IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL

Had my presentation today. So I had to dress slightly smarter than usual, hence the dress. Not super formal, especially as I had my thermal top on underneath. I thought it was going to be really cold. It wasn't, I was boiled, and had a cardigan on too because I couldn't have gone with my thermal sleeves out!  (excuse my face, I'd been tossing+turning all night and woke up mad early)

 I think it went well, the presentation that is, I hope. People said it was great..which is a pretty big compliment as I don't remember hearing that being said to anyone else..I don't know, maybe I just wasn't listening. Anyway I felt it went well anyway, which is important. I think. Oh I don't know, the thing with these things is that your marker/tutor/teacher/lecturer mightn't have liked it and then you're screwed. However, I made him laugh so I feel that that's a positive (?)

So I headed home because I felt I deserved it. It was such a lovely day and I'd finally completed all my coursework ( handed in some more yesterday) so I grabbed a snack (above) of pumpkin seeds roasted with garlic powder (YUM!) and headed up the Salisbury Crags. The views were spectacular; such blues! I romped around for quite a while.

Did a few sprints down the bottom and then up the hill, and found a new place (which I slid around in like a small child + got a few splinters in myself). I checked no one was around and just played. It was great. I know, I know, I'm 20 years old, but sometimes you just have to play, even when you're by yourself.

 Stopped for a snack and a quick selfie at the top. I packed the last of my nakd bars (apple pie) and it was lovely, to just look over Edinburgh, snacking on a healthy bar, seeing the snow on the Pentlands in the distance (below), in the sun..although it was windy

I hear its been snowing at home. Madness! I fly tomorrow so I'll see how that goes.

Stay cool, xo


Dress, Topshop; Thermals, Hand-me-downs so no idea :]

Oh Happy Daaaaay

 Handed my essay in today! Happy day, last essay of 2nd year!
I semi-apologise for the fact that this picture is a weird one, i.e. phone covering face, but I couldn't be bothered with make-up today so I thought the best thing was to hide it a bit. I liked my outfit, so I took a picture.

Why is there stuff in my sink? Our bath is being repaired, and everything had to be removed from it. Hope that's a satisfactory answer (:

My dress has a graphical(?) design of a study hall which is SO appropriate. I love it. And my jumper has zips.

What more could you want!?
Its quite large, I bought it a while ago, but its so comfortable and cosy, its love.
Oh also apologies (not semi this time) for the random bath mat..I'm going to blame the workman for that, blame on my part too for not realising when taking the picture.

Jumper, French Connection; Dress top, Zara; Jeans, Primark (as per), socks (hehe) Adidas (part of my Games Maker uniform, they're very comfortable)

Stay well, xo

I would walk 500 miles (if I didn't have to study)

 Today was a lovely day in Edinburgh, Easter Monday, however I yet again spent the majority of my day indoors, studying. Why my university decides that Easter should not be a holiday, I do not know!? It was the perfect day for climbing, however I didn't get to. (click this picture to see it for all its glory)

 So I hear you ask, what are these pictures about then? This is my favourite rambling place in Edinburgh; the Crags, which I climbed the last time the weather was nice (about 4 weeks ago) and I had yet to post them. I hope you enjoy. Its a fantastic walk, a bit of scrambling up rocks too, which I found rather enjoyable.

 The photo below is of Arthur's Seat, which apparently was/is a volcano? It gets a LOT of visitors, which is why I prefer the Crags, less touristy=less busy, more free space. I walked Arthur's Seat once and really didn't enjoy, I was scared of falling plus there were SO many people around.

What's great about the Crags is that you can see Arthur's Seat as well as Edinburgh .

I hope you had a lovely Easter Monday and enjoyed your weekend off. I look forward to my next weekend off in about 7 weeks (my last exam in May 23rd!) Although I'm heading home this weekend so maybe I'll take that off too, bit cheeky I know, considering exams are looming.

#crossequalslove

Happy Easter lovely people!
I hope you've had a nice day.
I have spent the last 6+ hours (2:45-9:30) in the library working hard, but its worth it, I've basically finished my essay!
Its weird that I'm still in university over Easter weekend, its actually my first Easter away from home which has made me feel a bit sad, especially with my friends all being back home, it sucks. However, having got my essay basically done has brought me joy, so that's cool

At church today we did this Orthodox Egg Bashing tradition which was fun..Anyone else heard of this? Red eggs, the winner is the person with an unsmashed egg. Mine smashed in the first round, I think it requires skill.

CHRISTOS ANESTI / / Χριστός Ανέστη

I I I I work out

When you're in the gym and this song comes on you can't help but laugh.

However after this run I continued to do a hardcore legs workout and now I can barely move without some muscle in my leg hurting. No pain no gain.

By the way I'm doing a race for life, this is why I'm training as such.

LIKE A MIGHTY STORM

 As a Brit, I quite enjoy talking about the weather. So I apologise in advance, but this post is climate related.
It is the 29th March today, Good Friday, however, in Edinburgh, it has been snowing, and also sun-shine-ing like a beauty too. It is messed up, which means...layers. So I thought I'd show you what I'm wearing today, I have 4 layers of tops on, that's intense for the end of March, however, it is very necessary.

I had my last economics lecture of the year today. Don't really know how I feel about that. Just means I have to study study study, revise revise revise, for the next 6 weeks. For the first time ever I asked my lecturer a question and he told me I was correct in my questioning and inferred that I was clever. Good feeling.

I like to combine textures, materials, anything. My hair looks dip-dyed in this picture. Its not, unless that's still the hair dye from 2009. 

Yes I wore a jumper under my denim shirt..it was literally freezing this morning.

On a side note, I finished my thinking through Japan classes today too, which is pretty emotional as I really enjoyed the course, the people, the discussion, not all of the films though. 2 films that were weird were Akira (watched that yesterday) and The Insect Woman. Have you seen either of these? Interested to hear opinions.

Jumper, H&M; Denim Shirt, Oasis; Studded jumper, Papillone; Jeans, Primark (I know bad quality, but I'm pretty broke) 

Bracelet from church

I'll be back one day

So I have decided to return to blogger.
tumblr was great for the time I had with it, but now I feel a little too old to be on it. It saddens me that so much of it is pre-occupied with looking good and I'm fed up of seeing half-naked girls sucking in their non existent stomachs on my feed. So back to blogger, where I have more control. 

So much has changed since I last posted on here. Seriously. It was April 2011. Nearly 2 years ago. I was just finishing my A-levels, at college, in Surrey, not many friends, living at home, and overweight (BMI at 28.8)!

Now. I am at university, in Edinburgh, studying economics with management science, have a few good friends up here and many many amazing friends back in Surrey. I live with 2 flatmates, in a freezing student flat (it has to be done, right? heating is expensive) Also I am no longer overweight. My BMI is in the normal range, I'm still working at getting it down some more, but its not my main preoccupation. I am now more concerned with  fitness than with weight. I like food. I cook good food. 

I want to travel. Hopefully the next time I take a look  back on my blog I'll have been to some new places.

Apparently this year will be the  best in our lifetime to see the Northern Lights, so I hope to go to Iceland. I've just checked flights from Edinburgh to Reykjavik (yes I did just have to spell check that) and they're reasonable; Ryanair do a route, so  as long as I'm luggage free I could probably do it without too great an expense.

Its my penultimate week of second year lectures and I have 2 exams to go until I can enjoy my summer. I don't think I'm going away because I'm interning and working (part time of each) so its unlikely I'll find time for that, but I don't mind. Its going to be great.

Oh and by the way, a lot of my old posts pictures have been taken down, so that's why it all looks a bit odd.