A Glasgow Girl

Before my recent holiday to America, I had a mental shopping list written out of things I wanted to purchase. Things which aren't readily available on the UK. At the top of this list were EOS lip balms. I had seen you tubers and bloggers talking about them and wanted to try them out for myself.  I ended up buying two (lemon drop and strawberry sorbet) and my sister also got one (summer fruit). This lovely yellow one is Lemon Drop. It smells strangely familiar-I think one of my first ever lip balms had a similar smell! It also has SPF 15 which was very handy when I was in 50 degrees Celsius heat!  This is Summer Fruit. It's my sisters but it smells delicious so I am most certainly going to buy it next time. It smells like mango but not a harsh chemically mango scent like many mango lip balms I have tried tend to have. More of a fresh mango. I am rather jealous of my sister right now! :p This is strawberry sorbet. It smells exactly like strawberry laces. Yummy. EOS stands for Ev...

Unfortunately for all of us living in the UK, we do not have a Bath and Body Works store. (Or perhaps it's a good thing as if we did I would have no money but lots and lots of candles...)  So, when I was in the states I had to pick up a few wee goodies. I made a trip to the Westfield San Francisco and when I saw Bath and Bodyworks, I grabbed a basket and ran around like a small child in a sweetie store.  At the top of my list were these candles. I had heard that these smelt like Abercrombie Fierce (the lovely scent which you can smell when you walk into an Abercrombie and Fitch) and that is most certainly true. Unfortunately, the bigger candles were too heavy to bring home so I got the three minis instead.  I have started burning one, and it is lasting fairly well. Also, it is really easy to light. (For some reason it takes me many attempts to light some of my other candles.)  Walking into my room now fills me with great joy every time.  Love, Fi x

I love my Toms. So much. I purchased these from Schuh before I went to Italy and have been wearing them constantly since. Why do I love them so much?  1. They are so comfy. I have worn them lots when travelling and my feet have never become sore no matter how long I've walked. 2. They are easy to just slip off. No faffing about at airport security when I needed to remove my shoes and I could easily take them off when I got on the plane too.  3. They look so cute. I nearly got the cream with pink flowers version and I'm glad I didn't because I think they would have got filthy very quickly. These ones go with a lot.  4. Most importantly in my opinion their motto is 'One for One' for every pair of shoes purchased, Toms give a pair to a child in need in over 50 countries. When doing my research for this blog, I also learnt that when you buy a pair of Toms glasses, they give glasses, fund surgery  or medical treatment for someone in need. Amazing.  I love this compan...

Sorry for the lack of blog posts recently...I just got back from a road trip in America and Wifi was few and far between. This was my last official family holiday so we made it a big one-starting off in Las Vegas and ending up in San Diego.  San Francisco, Las Vegas and Disney were my favourite places but Death Valley was an interesting experience. Walking about in 50 degrees Celsius heat which didn't cool down till about 11pm was certainly different from the weather in Scotland!  Disney will always be my favourite place on earth and it was my first time visiting the Californian one. It was very interesting seeing the original park and Indiana Jones was definitely my favourite ride! I won't ruin it in case you haven't even on it before but the ending is spectacular and apparently it is different in every park!  I can't wait to go back one day and try out the California Adventure Park! 

Apologies for the lack of blog posts recently. I was away in Italy for a week then I had my graduation ceremony and am just back from working at a well known music festival. I worked at this festival last year also, when the weather was not as kind to us in Scotland as it was this year. Last year that particular weekend consisted of rainstorms which led the site to become a big puddle of mud. This year was so warm and gloriously sunny, so much so that I came back with a better tan/sunburn, than I did when I came home from Italy. Having worked through both of these extremes, here is what I have learned and would like to pass on to you: 1. Don't pack too much. Do not pack three different outfits for each day and 10 pairs of shoes for a three day festival. You will not wear it all. 2.   Do not pack all of your favourite, most expensive possessions.  They will get ruined. You will not need an ipad and a laptop. You will have to leave them in a tent, which lets face it...

Here is my newly renovated wall of happiness. This wall has been heavily laden with tickets for about a year now but is now completed. (Until I need to add something else). For those of you who don't know, a wall of happiness is where you basically put all things that make you happy. As the name suggests. I believe that everyone should have one of these walls.  I am not one for minimalist decorating. I know where everything in my room is and  feel that I am quite organised. But I like to keep things around me. Memories and pretty things. This wall in particular is filled with a lot of theatre related things. As I recent musical theatre graduate, I have seen a lot of shows in my time. These are the majority of tickets from shows which I have seen or been involved in over the past 5 years. It also includes cinema tickets, quotes, photos, little notes which make me smile and just general loveliness. My advice to everyone is to start building your wall of happiness now. Y...

I bought these shoes in Next last summer. Next have really nice shoes, I really need to make more of an effort to go into Next to look at shoes cause they have some really lovely good quality ones. I bought these for my parent's 25th Wedding Anniversary at a gorgeous place called Seamill near Largs. It is the best. It holds a lot of memories and is beside the beach. They had a ceilidh (my favourite), however, these shoes are not very ceilidh friendly. Actually, in my opinion no shoes are ceilidh friendly. Ceilidhs are made to take your shoes off and have a good dance. I was at a ceilidh last week and I got so annoyed that no one else took their shoes off.  Here is the matching sparkly clutch. I also sang at that party and I nearly fell backwards in the middle of a song as they were so high. Walking in heels makes me look like bambi attempting to walk on ice.  These are the prettiest sparkly shoes and I always receive compliments when wearing them. They make me...