The 12 Ensembles of Christmas

So I thought I'd get all fashion-y on this and do what every other blogger worth their blogging cudos does...and  take pictures of outfits I've put together that I feel you must see! 

It is quite aptly going to be called the 12 Ensembles of Christmas- I'm using the word ensemble because it's been stuck in my head ever since Mariah Carey used it on MTV Cribs years ago... it may or may not actually refer to an "outfit" but I like the way it sounds!

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me...a bit of blingin' neck jewelleryyy x

Into the West we go for Crimbo

So we're in the midst of packing here, getting ready to head to lovely Leitrim, the kids are hyper as hell and my dad's just arrived back from London early- such a nice surprise!!

Off down to Ballinamore we go for Christmas- cosy times with the open fire, big Christmas tree and generous drinks cabinet and a cheeky wee feel of my presents under the tree! Looking forward to hitting the pub tonight and seeing all the Ballinamore girls- with their two hollow legs and seeming resistance to hangovers, the craic as they say, will be 90!

Christmas won't be the same though without my brother, Conor- whoever now will be giving me abuse as they help me stumble back down the lane in my heels after the pub...? Conor- have a blast in Florida, a very different Crimbo indeed!

Being a Dickhead's Cool

This video has been out for a while now, had a stint on RudeTube as well I'm sure. It hits the 'ol scenester nail on the head, quite funny-  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVmmYMwFj1I

What reminded me of it was coming across a TV show from Vice.... Dalston Superstars!

It's hard to tell whether its a full on, piss-taking parody of Dalston heads or not because isn't that the audience Vice has been directing themselves at these days?! How and ever, the irony of it provides a few laughs- like a trendier cast from Skins who are less emotional and a little more "creative"... #twats! Although it kind of makes me want to dye my fringe purple..!

Christmas special- http://www.vice.com/en_uk/dalston-superstars/dalston-superstars-episode-4

My grandparents and the all the younger cousins crowding!

This is one of a few drawings/paintings I've been working on as X-mas presents for family, this one being for my grandparents. So, easier than buying something? NO! Most definitely not, this A3 drawing has been a two month work in progress (probably because I left it at the bottom of my cupboard for so long, out of sight, out of mind!). It's fairly grubby at this stage so...spray it with some hairspray like you do with charcoal drawings to stop it getting any worse?? Me thinks so!

Home Shweet Home!

So I made it through Christmas deadline season in one piece- a lot of sleep deprivation, study munching, way too much coffee and a promise to myself NOT to let all my work pile up on me again....sure. 

Thankfully this season's serving of fluffy frozen water didn't turn into the wintry Apocalypse of last year and I made it without any snowy delays. So now the most pressing items on my To-Do list are to eat all the Penguin bars in the cupboard, figure out how to use my new camera and finish drawing peoples' presents( meaningful but cheap-as-chips gifts!).

Happiness is....
pouring over a pile of magazines with my mam and putting the world to rights, dissecting celeb outfits and agreeing that Alexa Chung seriously wrecks our heads- happy days :)

Bag Lady For Your Sins

Self-induced hell is what I am going through right now at the lonely hour of 4.40am! Yes, I've done it again- left a sizable chunk of course work until the last minute and I have been staring down the barrel of an all- nighter for the last few hours. Even though it is completely my own doing I am going to fully exercises my right to feel utterly sorry for myself at this point in time. I know the work will all get done somehow in the end, but it's that in between part- the actual doing of it, that is so horrendous! It's gotten to the point where I don't know if what I am writing is even making any sense..?

 Oh well, must soldier on, a tasty bowl of 11p noodles awaits me! Also need to boil those green tea bags and chill them for the morning...apparently they get rid of unsightly under eye baggage, lets hope so!