Weekly Roundup 03/03/13: Birthdays, Brighton, & Bruises

So this week was far more eventful than last.
It kicked off with a series of all nighters to get an ethics essay done which nearly killed me.
But then the week got a whole lot more fun since it was my former housemate's 21st.
Only done went to Brighton didn't we!
The Girls and I were there from Thursday to Saturday and got up to all sorts of mischief.
On Thursday night alone I successfully managed to:

• Make friends with a fabulous guy who told me I smell nice in the cloakroom queue
• Slip over at least 20 times and bust up my knee hilariously (it's got such an ugly purpley/yellowish bruise right now)
• Dance to the Harlem Shake and Thrift Shop like a crazy person

And best of all:

• LEAVE WITH £40 STILL LEFT IN MA PURSE 

The next day consisted of more drinking, partying, and takeaway food, leading to a very hungover 2 and a half hour train ride home on Saturday.

Now as far today goes, I slept in till 11 which was sooo needed and then went to town to go grab some bits for the care package I'm making my lovely mummy for Mother's Day.
And about 3 hours ago I enjoyed an amazing roast dinner.
I bought the £3.50 Roast Chicken Joint from Iceland and oh my lord is was so buttery and delicious.
Plus now I've got loads of leftover chicken for tomorrow. Bargain!

Hope everybody else has had lovely weeks and I'll see y'all real soon.
It's so good to be blogging again!

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-

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-

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-