#99

Week in Photos

I'm cheating slightly as some of these photos are from the week before I was in Cornwall, just haven't had the chance to share them, doubt you'll mind!


- Playing round with my mum's camera, being vain. it makes me look quite red though, dunno how to use the different settings


- Went with Heather & Danni for a Nandos before Cornwall; medium chicken wings, garlic bread and Peri Peri chips, nom!


- We found a Heather-sized cash machine on the way to BaaBar!

- Last week's Graze box, all so nice think I demolished it that night. Use code C3MVH3H for a free trial box and your second half price

- The ring and bracelet I treated myself to in Perranport. The bracelet's quite long so when it drags across my arm I freak thinking it's a spider or a bug :/

- More empty products for my Project 10 Pan thing, I think I've gone over 10 items by now, but I'll just keep going, doing pretty well

- Our friend Donna moved to London so we went for a farewell meal to Big Bowl Noodle on Berry St, the guys in there know us cos we can't stop going! We all had Satay chicken w/ fried rice, yummy!
If you live in Liverpool please check it out, it's cheap, they do student discount and the portions are huge, I'm not joking!


- Hope's bosom was flashing in Hannah's Bar later that night...

- The gorgeous flowers in our front garden, haven't a clue what they're called but I like'em :)

- One of many cups of tea since being home. This mug is so cool, it's got a lid to keep it at the perfect temperature

- The Body Shop products I purchased using the Groupon voucher I got aaages ago - paid £12 for £30 worth of products. I used it on the very last day as I'd forgotten about it, oops!
I'm very happy with what I got and will do any reviews if you would like?


I'm currently flitting between tidying the house & packing my suitcase in the hopes my passport arrives in time for Turkey on Monday!
I had my interview, but my dad had to drive me to Blackburn as Liverpool's office had no free dates, typical for me! But I rang earlier and the man said it had been printed s should arrive over the weekend, I really hope it does as I'd be devastated if I couldn't go :( Fingers crossed you guys!

Are you going abroad this year? Anywhere nice? :)

#98

So I'm back from Cornwall, relucantly as I just did not want to come home. I missed my friends/family, but I just wanted to stay away from my usual life a little while longer :(
Hopefully we'll be going back later this year, maybe in August with some friends to chill for a week or so. The drive there and back was nowhere near as bad as last time, as Jack drove us two with the dog in the back, and despite a minor hiccup at the start, with us ending up in Huyton after following his dad's car twin he did really well and I'm very proud of him considering it was his first proper drive :)
The weather was abit hit and miss, it was sunny everyday, but five out of seven days the wind was really strong, so it cancelled out the sun as it was pretty cold. But the last day was gorgeous, and we spent everyday on the beach with Jack and his brother surfing, he taught me how to skimboard, and I caught the littlest tan ever :') Spent Tuesday pottering round Newquay which was nice. Not much has changed round Perranporth but I think that's one of the reasons we love it so much, it's like our home from home; there's still the same waitress in Pickwicks, the same shop owners from years ago, the only things that have changed really is shop signs and a new cafe called The Cove which is really nice, worth checking out if you're ever round there.
We didn't take any photos this year due to the unpredictable weather, and whenever it was sunny we had forgotten to pack the camera just incase, ah well!

This is the only photo I got, on my phone hence the bad quality of the sunset from the second day. In reality it was a gorgeous deep orange that filled the sky, my photo doesn't do it justice but you get the jist.

I'm hoping to get back on track this week with my posts, mabe throw a few new regulars in the mix, see what you all think? Tomorrow I'll do a quick Week in photos from before I left.

Are any of you going on holiday? If so, where? :)
I'm supposed to be sunning it up next week in Bodrum, Turkey with my best friends, but my passport has been a nightmare, it's taken about five months so far and it's still not sorted!
So if anyone in Liverpool either works in or knows someone who works in the Passport Office in town, help me out please, I need it! :D

Short hiatus

Hey guys, just a quick post to say although I've been slacking on the posts the last couple of weeks, I won't be posting anything this coming week as I am going to Cornwall tomorrow morning for a well deserved break! :) I'm really excited to go, but first I have to pop to Wigan tonight and see Jack's last match for a little while.

Hope you all enjoy this gorgeous heat while it lasts, see you next Saturday! :)

xx

#92

Counting down the days

This is definitely my lazy way of keeping up with posting, but I cannot wait for June to come round. I know it's silly to wish time away, but over the next two months I have a lot of things I wish I didn't have to do. Mainly job hunting, completing my work placement and doing the god awful presentation to accompany it - I am alright at speaking to groups when I'm comfortable with said people, but I do not like the tutor in charge of the work placement assignments, I don't even like walking past him in the corridor. We had to do presentations every Tuesday last year with him, and I still hate them, didn't help at all :/

But enough rambling, I'm dedicating this post to my second home, Cornwall, mainly Perranporth.
I'm going back there early June with Jack and his family. This will be the fourth time we've gone, and I'm yet to get bored of the place.
It's just so beautiful - the beaches are gorgeous, the sea is clear, the beach we go to has a pub on it - how cool is that! And everyone's so relaxed and just takes each day as it comes. I'd love to own either a crafts or surf shop there, or a little tea room by the beach. I'm pretty jealous of the lucky Sam who lives in Cornwall, and as you'll see from her posts, always has a lovely smile on her face :)

The following are photos either myself or Jack have taken - please don't take them without asking first!

Can't leave a holiday post without adding a little cheery music. Jack Johnson's Banana Pancakes is one of my favourite songs, so relaxing and happy :)

Do you have somewhere you consider a "second home"? :)

#87

I've not been feeling inspired over the last couple of weeks, I know a lot of people have said been feeling the same, at least I know I'm not alone. I don't feel I'm getting anywhere, I get up not wanting to do anything productive or anything that can help me in the long term for whatever reason, and I know it's not just my natural laziness rearing its ugly head, it's that I haven't really thought of any obvious goals I want to achieve.

This week has been my reading week off uni, but it's gone so fast I don't feel I've done anything worthwhile, mainly because I still haven't found a part-time job to tide me over until I graduate, which is frustrating as it's not like I haven't been trying. Places seem more interested in hiring people fresh out of high school with no idea of how to treat customers, how to deal with difficult situations and working in retail in general. No disrespect if you have a part-time job straight from high school, you're lucky to have it, it's just irritating when you have over three years experience working under a busy, harsh Customer Services environment. Just sucks that my hard work isn't wanted anywhere, and I mean anywhere.

But onto happier things, I'm going to post my Friday Favourites each week in order to keep my blog rolling. Probably not the best time to start it as I begin my work placement next Friday for ten weeks, but I'll be doing my best to keep up! It'll include photos, quotes, things I've seen and done over the past week that have made me smile.
Nothing negative, just positive things!

I have a couple for this week but I'll keep it short an sweet for you!

Jack's just had some of the best news in the world, I'm not sure if I can talk about it yet, but when I do I'll be rambling on for a good while! I'm so proud of him, he's been working really hard towards his goals and future, and knows exactly what he wants to achieve in life. He's a really strong person and although he doesn't always know it, he motivates me to better myself and work towards my own goals, no matter how small they are.
All his hard work is going to pay off this year, I'm so proud and happy for him as it's what he deserves ^__^

Since I got my new phone I've hardly put it down. It's weird to get used to as it's a square, but I love it. I've been playing with the camera which as above it's pretty good, I need to fiddle with the settings though. I'll post a photo of it later in the week.

This Summer is going to be so good, I can't wait!
Booking my place on the girls holiday in Turkey for June later this week, so excited!
I've got quite a lot lined up - finish uni in May, Cornwall with Jack in early June, Turkey with the girls late June, France & Barcelona with the family.
Hopefully fit my work placement in there somewhere, along with bbq's, beach days, picnics and staying out late :)

Congrats if you got this far, I didn't realise how much I rambled and ranted on at the start, I'll be posting more positive things once I get back into the swing of it all :)

#27

Haven't updated this for just under a month, I feel disgusted but not too bothered; makes me think I've been pretty busy/having too much fun to come on this, which is a good thing :)
So here's a (not so brief) update, with a fat separate post about Cornwall still to come, avec photos of the beach, our awesome beach castle creations and the swans...
The 24th May was mine and Jack's 3-year anniversary ^__^ so we did it old school and went to the Switch Island Odeon with load of sweeties and Cherry Tango, to see Prince of Persia. The movie was pretty good, despite the cheese-toasty acting; but I later realised all the POP games are laced with cheesy and awkward one-liners when Jack was playing it a few days later. It's swimming in cool CGI, but they maybe took it one flip too far; some of them did seem unnecessary, but didn't really take away from the fact it was an enjoyable film.

After Cornwall, and the hottest car journey home ever, I pretty much showered, changed and jumped on the train for Donna's birthday bbq at her flat. It was lovely seeing Heather, Danni, Andri and Donna after almost two weeks, got to show off my awesome half-tan too. We left Donna's to go for some drinks and dancing; off to Baabar where Heather got mentally scarred and mouth-raped by a guy who looked about 14 and danced like Michael Cera. So we go to Popworld, which was more enjoyable, apart from the guys in white suits - one completed his look with a bangin' mullet and 'tash. I got scarred by some dude who though dancing like a crab/fly hybrid was amusing/appealing to anybody :| Weirdest thing ever!
Actually it was weirder when I met Heather in a taxi Monday to go to Las Iguanas, she pulled out a crab toy from her work; it's now chilling with the green hippo hanging from my shelf.

Too much writing, writing writing. More updates soon.