Friday 25 January 2013

WE WILL VACATION YOU WILL BE MY PARASOL


At long last, the ice has started to thaw. Joy! As a result, I have stopped hibernating in my living room and today ventured outside for more than five minutes

It was a much needed little amble. I'm starting to crack a bit under the weight of all this University and extra-curricular work, and after spending the last week glued either to a laptop, book or manuscript I was pleasantly reminded that actually, there is a world beyond my dissertation out there.

So mentally frazzled am I that last week I decided to cheer myself up...by getting a new tattoo! I originally intended to get a small black cat silhouette on the nape of my neck. However, I had a chat with Jules at Frontier (who I've known for a while) and he managed to convince me in his mellifluous Welsh accent that actually, that would be rubbish. He then whipped out one hell of a drawing, which we then talked over and modified before etching onto the tender skin of my inner arm.


HOLY COW, this one hurt like a bitch. After the relatively painless experience of my first tattoo I was totally unprepared for the ouchies of a 1.5 hour sitting. The first hour or so was fine and dandy, but as Jules was finishing off the last bits of colour my other arm started to twitch involuntarily, and I near crushed Oli's hand as I tried to block out the pain and focus on Zoe's cat-related stories and the relentless Dropkick Murphys soundtrack.

It was all worth it though, because now I have little Mittens here to accompany me wherever I go!


In another attempt to beat the January blues Jenny and I stopped by the Zara sale yesterday and found this incredibly upbeat (if verging on nonsensical) tee-dress for £9.99. I cultivated a love of badly translated English slogan t-shirts when travelling this summer, so finding this clumsily-worded little gem in the reduced rack ensured that a goofy grin was stuck on my face all day, memories of Krakow and Genova fresh in my mind. Nice one, Zara. Your cut-price positive-mentality mantras have alleviated my dissertation distress...for now.

 Tee-dress - Zara, 'trash' hairclip - Lunacy, boots - Eccentrix, bag - Tea&Cake




Betti Baudelaire xxx

11 comments:

  1. I love that tattoo! I am currently working out the fine details for my next one, and seeing yours makes me even more desperate to get mine done NOW! xx

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    1. Oooh, what are you going to get and where? I'm a bit worried about my continuing obsession with more tattoos - I'm going to end up like that crazy vampire lady in a couple of years! xx

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    2. I'm getting a fox at the top of my thigh, but I need to tone up a bit first, so it's forever delayed by my laziness! Tattoos are hella addictive, I want to be like a walking library! xx

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  2. AH TATTOOSS! I need a new one in my life, I have a few ideas, maybe we should get a tiny one while your down ;) I need to get my new idea sketched up and done, although the one and a half hours of pain you went through scare me slightly!

    FRY UP! YES! one of the vintage shops is actually right next to a wetherspoons! so after your long journey down we could go straight for a fry up! (a vegetarian one for me ofcourse, which wetherspoons does offer strangely enough!)

    Love how you can just walk around in a t-shirt dress and look amazing. I hope you are preparing yourself to meet up with a stumpy midget who never really looks brilliant. I might just wear a paper bag over my head just for the crack of it.

    I AM FRIGGING EXITED!


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  3. Fabulous outfit and damn, that tattoo is amazing :D



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  4. that tattoo is rad! and your shirt is hilarious :D

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  5. god aren't you just the cutest thing ever and your tattoo is just so cute :) love it.

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    xx rae

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  6. you are my FAVE. that dress is hilaire xx

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  7. Hi Betti! :D Your looking wonderful as always , bloody love your new tattoo! I'm with Tanya I reckon we should so get a mini tattoo when you come down! Buzzing about it btw , should be a great two days! :D Looking forward to seeing you xxxx

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