Festive trip to Bristol

Hey guys,

So a couple of weekends ago me and my boyfriend took a little trip to Bristol for a visit. 

We just stayed in a little premier inn, which I actually loved because it was cheap, and right in the middle of the town which was perfect really. 

 I chose to wear my little denim dress which I love, from primark, teamed with my tartan scarf also a primark bargain for £5. Then I studded topshop necklace, tights and boots. I also straightened my hair which is kind of rare for me as I prefer my hair naturally wavy and with a bit more volume. 

We grabbed some lunch at Bella Italia and just looked around the shops and such. I love going to visit different places just to have a look around at all the different shops. Bristol is pretty good for shopping too. We mainly stayed in Cabot Circus where they have most of the high street shops. We managed to also meet my friend and I had a delicious Christmas costa, a white hot chocolate which was lovely and we also grabbed a festive Krispy Kreme. 

We then checked into our hotel, here is a picture of our Christmas jumpers we got ready for the holidays. EXCITING!!! The Christmas pudding one actually plays a musical tune, again these were both from primark which is absolutely massive in Bristol!! 

In the evening we went to the Bristol student union to watch Crystal Fighters who we both love and they were amazing. Although a bit weird as one of them did have his top off.

If you haven't listened to them before I really recommend you to go check them out. They play pretty chilled songs but at the same time they make you want to get up and dance. 

We then went back to the lovely and festive decorated premier inn, couldn't resist a picture by the tree!!!

Next day we got up (not so early) and strolled into town for some lunch/late late breakfast. We found a little cafe and had some baguettes.

 We then did the usual stroll through the town etc and took a look at the Christmas market. German markets always make me feel so warm and Christmassy as they look so cute.

Later on we went to the cinema where we saw Saving Mr Banks, although we were the youngest in the cinema by miles it was such a lovely film about the story behind Mary Poppins. I honestly thought it was amazing and really can't wait for it to be out on DVD.

After that we just grabbed a GBK, yum and again had a walk around the shops with all the pretty lights before we both headed home. It was a super lovely two days and pretty cheap as well so well worth going :). 

Oh and we also had these yummy yummy Christmas drinks. They were caramel hot chocolates with gingerbread and whipped cream, mmmmmmm.

Love love 

Alice May 

Xxxx

University room, year two

Hey sweets,

So following my post from last year I thought I would do another post on my university bedroom. As I'm in my second year now, I've moved out of halls and into a pretty small and student type house. I've got quite a small room compared to my room at home however I do think it's pretty cute and cosy and I do always love decorating my room when I move in, so take a look! 

We picked our rooms out of a hat so that it was fair and I was lucky and got a room on the second floor. I like it because the sun shines through which is pretty nice in the morning. 

I always like my room to look really homely and cosy, especially as I spend a lot of my time in here doing work and things. I also love the vintage, shabby chic look.

I've taken a lot of things from my room last year, and as you can see from my pictures my taste is very flowery, girly and Cath Kidston like.

I've got some floral bunting from Acessorize which lines the top of my wall and gives my room a bit of colour. I'm quite lucky that all of my furniture in the room was already white, so it all goes really nicely together.
My bedding is from Ikea and was pretty cheap, again I think it just adds to my room and makes it look all cosy, similarly I have a flowery throw/blanket on the end of my bed which was from Tesco. It's pretty amazing where you can find all sorts of nice items for you room.

 I've left my chest of drawers at the end of my bed just to have my candles on as it looks really sweet at night when its dark. One thing I love about being in a house is that I can actually burn candles. I just got some little vanilla tealights from ikea and found these little candle holders in a shop called Tiger which is kind of a much smaller version of Ikea, it is fab.

I've then just added a few photo frames, and my Urban Outfitters light up bunny, which all of my friends seem to hate but I love. I also have that metal looking bulldog ornament, it's actually a money box, but I just think it looks cool sat on the side there.

 This has to be one of my fave things in my room. It's a vintage Mary Poppins vinyl which was passed down to me from my great great Aunty who is 98. Crazy, when I got it I just had to frame it because I think it looks super cute and I am a massive Disney fan.

I also have another vintage style bed sheet. This one I got from BHS, again I was really surprised at how nice the bedding sets were in there. I also got one of my cushions there, its a really sweet old style postcard with a bow and some birds on. My other cushions are from last year, so are mentioned in my previous post, and then of course I have Mike Wazoski.

I also got this really cheap photo frame in Tiger, it was only £5 which I thought was such a bargain.

And then my laptop sticker and case I got on Ebay, and they just add to my girly room style.

 The far corner of my room I'm not actually that much of a fan. It gets really crowded as I do struggle a bit for storage space which is annoying so it is often very very messy over there.

I've put up a little pin board on the wall which I have just stuck on some postacards, pictures, cards and letters and any memories that make me smile. I love my fairy lights, in fact my room needs more, it just makes a room feel so much more warm and cosy. Literally every night I stick my lights and candles on and get into bed and feel mega snug.

 My desk also gets kind of cluttered around with all my work and books and such, but I managed to find a picture where it is quite tidy.


I haven't commented too much about where everthing is from etc, because a lot of it features in my previous post so go check that out.

If you have any questions please feel free to comment. Thanks for checking out my room, I hope you like it.

Much love,

Alice May
xxxxx

The Clothes Show Live

Hey hey hey,

So this is just a pretty quick post. Just want to get back into the swing of blogging and such.

Anyway, last Friday I went to the clothes show live, in Birmingham. I'd never been before but always wanted to go, so when I found out the Cardiff Fashion Society were going I was of course mega keen to get in on it.

Basically, it's in a big building with loads of halls which is full with stalls of make up, beauty and fashion items. Literally, there is sooo much there it just goes on and on. As I hadn't been before I didn't really know what to expect but it was amazing.

As you can see I chose to wear a vintage style dress, with a vintage style cardigan and think tights, me and the girls I went with also had a cheeky picture in the photobooth when we arrived! 

 

First thing I picked up was some make up from a few make up stalls, basically alot of them you pay a set price and get a lot more than you pay for. 

So for all of this Barry M make up, I paid £10 which is such a cheaper for all of the amount you get. I absolutely love Barry M nail varnish, they have so many lovely colours and nail varnish is one of my many faveourites. 

I then went over to Models Own and again got all of this for only £10. This was amazing as you were also able to chose three nail colours yourself, I opted for a green glittery colour (pretty festive) and then a pinky glitter which again was nice and Christmas/new year like. I also chose a black nail art pen as I love experimenting with different patterns and such on my nails and I manganed to loose my other one. 

I also spent £5 on a Rimmel set, which came with a mascara, fake tan, nail varnish and a foundation sample, again which would at least be worth about £20 on it's own. So lots of bargains there. 

I also got a cute little t-shirt with elephants on, it was only £18, it's pretty loose fitting but I thought it would look nice with jeans and leggins maybe in the spring time as it's got lots of greens and lighter colours in. 

Lastly, I was absolutely blown away by they catwalk at the clothes show itself. It was really well done and my pictures do not at all do it justice, it was just full of colours and such lovely girls. If only I could be a model. 

 Anyway, this is a bit of a simple and rushed post but I hope you enjoyed it. I'm really excited about starting to post more on here. 

Much love, 

Alice May 

Xxx 

Easter blogging (kind of late)

Hey guys,

So its a Saturday night and I figured it was time to do some blogging as its been a little while.
I've been having a fabulously busy Easter back at home in Southampton and I really am loving every little minute of it! It's so nice to be back home and to just be able to relax and see my friends and family!

Looking back, my Easter seems to have consisted on many trips to tearooms, which I do love, especially in the cold weather a cute little tearoom is always a nice thing to perk you up!
The first tearoom I visited was called Teatray in the sky, in Southsea, it was so lovely in there very quirky and almost Alice in Wonderland tea party style which I thought was dead cute.
We also took my little cousins and even though not really designed for children they still loved it and enjoyed lots of yummy home made cakes and hot chocolates before a nice walk along the sea front!

 Here were just a few little bits on sale in this tearoom, all looking very vintage and mismatch very much matching the style on the tearoom itself :)!

 A few days later I took another trip to a little cafe in Southsea (maybe its the place to be).
This time I went to The Pie and Vinyl. Which is in fact exactly as it says in the title. This little cafe serves a wide variety of pies to eat in or to take out. A meal option is also available with the pie coming with mushy peas, mash and gravy.

I love love loved the Pie and Vinyl, again it was very quirky and different and out the back holds a small record store holding records from old and new bands, and also a few other types of band merchandise. As you can see with the picture on the left, this cafe again used very mismatch plates and cups to drink out of. From this little house/stable kettle I had a lovely rhubarb and rose hip cordial.

It even looks mega cute from the outside and is actually really nice to walk along the sea front right outside! I will most certainly be returning again in the summer!

Now because it was Easter of course I just had to try out the new craze of the creme egg brownies and yes they were amazing! They tasted very sickly so one was enough for me but where the creme egg was baked in the oven it had an almost crispy texture to it and it was heavenly! They were pretty easy to make and I had some help from two very special helpers so it was fun fun fun!

However I do apologie for my lack of appearance! They tasted good and that's all that mattered!

Finally, me and my family took a little Easter weekend vacation to Devon to see some more family! It was actually really lovely to spend a few days with the family as I don't see them that much like we did then and I had fun with my brother and sister (that's us above rocking the nikes) of course I taught them well ;)!

Sorry this post has been a bit late, rushed and pretty manic! It's been a very busy few weeks but now that I'm back at Uni I hope to be blogging a little bit more! Hope you are all awesomely well my lovlies and thank you so much for reading! 

Ask me anything below, I love to hear from you! 

Much Love, 

Alice May

xxxx

Cardiff Vintage Fair

Okay, I still have no clue what so ever about how to work this malarkey, but thought I would post something more interesting.

So today, I took a little wander down to the Cardiff vintage fair, its a cute little fair in City Hall which comes every few months and is full on all sorts of wacky and cute vintage items! I went to the one a few months back when I first moved to uni here and I loved it so thought I would try and drag some more friends along!

It was soo packed out and busy but I still managed to get a few little things which I love!

So I got this cute baggy sort of causal t-shirt which I think will look really cool with leggings and maybe some shorts in the summer, I really liked the saying on it and it was only £10 which I thought was pretty decent!

Next I got the cute little blue ring, I love the baby blue/turquoise colour especially as summer is approaching and I am a massive fan of my rings and that one was only £4 and finally I got the cute little bird necklace, which again is in a nice baby blue! All of my friends always laugh at me for owning lots of odd and quirky items and I thought that would fit the bill at only £8 :)! I also love the fact it has a long chain because I like to wear my necklaces quite low!

So all I all I've had a very lovely day browsing thorough all of the vintage wear ! However I now sadly have an essay to write! The fun life of an English student!

Catch you all later xxx

Just a quickie xx

Just a quick one today as I'm off one for 3 weeks for Easter yay! So so excited to go home and see my lovely family and friends, and get some money from work!

Anyway haven't bought too much lately just a few bits which I will attach below as blogging from my phone!

Went for a lovely lunch with my friend in crepe affaire in Cardiff! Such lovely pancakes, I had banana and Nutella!

Okay so the little fox socks my grandma got me as a gift, from marks and spencer and I just love them as I love anything a little bit quirky and odd! I also got the standard topshop frilly socks in black, I honestly have sooo many but my black ones I managed to some how sick up into the Hoover! I know... So of course I had to get another pair!

I also thought I should get a new phone case and got this one for about £2 on eBay, I thought it was very summery almost like melted ice cream?

I got the cute little anchor pumps for primark for £8 as I thought they would be causal for when the weather is a little bit nicer and I also got the little make up bad for £2 just so I don't leave my make up all scattered in my handbag!

Also picked up the little war cuffs for £1.50 as just really liked them and they were such a bargin!!

Needed some new nail varnish and really wanted to try the gel Barry m and again I thought the colour there like bluey green was very spring and fresh and the purple looked nice too! Also needed another eyeliner and it was 3 for 2 yay!

Anyway that's about it! Hope you all have a lovely sunny Easter! I'm sure I will update you when I'm back home!

Bye
Alice may
Xxxx

Little Uni Bedroom

Hey guys,

So I promised I would give you a little tour around my uni bedroom! Basically I'm living in Cardiff University halls at the moment (Talybont South) , so my room is very tiny and cramped, however I have tried to make it as ME and homely as possible as I do have to live her for a year.

I must admit, at first I did find my new room VERY small, as my room at home is about 3x bigger if not more, however I am happy with it and it is really cosy and stuff so I won't moan! And I'm also lucky enough to have my own toilet and shower yay! 

Right this is my pin board sort of shelf area! When I first arrived the back bit was such a horrible dull grey color it just made me feel so ill to look at and you have to be really careful with what you actually put up in your room or you can get fined so I went to tesco and found this really sweet wrapping paper for like £1 and created a sort of wallpaper affect! I was so pleased because it just makes my room look so much nicer and more me and it was so cheap and easy!

As you can see I try and go for an almost vintage look by sticking up cute little cards (mostly from my mum) and like photo's of friends and a few frames and things (photo's are the best to remember all you friends from home)! I also added some really cheap tesco fairy lights for about £2 and just wrapped them round my frames and jewellery box, this looks so sweet at night, so cosy!

Again here are just a few more little cards and postcards and just random bit I frequently add to as I go along! And also my bunny night light from my previous post which was £8 in Urban Outfitters!


On the left is how my room looks at night time, I think its just so cosy and warm and perfect to just chill out in! I have a couple of Banksy posters on my walls and an Alice in Wonderland one as well!

Close up of my fairy lights, got these from The Range and I think they were about £5 but you can also get them off Amazon! I wasn't too sure about the red at first, but I'm glad I got them as it gives the room a warm sort of glow!

My bedding is just a cheap Ikea bedding, and my throw at the end is just a blanket from tesco for £10 I think, very flowery room!

As I said before, lots of pictures from back home and now lots from uni too make me smile and are sometimes just nice to sit back and look at some familiar faces :)

My Macbook sticker I love, it was just from ebay for a couple of quid but I also bought the plastic case from Ebay for £10 which I love too!

And finally my cushions and my toys, yay! As I said in a previous post my pug cushion was just £4 from Primark and adds to the room! The clock cushion I thought was very Alice in Wonderland style which I adore and was from Marks and Spencers along with this flowery bed set and the two little disney toys were from the disney store and I just love them so cute!

Hope you all liked looking round my room, post to me a few snaps of yours?

Much love,
Alice May xoxox