WHAT AILISH DID: 2014

New York fashion week has got me thinking and dreaming of being back in the big apple. It was only last August that I took a trip to my most favourite city, and the snaps I took are some of my favourite things to look at.

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I can't believe summer is over for another year, but I am so excited for this month. I love September because all the autumn/winter clothes come into the shops, its time to move back to uni, and of course fashion week!

This week the sun came out one more time, and well aware that it could be the last of the beaut weather, my best friend Kristen and I decided to make the most of it and spent it outside.

Theres a beautiful little loch in the village we live in so we took a little walk around, climbed some trees and naturally we took lots of selfies.

I wore my current favourite skater dress from H&M, its super cute and covered in tiny little flowers, and teamed it with my converse so my tree climbing skills weren't jeopardised.

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Apologies for the super late post, but I am finally home from London...I have actually been back for over a month, but have been busy seeing friends and family, and having a few adventures!

I'm going to have loads of free time over summer so want to make more of an effort with my blog, and my no. 1 reader Kristen aka my best friend suggested I keep blogging, soooo here goes. In the mean time, here are some photos from my last week of London living! My sister and my Lala came down to spend the last few days with me (and to help me take my many suitcases home) and we had such a good time! Going to the theatre to see Wicked for the second time, shopping, having multiple SNOGS - froyo's! We even got to see the Amazing Spiderman 2 premier and had an encounter with the Vamps. A perfect end to my 12 weeks in London.

Ailish x

It's the end of my last full week in London! This week/weekend was the quietest one I've had here and It's all quite bittersweet really, because my fabulous life in London is almost all over BUT i get to go home to my fabulous friends and family. (Not to mention my bed, a hot shower, FRESH AIR, etc etc)

Placement passed the days quickly as always, and on Wednesday I had my last shift at Canary Wharf Topshop! Crazy to think I have done 11 weeks there. Then my final 2 days at Felicites flew by again with Kerry and I sent out on our last errand together and before I knew it, it was my favourite time, the weekend.

So many boxes to deliver - great fun getting that on/off busses.

This was also the week I regained my mini egg obsession, they are SO yummy.

On Saturday I met one of my good friends from Kent, and we had a fab day of catching up - complete with food and cocktails!

Then came the dreaded task of packing - I filled my giant suit case and still have a lot of clothes to somehow get home... Maybe I did buy more than I thought (help me I'm a shopaholic and I can't stop) oops. It's a good job I have my amazing sister Abbie and my Lala (my Gran) coming down to help me take it all back!

Sunday was mine and Chloe's last full weekend day in LDN so we finally got around to going to Muriel's kitchen, the cutest cafe with the most delicious cakes! This I did take some snaps of!

Red velvet - my favourite.

Muriel's was SO cute!

Chloe had never seen/read the Hunger Games, so we spent Sunday night watching the first and second movies. OH MY GOD they reminded me how much I love them and I think now I will finally have time to finish reading book 3...the last time I picked it up was on the train down!

As I said I had a chilled weekend in London, sorry for the lack of my usual food/tourist shots - but I will make up for it next week with my last 'what Ailish did in London' post!

There are 2 ways I feel about London right now...

1. I have been here 10 weeks and I feel like a proper Londonder...

2. This time in 2 weeks I will be home and reunited with all my favourite things/people...

...Not that I'm counting down or anything. Or am I?

ANYWAY, week 10 in London was a good one. Felicities had their first Autumn/Winter 2014 press day in the form of a champagne breakfast, with lots of yummy food and drinks.

It was fun seeing the showroom looking all pretty and filled with stylists/press there to see the designers amazing new collections, and after spending most of the past 2 weeks on the phone inviting people along, it was good they made it along. I love getting experience real parts of the fashion industry!

I had to make my choices for fourth year back at uni this week. Yep, FOURTH YEAR. Year 4 of my 4 year course. MY LAST YEAR. I literally cannot believe it but after a night stressing and deliberating with the girls, (and ruling out those modules with 100% exam and any group work) I ended up choosing to study 'women in the media' and 'celebrity culture' and I am not dreading being back in Aberdeen come September!

It was another lovely sunny weekend in London, and on Saturday Chloe and I walked around London before our rumbling tummies took us to Meat Liquor.

We LOVE burgers if you hadn't guessed. The portions were huge, but I was SO disappointed. Being the great lover of burgers that I am, it didn't come close to my favourite and my inner critic gave it a 2/10.

We ended up down on Southbank where we met Fiona and walked along in the sun, taking a few selfies/tourist photos of course!

I spent Sunday in Shoreditch, exploring the Columbia flower market, Brick Lane and Spitafields markets. I LOVE IT. I picked up lots of cute pieces of jewellery, but my favourite purchase of the day had to be my 2 huge punnets of delish strawberries... for £1.50. BARGAIN!

This week was also the week that I decided Frozen needs to be made into a stage show, with me playing the leading role of course. I somehow woke up today with a ridiculous cough and limited use of my voice, and it might be because I've been practicing for said leading role ALL weekend. Sorry to anyone in Bethnal Green with ears. (Not really sorry though because Frozen is BRILLIANT and honestly my voice is better than the usual screaming chavs you hear.)

My bark (genuinely sound like a barking dog when I cough) is crazy and Chloe is currently on her way home with treats for me (have I mentioned she is the best roomie) and we are spending the night watching...guess...Frozen... Silently.

Ailish x

I can't believe it's Sunday night again but and tomorrow is my 10th Monday in London. Time is going so SO FAST.

I've been at Felicities for 9 whole weeks now and this week passed just as fast. It's ridiculous amounts of fun living/working in the city but I'm starting to miss the lazier uni days - Tuesday night saw me bedded by 8pm having a tumblr night finding cute/cringe quotes to get us through our last few weeks of our internships!

This ones a personal fave.. People need to start calling me Princess Ailish.

Crazy amounts of phone calls inviting people to our press days and before I knew it, it was 5pm on Thursday and only 1 more day till the weekend! Chloe and I decided to head to Westfield in Stratford for some yummy food and some late night shopping... We had an amazing Wagamama katsu curry and some retail therapy and it was so much fun!

After another day of phone calls it was finally 5pm and I was skipping out the showroom ready to meet Chloe, Michelle and Fiona at Pub on the Park for some drinks as it was Michelle's last night in London.

The combo of my half up hair and denim jacket made me look like and extra from Saved by the Bell / a 5 year old.

We had the loveliest night and it ended with Michelle and I thinking we were musical stars singing Let It Go from frozen at a ridiculous volume. Sorry new flatmate! We had to wake up early on Saturday to get Michelle and all her luggage on the train home.. Emotional times!

The 3 amigos are no more.

Chloe and I cheered ourselves up with a visit to Camden market, where we had the best smoothies and brownies EVER.

I was once again a Princess Intern on Saturday night when my fab Auntie, Uncle and cousin were in London and took me out for dinner...complete with champagne. So much food.

It's just as well my body seems to be incapable of sleeping past 8.30 am, because I never get to anyway - we were up super early on Sunday cause we were off to BRIGHTON for the day! My Granny was down visiting family so Chloe and I got the train down to spend the day with her, and it was so much fun.

We saw all the Lanes with some amazing shops, jewellers and sweet shops galore!

Of course I bought some Wonka Nerdz because they are 1 of the best sweets in the world!

The famous choccywoccydoodah. It smelled amazing.

A mirror selfie of course. Just look at that cake though.

Literally couldn't resit this. Looking good Chloe!

Then we walked down to the famous Brighton Pier! I LOVED IT! It was amazing to see the sea and breathe that fresh non grimy city air! It did start to rain, so to escape we went on the Brighton Wheel and saw everything from high in the sky! We even went on some rides and it was literally so much fun! We are the biggest kids ever.

Everything is so pretty in the sun.

We found another face-in-hole. I find these way too funny. Just call me Ariel!

Waltzer selfies.

After the excitement of the rides, we needed food and my Granny took us to an Italian restaurant where I had possibly the BEST pizza ever. I couldn't not have a cake on a Sunday and we found the cutest pink cupcake shop so naturally I bought a few for the train ride home!

I have had such a lovely weekend and I know I say it every Sunday, but weekends in London are my absolute favourite! Now it's bed time after a Sunday night pamper - All the fresh air has made me sleepy!

Ailish x

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