It's looking like a beautiful day...

All this gorgeous weather is making me daydream about blue skies, sandy beaches and clear,turquoise water..

I don't know what I'm doing this summer yet but I should be going abroad for a little while as part of my course.. Have you any summer plans? :) x

The day the carnival came to town

I love carnivals!
Yesterday a carnival came to my college campus for RAG week and I was so happy! (Yes, I am a child still).
 To me carnivals mean 2 things:
1) The Waltzers.
2) Candyfloss

Yes it's true candyfloss sticks to your face. It'll make a mess out of your hair if it's windy. It will ruin your teeth.

And yet, I love it.

Who else loves candyfloss?



I think this is Katy Perry.. if not, it's someone who looks really like her..



Ryan Reynolds
Enough said.



Pikachu



          This is not an ad for candyfloss, although it's really beginning to look like one!

If only....

Bits and bobs..

News, random stuff and things that have amused or interested me this week!

• I found the dress for my ball! :) I did have an idea of what I was looking for (a deep emerald green dress) but I just fell in love with this one. Also, it's definitely something I'll wear again. I just need to get shoes to go with it and I'm looking for something a little bit different so it could take a while. I'll post a photo of the whole outfit after the ball!
• It's RAG (Raise and Give) week in my college this week coming, hence I'm super busy this weekend trying to get all my college work out of the way! Haha! In all seriousness though, it's a great way to have fun and raise money for some really worthwhile charities. It's been great fun the last two years so I'm really looking forward to it!
• A blog that I really enjoy reading is Girl Without a Plan's http://tuesdaynightblog.wordpress.com/ If you haven't seen it before please check it out, it's well worth the read. Especially this post http://tuesdaynightblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/dear-world-thank-you-more-please/ which I found particularly inspiring!
• A song I've been really enjoying this week is Belle and Sebastian's 'I want the world to stop'. I don't love every song by this band (I'm not cool enough for that, I prefer ridiculously bad 70's/80's music haha) but I really liked this one.
• One of my friends mentioned Irish shoe designer Nina Divito and was shocked and appalled when she learned that I didn't have a clue who she was (I love my shoes, me) and rightly so!! I promptly googled her and her creations look amazing! Have a look for yourself here: http://www.rte.ie/fashion/2010/0203/diviton.html ( I particularly love the one with the rose) and check out her website here: http://ninadivito.com/news/
• After all this recession doom and gloom, I personally found the last few weeks even more depressing being continually bombarded with election news and political promises, posters everywhere (Even in my house.. ahem) and watching our politicians taking skelps (official term there) out of each other on the tv. However this video gave me a good laugh in the midst of it all!
• Sunshine! I saw sun this week for the first time in a very long time! And... it was WARM! Not the usual it's-sunny-but-still-the-wind-would-freeze-you-to-death weather we usually see here in Ireland. BRING ON THE SUMMER, I SAY!

Nom!! Because we all know Summer = Ice cream :)

Letter Love

I love letters.

When a letter arrives (that isn't from the bank or a mobile phone company that is) with my name on it I am very very excited.

I told a friend about this fixation during conversation one time, he very sweetly wrote me a letter (he's in a different country at the moment) telling me all his news that we didn't get to discuss on Skype.

                                                     Friends are awesome eh? :)

I know a lot of people blather on about letter writing and how it's a lost art and so on. I'm not here to say any of that, just to express my own personal love of letters and everything about them, the fresh white envelopes, the cute stationary and dare I say it.... STAMPS!

Yes.

I love stamps.

Also it is possibly the biggest regret of my life so far that I didn't visit the pen museum in Paris last summer.

*Sob*

Anyway, I decided to pass on this lovely piece of joy and write a letter to my best friend who is also living in a different country this year, coz she has been a-mah-zing lately while I've been going through a rough patch.

                                                 Spread the love, Write a letter!