And then it was 12:30 AM

When I was sitting in my living room last night, enjoying that I have the apt. to myself these next few days and photographing most of what is coming with me, I suddenly realized that it was 12:30 and I was going to go out tonight. But since I haven't heard back from the friend I was going to meet and I totally got wrapped up in my world having way too much fun. So it began like this: 

After collecting everything and occupying my living room with all my stuff I could sleep well knowing I still had plenty of time to think about the little things I had forgotten and sort out some of the things that I really don't need. 

And then Sunday morning meant breakfast, shower and off to my grandparents' for tea. This shit can wait. I also proceded to meet up with a good friend of mine since we probably won't see each other for multiple weeks. When I finally got home for the night I threw on the last load of laundry and actually packed most of my stuff. 

And then I thought I would throw in a few tips for packing because Although I travel frequently and try to travel light, I am not really an expert and if I were to make a whole post, most of my tips would be far from revolutionary. But if, like me, you know exactly that once you get off your flight you are probably going to eat something and go to sleep then I would recommend that underwear, pjs and toiletries are near the top. This means you don't have to unpack everything before you can really enjoy going to sleep. I know that some people really like to unpack everything, but that is not my style, not to mention that this particular day is going to be 6 hours longer and about 11,5 hours are going to be spent at airports and in planes. 

It is now 24hours later (and I had plenty of distractions along the way) I am for all incentive purposes packed! My carry on is not quite finished, but I have to grab a few things tomorrow, and then clean so that I leave this place looking better than it did when my roomie left on Friday. But now I can sleep tight and know that most of the prep work is done and once I land safely I will have almost four weeks before it starts from the beginning. 

Bye! 

Just a few more days to takeoff

After I got off my last day of my internship it felt appropriate to start counting the days until my flight to Boston. And with four days left it feels like the perfect time to die and trim my hair and start doing a few loads of laundry. And then I was able to spend the evening chilling with wonderful company. 

Today was rather uneventful. I spent a few hours this morning at the flea market but didn't find anything ridiculously exciting. Although I did find some cool records that are in pretty solid shape and I was able to get quite the fair price for the two of them. And then I spent most of the day at work. Now I'm off to Finnish some more laundry and start gathering my things. 

July 2014

July 2014 by alovelylittlethought-1 featuring a volumizing mascara

It's been a crazy month with my internship and getting ready for my trip home to my parents next week. So I've gone back to basics with really light make up and simple statesman pieces in my fashion choices. While this might not be all too exciting it was fitting to the weather and the mood situation this month. 

That's all for now! 

My product gathering problem

I admit that I have a problem. It's really not all that dramatic, but I go through phases and this is the best part of that cycle. At least. In the long run. The thing is that I have a tendency to gather products, mostly but not limited to care products, because I want to try them, and many never get used up. This has multiple reasons, but three stand out : 

1. When I really like a product, I don't want them to be finished. Especially when they were pricey. 

2. Products that I don't particularly like tend to be ignored. (Things I really detest I try to give to someone who can make better use of them, and if they r that bad then they sadly end up in the trash) 

3. Last but not least, I always want to try new things. Especially because most things are not so great that I cannot imagine using anything else for that purpose. 

So the project remains to use what I have. Now, if I were to run out of shampoo for example, which is not likely, I will get a new one. But I want to use up products that I have lying around because I have more that enough products I started, and away more than enough that I haven't even started but have for when I finish the one I have open. 

Apart from a few strategic purchases that I plan to make during my trip to the states in August, I won't buy any new products until I have used up 8 products. I'm very curious how long this will take me and how well it works. I think I will try to do an empties post when I finish and try to reflect. I should really do this more often. 

Bye! 

Sunday Post

Hello hello,

I had my last day of school on Friday, and start my internship tomorrow. So although I have plenty of prep that I have to do for tomorrow I am also enjoying this transition to pamper myself a little bit because I want to start this last phase before my summer break revitalized and refreshed.

So I got some organizing stuff out of the way first because that really does have to take priority. For the fun part I started by making cake batter and putting it in the oven. In the time the cake took to bake I applied a clay mask that I am liking mask and then kicked back and watched some YouTube videos while that was working its magic. When the cake was finished I took it out and let it cool while I took a nice hot shower, during which I finished the deep facial cleansing and deep conditioned my hair since I don't condition it much anymore.

I might go the movies later or stay in and watch a movie with my roomie when she gets back. The rest of the day will probably continue as relaxed and fun as it has gone so far, but that is still wide open.

That's all for now, until next time.

After Sunset

I have been enjoying the warmer days, but I have been Loving the warm nights! Everything from grilling by the river to picnics in the park just screams summer and fun to me.

Don't be scared of the Dollar Store

As a young person who only works an the side while I am learning a "real" job I know the power of saving in the right places! When you are trying to save money, weather ur a student or anyone else, it is of incredible importance to know where to save, some things will cost far more in the long run if you don't make the investment the first time around. But there are sooo many things you can save on. And the dollar store is sooo much fun wenn you get over the often unorganized and massive pile of all kinds or things. There is also plenty of junk, or at least things that I have absolutely no use for, BUT if you have the time and a smidge of patience (and a sence of hummor) you can find so e really cool stuff at  the dollar store. And you can find stuff you might even need. Today I found some really cheep sewing materials and some ransoms things that caught my fancy. 

So my haul from the Eurofuchser earlier today consisted of dress pins, sarety pins, 2 zippers, assorted colorful thread, incense sticks, baking parchment, and chopsticks. All of which I am very happy with. 

I have two large downsides to the dollar store, but I think both of them can be over looked. Anyway, the first is that you may end up taking something with you simply becuase it a and so cheep and realize too late that you really don't need it. And while it may have cost you 50 cents, those are 50 cents you could have saved. The second problem is that it is unreliable so you have to calculate that you may still have to go somewhere else afterwards because there is no guarantee that you will find everything you needed. 

That's all for now!