Tartan Skirt

When I bought this skirt it was a size 14, three sizes bigger than me. But I saw a project and for €2 how could I turn this beauty down. Coming into Autumn/Winter this skirt is gonna be a staple for me. It's thick material will keep me warm on those chilly autumn days and it can be dressed up and down so it's multifunctional. It even has a side zip for an even more flattering fit. I LOVE this and you'll be seeing it a lot more.

Moroccan Style Scarf

Another winter staple here in the form of this beautifully embroidered scarf. You probably can't tell from the photo but it's so thick and big that it's the perfect combat to Irish winters. It's long enough to be worn in a variety of ways and the embroidery is absolutely beautiful and not out of place is the multicoloured and beautiful Moroccan street markets. 

Striped Navy / Cream Blouse

I'm not a blouse wearer. My style is a little less refined and girly for blouses but I couldn't walk past this. I love the collar and the stripes. It's a size larger than my own but once the sleeves are rolled up you can barely tell. €2 for a piece that can be worn with jeans or skirts for when I want to look more lady like is an absolute steal. Perfect for drinks with the girls.

Black Zipped Circle / Skater Skirt

Skater skirts are my favourite kind of skirt. Their flowyness hides my lack of a figure, they draw attention to my small waistline and they're so easy to style. This skirt is different to the rest of my skater 

skirts. It lacks the elasticated waistband and instead has a zipper at the back. The material is less stretchy than most but falls in a beautifully elegant way and teamed with a blouse like the one above it would make a wonderfully but together yet easy outfit. €1 people ONE EURO!

Top shop Petite Coat 

This is my final and by far best find. And yes it is another winter piece but could be a staple for me. I saw this and couldn't believe my eyes. A practically unworn coat with an buttonable hood and pockets that had yet to have the temporary embroidering removed. The inside is a lovely polka dot satin as is the SOMETHING in the hood. This would be wonderful worn with a pair of jeans as it doesn't cover the ass so you can still show off your assets (if, unlike me, you have them). It's warm and so adorable and is the perfect size for me. And what makes it even better is how much I snapped this gem up for. THREE EURO. €3. THREE. EURO. FOR A Topshop winter coat. Amazing.

New Look Bag

I've needed an easy throw over your shoulder already has everything bag for aaages and for the life of me couldn't find a nice one. I normally steer away from brown just as a general rule but as Soon as I saw this I knew it'd be an exception. In saying that there's nothing too exceptional about this bag but I know for autumn it's gonna be a handy all day bag that will hold everything I need from a day trip to a quick nip to the shops. Also a New Look bag for €2? Had take it home.

Burgundy Sweater 

This has the potential to either be a plain throw on or a more sporty piece. I'm in two minds as to whether or not I should cut this up into a cropped sweater or leave it be as a nice plain winter warmer. Either way for €2 it's definitely going to be worn. I think with black jeans or even with lazy grey sweat pants this could really tie an outfit together.

I apologise for my somewhat lacking creative descriptions of the items here but there's photos so hopefully that helps. After finding all these in just 2 trips I'm definitely going to be hitting the charity shops up more often and I'm helping good causes. 16 year old Angela once again was wrong. 

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You know what I'm gonna write about tonight? My fears. I've had a decent amount of alone time today and tomorrow I have something I'm really quite anxious for. In fact my anxiety has been on high alert all day. Of course I don't go shouting about that, in fact I think I've managed to come off as breezy to anyone who has come in contact with me today. Being anxious over such trivial things has made me acutely aware of just how many fears I have. So I thought it'd be good for me more than for anyone else's reading pleasure that I write them out. I hope to gain some perspective on the rest of my life by doing this but we all know we can't all get philosophical meanings off everything, so maybe this will just be a list of things big and small that an 18 year old girl in Ireland fears.

This playlist is longer than the rest just because I know how long It takes to feel better and happier sometimes. So here's the songs that bring a smile to my face, have me shouting along to and make me wanna prance around my room even on the greyest of days. You can listen to it on Spotify here..

Fergalicious // Fergie

Air Hostess // Busted

Your Love is My Drug // Kesha

Bonfires // Saint Raymond 

Change Your Ticket // One Direction

You & Me // Bassnectar (with Darling)

Peanut Butter Jelly // Galantis 

Dog Days Are Over // Florence & The Machine 

Hollaback Girl // Gewn Stafani 

Crazy In Love // Beyoncé 

All Star // Smash Mouth

Basket Case // Green Day

Backseat Serenade // All Time Low

Girlfriend // Avril Lavigne

Girls // The 1975

I Wanna Dance With Somebody // Whitney Houston

Gold Digger // Kanye West

Milkshake // Kelis

Robbers // The 1975

SOS // Jonas Brothers 

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Here we have my skyline silhouette and the Perks of Being a Wallflower quote "In that moment I swear we were infinite." I made both of these very simply with black card and a pair of scissors. The lit windows in the silhouette were made by colouring white stickers yellow with a crayola felt tip. At the time I loved the quote and I thought it fit quite well with the skyline, especially as the scene in the movie/book where the quote is said pans up to a night time city. I leave my most worn shoes here too. A LOT of black and small heeled shoes. I may do a shoe collection later so keep an eye out.

The lighting is a tad crapper here but hey what can I do? This is my make up table and I keep my lipsticks and lip liners in one of those plastic containers and my mascaras and eyeliners in the other. I am definitely doing "My Make Up Corner" so I'll go more in depth into the products there but all of the make up I use day to day or more regularly are out on the table top for handiness. Then beside the mirror I have a few illustrations I bought of Paris from Paris and I also have a photo I had printed of my ultimate fave Matty Healy. Both cheer me up and on days I just cant be bothered they motivate me to try a little harder. Nothing motivates a teenage girl more than a pretentious band member and a stuck up city. Above my mirror is a huge world map that I didn't get in the photo because 1) It's wonky 2) It's held up by cellatape because it's too heavy for blue tac and 3) It fell down literally 5 minutes after I took this photo. 


Now this is probably my favourite thing in my bedroom. As you can see it's a collage of cut outs and photos and random bits and bobs I've collected since I was around 13. 80% of the pictures in it were from Company Magazine but unfortunately that magazine has been out of print for nearly a year. After that collaging practically stopped until I picked up the LOVE edition of i-D Magazine where i fell back in love with beautiful photos and meaningful pieces so I got back on that horse. Others come from Thomas Cook magazines, ripped out pages of books and actual printed out pictures from old film found in my parents old cameras. I really really really love this wall. Here you can see the pictures a bit more close up. 




I often look to this wall when I just can't figure out what to wear or when I've worn the same 3 outfits the past 8 times I've left the house. It really really helps me think more creatively which is so so important and useful. 



Here's my bed and teddies. Piglet, Pooh Bear and Baymax are newer additions to my teddy collection but that brown bear wearing a scarf there is called Fluff and I've had him since I was 7 years old. He's been everywhere with me and he'll be with me til the day I die. No boy could replace that bear I swear to God. Above my bed are some posters of either things I love or things I just think look good. That Spider Pig poster is one my best friend bought me for my 10th birthday and I love it as much now as I did then. Below those are little home made pieces. On the adjoining wall there's my band wall.



& finally here's my band wall. MCR,PTV, ATL, YMAS, FOB and Ed Sheeran are a few of what's up here. And of course 16 year old Harry Styles wearing a Harry loves Louis shirt from back in the day. #neverforget. In the lower left corner I have stuck up all the concert tickets I've accumulated over the last year. 

Everyone's been there, either things between your boyfriend or girlfriend just haven't worked out, you've failed an exam, your favourite celebrity has just married to someone very unworthy or you just feel crap. Everyone feels like they want the world to swallow them up sometimes and sometimes you need to wallow in your self pity and let yourself feel your heart crack piece by piece. Here's a playlist you should listen to if your looking to wallow.

5AM // Amber Run

Wake Me Up When September Ends // Green Day

Therapy // All Time Low

To Build A Home // The Cinematic Audience 

Waiting // Ryan O'Shaughnessy 

Not In That Way // Sam Smith 

Nothing // Lewis Watson 

Dreaming With A Broken Heart // John Mayer

Furthest Thing // Drake 

Autumn Leaves // Ed Sheeran

I've decided not to write about each individual song because with sad songs, it's usually personal emotions which makes everyone feel a different kind of sadness. So feel what you feel and embrace it. You'll over come it and everything will be happier and when that happens you can listen to next weeks playlist. Hope you liked the playlist.

You can listen to the playlist on Spotify here.

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So I thought today's W~E~D~S could be a haul. I won't be talking too much about the majority of things here just because I've literally just bought them and I'm not gonna bullshit. Here we gooooo

Turtle Neck Grey Cropped Top - H&M - £6

I got this in the size medium because i didn't want my bra to be painstakingly visible all the time. It seems warm enough to but then again I have literally JUST tried it on.

F.R.I.E.N.D.S Names t-shirt - Primark - £3

FRIENDS is a show that is engrained in my very soul. So when I saw this t shirt on sale for just £3 how could I walk past? I got it in the smallest size available and it's still quite slouchy and not at all tight. It would be perfect with a pair of ripped jeans and converse for running errands. It's laid back and not so try hard which is what we all want from a Primark tshirt right?

Black Chelsea Boots - New Look - £20

I wanted a pair of these for the past two years and somehow never actually bought any. So when I finally had enough money not to have to worry about money the first thing I thought of was a decent pair of Chelsea boots. For winter they're perfect coz warm and water proof and if it's extra chilly they're big enough so you can wear ankle cozy slipper socks. If styled right they can be worn with jeans as well as the usual shirts so they're incredibly versatile. £20 well spent I think.

Next to beauty where I managed to come home with this lot.

Collection - Highlight & Sculpt Contour Kit - £3.99

I've seen this all over YouTube so I thought I'd try it. You can't say no to £3.99. I'll most definitely be blogging about this after I've tried it so keep an eye out.

Maybelline - Lash Sensational Waterproof Mascara - £7.99

Once again everyone and their aunt has talk about this mascara and my absolute fave has just ran out. So I figured I'd try it. Like most of the Beauty things here I'll be blogging about them separately after I've actually tried them.

Poundland - Volumising Mascara in Water Proof - £1

I've talked about my surprising love of Poundlands mascaras before and when I saw they'd came out with a waterproof version of one I already had, I absolutely had to try it. I like how they've used blue writing for the water proof version just like Maybelline did for their waterproof version too. I see you Poundland.

Make Up Revolution   Blush Palette - £6

I'm literally over the moon with this. I've never really been into contouring but I can just tell this is going to drag me into that world. Here's the swatches if my camera picked them up at all.I really can't wait to use this.

Make Up Revolution Lipstick in Scandalous Depraved - £1

I own 2 other Make Up Revolution lipsticks and they've got it completely wrong with one and completely right with the other. I bought this to pry me away from buying Heroine by Mac to see if I'd suit that sort of colour. I'll probably take the plunge if I do. I applied the lipstick almost immediately after I bought it and checked how it looked an hour later in a shop mirror. The colour fades with this quite quickly and after half an hour or an hour will need to be re applied. 

False Eyelashes - Primark - £1

I've never worn false eyelashes before and I hadn't really a need to until recently. I used to have long and quite thick eyelashes. Until a few months ago when I suddenly noticed a stark change in my lashes. A friend recommended Primarks lashes and judging by hers they work wonders, looking natural and well out together. And for £1 where can you go wrong? Apart from gluing my eyes together which, knowing me, there's a 95% chance of happening.

Eyelash Curlers - Primark - £1

Yeah again another item I've never dabbled in before. And I figured if I'm going to start using something that could possibly chop off my eyelashes I may as well start cheap. 

That's erithin for today. I bought a little too much considering but hey why not? Tom Haverford would be proud. Thanks for reading and be sure to follow my social media.

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