Merry Christmas

Unfortunately for me it's not been such a merry christmas since i've come down with an ear infection and i still have a really bad head cold, typical illness in time for christmas but oh well, hopefully ill enjoy it anyway.

I'd like to wish everyone a huge merry christmas and a happy new year, i hope santa brings you all the presents that you want and everyone enjoys their time spent with friends and family. I will see you in the new year with new posts and new exciting things :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS. 

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'Tis the season

Wow. I've officially broken up for christmas from uni and i literally cannot believe i've been there 3 months, 3 MONTHS?! To be honest, it feels like a hell of a lot longer and it feels like i've known the people i've met for my entire life.

University is a massive stepping stone in my life, and in the beginning i was unsure as to whether i'd be able to hack it, but i feel like i've settled in surprisingly well and made lots of friends. I still have a constant worry whether i've made the right choice in university and the right course, but i feel like i've gone though my entire life thinking this, i thought this through GCSE's and through A Levels and now looking back i'm completely happy with how that went, so i'm sure in the end this will turn out good for me too.

Being a fresher, it's hard to tell who you're going to be friends with for life or just for those initial few months, i've always had a hard time choosing the right friends in life, somewhere along the lines something seems to go wrong and i've made the wrong decision, i just had to hope that i've learned from all those past mistakes and now i'm friends with people who really do care. The people i've met in my halls are some of my favourite people and i'm so happy i made the effort to go downstairs and go to their parties, even just making the effort because otherwise i wouldn't have become good friends with them as i am now.

Something that's happened in the last month or so is choosing a house to live in for 2nd year, the initial dilemma was deciding who to live with, but after events occurring with the other choice i'm very very glad i've chosen to live with the 4 girls i'm going to be living with. We had an initial struggle with the agency we originally went with and lost one of the houses we wanted, the house was a 20 minute walk away from uni which was not ideal, but apparently there was NO houses left close by. After finding a poster for a house which is about a 2 minute walk away from the campus centre we discovered that we shouldn't listen to everything estate agents tell us. After losing the £75 agency fee (which is a lot for a student) we finally found a decent house in a decent area and it's even connected by the front gate to a house of boys next door, so hopefully they're easy enough to get on with and life will be good!

It's been a bit of a stress having to make such a big decision so early on in the year and after only knowing these people for a couple of months its a hard decision to make, but i feel happy and i feel like i've made the right one!

Being away from home and being surrounded by so many people is extremely overwhelming, but coming home and having been home for the past week has made me realise how much i actually enjoy it and how much i miss it already. I can't wait to go back and start the second term, i feel like my time at uni is already going too fast, but i'm enjoying every second of it so it's worth it!

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On another note, something actually relevant to the blog title, ITS CHRISTMAS IN 4 DAYS TIME, unfortunately for the next three days i'm working which is annoying but it'll make the days go quicker so christmas will get here faster! I'm overly excited for christmas this year and i'm not entirely sure why because my parents haven't spent a lot and i won't be getting much, but having so little money is making me appreciate the time i get to spend with my family more, especially with my baby nephew who's only a few months old so this christmas will be his first! Its all very exciting, I hope you enjoyed this post i'll definitely try and post a bit more often because i love writing, i've got a few more lighthearted posts coming you're way so look forward to those.

Lots of love xo

University Haul/Bathroom and Stationary

Over 2 months into starting university and I've still got stuff that i bought beforehand to haul for you! This is the last one i promise!

Lets start with bathroom stuff, now I'm lucky enough to be in halls where the rooms have ensuites which means i get my own bathroom, which is very convenient. But that also means i had to buy stuff for my bathroom as not everything was included. I picked up all the towels, flannels and the bath mat from primark and as you can see went for a 'light pink' colour scheme, since my bedroom was general a  kind of grey/cream very vintage chic theme i wanted something different for my bathroom, all the other bathroom essentials like the bin, the toilet brush and the toothbrush, soap and hand wash holders were from wilkinsons, i didn't want to go too overboard with the pink though so i got these in white. 

Stationary was hard to pick out as i wasn't 100% sure on what i actually needed since i'd never been to university before and i wasn't sure how much i would need to be writing down or how much extra paper i would get. So, i bought a couple of notebooks, a larger folder which has some nice paper in it to write out notes nicely, some copier paper for my printer, a divided folder to store spare bits of paper, some post-it notes, a box of bulldog clips, noticeboard pins, staples and paper clips, an academic diary, some plastic wallets, some black and blue pens, a pencil case a notebook cooler for my new laptop and some bigger hard storage boxes for storing all my work at the end of the year. 

I also placed the bag i got for uni on here, its from H&M and it was £25, i also bought the scarf alongside it to make it look a bit less plain, it's perfect size as it fits my laptop in it for when i'm going to the library and fits all my books and folders in it when they're needed. 

That's the end of this little university haul series, i do plan to do a mini room tour with pictures so a lot of this stuff will be featured again in that in the near future! 

Lots of love xo

New Tattoo!

An experience i had before coming to university to mark the beginning of my new life and the new experiences to come, was getting a tattoo. I absolutely love tattoos whether they are derived to have a 'meaning' or not, no matter what reason anyone gets a tattoo, somewhere along the lines they absolutely loved it which means it has reasoning behind it.

I have 4 now, and i love each and every one because i remember the significant moment in my life in which i got them and i will always remember that. They're like milestones so i'm able to remember the journey i go through whether it ends up being good or bad in the long run.

Im coming to university to study english language and media and communication, and of the media aspect my favourite part is photography, i've always had a passion for photography and i've always owned an SLR camera, its something me and my stepdad like to do together sometimes and just has a vital part in my life. I always knew i wanted a thigh tattoo as well so i thought a good place to get it was here. The artist who did it was truly amazing and i would definitely go back to him again. Very very happy with where my life is heading and this translates in the tattoo.

Lots of love xo

University Haul/Kitchen

Even though i've now been at university for 2 months, i thought i'd share with you what i bought for my kitchen anyway, since i've already shown you the bedroom i might as well carry on with the series, it may give you some idea of what you might need to take to university with you.

Most things i bought were either from poundland or wilkinsons as there's no point in spending a lot of money on things that are likely to get broken or lost. Here's just the basic things you'll need for starting university in self catered halls. Some things are not as necessary, but so far i've used everything that i bought. 

Lots of love xo

What lies ahead...

My journey has only just begun, i am aware of that, but i'm excited to see where this crazy adventure will take me, i never thought i would have the ability to travel the world and do something for the good, because i don't think i could have been away from home, but my 60 days at university have taught me that, wherever you go in the world you can find a way to fit in, and although homesickness is inevitable its likely that the experience will be so worthwhile that it will become unimportant.

My future plans are to finish my english language and media and communication Ba(hons) degree at De Montfort University, and then go on to Leicester University to complete my PgCe (post graduate certificate in education). After that, who knows where i'll end up, my plans so far are to go to Thailand for a few months and experience teaching english to Thai children, i think it will be an amazing experience and travelling there would hopefully take me to another country as well where i can teach some more. While i'm young i want to take the opportunity to make the most of my life!

There are so many things that can get in the way of these things happening; homesickness, boyfriends, friends, doubt. But I'm determined to live my life for me for the next 6 years, i want to do whatever i can, and if things stop me from doing that then they don't deserve to be in my life. For now, this is what i plan to do, and after that who knows where my life will take me, maybe one day ill settle down and have a family but i have years before i have to think about that. My journey is going to be extraordinary, i will make sure of it.

Lots of love xo

Student Life: A New Beginning?

I have been living away from my parents in my university halls now for 59 days, 9 hours and 18 minutes, and I love it. I can't describe how it feels to be independent enough to have to look after yourself every day, buy your own food, be able to leave the flat without getting permission or informing someone of where you are going. Yeah, there's the hard times, the struggle with money, being ridiculously poor but still wanting to drink copius amounts of alcohol, but it's manageable. There's the few times i've felt very very homesick too, i miss my mum and dad, i miss my nephew, i miss my dogs, although you create strong bonds very fast with people you meet at uni, it's just not the same as being home with your family and having your mum bring you a cup of tea.

The lack of blog posts, i say lack of, i haven't posted since i've been here, would suggest that i've been ridiculously busy with uni work, but truth be told i've just been living the student life, procrastinating and getting drunk a lot. Let's be honest, everyone takes time in their lives to just go a bit crazy. Some people's crazy spells last for years, I think i may have overcome mine at least a little bit with my time away. University has given my opportunities, not necessarily good ones, that i never had before and i decided to live by Drakes philosophies ahem, "yolo" and just go for it.

But i'm back, i'm here to tell you about my university experiences so far, the good, the not so good and the terrible and i'm sure there will be plenty more to come that i will continue to share. I'll carry on doing the beauty/fashion side of this blog because i still have a passion for it, but i also want to take you on the rest of my journey through university, and maybe we'll help some people along the way.

I hope you enjoy
Lots of love xo