Coat: Zara · Cardigan & Shorts: Miss Selfridge · Top: Dorothy Perkins · Boots: Topshop · Necklace: Paper & ChainI think I'm definitely going to reintroduce personal style posts to my blogging 'routine' over the next month or so. I always enjoyed posting them over on my old blog, so I've decided to filter over a few from there to get me back into the swing of things! I still want the primary focus of this blog to be lifestyle, as a pressure definitely came with personal style blogging that I bought into and didn't enjoy. Not to worry, there are plenty of house, happy lists, monthly recaps, kitten and kitchen posts to come.
I turned 23 yesterday. I had a nice, chilled birthday at home with Jack. It feels like yesterday I was getting ready to celebrate my 18th. I feel jittery when I think about how quickly the time between then and now seems to have passed. I'm still learning how to juggle the responsibilities that come with being an adult, let alone accepting that the chapter of my adolescence is well and truly over. I feel so young but now there's this pressure to start doing all of these 'grown up' things. Don't get me wrong, I truly want those things... but sometimes I find myself worrying that if I get around to doing them all within the next couple of years then I'll have nothing magical to look forward to later on. I do and I don't want to push through all of these things that people are expecting of me, of Jack. Is this a mid-mid-life crisis!? Uh oh.
Anywhoo, I have quite a few posts in drafts waiting to be published so I've got no excuse to be inactive around here for the next couple of weeks! x
I didn't realise you had a blog before this one, did you have it for long? I love your hair like this x
ReplyDeleteI had my first blog for around two years :) Thank you, it's like how it is in these pictures, right now! x
DeleteI hope you had a wonderful birthday, Lauren! I turn 22 on Saturday and am terrified for some odd reason, I think it's time to try and get my act together at last and introduce more responsibility to my life. This outfit was one of my favourites from Noir Nouvelle! x
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Michelle! I had a lovely day :) I felt the exact same way when I turned 22, kind of realised that I had to start being a grown up aha. Don't be scared though, you get cake and presents after-all ;) x
DeleteI just turned 22 and I could've written what you just did! Scary times.
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Aw, glad to know that I'm not the only one who feels this way though! x
DeleteGlad you had a lovely birthday!! 23 is a great age, you'll love I promise ;-)
ReplyDeleteI turned 27 a couple of months ago - I can't say I have tons of sage advice other than; never be pushed into anything you don't really want for yourself!
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Thanks for the advice Jem! x
DeleteAw! I hope you enjoyed your birthday, I turn 23 in a month also and am bricking it slightly! Definitely early/mid-life crisis haha. <3 xx
ReplyDeleteAha, I was terrified. I always have a mini-meltdown before each birthday now! ;) The funny thing is, I'm not even that 'old'! We're not old at all, lol x
DeleteI feel the same! I turn 22 in the summer and still feel like I should be a bit more grown up than I am right now (says she, sporting the bumble-bee socks!) 20 seemed so old when I was little, but it's really not! I wonder if that's how 80 year olds feel as well though. All we do is go to sleep and wake up a little older...
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It's funny, when I was a child I'd get so excited for my birthday... and I'd really, really want to be grown up. Now I just dread it a little more each year, aha. Age is relative, you're as young as you feel ;) x
DeleteHappy birthday!! PS I love this outfit!!
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ReplyDeleteThank you Kate! They're slightly more battered now, probably seen their best days ;) x
DeleteI agree with the commenter above- don't rush into anything you aren't ready for, or don't want to be apart of, just because it seems like "the next step". In the long run, you'll be happier you moved at your own pace (I'm only 25, though, so maybe I should just be quiet). Anyway, happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice Kelli! I don't intend to rush into anything, it's quite scary thinking about the future atm! Thank you! x
DeleteYou are SO GORGEOUS. Crazy about your style and your amazing hair. xo
ReplyDeleteAw Cara, thank you so much! x
DeleteHappy birthday for yesterday! I totally know what you mean- whenever I start feeling overwhelmed by all the grown-up-ness, I yell "WHEN DID I BECOME AN ADULT?! AND HOW DO I MAKE IT STOP?!" (Love a bit of Grey's quoting, shh!). And I agree- I have the rest of my life to do big, exciting things, so I don't want to gobble them all up now!! x
ReplyDeleteThanks Alice! Aha, I'm JUST like that ;) x
DeleteHope you had a lovely birthday! I miss your old blog, but I adore this one. Xx
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Gem, that means a lot! x
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Aw, thanks Abbie! x
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DeleteHope you had a wonderful birthday :) I love this outfit, you look stunning! Looking forward to the posts you have planned xx
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I did indeed Anna, thank you! x
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Thank you so much Meg x
DeleteHappy belated birthday!! Hope it was amazing. I know, I feel like I'm going no where in my life (I turned 24) but then when I step out and look in, I am. It's just different from what other people are doing!
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It was brilliant, thanks! I totally agree x
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I'm excited to see more outfit posts, I was an avid follower of your previous blog! Hope all is well with you :)
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