Goodbye 2014!

Oh, 2014, don't leave me. This year has been the most mentally challenging year of my life without question, from previous years I didn't think I could get any worse but this year proved me wrong. I have gone on the biggest roller coaster ride of my life, although mentally challenging this year has been the most fun and life changing! 

I've done so much, I've left home, I've learnt how to look after myself, I've travelled from my home to Sheffield, to Reading and London all on my own, I've been to many a gig (mostly 5 Seconds of Summer) and met the Australians lots of times too which of course is always nice.

I wanted to make a post about every single month and everything I've done but that would probably bore you, just know that this year I've done a lot of stuff I never thought I would do. I've grown as a person, I turned 19 and for the first time felt like an adult when it came to me having to buy my own weekly food shopping and having to cook my own dinner. I can't really believe I left home and went to University, I never thought I'd have the guts. 

I have met so many new people and also kept the same old pals. My group of friends from school are still here and we're still going strong, we're going to Scotland next year which will be ace. I've made even more friends through 5 Seconds of Summer which is cute as and then I've made friends from all around the world because of uni, it's quite beautiful.  

I am excited to start 2015 and want to really get better mentally, this year could be even better than 2014 and that is going to be hard to beat. LET'S DO IT. 

Have a happy new year! 

What I've Learned In Semester 1 - Tips From Me To You.

Hiiiiiii!

Semester 1 is almost over and the past three months have been a very huge learning curve, it's been an emotional roller coaster if I'm honest. I've met people, I've had little mental breakdowns and it's just all been very strange - but also very good. I learnt a lot, some humorous things in fact that I'd like to share with you so heres what I have learned in the past three months and things that I simply want to pass onto you, like tips in a sense I guess? ENJOY.

1. No one knows where Suffolk is despite it being an hour and a half drive away from London. 

2. Parties.

• Just because you have purchased Doritos and Tequila doesn't mean it's a Mexican party, especially when you've eaten the majority of the Doritos before anyone arrives.
• Parties are v different at all unis.
• Someone will steal your voddy but deal with it and move on.
• If someone leaves their voddy at yours because your flat is the usual pre-drink place then it's yours now, simple as move along.

3. Es ee ex.

• People literally do not care if you are a V man or like to hit it whenever possible. Nobody cares, don't worry if you're a Virgin Mary and if you're not Mr/Mrs V then you shouldn't feel the need to splurge your stories over a game of Never Have I Ever - chances are nobody cares unless someone has actually asked…in that case feel free.

4. You'll see some weird things in your life.

• When I say this I mean there's a chance you will be called into your flat mates room to look over at the hotel across the road to see a couple getting jiggy, you might even see a strangers bits and pieces dangling between their legs - THIS IS A THING THAT /MIGHT/ HAPPEN. 

5. Friendships.

• Friendships will blossom from night one at university. 
• Within a week you will have pee'd in front of your flat mates, you might even have a panic attack on the floor while your flat mate has a pee in front of you in your bathroom. 
• Friendships will move at 100mph, you'll go from strangers to best friends within days - it's quite beautiful. 
• Farting in front of your new friends is one of the biggest turning points of the whole friendship, it's real from that moment onwards. 

6. Relationships. 

• Boys/girls you start to dig within the first few weeks aren't ones you need to hold onto for the whole year, you don't need to get hooked. 
• If you give your number to a boy out of pressure on the first night in a proper club in London then you see them on the fourth night and they're like "aren't you -insert name" after you've ignored their texts, it's totally okay to lie and say you have no idea who they're talking about and then run away! 
• Your whole "I don't kiss boys I don't like" mentality might go out of the window, yolo, live while we're young n all that. 
• If you go to uni you might fancy a million and one boys BECAUSE BOYS RULE. 

7. Weird things will be done and it's okay.

• When I say this I mean that it's okay if there's no toilet roll left in the pub toilet and you use the cardboard instead. 
• Also if you've chucked half a bag of Doritos in the bin in your room and the next day they're teasing you so you get them back out and eat them. 

8. I fall over more in this city than I ever have done in my home town. 

• Yep, I seem to have increased my clumsiness. I fell over in Urban Outfitters in super slow motion and got 'pushed' outside Charring Cross and it was absolutely hilarious. 

I swear half of these aren't personal experiences, promise.

Hope you enjoyed! BYYYE SEMESTER 1. 

15 Festive Favourites: IT'S (ALMOST) CHRISTMAAAAS.

Hiiiiii! It's kinda, almost Christmas so I wanted to get into the spirit and after watching Tom Fletcher from McFly's v festive video I thought I'd join in (but not on video, I'm not at that level) here we go!

1. Festive food
Pigs in blankets rule so hard and so do parsnips, one year I think my mum forgot to put the parsnips on and I honestly thought Christmas was ruined. Not really, I could never be mad on Christmas even in such a parsnip disaster.

2. Reindeer 
Rudolph is the man.

3. Day of Christmas 
8, 8 mades a milking, weird but free milk in my eyes. NOT LITERALLY IN MY EYES BUT… YOU KNOW.

4. Christmas song
Last Christmas by Wham! When G Michael falls over in the snow in the videos thats when you know Christmas has truly arrived.

5. Christmas present 
I really love all the prezzies me and my brother get in our sacks every year, it's like the best part but he's moved out now so I shall be doing that all alone this year and I'm quite sad about this tradition ending.

6. Christmas film
The Grinch or Elf, I actually really love Christmas with the Kranks and the Santa Clause movies… I LOVE THEM ALL BYE.

7. Christmas cracker toy
A pen, not a toy, but essential.

8. Christmas cracker joke 
None, they all suck sorry bye.

9. Decoration 
We have a really sweet Disney wreath that we've put up every year and I love it.

10. Candle scent 
Cinnamon and apple IS Christmas.

11. Christmas advert 
Coca cola! My dad without fail every year says "funny, saw the coke advert… swear it's meant to be on after Christmas" and I have no idea why he says it but the first time he was dead serious, he's a special one.

12. Festive tradition 
Not a general one but a personal one, it's the way we open our presents, when we were younger it would take hours because my dad says for example "this present is for Shannon love from Nannie" or something then you sit and watch and go on to the next present and I LOVE IT.

13. Place to spend Christmas
Morning and dinner at home, evening at my Nannie and Grandads, boxing day with my Nannie. Always the same, if it's ever different I throw a tantrum.

14. Festive fact 
Yellow snow is really gd.

15. Snowman accessory 
Carrot nose, so ace, I wish I had a carrot nose.

There you go, do this yourself! Get in the mood for Christmas yaaaay.

The Vamps Headline London!

Last night my friend Libby and I got last minute tickets to go and see one of our favourite bands, The Vamps in London! The seats were right up in the circle and we were next to two very drunk and merry adults, so that was quite fun.

You see, I've loved The Vamps for a super long time, since they were on YouTube and had no original songs…that was a long time ago in my eyes. I even made a blog post about their first single coming out way back when, you can read that here!

They put on an amazing show, it was electric the whole time and Brad…well I can't even talk about Brad because he is the biggest dream boat on Earth even from afar. Nope, can't talk about him.

They all had their own little moment, Tristan had an epic drum solo - IT WAS INSANE I FELT LIKE I WAS IN A TRANCE. James sung a little solo of Move My Way, Connor done a cover of All Time Low's 'Dear Maria' and Brad, although he is the obvious front man he had a little sing-song on his own when he sung Shout About It. It was all very cute.

But then Brad changes it up from the cuteness and goes mental on stage like the true front man he is but still manages to sound like a husky angel, how does he do it?! I don't know, get away.

It really was a special night for me to watch such a show like that, it was awesome and to know I've watched them grow from YouTube to this was something else and I left the venue feeling quite emotional but in a good way because they are four boys who really deserve what they have. They've stayed super grounded, haven't sold themselves out to America and given in to all of the financial side of the music business. I think they really do what they do for their fans and to simply enjoy it and that's obvious when you watch them on stage. There is nothing fake about them, they're totally real and I feel like they'll stay that way throughout what I assume will be a very long career.

They're going on tour next year too so you can get tickets this weekend if you want, you probably should though this isn't even a suggestion I'm literally going to force you to buy tickets because YOU MUST.

get tickets here!

Positive Tuesdays: Week Eight.

Hiiii!

Once again, I've not been in the best state of mind ever but I'm taking steps to make it better - working on CBT skills I once learnt and just generally looking after (or trying) myself. I'll get there eventually, I must keep that mentality up!

The past week has held some good times mind you and of course, it's Positive Tuesday I'm going to share all of those things with you!

You know, happiness is all about the little things isn't it? Well, my flat mate and I ordered our first university Dominos and it was absolutely beautiful. Things like that are truly the most wonderful moments, anything that involve pizza is wonderful of course.

I also met up with my friends Georgia and Libby and it was the first time I've seen Libby in MONTHS. So that was super nice as together we are #Shibby, get to know that. I always love seeing friends who I haven't seen in a while and the friendships where you don't see each other all the time but when you do it's like you've never been away, those are the best friendships! 

Friday came and it was World Mental Health day so I went on a super long walk which involved Starbucks, pretty trees and cute puppies… you can read about that here. Oh, but a gypsy lady tried to sell me some of those little flowery things and I swiftly said no but now I think she might have cursed me, but never mind. 

Saturday was one day I probably don't think is worthy of positivity but then again it was quite nice, I aimed to meet Ansel Elgort… you know the giant (literal giant, he's 6'3 -ultimate swoon-) dream boat from The Fault In Our Stars. Well, that totally failed but I had mozzarella sticks and spent the day with one of my favourite friends Vanessa and made a few news friends too! So that was really lovely despite  being cold for 9 hours, the lack of food and the hurt bum bone the next day. 

(As I write this I'm realising what a good week I had and all the negativity is seeming really horrible and irrelevant and I really should learn how to focus on these positive things, wow.) 

On Sunday we had a spontaneous flat dinner which consisted of Chinese and potato wedges, but I was reminded how much I hate Chinese food so no thank you chicken balls, you will not be entering my mouth any time soon. Then we all joined together in my bedroom to watch 'The House Bunny' and we've decided that Sundays are now dinner and movie flat nights, isn't that just the cutest?! 

And finally, yesterday was cool! (despite all my crappy ongoing anxieties, but nope we won't talk about that). I was meant to be going to a gig in Camden but I wasn't feeling it so I splurged out on a ticket for Ed Sheeran at the O2 and it was AMAZING. He is honestly so talented, he never fails at putting on a good show and it's literally just him up there…how does he do it, he's amazing. It was kind of cool, I had to go to an event for my university work and then write up a report (you can read that here, it's my university website, oh I'm so official now) and it was cool to watch a boy from Suffolk sing a sold out show to 20,000 people, see him live his dream while I was doing something to contribute to my dream - I was writing notes through the show for my report, what have I become. 

This post really has got me thinking about how thankful and happy I should be, oh silly mind. This has been a good week, full of positivity.

How has yours been? I would LOVE to know so leave a comment below! 

x

Autumn Has My Heart.

Hiiii!

October is well underway, in recent years it has become one of my favourite months of the year. The last few months of every year are always the best in my eyes, I just love the crisp mornings, the events and all that comes with them. I could happily live in autumn/winter all year round, screw summer give me hoodies or give me death (this was an extreme over exaggeration, don't give me death at all just give me jumpers and artificial warmth from fires and stuff).

Here are a few things I absolutely love about autumn…

1. The trees and all the leaves…

IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL, LOOK AT THEM, LOOK AT THOSE LEAVES THEY ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LEAVES I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. (This was in Hyde Park so for a super sweet autumn experience, go there and cry at how beautiful things like this are!)

2. The cold, crisp days where you're not too cold but you're cold enough…

You're totally cold enough to go out in cute sweatshirts and scarves and all that cute stuff, AH GOSH I LOVE IT. And it's like you're not freezing cold but you're definitely cold enough to return home and have a hot chocolate and act like it's acceptable to sit in your joggies and wrap up like a burrito in blankets…that is the life we all want to lead, am I right? Yes, yes I am.

3. All the autumnal colours… 

The oranges, the yellows, the beautiful colours of everything. I'm getting too excited, I might cry I mean just look at number 1 I'm far too excited about it.

4. Halloween… 

You see, I never used to like halloween but damn, I'm stoked! I'm getting so excited seeing pumpkins everywhere, and being at University I'm finally excited for halloween parties and stuff. Woweeee, I can't wait. But I will probably be hanging up my 'peas in a pod' costume as it is at home, I'll have to think of an even better costume.

5. New found love for Pumpkin Spice Lattes…

Yup, I'm now one of those girls, I tried one for the first time because I wanted to add to my love for autumn and praise the lord for these drinks…delicious. Well done universe and the Starbucks Gods. I even spent the last of my change on one the other day and I probably shouldn't have done that but I'm living life officially on the edge for the sake of PSLs.

What's your favourite time of year? Let me know, do you love autumn too?! And if you do let me know your favourite things!

x x

Positive Tuesdays: Week Seven.

Hello! Yep, I missed another week didn't I so let's start a fresh, let's not focus on the weeks I missed. This is now week 7 okay, but it's probably 7 and 8 I don't know…I'M CONFUSED, JUST IGNORE ALL OF THAT. 

The past couple of weeks haven't been my best mentally, I'll be honest. I won't lie and say I've been a radiant ball of positivity because I really haven't. I've been having a tough time, questioning a lot of things but I'm figuring it out or at least trying. I'll get back on my feet, I always manage to even when it seems impossible. If I've done it before I can do it again and that's what I'm aiming to do. 

So my good little things that have happened are that I went home last weekend and that was really lovely, I loved seeing my mum, dad, brother and his fiancé. We went out for dinner and stuff, my dad treated me to a few bits (which was unnecessary but it was really lovely of him, I think he'd missed me…I missed him too!) Although when I was at home I kinda couldn't wait to return to university, I think I went home a little too early although my inner home sickness wanted to go home in reality I should've probably left it a little longer. But I'm seeing my mum and dad next week here in London so that'll be nice! 

When I returned back to London I had a couple of clueless nights out, you know those ones where you wake up the next day and it's like you were in a bubble all night and you remember nothing - AWFUL, DON'T DRINK KIDS IT'S BAD, SO BAD. And I also went on Barclays bikes at 2am and it was cool as hell.

I also have plans to see my favourite Aussies, 5 Seconds of Summer this month too aaaah yeah, the happiness returns. 

OHHHH and Autumn has returned, October is here (but I'm going to be making a post about that soon so…) but that's made me super, super happy holy moly. 

So yeah, I've got things to be happy about, do you?! How has your week been? Please let me know below in the comments, I'd really love to hear! 

x 

Positive Tuesdays: (Not on a Tuesday) Weeks Five and Six.

Hiiiiiii! Yes, I understand it's actually Friday and I haven't done one of these in 2 weeks now but hey, I'm now a student and I have things to do, people to see, Doritos to eat.

It's been a mad couple of weeks, I've been finally settling in after week four of 'Positive Tuesdays'  and it now kinda feels like home here in my little bedroom in London with my flatmates who already feel like family. We can just talk about anything and everything, I love it.

Okay so here are all the good things that have been happening... last week my best friends India and Damian got engaged!!! We've literally all waited for this moment for years, they are the glue to our group and this was just an absolutely lovely thing to have happened. I nearly cried when we got told in the morning and I'm honestly so happy for them, all the congratulations in the world to them!

Last week I partied a bit, ate many Doritos, done some stuff…you know, the normal student stuff.

This week I actually started University and it's so overwhelming and scary, I'm trying to be as positive as I can and think of all the good things that are to come but deep down I'm like nope, I cannot do this and I think I'm just totally scaring myself to the point where I feel turning into a tortoise and hibernating would be the better option - BUT I'M NOT HERE TO BE NEGATIVE SO IGNORE THAT.

It's been a very hectic, scary but fun couple of weeks and it's given me a taster of what's to come for the next 3 years, being a fresher is cool, cooking my own dinner is cool, washing my own clothes is also pretty cool. I keep forgetting I'm in my most favourite city in the whole world, so I think I should definitely stop taking that for granted as of this moment.

How has your week been?! Let me know, I'd really love to hear!

Until next Tuesday (I promise I'll get back on track) ((Actually, don't hold me to that))

x x

Positive Tuesdays: Week Four - UNIVERSITY.

Helllooooo!

As you can see in the title this one is about the thing I've been going on about for months and months, my good thing for the week is that I am finally at University!

I moved on Saturday, I actually did it. On Friday I had the biggest wobble of all, even contemplating not moving at all and just giving up before I'd given it a chance and I stayed in bed all day when I had jobs to do before leaving but I couldn't face doing anything because that meant everything was real and it was actually happening, very scary. But I did it, my dad packed the car up and him and my mum took me down to London and here I am, 4 days later and it's like I've been here for ages.

I've met so many lovely people, my flat mates are ace and it's all just been super natural! I never thought I'd start conversations, I was super nervous about going out drinking but I did it and it's been hilarious and just so fun. With all my anxieties still here I'm working through them because I just have to.

My room is huge, I feel like I need to buy furniture to fill it up and make it more like home but I don't know where to start and I should probably prioritise buying food instead of furniture…

My cute little bed. 

I still feel like I need to make it more homely, but my pin board is looking pretty cute so far! 

So yeah, it's been quite hard in some respects but all in all, rather fun! 

How has your week been?! Let me know I'd love to hear! 

x 

Positive Tuesdays: Week Three.

Hiiiiiii everyone! How are you doing? It's quite a miracle that I have actually committed to doing this 'Positive Tuesdays' for a 3rd week running, well done me, I deserve a pat on the back for doing such a simple task, gosh!

It's been quite a week for me if I'm honest, anxieties and such were all over the place but all quite valid if I'm honest - I leave for London on Saturday! And with that my mum wasn't well, neither was I at the beginning of last week so it's all been a little bit crap but why would I possibly dwell on the negatives on a post like this?! Ignore all of that I'm about to talk about my good thing for the week!

I GOT MY BRACES OFF. Yes, that's right, 18 months of getting forbidden foods like hard sweets stuck in my braces has paid off and I am here with a good set of teeth. Lookin' pretty fresh if I do say so myself! I can't even get used to the fact that I can actually bite into foods without pulling it all apart first, it's going to take time to get used to that. I never thought my teeth were bad before hand, I just had a slight over bite and a tooth out of place but looking at pictures from before and looking at my teeth now, they look SO good! I'd post a photo but I must try to perfect my photo smile before I do so, you feel me?!

I've now got a few days left before I leave for University so if I don't post next week, you'll know why!

Have you had a good week? What's the nicest thing that's happened?! Let me know in the comments, I'd love to know!

Until next time

x

Reading Festival 2014!

Hiiiii!

It's been a week since the last day of Reading Festival and I was going to make this post during the week but in all honesty I've just felt way too run down, anxious and weird to thing straight let alone write a blog post. I still don't feel great, potentially even worse because the stress of leaving home in just a week is really getting me down but I've got to power through and tell you all about my weekend at Reading which was the BEST weekend. This could be a long one, stick with me you might enjoy it! I'll do it by the days so it'll be broken down, okay? Okay, let's go.

Wednesday - 

Me and my friend Corinna travelled to Reading so we could into the camp site early on Thursday morning, as we had learned from last year (you can kinda read about that and what you should/shouldn't do at festivals in a previous post here) and I was being a super stressy arse and I was convinced Corinna was close to strangling me, I don't blame her! I tried chilli cheese bites from Burger King and well, they were just beauts but that's pretty irrelevant to my Reading experience, ANYWAY. We got to an awful Travelodge in Reading for the evening and then went to get some alcohol for the weekend, the Tescos at Reading was rammed with teens buying alcohol and such, aisles were replaced with bottles of vodka - quite funny really. Then we just went back to the hotel and I hit my head twice on a low ceiling which filled me with anxiety all night so I didn't sleep and watched teleshopping from 3am…great night for me.


Thursday -

We woke up at 6am and got ready, had one last beloved shower and met our friends before going into the campsite to set up. After waiting in the dreaded queue to actually even get in we walked for a while and met up with some other people who had already got a spot for us, the whole thing was flowing so much nicer than last year and it was SO refreshing. The stress of last year was kinda traumatising so it was just so nice for to all go so easily. We set up, went and got some food for the weekend from Tesco and then just bummed about all day, I can't really remember what we even did all day. I know we got offered balloons about 3 times, but not the nice kind of balloons…so I politely declined.

Friday -

The festival had truly begun! On the line up today was one of my favourite bands from years ago - PARAMORE. I was so stoked because Hayley Williams is like the Queen of pop punk, I wanted to just bow down to her. We had a few drinks at the tent, met up with some of Corinnas friends and then we went to the main stage to watch Enter Shikari and then Paramore and it was just so sick. Enter Shikari are a band I used to love a lot as well so it was so cool to finally see them properly after briefly seeing them last year at Warped Tour. Paramore had some technical difficulties but powered through when they sung The Only Exception, it was just Hayley and us, the audience. I honestly welled up a few times because 1) it was just so fricken cute and 2) I'd loved this band a lot when I was younger and I still did and I was finally seeing them and music really just makes me quite emotional in general.

If you went to Reading this year let's talk about the freezing cold nights, WHAT WAS THE DEAL WITH THEM!? I literally used socks for gloves it was ridiculous.

Oh we also drunkenly watched a comedian and went on the Waltz and they were both very strange experiences when you're a bit merry…

Saturday -

Everyone I was camping with went to see Die Antwoord and well, that was a damn experience and a half. If I'm honest, they kinda freak me out but it was actually so fun to see them because everyone was just partying hard it was so funny. We also saw Chvrchs and they were super chilled so that was cool. Then in the evening we saw Arctic Monkeys, a band I absolutely adore and it was ace to see them again after not seeing them for a couple of years! They played a lot of songs from their recent album 'AM' and if I'm honest it's really not my favourite album at all, I much prefer their others so it was kinda just a really chilled set to me. Alex Turner made Corinna and I swoon to no end, he is just something else. He is such a cocky shit, I LOVE IT.

Sunday -

The final day, cue the tears please. I was so looking forward to this day because there were so many bands I wanted to see, we literally spent all day in the arena which is something we'd never done before but I didn't know that this day was about to be one of the best days of my whole life!

I really wanted to see Tonight Alive but I was too tired to move in the morning, it was kinda pathetic. But then we went to see Papa Roach and they're a bit older now, but still knew how to rock a crowd for sure. We just sat at the main stage and watched these bands and it was so chilled and cool, we also watched Sleeping with Sirens and A Day To Remember and they were SO good.

THIS IS WHERE IT GETS EXCITING. After that we were just walking around and three people approached me, I thought they were like Reading fest security so I just didn't really know what they were doing but they said to me "we see from your t-shirt that you're a Blink 182 fan?" I responded as you would expect, because hello…I was wearing a Blink top. They went on to say "how big of a fan are you?" I didn't want to big myself up and say I was the biggest fan on Earth in case they asked me like a super awkward question so I just said "fairly" and at this point I was super confused, then the man said to me "well, if you can make your way to the guest area at 7pm then you'll be meeting the band, we're from Radio 1" AND THAT'S WHEN THE WORLD STOPPED BECAUSE IT WAS THE MOST AMAZING NEWS I'D EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE. Me and Corinna were meeting one of the biggest bands on Earth, what the actual shit?! I still can't even believe they approached me, I'm usually not lucky at all but someone wanted me to have a sick day!

We met them, no pictures were allowed, it was just a signing and I was kinda just lost for words because THEY ARE BLINK. They were so cool and American and I was just not okay, simply not okay. I was stood in front of Mark Hoppus thinking, what do I even say to a man like this?! He's a damn legend in my eyes and I was just done, could not think of what to even do. They were all so cool and it ended so quickly but I MET THEM, AGH. Absolutely amazing and I'm so grateful that the people from Radio 1 came up to me because it made my weekend just that little bit more amazing!

After that we watched The 1975 who were so fricken good, Matty is a really good front man I have to say. Then it was time for Blink and I was so tired I couldn't go as nuts as I'd liked but I was still seeing my favourite band and that's really all that mattered! The set list ruled and it honestly topped off one of the best days of my whole life!

The whole weekend was just awesome, definitely pissed all over last year. I consumed many bacon rolls, took on the disgusting toilets, was surrounded by the annoying shouting of 'ALAN' and 'STEVE' and it was just the best weekend.

Well done universe, you done be proud that weekend. It's gonna be tough to beat a weekend like that now!

Positive Tuesdays: Week One.

Hello! Yup, here I am with a new weekly 'segment' if you will. I just want to bring positivity to my life and yours, I wish I had that power… I don't. But I hope I can just simply contribute to your journey to happiness as I would like to go upwards on mine!

The point of this is for me to talk about something good (or multiple things) that has happened in the past week, since last Tuesday. Even if it was the tiniest thing, something super simple, if it makes me feel good then I will write about it and I want you to do the same, you can comment below or just simply think about it and smile.

I feel like a super cheese ball doing something like this but screw it, I like to be happy and I like it when others are happy so let's do this, let's make this a 'thing'.

So, I haven't done a lot the past week but I did bump into an old best pal of mine. I've known her since primary school and haven't properly seen her since we left school, oblivious to what each other had been doing in the past 3 years we bumped into each other in town and it genuinely made me happy for the whole day! It brought back so many funny memories for me, in high school we'd always have such a laugh, even in primary school but that was a pretty long time ago! There was a time in high school when we had an obsession with Daim bars, we'd eat like 3 a day and if we didn't then that day absolutely sucked. One lunch time she lost one and she was convinced I'd stolen it, this little tiff went on all lunch time and I was adamant I didn't steal the damn Daim bar, it was a true conspiracy. We walked up to a lesson and she found it in her pocket the little poop and our whole lunch was tense because of one little Daim bar but you had to be there. Regardless, this made my whole week! Just seeing an old friend can make you so happy, it's so nice to see people you care about doing well!

I also went out with my friend Corinna in town and we partied hard and felt it the next day so that was fun too.

What's been good for you this week? Anything made you smile a lot? Let me know in the comments and let's spread the positivity, let's get on a road to happiness and not slip off from this moment onwards!

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK x

Reading is Approaching.

Hiiiii!

August is here, Reading is in 3 short weeks and my tits are already buzzed off. Now of course I attended for the first time last year so I'm obviously the queen of festival rules, OBVIOUSLY. Therefore, you must take everything I say seriously, okay? There are a few things you should know if you are going to a festival for the first time so let's begin…

1. I'm going to start off with something quite rank but hey ho, it's me here. The toilets…the toilets are vile. Please take many a wipe and place it on the toilet seat to avoid touching any previous pee that a drunk person has left (I squirm every time I think of the camp toilets) and don't look down, JUST DON'T LOOK DOWN.
2. Continuing from the toilet situation, it's okay if a number 2 doesn't happen for a few days, you're stressed about it, sure. Will I ever go again? A question that crossed my mind last year, did the festival drain me of all possible number 2 opportunities? It's a super tough time when you're sat on the toilet and your best pal is in the next cubical in the same situation, but don't worry it probably won't happen so don't text your mum complaining about how sad you are that it hasn't. Just don't do that.
3. Do not spend loads of money on food for the weekend at the supermarket the night before, just do not. You will buy things you never even eat at home so don't take it to a damn festival. You'll only have to carry more and that's something nobody needs. There are food stalls for a reason that sell really good bacon rolls and that's all anyones diet needs to consist of, AM I RIGHT?! 
4. Don't arrive at like 1pm and expect a decent camping spot. Don't make the mistake we did last year and arrive and spend the next 2 hours walking around for a space and then setting up camp next to the path. Oh, and your originally light grey hoodie might turn dark grey from the sweat. I'm just sayin'. 
5. From that I will tell you, don't set up your tent right next to the path. People will get drunk and they will fall into your tent late at night when you're half asleep and you will think your head is about to get crushed. You will be on edge all weekend and you'll be watching your back like a hawk all fucking night. 
6. Don't touch any dirty willies, this is not only a festival tip but also a life tip. 
7. Get wavy and have a sick time because that's the most important thing! 

So yeah, if you're going to a festival this summer have a sweet time because it'll probably be one of the best weekends of your lives and you won't wash for days but that's okay, WHO CARES WHEN YOU'RE SEEING SOME COOL BANDS?! 

(this is me being super judged last year, thank you)

Valentines Day Alternatives

Valentines day is approaching, I'm 18 years old and I am yet to spend a Valentines Day with a boy so to me the whole point is overrated and weird, but I'm sure that would be different if I wasn't a future, lonely dog lady - please God, I pray that doesn't happen…like seriously, please do not let that happen!

I'm sure there are many of you out there who are in the same boat as me, the 14th February comes along and you're on your tod just sat in your house while romantic couples around the world are sharing their love with each other over a candlelit meal at some restaurant they would probably never go to on any other day. BUT US? WHAT CAN WE POSSIBLY DO ON SUCH A DAY?! Well, here are some Valentines Day alternatives for those who are just 'waiting for the right one'.

You could order a massive pizza and just eat it all on your own because who needs a boyfriend/girlfriend when there is pizza in the world? Pizza is the next best thing to romance, possibly even THE best thing full stop. We could just stuff our faces and perhaps an hour or so later we could cry about the fact we are alone and not only alone, but full of pizza and not full of love.

On the topic of the worlds beloved pizza, instead of taking pictures with your loved one on Valentines Day you could just make edits of the Pizza Hut logo with the Bleach London app, because who needs to make cute faces and look all loved up when you could spend your valuable time doing pointless stuff like this?!

Or we could go on a nice walk and clear our minds of all the negativity and remember that one day we might even spend a walk on Valentines Day with someone we love - but not this one, because we are ALONE.

If you're me you could celebrate that on  Valentines Day it has been one whole year since Luke Hemmings from 5 Seconds Of Summer followed you on Twitter, because that's better than any real relationship am I right ladies, am I right?! (No, no I am not right.)

Maybe we could just lay on the floor and cry, I mean that sounds like fun doesn't it?

In all seriousness we could just treat it as any other day, but all of the above sound a lot more appealing. Let us embrace the loneliness.

Happy soon to be Valentines Day everyone, HEY it's like 24 days away, that's still quite a lot of time to find someone? HA NO, not really. We will probably still be as alone as we are right now. HAVE A GOOD ONE!

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