getting things done

   with one day to go the countdown to the last hours of 2014 begin...
unfortunately I'll be working until late so no big plans except for a champaign filled night snuggled under our new bear rug watching cheesy New Years countdown programmes and reflecting on 2014.

New Years resolutions are beginning to take action. - However, thinking of resolutions is usually as hard as sticking to them so if you're lost for ideas, think about your wants from the year, what you've told yourself off for, ways in which will make you happier, places you want to visit, people you want to see... Write everything down and finalise your top 4-6 - don't be afraid to challenge yourself. This year I succeeded in visiting the Angel of the North and not dying my hair once!

Mine so far are to :

    - Stop biting my nails and picking off fresh nail vanish (Its simply a waste)

    - Try and succeed velcro hair rollers 

    - Regularly jog and squat

    - Team regular exercise with a better diet (Cut down on biscuits)

    - Stay motivated and positive about everything in my life

    - See Edinburgh!  

Here's a few easy ways to keep up with your plans:
    Screenshot your notes on your phone/tablet and make it your background
    Go crazy with Post-it notes to remind you not to take another biscuit from the jar
    Make notes on a Blackboard and check them off at the end
    Get arty on a canvas and make your plans permanent
    Download apps to remind you
    Even telling family or friends will encourage you as they notice everything, including your                 midnight snacking

Good luck with all your plans and make sure you keep focused on getting things done, have a happy new year bloggers and keep updated in 2015!

3 days to go

saturday I'll be home and seeing my rents for the first time since they dropped me off at uni in september, the excitement builds everyday as everyone asks me if I'm ready to go home or how much I miss my family and the answers are YES and LOTS. Everyone I know has been home or families been up to them but being 7 hours away its not that easy to make a quick trip home especially when I spent my first birthday away from home yesterday.
   However my boyfriend is at uni with me and completellllly spoilt me as I opened my door and unwrapped this, I was the happiest and luckiest girl on the planet.

After an afternoon at uni I treated myself to getting my nails done and bagged a few indian takeaway bargains (talking, 66p masala, rice and bombay potato) from Tesco and whizzed back to get ready for a meal from heaven at Millers and Carter Steakhouse. One huge starter of nachos, a bbq burger and sticky toffee pudding later I wrapped up in bed to HSM 1 with my boyfriend

Bracelet - Michael Kors

Monday I went for cocktails and pizza with my flatmates, wearing dark greys and blacks with a pop of colour in my favourite (most uncomfortable) shoes

Coat - Topshop

Scarf - French Connection (mens)

Clutch - Primark

Jeans  - Warehouse

Shoes - Miss Selfridge

Top - M&S 

Necklace - New Look

All in all greaat bday, with a cute care package sent up from my family I am feeling so thankful and happy so many people wanted to celebrate with me. Massive THANKS

and so.... with my birthday out the way and a deadline tomorrow I have to go. I'll be blogging again end of the week perhaps before I go home or when I'm snuggled in my real bed, updating you on the weeks happenings and my trip to the Angel of the North !

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xmas wish list

so its my birthday soon and I have been searching like a crazy person for ideas to ask friends and family.
   Being in December I have to look for birthday and Xmas presents for people to buy which is sooo difficult. Also thinking ahead, the rest of the year I must go present-less so have to consider what makeup will run out in the year or winter crop tops that will also work in the summer..

And because I'm either busy in uni or at cheer training I never have time to go into town so I took to the internet ... Days and days of soul searching I narrowed down to some beloved must haves. I love minimal, tailored and Isabel Marant but unfortunately no one has a budget for that!
  So here is a few ideas from my high street birthday/Xmas wish list if you too are stuck for ideas:

  Ladies if you're looking for a man like me and you're finding it ridiculously difficult, the 'Shop for Him' icon on Topshop,com - Christmas, is great, also searching for quirky ideas from 'Not on the High Street' is a plan. ASOS have tonnes of brands under one website so it won't have you jumping through websites.

Think about little things he likes, favourite sweets - buy jumbo box from Amazon/Ebay or local wholesale. Does he like a new style but isn't sure if he'll suit it - buy and gift receipt (men are indecisive so we have to take the reigns). Is there a favourite place he wants to visit,  a football ground - stadium tour, see someone live he loves - a comedian, singer, West end show. Could you afford to escape to a B&B or stretch to a nice hotel with dinner for the night? Does he love pizza - Pizza Express do pizza making lessons, cocktail/alcohol lover - take him to a cocktail making class, Ice Bar London, then make the day of it, go shopping, free museums (The Tate, V&A, Natural History)

  Just a few ideas for you there...don't stress, good luck!