counting stars

 Earlier this week my package from Chicnova arrived and naturally, I was super excited to open it. I'd never ordered anything from them before, so I had no clue about the quality of the clothing etc. However, I had high expectations as I think some of the stuff on the website is a bit on the pricier side. Anyway, I'm happy with everything. All fits good and seems a fairly good quality(apart from the belt, which I think will break soon, but it was a freebie anyway).
Earlier today when I was drinking my coffee, it started snowing. I got super excited and grabbed my camera immediately to take a few pictures. Christmas is my favorite holiday after all, and the only real Christmas is a white one, at least for someone from up north.
I've started youtube again properly, and I hope you'll all go and subscribe to my channel Melnatalks, where I'll be uploading anything from daily vlogs to short film-like things. A Christmas market vlog will be up later today, hopefully, and the sweater weather tag later this week.

I think I'm actually going to manage to finish my nano. I've got 9,900 words left to write and then I'm done. Or more like, then I can start editing like a crazy person.

Anyway, hope you're all doing well!
Until next time...

Do I wanna know?

Sanni came to Turku for a couple of hours before she continued on her car journey towards a town nearby. We went to grab some coffee at Robert's, and ended up sitting there for about 3 hours. I swear I could live in coffee shops (and on coffee, tea and filled croissants with brie cheese). Some random updates: I've bought too many dresses lately, but I seem to be in a really girly mood. I'm addicted to tiny tower, I have 21 floors at the moment. Excited about our trip to England in a bit over a month, go follow Minni's blog to get posts from both of us. I bet there'll be a lot of travel-posts coming up.

I guess that's all this time, I didn't really have much to say as nothings really going on. I bought World of Warcraft gametime and I'm participating in this months Nanowrimo. I've written around 5000 words, so I'm pretty much on target to finish on time. I just hope my inspired mood will last long enough to actually finish a book. Anyway, I'm feeling good about this. 

I'm addicted to Arctic Monkeys new album AM. It's amazing. Go listen to it. NOW. 

Until next time, happy start of the month! 

I know places we can go, dear.

Been finding so much lovely stuff at flea markets lately, the weathers been nice and I've had nothing to do which sometimes feels wonderful. Went to an abandoned house to take pictures, such a haunting environment. Found the way to enter one of the houses, but chickened out on actually going inside. We had no flashlights, and it seemed pitch black in there. Maybe next time. 

Latergram

Here are some outfit pictures I believe I haven't shared on here yet. Some of them are from when I was still in England, and I've started tp want that ginger hair back again! Opinions?

a breather

Spent the day at one of my favorite cafe with some of my favorite people. Had a lovely time drinking rediculous amounts of coffee and talking about everything and anything. Should probably make a habit of this, as you sort of forget to take a breather when life gets hectic. There's always time for coffee... Anyways, I just really want to go to bed right now, so I won't write a massive amount today. I think the pictures speak for themselves. I'm wearing a beige cardigan which is 2nd hand and a dress from asos, if you're wondering. 

Tomorrow is my gig... I'm nervous //

Those late summer nights

So I wen't thrifting for the first time in a while. I was quite surprised of the prices people had put on their used clothing. Attention thrift sellers in Turku, no smart person pays more than 5 euros of something that's been used before..
Another thing which annoys me is missing price tags. I found the prettiest skirt ever, acid wash denim pencil skirt. Haven't seen loads of them around at all. But because it didn't have a price tag, I couldn't buy it.
Got a lot of stuff on my mind at the moment. Gonna go spend a girls night with a friend.
Have a nice one !

this one's for you.

So, I finally decided to break the more than too long silence over here. I'm in the middle of a Breaking Bad episode and eating rye-nachos so I'll try to make this a quick one.

Earlier today I went out with some friends to have a small photoshoot. We ended up at an old prison called Kakola. Sadly, we noticed that all the entrances had been solidly locked and there was no way we could actually have entered the building. So that kinda sucked. It was still fun though. I think we had more of a laugh than took good pictures...

I've been working on a lot of projects lately. I've written a lot of my original music, I now have enough to play a 45 minute set of completely my own material. The music of this post is my own, probably one of my best works. You can find me on soundcloud under the name melna morning. I've been painting and doodling a lot, which I intend to tell you more about in a future post. I also discovered my love for poetry a couple months ago, and I haven't stopped writing since. My poetry is way too personal to be published anywhere though, I only show some to my closest friends.

Anyway, I'm going to get back to Breaking Bad now!
Good night, muchachos

sk8ter

Penny cruiser board // Topshop cropped tee // Levi's cut-offs // Vans sneakers // HUF socks // Brian Lichtenberg Homiès beanie // Rimmel Kate Moss 01 lipstick // Butter London Lips & Tips nail polish

Another collage. Basically, I was bored. Also, I'm currently in the middle of nowhere. Might put together some kind of unseen mobile photos or other more personal stuff for you guys. Don't get bored, bear with me haha! 

I'm under a lot of pressure and stressing out at the moment due to a gig I'm playing next week. I'm nervous about playing material I've never played for anyone before and I'm also a bit rusty, as I haven't been in front of a crowd in way too long. Luckily, I've got the best support group of family and friends to pull me through all of this madness. 

shuffle

Essie Nail Polish in Mint Candy Apple & Matte About you // Topshop Acid wash Mom jeans // Dr. Martens boots // Mac Lipstick in Rebel // Vintage inspired sunglasses // Brian Lichtenberg Homiés sweatshirt // Sheinside white FU doubleC K sweatshirt 

I returned from my exchange a couple of weeks back. I can't recall announcing that here, so consider this the official announcement. Being back is a weird thing. In a way, I'm happy to see everyone and going out in my home city. Another part of me misses England and the friends I have made over the year. I repeat, it's a weird thing. You can't fully understand it unless you've been there yourself.

Anyway, the past week or so I've had a lot of time to spend on my own. I felt like I needed a bit of a break from my very hectic homecoming-life. This break is kinda the reason why I don't have any proper material to show you. Instead of making one of those classic blogposts about my life, I thought I'd make a collage of things I'd really like to own at the moment. I just realized that all of these are more or less Fall/Winter items... Whoopsie... ah well

On a side-note: It's way too hot here in Finland! About +35 degrees or so at daytime. I feel like I'm melting, even if it's past midnight! also, my arms and legs are itchy from mosquito bites.. darn you mosquitos! 

bohemian thursdays

Explored Mill Road in Cambridge with Sanni, who's staying at mine for the last week. My friends gave her the nickname Bacon, no clue why to be honest. It was a lovely day, but way too hot for what I was wearing, but I didn't really care to be honest. We went to a very lovely coffee shop, where I unfortunately forgot to take pictures. Don't really know what to write to be honest, so I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves.

a redhead.

 I cannot describe with words how happy I am about my new hair! For once, the hairdresser actually listened to me and did exactly what I wanted. I've thought about going ginger for quite a while now, and I finally took the jump and became a redhead!

My exchange year starts tomorrow. I'm so excited about it! Can't wait to meet new people and experience new environments(and go shopping....) Right now I'm doing some last minute packing, but I wanted to update my blog one last time here in Finland. Next time I'll be updating from England.

Stay tuned for my adventures in the land of afternoon tea and good music!