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7th May 2018

  For the first time in almost 3 years, I finally didn’t have to work on a bank holiday! Knowing the weather was going to be good and that my boyfriend was on a little morning shift, made it even better!

I made a little picnic (mainly snacks) and enjoyed a few hours this afternoon in the sun! There’s something about sitting on a blanket in the middle of a green field, eating snacks,…

It’s Time For Honesty. It’s Time For Change.

It’s going to be one of those posts where I just express all of my feelings and thoughts.. A couple of weeks ago, I decided I needed extra help. I couldn’t deal with crying myself to sleep every night, the constant pain, the constant feeling of being alone.  I knew I had people to talk to, I just didn’t feel like they’d understand. Why would my mum not understand?! A trial of anti-depressants and…

Chester Zoo. 28/02/2018. As mentioned in my last post, I recently went to the zoo with a few friends from work. Despite it snowing on and off all day and receiving bad news the day before; we were all determined to make the most of it! It was such a nice day making new memories! Enjoy some of my favourite pictures ☺

Hello, I’ve never written a post like this one before. As I’m not massively into beauty and fashion, this is more of an unstructured ‘things I’ve enjoyed’ type of post! We’ll start off with this ice-cream! For almost a week and a half of Feb I had the worse cold I’d had in a while. So this ice-cream was a hug favourite- I’m also a fan of the coconut one! I don’t eat a lot of crisps. It’s not that…

Hello there. I’m writing this blog post while wrapped up in bed with a hot water bottle. I’m sipping away at my cranberry juice and a warm cup of lemon green tea. Needless to say I’m ill. Again. I woke up Monday with a really sticky eye, yellow pus and sticky eyelashes. Conjunctivitis, the joys. I phoned in sick to work as I really struggled to see. I then spent Monday and Tuesday in bed,…

What I Ate Today – Typical Weekend Working.

Hello there. I really enjoy watching “what I eat” videos on YouTube and I love reading through “what I eat” blog posts looking at all of the different kinds of meals people eat. As I haven’t uploaded in a while, I’ve been really ill with a chesty cold. But now I’m better, I thought I’d share with you what I typically eat on a weekend day when I have to work. Breakfast – 9:00 am Green smoothie.…

Sometimes it’s easy to get swept up in the chaos that we call life. It’s too easy to put others needs before our own, it’s too easy to feel like we can’t say no, it’s too easy to feel like we have to please everyone. Well, we dont. We can say no. We should put ourselves first. We don’t have to please everybody. Lately, yet again, I’ve let things get on top of me. I’m feeling tired, cranky and…

What I’d like to achieve in 2018!

It’s New Years Eve today, and I feel like almost everyone either reflects on the past year and/or begins to make new years resolutions. 2017 has been a pretty awesome year! I got promoted at work, I got my first serious boyfriend, I passed my driving test. It only seems natural to want to continue to achieve great things next year! So what do I want to achieve? Lose weight – Over the past few…

Last week I went away to a log cabin for my 21st birthday with my boyfriend. And the day after my birthday, we had a light snow fall – I mean, nothing stuck but it was cute. I woke up yesterday, to a cute white blanket of snow covering the ground. I’m not the type of person who likes snow, but it’s still so beautiful. As I only had a few hours free before I had to trek through the snow to get to…

So when it came to planning what I wanted to do for my 21st, the only thing that stuck was me wanting to go away. As I don’t have access to a car it had to be somewhere I could access via public transport. After doing a little bit of googling, I finally decided on spending 5 days in a log cabin.

When I first booked it, I planned on taking just my sister but since then life changed. In the end I took my boyfriend, despite only being together a few months. Needless to say it was a test. However, it was still one of my favourite weeks.

My first ever “haul” style post! And it was definitely going to be a candle one!

I know that today is 31st October, Halloween. And I know most of the following candles are Christmas scented, but I just love to smell of Christmas candles – it makes it feel more autumnal and wintery. Getting in from a cold work home from work and lighting up a gingerbread candle.

Enjoy 🙂

Scent: Gingerbread

From: TK Maxx

Price: £5.99

  Scent: Ginger Lily and Sage

From: TK Maxx

Price: £5.99

  Scent: Mince Pie

From: TK Maxx

Price: £3.99

  Scent: Black Coconut

From: Yankee Candle

Price: £6.99

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Date: 27/10/17 – 28/10/17 Taking one of my favourite people to one of my favourite cities.          

Passing My Driving Test! (Second Time Lucky)

From wanting to give up to changing instructors. Almost a 3 year stretch of on-and-off lessons, I finally did it. I finally passed my driving test! Although it may have taken me two tries to pass both my theory and practical test, I got there eventually. When I first had lessons, when I was 17, I hated them. I had no confidence, was spending money on something I wasn’t enjoying and had to try and…

Hey there! It’s a filler kind of post day – I’m wanting to write blog post, but struggling to find ideas and time! Although this week, I’m not at work – I finally booked a full week off work – and have spent the majority of it catching up with family and sorting things out. So while I have a few hours free, I’m going to try and get as many post typed up as possible, starting with 57 random…

We’ve been to a lot of different beaches growing up, but over the past few years Aberystwyth is where we always end up. I love the beach, it’s where I’m happiest. To just sit on the sand, eating strawberries and watching the waves.

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Where I’m At With Life.

Hey, there! In my last post, I was feeling a little down. I was having a really shitty time at home and work. I was finding it hard to balance my home life and my work life. I try really hard not to mix the both, but sometimes it’s not always possible. I felt like there was no escape from how I was feeling. However, over the past few weeks I feel a LOT better. I’m happy, I’m smiling and my shitty…