London Day One

skirt- Urban outfitters

blazer- Forever 21

top- H&M

bag- Mulberry

So while I'm meant to be studying for my third year engineering exams, I went to London for the weekend with my parents to see the Royal Ballet's Alice in Wonderland (review to follow!). In fairness, I did get a bit of study done while I was there and the ballet was so spectacular that it was well worth the lost time studying. 

The Royal Ballet's Alice in Wonderland 

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Lunch in Sketch

Heading back home West now to get my head back into the books.

I miss London already!!!

"Come with me, and you'll be, in a world of pure imagination..."

It being Easter weekend, of course Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was on tv; the original and best. Of course, I got entranced by Gene Wilder's voice and I was moved to do a Willy Wonka inspired post..... procrastination of the highest order, I know!

Who better to emulate I thought than the precocious little girl Veruca Salt (as seen below) with her black patent shoes, structured red dress, white blouse and fur. Although I may not actually wear such an outfit out in public ever, it was a nice way to wile away a lazy Easter Saturday hour!

Happy Easter Everyone!

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Veruca Salt

dress, fur hat- Asos

tights- H&M

shoes- Topshop

Corporate

waistcoat, blazer, skirt- Topshop

shirt- Penneys/Primark

As I mentioned, I've been horribly busy of late with college work and looming exams. Late nights staying up to meet deadlines have meant that I am now dying sick and am in fact writing this post from bed where I'm only now recovering from one of the busiest weeks of my life!

Anyways, on Monday night all our hard work paid off when the group that I'm in won a Trinity Engineering Entrepreneurial competition for a business we are in the process of setting up. I don't want to give away many details but it's in the industry of snowsports and I am really excited to see where this adventure takes us. 

This explains the outfit above. For the competition we had to dress smart, obviously, which I'm not great at doing! This was my take on something business-like and I guess considering we won it wasn't too inappropriate!

Paddington called...

... he wants his jacket back.

I picked up this coat in Primark/Penneys the other day for about €20. It is the only thing that brightened up the rainy days we had in Dublin this week. Luckily however, the sun shone over Trinity yesterday for a day of fun on the grass to celebrate my last day of third year! Now all I have to do is pass these ten exams I've got in three weeks time and it will once again be summer!

Where has the year gone?!

Tatty Divine

top- River Island

suit pants- Topshop

dinosaur nechlace- Tatty Divine

This little guy dangling round my neck was a late birthday present from my dog Freddie (thanks Mam!).

Being the attentitive dog that he is, he'd been listening to a feature on the radio about a company called "Tatty Divine" that had been involved in a law suit with Claire's Accesories over the rights to the design of the necklace you can see here. Apparently Claire's had produced a cheap copy that was similar in design and eventually Tatty Divine were awarded the case on terms of intellectual property or some sorts. You can read more about the story here.

The point is, that Freddie, once again being the type of dog to work on his intuition, thought the necklace sounded like something I would love and so bought me it as an extra little birthday present! What a good dog he is!

ALL the dinosaurs! 

(mugs courtesy of Conor O'Leary)

If you haven't heard of Tatty Divine yet, I implore you t check out their site. I am in serious want of their lobster necklace!

 P.S. Sorry for going AWOL of late, been running myself into the ground with college work and the like but it all paid off on Monday night! I'll explain in a future post..... I promise! 

This...

...is how I've felt of late. Hence why I haven't been blogging. I apologise. 

With four college presentations this week and three reports due, not to mention my exams looming ever closer, blogging has had to take a back seat. Well, that and the fact I left my camera in Dan's! 

I'll be back on top of things soon don't worry, for now though, sit back and enjoy...

Saturday Playlist (on a Monday)

So, it's been awhile since I've done a Saturday playlist, and I know it's Monday guys, but it's a also a Bank Holiday. So sit back and chill and try to forget about that mountain of work that you've been pushing to the back of your mind for pretty much months now. Afterall, there's always tomorrow.

Enjoy!

"Divers and Submarines"- Mark Charlton

"Paper Aeroplane"- Angus and Julia Stone

"Good Things"- Aloe Blacc

"No Diggity"- Chet Faker

"Seeds of Night"- The Cave Singers

Happy Monday everyone.