Weekly Roundup 24/02/13: Sunday Sickness

So I am ill...
I'm sure it's just a cold/sore throat, and while I'm not one for theatrics I'm fairly certain I'm dying.
How can a nose be bunged up AND runny at the same time body???

But anyway It's been reading week at uni this week so no lectures!

A brief summary of what I got up to:

• Went out for lunch/shopping with the Powells on Saturday & then spent the weekend at home.
• HOLIDAY PLANNING!!
• Ate every single packet of crisps/chocolate/sweet things I could find while enjoying the free heating at home
• Went back to my uni house where it is cold, sad & where all the assignments I have to do live
• Night out in LDN with my girl Wyona, although it was really crap and dead in the club we went to so stayed for a few complimentary cocktails then got 20 McNuggets & the last train back
• 7am train back to Gillingham on Friday mildly hungover, intended to do a bunch of work, but instead made pasta bake and sat in bed watching Suits

Friday night was also when I realised I might be getting ill so I poured a lot of tea, lemsip and ovaltine down my throat in an attempt to cure myself.
On Saturday I woke up and couldn't breathe out of either of my nostrils, and had to become the oh so sexy mouth breather I am at this current moment...mehhhhh

Thanks for stopping by now :)

It's been a long time...how have you been?

Crazy to think it has been almost a year and a half since I last blogged on here.

As much as I had the good intentions to blog throughout my first year at uni, life very much took over.
Lots of drinking, dancing, a holiday or two, finishing 1st year, moving into my 2nd year house with 3 of the best girls ever, and then some! (There was studying that did actually go on during all that time I swear)

Anywhoooo I'm trying to make my comeback now. So hopefully I'll be able to update more, even if it is just simply a collection of photos I've taken or a little list of the things I've been up to that day/week/month.

I'm still not really sure what this blog is going to be but we'll just see how it goes I guess.

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-