life as a second year

I knew second year was going to be harder than the first.

But I'm pretty sure we were lulled

into a false sense of security!

I have so much paper in my life right now.

Plus my Internet has decided to pack in - fabulous.

(I'm writing this on the blogger app for iPhone!)

I'm surviving on Early Grey Tea, Diet Coke and warm sweaters!

Plus listening to upbeat music like "Brim Full of Asha" to keep me motivated!

What keeps you gong when the going gets tough?

Hope everyone is in a less stressful working environment than me!

Happy Thursday people!

Xxxx

my month in pictures

 I'm being such an awful blogger right now,

but second year is whipping me crazy right now!

I was really hoping to right a few in depth posts

about some of the great things I've done in the past month,

however I have a crazy huge assignment due in a week!

So, without further ado - this is my past crazy hectic month!!

  

 

  

1.

Bria, Nicole, Jemma and I all went to Southampton to the smallest little pub

to see a live set being played by The Dykeenies.

We all very trashed on the train and it was all a shambles.

And they signed our boobs.....

2. and 3.

We hosted an Ann Summers party with some of our closest girl friends

and had a evening filled with wine, giggle and sex toys!

We then traipsed to Tiger Tiger and had a girls-only clubbing night!

4.

I was incredibly lucky to win two tickets to Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model Live

in a blog giveaway being hosted by Lil at A Storm in a Teacup.

Bria and I went up to London for the day and had an amazing time,

and (basically) front row seats to the live tour.

This is a photo of Charlotte from last year - who is my all time fave BINTM contestant!

5. and 6.

I had an awful 5 hour train journey down to Swansea becuase I'd forgotten my earphones,

hadn't brought a book so I'd work; and my laptop died.

So to entertain myself  drew on the windows!

However, once I arrived we had a fabulous night out with the Welsh lot!

7.

Halloween Night I dressed up as a 'Spooky Doll'

and joined some of the girls from my Psychology course for a scary night out!

I had a random Chinese girl ask to take a photo of my makeup...

We concluded that was a compliment!

8. and 9.

Had an impromtu nights stay at home,

and Crumble (the little girl cat) who is usually a lone-ranger

stayed in my bedroom all night and would not leave my side!

10.

We went to Scandals, this little basement club that is literally underground, 

the walls are ceiling to floor mirrors, and the ceiling is so so low!

I am really hoping I'll be able to post more soon.

In the mean time, stay safe, stay warm and have fun!

xxxxxxxxxxx

tea is a saviour in disguise

This is currently the extent of my life right now.

A big pile of unfinished work,

a cup of tea,

and my slow cooker recipe book.

Also, please note the gloves,

it's very cold in my huge, lofty student house,

and we can't yet afford to have heating.

Hence the gloves!

I have my first big hand in of second year coming up.

Meaning, this is the first piece of work which actually counts toward my degree.

We've all repeated this scary bit of information

and freaked ourselves out.

So I'm being a bit of a social recluse until it's done.

But I have some exciting posts and a very exciting week once it's handed in!

I'll keep you posted!!

my fresher's in pictures

Hello, long time no speak!

Fresher's at university has been absolutely mental,

trying to fit reading and work around going clubbing and house parties is rather mad!

I've come to the realisation that I'm not going to be able to post as much as I'd like to.

However, I'm still going to keep going, you'll just have to wait with bated breath for each post!

Now, I'm going to start doing a "week in pictures" post that so many blogs around do,

and I thought the best way to kick it off would be my fresher's summed up in pictures!

1. 

This is Jemma, Bria and I getting read for our first night out as housemates 

and therefore celebrating with a glass of wine!

2. and 3. 

The aftermath of our house warming party.

So many smashed glasses and a sink full of god-knows-what!

(This was the night I got hit in the face with a can of shaving foam someone threw from our bathroom window!)

4.

Professional photo taken at the first Pure of the new uni year!

5. and 6.

Homemade spaghetti bolognese and the best student roast dinner you've ever seen!

Definitely eating well ast university!

7.

Myself as a smurf and Nicole and Bria dressed as Where's Wally

for the first Psychology Social of the year!

8. and 9.

Experimenting with my nail varnish!

Finally tried nude nails (I love them!!) and red nails and "diva red" lips.

10.

It was mine and Ollie's 6 and a half year anniversary last week,

we celebrated by spending the day on Bournemouth beach,

listening to acoustic music and drinking overpriced cocktails!!

For those of you who have just started uni; hope you had a great start of term and are settling in!

For those craaazy second and third years; hope you showed the fresher's how to party!

xxxx

guest post on 'first kiss time'

Hey guys!

I've been lucky enough to do a guest post for the wonderful Sarah from First Kiss Time.

It's a review of the benefit products I bought for my birthday

- which just seems SO long ago now!!

If you want to check it out you'll find it here.

Enjoy!!

to go nude, or not to go nude, that is the question...?

No, not like that!!

Beauty Bloggers, I need your help;

what do you guys think of nude nails?

I've seen them on celebrities and friends a like

and I think I may have fallen in love.

I've read mixed reviews on blogs online

some are raving, some are slating,

so what I really wanted were some personal recommendations

or some personal "stay away from this product"!

I think I prefer the matt ones more than the shiny ones,

and I don't know how I feel about the one with sparkles in it.

So what do you think?

Do you have any you swear by?

Or any you should swear me off of?

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home is where the heart is.

Previously I mentioned that I was working on a wall of hearts.

Well here it is, all finished and in all it's glory!

(Yes I do realise I'm missing photos, I'm waiting for the right ones to be taken!)

It all started with the very large white heart. 

What you can't tell it that it's made of very thin pieces of wood that have been shaped!

Mum bought it for me when I started redecorating my room and I popped it on the wall.

But it looked very sad on it's own, so I got the idea to collect a few more!

They all have stories connected to them, 

but I've picked a few of my favourite hearts to show you.

My Grandma bought me this for my birthday this year.

I really like this one as it has little bells and pearls hanging off it.

I also love the script of the word 'love' in the middle!

Mum came home with this little heart as a surprise for me.

She'd picked it up from a trade fair that she was attending,

it's handmade which I think is adorable; the photo doesn't do the detail justice.

I bought this heart myself when Ollie and I were in London.

It's from a little boutique in Covent Garden.

It also helps continue the 'love' theme - I have three hearts with it written on!

Finally this gorgeous frame is from Chez Rose, I was so in love I had to go back!

The frame isn't technically designed to go on the wall,

with with a little determination and string I got it up there!!

My next dilemma is do I stop there?
I've really enjoyed collecting them and remembering the stories of my summer.

Should I fill up the rest of the wall?

the cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.

This quote pretty much sums up the holiday.

Some parts were amazing - like going to my favourite beach and spending time with Mum,

whilst others were difficult, like being constantly surrounded by 4 teenage boys

and others were downright hard, like when I got splattered with sand on the beach

(It went in my tea and everything; I burst into tears).

Llangrannog beach at low tide.

 On the Tuesday we visited a beach I've never been to, 

with an amazing Whelsh name - Llangrannog. 

It was so long, and so hot, and so busy. We almost had to sit in the shade(!).

It was down a really, really steep hill 

and we had to get this clapped out minibus down to the seafront.

Adorable houses along the seafront.

Our second beach day was Wednesday.

Pure spur of the moment.

It had been raining all day but suddenly stopped around four.

So we decided to go to Mwnt beach, which is the beach of my childhood.

We've been visiting this same area of Wales for around 9 years now,

so this beach has so many memories
(The most vivid was when we found a dead seagull in the sand!!)

Gorgeous Mwnt Beach from the cliff top.

 The beach is at the bottom of a huge cliff face. 

And this time there was no shuttle service! 

Just a huge number of stone steps, and I tell you,

after going up them for the sixth time I was starting to feel the burn!

We stayed at the beach through the whole of the late afternoon.
As it started to get a bit chillier around 7 o'clock

I went and joined Mum and Nigel who were sat on the cliff.

You see they had the camping stove, so I could have a cup of tea! 

As the evening drew to a close, we witness the most beautiful of sunsets.

And we got to watch the bottlenosed dolphins that this area are reknowed for.

I couldn;t get a photo as they were too fast for the shutter on my camera,

but they were diving beautifully, completely coming out of the water!

What was pretty special was that for the whole hour they were around,

almost everyone on the beach stopped what they were doing and watched.

The whole beach sharing in one magical moment of nature!

All in all we did have a lovely time and I'm glad I went!

But I'm also glad to be back in my bed with phone reception!

Do you and your family camp?
If so, what do you think?
And if not, why not??