
and being able to sit on my bed, embracing bed-hair and wearing my pyjamas all day long

I've decided to write a list of the things I want to do this summer. I'll probably keep on adding to it as the summer goes on and i think of more things i want to do, because right now i just feel a bit overwhelmed with so little to do.
It's a bit of a summer bucket list, if you like. Not on the same scale though, of course. More of a cup list, or a beaker list....no?

I'll let you know as i accomplish these

happy summer!
what plans do you guys have?