What's in my University bag?

I realise that a lot of people take barely anything to uni every day, maybe just a notebook and pen, but I take too much! It's a mixture of being a design student, being prepared, and having to have a gigantic bag in order to fit my 17.4 inch laptop in it. This is just your average days amount of stuff, nearer hand in week I tend to have about double this due to all the other things I need like three different kinds of tape. Also my laptop's in there most days! 

So hello, meet my bag. The huge cheap leather thing I call a uni bag which really should be called the 'I look slightly cool but really I'm just killing my owners shoulders and legs' bag. But yes I got this bag from Diva for around $40 after my previous gorgeous bag had an accident with mud and a hill (proof here). It wasn't exactly what I was looking for but after finding out it fitted my laptop I was sold. Anyways onto the contents! 

Things to take notes on: 
Being a design student my normal notebooks for classes are visual diaries/sketchbooks, either A4 or A3, although the A3's don't fit but I thought I'd mention them. Just your regular Gordon Harris branded ones, cheap around the start of uni, great for doodling or actually doing work. I also take my diary most of the time even if I rarely use it in class (I forget) but homework goes in here and hand in dates. This one's from Typo at the start of the year for around $6, you can still get them now and I totally recommend the week to a page ones. I also have my iPad for taking notes or researching things when I don't have my laptop with me. I bought this halfway through first year and honestly it's been worth every penny, I never go to uni without it!  

Things to take notes with:
Woo a pencil case! Full of stationary! *heart eyes emoji* Okay so I may have a thing for stationary and my pencil case may prove this. I got this 'Pardon my French' from Typo last year and it's the perfect size to fit all my necessary equipment and the not really necessary equipment that I still want to take. Some examples being a Bic ball point (my love), many pencils of many grades, many ink pens of many thicknesses and your regular rubbers, pencil sharpeners, and rulers etc. 

Extra things:
First things first, my iPhone, can't go nowhere without that! Again the same with my iPod nano to listen to music while I walk to and from uni. Yes I realise I have an iPhone or iPad for this, especially as my iPhone has more storage, but my nano's just easier and I don't have to worry about it falling out my pocket etc as it's already pretty dead. Plus it has all my old songs on from my older dead computers! Wallet, keys and sunglasses, another few obvious things that I kind of need outside of the house. A USB, pretty sure this is a 32GB one, so I can store any of my work off the Uni computers and bring it home, and just to back up my work. Finally the last items, lip products, just to keep my lips nice and fresh all day! 

That's it! I'm pretty sure I've left things out but I pretty much just removed this all from my bag after my class on Friday so maybe not. Hope you enjoyed this look into the amount of rubbish I have to take with me to uni every day. 
What sorts of things do you take with you? Do you take this much? 

Norma-lly I don't carry something this expensive.

Hola I finally have a proper blog post, one I've been planning since I won this little baby! I'd completely forgotten entering a competition for this cute wallet and honestly at the time I wasn't even that fond of it I've just gotten into the student habit of entering everything that has free stuff. But checking my emails at 10pm one night on the way to a party and seeing I'd won a competition that I didn't even remember entering was a very big plus. Now having received the Norma wallet from Madame Fancy Pants I can tell I was harsh to judge it so early, in fact it's not as bright a pink as I was expecting and it's can store a huge amount of stuff for how big it is. There's a large compartment at the back that can fit an iPhone 5s or below, a large compartment for cash and cards with 4 slots for your handy cards, and a zipped coin section at the front. Frankly I can't get over having just an expensive wallet especially as I'm currently storing it in a um $14 backpack... no Ted Baker to be seen here ladies! Now if you do happen to be in Wellington strolling down Cuba Street make sure to step into this little store and have a look around, they have everything from bags, clothes, and jewellery to prints and other trinkets. My favourite necklace is actually from here so if you have some spending money, go hit this shop! 

If dreams really do come true...

Although it's no nearer Christmas as it is my birthday I thought I would compile a wee selection of things that I've been keeping my eye on for a while now that I'm praying a fairy delivers me as a 'congrats you tried' award or something. 

• Country Road Totebag: I've seen these around everywhere in Wellington like almost everyone has one in the winter months to carry everything around. I was really looking for this to use as my carry on luggage because frankly I'm tired of carrying about three bags onto the plane all the time and having to look after them constantly. 
• Playsuits/Dungarees: Since buying my first playsuit (or jumpsuit whatever you call them) I've really began to love how simple they are to just shove on and get on with your day with. As much girlyness and cutesyness as a dress while not having to worry about the wind flashing ya undies to everyone, with Wellington that's a huuuuge plus so I've been wanting to get my hands on a few more but they always seem so expensive. These are from ASOS and Boohoo and are gorgeous.. *sighs at empty student wallet* 
• Owl Pillow: I've collected pillows for a while now and I came across one similar to this beauty while I was in England in December and I haven't stopped thinking about it and cursing at myself as to why I didn't buy it... I remember I didn't think I'd be able to get it home but having got home I know now I could've and I should've. 
• Printstagram: I just need photos for my walls guys they're bare and they look horribly empty. I just need this now please. 
• 3DS + Animal Crossing: New Leaf: Ever since it was mentioned it was going to be coming out I wanted to trade in my old Nintendo DS Lite for the 3DS and get my hands on New Leaf. I'm a crazy Animal Crossing fan and just thinking about being the mayor of the town makes me get grabby hands at the thing. I just haven't gotten around to selling my DS Lite yet lazy bones *slaps the back of my hands*

Ah to the days where I didn't have a major student loan and most of this would be in my room right now. There's a few things like a plane ticket and a macbook that I thought would just be too big to stick on a wishlist with things like a pillow so yes this is a mini wishlist hehe x