July 2013

Yet again it's probably closer to the beginning of September now than the end of July, but never mind! This month I have mostly been -

Celebrating summer with Pimms and BBQs

Graduating and going to Glyndebourne

More fun in the the sun, this time at my parents' house

 Paying a visit to BBC Maida Vale to rehearse for a Brighton Festival Chorus Concert

This month also market to arrival of my kindle, a present from my parents for my graduation, so I have of course had a sudden urge to read again. In July I read The Beach Cafe, Life of Pi and One Perfect Summer, which is fairly good going for me! Reviews shall follow just as soon as I get back into a proper routine come September, but in the meantime if you're on Goodreads you can find me here.

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June 2013

June was a funny month, busy and yet quiet at the same time, and full of post-deadline recovery.

Aside from flitting too and fro between Dorset and Sussex I had my first ever go at patchwork which I shall be sharing as soon as I can. I really enjoyed making this block though, so there are definitely more of them on the horizon.

a trip to Brighton to celebrate my freedom / a celebratory tea cake at Bills on results day

Cheeky fabric purchases in the sale / rediscovering the joy of packed lunches at my summer job

What have you been up to this month?

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May 2013

Deary me, it's taken me so long to get this up that it's practically July! Never mind, better late than never.

first strawberries of the year / dissertation writing / emergency microwave brownie

printed.com delivery / serious list making / dissertation hand in

first afternoon of freedom / fish & chips with the parents back home / bedroom sorting

snuggles with my boy / playing with dad's train / a trip to Glyndebourne!

pretty bus in Lewes / mahoosive strawb! / slightly random list

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April 2012

Just a week left until freedom, eek! So much stress yet so much excitement, I really cannot wait!!

Anyway, having handing in one of my essays earlier I'm taking a quick sneaky study break to post up what I've been up to in April. Boy does April the 1st seem like light years ago. So here's what I've been up to:

biscuit baking / making progress with my hoop art / first attempt at nail art

the results of said biscuit baking / making the cross stitcher keyring

visiting the Breakthrough Breast Cancer research centre in London - soon to be blogged once I've finished my dissertation! 

So that's it! A little less exciting than usual, but not too bad considering I'm finishing my degree next week!

See you soon, 

March 2013

February was a fairly quiet month with hours spent watching the Big Bang theory and Friends as I processed participants for the study I am running for my dissertation. Alas the deadlines are looming and 6 weeks from now I will just about be handing it all in and finishing uni. How scary is that?

At the beginning of the month my choir, Brighton Festival Chorus, had a concert which I baked up a storm for to try and entice some of the members to participate in my dissertation study. The cakey theme continued with my and varied tea and cake study breaks as well as a trip to Glyndebourne to see a new community opera (simply stunning!) and a trip home which involved snuggles with the puppy and a vesuvial rice pudding.

Towards the middle of the month Charlie tortoise woke up for spring (and appears to have taken one look out the window and gone back into hibernation!) and I got into the #PostCircle swing of things whilst continuing to bake my heart out and cook yummy meals to make the uni workload more bearable. I also indulged in a little cross stitch and in the last few days started a new project which I'll be sharing soon. There were of course more snuggles with a very sleepy squishy puppy.

What have you been up to this month? If you've done a roundup too please do leave me a link, I'd love to see.

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A month in pictures: October and November

Now, don't judge me, but I am aware that I haven't actually posted last months Instagram mosaic yet, so here we have a two in one post - both October and November's month in pictures. So what did I get up to in October? Well...

I celebrated my 21st birthday, bought bread from the Lewes farmer's market, did a bit of autumnal cooking with a mushroom risotto, had a little package through the post from my Mum, made a Monday morning much more bearable with a Cath Kidston mug and moomin spoon, got going on a new cross stitch project for someone's Christmas present, baked a chocolate and banana loaf...

...and then wrapped it up in brown paper and string (whilst loudly singing songs from the sound of music), ate said chocolate-banan loaf in the staffroom at work, did yet more cross stitch preparation and watched the stormy skies from my bedroom window.

And in November...

I went to london with Mum and had the long anticipated paella in Covent Garden, we started singing new Christmas music at choir, Mum bought me a marzipan piglet from Harrods, I had my first gingerbread latte of the year, did a bit of christmas cross stitch on the train, practically lived in this lecture theatre for a day, burnt the first christmas scented candle of he year, did more chrstmas singing at choir, had an extended weekend in Dorset to celebrate Mum's birthday and had snuggles with this dozy lump of fluff...

...made marble cupcakes for Mum's birthday (and then forgot to take photos of the finished product), had more snuggles with Hector, saw the Christmas tree go up on campus and finally treated myself to a couple of cute Christmas decorations.

Sorry for such a long, picture laden post. I had a feeling that if I didn't do it now I never would and we most certainly can't have a gap in the month in pictures series now can we?

Happy Friday,

aLittleBlonde xx

PS You can find me on instagram as @aLittleBlonde or you can see my online profile here

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Instagram - A month in pictures

I am now on Instragram! You can follow me at @alittleblonde1 to see what I'm up to, click here or on the button in the sidebar to find out more. (By the way, isn't that followgram thing cool? I have a QR code!!)

Since joining instagram I've found myself taking a lot more photos which is a nice little bonus in my book. If only my poor old iphone didn't struggle so much to open the camera app every time I want to take a photo. It really is a little frustrating to have to wait about 90 seconods every time you want to take a photo, especially when the subject in question is poised to run away and moves at the last minute...

This little guy (there is a squirrel in that bin  promise you!) was so cute and patiently sat still for so long whilst I waited for my camera to boot up. You can't really blame him for getting a little camera shy and diving for cover at the last minute really, can you? I don't know what it is, but there seem to be even more squirrels than usual on campus at the moment. Anyway, I digress...

I would like to announce a new feature to aLittleBlonde - monthly instagram mosaics! So here we have it- this is what I've been up to in the days since joining instagram...

Running from the top left: a Bakewell tart complete with heart shaped cherry l peppers harvested from the garden l my version of burger and chips l my new parsley plant on the kitchen windowsill l rainbow seen from y bedroom window l portobello mushroom burger with pesto & mozzarella l a little photo shoot with a very squishy doggy l they make Percy Pig Juice! l my house mate made enchiladas for dinner l Gloria chilling again l a little shopping trip into Brighton by train l this dog could sleep for England

I apologise that it's taken me until the 11th to post these up, as opposed to doing so at the beginning of the month. However, as you may have seen I was a little preoccupied with all the loveliness!

Are you on instagram too? If so feel free to comment with your username or a link and I'll give you a little follow back.

Happy Thursday, 

aLittleBlonde xx