November 12th was my birthday. I know I am about 2 months late posting this!

Call me sad, because I know I clearly am, but I hadn't celebrated my birthday in a very long time. 

The last two years especially I just hadn't been in a mood to celebrate because of family issues, but this year, I put my foot down and decided to do something about it. In the past, I just dreaded my birthday because I knew I wasn't going to do anything but this year I surprisingly looked forward to it! ^_^

On the actual day of my birthday which was on a Thursday, I spent it with my dad doing some 'bonding' where we went into London to do a shop around, he brought me some birthday gifts and we ate at a Chinese restaurant in Leicester Square. To be honest, my dad spend most of the day giving me pep talks -_- but it wasn't as awkward as I thought it was. My dad had a very humourless look and wasn't understanding my banter and sarcasm, he was like 'what?' And I just say 'forget it...'

It was on the Saturday that I celebrated with my friends. I met them at Covent Garden Station and from there we walked to Zizi's restaurant. I took an annoyingly long time in deciding which place to eat but in the end Zizi's was the perfect place as I really like Italian food.

Left to right: Charlotte, Gertrude and me. 

Fashion & Books Collective Haul

Zoella wore this insect bugs print shirt in one of her fashion haul videos. I was thinking, Where did you get your shirt?! When Zara launched their Summer sale, I jumped into the chance. It's probably my favourite shirt. I made a Polyvore set featuring this striped shirt (below), knew it would be expensive but on a whim I clicked on the link anyway just to see and realised it was actually on sale! I love me a good bargain. 

Insect shirt by Zara, on sale for £19.99 (RRP £29.99)

Striped Boston shirt by Tommy Hilfiger at House of Fraser, on sale for £29.75 (RRP £85)

I really like this blouse; the delicate crochet embroidery is just so darling. Basically its my dream shirt! I think it was in June where the UK was getting a heatwave and I was in Mango searching around in the sale section looking specifically for t-shirts. I actually don't have many t-shirts to go out in for the summer weather. I saw this grey t-shirt and the slogan is in French and google translated it says, 'yes it's me.' It's really soft and wearable, I love it. 

Cream embroidered blouse by Miss Selfridge, 30% off for £24.50 (RPP £35)

Slogan t-shirt by Mango, on sale for £4.99 (RPP £9.99)

Book Review: Sempre by J.M Darhower

I just recently read this extraordinary amazing book called Sempre by J.M Darhower! It originally began with a twilight fanfiction called Emancipation Proclamation and I was excited to hear that it was going to be published. This story is about human trafficking/slavery, which crosses the boundaries of love, taking sacrifices, fear, choice, freedom, betrayal and life and death. This is not your average young adult story. I really enjoyed reading about the characters, especially from Haven and Carmine's perspectives. They are from two completely different worlds, yet they found a special connection with each other. As the story progresses, they find out that they have more in common than they think, as their world collides. 5 stars, I highly recommend! My favourite book of the year. Read my full review on Goodreads.

This is a vision of Haven and Carmine and this is the book cover. 

Book Review: Sempre by J.M Darhower by bittersweet89 featuring crew neck sweaters