30 Day Snap #16 #17 #18 and #19

Catching up once again - I was so much better at this challenge last year!

#16 - summer is here!!!

#17 - started reading "The Bling Ring":

#18 - summer hair experiments:

#19 - cheeky Forever 21 purchases in the search for something to wear to my birthday night out!

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30 Day Snap #13 #14 and #15!

I know. I know. I am useless... here is a quick recap of the past three days...

On Friday I worked away in uni, then headed home, got myself dressed up and headed out for drinks with the girls.

Saturday was a long lie sort of a day - I slept in, then got myself organised and popped into uni to do a couple of hours work. I then went and met some more pals for another wee catch up - I hadn't seen my friend Nikki in absolutely ages, so it was lovely to see her (and catch up with Roisin, Gill (for the second night running!) and Iona too!). Aside from that, we added baby Oleg to our growing meerkat family... how cute are they?!

And today was Father's Day, so in honour of that I'm including a snap of me and my brother with my dad when we were tiny, up in my favourite of favourite places, Aviemore. Happy Father's Day dad!

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30 Day Snap #11 and #12

So, I managed to miss two days... but I remembered now, and that's the main thing, yes?!

For Wednesday's photo, it's another instagram number. I have discovered this, and even if it isn't the most exciting photo in the world, I'm including it so that if in the future I have forgotten how good this popcorn is, I'll see this photo at some point and buy a packet ;)

And for Thursday's, I've gone with a throwback Thursday #tbt... this was a uni night out in 2009 (which is terrifying as it's now 2014), and we were playing twister in The Arches. Standard Octo Wednesday, as any student in Glasgow during that time period will remember!

Thanks for reading! Hope you're having a great week!

30 Day Snap #10

The 10th day of the 30 Day Snap was a nice, productive day, with horrendous weather once again! I went into uni to work on dissertation stuff, followed by an exciting meeting about a project that myself and three of my friends are working on. The meeting didn't last too long, so the boys headed home and Aimie and I popped into Strata in the city centre for a couple of cocktails and some nachos - the perfect way to end a successful day!

30 Day Snap #9

Late again - I'm doing well here! A quick summary of the above photo - I spent most of yesterday in uni, but had the chance to just chill out and relax when I got home. I'm watching the new series of 24, one of my all time favourite shows, and I put this little snap of Mary Lynn Rajskub (who I LOVE) on instagram last night. Apologies for the less than exciting photos - thank goodness I've got some fun plans for later in the week, the 30 Day Snap has been a bit on the dull side so far!

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30 Day Snap #8

All of my photos this time around seem to be instagrams! Since this one is super late I won't go into too much detail - I also think it's pretty self-explanatory... it's a strawberry. Scottish strawberry season is upon us and this one looked so pretty. It also tasted amazing. I think that about covers it ;)

Hope you had a great day!

30 Day Snap #7

Today was another horrifically rainy day, and I headed into the library with the intention of doing some dissertation work. What ended up happening was that I read Morag's latest The Linkables post, which included a link to some amazing CV templates - cue me spending three hours sprucing up the old Curriculum Vitae to aid in the job hunt! I didn't actually end up downloading a template, just changed up my layout/background/font etc, and it's safe to say I'm much happier with it now. Obvz this means I'm going to get my dream job now.

When 6pm came the library was closing for the day, so I headed off into the storm and found myself in Starbucks on Buchanan Street, cosied up in a wee corner with one of my dissertation books and a hot chocolate, which I should really not have been having since Starbucks isn't exactly the cheapest of places and I am currently an unemployed student. But hey ho, it was lovely, and life's too short not to hide from the rain with an interesting book and a delicious, if pricey, hot drink.

Hope you all had a lovely day! Thanks for reading!

30 Day Snap #6

Two days running I've been posting this after midnight - tut tut! Tonight I watched "The Room" for the first time, and it was amazing. Honestly, it might be the most poorly written, edited, acted and directed film ever, which is what makes it so brilliant! Emma's been telling me about it for ages, and I finally watched it with her tonight. I highly recommend watching it if you ever get the chance!

Today's photo obviously isn't that, but is, instead, a screenshot of me editing away. I filmed a video this afternoon and started editing it earlier today. I really love editing videos, although I very, very quickly get sick of the sound of my voice! The video should be up in the next few days, but in the mean time, I uploaded The Social Media tag a couple of days ago if you fancy giving it a go!

Thanks for watching - have a great weekend!

30 Day Snap #5

It had been quite a long time since I'd been to the cinema - the last thing I saw was Veronica Mars back in March - so Emma and I headed off to see Maleficent tonight. It. Was. Amazing. Angelina Jolie was absolutely mesmerising (sounds dramatic, but it's so true). I loved every minute of it and this is definitely something I'll want to watch again.

In other news, I had my first meeting with my dissertation supervisor, which went well, and questioned why my family, friends and I don't up and move to sunnier climes while battling through a sea of umbrellas in Glasgow city centre - it's June for crying out loud Scotland, if not sunny let's at least try for dry shall we?!

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30 Day Snap #4

After a crazy day of travelling yesterday, today has been a quiet but productive one. I spent all afternoon writing up my survey for my dissertation and filling in several admin-type forms to go along with it, but it felt good getting the ball rolling! Then, this evening, I spent an hour on the phone to my lovely friend Gemma who I met on my travels to Australia last year, and who I will hopefully be seeing fairly soon!! It's been over a year since I've seen her and Emily so that will be amazing <3 I'm now kicking back with a cup of tea and watching the above - Being Erica, one of my all time favourite TV shows. You know that comfort food sort of show that will never fail to improve your mood? That's what Being Erica does for me! Hope you've all had a great day, and be sure to check out my other post from today - it's an I've Been Watching one :)

Thanks for reading, as always!

30 Day Snap #3

Cheeky little instagram number today - I spent most of the day on the train, but was in London with my mum and took this wee snap at Liverpool Street Station. I've been on the go since quarter to six this morning and I'm absolutely shattered, so I'm now off to watch a bit of something on netflix and fall asleep! Hope you've had a good day!

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30 Day Snap #2

Today's post is pretty self-explanatory! I had my dissertation induction today - turns out writing a Masters dissertation is even more intense than I had thought! As the photo itself is somewhat uninteresting, I popped a little filter over it to fancy it up a bit ;) In addition to the induction, I found out who my advisor is and the ball is well and truly rolling! This felt like a really productive day, and I caught up with my uni pals, some of whom I hadn't seen over the past three weeks or so, so that was lovely.

Hope you all had a lovely day :)

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30 Day Snap #1

Today was a typically lazy Sunday, and I actually didn't even leave the house. I had been out for dinner and drinks the past couple of nights as a sort of ''I've passed all my assessments" celebration, so today I just caught up on some blogging and social media stuff, and did a bit of pampering. Today's photo is a wee snap of the skincare stuff that I just used - Shu Uemura cleanser, Granny Sally's Soap Kitchen Toner, Lush Mask of Magnaminty mask, Hydraluron and Origins Drink Up Intensive Overnight Mask. My skin's feeling better already!

Hope you all enjoyed the first day of June, and check in tomorrow to see what day two of the 30 Day Snap will bring!

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30 Day Snap 2014

As some of you might recall, last June I took part in Sprinkle of Glitter's 30 Day Snap challenge - to upload one photo on the old blog every day for a whole month! I cannot believe that that was a year ago - time seriously flies! So much has happened since then, and yet it feels like just a couple of months ago that I set out to take on this wee challenge.

Final collage from my last 30 Day Snap

When I realised June was approaching I decided I would do it again! I've been getting so much better at remembering to use instagram lately (@lynseymac1 on there if you want to check it out!) and I'm loving documenting all the little things that brighten up my day - so, as of today, let the challenge commence! I'll be uploading my posts in the evening, y'know, to give myself the opportunity to have something really exciting happen. Don't want to rush in and post a photo of my lunchtime cup of tea as a highlight when I might bump into a handsome celebrity later that day and be whisked off for dinner (that could happen...)

Thanks so much for reading, and let me know if you decide to take on this challenge too!

The 30 Day Snap is Complete! (#30)

I can't quite believe I'm saying this, but this is the 30th of June, and therefore, the final instalment of the 30 Day Snap! I took inspiration from the lady who inspired me to take part in the first place, Louise Sprinkle of Glitter, and decided to include a few of my favourites from the past month! Highlights have of course been the amazing Bo Bruce gig, going behind the scenes at a couple of NTS shows, my birthday and getting myself a job after my travels. The past month has completely flown in, it's insane. I think this sort of challenge really does make you appreciate some of the smaller things in life, and it's so good to have a record of what you've been up to, to look back on in years to come. Hope you enjoyed the 30 Day Snap if you took part, and be sure to check out my daily vlogs through the whole month of July!

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30 Day Snap #29

How cute are these little cards?! Emma gave me them as part of my birthday present and I think they're such a nice idea - these are just four from the pack. They have cute little captions on them and are perfect for popping in a birthday card or just as a little something to cheer up a friend if they've been feeling a bit blue! I realise I sound like I'm advertising these - I'm not! I just think they're a really sweet idea!

Today was a lazy Saturday. I got a lot of new reading material which I will share with you in a post soon - lots of new interesting books to get started with (because I've been a bit lazy since I got back from Oz and I swore 2013 would be the years I started reading properly again!!).

Can tomorrow really be the last day of the 30 Day Snap?!!! Where has June gone?!!!

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30 Day Snap #28

Very very quick post as I'm a day late - ahhhh, the first time that has happened all month! I suppose it's more important that I had a good night though! Last night I went out for drinks in Glasgow with my friends for my birthday :) I'm such a failure though - I planned to take lots and lots of photos and do you know how many I took? Zero. Absolutely none (this particular instagram of a cocktail is from a couple of months ago!!). Hope you all had a nice day too! :)

30 Day Snap #27

24??? How did that happen.

For the past couple of months I've been (sort of) in denial about turning 24 - mainly because the past year has flown past and the idea that it's been a full two years since I graduated from the amazing Glasgow Uni terrifies me! However, I'm trying to embrace the idea that age is just a number, so there you go - I have now been on this little planet for 24 whole years! I had a lovely day - was working, and then had a huge dinner with my mum! Later went to visit Emma, came home and had cake with the family and tomorrow I'm going on a night out with my lovely friends, so cannot wait for that :)

Hope you've had a lovely day! Thanks for reading! :)

30 Day Snap #26

I just realised I never did a full post on the Neighbours tour when I got back from Australia - what was I thinking?! I must rectify this soon. I included the above snap in my Melbourne Day 2 post, and decided to use it as my photo of the day - today was relatively uneventful, but my mum and I watched a few episodes of Neighbours this evening and man is it good right now. We're about a week behind and all the Steph/Lucas/Vanessa/baby Patrick stuff (for anyone who watches it!) is kicking off! I had such a good day on the Neighbours tour, still can't believe I strolled past Lassiters Lake and posed outside Harold's Store!

Tomorrow is my birthday and I honestly cannot get my head around that - where has the past year gone? It's scary, so it is.

Hope you've all had another lovely day, if you've taken part in the 30 Day Snap leave me your links below! :)

30 Day Snap #25

TWITTER EXCITEMENT OVERLOAD

First of all, I just want to give a little shout out to the Scottish Blogging community. You ladies are all fantastic, and I love what a friendly, supportive little network we have going on right now. I am determined to plan a summer meet up (soon!) and will hopefully see lots and lots of your faces (old and new!) there :)

This week has been a good week for me social media wise. I don't know if perhaps because my birthday is in two days (eeeeeeek), the twitter fairies were being kind to me, but today not one, but three exciting items appeared in my notifications. I got a cheeky wee retweet from Rick Yancey, who is the author of the book I just started reading this morning (and mentioned in yesterday's post!). I also got a tweet from Kandee Johnson, my favourite YouTuber EVER and considering how many tweets a day this girl must get, that's insane!! Had a lovely time joining in with the first Scottish Bloggers weekly twitter chat (fear not if you missed it, it's scheduled for Tuesdays 8pm-9pm from now on, thanks to @SBloggerNetwork!) and we ended up having a chat about our blogging/youtube heroes. Mine have always been Kandee Johnson and Louise Sprinkle of Glitter, so you can imagine my excitement when the former replied to our conversation about her! Kandee really did inspire me to start on YouTube, so seeing her name pop up in my notifications was so cool!

And finally. Probably the best tweet I've ever received. I won't go on and on about it because frankly I'd be here all day, but (as some of my recent posts might have revealed), I love Bo Bruce. Just a bit. And today I woke up to a tweet from her thanking me for ''totally getting'' her album - which she figured out from watching my review. On Youtube. This news still hasn't sunk in (fangirl overload) but it's so nice to think that she has heard me talk about her amazing songs and feels like we're on the same page. This means we're besties now, right? Right.

In other news, I almost put sugar in my soup at lunch again, the sun never appeared in Glasgow all day and my cold has not really improved. I'd say it averaged out a pretty good day ;)

Thanks for reading!!!