This past week or so has made me wishing for autumn to come! With the rain, wind and seeing the beginnings of the leaves falling I'm looking forward to cosy nights with blankets and hot chocolate. The chilly mornings that flush your cheeks. The ever lasting wind and rain pattering late at night on the window. Kicking the coloured leaves while walking through the park. I'm ready! 

This past month I've definitely been listening to more 'alternative' music compared to last month! A few of the ones on this playlist I came across on Sincerely, Kinsey's blog. I've also started adding to a playlist on YouTube that you can listen to here. It's full of many of the songs that have been featured on these playlist posts, plus songs that I've been currently getting into! Enjoy.

What have you been listening to this month?

A couple of weeks ago I shared a Creative Update in the form of a blog tag. Since posting this and reading other peoples answers I've been thinking about what I wrote in the section 'What am I working on?'.  Other than the few things I mentioned in that post I didn't really include any details about them and didn't share any pictures. This in mind I thought I would do that today! 

On my Sunday Summary post this week I had mentioned that Darren and I had taken a trip to Dunnottar Castle and then later went out with a friend to take some pictures. I've enjoyed sharing photos of day trips, holidays and other things in the past and I felt I would continue with Sunday! 

A few weeks ago I shared this post about how I wanted to travel the world. After reading Caitlin's post about places she would like to visit, it rekindled this idea and I thought I would share the places I would love to visit too.

The first on my list is Australia. Australia has been on my 'travel to' list since I can remember! I would love to travel there and go out in the outbacks and see all the wild animals that live there but also experience the city life. // Italy is another on my list that I would just love to travel to, especially Rome. It is full of culture and history that I just want to explore. // Amsterdam has long been a place I've been interested in but not one I've ever been bothered about visiting. That was until my parents went last year and seeing Robyn's Amsterdam holiday pictures. // Finally, New York! With seeing so many tv shows based in New York it would be amazing to experience it myself. 

Where do you want to travel?

These past few weeks I'm being really bad at uploading these on the Sunday- whoops! Although, last night I do have a proper reason as I wasn't really home. Sarah asked if I fancied going out with our cameras to catch the sunset and stuff, so by the time she had gone home it was almost 11! 

Back at the end of June I shared this post about how I was hoping to give my room a little bit of a face life during the Summer months. Over the past few months, I haven't exactly done as much as I would have liked in the sense of cleaning things out. But it's still been in the back of my mind as to how I would ideally like my room to look when it is once finished. 

So this week again I'm posting this on the Monday. Last night after I got home I was so tired I just wanted to curl up in my bed and read some blog posts and watch tv. 

A few weeks ago I shared a post called "For the love of snail mail", within this post I talked about how I was wanting to send more out and said if people were interested to start up a little chain. After that post and receiving a lot of lovely post this week I thought I would continue doing little up dates with all my snail mail.

Last month I shared a collection of things that I hoped I would manage before my 20th birthday. If you follow me on social networking sites you would have already seen that I've managed to score one of these items of this week with finally passing my driving test!

A few weeks ago I was tagged by the lovely Claire over at Little Bohemian Butterfly to fill out this little questionnaire for the creatives! As one who always enjoys filling out tags, I had feared that when I filled out this once it would be pretty boring, but bear with me!

Once again this post is a little late. When I got home last night I kind of forgot and had some other stuff to do/sort out before going to bed. Throughout this past week though, I have felt that I have just spent my days on the train. Everyday this week I have taken at least once. 

The majority of the week was pretty laid back with spending Monday/Tuesday/Friday with Darren and going to Dundee on Thursday with mum. The rest of the week has really been spent working away. 

On terms of working, don't you really just hate some customers you get? There is certainly a lot of people out there who seem to lose their manners when in shops. It absolutely gets on my nerves when customers do thing likes try get in front of a customers who has just finished paying/packing their shopping, completely blank you and act total snarky with you- you may actually have a bag, don't act like I'm being a crazy person!

How has your week been?

This week I have to say I have been struggling and finding it hard to think about what to write about. After watching Alli Speed's recent video of her Contiki trip, I thought I would just write a little about something that I really want to do- travel!

For the past 2 years I have been an avid train rider with travelling at least 4 times a week with journeys usually lasting about 20/25minutes. During this time I have found some ways to keep myself well occupied with them also benefiting me in the long run. With that, I felt I would share some of the things I do while on the train that might help your commuting time be that little bit more beneficial. 

Catch up on reading

This has to be one of my main things to do while travelling but it is broken down into three parts which are: books, magazines/newspapers and blogs. As of recently, I've definitely got through the majority of a book during my travel time. Doing this means I always have a little bit of time every few days to spend reading if I can't fit it in at home. Magazines tend to follow the same idea as books. However, before I properly read one I quickly flick through it seeing which articles will be most interesting to me, train times are perfect for this as it means I won't really get fully into a story. Now my favourite one, blog reading. If you already use bloglovin you will know it's a great device to use for catching up on the blogs you love. Instead of having to scroll through all the posts uploaded that day -which can sometimes be up to 200 posts- during my travel time I can leave the ones I want to read and comment on when I'm back home.

Plan

If you are like me and you like to have a general plan in place then travel times can be perfect for it. You can plan things from what you have to do that day to what your going to post/photograph for your blog. Usually with these I will note these down in a notebook and try plan when it's best to do certain things.

Play a game

Whether it's playing Candy Crush, 2048, DOTS or whatever new crazed game is out at that particular moment you can use your time playing these. While this might not be the most productive thing on this list, nothing feels better than completing that level you have been stuck on for ages or getting a new high score!

Get creative
Obviously you can't do a full on watercolour painting on a train but what you can do is some quick sketches to get your juices flowing, work on that idea you've had in your sketchbook for weeks or even just do some colouring in. During my initial sketching stages at college, I used to pull my sketchbook out on the train to get those lightbulb moments down onto paper. Or you could do what I did yesterday on the train and take your camera with you. The route my train takes is absolutely beautiful with passing several different fields, cliffs and woodland areas. You can just look at my Instagram and see this.

What do you like using your travel time for? 

Today I have decided to do another tag post based on all about why I blog and what I love about it. I found this tag over on Lazy Thoughts blog so you should go have a read of hers as well!

Also, if you haven't already noticed, this week I've updated my blog design a little by adding an About and Contact pages. I also changed my header but this is just a change for a little while, I shall get round to making one for myself at some point! 

Welcome to my first monthly favourites! I've hmmed and hummed about doing one of these before but just never decided to go with it. But this month I've gone for it. It's so crazy how quickly July has gone though, don't you think?

Black mini Satchel // I have a larger blue on already that I got for my birthday but for going out to Derren Brown earlier last month I needed a black one. With Primark having these for like £8 it was unlikely I wouldn't pick one up!

Dream Catcher Bracelet // This was one of my little souvenirs from Edinburgh. Even though the threading has came slightly undone I still love it. Plus I can carry a dream catcher wherever I go!

Striped Lace Top // Last week while shopping with my mum I spotted this little beaut in Debenhams. It is one of my favourite tops at the moment and it is so soft and comfortable to wear even in the warm weather the UK seems to be having at the moment!

Owl Mug // After chipping my large stripey one I was on the hunt for a new one. After going into exchange a few tops in BHS I spotted this little fellow and it is honestly my favourite thing to drink tea out of now.

Origins Spot Treatment // My absolute favourite beauty buy this month. With using it the past few weeks I have seen a remarkable difference in my skin. Any spots I do get seem to clear up a lot better than before. 

Paperchase Treat Me // So it turns out one of my favourite shops in the whole world has decided to trial out a reward card! I absolutely love Paperchase and there was no chance I wouldn't have been singing up for this. With the great treats you get with it I can't wait to start using it. 

Cameras // This month I've been mixing in using three different cameras- especially while I was away. I've been loving my Instax the most though as waiting for the result of it while it develops is so exciting. Although I still have to get my disposables developed!

What have been your favourite things this month?

Dear August. July has been absolutely crazy! So much has happened from Darren and I having a trip to Edinburgh, which resulted in our engagement to other bits and bobs. I've not exactly done as much as I have wanted to this past month but I've started working on things that I hope I will push myself to do more off.