Check up! Very very late

Omygod, this has been too long!

But what can I say.. My life consists of routine. Working life as they say.

Get up at 7, have breakfast, shower and get dressed, walk to bus, take bus, take train, take another train, walk to work, work, lunch, work more, same travel routine only other way around, get home at 6.30, make dinner, eat, relax, sleep. And then the same thing all over again.

I AM having fun though. Working at a magazine is a dream come trough and it is something I could see myself doing every day for the rest of my life. Wether freelance or on contract-base. It does make me a tad insecure. I want to do SO well on this internship, and feel that I have so little time to deliver. I'm halfway there already! My goal is for them to ask me to write freelance for them. I would love that, but I'm not there yet and it scares me.

I like to think of something Steve Jobs said. It was along the lines that you cannot see the future, only the past, and you have to trust that eventually your past will bring you to the place you want to go in the future. Connecting the dots. I am trying to do just that.

Hoping you're all fine.. I am.

Hugs and lots of love!

Ebay fanatic

Hello lovers,

So my internship has been going well. I've gotten a few stories handed to me already so that's challenging but also very fun. I love that they trust me enough to do well on them (mind you, they have not read a single word that I wrote yet).

Because of that, and because of the fact that I got money that I had been waiting on for quite some time, and had been loving some things online for quite a while now, I had decided this morning would be an Ebay shopping spree morning.

I'll show you what I bought (omg I cannot wait untill it all comes rolling in):

A maxi-skirt. I can't wait to pair this with either flipflops or high heels and a loose shirt! It comes in all sorts of colours (I'm totally eying the mustard-collored one too) and is only about $17 without shipping (including belt).

This hot pink blazer for $27 excl shipping. I am SO in love with this blazer, and have been for weeks now that I gave in to it. I normally don't buy clothes from Ebay but this time I couldn't resist. Would work amazing with just about anything, over a dress, or a jumpsuit, a simple jeans and top combination.

After drooling over lots of lovely fashionbloggers wearing big gold watched I decided to give it a try. I'll have to get it shortened, but I can't wait to try it. $20 and free shipping.

Gold collored bangles to pair with the bracelet. $4 and free shipping

To pair with the bangles and bracelet this cute Dogeared inspired bracelet. Only $3 and free shipping.

A simple scarf to pair with whatever. Nice for in the office. They have ALL colours and I might to back to buy more. $2.16 and free shipping (yeah, incredible huh)

This bag I had been watching and doubting for months, but now it was on sale for only $19 dollars with free shipping so I couldn't resist. They have all sorts of colours, and I am totally loving the blue one too. Anyways this I could totally rationalize for myself for three reasons: 1) I don't own a big black bag 2) My other (brown) bag is totally ripping and falling apart 3) It's so pretty.

I still am eyeing another couple of things but I reached the limit of what I was going to spend (only went over it by 1 euro I think). But it is damn hard to stop once you're going haha.

Hope you like it, and hope it all fits and gets delivered quick!

XOXO

I'm a little bit bored

So.

My intership is starting tomorrow. I don't know what I've shared about that this far, but I'll give you a little summary.

I'll do an intership in Hoofddorp. That is pretty near Schiphol, our biggest airport, and not far from Amsterdam too. From where I live in Utrecht, it will probably be an hour travelling each morning and each evening.

Older cover of Viva

I will be in a huge office building. I guess so you could compare it to the Conde Nast building. Here it's the Sanoma building. It contains probably about 20 or 30 magazine titles, so it is HEAVEN for me.

I will work for Viva, from september 1st to december 1st. I am so nervous but I'm actually even more excited. I really want to do very well, but I know I'm there to learn. So that will work out I guess. I can't wait to write fun articles, to come up with the ideas and actually be able to work them out.

More recent cover

Viva is a weekly magazine for women aged 20 to 35. They are fun, independent and intelligent ladies. A lot of the articles are about relationships, sex, and news. But it's always very fun, and not tacky at all. It's a hugely creative title, and I can't WAIT to learn all about it.

Always bright colours

So, well, that's my planning for tomorrow and afterwards. As of today, I'm missing my boyfriend and staring at my laptop untill something happens.

XOXO

You HAVE to see this video

No, it's not Lady Gaga's new video. Even though that one is worthy of a monument.

This is Mika's new video. And somehow it speaks to my soul. I'm not sure what it is. I guess it's the different little stories that the caracters represent. Or maybe that's just my interpretation. I'm a sucker for normal caracters with their own little crazy habbits.

Besides, the song is just TOO happy and summery to be true. Since French is one of my favorite languages (oui, je parle un peu aussi) this song HAS to be my summer anthem. Check it out!


Mika- Elle me dit

Ps. The part where they all dance makes me want to jump around my room in my pyjama's.

I moved out!

Yes, the time was there. Yesterday evening my dad drove me and my bike to Utrecht (one of the biggest citys in Holland), to my new room. I rent a room in an appartment which is owned by a 26 year old girl, which is cosy. We get along good so far! I also live 5min from Ikea, which is ideal for a decoration nerd like me (I was there today, alone - so proud- and nearly had a heart attack from not being able to decide what to take home).

I also cooked my own dinner for the first time (so proud, times 2). Wasn't the first time I cooked dinner, but it was the first time I cooked just for ME. With MY OWN GROCERIES. Which I BOUGHT. With MY MONEY. That I WORKED FOR.

You see, I need capitals to express myself, so I am proud.

I made Babi Ketjap btw. And I learned to never trust pictures of meals that you will make, when you buy the box with herbs and stuff. Its another level of photoshop I promise you. Ofcourse I made way to much food (did you really think I could finish that plate?), so the freezer is stuffed with enough Babi Ketjap to feed an entire country.

As you see my room is mostly white, which I like a LOT. But I do wish I could put some pictures up, which I think I cant. I'm totally eyeing some on Etsy. (If you don't know Etsy you don't know what happiness is)

XOXO

You see that picture under this post?

Yeah, that's Pont d'Arc, a natural formed way for the river called Ardeche. I kayak'd (how do you spell THAT?) under there.

Holiday was lovely, my boyfriend has not sent me the pictures yet but we had a lovely time. Aside from getting stung by a wasp (they are demons I tell you) and getting into a car crash (nobody got hurt, just very shaken). And I'm so proud of my strong survival guy, me and my family kayak'd (?!) 8km under Pont d'Arc, and a few days after that my boyfriend went back and did 24km!

Will update with photo's when I get them.

XOXO

Holiday

So so so busy. But now...

Holiday.

Yes, I'm leaving for 2,5 weeks to France. Say bonjour to croissants, le soleil, le vin, le pain et les hommes tres ehh.. cute. Looking forward to it! Will be a family trip with my boyfriend coming along :)

I'm not joking when I tell you there's at least one big shopper filled with books (probably around thirty books?) and around ten magazines coming along. Yeah, we're talkative. Lol.

Enjoy your vacay!

XOXO

Ps. anyone watching Tour de France? I'm OBSESSED.
Pps. I'm also very much in love with all the strong men in tiny suits, are they this handsome every year?