25 Facts About Me

I'm in a bit of a blogging funk at the moment- I haven't really been shopping much- either clothes or beauty- and it's getting to that point in uni that deadlines and revision have actually taken over my life a little and that's about all I have time for at the moment. So, I though I would do 25 facts about me. the 50 facts tag was floating around blogger a while ago but I don't think I could come up for 50 interesting enough facts so 25 it is!

1. I HATE baked beans. Just NO. Get them away from me. I can be around them but something about them just makes my stomach churn, particularly the smell.

2. I have a big long scar on my left leg. You might be able to see it on some OOTD's if I have my legs out. Unfortunately, there's not an interesting story behind it- I just fell off a wall when I was about 6

3. I'm incredibly impatient. Especially when it comes to food. If I go out for dinner and it doesn't come within 10 minutes, I start getting antsy.

4. I'm also incredibly scatter brained. I have a tendency to put things (keys!) down and then completely forget where I put them. I think I've spent half my life looking for things I think I've lost.

5. I apparently have really weird ways of eating certain things. I always eat my sandwiches in a particular way, apples as well, and I always cut meat (like steak) into squares.

6. I'm rubbish at public speaking. Seminar presentations are my worst nightmare, especially if they're in Spanish and Portuguese. I tend to stumble over my words and then it looks like I have no idea what I'm saying

7. I've never broken a bone (touch wood)

8. I have a younger sister and we are complete opposites of each other.

9. I hate living in the UK, mainly because of the weather. I would totally sum up living in the UK as grey. Grey grey grey. And cold for 8 months of the year and mild and humid for the other 4.

10. I plan to travel South America after I finish my degree. It's always been on my to-do list and I want to do it before I get stuck into a job with no way out. At this point, I'll be two years 'behind' everyone my age but it'll be worth it.

11. I do bellydance at my university and I absolutely love it.

12. I am a road rage driver. Where I live, there are a lot of old people who drive around at like 20mph and it drives me nuts. Unfortunately, I've just scrapped my car so I'll probably be a rage cyclist instead now.

13. I can hold my drink quite well and am definately not a lightweight. But I absolutely hate beer.

14. I almost drowned when I was younger and consequently, didn't learn to swim very well as I was terrifed of being in water. Like I wouldn't jump into the shallow ends of the baby pool.

15. I LOVE New Girl. I want Nick Miller and his grumpy turtle face. It comes out in America on Tuesday evenings and it's first thing I do on a Wednesday morning.

16. Sleep is really important to me. And I'm not just saying that because I'm a lazy student, it's actually really linked in with me immune system. If I don't get enough sleep over a couple of days, I get ill straight away. And if I have a bad nights sleep, when I wake up in the morning, I have a sneezing fit. That my warning sign I'm gonna get ill

17.  I tend to avoid conflict and don't hold grudges. Ain't nobody got time for that. 

18. When I was younger, I used to write a lot of stories. I still have about 10 notebooks full of my creations. The best one I ever did was around 45000 words and I actually started rewriting it a while ago. I'll give it another shot in the summer.

19. I'm really blunt and will say the things that everyone is thinking but no one would say. I don't do it to be crass but that's just me but more often than not, it actually makes the situation funnier.

20. I'm beginning to suspect I'm lactose intolerant and anything with caffeine in doesn't sit too well with me either.

21. I had braces for two years and was on the verge of having to have my jaw broken and reset due to an underbite. Instead, I just had a few teeth taken out and moved around. Not many people notice it but I'm missing on either side the teeth that got between the front teeth and canine teeth on the upper jaw.

22. I stretched my ears and had plugs for a while when I was in my teens. I took them out because I missed wearing earring. Ironically, now I never wear earrings and am considering stretching them again. 

23. I hate flying. Not because of heights or fear of crashing but because I have really bad issues with my ears popping and nearly always end up with vertigo or terrible earache or being deaf....

24. I've been wearing glasses, probably for over 10 years now but I actually prefer them to contacts. I feel all exposed and naked without them.

25. I am always cold. Even in summer (at least in England I am) Hands and feet are the worst and they are my chosen weapon of torture again the boyfriend :P

So there you go. 25 random as facts about me.

Do we have anything in common? Let me know!

xx

What's In My Hand Luggage

As I've mentioned before, me and the boy are jetting off to Barcelona for a mini break tomorrow! I'm super super excited and even more so when I look at the weather forecasts and cackle to myself. Any weather that isn't English weather is better weather. But anyway, we're only taking hand luggage which is a bit of a hassle but saves about 20 quid and means we don't have to wait around for hold luggage and can dash straight to make our train connection back home.

Of course, being a girl, I would naturally want to take a handbag and a suitcase but the whole damn lot has got to fit in one suitcase of a certain size. And it also means any liquids are restricted to 100ml. Because of this, I ordered a few clear 100ml plastic bottles of Amazon and decanted my favourite must have with me products into them. I've also seen them around in Superdrug and I'm sure Boots would have them too in the travel section. All of this has to go in a clear baggy ready for security at the airport. I also didn't know that stuff like lipsticks or Vaseline count as liquids too. I'm going to give some of mine to James, as, being a boy, is taking diddly squat. I've also conveniently lost the lid to my foundation so I'm going to have to come up with a way of stopping that spurting out all over my clothes.

Make-up wise I'm travelling light and I'm planning to do some shopping when I'm out there anyway- can anyone say Sephora.... And then there's the important stuff like boarding passes, passport, chargers, adapters and a fully loaded ready to go Ipod. It's just a hassle I'll have to be in and out of my suitcase every time I need to show some paperwork. Oh, and another thing I can recommend is a little padlock for your case. Even if it's hand luggage, you never know who might target it and at least they way, you know your belongings are safe.

So that's my hand luggage. 

We fly out tomorrow afternoon but it's a long day- start to finish about 9 hours travelling

but I'm really looking forward to it and will be taking lots of photos, of course.

Until Saturday, hasta la vista!

xx

What's In My Uni Bag?

Today I actually had half decent light for once and thought I should really make the most of it. That being said, it's clouded over now and looks suspiciously like rain and I have to go to work soon :(

So I thought I would share with you what I lug around with me in my uni bag on a regular basis. I tend to change up to a bigger bag with a long strap if I'm going to the gym in the day because I take my gym gear around with me as well. So this is what I had with my today on an 'easy' day. I've been wiped out with a chest infection at the moment which had made my asthma flare up really bad so the gym is on hold for the time being.

So working off the bottom image going clockwise, we have:

• One of the books for my dissertation. I'm doing mine on the social protests that are happening in Spain at the moment and my research proposal is due just after Easter so I better get cracking with the reading!
• My old white purse from River Island. To be honest, I don't tend to take this around with me all that much at the moment as I keep my ID, card and Student ID separate in a little case and just shove it in my jacket pocket.
• IPod- currently dead and in desperate need of charging. Current favourite songs: Justin Timberlake- Mirrors and Bastille- Pompeii
• Plasters- I have a pair of new pumps that need breaking in and are absolutely shredding my heels in the mean time
• Inhalers- for the aforementioned chest infection
• Vaseline- an essential in any girls handbag I think!
• Fake sheepskin mittens from New Look- bought this a while and I love them. They are so warm and soft. Just what you need in this weather
• Umbrella- come on, we live in England
• Highlighter in Pink
• NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream- current favourite lip product. I was considering doing a whole seperate post on it cuz it's an amazing colour and product!
• Strepsils- from a previous cold....
• Water- got to drink your water! I have to admit I'm really bad at this normally
• Notebook and Planner- I have to have my planner with me or else I have no idea what I'm doing. I have all my deadline due tomorrow but, apart from finishing off one little thing, I'm pretty much done. I'm taking it to Barcelona with me as well because it has all our travel details and general info in it as well

And that's my uni bag! I'm not really one of those girls that takes a bag full of make up around with me because, to be honest, I'm not really at uni long enough to merit it and if I'm going to the gym, the make up comes off and stays off until I get home again.

Otherwise, I'm really looking forward to the holidays! Just for a change of scenery, see the family etc. I just want deadlines to be over with as well so I can get on with getting ready for our little holiday! I'm so excited! Mainly for the shopping... but seriously its going to be amazing. I have a relate post planned for the weekend so I'm hoping there will be good light so I can get the photos done and that'll probably be the last one until I'm back from Barcelona!

Hope you're all keeping well

And hopefully not snowed in anywhere!

xx

What's In My Bag Tag

River Island Purse. University ID card. Old train tickets. Pens- one courtesy of Barclays. Revlon Grow Luscious Mascara. Sunglasses. Natural Collection Rose Bud Lipstick. Aloe Vera Vaseline. MAC Select Sheer Foundation. Inhaler. Ipod. Dove Deodorant. 

I've been meaning to do this post for absolutely ages. The nosey side of me loves the What's in my bag tag- to see the necessities everyone carries around with them. I picked up my bag from River Island a while back now so a few of the studs have fallen off. I don't like too small bags because it's handy being able to chuck a few things into it if you need to. Even still, I tend to keep mine light when I can. When I'm at uni, there's enough space for my planner and a A5 notebook. And an umbrella. But mine broke in a spectacular fashion in the wind the other day, so RIP umbrella. Does anyone else get through umbrellas ridiculously quickly or is that just me? I either lose or break them within in a year....

I *finally* get paid tomorrow. So I need to pay the rent and then hopefully pick myself up some little treats. Maybe take a ride into Brighton for it. I've been trawling the shops online looking for the perfect new bag and I'm hoping Zara will rise to the challenge but I'm really picky when it comes to bags.

Anyways, it's another grey miserable day in the UK so I'm mooching around all day

Hope you guys have a good day too :)

xx