August in Photos

AUGUST RECAP
Whoops might've forgotten that August had ended and that this was thing I do over here. Sorry about that, but hey who cares that September is nearly halfway done now, let's just look at what I did in August.

THE PHOTOS

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

1. This was taken on the evening of our first day in Italy. We were in Rome and hey, turns out Rome does gorgeous sunsets. 
2. Arrived at the villa we'd be living in for the week and made friends with a horse. 
3. Ice cream gang. 
4. There was a festival in our local town of Scala to celebrate their patron saint, St. Lorenzo. It began with a religious procession through the streets, and then a brass band played and they had the most amazing fireworks ever. They sounded like cannons and filled the air with beautiful colours and smoke so thick you could hardly see through it. It was an incredible night. 
5. Pompeii! It was very very hot on this day and there wasn't much shade in Pompeii so we didn't get to spend as long as we liked there, but what we saw was amazing. It's so interesting to see this town preserved in a slightly terrifying way. 
6. "We're just planning our pose!" (Still in Pompeii btw)
7. The whole Italy gang! Kinda miss these guys. 
8. Exploring Amalfi. It's a very busy, touristy town, but it was also very italian and very cute. I particularly love this photo because it's at the end of Amalfi, literally the end. You couldn't go any further.
9. The view from a pre-wedding party we went to. We were Italy for the wedding, only 4 of the 10 of us where going to the wedding (I was not one of the four) but doesn't mean the remaining six of us couldn't gatecrash the party and take full advantage of the free food and drinks. 
10. The Rogers family feet on the last night in Scala :(
11. Last night in Italy here. We went to a fancy restaurant, met two Australian men who worked on CHANNEL 9 AND CHANNEL 11 WHAT? and had complimentary limoncello. Please ignore how dead my face looks in this photo, I didn't look like that irl. 
12. Our hotel room in Rome got upgraded and we had a hot tub and a gym in. our. room. 
13. The Colosseum!
14. Annnnd back to England. 
15. I went to that massive lush on Oxford Street. 3 floors of Lush... no big deal. 
16. THUNDAMENTALS. These guys were amazing and I loved every second of the concert. They need to come back asap. Also not to brag but Tuka, one of the frontmen, liked my photos on instagram. Pretty rad. (I have a pretty big crush on him btw, so y'know.)
17. Hilltop Hoods were the headline band on that night and they were also amazing. I love them and I sang along very loudly, especially when they sang Cosby Sweater. 
18. This was taken in a secret bar in Bristol called The Milk Thistle. It was like one of the prohibition, speakeasy bars. Very swanky. Very cool. 
19. Back to Walkabout in Bristol for bundy and burgers. 
20. Cocktails. I can't remember what was in this but it was really good. It might have been a daiquiri?
21. During a cute little pub crawl in London. This was at The Black Lion. 
22. This was the next pub along, it was called The George and Devonshire. I suuuuck at pool.
23. And at darts. 
24. My sister's moved to Australia and so we had to celebrate her birthday a bit early. This was our breakfast from that day. 
25. Pro fashion tip: make sure your dress matches the flowers of the place you're visiting. 
26. The day before she left we went to Chichester Harbour for a British beach day. It's cute there. 
27. Our feet at the seaside! 

ONTO SEPTEMBER

I hope you're all having a rad September and I hope the rest of it is rad too. 

And tell me how your August was in the comments! Did you do anything fun? Travel anywhere? 

Thanks for reading, speak to y'all soon. Remember to follow me for weekly posts. 

Love Chloe x

The Daily Traveller // 18th April 2015

HOMETOWN HOLIDAY
So I live in Bath for university, and I feel so lucky every time I think about the fact that I can say "I live in one of my favourite cities". Now I love it when my family come down to Bath to visit me as it gives me an excuse to go to some of the more touristy spots around the city. And that's what happened this weekend.

AFTERNOON TEA WITH MR DARCY

We began the weekend by having afternoon in the Jane Austen Centre, which actually used to be where Jane Austen lived and is now a museum with a Pride and Prejudice themed tea room on the top floor. I'm actually not a fan of Jane Austen (sorry), but we had heard good things about the tea rooms so decided to give it a go. And boy am I glad we did. It was one of the best afternoon teas I have ever had, and I've had a good few. It was a selection of finger sandwiches, scones and delicious cakes to finish.

These cakes tasted exactly as good as they look.

Endless coffee.

SPACE NK ANTICS
We then did a bit of shopping. My sister and I went into Space NK, to look at the gorgeous makeup they have. I asked one of the ladies in there about foundation that was good for oily skin and she offered to do my makeup to test out a couple of products. Now this wasn't my original plan, but when you're offered a free face of makeup, done by an actual makeup artist, AND using high end products, I ain't gunna say no. She used mostly Laura Mercier products, but with an wonderful Oskia moisturiser. And oh my god, I fell madly in love with everything she used. She then gave us some free samples to test out at home, and basically it was amazing.

This was my makeup about 7 HOURS after she had done it. I'm very much not used to my foundation lasting that long and still looking perfect. 

A VERY CASTLE-Y HOTEL
We were booked into the Tracey Hotel for the night, and this is such a rad hotel. It feels like you're staying a castle and I want to permanently live there if possible. Our room had a four poster bed, a chandelier and a bath where water ran from out the side and into the tub!

I think I'm sticking my tongue out and my sister isn't looking, classic. 

Bath puts on a good sunset.

The castle!

The restaurant had some very Hogwarts vibes going on.

BEDTIME
We ended the day by watching a chat with Russell Brand and the cast of Sons of Anarchy (my two huge loves all in one <3) on youtube before going to bed in the four poster bed that I never wanted to leave.

So my weekend was wonderful, as I'm sure you gathered. I want to do it all over again!

How was your weekend? Let me know what you did in the comments, even if you were just watching netflix in bed all day, haha!

Thanks for reading, remember to follow me for at least one post a week, and sometimes more :)

Love Chloe x

SOME MORE PHOTOS AROUND THE HOTEL

My eyes started watering when we tried to take a selfie, but here's my sister and I at the castle!

The Daily Traveller // 20th March 2015

HEY
My 20th of March was pretty rad, so I decided to vlog it and blog it. I'm sure you've already guessed that this is the blog part of that, but there's going to be a link to the vlog part at the end of this post so look for that when you get there and go relive this reading experience in video form ;) Anyway, so my day was rad, as I said. Here's what happened.

SOLAR ECLIPSE
I woke up at quarter to 8, and as someone who can sleep through entire mornings, it's safe to say I was tired. But it was worth getting up early because I was up to see the solar eclipse!

My housemates and I ended up taking a really long walk around the countryside that surrounds our uni, seeing glimpses of the eclipse through clouds and trees. At 9:30 we stopped and watched the eclipse at it's peak time. I don't think we got the full effect of the eclipse due to the clouds, but what we did see was still incredible. Once the eclipse was over and we were essentially just staring at the regular sun, we began our downhill trek home.

 A WORKING AFTERNOON
My afternoon was pretty standard - coffee, youtube, essays, youtube, toast, coffee, game of thrones and getting myself pretty for the next part of my day.

MEETING THE CAKE QUEEN

My parents arrived in Bath at about 6 o'clock and we then headed into town to see Mary Berry (she's a cook and also a judge on the show The Great British Bake Off, and also one of my weird girl crushes). She was doing a Q&A for my local bookshop, Topping and Company. She talked about her life, how she became a famous cook, The Great British Bake Off, her new book 'Absolute Favourites' and general baking and cooking things. Mary is 80 years old, and she is literally my old lady goals. When I'm 80 I want to be as healthy, happy and fashionable as she is. After the Q&A I got the chance to meet Mary as she was signing books. The queue to meet her was obviously huge so everything was rushed, but I managed to say hello and get a photo and that's good enough for me.

THE END OF THE DAY
We finished the day off by having dinner at Wagamama (honestly best place on earth) and then beginning our 2 hour long drive home. It was such an amazing day.

BYE
Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoy the rest of your day, and I'll talk to you again soon.

In the comments, why don't you tell me if you saw the eclipse, and if you did where did you see it from? I'd love to hear, because space and eclipses fascinate me!

Love Chloe x

YOU WANTED LINKS? HERE YA GO.
THE MATCHING VLOG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJWpXga62Dk

My February In Photos

                 

So here's my February in photos. You might have already seen some of these scattered across my social media, but others are gracing the Internet for the first time in this post. 

These are the stories behind my photos.... 

1. BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH.

2. Actresses dressed up all Victorian style for the Sherlock filming. 

3. Selfie at setlock.

4. Because it was freezing on the day we saw Sherlock being filmed we had to seek warmth (and food) inside a restaurant. This was at Revolution in Bath, where I was surrounded by plants and ate burritos. Also I love this photo of me because my hair looks amazing.

5. Tuna bake and The 100 with my sister in my little uni home.

6. Farm shop lunch with the two people who will be my housemates next year! Taken after we'd been to see the house we'll be living in for the next few years.

7. Eating ice cream when it's freezing is weird, but it was worth getting even more cold for this ice cream because it was delicious. Chocolate and coffee flavour, but i'm 98% sure that the coffee had been spilt in it by accident because it was literally just random instant coffee granules every now and then and the coffee bit had been added to the label in biro, so y'know pretty sketchy stuff at the ice cream shop. 

8. We made Riccardo, my darling avocado tree, get into the valentines day spirit by adding heart confetti to his plant pot. Why? Because Riccardo is my one true love.

9. "I got that red lip, face mask, thing that you like."

10. To represent Valentines Day, because as I said Riccardo is my one true love and he didn't even send me a card. 

11. Tartlets made by me, with the help of my favourite new cookbook by Mary Berry.

12. Souffles made by me, once again with help from Mary Berry.

13. Apple and Cinnamon cake by me, and Mary again (this cookbook is amazing, okay.)

14. I love Pancake Day <3

15. My outfit on the day I went back to uni after our reading week. I felt very cute and just a tad bit hipster.

16. More meals by Chloe. This one was inspired by an amazing chilli con carne I had whilst in Maastricht. No rice, lots of sauce, and a warm baguette. Delicious.

17. I went to see Samantha Shannon in conversation at my local bookshop, with my friend Lisa. Samantha Shannon is an amazing writer and The Bone Season series is wonderful, so it was rad to be able to see her. I met her and got my book signed afterwards too!

18. A moses basket bought by my family for our friends, who were obviously due to have a baby. They had the baby the day after we gave it to them, which was very unexpected but rad all the same. 

Thanks for reading, have a lovely rest of your day.

Love Chloe x

P.S This post was inspired by a similar thing that Loiuse, aka Sprinkleofglitter, does over on her blog. I always think it's such a nice way of looking back at the month, so I've decided to do it myself. So thanks to her for the inspiration. Here's a link to her blog, it's great: http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk

25 Accomplishments of 2014

I don't remember who it was, but last year I saw someone talking about writing a list of 25 things they accomplished during the year, and I thought that was such a rad and positive idea, so I put together my own list. 

One year on, I still think it's a rad and positive idea and so I've made my list again. And since I have this blog now, I thought, why not share it? 

Here are my 25 accomplishments of 2014: 

1. I finished college with good A-Level results.

2. I got into bath spa university - somewhere I've been dreaming of going to for years now. 

3. Living by myself at uni. 

4. I finally visited Australia! (Bucket list stuff that is!) 

5. I read 50 books. 

6. I reached 160 subscribers. 

7. Met Jack and Dean. 

8. Met Bertie Gilbert. 

9. Met Ben Cook. 

10. I met Noel Fielding... Who I may or may not have a huge fangirl style crush on and have had for about 8 years now...

11. I made new friends, both in real life and through the Internet. 

12. I completed my first term at uni! 

13. I held a wild rosella whilst on the Great Ocean Road.

14. I fed a kangaroo and also held hands with him. We're best friends forever now. 

15. I held a starfish. 

16. I stroked a koala. 

17. The million hour long flight to and from Australia. 

18. Changing a lot of my beauty products to cruelty free ones.

19. I gained a tiny bit more confidence. 

20. I got good eyebrows! 

21. I kept up with a good skin care regime. 

22. Growing Riccardo, my beautiful avocado tree, from an avocado pit.

23. Wrote over 100 pages of my novel, Curious Winds.

24. Expanded my cacti collection.

25. Handed in my uni work on time. 

Some of these things are a big deal and some of them are just small things that probably only I would be proud of. 

I encourage you to make a list of your own! It's such a nice way to look back on your year and think about the good stuff that happened to you. 

I wish you all a fantastic 2015. And hopefully I'll be blogging more this year, after all it is one of my New Years resolutions! 

    Love Giddy x 

Photo: my top 14 photos of 2014.