Books and Breaks

Finally, I'm getting a little break from all school-things related because I get two days off school + the weekend for a mid-semester break. The last two months have honestly just been about school, I've had 26 exams in 3 1/2 weeks and I've got to say it's a bit much, but, I'm coping.
I've also just started a new job, again. I got a job in late August at an ice cream shop which I actually enjoyed and I was working with my friends so it was quite nice but then two weeks ago a coffee shop offered me a job with higher pay so I took it but I'm not sure if it was the right thing to do as I don't enjoy myself as much but I've only gone three times so hopefully it'll turn out fine.

Now, to a more interesting subject. Books. I have to say I have not done any reading recently except for books at school like Of Mice And Men but that doesn't count. To be honest I haven't properly read a book since christmas probably, which is not like me. I'm actually a big book-worm but I haven't made any time for reading however, that's going to change because I have a list of books I want to finish before the year ends. Here's that list:

• Eleanor & Park - I've had this book for around two years now and I've never finished it, I've started a few times but I never make any time for reading :(.
• Let It Snow - Got this book from my mum as a present last Christmas but I wanted to save it for Christmas next year so I could read it to get me into a Christmas-y mood.
• Binge - I've wanted to read this book for so long now but I always thought it was so expensive in the book store but maybe I'll just buy it online.
• Harry Potter - Believe it or not I've never read Harry Potter, judge all you want hahah but it's a long story. I have seen the movies and they are probably my favourite movies among others. So I want to read at least the first one before Christmas.

That's all for now, I'll let you know how this reading goal of mine will get along,

love you all very much, Stella xxx

My Plans to GOMO

Recently I came across the term GOMO, Going Out More Often, and I think it's necessary for us to try to be more outgoing, especially these days when people (including myself) tend to use all their spare time watching netflix etc. Hence, I made a list of 3 things you could do this autumn to go out more often, you could do these with a friend or just by yourself.

1. Go for a walk. Walks are a great way to both excerise and to explore your town. They're also especially fun in the autumn when there are pretty coloured leaves everywhere. 
2. Go to the gym. If you're like me and have loads of schoolwork everyday, it's very important to exercise. It releases energy to your brain which helps you learn, and it reduces stress.
3. Go to a coffee house. Call up a friend and ask them to meet you down town. Who isn't in the mood for a good chai latte?

Hope you find these helpful or give you inspiration in going out more often. If you're still looking for more ideas to go out you can check out sites like Eventbrite and look up events going on in your area. You can find everything from classes to fitness events or even a music festival, whatever you're into there's probably an event going on for it.  If you don't find what you're looking for you can use their event planning tools to set up your own event for you and your friends.  The possibilities are endless, so there's no reason to stay inside when you can GOMO!

Lots of love,
Stella xx

New School - New Everything

Hi everyone, how are you? I know I've been a bit inactive lately but the new school is keeping me very busy but I swear I will try to be more active. I also haven't taken any photos in two months :(.

As you might know I started a new school this semester and so far it's been quite nice, hard, but nice I suppose. I think my favourite subjects are math og spanish.
Although I haven't take a lot of photos lately I did get into a photography committee in school which will be fun I hope!

School isn't the only thing that has been changing but also my home life, my mom just bought a house outside the city so we're moving, can't say that I'm very excited to move since it's so far away for everything and everyone I know. I'm hoping everything will turn out to be ok but I can't say I'm very positive right now.

How has your school year been so far? What are your favourite subjects? Any crushes? Comment below!

That's all for now,
Stella xx

ps. The worst happened the other day, all the photos from my blog got deleted, isn't that the blogger's nightmare? Anyways I managed to add all photos back onto my blog since i had albums on my computer but I'm sorry if anything has changed from how it was originally :) xx

Photo from the beach this summer :)

Goals For The School Year

The school year has officially begun, I've been a week in my new school now and I have to say it's quite hard, at least different, there's a lot of homework but I'll manage. I guess I could say quite like it. Most of my teachers are nice and so are the kids in my class. I think I'll get used to it as the weeks pass by.

When you start a new school it's always a bit frightening, new people, new subjects, etc. So for this school year I decided to make a list of my goals for this year.

1. Make friends. I really want to make some new friends and I know what people I would like to make friends with but I don't really know how to because it's not like play school when you could just walk up to the person and say: "Want to be friends?", although that would be nice. So any advice well-taken.
2. Not stress too much. My anxiety tends to act up when there's a lot going on, like exams etc. and this year I've decided to try to be as calm as I can.
3. Work out more. This point kind of intertwines with nr.2 because working out really helps me relax and I really do feel a lot better when I work out regularly. It also boosts your self confidence which doesn't hurt.
4. Do my best and not get upset if I don't get the best grade, for example. At least I did my best.
5. Be positive. Because life is just better that way and I've found that being negative never helps. 

Well, that's all for this blogpost I hope you liked it and be sure to comment what your goals or tips are! :)

Stella xx

England Haul

Couldn't find these last two items online but I got them in Zara

 Both of the dresses aren't available online in these colours but they have them in other colours. The first dress is in the colour khaki and the second one is navy.

As you might know I recently went to England and I did a bit of shopping while I was there. Mostly in Brighton and then also in Guilford. I was mainly focusing on things for school and I was looking for jumpers and pants but didn't really findany since it wasn't fall season yet but I found some nice things that I thought I could get a lot of use out of. Then beauty wise I re-purchased two of my favourite items that I've mentioned before in this post: Favourite Beauty Products, and then I also decided to try some new things as well and I quite like all of them actually! And btw. the Le Fizz bar smells soooo good I actually wish I could eat it haha. 

Last but certanly not least I also bought Tanya's new book and it's sooo good I've already baked from it a few times already.

Here are the links to all the items (couldn't find the links to the zara items) : 

Hollister Polo Top

Hollister Lace-Up Dress

H&M Jersey Dress

Lash Sensational Mascara

L'Oreal Eyebrow Pencil

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

Zoella Le Fizz

Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation

England, July 2016

You might be asking yourself where I have been lately and the answer to that is well, where haven't been? For the last few weeks a lot of things have happened and I've not had many "not-doing-anything-days", but I've had some fun. This post isn't about what I've been doing for the last three weeks though, that's a whole other post. So for this blogpost I wanted to tell you about my instant decision of going to the UK to visit my gran and g.gran (great gran).

I flew out on Thursday morning (last week) and landed at Gatwick Airport where my gran came to picke me up. And before we went to my g.gran's we decided to spend the day in Brighton where we did some shopping and went to the beach.

The day after we went around to my gran's sister who had just gotten home from The Alps and her garden was lovely! Then, me, my gran and my g.gran just had a walk nice walk around the village. That evening my gran's sister and her husband came around for dinner and we had a lovely sunny evening.

The day after we went down to Hayling Island in the beautiful weather and had a stroll on the beach. For lunch we went to a cafe called Driftwood Cafe in Emsworth which was so lovely, I had a very nice baked potato jacket, yum! After lunch we looked in a few charity shops and went down to the boat pier. 

When we came home me and my gran took a walk to a small lake in a little "forest". On our way back we stopped at a pub called The Links Tavern and had a small drink.

That evening my gran's sister and husband invited us to dinner and their oldest daughter came too, it was a very pleasant evening.

On sunday morning we got up and had nice morning, I watered my g.gran's plants, had a little stroll in her street, and packed. Before we left we also went for a walk with my g.gran. 

Before we headed to the airport we decided to go to Guiford to do some shopping. (Would you like to see a England haul?) Then we headed up into the skies!

Thank you for reading this blogpost I really hope you enjoyed it. Please comment below if you did. xx

Love, 

Stella

Cute Boys From Britain

Hello lovelies, how have you been?

Well I've been busy, or well not really but I've been doing a lot of stuff and taking a looooottt of photos, and for this blogpost I just wanted to catch you up on the things I've been doing for the past few days show you the pictures. (This post is quite chatty but I hope you like it)

On Monday last week, me, my mum, and my brother went up to the west of Iceland to a town called Stykkishólmur where my mum's aunt has a house. We only stayed for one night because I had an orthodontist appointment on Wednesday morning but it was quite nice strolling around the town and we watched the Euro's, Iceland vs. England, which was so exciting and we won!!! I'm so proud of our national team to have gotten so far, although we lost 4-2 to France. Anyways, thank god we didn't skip that orthodontist appointment because I got my upper braces off, yayyyyy, finally after four years! Also on Wednesday I bought some new shoes that I think are stunning, love them, they are the grey Air Max Thea Premium, so gorgeous!

Then I worked both Thursday and Friday and after work on Friday I went to a big dinner party with my dad and all of his childhood friends and some of their kids which was great fun. It was a bit more fun two years ago though because then there were more kids my age. 

On Saturday we drove up to the house in the west again but now my grandma and cousin were there also. In the evening me and my cousin (same cousin as in my previous post; Oh Lovely England) went for a walk around the town and since it's a seaside town we spent a lot of time on the pier. 

Later that evening my mum went to meet her friend from England who was staying in that town for one night with a boy's school group who were travelling around Iceland. Mum had met a few years ago when my mum was her tour guide with another school group. Anyways, she went to meet her and she told us that there might be a few boys around town but we didn't find any. So, we went to the hotel where they were sitting drinking wine and watching the Euro's and there were boys there, hahah. One of the boys, the cutest one too, came and sat next to his teacher and started chatting to us all and both me and my cousin thought "oh, he seems nice", but then he left with his friends to go for a walk and we were going too, but we left a little later so it was a bit like we were following them, which we weren't, well maybe we were, sorry, bit creepy but oh well. 

Nevertheless we lost track of them sometime along the way since we went to a beach that had lots and lots of broken seashells, so pretty, and they matched my shoes, although the picture below was taken the first time I went there, not the time with my cousin, then I was wearing my new ones (not that this matters I just felt like I had to share that haha). Sorry, I'm rambling, well we lost track of the boys and decided to hang around and just stroll around since the weather was so nice. When we were about to get going guess who we ran into? The cute boy from the hotel! He introduced himself and said his name was Henry. Then he asked us if we couldn't sleep either (because it's bright almost all night in Iceland in the summer) and we mumbled something I can't remember. He also said that he had just been chatting to some people he met at the hostel (hostel, not hotel this time) and then he was like "I think I'm going to walk up to the lighthouse..." and we realized afterwards that he seemed a bit like he was hinting he wanted us to come with him but we're probably overthinking it lol. Nevertheless he was really cute and he seemed nice, if you know a blonde Henry who was just in Iceland, let me know hahah ;). (Contact me for more info if needed. Kidding! But no really)

My new shoes, which I really like! :)

Last Tuesday my uncle and I went for a walk right outside of the city and the weather was really nice and I took some pretty nice photos I think. 

I hope you liked this blogpost, sorry it was so long, let me know if you think it's too long, then maybe next time I'll make it into two blogposts instead of one. :)

Love you lots,
Stella xx