Fashionably Late

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Oh Pinterest, how we love you and your ability to make an hour feel like 5 minutes. From beauty and fashion to DIY and crafts that almost always go wrong, it is entirely possible to waste full days using the site. However much we use the site though, we always seem to forget that we are not as talented as the makeup artist and DIY gurus the original pins belong to and find ourselves thinking the same things every time we repin them.

10. I Can Totally Afford That
The nice outfit pictures on pinterest all seem to have one thing in common, the ability to attract your eye to the most expensive item. No matter how many times you tell yourself you can't afford those Louboutins you still find yourself doing the maths and googling credit cards anyway.

9. That Looks Easy
You know it isn't easy because you attempted something similar 5781263876 times before, but it doesn't stop you trying to recreate that fishtail braid or smoky eye, and failing miserably (and usually quite comically) every single time.

8. I Need A Change Of Image
Despite the fact you've found a style that totally suits you, all those super stylish, slightly rocky looking girls on pinterest have you daydreaming about a freshly dyed black hairstyle and a new wardrobe full of leather and spiky heeled boots, that ordinarily you'd never go near.

7. I Haven't Pinned Enough Quotes Today
You have so many quotes pinned, they're now overspilling into several boards and are categorised in lots of different ways, but you still find one that you really relate to. even if you have forgotten what it said 5 minutes later. Double points if your instagram is also full of motivational quotes.

6. I'm Going To Organise All My Stuff Like That
So many tidy wardrobes and makeup tables- so little time. You buy all the storage and set it all up, only for it to stay tidy for about 3 days and end up back in the original 'organised chaos' its been in for as long as you can remember

5. Those Healthy Meals Look Really Tasty
You go out and buy the ingredients, and usually end up binning most of them, because you're sick of eating salad after a few days and you just reach for the chocolate again. Either that, or what you attempted tastes so horrible its practically inedible.

4. I Have Time For A Flick Through One More Category
It's an hour until you leave for work and your hair is still wet and you've not decided what to wear yet, but one more flick through for inspiration won't hurt. Until you run into work 5 minutes late with still damp hair and wearing your usual black jeans/white tee combo.

3. My Secret Boards Are Definitely Secret, Right??
You're happily pinning things that would make your friends think you were mad, when you have the sudden panic that you've placed that dream wedding dress on a public board. THE HORROR.

2. Is It Too Soon To Have My Future House Fully Decorated?
You're in your early 20's, with a shed load of student debt and a crippling overdraft you fear you'll never be out of, but that's OK, because you've already picked out the colour scheme for the master bedroom of the first home you'll own. In another 15 years.

1. Why Are The Nice Clothes Always Out Of Stock?
same old story, gorgeous outfit with something you've been looking searching for forever, but you click the link and its ALWAYS out of stock. unless you want to buy it 4 sizes too big.


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