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The hardest thing about moving to a new country is being away from the people closest to you. To some of you it might be parents, sisters or brothers, but to me that are my friends. The ones that know pretty much everything about me and we'd always be there for each other. You know those days when you don't have will to do anything on your own but if you had that one person with you you'd go here and there, take them to all the places you like, share your previous explorations and explore new places. It's nice to have some alone time, but everything's better in two.

I was always a loner. Preferred spending time in my bedroom, laying on bed, listening to music or reading books rather than going out with a group of people and just sit there cos I'd never have anything to say. I'm not sure at what point that changed. When did I become the person that needs plus one. Maybe after months spent exploring alone, being alone, having 24 hours of the day just for myself. I needed my best friends here. Every other  time we'd talk to each other I'd probably end up in tears. Thinking about hugging them, holding their hand and doing the things we would do back home. An important piece of my life was missing and so was one from their.

In May, after seven months spent apart, my best friend came to visit me. It was one of the happiest days so far. I couldn't hold back the tears at the airport when I hugged him.

Photo taken by: Aga Swiderska

Last time I wore corduroy was when I was a kid. I've been wanting to give it a chance once again after so many years but it seemed impossible to find something that would make me look more than 7 years old. During winter sales I ordered these brown pants from Pull&Bear without having any expectations. What I can now say about them is that they are the most comfortable pair ever! When you think of corduroy you might think it's stiff and itchy, but no, these pants are very soft and warm, Perfect for cold winter days and still slightly warmer spring. My only complaint is that they are short (as every other pants today are).

Cold days are here so people from Femme Luxe were kind enough to send me three of their knitwears to try out and share with you. I'm one of the people who have ten layers on themselves as soon as it gets close to 0°. I try to avoid it by wearing chunkier jumpers underneath the coat but sometimes it tends to be hard.

Femme Luxe is an online fashion brand. At first I didn't have high expectations and wasn't sure how thick will the knitwear even be. But when it arrived I was so surprised. The clothes is nicely made. The material is soft and the knitting is impeccable.

Here are three different outfits and short reviews of the items.

#1 White jumper

Oh how sweet are these long warm summer days. As a summer child there’s nothing more I could crave for. As soon as the warm days started I ended up spending most of my time outside, merely coming home to sleep. In the last few months so much happened and I don’t even know where to start. There were many ups and downs, dramas I never though I’d have to deal with and opportunities I never though I’d get. Even though life is still a mess focusing on the positive things is what makes us move forward.  So let’s focus on those good things! I’m trying to focus more on photography and make something out of it because it’s one of the things I enjoy doing and feel passionate about. I got to shoot two proms so far ( I’ll show you photos in future posts)  and will shoot couple more in the upcoming week. I learn quite a bit from each session so I’m always looking forward to new ones. Yesterday INmusic festival ended and I spent the entire day in bed recovering from dancing and singing all night long. For the third day I carried an analogue camera and tried to compensate for not taking any photos during the past two days so when I get them developed I’ll share them here if they’ll be any good haha. Another good news is that I quit one of the two jobs I was doing. Now I have more time for other things and can finally get some sleep.

The other day was just 6°C but it felt more like 16. I went out with sister in the morning cos she had her first ever job interview and I had to do some things one of which was to find a hairdresser I'd let experiment with my hair. 

Oh how I dislike these murky lifeless days. One or two is alright, but now I feel like it's been over a months since warm sun rays touched my skin. I'm craving for vitamin D, song of birds, colourful sunsets and long, really really long days.

I admit I am lazy, but the darkness for 24 hours makes me even lazier, literally lifeless. I truly want to do something productive, creative but there are 0 ideas, 0 things that would satisfy my other, creative (perfectionist) cravings. Working makes me feel good. Today after work and lunch I asked mom to go to the arboretum for a short walk. It's the only place I could think of that isn't muddy and has some greenery. So we went. It's amazing how such little things can change our mood. Just couple minutes of being surrounded by bushes, looking at them, touching them, taking some photos made me feel so much better than anything for so long did.

Hello lovelies! How are you all?
January is finally close to it's end but the low temperature won't be gone with it since today was -11°C. I'm rooting for sunny and warmer days in February (even tho it's also a winter month). During the winter sale I spent way more than I planed, but I'm comforting myself with the "I won't need to shop till summer" line. In the things I got are few blush pink items. I haven't worn pink for years and didn't own any pink clothing item until now.

Let's talk about bell sleeves! Aren't they amazing? I purchased my first last year ( you can see it in my Farewell Summer post here) and I've been loving it cos it makes an outfit so much dressier with 0 effort. But it's half sleeves so it's very unpractical to wear under a cardigan. Unfortunately I need to wait for warmer months to be able to wear it again. As I was going through clothes in Stradivarius I noticed the dark blush pink long sleeve shirt and as I was in desperate need of a long sleeve tee I unfolded it and saw the beautiful bell shape at the bottom. And as a bonus it has a little higher neckline which I absolutely love. I tried it on, it felt amazing, it's soft, stretchy but not to stretchy and warm. Also as a person with long arms it's hard for me to find long sleeve shirts that will stay that, whenever I wash them or wear for a bit the sleeves somehow pull back and become 4/5. But bell sleeves are longer and stay normal length even if they "pull back".