my week in photos #23

Feels like forever since I lived in London & had so many pretty places to explore... (Notting Hill/Portobello Market)

Forgot how tasty Crunchies are!

Cosy pug snuggled up

Really love this Nars lipgloss in the shade 'Tasmania' - perfect pinky nude shade!

Another London photo, Big Ben is so spectacular!

I feel like my life is insanely boring atm, with not much to report on my Instagram has been quite neglected. I've actually had one of those weeks where I've been reminiscing a lot (hence why I have so many old London photos uploaded this week!) & found myself scrolling through tagged photos on Facebook & thinking about how different my life was a few years ago! I've been house sitting for my Nana & Grandad since Wednesday as they've gone away on holiday so I've been taking advantage of having a house to myself (Tilly's here too tho!) & just enjoying the peace. Honestly I've become such a granny in the last year or so, I can't stand noises or being around loads of people so it's nice to have some me time - lots of early nights! I think the whole "liking peaceful situations" has stemmed from the fact Dom & I had our own flat together for over a year & moving back into our family homes has been a bit of a shock to the system... going from the two of us plus Tilly pug to living with 5 other people is a bit of a nightmare! Hopefully it won't be for much longer anyway, getting our own place again is a huge priority of ours & I can't wait to have my own space again! I feel like my blog is suffering a bit at the moment too as I'm struggling to get any photos taken, but things should settle down soon & I've actually set myself the challenge of blogging everyday in September... lets see if I can keep to it! I've gone off on a bit of a ramble here, oops, hope you've all had a lovely week/weekend (:
L x

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my week in photos #18

Sunday morning blogging | Tilly chillin' | Moroccan Oil treat from etail 

Making my TV stand extra girly | Starbucks caramel frappe on a sunny day | Pug waiting to play fetch

Making hot chocolate with real choc | Babyface pug tired from walkies | Fave makeup brushes

I don't have much to say today! I've had a really nice week with Tilly pug, getting organised with the flat/preparing for the move & organising my blog. I'm really really enjoying blogging at the moment, I finally feel proud of what I publish! I've got a new design coming within the next few days & I've so much inspiration for posts I've got a list as long as my arm!
Hope you're all having a lovely weekend (:
L x

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a little catchup

Cute little Tilly sitting by our Christmas tree | The best treat | Homemade Christmas Decorations

Sunday morning breakfast | Snug pug | Pugs & kisses 

Lush Christmas haul | My baby squishy face | Ended up buying two Primark tartan dresses!

I've been away from blogging for far far too long & I'm so excited to get back into it now! Life has been a little stressful but I'm now organised & ready to blog away again. Dom has kindly set up his iMac especially for me & we are working on a blog re-design over the next few weeks so hopefully I can get my little site exactly how I want it (:

Here is a little snapshot of my life recently, I have lots of blog posts planned though, including some Christmas DIY's & possibly a mini giveaway! Thanks for sticking with my blog whilst I've been absent though, it won't be happening again anytime soon! 

L x

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my week in photos #10

Santa on my coca cola can! | Free AA nail polish | Cath Kidston treats |
Starbucks date with Dom | Christmas lights in Leeds | Cheering myself up in Costa |
I FOUND IT! | Sam's (@sarnpreet) beautiful flowers | Burning my fave yankee candle (:

This week has been full of ups & downs, I won't go into much detail but it's mainly because my Dad left the country on Friday & it was hard for me to accept. Resulting in me spending too much money having coffees & buying myself little treats, plus Dom has absolutely spoilt me!

L x

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my week in photos #9

I need to start getting back into doing these posts each Sunday as I enjoy having a little summary of my week & it'll be nice to look back on in say, a years time & reminisce on what I got up to! I have actually included a few of my favourite photos from the past few weeks because I didn't want to miss them out, so really this post should be renamed as 'what i've been upto' but I'd prefer to keep the little series going. If you don't already follow me on Instagram my username is 'loulabeth'. 

Red cups are back! | Firework style nails | Nails inc freebies in Glamour |

Nandos with Dom | Me being a geek & heading to the library! | The cutest lil puppy in Harrods |

Cupcakes I made for my Sisters birthday | My Sisters birthday presents | Huge primark haul!

I'm now tucked up in bed, about to start revising for my exam tomorrow morning, my degree is pretty demanding, 2 exams & 2 assessments this week so I'll probably be quiet on the blogging scene again! :( On a nice note though, I've lit my Vanilla Cupcake Yankee candle & have a bar of Cadbury's fruit & nut chocolate to get me through! 

L x

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i'm back!

Dom & I | Drinks | Cute card | Risotto at Strada | Tea & Toast in bed | 

Homemade risotto (obsessed atm!) | Rain hair | Royal Borough | Tower Bridge | Sisters halls! |

Costa cawffeeee | New foundation | A rose I saved from Dom<3 | Current read | Primark shopping! |

Spike shoooeeezzzz | Red pepper dip at Nandos (try it!) | Cute necklace | Mirrorball collection | Cosy |

Journey to London | YSL sample | Cath K shop | Amazing dupe | Waiting for a train to Manchester 

Firstly, I need to apologise for being MIA for around a month now, but for also having two 'Instagram' style posts in a row. I didn't want to return to blogging without a little update though!

So, where have I been!? The last time I posted was the day I moved back to London to begin my second year of university, but even before that I was posting quite irregularly... Since moving back to London I have been alot busier than I planned to be, plus we only had the internet installed on Tuesday night. In a nutshell I have done the following: worked as a student ambassador/been getting to know my new housemates, especially with nail painting sessions in the kitchen!/had an interview/Dom came to visit/various nights out... including Fabric!/travelled back up North/helped my little sister move to London/completed uni work & assessments/& of course I've been shopping! 

I'm currently back up North again because I had to return for a friends 21st last night (they also got engaged, cutest thing ever! I can't believe I'm at the age now where my friends are getting engaged, having babies etc!), I also went shopping with my Dad yesterday & I surprised Abi by visiting her at work! Today I've been to visit my Nana & Grandad & little brother, Harry :) had a lovely Sunday lunch! It might not seem like I've been that busy, but for some reason when I'm in London the time actually whizzes by! I got to see Dom last night for the first time in eight days, which of course I was super super super excited about & I'm really enjoying being back home. London is amazing, but it can be a really difficult place to live in, so I'm thankful to have a bit of a breather this weekend. 

Hope this post is okay as a little refresher, I have tonnes of stuff to blog about so my blog should gain some normality again over the next few weeks!

L x

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(late) my week in photos #8

A little late but I am blogging from my new MacBook pro, holaaaaa!

Tasty salmon & broccoli fishcakes with salad as a 'last supper' with Doms family, before Dom & I went back to uni | A very lazy day in bed! | My pretty new iPhone case | Travelling home from Leeds in my pjs! | Champagne in Doms flat | Love my nail polish combo! | Cute little salt & pepper pots | Yummy alternative to Nandos peri peri chip salt | HUSKYBEAR <3

Today I am currently cramming my life into bags, ready for my journey back to London to start my second year of university! I am quite busy during the next couple of days, helping out as a student ambassador & also attending an event, career based! I'm planning to blog in the evenings though, I have tonnes of posts lined up, it's just having the time to sit & photograph stuff then type it all up! I've been crazy busy this Summer, doing absolutely nothing in particular, lets hope I can get blogging properly soon as I honestly enjoy it so much! A massive thank you to all who follow my blog and take the time to comment, I appreciate each and every one of you, it means a great deal to me! Reaching over 200 followers in a few months has shocked me really, I never believe that anything I publish is worthy of reading, so seeing that little number rising up slowly but surely really reassures me that somebody out there does like what they see!! :) I know follower count isn't everything though I think it is a lovely little extra that comes along with blogging. 

Finally, would you all be interested in me doing a blog post about my new MacBook? I'm undecided so let me know!

L x

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my week in photos #7

welcome back offer from Vogue | my Friday night! | hitting the vodka midweek... | 

cooked dinner for Dom & I, but it didn't look much! | Nana baked me a cupcake | Pressies for my mumma |

Cute birthday card! | My little bunny Timmy <3 | Found my A level Textiles work!

Okay, I'll admit I cheated a tiny bit this week, seeing as though I didn't do this post last Sunday I've compiled this mosaic using photos from the past two weeks! I didn't have enough photos for this week anyway, my life has been super, super boring.

Hope everyone has had a nice weekend, I've mostly been visiting family & had a roast at my Nana's this afternoon :)

L x

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my week in photos #6

Having a dilemma in Boots over which colour to choose, I went with Bikini so Teeny | ombré hair! | the best kind of chocolate | I found my old bb case I'd decorated | tonnes of old deco pieces | New yankee candle | Cute hello kitty socks | Blue nose teddy | Pretty sunset

This week has flown by, it feels like a blur I can barely remember anything! I decided to nip into Boots with Abi on Friday to pick a few things up & treat myself to a new Essie polish... I also finally dyed my hair ombré after being undecided for so long & I really love it! It was so easy to do, does anyone want me to do a post on it? :)

I've been packing all my stuff up ready for my move back to London as my Mum is driving me down on Tuesday & I've come across all my deco things! I used to be obsessed & spent many many hours decorating my blackberry case, followed by my iPhone 3gs case & I also customized a little mirror :) I can't decide if I should sell all the pieces or carry on being creative? Is anyone interested in buying a handmade phone case off me? Or has that craze kind of got boring now? Let me know!

Dom & I celebrated our 4 year anniversary last Sunday so I took a few days away from the internet! We usually book a mini trip, but this year we really couldn't afford it so we chilled out & gave each other homemade gifts :) I always make him a gift every year as it's more personal & I enjoy researching/thinking up ideas.

I'm sorry I've been a really inconsistent blogger recently, I know I keep saying this but I can't find the time to blog! I actually miss it as I got into a good routine of having blog posts up regularly, so hopefully I'll be blogging properly again this week!

L x

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my week in photos #5

Dominoes pizza last night | Ready to go out in Leeds | Nandos treat with Dom, Jen & Taylor! | 

Starbucks - can't get enough of these refresha's| Dom brought me sweets to cheer me up :) | My little brother who I miss ridiculous amounts! | Got the keys to my London home | I possibly went shopping on Oxford st... OOPS! | Dom's apartment is amazing

This week I have been back & forth to London & Leeds so much! Glad it's all over now & everything has finally been sorted. Dom & I are currently in Leeds, we came back on Friday as we had a little flat warming party & then headed out in to Leeds. I had such a fab night with the some of the best people & the following day we all went back into the city to eat at Red Hot Buffet which is pretty good! Now I'm just chilling out, catching up on blog posts, drinking cups of tea & eagerly waiting for the closing ceremony to begin at 9pm! Still love the spice girls after all these years haha!

Hope you're all having a good weekend!

L x

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my week in photos #4

Regent Street decorated with flags for the Olympics | Gerrards Cross is a lovely place | Meet Maisy the Yorkshire Terrier :) | & here is Abi our other Yorkshire Terrier | Treated Dom & I to a Starbucks lunch | Cloud the Husky puppy - he is super naughty & had roller about in all the mud haha! | Addicted to this Angelica nail polish! | Made a stuffed crust pizza for my baba bro (who is 8 but to me he is still a lil baby!) | Baked these with my little brother too!

I'm so sorry about the lack of posts this week, I've been a little stressed out because I'm sorting out my student house in London. This resulted in me travelling down the country, firstly to Leicester & then onto London the next day, which has been very tiring! I'm not sure I'll get to blog alot next week either as I've gotta go to Leeds, London again & Leeds again at the end of the week... please bare with me! I have lots of ideas on posts, it really is just having the time to compile them ):

I've gone a little crazy taking millions of pictures of my little brother, Conor, & our doggies because on Friday they are moving to Turkey, genuinely so so so sad that they're leaving (my Stepmum wants to live there) which has resulted in me wanting lots of memories. I'm thinking about making a little book for my brother to give him when he is a bit older, full of all the pictures of us! He is an important little person in my life & I have made him promise to Skype me everyday if he can :'(

Anyway, as usual I hope you have all had a lovely weekend - I've started revision for my resits in 12 days :(

L x

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my week in photos #3

Wow this is a very food heavy post, oops! If food looks pretty I can't help but take a photo though...

Received these Angelica nail polishes in the post, the colours are fab! | Core collection, finally... | Dom treated me to Krispy Kreme | Disappointing glossybox | Pink french fancy - the best ones :) | Berries from the picnic! (on a healthy eating 'kick', you can't tell from these photos though, whoooooops | A customized studded jumper that I'm selling - comment/tweet me if you're interested | Bow bracelet & earrings | Cookie & coffee for breakfast

Been abit of a strange week really as I've not done much, blogged every day though! I have lots of blog post ideas for next week too. I might nip down to London this week, crazy I know as it'll be hectic due to the Olympics, but I kinda like that haha. I need to sort out a flat anyway so I need to have a visit sooner rather than later! Hope you're all having a lovely Sunday afternoon

L x

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my week in photos #2

Messy ombre nails | Models Own Polish | Relaxing in little frilly socks | 
Rilakkuma case as featured in my wishlist! | Posing before I met my Nana | Coffee & teacakes! | HERRO iPhone 4S ^__^ | Little Abi bear on my knee! | Huge dairy milk bar, mmm 

Sorry my blogging has been abit on & off recently, I haven't had my laptop much as I've been here, there & everywhere! I will be doing a post tomorrow though & I'll try get back on track as I have tonnes of ideas!

Hope you're all okay & having a nice weekend, I did a carboot with Dom today, mix that up with being hungover & getting a burnt nose pretty much resulted in a disaster!! It wasn't what I was expecting anyway but nevermind :)

L x

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my week in photos #1

I thought I'd do a quick & easy post, as it has been a few days since I last posted! I love the idea of these posts, I have selected my favourite instagram pictures from the past week. (Instagram name: loulabeth) I know almost every blog does this style of post, but I enjoy looking at the collages, plus its a nice way to display a summary of your week!

Flowers in my Nana & Grandads garden | Disco Mix! | Oatifix face mask - amazing for dry skin! | McDonalds pancakes, mmm | Pug pjs from Primark! | A little haul from my Manchester shopping trip |

Millie's Cookies | I love my bed | Glamour freebies

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend, I had a nice lie in, followed by a yummy roast dinner at my Nana & Grandads house! This evening I'm going to snuggle in bed watching movies in bed with Dom! :)

L x

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