13.

Hey all!
Remember me?
Yeah this is just a super quick post to say that I'm not actually dead, and I'm sorry I've not made any posts in almost a month!
I've just been so crazy busy with uni (which btw is amazing and I absolutely love it!)
But in a couple of weeks I shall be back home and have some time to do some proper blogging.
Not much time or peace to do it here since I live in what has been dubbed the "party flat" (apparently it has a history as one too! haunted by a party ghost methinks).
So yes, watch this space in a couple of weeks time!

Off I go now.

Robyn -x-

12.

Originally I intended this post about Mum's graduation weekend/Disneyland Paris to be a lot more detailed and photo heavy. But unfortunately due to the fact that the Powell's have had a manic week prep-ing for me to go off to uni I just haven't found the time.

So instead here are a few snapshots and a quick summary of the weekend:

Mum's Graduation. 

(l-r. Sophie, Mum, Me)

Honestly the most amazing day. So proud watching her go up and be awarded the First Class Honours degree she truly deserved. Definitely shed some tears!
Ceremony was absolutely amazing, so bravo to the OU for that as well.

Disney Paris.

Although the weather wasn't fabulous it was still a fab way to celebrate Mum's graduation/her birthday/my going away.
And hey there was an upside to the bad weather at the start of the day as you can see.
How often is it you get to say you saw a rainbow over the castle at Disneyland?

Again I'm sorry this post is so much shorter than I wanted it to be, but as I've said I'm now off to uni tomorrow.
I'll be leaving my house at 7.45 in the morning to get down to my accommodation for 9am!
I will of course update on my room, freshers, other uni related things etc (after I settle in of course.)

So next time you all hear from me I'll be living in my new uni digs.
Independent living here I come!

Robyn -x-

11.

Photo courtesy of thewondrous.com (via Google)

So I'm off to France for the next few days to watch my Mum graduation with a First Class Honours Degree in Childhood and Youth Studies with English Literature from The Open University.
I'm unbelievably proud of the woman, I cannot tell you just how proud!

Now above is The Palace of Versailles, right next to where the ceremony will be taking place.
And we'll also be popping over to Disneyland Paris for a day as part of the festivities (yay!)

This post is really just to say that I'll be away for a little while, and therefore not posting, tweeting, etc.
However I do intend to take an absolute buttload (technical term there) of photos/do a tonne of exciting stuff, so expect a big ol' blog post when I return.

Au revoir !

Robyn -x-

10.

I swear all I do is shop lately!
Although to be fair most of it is for stuff to uni and then I probably won't buy anything extravagant until after my birthday if then.

So here we go, what I bought yesterday

 No7 Stay Perfect Nail Varnish in "Grey Skies" (Used the glorious £5 No7 voucher I had, making it only £2!)

These cute leopard print loafer-type flats from New Look 

A lovely thick Snood and some "pearl" earrings from Primark (£1 for 5 pairs!)
Also slight side point here: How do you pronounce 'Snood'?
I say it Snood - like 'dude'

But my sister says it Snood - like 'hood'
It feels like the whole Scone argument to me.

Some more comfy jim jams, also from Primark

I can tell you the leopard print ones are super cosy as I wore them to bed last night. Didn't want to get out of them/bed this morning :)

Also I finally got my long overdue haircut today...

I HAVE A FRINGE AGAIN

Robyn -x-

9.

So had a family day out at Bluewater Shopping Centre.
Picked up all sorts of bits; some that I went out looking for, some I didn't.
Always the way really :)

The Good Stuff...

My Lush purchases: 3x Marilyn & a sample of the King of Skin body butter

Disney store reusable tote and Tangled choco lollies (I'm secretly 5)

My single egg poacher from Lakeland along with all the catalogs!

Fred & Friends flamingo "Tropsticks" purely because I cannot use real ones to save my life and well, these were on sale :)

Plus the October issue of Vanity Fair with Angelina Jolie on the cover. (I have a bit girl crush on her).

Legs are absolutely killing though, after all the walking about we did!
So I'm going to sit downstairs with a nice glass of wine and watch last nights episode of Suits.
Which by the way is an excellent show. Plus it's got lots of good looking men in suits which is always nice ;)

TaTa for now

Robyn -x-

8.

So this should have been a post showing off my wonderful Models Own haul that arrived this morning, but they got my order wrong so it'll be of a mixed post about me dealing with that instead.

We might as well start with my original disappointment over my Models Own order.
So I, like I'm sure a lot of other bloggers did, took full advantage of the 50% off sale code and went a bit mad on the site. (Although my £13 discounted order is nothing compared to the £120 some were spending!)
I eventually placed my order after a few failed attempts due to site issues, and waited for it to arrive.
And today it did. Obviously I hurried to open it, only to find that instead of the Buff Pink I ordered I had been  sent a Snow White polish. Not impressed.

Obviously I went straight to my email and sent them a polite yet firm complaint about my disappointment.
I was actually very pleased to receive such a quick response, in which they offered to send me a replacement Buff Pink as well as asking me to post back the wrong item (the Snow White polish).
I then replied to this asking if I could get my postage refunded as sending back the polish would come at a cost to me and also enquiring as to when I could expect my new Buff Pink.
I got a reply back a short while after telling me to keep the Snow White as their apology and that my Buff Pink is on its way! Needless to say I was pleased.

So that has now been resolved and my replacement Buff Pink should be with me in a few days. (I'll be sure to make a post when it does.)

From left to right my Models Own order:

• 3in1 Base Coat, Top Coat & Gloss
• Snow White
• Nail Art Pen in Black
• Coral Reef
• Jade Stone

Now completely off the topic of Nail Polishes - My Sister got her GCSE results yesterday.
She did so well and I am soooooo unbelievably proud of her for it.
She got the grades she needed to get into her Sixth Form and to do all the subjects she wanted for A-Level.

Although now I do feel bloody old, I mean my baby sister is doing her A-Levels for crying out loud!!


Robyn -x-

7.

Just a brief post today all about my catch up date with one of the besties who just got back from holiday.
We went out for a Nandos (which I have been craving for what feels like forever!) and then saw the Inbetweeners Movie.

Quick look at what I wore for the occasion:

 Striped top, light skinny jeans, and my vans.

Now onto dinner & a movie! (See what I did there? Ha. I'm terrible.)

The yummy meal I had at Nandos. I actually love peri-peri sauce so much.

(So much in fact that I went and bought some for home. Mmm spicy goodness here I come.)

Even though we were both stuffed after eating lots of chicken, we still made the obligatory trip to Wilkinsons to get cheap pick n mix. (Stuff paying Odeon prices!)

The film was absolutely hilarious. Like the whole cinema was chuckling away pretty much the whole time.

A fair bit of the humour was obviously very crude, which as anyone who has ever seen the Inbetweeners would know is standard. But still, definitely the funniest film I have seen in a while!

And now after a lovely day out with a friend I am sitting at my laptop stuffing my face with leftover sweeties making myself feel sick. 

Robyn -x-

6.

Woke up this morning to find that my Temporary:Secretary £10 Goody bag had arrived!

Couldn't wait to open it and see what had been selected for me. Felt like a little kid at Christmas!

I really liked the little personal message on the back of the card. 

Such a nice touch.

Let's take a look at what was inside shall we!

 Cute ice lolly necklace.

 Set of 4 bracelet/bangles.

 Camera necklace. (Which I must say is my favourite item. It's just so cute!)

 Owl cocktail ring. (Another favourite!)

 Set of 3 earrings. (l-r) a small heart, set of lips and a lipstick.

Obviously there was also a Refresher bar. No picture of that since I kind of ate it before taking the other pictures :P

I've got to say I'm so pleased with this goody bag and could not recommend getting one more!
Especially if like me, you love everything on the site and just can't decide what to get.

Not to mention with 5 high quality items for £10, you are definitely getting your money's worth.
I also think they would make a really nice gift for someone who likes this sort of thing.

As well as checking out the shop online, be sure to also check out the Temporary:Secretary blog here!

Robyn -x-

5.

Lots of stuff to talk about today! Been rather busy.

Well we might as well start with what I wore as I went about my business today...

(I apologise for the quality, using my iPod as camera was out of battery)

My first stop of the day, at the ridiculously early time of 7.45am was a trip to see Dr B, my doctor (obviously)
about a persistent sore throat/cough I've had. Got to make sure I'm well for uni and all that.
Now I do love my doctor, and being the lovely man that he is he gave me a full checkup as well since I knew I would be off to uni.
Although he did say something funny about my weight (apparently my bmi was a bit on the fence between normal and underweight or something), about how I should be sure to have plenty of dairy and cheese so I can be a strong mother to my future children. Although totally bizarre, It did make me laugh.

Anyway I got given clean bill of health along with some basic antibiotics to deal with my sore throat/cough.

After that it was off into town to pick up, believe it or not, MORE stuff for uni!
I swear I'll never remember it all.

Along with all my uni bits and pieces I also picked up a new book for myself (just finished One Day by David Nicholls, and I totally recommend it as it's absolutely wonderful) as well as a new 3/4 sleeve navy striped tee.

 New book. Delirium by Lauren Oliver.

And new stripy tee (it's navy even though it looks more like black in this photo)

Now the bit I'm actually the most excited about sharing. While we were in town my dad phoned up to tell my some very important news...

THAT MY UNI ENROLMENT PACK HAD FINALLY ARRIVED!

Such exciting times! What was even more exciting however is that a couple of hours ago I got my email from accommodation confirming that I have somewhere to live!
Apologies for all the exclamation marks but I'm just so excited about everything. It's like it's all real now that I'm enrolled and know I have somewhere to live.

Ohhhhhh less than a month until I go!!!

Robyn -x-

4.

So I really haven't done a whole lot today apart from attempt to clean/sort/pack my room in preparation for going off to university.

However I did make a brief venture out to McDonalds with my Dad and sister (Sophie in case you were curious) for some dinner. Which was then followed by a trip to PC World where I picked up this:

A alarm clock/ipod dock thing!

This one was perfect because it does exactly what I need it to, and is not too gargantuan in size.
It's an XtremeMac Luna Voyager alarm & audio system and it was nicely priced at £23.99.

Now because I've had a very boring day "cleaning" and since I was playing around with photos anyway...

my face x4

Robyn -x-

3.

So today I went and did even more uni shopping! (all shopped out now.)
I will eventually post about all of it but there is just so much right now and I'm lazy ha.

What I am going to post about though is the AMAZING BARGAIN I got today...

THESE BEAUTIES!

£25 in the sale down from £70 as they were the last in stock.
Couldn't believe it when I saw they were my size. Had to have them!

Joking aside though, I consider them to be an investment as I'll wear them for the next 100 years like all my other boots.

Now excuse me while I go and trot up and down my hallway in them!

Robyn -x-

2.

DELIVERY!

So in the last week I have been getting very excited by the wonderful amount of post and parcels arriving for me.
(Well apart from the day I received 4 hefty looking letters only to see they were all from my bank. Very boring indeed.)

Now I know how much I love looking at posts of others showing off all there post and packages, so I figured I would share mine with you in return.

First up we have my lovely Lush parcel featuring Daddy-O (shampoo) and Marilyn (pre-wash conditioner)
I absolutely love Marilyn.Not only does it make my hair look lighter and shiny, but it also makes it feel super soft and healthy. As for Daddy-O, it smells like parma violets (which I love!) plus it apparently lightens hair as well so I decided to give the tiny bottle a try.

Also after lusting after it every time I see it mentioned on another blog, I bought myself a Models Own Wah Nail Pen in White. Came to £5.40 from ASOS as I used my student discount.

Below are a couple of my poor attempts at using it. Hopefully with practice I'll improve.

Nail pen with Stay Perfect Nail Varnish in 'Lucky Lilac' and Barry M Nail Polish in 'Matt White'










And used here with Barry M Nail Polish in 'Peach Melba'


As you can see I'm just playing around with it at the moment.









Up next we have a small purchase from New Look.

They are New Look's own version of the fashionable suspender tights floating around atm.
Although I think the H! by Henry Holland version of the tights look so much more amazing, I simply can't afford to spent £13 on one pair of tights. Especially given they will have a hole in them after a night out.
These cost £4.99 normally plus £3.95 delivery (unless you spend so much which is why I never usually shop online there).
However with my student discount and a free delivery code they only cost me £4.60. Bargain!

Now final parcel (and probably the one I got most awfully excited about!)....

MY COPY OF THE ART OF TANGLED ! This book is beautiful I tell you, b-e-a-utiful.
I had tried to get my hands on it while I was actually at Walt Disney World last month, but alas they did not have it there.
Luckily I have a very wonderful dad who found and then bought it for me from Amazon. Yay!
(Although now I am in "remember this" debt to him...worse than real debt at times I swear)

So that was a (rather long) look at all the parcels I've received lately, so I won't go on much more now.
But before I go, here's a quick look at what I'm wearing on this lazy Saturday.

Strapless blue dress and my favourite chunky cardi. Nothing too special.
Ta for now. Robyn -x-

1.

So today I popped into town with my mother, originally to exchange some bits.
But it turned into shopping for some of my uni stuff.
Since it was a nice warm sunny day, I decided to wear my little black patterned tea dress with a skinny belt round the middle.

Now onto what I (or rather my mum & dad) bought:

 So we've got; an iron, a 12 piece teal dining set, a spotty laundry bag, 2 teal cups...

...and a clothers airer.

Contain your excitement please!

While being rather boring essentials purchases, they did all come to under £40.
iron - £5
dinner set - £12 (reduced from £20)
laundry bag - £4
2 mugs - £2 (£1 each)
clothes airer - £14

Although there is still lots more to get, picking up these first few bits has really made in sink in that I'm leaving home in a little over a month.

Robyn -x-

Time for introductions

So my name is Robyn, I'm 19 soon to be 20 in October.
I live in Southend-on-Sea, Essex (I promise I am nothing like the girls from TOWIE though!)
However as of September I will be moving to the not to the not too long distance Medway, Kent for university. Something I am both nervous and yet at the same time terribly excited about.
I would like to say I have quite a varied set of interests.
I enjoy film, music, television, gaming (from an early age I remember watching my dad play Tomb Raider II which started me off really) and I'm currently trying to get myself back into reading regularly.
I do also love some of the stereotypical girlish things like beauty, hair & make-up, nail varnish/nail art, shoes, clothes, as well as a nice bit of celebrity gossip. Oh! And food. I do rather love to eat.
I'm a pretty relaxed, easy going person that enjoys a night out with friends just as much as she enjoys a night in with the family.
I also adore Disney and everything about it. Just wanted to add that since I feel it's important.

I shall end it here, as I now feel I'm rambling...
But I do intend to try and update on a weekly sort of basis.
Here's hoping you will read it and enjoy.

Robyn -x-