Peppermint winter

I looove this kind of days! The whole school had a day off today. I got to sleep 'till noon and then I just made some sweet oatmeal pancakes with fruits and syrup♥ I just came home a while go after doing a little christmas shopping. Just perfect ☺

burn me with fire, drown me with rain..

I asked for snow and I sure got what I asked for! It's been snowing all day long.. These photos were taken just before I headed to work this morning. My new jacket is from H&M and I absolutely love it. It looks like me, it's comfy and warm enough for some minus degrees. I'll be working throughout the weekend but it's fine since we've got a day off on Monday :-) I am really enjoying this time of the year for some reason. I've never been a winter person but this year feels kinda different. I can feel the change in the air.. There's about a month left of the year 2013 and it has been a great year for me but I know that the next year will be even better ☺☺ It's just so exciting! But anyway it's time for me to go and get myself ready for tonight.. time to dance again.. haha

BTW remember to vote on the poll (which you can find on the side bar)!!

hugs x

hot chocolate & gingerbread

One more exam to go and my second last exam week is officially over! It's getting colder and colder every day and therefore I've been wearing a lot of layers and woolly socks (♥).I haven't really had long days at school any more, which is nice since the sun goes down at four.. on the other hand I love the fact that I can start burning candles finally! Candles and hot tea just are these warm lovely things that I love about winter :-)

And hey guys! There's a poll in the side bar! I'm thinking of maybe changing my language back to Finnish but I want to know what you think! 

And last I just wanted to share this photo with you! Love me some hot chocolate, gingerbread and a good book ♥

Everybody wants to dance

Hey there! The second last exam week has just begun and it's really just hitting me now that I only have two months left of high school. I'm really excited about the future but at the same time these years have been, after all, amazing and I just want to hold on to this last year of my "childhood". When I leave this city it will be the end of one chapter in my life and the start of a new one.

Yesterday I registered into UCAS to apply for universities in Scotland. I also finally wrote the first version of my personal statement for the application so I'm making progress. (after months of procrastination.. :D)
My plan is to work as an au-pair next summer and then hopefully move to Scotland for the studies, if I get accepted of course. The other option is to work through the spring and summer in Finland. We'll see what happens ☺

We had a nice girls night out with Sanni last weekend! It was so nice to spend some quality time with her since we used to hang out a lot years and years ago! We've known each other since kindergarten. So we had some wine and snacks and then headed to Kerubi to dance and have some fun. :)

I hope you all have a great week x

Love city x2

Hey guys! Long time no see!! I don't know what's going on with my computer but I haven't been able to upload any photos here :( (I'm now using my brother's computer while he's away x)) Anyway I just came back to Finland yesterday after spending the most amazing week in England with my dear friend Emmi. I flew to London Gatwick airport last Friday. I traveled for almost 18 hours but it was nothing compared to the joy I felt when I finally saw Emmi after three months apart! We took a train to London early next morning and went to Borough market. We bought some mulled wine which was super delicious!!! It tastes a bit like Finnish Glögi and reminded me of Christmas. We spent three days in London and let me just say that they were physically really exhausting days but I loved every minute! Brick Lane was adorable with its cute vintage shops and super stylish people! I also loved walking around in Covent Garden and all the nice cafes we went to (which we did  a LOT :D). We even went to the Catching Fire movie premiere in Leicester square but didn't really see anything from where we were. It was still cool to see all the stars live even if it was only from a screen. This as my second trip to London was a bit different but as wonderful as my last one! I simply love London. BUT London wasn't even the highlight of my last week. On Tuesday the day of Vampire Weekend concert in Birmingham had finally arrived. It was held at the National Indoor Arena and I was expecting a long queue when we arrived there about three hours before the doors were to open. It turned out that British people don't do that and it hadn't occurred to me that the concert was during the school week so obviously everybody was still at school. We were a but confused at first but then we met some other people who were coming to the concert and finally found the right spot to queue. We were one of the first people there. While waiting for the doors to open we had enough time to chat with these people and (hi there if you guys are reading this :D) they were such a nice company! With new friends the whole concert experience was even better and it was definitely one of the best nights of my life (plus we were in the front row)! Noah and the whale and Vampire weekend were super awesome live and I'm sure I'll go see them again if I ever get the chance. We spend the next day at Birmingham doing a little shopping and sitting at cafes. We were kinda tired so we took earlier train back to Coventry. We flew back to Finland together in the Thursday evening and stayed the night at Helsinki airport (which truly was a weird experience haha!).All in all I enjoyed my little trip and I wouldn've wanted to leave the UK but I'm sure I'll go back next summer at latest!

I'll post some more pictures later!! x

Heart of gold - Birdy (Cover by Elina)

Here's another cover song by me! I love this song by birdy ♥
Hope you like it and share if you do!

Autumn break

Hello peeps! I am currently drinking tea and enjoying our little autumn break :-) We're having a week of from school yay! My second school period only contains finnish and english lessons so it's not too bad but it's still nice to have some time to relax after the crazy first period. We did a roadtrip to Espoo to a friends' housewarming party like I told earlier and it was a interesting and fun trip. I posted some funny photos to my instagram account (anja_elina) haha :D don't take them too seriously!

Before the trip I did my usual thing aka went to fleamarkets and actually did a few really really great finds! I found my size genuine leather ankle boots for only two fifty! I also bought a blue velvet jumper for one euro and a oversized grey printed t-shirt (which I really like!) for two. I am pretty sure that at this point at least 50 % of my wardrobe are 2nd hand  haha :-D I just think it's cool to have unique and different pieces!

This morning I went for a long walk and after that I made some oatmeal pancakes. Let me just say that I have found a new favourite breakfast! The recepie I used can be found from here. It's healthy and nutritious recepie and tastes like heaven! I put some apples and syrup on the top. yummy!!

Anyway that's all for now and have a nice week everyone ☺

Current book I'm reading: In abundance of Katherines by John Green
Current favourite track: Strange birds by Birdy

life and london

I just realized that I'm already planning my next London trip and still haven't made the post about the last one.. whoops! It's just that I have about 800 photos from the last time and it's really difficult to choose which one I should put up on here. I'll make the post some day but maybe even about the next London trip 'cause I won't be staying there as long as the last time so I'll have fewer pictures to edit :-D
Only 32 days to go now! It's the first time I'm flying alone, first time I'm exploring a new country with a friend (if Tallinn and Stockholm doesn't count :-D), first time I'm going to see Vampire weekend live, first time in Birmingham.. A lot of first times I guess! That makes the upcoming trip so exciting!!
I already had almost a week long school-free period and next week we're having an autumn break yay. I've had enough of watching tv-series on the internet and laying on the sofa doing nothing so I have the whole week planned out. Finally I have time to see many of my good friends properly and also visit my dad. We're heading to southern Finland next saturday for our friends' housewarming party and It's gonna be a hell of a roadtrip I'm telling ya :-D Also next week we've got some girls' nights planned out and maybe going hiking to Koli again with my mom. I just loved it last time and I felt like I didn't have enough time to enjoy the peace of nature. One thing that's a little bit scary.. I'm gonna have to start preparing my university applications soon, write my personal statemens and get letters of recommendations etc. It's just crazy how I'm already at this point of life. Did I mention that I'm taking part to a project called "meatless october"? Well you get the idea so I'm a vegetarian for now haha! I really like vegetarian dishes and I've been thinking of leaving red meat completely out of my diet even after october. There's also another diet thing.. and this is a promise! I'm not eating chocolate untill christmas starting from this moment. Healthier lifestyle here I come!!

woah so that's a lot of information for one post. Actually you know what.. I'm gonna upload some London pictures right now!

chilling at Hyde park!

On top of the world

Photos from Koli national park. All photos by me/mom. 

Happy october!

Hey guys! I can't believe it's october already! This whole year has gone so fast. My second last term at high school starts next week. It's just absurd to me how much has happened in such a short time.

Anyways we went photographing with Milja today. It was a little bit rainy and windy.. and chilly but guess what! I've finally learned the secrets of layering :-D My 2nd hand 1 € coatigan is really really warm and comfy with any of my collar blouses and looks really nice if you ask me! I don't know why but I'm really lookign forward to winter this year. (I can't wait for christmas.. ♥) haha okay maybe I'm getting a little bit too excited too early! Either way, Happy october ppl! ☺☺

Coatigan: 2nd hand - Stripe blouse: 2nd hand - Jeans: BikBok - Socks: Lindex - Scarf: H&M

Genuine leather backpack: 2nd hand