What I Love About This Time of Year- Homework Assignment

Hello there gorgeous reader and welcome to today's extra special blog post!

The Curious Professor Z set her readers the lovely homework assignment of creating a post discussing what we love about this time of year. I think this is a great idea and a lovely way of spreading the Autumn spirit around, I love this time of year and I cant wait to read everyone's posts! 

So without further ado I shall begin my list!

I love the clothing and accessory options available during the Halloween season! I got these bat and cat earrings along with this scarf recently and I just love them. They make me so happy.

I love the buying of the things. The many things. The many unnecessary things ;) 

This is the time of year for me to be suddenly very creative which is great! The perspective is off in the pumpkin picture but I thought these sketches were very appropriate. There is something in this time of year that sparks my imagination, I don't really know if it will last. Winter gets a bit dreary and draining but I will try!

Everything looks extra pretty and epic around this time of year, the forests and woods are glowing in rustic autumn shades. Here in Ireland it's not super cold yet either, rather it's fresh and crisp which is one of my favourite things about this time of year. Crisp days that are sunny and just scream October is here!!

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Touring Halloween displays and decorations is of course something that I love doing! Possibly repeat visits to the best places. Maybe. 

Very dubious about this tree. Saying hello to a spider. As you do.

What would October be without reruns of classic spooky films and tv shows? Well it would be the odd month out mostly considering that I watch this stuff year round BUT it makes for extra special viewing around this time of year. 

I also love watching YouTube videos where people show what they have been buying, wearing, their costume ideas and their home decor. My blogger dashboard fills up with posts from everyone sharing their Halloween goodies and it just makes me so happy to see.

Those are all the main points that I wanted to share, I think the unifying theme here is really just that this time of year makes me feel extra happy and to see so many others who feel the same way is amazing. When you don't really know many alternative or gothy types in real life it can feel a bit weird being the only one you know who is this excited about October and Halloween but a trip online reminds you that plenty of other people are equally as excited

Thank you so much for reading, I am off to read all of your amazing posts now!

Rebecca, 

Sunday Monochrome + YouTube Video

Hello there and welcome to another post!

Last weekend I put together an outfit around these earrings! I forgot I had them and so I decided to wear them out. I've been a bit wary of wearing dramatic earrings since I got my short hair as they stand out a lot more but I was happy wearing these! They are from Claire's accessories years and years ago. 

I went black and white with my outfit since the earrings were silver and black! Also I am just really into monochrome.

This is the beautiful pattern on my skirt! It's subtle but just adds extra dimension to the skirt and to any outfit. This came from Penneys (Primark) and has been with me for a few years at this point. 

This is a close up of the pattern on my scarf, also from Penneys! I think the skirt and scarf play off one another quite nicely and the overall vibe suits the earrings really well. 

I wore my Beetlejuice bag along with my zipped wedges, both of which are from New Look. 

I kept it simple with a black vest top and lace bolero over the top along with my usual lace gloves and some silver and black jewellery.

My makeup was a black and greyish smoky eye! Sooo predictable. 

I filmed an outfit video! This was lots of fun to make and I hope you enjoy it!

What items have you discovered a newfound love for recently? Are you constantly updating your wardrobe and accessory collection or do you stick to  familiar items and themes?

Thanks for reading,
Rebecca.

Oufit, Halloween Shopping and my First Youtube Video (eeep)

Hey everyone and welcome to today's post!

So at the weekend I took myself Halloween shopping, it was admittedly a bit disappointing as there isn't much selection where I live and a lot of shops sell the same things. I love what I bought though and so naturally, this means a blog post and many pictures!

Enjoy :) 

With my make-up I did an Autumnal look with a dark plum lip and although you can't see, my eye-shadow was a purplish reddish colour. I kept the eyes smoky with some Kohl pencil instead of the usual liquid liner. 

My outfit was the very comfortable combination of a high waisted skirt, tights, docs, The Cure t-shirt, lace tights as arm warmers, lace fingerless gloves and I also have a vest underneath the band tee for warmth! I just wore a leather jacket and black scarf on top! I had shorts underneath my skirt too, my trick for wearing skirts in a windy area! 

The skirt has a scalloped edge, its sooo nice. It's
from Boohoo.com 

So these are my purchases!

When I came home I randomly decided to film a video showing everything! I don't look my best in it because I was tired after the day and my make-up had faded but I hope you enjoy it. I have a second outfit video filmed and ready to post in a few days time so hopefully I might get to make the occasional video to accompany this blog and spice things up a bit! 

Thanks for reading,

Rebecca. 

80's inspired make-up, Doc Martens and Gym Equipment

Hello everyone!

Last weekend I was in the mood to try something different with my make-up and so I did an 80's inspired make-up look rather than sticking super closely to the actual style. I made the inner corners of my eyebrows more pointed and I took my silver eyeshadow up to meet my brows in the inner corners. The effect is subtle and easier to wear in the day-time but it is still very much visible.

My outfit was really simple, a zipped bodycon skirt, plain black tight 3/4 sleeve top, meshed tights and knee high doc martens along with my bat necklace. I pinned my hair down on one side too.

Soooo serious

Tis Autumn and tis cold and so I wore my leather jacket. This was 7 euro in a charity shop and its from Topshop so it was probably originally at least 50/60 euro so this is one of my better finds! It goes well with the overall style too I think. 

I dusted (literally) off my knee high doc martens too as I haven't worn them in aaages. They are very comfortable but lacing them up does get tedious! I usually only lace every 3rd or 4th hole in fact. 

A more recent purchase! These tights were 3euro in Penneys/Primark and they are gorgeous, quite thick and good quality. I'll obviously have to be careful not to catch them in anything but they are quite well made, not flimsy at all!

In other very exciting news, myself and my fiance's gym equipment finally arrived!! We are starting a personal training business and obviously needed the equipment before we could really begin. This is our set-up and it is everything we need to start helping people get stronger, healthier and happier! I am a fan of teaching classes and so will likely be doing that in community halls too. Very exciting weekend and exciting times ahead!

How do you like to spend your weekends? Do you like going out and doing lots of things or do you like your weekend to hide from the world and regroup in your own space? I like both depending on the weekend. Sometimes going out and getting things done is me doing 'me' time too.

Thanks for reading,
Rebecca!

Photography Pratice

Hey everyone! 

Today I really wanted to get outside to practice my photography as it has been a while since I've given it a good go. My goal for today was to be more selective about the pictures I took and to think carefully about each picture rather than doing my usual thing of taking a ton of pictures of the same subject and picking the best later. This has led to folders of hundreds and hundreds of photos on my computer that have not been looked at since they got uploaded! I actually ended up taking 340 photos today but I was gone for an hour and a half and did LOTS of exploring so I did somewhat stick to my goal! Somewhat. Sorta. Honest!

I wore my Halloween Jumper for the occasion and my fang necklace along with the usual shorts tights and boots! I like this outfit, it's cute and comfortable.

Now for the photos! I like this one because of the different heights of the castle walls all ascending towards the sky in the corner. I also like the way you can see the other ruin through the entryway.

Was playing with perspective with this one, thought it might look fun to have the rope cut a diagonal line through the photo.

My main motivator for going out was the fact that the leaves have started to turn! It was admittedly hard to get a photo of them that looked interesting. Oh well I have a few weeks to get the shot that I have in my head! 

I went out during the hour before dusk which of course means sunset photos! I'm very pleased with this one. 

Obligatory graveyard photo, this IS a goth blog after all ;)

Another photograph courtesy of sunset lighting. Not much to say, I just like how it looks! 

This is a slight fail because it's so blurry but it was a flock of birds that I managed to photograph as they all swooped out of the trees!

This one is just for fun but I like this little dude, he sat there and posed whilst all his friends flew around above me! 

Well those are my favourites of all my photos! Thank you so much for reading my post and visiting my blog.

Until next time,
Rebecca.

Some Wear Leather and Lace

Hello there and welcome to my blog!

This is an outfit from earlier in the week that I really liked, it was very comfortable and easy to move in whilst still looking nice .The whole thing was based around me wanting to wear this lace top that I made from lace tights a few years ago. I found it recently and decided to wear it  so I put it with this red lace shirt and some high waisted leather look shorts!

I love these things!

I wore this simple fang necklace from Claire's accessories.

My make-up was realllly simple as this was all put together in the changing rooms after training legs at the gym.  I find heavy make-up doesn't really go well after the gym as I remain red-faced and warm for a few hours afterwards despite cooling down, showering and washing my face. My make-up usually just kinda melts off my face! I have the usual foundation and concealer, eyebrows and then just brown eye-liner and mascara! 

Look! I got a bat! He hangs over my bed and has tinsel on him and red eyes. He is very cute! 

A recent purchase, I got a 5 album set from Bauhaus for I think 18 euro! I own very few cds but I want to change that and build up a collection because I just love having physical copies of things! Is anyone else like that? Seems like everyone is into digital copies of things these days. 

I picked up these lace fingerless gloves in Claire's this week too! They were around 7 euro and very handy to have. I lost my old ones, no idea where they ended up! I love these little touches that add something extra to an outfit! 

Pssst. Aren't these the cat's pajamas?! Sorry... Hehehehe. These are pink, fluffy and have cats on them. So I now own them. Naturally. Soooo soft and fluffy. 

Well thats it for this post! Hope you enjoyed reading, thank you so much for visiting my blog!

Rebecca.