LAURA MARLING

Hello all! As I have already mentioned, I went to see Laura Marling today at Birmingham Cathedral with my sister, Christy, and my friend Sarah of Austentatious Memoirs today. Instead of standing out in the cold, we decided to catch up over a coffee in Costa before going back to join the queue. After waiting for about an hour or so, Laura came on.

Needless to say, she was amazing, as expected. She was really humble and actually seemed quite overwhelmed by the reception, even asking us if we were okay in between songs. She was quiet, but what little she did say had the audience laughing. And when she sang, we all sat captivated by her beautiful voice. I just sat in awe during the entire performance. Night Terror, Rambling Man, Goodbye England (Covered in Snow) and Sophia were my favourites.

I feel so grateful to have been able to see one of my favourite singers perform in such a beautiful place (the acoustics in the cathedral were amazing!) And overall, it was just a perfect day. If any of you ever get the chance, do go and see Laura Marling perform! :-)








Skirt - Portobello Market (£4.50)
V-neck jumper - Zara (£10)
Jacket - Sister's (?)
Bag - Bill Amberg (Gifted)
Scarf - ? (Gifted)




I'm now spending some time with my extended family who have come round for the day. And then I'll be finishing up schoolwork before school starts again on Wednesday. This holiday has gone by so quickly... as per usual! I hope you're all enjoying your weekends, I certainly have! Happy blogging :-)

Chloe xxx

See You Soon

To those it may concern... I am actually still alive! The fact that I haven't blogged for 2 weeks just means that my life has been both dull and busy. Everything's just been the same-old, same-old. School, homework, coursework, revision, etc. However, now that it's half term, hopefully I'll have time to catch up on my favourite blogs and some blogging of my own, amidst the masses of work that I should probably be doing.

Anyway, here are a few photos that I took earlier today in a last-ditch attempt to do something productive with my newfound free time:


My face - just in case you forgot what I looked like


Photos for art


Blue skies in late October... Madness.


(Fake) sunflowers to brighten up the day :-)

Hope you like the photos, I'm gonna try and crank out an outfit post some time this week. Anyway, the agenda for the coming week is sleeping in, doing homework and I'm actually gonna have a social life too (shock horror) as I'm going out on Monday and Tuesday with friends and then in a week's time, I will be seeing the amazing Laura Marling on Saturday at Birmingham Cathedral! I am beyond excited :-) I hope that the rest of you are having a lovely weekend and that you're all well and good.

Happy blogging :-)
Chloe xxx

The title of this post is See You Soon by Benjamin Francis Leftwich. A fitting title, as I hope to not be leaving the blogosphere for as long as two weeks next time. Also, because Leftwich has such a beautiful voice.

Lost In My Mind

I apologise in advance for my lack of posting yet again. My mind is currently full of binomial theorems, Arthur Miller, deictic terms, centripetal forces, titration calculations and active transport... As well as a whole wealth of other things which I am somehow expected to retain in my not-big-enough brain.

I feel that as I'm getting older and progressing through school, my social life is depleting and I am becoming the hermit that I feared I would become. Sorry to be going on about schoolwork and other boring stuff like that, but when you're faced with the monotony of school, there's not much else that to say! Luckily, we have Pupil Review Day on Thursday next week and I'm also celebrating my friend's birthday on Friday too which should be good. I haven't had a proper day out in ages (as you can probably tell judging by the content of my blog posts!)

Anyway, as promised, here are some photos from the (unfinished) pages of my Moleskine, hope you like:


Clearly unfinished... One of my favourite quotations by the wonderful Henry David Thoreau. On the right is just a little sketch of a photo of myself in Rome (looks nothing like me though)!


Again, an incomplete list. And yet another quotation, but this time by Jack Kerouac.


Finally... Guess who...? Yet again, not one of my greatest drawings, but I couldn't resist having a go at capturing the beauty of Keira Knightley. :-)

Anyway, that's all for this week! Hopefully, I'll be back next week with a bit more exciting stuff. Hope you're all enjoying your weekends and having a lot more fun than I am! Hope you're all well. Happy blogging.

Chloe xxx

P.S. Lost In My Mind is a fantastic song by The Head and the Heart. I highly recommend it to all of you!

When The Bell Tolls

So... You know what I said about Autumn being just round the corner in my last post? Turns out that I got Autumn confused with Summer! This past week has been probably the hottest week in the history of all Septembers in England. This is no word of a lie, it's been almost 30 degrees most days, which has been horrible when I've been stuck in my black school blazer, in stuffy classrooms - I am definitely not used to the climate. However, the plus side is that the skies have been gloriously blue, my favourite shade of blue. Thankfully, the weather seems to be reverting back to its usual self and I can feel myself relaxing as the temperatures decrease.

School is still overwhelming and still picking up the pace in terms of workload and revision for tests. I won't bore you with the details, but I am slowly getting worried about the masses of exams next Summer, eeek!

Despite all this, I have some brilliant news... I managed to get tickets to see Laura Marling at a matinee performance at Birmingham Cathedral in October, as part of her 'When The Bell Tolls' tour! I was so gutted when I didn't manage to get tickets to her proper tour, but when I heard about a matinee performance in the daytime, I just had to get tickets and luckily, I did! The tickets sold out so quickly, I just can't wait to see the wonderful Laura Marling in the flesh :-)



Last but not least, I have had very little time to do many drawings or anything inside my Moleskine sketchbook, which is a shame. Here are just a couple of things in there at the moment:


'i carry your heart' by e.e.cummings
Despite his complete lack of correct punctuation or capital letters, I love e.e.cummings and I especially love this poem.


Not my best drawing, but Audrey Tautou is just beautiful and she was featured in the August edition of my Marie Claire, so yeah! Also, the other thing is obviously my autograph from Rob Pattinson. :-)

I've got a few other things to show you from my Moleskine, but I'll leave that until next time. I hope you're all well, wherever you may be. Happy blogging!

Chloe xxx