London Haul

So as you may have seen, I recently went on a trip to London for my 22nd Birthday. While I was there I just had to check out Oxford street as I've heard so many good things about the shops there, especially Oxford Circus Topshop.

I can tell you now I was not disappointed. Never before have I been into a Topshop that has a beauty bar, a cafe or a milkshake bar. Topman even had a barbers inside.It truly is a crazy place to be inside, and I'm so glad we got Topshop out of the way before it started getting too busy in there. From Topshop I brought a gorgeous brush roll from Skinnydip (£15), and a pair of Freedom earrings (£6.50). 

After this we worked our way over to Carnaby Street, to find a Dr Martens store for Ollie. It goes without saying that I couldn't go to Carnaby Street without having a look at the makeup shops such as Too Faced, Urban Decay and Mac and most definitely Irregular choice. I have made it my life goal to have a pair of Irregular Choice shoes now as I've fallen in love. Although I was surrounded by lots of amazing makeup, I restrained myself and only brought a travel sized version of the Urban Decay All-Nighter (£10), as I've been dying to try this for ages.

It was then on to the craziest Primark I have ever been to. We chose to go to the Primark near Marble Arch (I think there's more than one on Oxford Street) as it looked huge, and my god we were not dissapointed. If I ever go again I'm definitely going to this Primark first, as everything was a battle to get close to. I did however manage to pick up four nice vest tops (£4.00 each- in anticipation for the sun we never get) a slogan tee(£8.00) from the mens section and a gorgeous new rucksack (£12.00).  

We finished our shopping day by heading over to Five Guys for the first ever time. I was so excited to try Five Guys and a Burger is one of my favourite things in life, however (unpopular opinion) I really don't think that Five Guys is all it's hyped up to be. I felt it was over priced for what you get, and the only plus I found was that the drinks are refillable. 

London was definitley one of the craziest, but best experiences of my life and I'm already making plans for my next visit!

Happy 2018!

Hi Guys!

Yes, I know I'm actually now 21 days late in publishing my 2018 post (hangs head in shame). The New Year just passed in a blur for me, and due to changes in my job in the new term I've not really had time to sit and think for a while. However, I think writing this post from what is basically the middle of January offers a new perspective, different to the kneejerk 'New Year New Me' posts.

So I actually saw in my New year in the most chilled way possible- watching the fireworks on the telly with Ollie, in  my pyjamas. Before this Ollie had treated me to a nice meal in the local pub. This may not be a typical wild night that most 21 year olds have, but it was truly a perfect way to see 2018 in for us.

In the buildup to 2018, I decided (as I normally do) that I wasn't going to be making any resolutions this year. I always feel that the minute I set myself a resolution, I'm destined to fail it, and that actually in 2017 I'd already smashed a typical resolution of quitting smoking, without waiting for a new year to achieve it. 

I did however decide that I would set myself 'Goals'. Now I know that pretty much seems like a resolution, but it allows me to not put so much pressure on myself, and they're not really things I can fail on.

My first goal for 2018 was to increase my water intake. I found that during the day I wasn't drinking enough water, which was led to me developing really bad headaches in the evening. Halfway through the month, I can say for the most part I've definitely stuck to this and can really feel a difference.

My second goal was to continue building on just leading a healthier lifestyle in general. It's not just about loosing weight or numbers on a scale for me- it's continuing developing a healthy relationship with food and taking part in exercise that I really enjoy. Although the food side is still a work in progress (hello Christmas Chocolate), I have started going to Clubbersize classes again, as I'd really missed those.

My final goal for 2018 is for me and Ollie to move into our own place together. We have actually been in a relationship for over six years now, but for most of that we were either young, students or just not in the right place financially. Hopefully, this will be our year and we can finally move into our own place, be it a flat or a house!

So thanks for reading my (late) 2018 post. I hope you've all had a wonderful start ti the New Year, and I'm excited to see where 2018 takes us!xxxxxx

A Week in the Life of Me

Hi Guys! So I thought I would do something a little bit different than I normally do, and do a weekly blog on what I've been doing throughout the week. I won't be doing this every week- However I've had quite a fun week so thought it would be interesting to write this!

Friday 

Friday daytime was quite a relaxed day for me. It was my last week day off before I returned to work,so I spent time at home catching up on a few things and pre-writing blog posts. Friday was also the day when the second season of Stranger Things was released, so I watched the first two episodes at night. I couldn't wait for Stranger Things to come back on Netflix, and was definitely not disappointed! 

Saturday

Saturday day time was spent by me having a huge tidy up of the whole house. I love it when my room is clean and tidy as it really helps to clear the mind and I just feel so much better once I've done so. I then started to get ready at around four in the afternoon, as I was going out into town with a group of friends for a Halloween night out. I loved doing my make-up for the night but annoyingly I didn't manage to take any photos before I went out.

Sunday

I spent most of the day with my family nursing a minor hangover and feeling slightly sorry for myself (Vodka is not my friend). I was so excited for the evening though, as me and Ollie were heading up to Birmingham for a drift experience I had booked him for his birthday. Watching Ollie learn to drift was amazing, and I even got to have a go as a passenger for 3 lap which was an incredible experience. I have only good things to say about the company Learn2Drift as they made it such a fun experience for us!

Monday

So today was my first day back at work after the half-term. I've actually missed being in the classroom so I was quite looking forward to going back, even though it really doesn't feel like I've had a week off. In the evening I went to my clubbersize class, and this week we all dressed up for Halloween. I needed something that looked really good but I could still dance in, so in the end I went for zombie 80's. This is actually my most favourite outfit ever and the class was so much fun this week!

I apologize for the crappy photo 

Tuesday

Today was a pretty chilled out day for me today. I went to work as normal, then came home and took my Mum and Nan shopping. Once I was home I carried on watching Stranger Things and tried to get an early night for once!

Wednesday 

Another chilled out day for me today. Wednesdays are an earlier finish for me so I went into town after work to pick up a package. Nighttime consisted of me watching the final episode of Stranger Things (sob.. I'm already so excited for the next one) 

Thursday 

I spent my day at work as normal because I lead such an exciting life... me and Ollie then attempted to go and watch a local fireworks display but couldn't quite see them from where we had parked so that was a bit of a fail!

Friday 

In all honesty I ended up feeling a bit rubbish on Friday so all I wanted to do when I came home was to eat crap. So me and Oll ended up buying a Dominoes and having night in front of the telly. I did feel better after the pizza though!

Saturday

So I know this day takes it over the week mark. However, I really wanted to include it as I had a really good day on Saturday. Ollie took me up to IKEA for the first time, and omg I'm in love with the place. I then went to Pitchcroft fireworks display with my brother, Ollie and my niece and we had an amazing time together.

Thanks for reading Guys! I really enjoyed writing this blog post and if you read the whole thing I can only say thank you! It still feels weird to just constantly type about my boring life and I can't actually imagine people reading this, so truly thank you everyone xxxx