29th February: The day that doesn't exist.

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Wednesday 29th February 2012.

I find it amazing, probably a little too much, that we are just given this extra day every four years. I find it quite surreal but there it is. I think in an ideal world that everyone should just be given this day to go and do something amazing and fun that they've never done before. 

Of course there is the tradition that women can propose on the leap day. So, maybe you or someone you know proposed to their guy. If it was accepted, well, everything is fine and dandy. However, if the proposal wasn't greeted as well as you hoped and they declined.. don't worry - you don't have to leave empty handed. 

Supposedly, a 1288 law by Queen Margaret of Scotland (then age five and living in Norway), required that fines be levied if a marriage proposal was refused by the man; compensation ranged from a kiss to £1 to a silk gown, in order to soften the blow. In some places the tradition was tightened to restricting female proposals to the modern leap year day, February 29, or to the medieval (bissextile) leap year day, February 24.

 In Denmark, the tradition is that women may propose on the bissextile leap year day, February 29, and that refusal must be compensated with 12 pairs of gloves

In Finland, the tradition is that if a man refuses a woman's proposal on leap year day, he should buy her the fabrics for a skirt

 - Wikipedia

To be perfectly honest, I think i'd feel a little better about any potential rejection if I thought there were possibilities of new dresses (or even twelve pairs of gloves).

I hope you've had a lovely leap day. See you same place, same time, in 4 years. I wonder what will have changed by then. (I'll be 20 that year!)

Victoria xx

Nails (16)

Left Hand.

Right Hand

These are the nails I'm wearing right now and are my first proper attempt with fake nails, as in actually wearing them. I did these on valentines day but didn't want anything to lovey-dovey valentines related because thats just not my kinda thing. I don't actually love the heart on the thumb but I really didn't see any point in redoing it. I cut and filed the nails down to size but I think they might still be a little too long for me, especially as I'm not used to long nails as they always have to be quite short for netball. Maybe it will just take a while to get used to. 

My blogging is so sporadic. I've written three posts in two days after not posting for quite a while. I'll be honest with you this is because I'm on half term from school so I have time. I had very little time to blog in the last few weeks of school leading up to this week because there were exams and coursework deadlines and I was functioning badly on very little sleep. I'm all caught up now though, I had my first lie in in something like six weeks on monday. It felt momentous turning off my 7am alarm for once because of no school or work. Sleep <3

Do you like the nails?

When the moneys gone and all my friends have vanished

  

Primark - £9

I went into Primark with three aims: 

- Get a bag for school

- Get a bag that fits lots in to take to places that require lots of things

- Get a cardigan.

This bag was the accomplishment on the first aim. I take very little care of my current school bag because I don't like it and it's just really old and shabby now. Enter Primark. This bag is the perfect size for school because you can fit my A4 books in. I'm crossing my fingers that it's strong enough to support the weight of my hefty textbooks though.

This bag is also a replacement for this one that I got for Christmas two years ago, it lasted me a long time but has slowly fallen to pieces and the fastening is entirely held together by superglue.

What do you think?
Victoria x

More flamingo please

 Are you ready for this?

Primark - £3 

Okay, so I don't usually wear sunglasses because I can never find any that suit me, must have a funny face or something! However, no word of a lie these are the ONLY pair of sunglasses that have ever suited me (in my opinion any way!) and so obviously they have to have a glittery palm tree and flamingo on them. 

If I'm honest I don't think there are enough clothes or accessories out there with flamingos on, Lagerfield step it up! Even if I wanted to remove the glittery duo, which I don't, they are screwed into the lens. 

If, for a moment, we look past the palm tree and flamingo to the actual glasses, I think they're really cute. The glasses themselves are actually quite small which is what I suit, anything bigger looks odd on my face. I really like the cute little dots on the pale blue background. 

I will be whacking these beauties out this summer, not necessarily in my hometown though, we'll see how brave I am or how many 'lols' I feel like having. 

Would/could you wear these?

Victoria x

Scrapbook 01

01. My first proper purchase (that wasn't food or make up) with my wages! I love them. 02. Fake nails, post about my first time using them soon. 03. Nails early in the week but messy because my nib on the black nail pen doesn't work and had to use the brush. 04. My dad and I cleared out our fridge and found this green thai curry paste from '09. Yep. 05. I bought a mini coke can because it was 40p and really cute. I'm the person advertisers dream of. 06&07. Mum bought me a one direction calender & the May image (birthday month fyi). 08. Finally found a liquid foundation that I like. 09. Smints rasberry/lemon flavour - amazing. 10. New brogues which cause blisters making me walk like I've wet myself.  11. My skin sucks right now so I'm trying these, they make my skin feel so soft! 12. Finally taken all my revision down from my walls. 13. Chicken tikka masala - I'm not a massive fan but it was a fun night filling the curry house with our 19 person party. 

This is a new 'feature' i'm going to start doing. I can tell you now that they will most likely be few and far between as I don't carry my camera around that often as most of my week is spent at school then work. Exciting, right? But, basically when I do  make these posts they are just going to be little 'scrapbooks' for me. 

Hope you're well. Do you think the mini coke can is cute too?!

Victoria xx

Vivianne Westwood Presents Cheeky Alice...

I've only just seen this?! The campaign was released in 2011.

Cheeky Alice is said to be the 'sexier older sister' to the Naughty Alice perfume.

I adore Vivienne Westwood and I think it's cute how the perfume is personified. (yeah, I'm lame.)

In my opinion the Naughty Alice image is probably giving off a 'sexier' image? Anyway, the ad campaigns make me want to be Alice (especially her hair please). 

The description of the scent:

"At the heart of this cheeky and delightful fragrance is a fresh and floral bouquet that perfectly captures Alice's femininity and impertinence. The delicacy of the lily of the valley catches your attention and subtly leads you to a voluptuous and noble fragrance of fresh peony mixed with a touch of rose, eternal symbol of womanhood. This feminine and provocative perfume perfectly embodies our Cheeky Alice."

You also get a bracelet too, it's wrapped around the lid of the bottle when you buy it. 

Victoria x