Mazzle x: holiday

Sunday, 3 January 2016

Best of 2015

So I am a bit late to the party but Happy New Year guys!! I hope you all enjoyed the celebrations!
2015 has been a pretty good year for me, so I wanted to do a little round up and document all my favourite bits.

Lake Bled Slovenia

Last Term at Uni
Although it was emotional saying goodbye and I still miss Newcastle all the time, the last 6 months at University were by far the best. Living with 3 of your best friends is so much fun and we shared a lot of fab times together. I celebrated my 21st in March, but I think my friends 21st at the end of term was a highlight. We organised a surprise bouncy castle to take over our back garden for the day and had one final farewell party with all our close friends, before heading into Newcastle at night. The weather was gorgeous, so the following day we spent sunbathing and eating fish and chips on Tynemouth beach, the best hangover cure.

Graduation

In July I graduated with a First Class Honors Degree and I was over the moon!! I couldn't quite believe it but what made it even more special was that I got to share the day with all my close Uni girls as we were on holiday together in Portugal when we found out the news. We were all very happy as you can imagine so there was lots of girls screaming around a pool followed by lots of cocktails to celebrate!

Graduation day itself was filled with more celebrations back in Newcastle with friends and family and was just the perfect end to the best three years. Cliche I know, but it's true.

Inter-railing

After Graduation I went inter-railing around Europe with 3 fab girls and had the most incredible time! From Rome to Amsterdam, we visited 10 countries in total and somehow always managed to find ourselves in hilarious situations and made some pretty cool friends along the way. We already plan to go back to Croatia this summer and I really hope that this happens!

So cheers to 2016 and lets hope it will be filled with lots more happiness, fun and adventures!

Mary xo

6 reasons why I love Halloween

eeeek I love Halloween, its one of my favourite celebrations so I just had to write a post about it, even if it is two weeks away! We are also hosting a Halloween Pres at our Uni flat on the night so this will sure get me in the mood.

1. Fancy Dress
I absolutely love dressing up and I am one of those people who likes to go all or out and be creative with what I have, rather than spending a fortune on a ridiculous costume. I think its all about the little touches. Normally I like to go scaryish with my costume but this year I am being a tiger(bit random). I just love doing exciting makeup so with this I get to attempt tiger face paint and go a bit zoo project-esque on the body. I also have black contacts from last year. I may do a post on my outfit and face so you can see how it turned out!

How cool is this skeleton face paint!

2.Pumpkins.
I love the smell, the childhood memories they bring back, scraping the pumpkin seeds out of the bottom (is this weird?) Each year I get so excited to buy one and come up with a creative design to carve out and doing it with a group of your friends is always great fun.

3. Horror movies.
Name any horror film and I have probably seen it, Psycho, Halloween, The Conjuring, I am a horror movie kind of girl especially around this time of year. Surprisingly it is one of my fave film genres, I dunno what it is about being scared so much that I like, I think it is the adrenaline high! I'm desperate to watch the newly released 'Annabelle' at the cinema, will have to drag one of my friends to come watch it with me.

Has anyone seen this film? let me know

4. Autumnal weather.
The weather has definitely changed recently, there is a nip in the air and I like the fashion that comes with it. Autumn introduces layering and wrapping up and most importantly scarves, loads of scarves, especially tartan! I am obsessed with that pattern.

looove my new scarf from new look

5. Candy.
I'm not American no, but I feel candy sums up the category of sweets and chocolate pretty well and if like me, as a child you went trick or treating annually then you will remember the endless amounts of sweets and chocolate that comes with Halloween. So now technically an adult and too old to go trick or treating (cry) I will have to stock up on lots of candy all for myself just cause its Halloween.

6. Parties.
Who doesn't love a Halloween party!? Alcohol, face paint and all my uni mates together, it couldn't get better. Having it at ours also means we have an excuse to decorate the flat all Halloween themed, better get shopping...

This is the goal

Hope you liked this post!

Mary xo

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Holiday reads

I am not ashamed to admit it, I am a huge bookworm, I love nothing more than immersing myself fully into the plot of a really good book and there is no better time to do this than on holiday. When I was younger I used to read all the time, but since University I don’t think I have read a book purely for enjoyment, there is just never enough time sadly. So this summer I have decided I will get back into my reading days and these are the 3 book I decided to bring with me on holiday…

1 Perks of being a Wallflower

Firstly I need to point out that I watched the film before reading this, and as a firm believer that a book is greater than a film version, I feel this was a bad move. However having said this, the book is such a touching story and I think it would be impossible to read this and not feel moved in some way. A coming-of-age story, it is very relatable for most teenagers as we are able to witness all the characters inner struggles and watch them grow through the eyes of the sincere and endearing ‘wallflower’ Charlie, who you can’t help but warm towards. The book is beautifully written and I could not recommend it enough!

2 Here's Looking at you

After reading Mhairi McFarlane’s fab book ‘You had me at hello’, I didn't think this one could compare but I loved this book just as much! A proper ‘chick-flick’ novel and although somewhat predictable that didn't really matter! When I say ‘chick-flick’ though I feel I am not giving the author the credit she deserves, as it wasn't just another soppy, slightly cringe story, it was much more than that. It was funny, witty and compelling and with the novel switching between Anna and James’ perspective it was a very engaging plot-line. I love a good romance and this quirky modern love story did not disappoint!

3 Me Before you

Ok I think this has to be my favourite out of the 3. I love a good cry and as depressing as that sounds when you read a book that you connect with on a deeper level and it affects you emotionally…yes I was crying throughout the last two chapters, then that to me is a good book.

What I loved about this book is how unpredictable it was, I was dying to know what would happen with the unlikely and special bond between Will Traynor and Louisa Clark. Despite the utterly heart-breaking ending, it was a funny, uplifting and very powerful read, that really made me think and put my life into perspective.

Such a superb book that I could not put down but at the same time I really didn’t want it to end.

After I finished reading this I found out they are making it into a film.. SO EXCITING! I will be first to the cinema when this is released, I just hope they can do the book justice.

If anyone has any other book recommendations I would love to hear!

Sunny Mallorca

So, I have recently arrived back to England(sob)after a fab two weeks in Spain with my family.I was so happy to get away and basically spent the majority of my time lying on beaches lapping up the Spanish rays. I LOVE the beach, the sand, the sea, and I just love swimming in the ocean without a care in the world. I think it has something to do with me being a Pisces?

It wasn’t all tanning… we did some exploring too, visiting neighbouring towns, going to Formentor which is the furthest point of the bay and has a beautiful beach with clear blue seas. We visited the markets where there is always a good bargain up for grab, however disappointingly this year I didn't buy anything and this was the same when we visited Palma,I was more content just browsing the streets and looking at what the city had to offer. Oh I did pick up a lipstick at Sephora to add to my ongoing lipstick collection..I couldn't resist.

The highlight of my holiday had to be riding on jet skis, it was amazing!! We spent an hour just speeding all over the bay and because we had chosen an early slot the waters were really calm and we could go super fast. That’s another thing about me, give me anything fast and filled with adrenaline,I’m there!

Here are a few random snaps including some holiday outfits…