kitties, coffee shops and bbq parties

Hellooo!

It's Friday, hooray! Eventhough Monday was a holiday, the week still seemed to be endless. I'm so looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow because on weekdays I get up earlier than actually needed to skype with my boyfriend who is six hours ahaead of my time. Woohoo long distance realtionship... Can't wait for this to be over - not the relationship of course, only the long distance part! I'm counting down the weeks (actually months, but that sounds like way too far in the future, so weeks it is).

I've also been pretty tired in the last few days because I began to work out daily or at least once in two days. I found a really cool YouTube channel called BeFiT with lots of awesome workout videos that will hopefully tone my whole body and help to get rid of the bachelor thesis love handles.

Apart from sleeping in I don't have big plans for the weekend. I will work a trial shift at a coffee shop tomorrow afternoon which will be exciting. I applied for weekend jobs because I have to earn some extra money to make up for not getting alimony anymore since I handed in the bachelor thesis.

I have never worked at a coffee shop and somehow always thought it would actually be pretty cool to try it. I know it can be a pain in the ass too but at the moment I'm looking forward to it, so keep your fingers crossed for me please.

Yesterday night I went to one of my favourite places: Brause - a really small pub / venue for concerts, readings and lots of other cool events. In the warm season they host a barbecue night once a month and yesterday was the first one this year. When I arrived the weather was lovely, very mild and perfect to sit outside, have a drink and snack on grilled bacon or bratwurst. Unfortunately as soon as the meat was on the grill it started raining and later there was even thunder and lightning. That was the wet end of the barbecue party, what a bummer! ut oh well, at least the food was yummy.

Have a happy Friday and a lovely weekend everyone!

  

resurrection: I'm back!

Hello everybody!

I'm back, woohoo!

The broken foot / bachelor hiatus was longer than expected, but now my foot has recovered and the bachelor thesis is handed in, so I've finally got my life back.

Somehow I'm still not completely back to the normal "Carina Mode" because it's only been two days since I handed in my bachelor thesis. I've spent almost every evening in the last five weeks writing this thesis and put all my spare time and energy into it. Now that it's over I sometimes sit at home and don't know what do with my time (luxury, I know) because my main task is performed. I just have to wait for the grade.

Not much else has happened in the last weeks during my absence.

My boyfriend had to go back home to Australia, so I spent lots of time skyping.

I've also started to spend more time on cooking and working out again because I've gained 6 kilos (yup, ouch!). I wasn't able to work out with my broken foot and I did some good comfort eating to compensate the bachelor stress - but the dog days are over now!

I found some really good workout videos on Youtube and I've stocked up on fruits and veggies.

Goodbye pizza and fries, hello low-carb diet.

As for the outfit: In case you like the shirt , it's on sale in H&M stores at the moment, they marked it down to 7€. It's made of soft jersey and has 3/4 sleeves, so it's a perfect spring piece.

This outfit is pretty much what you could call my uniform, I love shirt-cardi-skirt combos with a belt and sneakers. The cute little star necklace is a courtesy of Sammy Dress. You will see me in more of their fashion in the next post.

Have a lovely Sunday everyone!

  

the rooftop wraps around because the sky is just the ground

Ello folks,

how are you? Did you have a nice weekend?

Remember when I was complaining about life getting in the way of my plans in the last post? Well, this time it got in the way big time! Right after posting my last post on Wednesday I headed for my weekly martial arts class - and came back hobbling.

I lost balance when we practiced punch defence, twisted my ankle and fell, then hobbled home. The next day I couldn't walk at all, so I hobbled to the hospital and they found out the right foot is broken.

I never had a broken bone in my life before, so I didn't know how annoying such a cast and crutches are - but damn do these things suck! I'm so looking forward to getting a splint instead next Thursday.

So since Thursday I've been staying at home in my pyjamas, putting my foot up and sipping on chai latte. I've been really lazy (the doc said I shouldn't move unless it's really necessary) and I'm very lucky that Jay is here to help me with all the little daily life things that are so much harder when you can't walk.

Have you ever tried to carry a mug of chai latte from the kitchen to the bedroom jumping? Fun fun fun! Especially when you spill half of it along the way...

The good thing about a broken foot is that you have lots of time to do stuff like editing photos, blogging and browsing. I don't really feel like taking outfit pictures at the moment, but luckily I still had these photos from Wednesday up my sleeve.

When I have to read for my bachelor thesis I like to do it on a cozy little coffee break because my concentration works much better with everyday life sounds around. So Jay and I went to one of my favourite cafés around the corner and treated ourselves with Latte and cake.

I swear I will be so fat when I finish my thesis! We do that all of the time when I have to read. I love our little coffee shop outings, but I already know I'll have to work out more again after he has left for Australia.

But oh well, until then we enjoy our time, so some extra cake is alright I guess.

Nooo I'm totally not trying to sugarcoat the situation here.....not at all! ;)

The outfit is cute and comfy, exactly what I need for these little reading sessions. It includes one of my favourite big cozy cardigans that I got from the Urban Outfitters sale last year. There's just the right amount of wool in it to make it comfy and warm without making my poor sensitive skin feel itchy.

Also these are my new favourite shoes! I bought them on a little trip to Venlo (Netherlands) on New Year's Eve and have been living in them since then. Awesome bargain as they were only 30 €, yippie!

Like them?

See, that's the cake. Who could resist, hm?! Please make me feel good and say "No one!" at this point now. ;)

Have a lovely Sunday everyone!

  

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