Barcelona part 2 GYARU GYARU

Hello everyone! Time for part two of my Barcelona posts. Towards the end of my holiday I was lucky enough to meet up with some of my Gyaru friends again and we went shopping and went out for dinner together.

I met up with Andrea and Marta during the day and hung out around La Rambla and Placa de Catalunya. We went shopping in El Courte Ingles and I bought a pair of cute Skull print socks. Here are some of the photos we took :)

FUGLY DERP FACES BUT I COULDN'T RESIST

 After the days shopping we met up with Chechi and Jordi to go out for dinner again.

Chechi being cute as always and eating everyone's left overs!

My dinner!

Andrea's horrible diet food -_- (it actually tasted really nice)

Chechi and Jordi doing what they do best <3

 After Andrea and Marta left Chechi, Jordi and I went out for Mojitos for a good bye drink ... and accidently got a bit more drunk than we were expecting to ...

We took some photos together, unfortunately they didn't turn out so well because we were drunk and it was 1 in the morning.

We ended up going to a club until five. Chechi and I were dancing up on a podium shaking everything in everyone's faces. They also decided to show me what is inside a dark room! it was like the scary parts of a gay dating site filled with old men. I was still drunk the next day when my family woke me up which turned into a delightful hangover on my flight home. All in all it was one of the best holidays I have ever had and I am missing Barcelona and everyone so much! I can't wait to go back again in the summer. Thank you to everyone who made my holiday amazing, I love you all! <3

I hope everyone had as amazing a winter holiday as I did! I am so looking forward to this new year, the new experiences and the new prospects it will bring. I have such a good feeling for the year ahead and I wish the best to all of you :) x Tobi x

Barcelona trip part 1

Hello everyone! I'm sorry it has been so long, I have really neglected this blog and I have also been in Barcelona with my sister, my dad and his family for Christmas and New Year, but now I am finally back with a new post all about my holiday! WARNING this blog post is VERY VERY VERY picture heavy.

The view from the plane as we flew over Barcelona

When we got to Barcelona the weather was AMAZING. Winter in Catalunya looks like the best day of summer in England. It was 20 degrees and sunny and there were palm trees at the airport!

My deranged half sister

This was the view from our apartment balcony

Unfortunately I was very ill again for Christmas so I missed the first couple of days of the holiday but when I was able to get out of bed I managed to get a few photos of myself in the lobby of our apartment building.

Finally after being in "Spain" (I can here Jordi shouting Catalunya at me) for four days I got my tapas! I miss the food so much, it's horrible being back in England.

The next day Clem (my sister) and I went exploring together ...

We visited Gaudi's famous cathedral La Sagrada Familia which is nearing completion after 130 years of construction.

I also met up with the amazing Andrea and Maria for Japanese food and a walk around the city.

My Udon

On the Friday I met up with Andrea and Maria again but this time I got to spend time with  Chechi and Jordi as well and even Chelsea and her boyfriend Mako dropped by quickly. They took me to La Oveja Negra which serves the best sangria in the whole of Barcelona (AND FREE POPCORN!)

Chechi, Jordi and Andrea left me special messages and drawings in my notebook <3

and then we got a bit tipsy ...

On New Years Eve Andrea invited me to her apartment in Mataro city, north of Barcelona. Her apartment looked like an Almodovar set. It was so cute and "Spanish" and we ate grapes at midnight and ate lots of snacks while looking at gyaru pics on tumblr.

Isn't her dog the cutest?!!!!!!!! She was wearing a jumper <3

I'm sorry this post was so picture heavy! I will do a second, shorter post for the rest of my holiday. I hope you all had an amazing Christmas and are enjoying the new year and a new start. I have big news to announce soon but I will wait until I have finished my Barcelona posts first. Tobi x

DIOR DIOR DIOR

Salut tout le monde! Ca va? Recently I have been hanging out with my friend Sam who lives in London. I stayed at his for a few days last week and we went clubbing, had a trip to the V&A and made some yummy food but I will talk more about that in another post. 

Last week we went to visit some friends of his who work at Dior in Westfield to pick up something he ordered. 

Christophe the nice man working in Dior took this photo for us, I look rather chunky in it but I don't care. Sam's outfit is all from Dior and mine is ... not.

We were also lucky enough to each be given a copy of the first ever issue of the Dior magazine, released in time for a new era in Dior's history as Raf Simons takes over as Creative Director of the fashion house.

When I got home after my fun adventures in Laandan I felt inspired to do some little doodles after reading the magazine on the train home.

Also check out how cool my chair is! My step brother had it made for me by a friend of his. The seat is made from an old T-Shirt and the back of the chair from a vintage leather jacket.

(Also got this at the V&A museum)

As you can see I am a bit rusty but hopefully I will start drawing, illustrating regularly again (because I bloody need the practice)

I loved the magazine. Dior has always been my favourite fashion house and to be able to read about it's history and current goings on in the shape of a magazine was a real treat!

I have a few more blog posts from the last two weeks to upload and write about because I have been very lazy with blogging recently! I hope I can get them up soon and my blogging inspiration will come back to me. Also, I have been thinking about trying to arrange a fashion/blogger meet up for people interested in designer fashion, alternative fashion and street fashion in London similar to a gal meet, involving meeting somewhere, chatting, taking photos and a bit of shopping. Is anyone interested? Does it sound like a good idea? Please let me know! Ciao for now, Tobi x