A fine day for a swim

I've just returned from my European road trip so that means I'll be bombarding you with photos for the next few weeks. These snaps are from Italy where we rented a villa near Venice for a week. Luckily it had a pool because the area was suffering from a heatwave and the temperature peaked at 35°C. So I took to the water at least once every day, spending the rest of my time lounging by the poolside. On one day I decided to take some pool photos, and here they are. Wearing my swimsuit which mimics the waves of the water, I blend right in.

It's been weighing on my mind for some time, so I just wanted to share a few words about body policing. After discovering some comments made about me on ask.fm (here and here, that linked directly to my blog and showed up in analytics), I was upset and a little put off. Yes, sometimes I don't shave and no, I don't care what anyone thinks of it. However it upsets me when people are so closed minded that they are willing to spread my blog and declare my hair disgusting just to confirm their own prejudice that I'm not conforming to their strict appearance norms. But that's all I'll say, because shaving is possibly the most dull topic imaginable and I don't have the patience. No hard feelings though.

swimsuit//Kling, gift

Sundae Girl

I know a girl from a lonely street

Cold as ice cream but still as sweet

Blondie-Sunday Girl

Who doesn't love a good milkshake? There's no better use of home made chocolate sauce, except maybe pouring it all over hot brownies. That's good revision comfort food. I couldn't resist photographing my most recent milkshake, served in a lovely ice cream glass from Waitrose (on sale for only £3). To match I wore a simple summer frock that I find myself throwing on quite often (it might even be my favourite!) I found it shortly after finding a similar People Tree dress on Asos, which is lovely but out of my budget.

I've got a bunch of posts lined up but I can't bring myself to post. So you might see them, you might not. It's like Schroedinger's blog; until you check back you won't know whether or not there's a new post. All that's left to say is that I hope you have a nice weekend. I'm going to watch Eurovision and eat ice cream, see ya!

dress and bag//thrifted    bow//DIY    shoes//ebay

As sweet as ice cream by dressesonaclothesline featuring sling back shoes

A peek into my room

Last weekend I finished my room, it feels like an odd thing to say, especially after having lived in this apartment for over a year, but it's finally done. When I first moved in I had a bed (left over from the previous tenants) and a desk (free, from a friend-of-a-friend) but no storage. Over the course of the year I got a wardrobe, a chest of drawers, a bedside table, a new bed and a chair. I also took my old desk apart, painted the table top white and bought a pair of trestles from Ikea to go with it. Now my room is pretty, functional and everything has it's own space. Needless to say, I've been spending a lot more time in it lately thanks to all the work I put in.

To celebrate my new room I thought I'd share some photos I took of it, I hope you like it as much as I do.

                      

Snow days and pancakes

By some coincidence it seems that I have timed this post perfectly and ended up being almost relevant! I haven't been too well since my exams but I'm getting better. I've been to the health centre on campus more often in the past couple of week than in my 2-and-something years at university so far. The weather doesn't help posting either but I should stop whining because it's not getting any better, it snowed, again!

Today I spent the latter half of the day baking a delicious savoury cake. This post doesn't have a recipe for said savoury cake, that comes later. Instead, I have a recipe I wrote up in January and have been meaning to post since. It's my favourite pancake recipe and I make it almost every weekend for my flatmates and I to share for breakfast.

Hopefully I'll be over my anxiety soon and then I'll be out and about again, prancing about in public places for silly photos, until then enjoy these photos from my kitchen!


Ingredients:
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/4 cup butter (melted)
1 apple, shredded
1 1/4 cup flour (3/4 cup white, 1/2 cup spelt)
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon sugar

1. Mix together egg, butter and milk.
2. Grate one tart apple and add it to the wet ingredients.
3. Sift the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix until there are no lumps.
4. Fry spoonfuls of batter in oil until browned on both sides. Use a low to medium heat to prevent burning.
5. Eat! Serve with lemon juice and sugar.

dress//thrifted from Oxfam    tights//thrifted from Oxfam