WHERE DID SUMMER GO?!

Recently I have just been hit with that OMIGOSH IT IS BASICALLY AUTUMN WHAT IS HAPPENING mini-existential crisis moment that I seem to experience every year when I realise that since getting back from holiday, I have basically wasted my entire summer. I also realise this is probably due to English weather making everything seem soggier than usual, but still. This is also due to the fact that everyone seems to be either busy or out of the country right now (BOOO), so I don't seem to have talked to many people over the past few weeks. This means that I am making a special effort to invite people to go shopping and bowling and stuff, which I don't usually do, as I am the least socially skilled person of my friendship group. I usually stay at home reading, writing or watching YouTubers, haha (I don't know why I'm laughing, this is basically all my life consists of). 

So what's going on right now? Well, for those of you who know me quite well, I am an extremely (how do I put this carefully so they don't think I'm crazy?) dedicated Swiftie, and have been for quite a long period of my life now. So I'm not even over-exaggerating when I say that you can't even imagine how I reacted yesterday evening when Taylor Swift announced her new album and music video!! I am so excited to listen to all the songs she has yet to release on 1989, and Shake It Off has been on repeat for most of today. 
It is just such a fun and generally awesome song and video - not to mention that every aspect of it is just 100% Taylor! People can say that she's changed and has become a completely different person, I don't care. I just find it incredibly important that she just keeps doing what she's doing - releasing brilliant catchy songs that make me dance around the house like a lunatic!

"It's like I've got this muuusic in my mind saying it's gonna be alright!"

This is the part where I struggle to document anything on my life that hasn't got anything to do with fandoms...

Oh yeah, kimonos.

Basically, recently I have been looking through some cool blogs, some of them being fashion blogs. While I was at it, I saw some REALLY SWEET little kimonos from New Look, and told myself that I just HAD to get one of my own! The other day I went to New Look in search of them, found a cute cherry blossom one and.... 

then realised that I didn't have enough money. DAMMIT! Those things are more expensive than I thought they would be. Nice one, Lucy... (note the sarcasm). 

Never mind - I'm going into town soon, maybe I'll get one next time, and then I'll show you guys.

On another random note, those of you who do not know me in person will not know that I have had braces for the past year and a bit (hence why I never smile with teeth for photos), and have recently been told that I am on one of my last stages with my braces. 

For those of you who may be getting braces in the future, I wouldn't worry about it: they're not even that bad. I don't even feel them any more and now they feel like a permanent feature in my mouth... They're like my shiny metal extra set of teeth that are attached to my real ones! Despite this, I am so excited to see what I look like without them, it's gonna be so weird! I'm not sure how soon I'll be getting them off, I'll ask my orthodontist tomorrow. 

Also, for those of you who have been waiting for a skincare post, I'm sorry to keep you waiting. I am meaning to do one! I've taken pictures of the stuff I use and everything, it's just that I've been really busy and today I had a friend round in one of my attempts to socialise. I will do one, I promise!

I wish you guys all the best for Autumn and the next school term/semester/whatever you call it where you live. Although back to school means work, Autumn is definitely my favourite season, so that's something to look forward to (for me at least). 

Speak to you soon,

Lucy x