Youth

Bonjour! Thank you all for the lovely birthday wishes from last Thursday! I had a really good time celebrating my birthday with my friends last Saturday too and it was just generally a great weekend :-) I was also incredibly spoiled and received many lovely gifts, most notably my Nikon P500 camera, some money, vouchers, books and DVDs! Now I've got post-birthday blues, but luckily I have many new things to console myself. Not to mention the ever-growing mountain of work to distract myself with.








This year, I asked for a lot of things from my friends since it was just easier as I knew what I wanted :-) Pictured is the Nikon P500 bridge, a cardigan from ASOS, An Education, Water for Elephants, Paper Towns (John Green), Oxbridge Entrance guide (Elfi Pallis) and The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde). Also pictured above is The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Jean-Dominique-Bauby) which I'm still reading and also A View from the Bridge (Arthur Miller).

Anyway, I'm gonna go back to working on Art coursework - I'll be sure to show you what I'm up to soon! Hope you're all well and enjoying your weekends. Happy blogging!

Chloe xxx

P.S. Check out the song Youth by Daughter, a band comprised of Elena Tonra (vocals) and Igor Haefeli (guitar). Eerie, but lovely. Her voice is wonderful.

P.P.S. Thanks for the responses to my friend about her website. She is still looking for more people to help write articles about music/fashion/culture, so if you're interested, please email her at lily.mw@hotmail.co.uk - thank you!

Happy Birthday To Me

Hi all! It's my 16th birthday today! I feel like I've reached an importany milestone of sorts! I had a really lovely day with friends at school and I'm going to be celebrating with friends and family at a meal on Saturday which I'm really looking forward to! Just wanted to post a picture of me to document my turning 16!


Also, I wanted to show you my newest and probably most beloved possession. A Nikon p500 bridge camera! I saved up for most of this from tutoring some kids and then my mum helped pay for the rest as a birthday present. I love it so much and have been taking so many photos with it :-) I've got a few other presents that I'll be sure to take some pictures of and post soon!



Anyway, hope you're all well and enjoying your week, I certainly am! Happy blogging! :-)
Chloe xxx

P.S. Say NO to SOPA and PIPA. After the blackout yesterday, I realised just how reliant I am on Wikipedia and the Internet in general. SOPA and PIPA pose threats to our freedom of speech and expression by censoring the Internet. With SOPA and PIPA enforced, I dread to think what would happen to the blogging world. Show your objections to SOPA and PIPA - stand up for your right to express what you want!

Northern Sky

Hello! The week is almost over and I've had a pretty relaxed weekend, mostly comprised of eating, sleeping and doing bits of work here and there. Nothing of much significance. I had a really good time at the Tate gallery in Liverpool on Thursday and have got plenty of picture which I'll try and post at some point in the near future.


Jumper: Zara
Jeans: Gap

This winter, I have literally lived in jeans and jumpers (which isn't actually very different to any other season), I've always been a lover of all things plain and simple. Another favourite of mine is red lipstick! I've been after a dark red / berry type lipstick as well, but can't seem to find the right shade anywhere.

Other news is that my birthday is in 4 days! It feels weird that a year's passed since my last birthday. I've always quite liked having my birthday in January since I get to celebrate my birthday at the start of the new year and everything seems new and fresh. Anyway, I'm looking forward to it!

Hope you're all a having lovely weekend. Happy blogging!
Chloe xxx

P.S. Title: Northern Sky - Nick Drake
Been listening to Nick Drake's voice on repeat. I highly recommend.

P.P.S. I have a friend who is starting up a website / webzine and she needs journalists who will help write articles and the like.. If you're interested in fashion, music and/or culture and would like to get involved with this, please email lily.mw@hotmail.co.uk - thank you!

All I Want

Hello all! As promised, here are a couple of photos of my Moleskine. It's a bit odd for me to be posting midweek, but I've been trying to be a bit more proactive since the new year! Anyway, just a bit of a quick and lazy post today, since I'm quite busy tonight and then tomorrow, I'm off on an Art trip to the Tate Gallery in Liverpool! This week has been dragging on, but the weekend is almost in sight!



1. Lullaby Playlist and a shot from An Education
2. Random quotations and my Laura Marling ticket

Hope you like it! And I hope that you're all having a lovely week! Only 2 more days until Friday and the weekend. And it's only 8 more days until my birthday. I'm more excited than usual since I'll be turning 16! :-) Thought I'd leave you all with a lovely video of Joni Mitchell.


All I want and all I need is Joni Mitchell's voice. I could listen to her voice all day every day. I defy you not to love her! Happy blogging!

Chloe xxx

Versatile Blogger Award!

Hi, all! Just wanted to share my unfinished list of New Year's Resolutions, despite being a week late on deciding them! (Sorry about the blurry photo!)


Also, I was recently nominated for a Versatile Blogger Award from the lovely Kelsey from Graceless Heart! Thank you, Kelsey! :-)

The Rules:
1. You must thank the person who awarded you the award including a shout-out with a link on your blog
2. Share seven random facts about yourself
3. Send the award on to fifteen other bloggers whose blogs you like and let them know about it

1. I have a twin sister named Christy and I'm a minute older than her. We're really close and spend a lot of time together as we have the same group of friends. We argue a lot (it's mandatory when you have siblings haha!), but ultimately, she is my best friend, however cheesy that may seem!

2. I would say that I have quite an eclectic taste in music. When people ask me what I like, it's always really difficult trying to pinpoint a specific genre. I like folk, blue-eyed soul, a bit of rock, a bit of indie, some old hip-hop and R&B... I wish I was really talented with music, i.e. be able to play an instrument like the piano or have a great singing voice, but alas, I do not possess either abilities.

3. I am a neat freak and slightly neurotic in the ways that I like things to be. I'm also a bit of a hoarder and hate throwing things away, even if it is of very little significance. I can't quite explain that one.

4. I'm only 15 years old (I turn 16 on the 19th January), but I think that I'm an incredibly old soul. I've always been quite mature and a stressed out person, even when I was really young.

5. I love food! I don't think I could ever be a vegetarian. In fact, I know I could never be a vegetarian. I respect those who are, but for me, food is not food without meat. And meat is not meat without mustard! Also, I love watching cooking programmes, despite the fact that my culinary skills only stretch to cooking eggs.

6. I love travelling and visiting new places, there isn't anything quite like it. I've been to America twice (NYC, Chicago, L.A., San Francisco and Las Vegas), Japan, Hong Kong, Italy twice (Rome, Pisa and Bay of Naples), France twice (Paris and Bolougne), Spain and Ireland. However, there really is no place like home and I love England, it will forever be my home and I couldn't imagine living anywhere else.

7. I love reading and drawing, two hobbies which seem quite arty and creative, I guess? However, they are mere hobbies and at school, I am the complete opposite in that I am very much interested in quite logical subjects. I have opted for Maths, Further Maths, Economics, Chemistry and Latin for my A-levels next year.
Oh and I've had my heart set on going to Oxford University since I can remember.

So there are my seven facts! Thanks again to Kelsey! :-)

I would like to nominate (aside from Kelsey):
Jasmine from Lavender's Green
Julia from We Could Cause Catastrophes
Emma from Jersey and the Monkey
Katie from Tatty Boots
Tegan from Tegan on Toast
Vicky from Heartshaker

Anyway, that's all for now. Hope you're all well and enjoy what's left of your weekend! Happy blogging!
Chloe xxx

P.S. Will be back very soon to show you some pages from my Moleskine :-)

The Fear

Hello! A belated Happy New Year to you all! Can't believe it's already a few days into 2012, it still feels a bit weird in all honesty. Just a quick and lazy post today to show you some of the photos from a few weeks ago, since I didn't get time to post them.











(Assortment of photos from shopping in town, my first meal at TGI Friday's, a friend's birthday gathering and festive Krispy Kreme doughnuts)

I'm back to school tomorrow and dreading it already. I literally don't think I can face it. Expect to see very little of me on the blog. I really do hate how little time I have to blog and even when I do, not a lot of it is very interesting. Sorry all, I'll be back again soon. Hopefully sometime around my birthday which is on the 19th, that's only 15 days away! Can't believe I'm going to be 16, seems a bit odd. I'm excited though.

I'll be back again soon. Hope you're all well. Happy blogging!
Chloe xxx

Title: The Fear - Ben Howard
Love this man's voice. Go buy his album 'Every Kingdom'. You'll love it.