What's In My Hand Luggage

As I've mentioned before, me and the boy are jetting off to Barcelona for a mini break tomorrow! I'm super super excited and even more so when I look at the weather forecasts and cackle to myself. Any weather that isn't English weather is better weather. But anyway, we're only taking hand luggage which is a bit of a hassle but saves about 20 quid and means we don't have to wait around for hold luggage and can dash straight to make our train connection back home.

Of course, being a girl, I would naturally want to take a handbag and a suitcase but the whole damn lot has got to fit in one suitcase of a certain size. And it also means any liquids are restricted to 100ml. Because of this, I ordered a few clear 100ml plastic bottles of Amazon and decanted my favourite must have with me products into them. I've also seen them around in Superdrug and I'm sure Boots would have them too in the travel section. All of this has to go in a clear baggy ready for security at the airport. I also didn't know that stuff like lipsticks or Vaseline count as liquids too. I'm going to give some of mine to James, as, being a boy, is taking diddly squat. I've also conveniently lost the lid to my foundation so I'm going to have to come up with a way of stopping that spurting out all over my clothes.

Make-up wise I'm travelling light and I'm planning to do some shopping when I'm out there anyway- can anyone say Sephora.... And then there's the important stuff like boarding passes, passport, chargers, adapters and a fully loaded ready to go Ipod. It's just a hassle I'll have to be in and out of my suitcase every time I need to show some paperwork. Oh, and another thing I can recommend is a little padlock for your case. Even if it's hand luggage, you never know who might target it and at least they way, you know your belongings are safe.

So that's my hand luggage. 

We fly out tomorrow afternoon but it's a long day- start to finish about 9 hours travelling

but I'm really looking forward to it and will be taking lots of photos, of course.

Until Saturday, hasta la vista!

xx

What's In My Uni Bag?

Today I actually had half decent light for once and thought I should really make the most of it. That being said, it's clouded over now and looks suspiciously like rain and I have to go to work soon :(

So I thought I would share with you what I lug around with me in my uni bag on a regular basis. I tend to change up to a bigger bag with a long strap if I'm going to the gym in the day because I take my gym gear around with me as well. So this is what I had with my today on an 'easy' day. I've been wiped out with a chest infection at the moment which had made my asthma flare up really bad so the gym is on hold for the time being.

So working off the bottom image going clockwise, we have:

• One of the books for my dissertation. I'm doing mine on the social protests that are happening in Spain at the moment and my research proposal is due just after Easter so I better get cracking with the reading!
• My old white purse from River Island. To be honest, I don't tend to take this around with me all that much at the moment as I keep my ID, card and Student ID separate in a little case and just shove it in my jacket pocket.
• IPod- currently dead and in desperate need of charging. Current favourite songs: Justin Timberlake- Mirrors and Bastille- Pompeii
• Plasters- I have a pair of new pumps that need breaking in and are absolutely shredding my heels in the mean time
• Inhalers- for the aforementioned chest infection
• Vaseline- an essential in any girls handbag I think!
• Fake sheepskin mittens from New Look- bought this a while and I love them. They are so warm and soft. Just what you need in this weather
• Umbrella- come on, we live in England
• Highlighter in Pink
• NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream- current favourite lip product. I was considering doing a whole seperate post on it cuz it's an amazing colour and product!
• Strepsils- from a previous cold....
• Water- got to drink your water! I have to admit I'm really bad at this normally
• Notebook and Planner- I have to have my planner with me or else I have no idea what I'm doing. I have all my deadline due tomorrow but, apart from finishing off one little thing, I'm pretty much done. I'm taking it to Barcelona with me as well because it has all our travel details and general info in it as well

And that's my uni bag! I'm not really one of those girls that takes a bag full of make up around with me because, to be honest, I'm not really at uni long enough to merit it and if I'm going to the gym, the make up comes off and stays off until I get home again.

Otherwise, I'm really looking forward to the holidays! Just for a change of scenery, see the family etc. I just want deadlines to be over with as well so I can get on with getting ready for our little holiday! I'm so excited! Mainly for the shopping... but seriously its going to be amazing. I have a relate post planned for the weekend so I'm hoping there will be good light so I can get the photos done and that'll probably be the last one until I'm back from Barcelona!

Hope you're all keeping well

And hopefully not snowed in anywhere!

xx

What's In My Bag Tag

River Island Purse. University ID card. Old train tickets. Pens- one courtesy of Barclays. Revlon Grow Luscious Mascara. Sunglasses. Natural Collection Rose Bud Lipstick. Aloe Vera Vaseline. MAC Select Sheer Foundation. Inhaler. Ipod. Dove Deodorant. 

I've been meaning to do this post for absolutely ages. The nosey side of me loves the What's in my bag tag- to see the necessities everyone carries around with them. I picked up my bag from River Island a while back now so a few of the studs have fallen off. I don't like too small bags because it's handy being able to chuck a few things into it if you need to. Even still, I tend to keep mine light when I can. When I'm at uni, there's enough space for my planner and a A5 notebook. And an umbrella. But mine broke in a spectacular fashion in the wind the other day, so RIP umbrella. Does anyone else get through umbrellas ridiculously quickly or is that just me? I either lose or break them within in a year....

I *finally* get paid tomorrow. So I need to pay the rent and then hopefully pick myself up some little treats. Maybe take a ride into Brighton for it. I've been trawling the shops online looking for the perfect new bag and I'm hoping Zara will rise to the challenge but I'm really picky when it comes to bags.

Anyways, it's another grey miserable day in the UK so I'm mooching around all day

Hope you guys have a good day too :)

xx