march 2020

I think everyone can gather that March has been an interesting turn of events.

On the 24th of March, Boris broadcasted that nobody was allowed to leave the house unless it i out of necessity, which in other words is a ‘lockdown’ without the legality. However, over the past few weeks there have been ramifications introduced, i.e. fines.

Whilst university closed on the 16th, we were already halfway through the month. Interestingly, my favourites of the month vastly changed whilst being influenced from having independence, to having none at all.

Pre-isolation

Before all of the chaos, this month started off pretty normal. Well, as normal as it can get really. In the first week, one of my friends from back home came up for the day, which always ends up in a trip to Bijoux and Soho (missing Newcastle as we speak).

As always, the night was rather eventful. There were arguments, makeups, stalkers, bruises; the lot. Luckily, none of it involved me. Not directly anyways.

Most people have those friends who disappear throughout the night without resurfacing, with that one friend who realises and the ones who don’t. I am that clueless friend who misses all of the drama. Whatever happened that night, resulted in Danny’s trip to A&E the following day.

Funnily enough, he survived (with a clean break through his pinkie finger) and lessons were learnt that night, surely? Let’s find out after lockdown.

A few days later, I went home for the weekend to spend time with the family. First, it was for my brother’s birthday meal as I wouldn’t be able to see him on the actual day. Then, the next day we travelled down to York for my Uncle’s 60th birthday.

It was such a heart-warming weekend spent with the family, which is what I miss the most when I am at uni, as well as the dogs. Especially when it comes to family on my mam’s side, it they prove that your adopted family are just as special as your biological family.

[As most people can tell, it isn’t me who got adopted as I am basically the younger version of my mother.]

To top off the weekend, I came home to find out Julia had bought Shadow a dog nerf-gun, which is pretty self explanatory with how that went down with him.

A week before uni cancelled the last few weeks of teaching, we all went on a course night out for Robyn’s birthday. It was an interesting night starting with losing my phone (just the day before I got my new one) and eventually finding it at the bar, then ending with me and Andrea being the last two standing.

Little did I know, this was the last time I would see them for the foreseeable future.

During Isolation

With uni closing down and having to return home, I went on a shopping spree as my wardrobe is full of going out clothes. Initiatively, I thought that it would be wise to order more appropriate clothing to wear around the house, or my mam would kill me.

I didn’t have enough comfy clothes to last me until the end of lockdown, so online shopping ended up becoming my almost ‘essential’ shopping.

1st photo = prettylittlething

2nd photo = missguided

3rd photo = missguided

*disclaimer (none of these items are sponsored, otherwise they would be stated)*

Before I go into my favourite pieces, I can't even describe or explain how much I adore Jordan Lipsombe's Missguided line. Every item screams trendy whilst entangling chic and neon for a casual and night fit. With the majority of the line out of stock, I struggled to purchase any jumpers in my size on its initial release, which was a while ago.

However, I managed to find the black cropped jumper in my size during isolation. Missguided knew.

The other items are from Pretty Little Thing, another one of my go-to clothing sites. Whilst the jumper is perfectly comfy for those nights stuck in the house during isolation, the crop top came just in time for the heatwaves in April. Pivotally, they are both really good quality considering the low price, which highlights the need for them to be included in my monthly favourites.

I am in no way advising people to be online shopping during isolation, as I know a lot of people are against the increase of supply and demand. Nevertheless, I want to remind people that not everyone is able to go shopping for essentials and clothing is still an essential for some people, rather than a luxury.

I have seen people commenting on various people's posts, especially social media influencers, criticising them. Do you really know what is happening behind the screens? They might have purchased before isolation or they have children who are going through growth spurts.

Maybe try stop criticising people and focus on social distancing and staying safe first, as that is more important.

Post-Isolation

Sadly, there isn't one yet.