I'm sorry I don't laugh at the right time

Hi guys!

These photos turned out a little grainy - I tried to save them with Photoshop but it didn't really work as the light conditions in the staircase made it impossible for a photography layman like me to adjust my camera settings correctly. I wanted to share the pics anyway because that day I was wearing my really cute racoon blouse.

I've been having a pretty uneventful weekend due to being completely broke. I miss shopping so much but this month is really bad money-wise so I've been trying to keep me away from anything that would tempt me to spend money - no roaming around the city center, no parties or dates with friends, no browsing of online shops - nada!

Instead I went to the countryside to hang out with my best friend and his dogs yesterday - fun for free. we took the dogs for a walk through the fields.

Today the shopping ban plan continues by spending the night over at my mum's in the suburbs where the neighbourhood is pretty much dead after 9 pm.

Probably a good occasion to dive into some philosophy texts for university.

I should do some stuff around the apartment before I leave for the suburbs but somehow it's just too cozy at the desk with a chai latte right now. Oh you lazy Sundays......

Have a good day loves!

now playing: the wonder years - solo and chewy holdin' it down

feature at Head and Heart

Hi guys!

Today I am featured over at Head and Heart as the first post of the "Various Beauties" Project my girl Anni brought to life there.

I put together a casual outfit for it. To see more photos go and check out the post!

Go and leave me a comment if you like the outfit.

Happy Friday!

dressing like your favourite TV character

Hi guys!

Today's post was written in collaboration with Veronica Stone, who asked me which lady's style I would choose for dressing like your favourite TV character.

I liked the idea because there are actually three girls whose style has impressed me while I was watching the series they played in.

No. 1 is Charlotte "Chuck" Charles, played by Anna Friel, in the lovely series Pushing Daisies, which was unfortunately over after only two seasons.

Her style is, like the whole series, gaudy, over the top and cute as a button. Vintage inspired dresses in bright colours, playful prints (most often florals) and always perfectly matching accessories. She's the quirky lively and nosy girl and the stylists really managed to reflect this in her outfits.

No. 2 is the great Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City (played by Sarah Jessica Parker if there's someone who doesn't know), one of the most popular and most copied fashion idols ever I think. I mean seriously, what's not to love about her looks? Effortlessly stylish, dramatic, playful - Carrie uses fashion as her playground. She was the one who taught us that it looks amazing to mix haute couture with fleamarket chic, ballet dresses with ghetto bling, lingerie with street wear. Patricia Field really did a fantastic job in creating the Carrie outfits, she's one of my favourite TV characters ever style-wise.

No. 3 would be Effy Stonem from the British series Skins (played by pretty Kaya Scodelario). Effy is a messed up little party girl, she doesn't care about what others think, doesn't mince matters and lives life to the fullest. Her outfits are a mix of grunge, punkrock and effortless coolness, sometimes jazzed up with some sequins and glitter. You could say she's a little gutter fairy with holes in her tights and perfectly undone hair and make up. That's what I love about her character's style, the stylists managed to combine the "I danced the night away at several rad parties" with a twist of girly and wicked.

So, what do you think? Do you like the ladies above?

What's your favourite TV character style-wise?

(all photos in this post via Google)

banana chocolate split muffiins recipe

Hellooo everyone!

Tonight I'm dropping in to share a yummy recipe with you. My muffins may not look like the best of the best - I call that "they look like they're made with love and madness" - but believe me the taste is awesome!

Ingredients (for approximately 20 small muffins):

275 g flour

10 ml baking powder

1 ml baking soda

1 ml salt

175 g butter

200 g sugar

2 eggs

125 ml milk

2 ml vanilla sugar

3-4 bananas (approx. 250 mls)

250 g chocolate sprinkles

First mix all the dry ingredients in a big bowl. Then fold in all the liquid ingredients slowly one by one until you have a fudgy dough.

Squash the bananas with a fork and fold them in too. In the end mix in the chocolate sprinkles.

Then fill the dough into little papaer baking dishes or into a muffin pan and bake them in the pre-heated oven at 180 °C for 20-30 minutes.

Let them cool down and ice them with chocolate coating.

That's it - really easy, fluffy and super yummy! :)

Hope you like it!

Will you try the recipe? Let me know if you do.

now playing: the wonder years - hoodie weather

new home: kitchen

Hello guys!

Okay I admit my "new home" is not so new anymore - I'm just too slow in preparing these posts. I've been living here since November and my new apartment has had many visitors, a house warming party and many little improvements since then. But still I haven't managed to show you my kitchen yet because it was always too dirty to take photos haha. The other day I finally took the chance right after cleaning up, so here are some impressions of my kitchen. To see the post about my bed room/living room click here.

The beautiful owl illustration is my favourite picture ever, it's an etching handmade by a very good friend. She gave it to me some time ago and now it's the eye-catcher on the wall right above the dining table. I love the picture so much that I'm thinking about having it tattooed on my body as a symbol for wisdom after finishing my bachelor thesis.

The postcards are a collection of souvenirs from places I've been. Some of them were sent to me by friends too and some are just funny ones I couldn't resist to buy.

I really love these retro tin-plate signs like the one above. I would put more on my walls if I had the space.

This cupboard is an Ikea "Billy" one, but it's a special edition with Shakespeare quotations and funny little scribbles all over. In the old apartment it stood in the hall but I use it as a pantry now. You might actually now it from some of my outfit posts, this one for example.

I put some motivating pictures on different spots in the kitchen to keep me going with my Weight Watchers program.

Hope you liked these little peeks into my home.

Have a lovely Sunday!

now playing: chvrches - we sink

we came here to live life like nobody was watching

Hello loves!

Sorry for the hiatus. I pulled myself out of the bad mood again and here is the outfit post that was actually planned for last weekend.

I am motivated again, I'm in a good mood again. I'm not a quitter, I won't let life knock me down, I'm still undefeated and I've sworn to myself that no matter how often I'll fall into this hole of self-pity, I will stand up and move on again. This is what I did after last week and what I'll do next time my spirit breaks.

So everything is good, no need to lament.

The philosophy student in me always finds a motivation in Heraclitus.

This outfit is one of my tried and tested ones for all kinds of occasions - especially for when getting up too late. It's funny that it has not appeared at the blog earlier because I wear it pretty often.

The key piece is the floral shirt - everything else around can vary in color. For example I sometimes wear black jeans and a green cardi with it instead. But the basic scheme always stays the same: this shirt, cardi, jeans - fab everyday combo.

Tonight I'm going to the cinema to watch Stoker. Anyone already seen it? Opinions about it? I'm looking forward to see it because the trailer was interesting and the producers are the same who made Oldboy, which was rad.

Have a nice day everyone!

life is rushing by so fast

 Hi guys!

I know on Facebook I promised to be back with a new post at the weekend, but somehow it didn't work. I had a really busy week job-wise and in addition to that I find myself struggling with some unexpected emotions again way too often.

To cut a long story short: I'm having a hard time with myself again at the moment. I'm so busy trying to make a living and trying to keep everything going that I end up feeling like I'm not living at all. Working all day long feels right when I'm at the office because I can really use the money, but in the evening when I come home I feel like I missed out on all other aspects of life completely after doing the 9 to 6 thing five days in a row.

I try to use my spare time for something productive but end up brooding over why I can't get certain things straight instead of enjoying a relaxed dvd night at home.

At the weekends I try to go out, meet new people and have a good time and it feels great when I'm in the middle of doing this - but the day after I wonder what it was all for and why it feels so senseless.

Is this necessary? Do I have to go through this emotional rollercoaster to figure out who I am? Do I have to drink too much to find out that it's pointless? Do I have to meet really messed up people to realize that I'm not as messed up as I think? Or because I really am that messed up too? Do I have to go out and party to notice that it actually only is a waste of time and money?

I don't know.

There is so much going on inside of me and also around me and still I've been feeling like a sleepwalker by day lately. The irony about this is, that I still can't sleep properly at night by the way.

It feels like life is rushing by so fast that I can't get a grip on it. Maybe it's also because my birthday is approaching and  because I've been feeling like an amputated limb since the breakup anyway.

Life goes on though and I'm trying hard to keep everything going, the jobs, university, social contacts and all.

Not really sure what I want to say with this post anyway, but I needed to get this off my chest and writing it down here at least feels better than going on my friend's and family's nerves by sounding like a broken record over and over again.

I often wish someone would ask me how I feel and then, even if I say I'm fine, say "No you're not." and give me a hug.

But that's not how life works and that's not going to happen, so instead I carry on and try to get used to that you can only rely on yourself when you feel low. No one is going to get you out of this mess, you need to do it yourself, period. I'm trying and I'm on a good way, but at the moment it has gotten pretty hard again.

Well, this too shall pass. Thanks for reading if you made it this far.

I'm going to watch Misfits now, have a glass of wine, some cookies and do my best to get myself out of this hole again.

New outfit post as soon as I feel better, I promise!

Hope everyone else is doing fine? Have a good week!

now playing: macklemore - starting over