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Hey again!
Oh.. I knew I said I was going to post more often but things have been kind of stressful and hectic these past few days. I'm behind on posting all my outfits on chictopia too. On Thursday night I went out with some friends and some people I only just met that night.. was kind of crazy... we went to Chapel St, the first time i've ever been there at night. Friday night I went to an End of Exams party at Billboards in the city, first time i've been there too surprisingly! Saturday and Sunday was just spent chilling at Dan's house. I was feeling so exhausted and kind of hung over and headachey for the whole weekend, and I feel like i'm getting tonsilitis again, boo. So anyway, will try to keep you up to date with everything.

This is an outfit from a couple of Thursdays ago. Me friend and I were planning on going to the see the movie by graffiti/street artist Banksy, 'Exit through the gift shop' but when we got there it was sold out! So we bought tickets for the next Monday.





Wearing: a floral dress from Savers $6, second hand belt, ribbed tights, vintage bag and boots from Savers. I'm kind of annoyed because I bought these boots from Savers for $10 which I though was good as they looked in pretty good condition and were comfy, however last week I was wearing them for the first time and I realised that half the heel was sort of breaking apart, so no wonder someone gave them away. I've just duct-taped it together for now :P

Anyway, I don't just want this blog to be about my outfits, so here are some photos from my Europe trip in December/January. It's been over 5 months since I got back, but i am so lazy in putting photos up!
The first stop was Paris, such a beautiful place! We were there for about 5 days and we were flat out every day, leaving at 9am and then sight seeing until dinner time.

Standard Eiffel Tower shot :)
gorgeous buildings...
We spent over 6 hours in the Louvre and didn't see everything! It was so amazing. Art is basically one of my most favourite things in the whole world. I don't know who painted this but look how MASSIVE it is!! :D

Huge room with statues in the Lourve.
The Centre Pompidou. Unfortunately this and the Musee D'Orsay were closed because of the museum strikes so we couldn't look in- but I guess I can do that next time :D
Amazing and immensely sized architecture at the Pantheon.
Dan and I in front of Notre Dame. Why is it that people insist on including your legs and feet in the photo instead of the actual monument you're standing in front of? :S
Sacre Coeur in Montmarte, where we went on our last day in Paris- and it was my 20th birthday too!!
So there are some photos from Paris... let me know would you be interested in seeing some of my other Europe pics from lots of different countries?? If no one is really interested in seeing them then I won't put many others up :P
Have a lovely night/day,

dance dance dance

Hello, I'm back again :) and this time with a new layout! I was sick of the old one, it looked really messy. Still haven't really decided how I want this blog to be so i'm kind of just messing around with stuff right now! So this time, I really promise to be a better blogger! I already have lots of photos lined up :D So anyway sorry if the layout/photos are a bit screwy for a little while :)

Thanks so much to everyone who commented me and became my follower! It was a lovely surprise.
Lots of stuff has happened these past two months while I haven't posted anything. Well, I just finished uni for the semester so I feel like I have enough time to actually do what I want! A few semi- exciting things have happened recently too.
Ok so here's an outfit from a couple of months ago, wasn't for any special occasion, wore it when I was watching my friends' futsal soccer game and then out to the pub afterwards. I love purple! Was bored today so decided to edit them a bit.





Wearing: H&M skirt, Sonia Rykiel for H&M bow pin, thrifted lace top, thrifted FCUK bag, Kmart tights.
The skirt is my favourite. How I love H&M... I went crazy while I was in Europe, going into every single H&M store I could, though I didn't end up buying very much. This skirt was only 5 euros though, score!!
If you haven't checked my Chictopia in awhile, this is the last outfit I posted, I wore it a couple of months ago to watch Kick-Ass at Melbourne Central.


American Apparel shift dress from ebay, thrifted brogues, Kmart tights, Bardot jacket, thrifted belt and flower pin. Right now purple is my favourite colour to wear!

And by the way, ohhh gawd I just joined lookbook.nu... and I'm seriously freaking out. It just seems SO much more intimidating than Chictopia, everyone on the front page is just hideously beautiful and skinny and a model?! :S I just checked my profile and it shows every single look you hyped?! That's kind of scary that they track everything you do.. hmm... I dunno. I will post something there eventually, but I feel like I have to up the quality of my outfit photos first! Do you think that first outfit I posted would be ok and not totally embarrassing?

Ok onto my last section, which due to my lack of blog updating didn't really happen, my Book a Week review... I'm still going to stick with it though, and try and write as much as I can. So a few months ago I read Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami.

It\ was amazing. At the time it was only the second Murakami book I had read. I couldn't put it down. It follows an unnamed protagonist who is a travel writer. He feels compelled to visit a place called the Dolphin Hotel which he had once stayed in years ago with a woman who has since disappeared, and arrives to find it totally changed. He ends up meeting up with a whole cast of strange characters such as a psychic 11 year old girl who is a school drop out, an old friend who is a movie star doomed to playing stock characters, high class call girls, and a one armed poet. There is a bit of a murder mystery that needs solving but I wouldn't call the novel that, like all of Murakami's novels there is not only a sense of realism but also is a strong element of surrealism as well, such as the mysterious "Sheep Man" who lives in a place that is inside the Dolphin Hotel yet not exactly a part of it. It's described as being "part murder mystery, part metaphysical speculation." The way that the main character was portrayed as being alienated really fascinated me. Some parts were kind of eerie and I had a feeling of dread while I was reading it, but I couldn't put it down. Not that it was scary, it wasn't scary at all, but just the storyline and the way it was written made me feel rather melancholy. But in a good way, if that makes sense, because I loved reading it! I don't know if I would recommend it to anyone who hasn't read any Murakami before though. Haha well it's almost 2am so sorry if that review doesn't make much sense, promise to write some better ones soon :)
Looking forward to your comments!!