perfect polkadots

(shirt: urban outfitters, jeans: topshop leigh's, brogues: topshop, bag: mulberry alexa)

the weather was so nice yesterday, reaching over 20 degrees celsius according to the car! and typically, i hadn't looked at the weather on monday before grabbing some clothes to head down to callum's for the night. we visited the beach during the day and then headed up to glasgow in the evening for dinner at pizza express (where i had a salad.. what?!) and a walk along the river. it was so nice that i felt like we were in london last summer, and no jacket was required all day. am i really still in scotland you may ask? well, yes. because the weather has turned back to rain again. go figure.

this shirt is possibly my new favourite thing. i first seen it on a customer i was serving at work and had to ask her where it was from, and from then on it haunted my dreams. so naturally, once i'd been paid it had to be mine. it's super comfy and you know, polkadots. we all know i love those. i paired it with black jeans and brogues for a simple look, but i can't wait to style it some more in different ways.

krispy kreme dreams

yesterday, callum and i couldn't get doughnuts off the brain. krispy kreme doughnuts to be exact. so, despite the horrible weather (pictured above), we made the 120 mile round trip to edinburgh from glasgow (20 miles out, really, as we were at his parents) to get a delicious dozen. although in actual fact, we picked up an extra dozen for his sister and her boyfriend and dropped them in on the way back home - mainly as a present for being such awesome new parents, but also because, you know.. doughnuts.

driving with callum is one of my favourite things to do - as a couple we enjoy nothing more than going on a drive with some music playing and talking about anything and everything. and picking up some sweet treats? that was just a bonus - good food is something we love to enjoy together too.

in the next week i have two submissions to complete for university, and then i'm finished uni for the summer. it's CRAZY how time flies. i can't believe i'll have finished my first year of university and actually enjoyed it. never really thought i'd be saying that given my past experiences with education.

i will follow you into the dark

 topman denim jacket (callum's) | forever 21 lace biker

topshop vest | h&m (p)leather skirt | topshop shoes

forever 21 plaited belt | tiffany & co key necklace

orla kiely for boots prescription sunglasses

alphabet bags letter "L" canvas tote

i had no idea what to wear yesterday and was running out of time to choose before i had to leave, so opted for my trusty leather skirt and a pair of brogues. i threw on this new lace biker i had picked up from forever 21 the day before and was away to commit the awful crime of double leather by adding my leather jacket before i remembered my skirt was also leather. callum suggested i put on his denim jacket, and i'm so glad he did. it tied in the outfit perfectly. i grabbed my alphabet canvas bag which i've been using a lot more recently, and which i need to continue to use - it always makes me feel like one of those really cool girls i always strive to be. anyone else? just me? okay.

after i was finished with uni, i went home, packed up a few things for an overnight stay and callum and i headed down to his parents so we could take the car and go adventuring. and adventuring we did go. we drove all over the ayrshire countryside, taking in the beautiful views provided to us by the lovely day, listening to music and chatting about all sorts of different things. it was a genuinely lovely day, and i hope to repeat it again soon.

after we had been home for dinner, we popped back out and ended up down at ardrossan beach, where these photos were taken. it was such a lovely sunset, although it was still cold. i've had to edit all of the photos differently as the light was changing so quickly that using the same filter over all of them was impossible - these were taken on callum's iphone 5 and edited in the vsco cam app.

on an unrelated note, is there anyone out there who reads my blog who would like to do a little illustration of me as part of a new blog header? i'm willing to pay etc., although i don't have an awful lot of money right now, so it couldn't be much.

you are the best thing that ever happened to me

neither callum or i really got an easter weekend as we were both working, so today we took advantage of the fact we had nothing to do and did.. nothing. we played xbox for most of the day and then after dinner we went on a little countryside drive since it was so sunny and ended up at the sea. one of my favourite kinds of day, if i'm honest.

i hadn't packed to actually go out in these still very cold temperatures (c'mon uk, it's april. you're better than this.), so i stole callum's hoody for the purpose of the drive and layered it with my very old and trusty h&m (p)leather jacket. i don't think i'm going to class this as an outfit post as you can barely see anything (it was such a cold wind, we hopped almost straight back into the car after these were taken), but hopefully i'll be able to start posting them again soon since the weather should be getting nicer. i'm in my final week of classes at uni now, so i'll have lots more free time in my days!

we're still trying to work out how to use the instax wide (which has resulted in a lot of wasted film), but we took these tonight and i really like how they have turned out. the scan and edit are pretty rubbish. if you have any tips, then please do let me know. i'm a newbie to scanning in photos, and i still have a whole heap of ones from my mini to scan in too!

i hope you all had a lovely easter weekend, and ate all of the chocolate.