Thursday Ramblings

My mom motivated me to blog today. Considering there's nothing exciting happening with my outfit (black skirt, warm jumper, the end), I was gonna just sip hot cider and online window shop all afternoon. But my mom texted me to say she looks forward to my blog post every day around this time, so I couldn't let her down!! Unfortunately it's just gonna be a ho-hum "life lately" post, so... yeah.

Speaking of my mom, she is coming to visit next month! I'm SOOOO excited to show her our place, and introduce her to Salt Lake City. Admittedly I myself need to be introduced to the city... but we can discover it together, at least! I haven't seen my mom in over a year, when she dropped me off in England last September. Has it really been that long? I can't believe it. I don't know what I'd have done without my mom there to help me settle into London life. I suppose I would have survived, but I can't imagine how.

As you can see we have not decorated our apartment much. Bare walls for the most part, although I did hang up some Doctor Who pictures by my side of the bed, my Loki poster, my men of Dragon Age pin-up calendar (it's as awesome as it sounds), and my map of Westeros. Our office is basically devoid of anything but our computers and a comfy chair though. I need to get some thumbtacks and nails, so I can hang up the rest of our stuff, but I keep putting it off.

Wow I bet you guys are really engaged in this topic! Shut up Meg. Okay I really have nothing much to say today, I'm sorry. It snowed this morning but it's sunny and dry now, boo. I wish it would snow ten feet so I could have a snow day!

The end. x

Lazy Monday

Being a dweeb in my dorm room, as usual, but this time taking photos. As you can see I don't have anything on the walls yet, mostly because I keep forgetting to buy thumbtacks and/or sticky tack (do these exist in the UK?), and also because I haven't anything to hang on the walls yet. I'm thinking I need a "keep calm and [insert nerdy thing here]" poster, as well as something Doctor Who or Sherlock related, but not sure yet where to acquire those. I also need to pick up some cheap frames for the rest of the photos I printed out of Greg! I miss that boy more than anything right now.

Other than lack of real decorations, I do like my room a lot. Having an en-suite bathroom is pretty awesome, because sharing bathrooms is so seven years ago (can you believe it's seven years ago I was a freshman in college? JEEEZ). The bed came equipped with sheets, a pillow, and a down comforter, but why is the duvet such a gross color? Sigh, we takes what we gets I guess! At least Leppy, the green pillow (which my mom left behind, not sure if she meant to), my red throw, and my Union Jack make things cozier.




I did a bit of shopping today in Uxbridge; just some essentials. I wandered in the Chimes shopping center and checked out New Look and River Island, but steered away from Topshop as I know I shouldn't spend that much money. Going shopping again with Shaun on Thursday though, so maybe I'll cave and buy one or two things. I am in need of a winter coat, a slightly bigger purse (my current one hasn't quite been cutting it), a coin purse, and maybe some winter boots but I'll probs hold off on those for a while. I did end up getting a saucepan and a frying pan from TK Maxx, which is basically TJ Maxx but British. Also got a tiny strainer for pasta and a wooden spoon for stirring purposes. I think I'm all set to make beans or pasta, and to fry up those frozen sausages I bought! Excite. Oh and I also got some Pepsi Max, toilet paper, and cereal from Poundland. Need to find a tiny thing of milk, and some tea, and I think I'll be pretty much set.

Now that you are aware of my shopping lists, oh boy, I think I'll go get some reading done before I get sucked into tumblr or fanfic or something. Must be responsible now! I'm a grad student after all.