Rachel Ellen

Wednesday, 3 February 2016

opinion 17:30

Is there any point in Valentines Day?

Valentines day is coming around once again, but is it really that big of a deal? Is it really about showing someone you love them or is it a ploy by the media and big business to make money?

The two of course can be intertwined you can show someone you love them whilst also being sucked into the machine. This year I've asked my boyfriend if we can not bother with it - he's nervous of course trying to figure out if I really mean it (I do mean it!!) this is a link to a blog post of the first valentines day we had together. I think I felt like I should enjoy it because I had a boyfriend and I shouldn't moan any longer. Only two years later and I've realised how forced the whole thing is and to most people it seems like a competition of who can post the best thing on Facebook/Instagram! And it wasn't just my single cynicism making me think that.

Sunday, 31 January 2016

lifestyle 11:52

If I was a Cartoon Character...

by Rachel

In the cartoon world everything is a little bit different(stick with me here), it's a world that would live without fashion bloggers, without any point in clothes shops or shoe shops and without that panic in the morning of what to wear. Of course we've all noticed that Cartoon characters never change their clothes (or very rarely anyway). It makes them very easy for a fancy dress costume.

They tend to have a set of clothes that says something about them as a character.

I sometimes wonder, if I was a cartoon character, what would I be wearing?

We'd all love to say we'd be wearing the nicest of the nice, but really, what do you consistently wear the most?

I have a feeling, anybody who has lived with me, or been to my house (at home or at uni), or even had snapchats off me would easily say my character would be wearing a leopard print dressing gown. Amazingly styled outfit below

Sunday, 17 January 2016

fashion 12:22

Olivia Burton

by Rachel

A little bit late (but hey, by this point is anybody expecting me to be on time? - well maybe now that I have a watch...). For chritsmas I finally got my hands on an Olivia Burton watch, I've been obsessing over these since me and my housemates bought another housemate one for her birthday in April. I'm not a watch person but i really loved these! Initially I adorded the ones with the patterened faces, but the rose gold just looked so much prettier once I saw them in person.

Thursday, 7 January 2016

list 17:49

My 2015

by Rachel

1 week into 2016 feels like the right time to look at my highlights of 2015. Hopefully this will be enjoyable for readers, but this will be fun for me to do and to look back on.

2015 was my year of a bob, all the celebs caught up with me after this (Not really, Tay Swift was before me but I beat Kim K!) The easiest hair style in the world, dries in about 2 minutes and easy to style. My silly fast growing hair means that I now have long hair again 1 year later. For now I'll keep it long as I've just got curling devices for Christmas!

2015 was the year I finally dressed up as Velma, as someone who has worn glasses since 4 years old there isn't many people you can dress up as who wear them. Admittedly I wore my contacts and some fake glasses, my real ones are far too expensive and important for someone to run off with shouting "JINKIES I lost my glasses"

Sunday, 3 January 2016

lifestyle 21:39

January Resolutions

by Rachel

Long time no see!

This post is all about new year and new resolutions. (bet you've not seen any of those blog posts about yet... ok so zero for originality but I'm writing a post so leave me to it!) As you may or may not know from previous posts (here) I'm not a fan of New Year resolutions. They are destined to fail, way too much pressure and usually completely unrealistic.

Last year I started my resolutions in February, this year I'm going to attempt to start my resolutions on the first Monday of the new year (yes tomorrow, short notice!).

My resolutions are all about looking after me this year.

Tuesday, 8 December 2015

travel 22:10

November Travels 2 - Madrid

by Rachel

Hi!

I'm going to be one of the few to break up all the Christmas posts, it really doesn't feel like Christmas yet to me this year, it might be to do with the (kind of) warm weather, even if we are being battered by wind and rain!

So here's a few more of my Madrid pictures (Link to the last post here showing pictures of Parque De El Retiro), we're all wishing we were in a warm sunny place right now but instead, in England, we've seen about 5 hours of sun in the last 2 weeks or so. It's exhausting!

So to Madrid, the first picture and the one below, not completely sure what you'd call that pose.... This is at a place called Temple of Debod, an Ancient Egyptian Temple rebuilt in Madrid in the 1960s (source although all pictures are my own). I don't mean for this to be a history lesson but I think it's pretty damn cool!

Sunday, 29 November 2015

travel 16:59

November Travels - Parque de El Retiro

by Rachel

This year for my birthday I decided on something a little different. My boyfriend's birthday is two weeks before mine so we decided, instead of presents, we would take a trip. We'd initially looked in September and Madrid was our chosen destination.

At the end of October we booked our 4 day trip for the 14th November, barely 2 weeks before we travelled.

My first quick tip if you're doing a city break, spend that little bit extra on a hotel in the centre or very near. We saved (quite a lot actually) to stay outside of the centre, but the 20 minute walk and then 15 minutes on the metro was just way too much each way, everyday.

The room was great though, I wouldn't object to staying in an Ibis Budget hotel again, more than enough for what we needed.

Plus the shower head changed colour depending on temperature! Amazing! (although difficult to take pictures of)

So anyway, past the boring part of the room, we spent most of the second day in Parque de El Retiro, the enormous greenhouse was absolutely beautiful in an Autumn month, the colours were so vibrant through the glass.

If any of you have read much of my blog before you'll know my boyfriend is massively into his fishing, it didn't take long for him to spot the carp in the lake.

Which lead us to hire a rowing boat for 45 minutes, I think it was about 8 euros which was so affordable!

We had lunch in the park in a little cafe, we spent most of the time feeding little birds (all the way to Madrid for the entertainment of feeding some birds)

Madrid was lovely I'd definitely go again one day but with plenty more money saved so we could actually go inside a few more places, but for a budget birthday treat for the both of us it was more than enough!

I'll post another post or two sharing more pictures, I thought the park was gorgeous enough to deserve it's own post!

Oh yeah and if you go anywhere abroad, remember your travel adaptors, we got stung for 16 euros to get a plug we could use, ouch!

Thanks for reading,

Rachel xx