Sherlock & snacks night with the famalalalalalalam. Nice end to a day of choosing second year college options, working, going to the opticians (twenty: twenty vision yes sir, apparently the lack of focus in my left eye is insignificant), having several cold beverages, and going on a family walk. Oh and I got lots of new earrings which is good.

Cheese and chive potato skins, dips and assorted crisps. Snack night is the best night. Today ain’t so bad.

Flopped all me hair over to one side. Don’t know why, haven’t left house all day and feel myself plunging self into insanity.

Did my hair, did my makeup & decided on some pretty substantial goals for the next couple of weeks.

And I feel beautiful & empowered & life is great.

Who needs boys, who needs anything when you’ve got a wonderful family and eleven of the best friends anyone could ask for? Not me, that’s who.
I hope this feeling lasts a long time, that’s what I say all the time, but I think this time I have the strength to stay this way. I think this time I am strong enough to be Mrs-Cup-Is-Half-FULL, instead of just putting on that facade.

Why want the moon when you already have the earth? See what I’m saying?

Bouncy hair and MAC lipstick time. xo

I’ve been asleep for seventeen or so hours, fell asleep during Only Fools and Horses yesterday and didn’t wake up until just now. Now that’s what I call a good sleep.

New York was so good though, saw all the sights: Statue of Liberty, Chinatown, Wall Street (didn’t meet my Daddy Warbucks though) Tiffany’s, Empire State Building, UN Building, Grand Central Station, was so, so good. Went to all the shops, particular favourites include VIctoria’s Secret, Forever 21, the M&M World, and the mahooosive Disney store.

The food was great, massive waffles with ice cream and fruit and chocolate sauce, every morning, huge chicken wraps, nachos with guacamole etc etc, and the hotel was pretty nice too, except it was so big we couldn’t find our hotel room for about half an hour and we ordered extra pillows on room service three times and they never came. Oh also we flooded the bathroom.

Lessons learnt in New York:

1. Don’t get in a black cab because it IS a private chauffeur (not me, it was Carly and Sara).

Yep, that was pretty much it. Anyway, New York was such an amazing trip and I really can’t wait to go there again. Ahhh! xo 

• The countdown to New York: 3 days. 
• I have a cold at the moment, but I’m completely optimistic and reckon it’ll be gone by Wednesday, ready for me to finish packing for NYC. Talking of, I got my dollars today. Dollars are seductively unreal, like Monopoly money. I want to bathe in them.
• Life is sublime despite my croaky voice and slightly running nose: I had chicken chow mein for dinner whilst catching up on Waterloo Road: I am a woman of small pleasures, believe me.
• Hair cut tomorrow, very much looking forward to making small talk with a woman I undoubtedly don’t have very much in common with at all for an hour, for fifty quid. It’s okay, in situations such as these I whip out my phone and do phone admin: log appointments, reply to emails, network etc etc. In reality I won’t do this at all, and will take the opportunity to acquaint myself further with the daily news (hello Daily Mail app) or play Temple Run 2. Plllllaaan. Hair better look gorgeous.
• In a creative writing sort of mood.
• I am losing my voice very slowly. This will please people tomorrow. (I know my body so well that I am 100% certain that it’ll return by tomorrow night, also I’m sort of psychic) (I jest)
• I was going to have an early night but I got somewhat distracted and went downstairs to get myself a Lemsip and ended up watching the news for an hour.

Life of me. xoxo

Change of mindset xx

I know it’s my millionth attempt at starting a Blog Blog. But I’m determined to keep this one up, have a quick look if you’d be so kind?!!

Red lipstick, batwing top and high wasted trousers: could I be more Alex Drake?

I’m in one of those moods where I just feel so free and happy. I’m not going to list thousands of reasons why I feel like this, but just let me tell you that I’m incredibly blessed to be surrounded by people who love me. I am very lucky and sometimes you just appreciate what you have.

I think I’ve had a change of heart. I feel like I just want to do things that make me feel contented, and that’s what I intend to do. Let go of the things that get me down, and concentrate on going out with friends and dressing up all pretty and then going home for a deliciously romantic bubble bath for one. That’s what I want.

I’m pretty blissed out as you can probably tell, and I’m finding it hard to be critical about anything right now. The only thing I’m really disgruntled over is the fact I want to see Phantom of the Opera and Rocky Horror at the Mayflower and I can’t afford any of them (unless I go by myself, which I am quite tempted to do..). Ah well. 

Hello future. xo

I’ve had a lovely day! Got into college super early at about ten to eight and had a croissant, which is a great way to start any day, no? Then I only had tutor and media, and our teacher wasn’t even for media anyway, so it was so relaxing! 

Went out to a garden centre with my mum for lunch and I bought a Yankee Candle, it’s ‘Fluffy Towels’ scented and smells like fresh laundry and is absolutely blissful, and I’ve got that to thank for this feeling of serenity I am experiencing right now.
Seriously, I’m absolutely blissed out. I have an exam in just over fifteen hours and I should be doing some manic studying, but I’m not. I’m just happy.

I did have a work meeting today and I was curled up in the staffroom shaking and feeling nauseous and also slightly like I was having a hot flush, but once I got downstairs and we started the meeting all was alright! After the meeting went to McDonalds with my family and also Sara and girls. It was nice.

That’s been my day, hope everyone else has equally boring lives! xo

• Oh, what’s that? A month exactly until I’m flying off to New York? How very exciting! Roll on pay day so I can buy flight necessities and a juicy new book to read on the flight (not Fifty Shades.) Any good book recommendations people want to throw my way then please do so!
• College is perking up considerably now we’re starting a new module in sociology (education apparently), all I need to do now is get this history exam out of the way and finish my script for English and all will be good. Good in le hood.
• I’m in a Phantom of the Opera sort of mood.
• I managed to spill smoothie all over the flooring in the lounge earlier. Had to put Miranda on live pause while my mum cleared it up. Clearly I am very clumsy and should not be trusted with beverages without the lids.
• I cannot think of a fifth bullet point. Non, je ne regrette rien.

I am currently procrastinating by writing this post as I have a media storyboard to do for my coursework, and storyboards have been the actual and literal bane of my life forever. I was never one for planning, but if it’s going to benefit my coursework, then let’s do it. I have lots of ideas for the video aspect at the moment, more so than for the print element, so every cloud eh.

I tried being healthy today. Oh, I really did. Low fat peanut butter on toast, two light banana yoghurts, two apples, chicken noodle soup, and baked potato with chicken and vegetables, plus an hour doing yoga and God knows what else. Then I got back from my mum’s about an hour ago and I’ve had two chocolate bars and am awaiting some freshly baked bread with raspberry conserve on it. Not so good. I have no willpower, I have found. 

It’s proved to be a challenge milking my very dull weekend (except seeing some friends yesterday!) into an exciting text post, so here is where I leave you be and say ‘au revoir’ - at least, until tomorrow. xo