Sun, Sun, Sun

My family and I managed to escape the beautiful British summer (which is particularly grey and miserable up north) and fled for Mallorca to remind ourselves what sunshine looks like.

Whilst it was a pleasant trip I have decided to resign from beachy holidays - I can't deal with sitting around doing nothing in the sun for long periods of time so most of my time was spent swimming a couple of miles a day and going to the hottest gym in history. Aside from that I have really bad reactions to mosquito bites that even make doctors and pharmacists grimace... so unless its a holiday in the Alps or a city break, I'm opting out in future.

This...

To this!

Me and the fam... awkward pose necessary to hide the mess the mosquitos made of my left leg:

Good old maxi to cover up nasty mosquito bites, but sadly showcases the strap marks...

Waterside hotel restaurant... I don't care if it's not cool to wear sunglasses on your head.

Across the sea in the evening...

Blue tiger print dress - Alice by Temperly, Blue Maxi - H&M, Black and White Dress - Vivienne Westwood Anglomania, Gold Tote - Marc by Marc Jacobs

My dad treated me to a pair of Rayban Clubmasters in the airport after having wanted some for aaages and they were stuck on my face the entire time. He bought himself a pair too so whilst at one stage we both had the wayfarers, now we've got matchy matchy clubmasters... how sad.

Class of 2010

It was my graduation yesterday and I had such a good day! It was super stressful to begin with because we were really late which is nothing unusal for my family and I forgot to bring all of the e mail confirmations for the gown, tickets, photos everything... then I was running through Liverpool Central station and managed to fall on my face and scrape all the fake tan off one side of my leg at the same time. Fortunately I had some foundation and bronzer to hand so was able to touch it up in the taxi.

The ceremony lasted for nearly two hours and thankfully I managed not to fall over or lose my hat on stage so it was all good. Definately worth all the sleepless nights, hard work and 4am starts before exams to get here.

I always wanted to wear a Viv Westwood suit for my graduation but thought near the end that I was going to fail completely so didn't bother saving up. I ended up finding this dress at the last minute on Monday and actually preferred this to the suit because it was boiling in the cathedral!


Outside Liverpool Crown Courts

Me and one of my course mates Lara

One of my best friends Nikita - we lived together in first year and have been pretty much inseperable ever since

Graduation Lunch -Delicious prawn and crab fishcake starter which was followed by lobster raviolli - YUM.

I didn't want to give my cap and gown back!

Liverpool Anglican Cathedral

Dress - Vivienne Westwood Red Label, Shoes - Carvela @ KG, Watch - Omega

Want Want Want

We are staying at a little hotel in the Lake District this evening as a treat for my sister's birthday and it is absolutley gorgeous so I thought a quick blog post before dinner was necessary. I want my house to look like this! More pictures to come tomorrow because every room is decorated differently - a real treat for the eyes!