You know when you want to sit and write a million blog
posts at once? I have pretty much word vomit (points to anyone who gets the
Mean Girls ref, obvs) going on in my head right now.
As you can probably tell, this is going to be one of
those more rambling posts so I’ll leave the ideas I have that need more
direction to one side for now as I don’t want them to be rubbish. And I just
had to write them down on one of those virtual sticky notes to make sure I
didn’t forget them.
ANYWAY.
Actual blog post time.
So, it’s July, not entirely sure where the last half a
year has gone as I’m pretty sure I was snoozing my way into 2015 this time last
week. I thought I’d do something a bit summer related as let’s face it, it’s
all that’s going on right now.
Things you’ll see during the heatwave.
1. People
(un)dressed inappropriately.
Guaranteed if you head into a public space this
weekend, you will see men with their tops off. Also guaranteed, they won’t be
men who look like Chris Pratt. Soz.
2. Public
sunbathing.
As most of the young and desperate to be tanned population seems to
live in flats, it’s pretty common to see people stripping off on the communal
grass or in the local park. Needless to say, seeing a guy in fluoro short
shorts wasn’t what I was expecting as I walked home from work the other day.
(And he looked a bit more like Chris Pratt than your average topless wanderer
too). However, catching some vitamin D whilst on your lunch hour is perfectly
acceptable (assuming you don’t strip off in front of your colleagues).
3. Immaculately
made up girls.
No, I don’t know how they do it either. I don’t know how their
eyeliner is in a perfect catflick when I have foundation sliding off my face
and if anyone knows the big secret to looking glamorous whilst the rest of us are
just a bit sweaty, feel free to let us in on it.
4. Over
flowing beer gardens.
There’s something about sunshine that makes Brits pretty
much want to absorb fruit cider via a drip, but there’s just something so
perfect about being able to sip a pint of something delicious outdoors. FYI if
you haven’t tried the Koppaberg slushy ciders, you need to, they are uh-mazing.
5. Perfectly
manicured toes.
Much like how the gym bunnies spent all of December saying that
summer bodies are made in winter, apparently summer feet are too. All it takes
is the first surprise heatwave of the year to remind you that you last painted
your toenails over a month ago.
6. The
social media weather obsession.
We're all over the exact number of degrees it is, the exact time
that thunder and lightning will hit and the exact amount of sleep we didn’t get
because we were too hot. Standard.
7. Bad
sunburn.
It still makes me cringe every time I see it as I know how painful it
is. I make a conscious effort to not let my skin burn as y’know, in the long
term it increases the risk of skin cancer and in the short term it makes you
look like a twat. Some people are even using the heatwave to burn things onto their
skin, because everyone wants a superman logo shaped patch of sunburn on their
chest. Oh no wait, no, everyone else isn’t stupid.
8. Perfect
summer outfits.
These are mainly on Instagram, but I love nothing more that
stalking other people’s summer wardrobes as it’s all oh so floral and tropical
and fabulous.
9. People
who exercise.
They still go running or to the gym, despite the heatwave. The gym bunnies
weren’t lying when they said summer bodies were made in winter – I went to the
gym tonight and nearly passed out.
10. Barbeques.
Possibly the best bit of summer as it involves sunshine, alcohol, food and in
the case of the one I went to last weekend, pirate fancy dress. In fact, that
was the best barbeque I’ve ever been to, my friend’s housemate made homemade
bread rolls and burgers and everything.
So that’s my round up of
Summer. Apologies for the rambling, I promise my planned posts will be a bit
more structured!
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