Summer so far!

Really need to get better at this blogging malarkey!

Since finishing exams, my life seems to have improved by one million percent. First, I passed my driving test! And then, my best friend, who lives in Australia, arrived on the day of my last exam. I only see her once a year, so it was great that I got to get completely wasted with her (which I hadn't done for about 4 months!).

Quickly after that - 3 days to be precise - I was off to Glastonbury Festival. It was the best weekend of my life by far. A blog post isn't too far away...

After I got back from Glasto, I had to go back to college for a couple of weeks (not that I went really). In this time I was meant to be sorting out visiting unis, knowing what I will be applying to in November, basically sorting out my life.

That didn't happen.

At the end of term, my college does this totally pointless thing where you have to spend a week doing work-that-doesn't-actually-apply-to-anything-but-does-because-they-need-everyone-to-have-more-college-hours. It's called 'wider skills week'. But luckily for me, instead of learning how to play bridge or learn latin for four days, I got to go to Italy for a Geography trip. And it was awesome (again, a blog post is coming).

Four days after that I was off to Croatia with my best pals for a lads on tour kind of holiday. And I have to say it was the funniest week of my life. It has made me really want to go interrailing next summer, because there are ways of doing it so cheaply.

Anyway, this post is really just to get myself back into blogging! I have so much more to write and organise now... Here we go I guess!

Pocky xx

New York New York!

I am having some serious nostalgia this week. I'm looking through my holiday snaps from NYC and falling in love with it all again.

In October I visited the beautiful city for the first time, and it outdid all my expectations. I was blown away. I stayed in TriBeCa, which had such a brilliant location. It had great train links and the area itself was very cool and laid back, exactly where I want to live when I'm older! 

On day one I wanted to get a feel for the city, and there was no better way than to take a boat ride under Brooklyn Bridge.

It was quite windy but a lovely sunny day. I had planned my outfits for NYC weeks in advance. On the first day I wore my purple tartan skirt from Topshop, my Mango turquoise knit top and biker jacket from Miss Selfridge. I managed to not wear tights but wish I had because it was bloody freezing! I also wore my favourite floppy hat from H&M, which I absolutely adore.

I went to the Rockafeller centre to see the amazing views. It was absolutely breathtaking. I think this was the moment I knew I could never love a city as much as I do New York. Amazing.

Of course I had to get a tourist hat! I love my Nicks hat, and have worn it so much since. There were so many adorable cookie stores all over the city, my favourite one selling these cute lil' NYPD cookies. One of the highlights for me has to be visiting the New York Library. After seeing it in so many movies  it was truly breathtaking - and I wish I could study there! Beats my local library.

Until next time New York... I love you forever.

Pocky x