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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-

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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-

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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-

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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-