The A-Z Of Me | Get To Know Me. (Part One)

Hello everyone,

A few times on this blog I've posted some get to know me things as I love reading that topic of content but more importantly I love writing it too, especially if they're slightly challenging and makes me think hard about a good answer. This is why I love tags so much as I think they're just fun and if you all get to know me that little bit better then perfect! I saw this idea on a few peoples blogs and loved the concept so I thought lets do this, I'm splitting this up in to two chunks mainly so it's more readable as otherwise I think it just looks like a lot of babble and I would also prefer to write this in two parts as I'd probably give up at a certain point and never come back to it. Part one is A-M and I'll post the second edition in a few days so keep your eyes peeled! (I'll come back and link part two at the bottom)

Here we go!

A - You may already know this but my inspiration is ADELE. I just think she's so down to earth and she seems like the most genuine, caring celebrity..rumour has it that I would love her to mother me because her songs are a huge comfort in my life, plus she just looks like a good cuddler!

B - My favourite times of the year is Christmas and birthdays as in my family we usually spend a lot of time playing BOARD GAMES and we never stop laughing. I'm fairly close with my family, particularly my brothers, so I just love being able to bond and enjoy each others company whilst having fun and making memories. 

C - CATS!!!! I am a complete crazy cat lady and I honestly do not care. I'm aware that I have a slightly unhealthy obsession with the cute felines but oh well! I have 3 boy cats who I love with every piece of me and they do brighten my darkest days, as lame as that may sound to some of you reading this but I know I can tell them anything and they won't go anywhere. 

[L-R] Milo (6 months), Ted (2 years), Smudge (4 years)

D - You're never too old for DISNEY! I've always loved Disney and that will never fade, I love every aspect. On September 2nd I get to go back to Disneyland Paris, I last went for my 10th birthday, but now with one of closest friends, otherwise known as my soul mate, and I couldn't be more excited for our little adventure.

E - This one might seem a little weird for some people but I can't go a day without EYELINER and if/when I do then you know I'm ill or hay fever has hit me hard. One thing I hate more than not wearing eyeliner is letting my eyes run, forcing me to look like a panda!

F - I wish real life was like a FAIRYTALE!! You could wake up looking perfect, talk to animals and sing to your Prince Charming but sadly it's not like that. Life is tough. I just think if I had a unicorn walking around I'd be pretty happy!

G - My main weakness, especially during diets, is GUMMY SWEETS. If they're sour then even better, I'm not a full on chocolate person as it just seems to lay in my throat so chews and gummies are the way to go with me.

H - I love HOLDING HANDS with a passion and when the boy does the strokey thumb thing..well say no more! I usually get quite paranoid after about 5 minuets of hand holding as all I can think is 'are my hands becoming clammy?'.

I - I can be such an INDECISIVE human sometimes and it's something that I'm always aware of, I wish I was someone who could make a snap decision and be done with the choice I have made.

J - JELLYFISH have always intrigued me, I love the look of them as they usually float around looking fairly peaceful but their sting is far from that. Thankfully I've never been stung but I've witnessed many stings happening at the beach whilst growing up, I wouldn't say I'm scared of them I just steer a bit clear of them but sometimes they just float a lot closer to me than I want.

K - I drive around in a little KA, called Luna, and I would honestly be so lost without her. Having my own car gives me so much freedom!

L - All I've ever dreamt about is being in LOVE and being loved back fully. When I'm with someone I fall pretty hard and pretty quick, which is a positive and also a negative of dating but luckily I've found someone who I adore. We can be complete weirdos with each other and still go on the cutest dates so thank you to him for being everything I want and more, I have physically said the 3 words to him yet as I feel like it's too soon (we've been seeing each other since December but officially been in a relationship for a little over a month) but I know it's going that way and hopefully he'll be in my life for a looooong time!

M - One of my favourite possessions is my MICHAEL KORS padlock bangle in rose gold, my parents got me this beauty for my 20th birthday present and I wear it pretty much every day!

So that's A-M, hope that gets you to know me a little bit better. Keep your eyes peeled for the second instalment!

Hello Spring!

Hello everyone,

Surprisingly I'm rather excited for the weather to start getting warmer, my favourite seasons are Autumn/Winter, and for everything to start becoming lighter. With the flowers starting to grow and the sun shining into our lives a bit more I have extremely high hopes for the warmer months to be as exciting as possible this year and Spring is just the start of that!

Now I never need an excuse to shop and revamp my wardrobe but the changing of seasons gets me all giddy with excitement as I can start bringing in some more colour and pastel shades into my fashion. My main goal with my clothing this season is to find everyday outfits that look classy and sophisticated, not that I'm either of those things but I I really would like to make an attempt, as I feel like the jeans and a slogan or Disney top combo is starting to look like I don't want to make an effort when in fact I love making an effort to go out the house! 

Many people have a 'Spring clean' around their house but I'm cleaning up everything. My room, my friends and just my life in general! I've had my bedroom decorated the same since I was 16 and I just feel like it would be a much nicer space if I make the room lighter and change it around a bit, I have a very clear picture of how I want to redecorate as I love anything home design and seeing as I would love to move out within the next few years (I've given myself a goal of to be moved out by the time I'm 25, lets see if that happens!) so I could see what styles I love beforehand. 

As for friends. Well it's really only the one. We met in college and was friends throughout but never become as close as we were until a few months after leaving. I used to trust this girl with everything I had but now I've slowly came to the realisation that she's more of a fake friend than anything and I haven't got time or the patience to deal with that sort of thing anymore, this doesn't mean we'll stop being friends but this does mean I'll shut her out of my life a bit more and will probably only see her on social occasions. We would speak everyday and all day but I haven't text her in over 3 days and I've never felt more content than what I am now! A little saying we have is 'we could never stop being friends because you know too much', well yeah she does know a lot about me and some of the things that I'm not proud of but seeing as most people know that now then there's no need to hide, but I know she's more scared if we ever stopped being friends that I would share her business around as she's told me some things that would shock the average person! For the record I would never share around anyones business out of spite or revenge, there have been times that I've told my best friends and boyfriend about her stuff but I just needs other people's opinions as I always felt like a huge bitch for thinking bad of her. Anyway long story short I need to cut away from her for a while which is an issue as I'm going to V Festival and sharing a tent with her and some of our friends but I'm at that stage now that I'm begging people to come just to go in a different tent. Thankfully my boyfriend is debating going to the festival, unfortunately for him he's not fully aware of the sleeping arrangements I had in mind!

So there are a few of my plans for Spring and for once I'm actually weloming the warmer weather with a huge smile.

Seeing Adele Live!

Hello everyone, 

March 15th was the day that I could finally tick one of the anticipated things that was on my bucket list, Adele is my favourite artist and also my idol. I adore her so much and not just because of her ridiculous talent but also she has to be one of the most down to earth celebrities, so in December a friend and I tried for days on multiple presales to bag ourselves some tickets but sadly failed until on the general sale I managed to get through the crowds of people on the website, that had crashed multiple times, and long story short after putting in all my details I just wept at the fact me and two of my favourite humans are going to Adele!

My mum offered to take us all to and from the train station so we could have a few alcoholic beverages if we felt like it, none of us ended up having any, and we got to the station fairly early. I've been to a fair few concerts at the O2 before and knowing how many people flood in I was eager to get there early so we didn't have hassle to get in anywhere to eat and I just find myself a lot more relaxed when I'm not in a busy environment as I can be a very anxious human if I let my mind take over. We went to have dinner in the Harvester which was a complete winner, I had my all time favourite of a BBQ Chicken Stack, Rocky Horror and a lot of refillable drink, we ended up sitting in there for about 2 hours in the end as we was pretty much laughing the entire time but I think the fact that we waited a good 20 minuets for our bill to arrive was a main factor in that!

After dinner we went for a little stroll around the O2 and just took a lot of selfies to capture every moment, in the end we decided to wait by the barriers so we would be some of the first to be allowed into the main arena..I detest stepping over people to get to my seat and queueing is a big no when there's thousands of humans.

Whilst we waited we kept staring at everyone being let into the VIP area, mostly full grown adults all dressed up flashing their smart looking tickets to get being the rope..I was beyond envious but then we noticed someone walking over there and instantly myself and Chloe shouted out "It's Joe Sugg!!", we're both huge fans of everything youtube and for me this was bloody cool so I quickly grabbed my phone and took possibly the worst photo ever!

Finally it was time to go in the arena and here is where my brain went into overdrive and just thought what about if these tickets are fake and I've dragged my best friends here for nothing, all the excitement and build up for months on end to be told you're not allowed in. I only shared this little concern when we was physically inside and we got in, to be honest I don't even know why I have this worry every time as I only ever buy concert tickets from official sites but it's something I'll always be paranoid about.
We found our seats and that's when it became real to me that in just under 2 hours my idol would be standing on that stage belting her heart out. The seats we had were so incredible, usually in such a big arena I'd be sitting up the back and near the ceiling so I was in utter shock when I could actually see everyone on stage without having to imagine a face on a walking blob!

I still have no words for how incredible Adele's show was and I still feel so lucky to be able to say I've seen her live and to tick this huge thing off my bucket list. More times than I'd like to admit I had to hold back the tears during as they have a lot of emotion behind the song for me as I like to piece music to my life. I didn't take many photos as I videoed near enough every song as I can listen back to the best night of my existence, even though I can hear the man who was sitting next to me but that's fine as he was loving life and singing his heart out so all I can say is way to go to him!

One thing I will add is how funny this woman is and how much she does for her fans as she showed that on the night. If you have tickets to any upcoming shows then I hope you enjoy and sing your heart out as I know I had a blast but for now this night is just memories and a few scrapbook pages when I get round to crafting them.

BEST. NIGHT. EVER.

Day At The Zoo.

Hello everyone,

I know I haven't posted in a while as I just sort of lost touch with what I was writing and didn't want to just put up content for the sake of posting something mediocre but lately life has been so hectic, I'll write a little post all about that soon just as a little catch up, so I haven't been able to concentrate or put all my energy into what I'm writing and if I'm going to put something online I want it to be right. So here I am with a post that I love the topic of because it was such a lovely day and it will be a memory that I cherish for the rest of time.

Growing up I was always going to my local happy place, Colchester Zoo, and I've seen the zoo grow, new animals come in and sadly the beloved creatures go but I still love the place as much as I first did stepping into the home for amazing animals. Now I'm fully aware that everyone has different opinons on zoos and the well-being of the animals that habitat in them and my opinon has positives and negatives on both sides but this isn't a post to have that debate right now..maybe one day I'll write my views down but for this post it's just a pleasant memory. 

Last Sunday, 6th March, I arranged for my boyfriend to come round after he had finished work which wasn't until about 8:30/9pm but as this was Mother's Day everything came together nicely. Just as he text me saying he was leaving for drive to mine he mentioned he had the next day off, which amazed us both as our schedules never sync up too well, so straight away I sent replied with a mini freak out text telling him to bring a change of clothes and everything round as we had been planning a trip to the zoo for a few weeks, now we could finally go, and I felt like a child again filling up with excitment that I was finally going back to my happy place and taking the person I adore with me. The last time I had gone to this zoo was for my 20th birthday, which was in October, so I hadn't been away for that long but I used to own a membership card and would be up there every couple of weeks. That night I went to sleep fairly early as we planned to be out the house by 10 and I don't like rushing to get ready.

My alarm went off at 8am and I peeked out of the curtains to check the weather, much to delight the sun was beaming so I hopped out of bed super quick as I knew this would be a good day. My boyfriend joined me downstairs whilst I was finishing getting ready and just watched tv and spoke to my parents, I love that my parents both think he's a decent guy as my family is very close and my dad has a great judge of character so if his gut feeling is bad about someone then I tend to give them a chance and then decide I can't be with them if my family thinks badly of them, anyway I finished getting ready and we left. We decided to stop in McDonalds on the way out to feed ourselves, the breakfast bagel is my go-to order, then we sat in the car listening to the radio and just talking about random things while we ate. 

Finally we got to the zoo and I literally squeeled of excitement when we parked up, even though the sun had gone in and the cold starting to show itself but that didn't phase me at all. I went and asked for 2 adult tickets and then paid for our entry, he's done so much for me that I decided this would be a little treat day for him plus we both work hard for our money so why shouldn't we both treat eachother. Once we were in and walked around a few of the enclosures we decided we were both freezing so we spent a lot of the time huddled together for warmth, not that I'm complaining about that, we got to the sea-lions and they just started their little 'show', not this wasn't like some awful show for peoples enjoyment it was the animals doing their daily checks and feed with the keepers whilst they spoke about them and and the training they do at the zoo to make humans able to check them closely without having to use any medicine to knock them out. After watching that we went to get some hot chocolates to try and warm up and then started again around the park, my favourites to watch are always the chimps but their new enclosure was shut for maintenance so the public weren't able to go and see them but still I had an amazing time watching the other animals the zoo had to offer. When we got to the meerkats a few looked like they were fighting, but much to the mother with a small child next to us, they were infact mating. We laughed and joked with the parent of the child who was asking what they were doing, which he got a reply of 'a special cuddle'..good cover up to the mum! 

Thankfully there weren't many people there so we didn't have to try and muscle our way through the crowds, we could go at a leisurely place and could even have a few cuddles to warm up without everyone cringing, trust me I cringe so much when I see the slightest PSA! On our way out we played around in the gift shop, considering I'm 20 and he's 24 next month we probably should have gone to the grown up gift shop but instead we played around with a jelly snake thing for a good 10 minuets. 

After walking around we were both pretty hungry so we decided to stop off at Harvester on the way home, I ordered my absolute favourite of battered halloumi and fries, and with their new drinks machine we used our refills as a good opportunity to try the strangest drink combinations..a winner was on the Pepsi options, vanilla, cherry and strawberry all mixed together. It was delicious. 

This date day was pretty much perfect.