i got news

Well, hello! Here are three things I wanted to show you.

1. My gorgeous new frankie Diary 2012! It was in the mail today. Hooray! I was too late to get one for 2011, so when I got the email that the 2012 Diary is ready to pre-order, I just had to do that immediately. I'm so glad I'll have frankie loveliness every single day next year.

2. My wonderful steampunk style necklace. A friend of mine made it especially for me, so it's very unique! I actually have it for a few weeks now I wore it almost every day. It's absolutely lovely! You can order one, too. Just write here an email with what exactly you want to: Lanue@ymail.com. I am sure she can do it for you. A necklace with a clock like mine is for €25. And check out her deviantART gallery, too. She has some more of her Steampunk Jewellery listed there.

3. My pretty new purse. My beloved old Louis Vuitton is really really wonderful, I know. But it's too small. It was bursting, really. So I got myself this nice one by Fossil.

Yes, what you see there inside my new purse, that white and blue little piece of paper, is my student ID. I got accepted at the University of Siegen! Siegen is a little town about an hour away from where I live. It's where we play our musical in a month, too!

My course is called Literature, Culture, Media Studies and I chose the the linguistic main focus English and German. Everything starts in three weeks and I am already very excited about it. Some of my best friends study there, too, so I won't be totally lost the first weeks.

I have to go now, my second ballet lesson is waiting for me! :)

xx Katie

a lot of sand

Well, I'm back from Holland and it was wonderful. I actually didn't take that much photos because the beach was very crowded most of the time and the inside of our house was so messy that I didn't dare taking pictures of it, haha. I had a great time, even though the weather could have been better. We actually were quite an attraction on the beach for the guys digged a 3m deep hole on the first day (no kidding. they had a hard time getting out of it) or tried to build a island. Yes, they are insane but that's exactly why I love my nerdy friends.

Ich bin zurück aus Holland und es war wundervoll. Ich hab gar nicht so viele Fotos gemacht, weil am Strand meistens mega viel los war und im Haus so ein Chaos herrschte, dass ich davon keine Bilder machen wollte! Ich hatte wirklich eine großartige Zeit, auch wenn das Wetter hätte besser sein können. Wir waren am Strand immer eine Attraktion, weil die Jungs am ersten Tag ein 3m tiefes Loch gebuddelt haben (Kein Scherz. Sie kamen fast nicht mehr raus) oder versucht haben, eine Insel aufzuschütten. Ja, sie haben den Verstand verloren aber genau deshalb liebe ich meine nerdigen Freunde.

xx Katie

Our house.

The nerdlings at the beach.

Of course we took the cliche silhouette on the beach photos.

Ooops, my boobs look huge in this. They're a lot smaller. Looks so weird.

My love.

They all had a massive sunburn. I didn't. I was a smart girl and put on sun protector, haha.

I didn't edit this one. The light really was this wonderful.

can't wait to see the sea again

photo via Thorsten Kohlhaas Photographie.

It's time again. Tomorrow I'm going with some friends to Holland for a few days. I am so looking forward to chilling on the beach and reading a good book (Currently "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman. It's amazing).

By the way, I just recently discovered "Sherlock" and it blew me away. I cannot stop talking about it and I love the fact that the websites like Watsons Blog really exist. With comments and all. The orchestration (is that a word?) is awesome. The characters are great and the actors who play them are just perfect. I am in love with this amazing series and yes, I know, I'm late, haha.

Es wird mal wieder Zeit. Morgen fahre ich mit ein paar Freunden für ein paar Tage nach Holland. Ich freue mich schon so sehr darauf, am Strand zu gammeln und ein gutes Buch zu lesen (Aktuell "American Gods" von Neil Gaiman. Es ist unglaublich.)

Ich habe übrigens neulich die Serie "Sherlock" entdeckt und bin hin und weg. Das hat mich völlig umgehauen. Ich kann einfach nicht aufhören, davon zu sprechen (nicht wahr, Janica?) und ich liebe die Tatsache, dass die Websites wie Watsons Blog wirklich existieren. Mit Kommentaren und allem drum und dran. Herrlich inszeniert. Die Charaktere sind großartig und die Schauspieler sind auch einfach perfekt. Ich liebe diese großartige Serie.

xx Katie

photos via Google.

what a delicious day

I spent yesterday with Sina (We're friends since kindergarden. Did I ever tell you about her?) in Cologne! It was really really wonderful, even though I spent too much money. We drank too much coffee (damn you, adorable Starbucks!) and did not eat enough but nevertheless, it was really nice day. We strolled around a few shops like Accessorize, H&M and more but our main goals were a cute little café named Royal Cupcakes where you can eat the most delicious cupcakes in the whole world and an also cute little shop called Törtchen Törtchen where you can buy those adorable macarons! I know, they're not Ladurée but still, they're wonderful. If you live in or near Cologne I highly recommend you to visit those places. I bought some nice things. You can see them on a picture further down.

Gestern war ich mit Sina (Wir sind Freunde seit dem Kindergarten. Hab ich euch je von ihr erzählt?) in Köln! Es war ganz wundervoll, auch wenn ich zu viel Geld ausgegeben habe. Wir haben viel zu viel Kaffee getrunken (Sei verflucht, Starbucks!) und dabei zu wenig gegessen aber nichtsdestotrotz war es ein sehr schöner Tag. Wir sind durch einige Geschäfte gestromert, aber unsere Hauptziele waren ein süßes kleines Café mit dem Namen Royal Cupcakes, wo man einfach die besten Cupcakes der Welt essen kann, und ein süßer kleiner Laden namens Törtchen Törtchen, wo man diese fabelhaften Macarons kaufen kann! Ich weiß, sie sind nicht von Ladurée aber trotzdem wundervoll. Wenn ihr in oder nahe Köln wohnt, geht da mal hin! Das empfehle ich euch wärmstestestens. Ich hab auch ein paar nette Dinge erstanden. Die seht ihr weiter unten auf einem Bild.

xx Katie

Some street musicians. They played the Summer of The Four Seasons by Vivaldi. It was beautiful.

Macarons from Törtchen Törtchen, €25 App Store Card, Top and Skirt from American Apparel, Jacket from H&M

finally, the prom photos

There they finally are. The photos of Karl and me in our Prom outfits. I still don't have all the photos but I was tired of waiting and decided to post the photos I have!

They're taken by Thorsten Kohlhaas.

The dress I'm wearing is from ModCloth. I absolutely love their shop and I was so glad that I finally(using that word a lot in this post, haha) had a reason to order something. I also got my shoes from there which you unfortunately cannot see on the pictures. I love this dress. I want to wear it again but there is no occasion coming up. So sad!

In two weeks I'll finally know where I'll go to university. I'm sick and tired of waiting and doing nothing! Besides that, Karl and I are looking for a flat or little house which turned out to be way more difficult than we expected. We cannot find anything. Well, you see, these months are pretty live changing! I'll keep you updated.

xx Katie

P.S. I've been thinking about writing this blog in English AND German. German is my mother tongue and I feel like I should pay a little respect by writing in it, too. What do you think?

it's all over now

I'm the Harry Potter Generation. I grew up with the books and later the movies and like that I grew up with Harry, Ron, Hermione and all the other characters. Harry Potter was a huge part of my childhood. And now it's over. Yesterday night I watched the very last movie, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2. The movie was absolutely brilliant and I needed quite a lot of tissues (I cried for about 45 minutes and just couldn't stop).

It sounds corny and way too sentimental but with the end of this last movie it felt like a really big part of my childhood came to an end.

Hogwarts was the one and only school I always desired to go to!

Well, and now there's only one thing left to say:

xx Katie

P.S. All pictures via weheartit.