Flashback of 2013: Roses, trips around UK and beautiful sceneries!

JANUARY:

Fikk jeg en nydelig bunt med rosa roser fra min kjære...

 My dear gave me a beautiful bouquet of roses... 

...Flydde jeg tilbake til England etter en lang juleferie...

...I flew back to UK after a very long Christmas break...

...dro på en herlig og inspirerede interiørmesse...

...went to an inspiring interior exhibition...

FEBRUARY:

...Reiste jeg til nydelige Bath, en by full av historie, sammen med Alina...

...I went to beautiful Bath, a city full of history, with lovely Alina...

...Satte jeg sammen og tok bilde av det som ble mitt første og siste bilde av et planlagt antrekk....

...I put together and took pics of what became my first and last picture of a planned outfit....

MARCH:

...Dro jeg til fantastiske Manchester, sammen med herlige Shirley, som tok introduserte meg ordentlig til kinesisk mat...

...I went to the fantastical Manchester, with lovely Shirley, who properly introduced me to Chinese food...

...hoppet jeg på bussen til byen av Collages, Cambridge, sammen med tre herlige jenter!

...I travelled to the town of Collages, Cambridge, with 3 amazing girls!

...Og jeg reiste hjem på påskeferie og nøt norsk luft og idylliske landskap. 

...And I travelled home for Easter break and enjoyed Norwegian air and landscapes.

- xox The Girl on Edge

Instagram #7.2013

1. Sunny day in Wolverhampton~

2. To perfect to not buy, adorable notebooks for writing!

3. Ali painted a sun in one of my notebooks :)

4. Writing makes me feel gooood. 

5. The last outfit picture from Wolverhampton.

6. This is so true.

7. Colouring hair for cheap £25! (would cost at least the double in Norway)

8. May unfortunately be a bit lighter than planned, but I like to think it got more a blank shine, rather than golden. 

9. Last movie night with the girls in UK means: skittles, popcorn and more sweets~

10. So much time at hand, so many quests to do!

11. Night before M was coming to UK.

12. When I just had picked him up at the airport :3

13. Chilling in bed on a sunny morning. Nice.

14. Necklaces made by Ali, so talented! :)

15. A lot of stuff in two suitcases! Still can't believe this + one bag of clothes was all my stuff. 

16. Ready for first take of out of 3! (sadly wasn't sitting with M on this one :(( )

17. But I did on the 2nd take off! 

18. 3rd plane done, had to pinch myself to believe I almost was home in Trondheim. 

19. And then I was home to the lovely view from the kitchen window and so much more :)

20. Hanging plants is becoming a trend, loving it.

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Squirrels in West Park & leaving UK

This post is an awkward combination of these cute squirrels of West Park and the fact that I have returned to Norway for good. Now, I did not intend on leaving the blog hanging for a week, but I got kind of busy with moving.

On Thursday the 6th of June I picked up M on Birmingham Airport, and we spent the day being lazy, eating take away pizza and taking a walk around West Park. On Friday we went to my university so I could show him my work, and around the school for a bit. I also had to bug him a little with going buy a accessory shop to find some gifts for my friends, and of course spending ages in there.

Later on that Friday we went to Cosmo to eat with my class, which is my favourite restaurant in Wolverhampton. The dinner lead to a drink at a nearby pub, and later going to a bowling/arcade across the street to waste some coins. It was lovely.

Rest of the weekend we cleaned, washed bathtubs and dusty corners, threw away a lot of trash in a recycling system that was full of failures and tried to balance all my belongings between two suitcases and a North Face bag of 90 liters.

Monday the 10th of June was the big day. The one day we managed to sleep for to long. But we still found time to wash our faces and looking decent before the taxi arrived. And Norway(read Trondheim) was just a taxi trip, a train ride, 3 flights and one bus away. And guess what? Everything went perfectly fine until we arrived Gardemoen Airport, where we barely managed to catch our train.  Picking up, re-checking in baggage, getting though the security check AND running to the gate farthest away in 50 min is not ideal. But we made it.

And I am quite proud to say that I unpacked both suitcases and the bag yesterday. I tend to leave it for a week. Also, I am not quite sure it has hit me yet, that I am home. This is where I am going to live. I am not visiting my boyfriend for 3 weeks, no, I am actually living here. I think I need to pinch myself and check every hour or so.

Hope everyone is doing fine~!

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Returning to home, but leaving a lot behind

Uh-oh. It is time for a bit heartfelt and touchy blog post. Because in merely 5 days I am moving back to Norway. Back to Trondheim. My city, my life. Moving in with M, my boyfriend! That is something big. It is exciting, I am looking forward to it so much. To live with him. To start my career. Which to me feels like starting my life for real. M is coming to UK tomorrow to spend the last days here with me, to help me out e.g., and I appreciate that a lot.

But, no matter how happy I am about all this a part of me can't help but feeling tiny bit sad too. I am leaving more behind than what I expected I would when I first landed in Birmingham Airport September 2012. There is a lot of emotion laying in between the walls of School of Art and Design at University of Wolverhampton. Although I have just been there for 1 year. It is something about affording to walk to Starbucks in lunch breaks and buy a big black coffee for take-away. About cashiers saying "are you alright, darling?" or bartenders saying "are you being served, love?". This politeness that was awfully awkward the first months, but which I have now grown used to.

And I have connected and made friends. From Uk, China & Romania. I never thought I would meet people I would click so well with, and which I dread splitting with. A sweet girl from China who is always happy and spread happiness. An incredible singer from Romania, who thought me that designing isn't about liking it when its going good, but to love every aspect of the process. Two girls I love discussing cultural differences with, or to just watch a movie with Chinese subtitles too.

In the end it is not the place it self I am leaving, I am leaving the people. People who will leave too. Girls who I hope to stay in though with for as long as possible. And I regret nothing. The stress, frustration. The anger, the relief. The joy and being constantly amazed. I have grown so much as a person this year. If somebody asked me if I would do it again, the answer will be no. But if somebody as me if I would recommend doing a year abroad, the answer will be a big big yes. You will learn so much from it. You will learn new things about yourself.

This year has been amazing!

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Instagram #6.2013

1. Been searching forever after a sporty looking long top, surprisingly found it at Primark.

2. when I saw these I knew I had to have one. In love with the reusable and recyclable take-away look-a-like tumbler. 

3. I am the kind of girl who has to wear new buys instantly the day after, love to match this top with fake leather leggings. 

4. Another new buy: coolest crop top in the closet right now! Also from Primark :)

5. Only summer dress bought this year so far, a cut-out stripy one. Love it~

6. Finalising work with putting people in, if you can spot them!

7. Nothing like a sunny Saturday in Birmingham with Shirley:)

8. And eating my favourite Bento box at Ocean Dragon~

9. Lovely sunny day in Wolverhampton spent in the West park with Ali~

10. Weighting up grey&rainy weather with being colourful :)

11. Going to sleep with a purring cat, love the Sleep Sounds app. It is just to put on whatever that relaxes you :3

12. New favourite hairstyle at the moment, probably going to be the most used one this summer :)

13. Business cards ordered from Moo - glossy glossy~

14. Got my first Graze box - natural snack delivered in the mail. 

15.  Look at the gorgeous snacks!

16. Right before the degree show kick off :)

17. Cute kitty on the roof top - view from my window ;3

18. New addiction, who ever decided to make chocolate with peanut butter inside is a genius! 

19. Just love the fact that if you are carving chocolate what you really want is Magnesium. 

20. Coffee foam <3

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Bohemian summer, where have you gone?

Today is was officially 1 week until I am moving home. And just three more nights until I am standing at Birmingham Airport waiting for M to arrive. Can't believe my last week in UK is already here. The degree show is going steady, and today I went for a run after it closed for the day.

On Saturday I went to Revive Hair Artist to cut my hair, and was happily told I didn't need to cut more than a couple of centimetres - in spite of not having cut it since June last summer! I must have done something right. Tomorrow I will go back to colour my hair. Getting the blond part dyed to match my roots aka my original hair colour. I am keeping my tips dark tho~!

I have one wish, Norway, and that is that you keep holding on to that good summer weather till I come home! Or at least spare something for later to me.

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Cambridge IIII

Last pictures of the Cambridge trip in March. After we ate at Hong Kong Fusion we decided to wander around a bit. We found a market, where I bought a bag of lovely mint fudges! After that the fight between the sun and the rain made some dramatic and lovely light. And then it was time to go back to the coach, before it left us behind. 

Out of all the trips I did, this is definitely the most memorable one. Because it was such a good atmosphere in Cambridge, and it was with the girls!

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