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-

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-

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-

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-