Get cosy

Here are my most recent online shopping spoils - a jumper I picked up on sale from ASOS, and a couple of books. I haven't actually been buying much - it's all spring and summer fashions in the northern hemisphere right now.


Everytime I buy something from ASOS, I tell myself I'm not going to buy from them again, because the pieces I get almost always disappoint me. But then they send me a discount code (sneaky) and I'm all over their sale section (the free shipping also helps). The jumper wasn't really an exception to the rule, but it fulfils the criteria of what I was looking for - cable knit, round neck, 100% cotton.


The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald. I decided to get onto it and read this before the new film comes out, and I finished it just in time for the trailer. I'm not sure how I feel about it. It was a good book, but all I got from it was that it was about rich people I couldn't relate to. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Bronte. I thought I'd give the third Bronte sister a chance. I'm halfway through the book and really enjoying it, actually. English countryside, old house, mysterious lady, epistolary form and a ridiculous narrator who doesn't know he's ridiculous? I'm there! Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier. I haven't read it yet, but it came up on my Goodreads recommendations and it sounds like a fun read, so I thought "why not?"

Putting this together while watching the Eurovision final (shh, don't spoil me!). I love Eurovision, it's one of my favourite television events of the year.

Beige trench

I'm not sure if you've noticed, but my wardrobe almost entirely consists of red, black and blue. I can count the number of pieces in other colours on one hand. So what am I doing wearing beige? Technically, this isn't my coat - it's my mother's (not even in a cool way, but in a I'm-pretty-sure-she-bought-this-from-Big-W way). After the temperature started dropping a few weeks ago, I found myself without a transition jacket I liked. I wore my sad little jersey coat around for a while, before getting sick of it and filching this trench from my mum. I think I became reconciled to the idea of beige after realising how nice it looks with stripes.


I panicked about looking too grown-up, so I threw on a pair of red tights.


The top is UNIQLO, skirt is Glassons, tights from ASOS and shoes are Topshop.


A couple of my friends got me this Fjallraven Kanken backpack in royal blue for my birthday last month, I love it.


Another photo for good measure. I recently discovered the magic a $2 ebay-bought camera remote can work. Hello focused outfit shots!

Thanks for the comments on my last post, they did make me feel better. I'm more or less back on track now - I'm getting over my cold (I've been sleeping more, sleep is amazing), I saw my academic advisor about my marks and I know what I've got to do, and I only have two hours of class tomorrow. I've started a good book and I've also got something to look forward to this weekend. Life is good again!