London baby!

Hello!

From the 23rd August to the 25th August, Christin and I went for a little adventure to London. We two country Somerset lasses exploring the big wide city. A lot of Oooh and Aaah happened. Well no, not really. I've been to London so many times in my life, I pretty much feel like I live there, minus the fact that everytime I go there, I am always in a new place.
We stayed in a beautiful hotel in the West of Ealing called Best Western Maitrise Suites/Apartments hotel. It is absolutely amazing there! It just felt like home, where you can go in with a handy kitchen and just make yourself meals etc. The problem I had with the hotel was the place, because the theatre was quite a distance, but that was easily solved with book reading and phones games during those journeys on the tube.
When we got to London via the great Berrys bus, we actually did arrive at the hotel quite early. So we started, what actually consumed our whole weekend pretty much and that was reading Miranda Hart- Is It Just Me biography. Christina and I pretty much spent most evenings reading the book out loud to each other during our wine filled trek back from the centre. The great thing about the book so far (I am still reading it), is that as you are reading it, you are reading it in Miranda voice. Miranda has made it written in her style of communication. The challenge me and Christina had set up, was to try and read the book in Miranda voice where we are. At the end of this blog, you will see me reading a section in the book, as I read it in the park!

That Friday evening, we went to see this amazing play- The Cripple of Inishmaan! So, I went to watch this play with no idea on what I was I going to watch. Turning a naive eye towards the whole thing and refusing point blankly on finding out what I was about to watch. All I knew was that Daniel Radcliffe was in it, and being the lame ass Harry Potter fan I was, I was abit like... I have to watch this and see what he has done with himself!
With all this in mind, I can honestly say that this was the best decision of my life! The whole thing was amazing. Just a few minutes into the play and you are laughing at the characters, during the whole play you are torn between two emotions of  happiness through the comedy side, but then there was time where you would develop a lump in the throat because your filled with emotions for the characters.
Daniel Radcliffe himself, it is safe to say that he is no longer Harry Potter. You can find him in J.K.Rowling books, he never left you. But the Harry Potter in Daniel Radcliffe is no longer there, you can say the same for Emma Watson and for Tom Felton. I have no idea what happened to Rupert Grint!? Daniel has proven that night on how much he has progressed as an actor. Remember when you first watched him on screen as either David Copperfield or Harry Potter. I remembered being enchanted but also awkward. He has come a long way and he will just keep getting better.
There was a lot of clapping, my hands did hurt! A lot of "Wow" and "That was just amazing" between me and Christina. We then decided to just take the journey back to Ealing, but not without passing through Trafalgar Square, where we saw a giant blue cock? What is up with that London? During the tube ride, we ended up talking to a group of drunken people, who was recommending bars for us to go to during our time in Ealing. I just love talking to strangers about anything, so they literally made my night! We did take their advice and visited at least one bar, where they served COCKTAILS! Yum to the classic Mojito I had!
On Saturday, oh my days wasn't it wet. By the end of it I felt like a bloody duck! I was done! I love rain, like the next person who doesn't like the heat to much, but that was enough! I honestly did had enough! It was that day that we went for a random stroll, it was worth it though, as we found an off street book shop, which I will never find again but I loved being in there and brought a new book! Frank Kafka, I once upon of time was talking to this man who was quite literally in love with the author. I mean, he turned everything to a quote from Kafka. It got on my nerves, but I am about to read what the fuss was about!?
Victoria and Albert museum with the exhibition of The Catwalk of the 1980's. That was amazing, I love to nerd it out to history of fashion. Always have and always will. I will like to point out the exhibition is a must go and see, if you have a love for fashion and for the history of fashion. It still interest me how 'style' has escalated throughout the years.
This pretty much brings us back to, more wine drinking and more Miranda Hart book readings in Miranda's voice!
Sunday, the time has come for us to check out. Fifteen minutes before we do, we smash a bottle of wine. Why? Because we are so rock'n'roll! It literally has nothing to do with me smacking my head on the fridge door, because I dropped something and knocking it out of the fridge itself. Nothing at all!

Why have a onesie?

Hello guys!
I am back, yes I am back! I have had such a great weekend in London, although I am a bit sad that I missed the Reading and Leeds festival. It sounded really great as I listen to it on Radio one, despite the weather.

Now to the point.
I hate onesies, I really do hate them with a passion. One time my mother brought me one for Christmas and when I told her I don't understand why she brought it for me. Her reply was, "They are in fashion and all the cool kids are wearing them!"
She then had to go on Facebook to show pictures of my then 17-18 year old cousin wearing them. I was filled with guilt that she brought this terrible thing for me, that I just had to wear them that night. It was horrible.
People I know, love to wear onesies to lounge around in and to relax in.
Personally I have to say this, why wear a onesie when you can wear a large Jersey?
I bought a really large Jersey during my time in London, so I can wear it when I just want to unwind in my house and relax after a long day at work. Its from New Look, so the price was reasonable of course!

The item, it quite literally the best thing to unwind and relax in. I am wearing it tonight before I return back to work and with a face mask on and listening to Radio one. You can say I am in girlie heaven!

Wales, drivers and general packing crisis!

Hello!
I have come back from my few days in Wales. I went to see the lovely great friend Elaine and her beautiful daughter Isla! I am hoping now that I have left, Elaine is feeling a little better and is in a much happier place than she was before I came to see her.
I drove up there on Monday afternoon and spent the time catching up with her, on what's been happening in the world of Elaine and Isla. Of course this includes her husband George!
Elaine then took it upon herself to make a vegetarian lasagna for me, being the world class vegetarian that I am! Glad bless her, until Wednesday where she tried offering me a ham sandwich.
Tuesday we took off on a extravaganza of this relaxing therapy place for Elaine to try out, due to her stress. I will literally like to point out, that this place is a charity run place on top of a hill by a golf course and upon entering it for the first time ever, you'll think you have entered an run down old pub/nursing home! Elaine, I hope had a fantastic time there and is now able to use the technique she learnt from there in her daily life basis! After that little fun, we then went to a lovely place called Porth Cawl, (a tiny place, with hardly any shops!) But it does own this fantastic sweet shop, which can quite literally take all my money! So much sugar in one day!
After that, with a quick shop in Asda for some wine and some munchies, for a girlie night in. Elaine and I headed back to Elaine's.

Foot spa came out, face mask was applied on. Isla asleep in bed. Wine was enjoyed, laptop was out to check out some awesome Itunes, singing etc. It was a fantastic time! Until the poor little girl got sick! Quite literally had a lot of fun in the last few minutes of the night just cleaning up sick and showering from being puked on!
Children eh?
Another great thing about children, is when they sleep in the same bed as you and have to sleep horizontal...
This is a great place to point out how happy and single I am, without a care in the world that I don't and most likely won't be having children. Anybody that wishes to tell me otherwise or insist that "one day, you will have children and a lovely husband." Unless that husband and future father of my child is Harry Styles, Daniel Radcliffe or Benedict Cumberbatch. I'll stick with my 23 cats and my amazing book career.. Kthanks!
Wednesday, we took Isla to this lovely play centre place thing, which looked very typically children play centre that you bring your child to for a good run around and to burn of some steam. That lasted a couple of hours, until we went back to Elaine and I shown her how to make some typical salt playdough to let Isla play with! Which she particularly enjoyed!
Before, I move onto some packing crisis, I would like to point out how terrible drivers people in southern Wales are. I appreciate it, when you just have to cut me off, so you can drive on. Thanks for that young drivers! GO BACK TO DRIVING SCHOOL!

Now, I am going to London for a couple of days and although I have no problem with how I dress and I am normally quite confident in what I wear, I still can't help to feel nervous in my packing and being creative in styling my clothes.
But after a good hour of packing into a small bag, I think I am confident with the choice and have found a clever idea of picking something up during my stay there to wear during the rest of the weekend.
I'll post pictures!

Exercise, or just keep running.

Ok, so lately I have been indulging in some greatness of feeling nervous and jittery.
When I eat, I want to bring it all back up.
When I sleep, I have strange dreams that wake me up in the night (OK, that one isn't an unusual occurrence, but when the dream is related to a real life form or something, it wakes me up nearly every hour)!
My body, just can't seem to control itself and my limbs are shaking more than normal.
Truth be told, I have terrible shaking limbs anyway, whenever I get shivers I do the most drastic shake of all time. So when people say, "Is someone walking all over your grave?" I am literally about to smack them full on, because, "Yes. I am so sorry for hitting you, but it was that nasty ghost thing walking all over my grave!"

So with this feeling in mind, I have found a cure.
Normally when my stress levels are this high, I would result to eating or exercising at my local gym. But due to recent money saving issues, and of course a little something else. I have just recently had to cancel my gym membership!
(You people have no idea, how hard it was for me to do this. Because I have literally lost 3 stones and dropped at least 3 dress sizes, whilst being at the gym. I have been more worried about gaining the weight again than anything else!)
With all this feelings that have been going on, I couldn't take it and I literally felt sick to the bone at the thought of eating, that I resulted to going out for a run!

OK, I understand that some people will totally disagree with what I have to say next, but I will ask you to at least give it ago! It may change or make you worst. For me, I think I have found my cure to some anxiety I could be suffering from. I don't suffer from major anxiety, just when things are happening outside my box.
Running!!  I used to go running before I signed up to the gym and back then I couldn't get into it. The gym had made it so much easier for me to feel active and more fitter, the classes I attended helped, make me feel happier. But seeing as that is no longer an option for me now, I had to do something else. Running was the next best thing, and boy did it feel amazing! I ran about four hours ago and I still feel more relax, ready and prepared to take on tomorrow. If I didn't use that forty minutes of running, I would never know what state I would be in now.
So, running will now be my way forward! After my run today, I felt invincible, I felt like a woman! I felt like a powerful woman with the world at my feet. I was ready to tackle on any problems that will come my way!
So that is why I strongly suggest to people (within reason!), that when the world is feeling a little tough, or hard to handle or the fact that your life is spiralling out of control. To just put on your running trainers, stick in that Ipod to your favourite tunes and just go running! Run until your lungs scream or that stitch in the stomach becomes unbearable.

Music loves, green tea and headaches!

Hello world.
Today, it is a Sunday. On this Sunday, it included of lots of green tea consuming, lots music listening to and lots of avoiding of colds that I can feel coming due to late nights viewing of that meteor shower that happened earlier in the week.
 Did anyone catch that? Did anyone see lots of showers? I think on the 12th I saw about ten meteors through the naked eye! That was within a hour, so I was pretty impressed with myself, for sticking that one through. But I am suffering about that now.

Ok, back onto today. I found that today I have been needing a bit of a relaxing Sunday. It is a start to my holiday and I got a long drive to Bristol and then into Wales, to see a few friends and a little secret, that I don't want to announce until I am sure it will definitely be happening to me! But it was a Sunday where I needed to work on being inspirational. Not myself being inspirational, but I needed inspiration for myself. So I devised a little inspiration board for myself. It was filled with quotes, from articles and articles from my last post, which you will have to search for!
So, along with my inspiration board making, I have also been packing! After I have finished in Bristol, I am going to Wales to see my good friend Elaine and her lovely little daughter Isla! I am so excited to see them both, as I missed them both!

So along with the chaotic of packing and preparing myself for Bristol tomorrow, I have been trying to relax to some music.
Luckily, I went into town after I have finished volunteering at the library and purchased two new albums. The first album I brought was AlunaGeorge- Body Music and I also brought Tom O'dell . Now, these music has helped me a lot through my Sunday madness of packing and preparing and just generally nervousness.
Especially with AlunaGeorge voice and with Tom O'dell lyrics. Both albums are really worth a purchase and listen to. I honestly cannot wait to listen to them in my drive tomorrow.

Inspirations, obsessed readings and distractions

Hello world,
This has proven to be one of those hardest thing to write about lately because, I just want to get everything out from my head and my head is currently supporting a rather disorganised mess at the moment. It is also not helping that I am getting myself very distracted through Twitter and through good ol' Elliot texting me about his bus troubles. YOU WILL GET HOME ELLIOT, ONE DAY!
Right, so Twitter is off. Facebook is off. Radio one is switched on (due to the fact, is helps me concentrate. Except for you Nick Grimshaw, you play too early).

So this is what I want to write about...
I have been using my breaks at work being obsessed with reading this magazine.

I am your usual Elle magazine purchaser, I find that their magazine is more insightful and more fashionable than most magazine. I also find that I am extremely addicted to the layout of the magazine and their modern way. But what also get me really into the magazine is the guest writers they invite in to write an article.

This month has possibly been one of the most inspirational magazine read, I have had in such a long time. There have been a few articles in there that has just made me think. Yeah, everything is al-right. I'm doing OK. 

The first article that helped me, was known as "What Successful Women were doing at 25"

I turn 25 in less than a year away and I have just decided to go for a carer change, hence this new hobby of Blogging. Which most people would criticise because, well everyone a blogger in their own way nowadays. I am just another being in this world that wants to follow my dream and to have my voice heard as well. Damnit Humans, I will be happy!

By been given the opportunity to read about these successful women, ranging from Jackie Collins, Clare Foges and Mary Katrantzou. 

(Just helped Elliot finding Train times, so he can get home, due to lack of buses. Sort it out Somerset).

Each women from different carer paths, each one seem to be settled in their own dream job. What is great about them, is that at 25 they was just starting their carer path. They had help from university (which will be my one downfall for the time being.) But it was just the bottom of the ladder for them, like it is for me. So I am happy to know, I was not the only one and that I am OK. 

Another thing from the magazine was when the Chief Editor met up with the writer Caitlin Moran and about her path to success. There was some quotes in there that will always help me work harder from now on. 

"The harder you work, the greater it gets"

"Stop trying to be cool and be individual instead"

OK, so some of you will know, I will never be the fashion type and if I'm honest there are too many fashion blogs out there, that are interesting and other that are extremely boring. I love fashion, but I am not a fashion blogger. I am writer searching for her voice to be heard through the jumble of cars and horns blasting. I am creative with too much of an imagination, to even know when to start expressing my ideas.

 But the one thing I have understood though this Elle magazine is that throughout the a/w 2013, it all about rebellion baby!

Review of my Pampering buys!

 To common reading fans, I know you are out there. I know you keep coming back to read this blog, with every new post that comes... I know it. I just know it!
You might remember about a post or so amount ago, that I am on a beauty pampering moment. Which resulted to me buying new pampering style products for me to try out and see if there is a positive outcome. You may also remember that I deliberatly stayed away from the advertised products and only concentrated with the shops like Lush and The Body Shop.

The original idea was to do a video blog on it, or a vlog as some people call it. It took me about two hours of filming me talking about what I wanted to say. Only to actually realise, it is far more easier for me to type or write my review than to actually talk to a camera and being all ! It t'Blah Blah.' The social awkwardness and the nerdy side to me.
So, I present to you a recording of me trying out my pampering products and here will be my review!

Now, the first thing I tried out was the BB Seaweed Face mask from Lush

I would officially like to introduce to you, my new favourite face mask product. This is quite literally amazing. I have used it a couple of times now and each time I have used it, my skin feel so cleansed and purified and even after a full days of work there is hardly any greasy shiny thing my skin likes to do.
It doesn't dry out my skin as much, because it is suitable for first time triers and slightly sensitive skin types. So I do recommend this product.
The second thing I tried out in the video is a bit of this.

The Exfoliator cream in the pink bottle.
Now, I have used this a couple of times during the week and it does make my skin feel refreshed and slightly ex foliated. But I still don't know about this product. I think it smells great and it does help minimise the yucky feeling from my skin, but I suppose I just don't use it enough to get an actual positive result. So will have to try it out more.
The last thing I used in the video is the Seaweed Mattifying lotion. I quite literally love this lotion. I have been using it every day this week, and my skin feels refreshed and clearer. It controls the shine I get throughout the day and actually helps minimise some pores. I just think it is amazing. Word of advice, they really do mean it when they say not to get it too close to the eye, because a couple of days this week I have spent morning of eye wiping from tears and stinging eyes!
Happy weekend everyone and until next time!

Movie nights.

Hello world.

It has been one of those long weeks, stressful, depressive and just generally a bad week. 

With the exception of Wednesday night, I went out to meet my good friend Jesse! I missed her loads and was so happy to spend a good amount of time with her. 

It also brings me to question the whole picking up men at 'happy hour', I mean what is up with that? Ok, let's make it clear. I got chatted up and felt the self confidence that yes, let's give this a go! The crap thing is the one'o'clock morning 'booty call' I had last night. 

Now to make the dreadful long week better?

Wine and movies!! Really craving Harry Potter! It my go to escape thing, so a Harry Potter thing is needed.

Ok, not Harry Potter yet!

A book, A deep philosophical moment.

Good Afternoon world! Or whatever time it is, from where you are reading this.
Last night, I finished a Murakami novel- Sputnik Sweetheart. The first thing I wanted to do when I finished this book was stand on top of a roof of some city building, the rain pouring down and wetting every single part of my flesh. Hair dripping, eyes constantly blinking through the water and scream as loud and as long as my lungs would allow me. "I AM ALIVE!"
Considering it was half eleven at night, I had to work in the morning and I live in a town with buildings that are not quite city material. I just settled for rolling onto my back and stretch out my limbs, as I gaze up at the ceiling of my bedroom where my bedside table lamp keeps one corner of the room safe from the darkness that has swept through to the other corners. Lifting my fingers into the air, I admired the blood pumping through my veins and each breath I took, to prove that I am alive and was living in the reality of there and then and not in a dream like state.

When I finished this book, I felt a deep philosophical moment, that had me thinking and generally writing until the early hours of the morning.
It had my brain go into haywire, I had so much to write down from my head but I couldn't find the words to describe what I was thinking. Images also started waltzing into my mind as I was forming scenes from my past dreams/daydreams and new scenes that my mind wanted to display. When they are just flying past, none of it made any sense, but I needed to write it all down before I would forget.
When I finished this book, without giving away any spoilers, to the nation who hasn't read Murakami work yet, to the nation who are not much of a reader or to the nation who is just searching for a book to read and is hoping that what I have got to say about this book will encourage them to give it ago (I would like to point out, that this is a two hundred page book, its a breeze!).
Ok, I made a point in this review, where I actually want to write so much about the book and give away so much. So what I am going to do is give you the synopsis.

Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. But whereas Miu is glamorous and successful, Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel.

Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in life: what is sexual desire, and should she ever tell Miu how she feels for her? Meanwhile K wonders whether he should confess his own unrequited love for Sumire.

Then, a desperate Miu calls from a small Greek island: Sumire has mysteriously vanished...

K is in love with Sumire, Sumire loves someone else. The typical love triangle it sounds right, until Sumire disappears. My view is that, I felt that K was in love with a fictional character, he was so lonely and so isolated from the world that when he found that one true friendship within Sumire, he was bound to fall hopelessly in love with this character. To all the obsessed readers out there, this is me included, you know what I am talking about. You feel isolated from the 'real' (lets put quotation marks on that Real word for a minute) world, your lonely and struggling or you don't have the confidence to speak out, to make new friends, to enjoy social human interaction. That delving into a fictional book and leaving reality for a few hours a day helps you forget, who you are and makes you fall emotionally towards fictional characters, because you are journeying with them as you go along in the book. Am I making sense to you so far on my opinion of this book?
So, like all great stories there will always be an end. In this case Sumire disappearance. What do you do when finish a great book, where you have felt so emotionally involved with the fictional character? What did I do? Well, a clue. After finishing Harry Potter, I kind of went into a mindless auto-pilot mode of going to school and coming back home and watching mindless TV. It took me about a week or so to come out of that mode and to enter the 'real' world again.
Now you see my point with the book, K comes to the end of the fictional being and loses his friendship, so what is there left for him to do? To move on and build a more stable surrounding within the reality and within the surrounding people. To separate the dreams, books to what is 'real'.

As I read Murakami words, I fell deeper and deeper into his fictional world that I could feel myself starting to fade.  Like all 20 something years old, you are still trying to find yourself, but reading experiences, being involved within the experiences helps you define who you are, what you wish to become. When I reached this quote in the book, I snapped out of it.

If people aren't equal, where would you fit in?

This line, struck me blank. A mind blanking moment, a book dropping moment. A thought struck me, how can one be treated equal, if they isolate themselves in their books and getting emotionally involved with the fictional character? How can someone be treated equal, if they do not express themselves in their own personal way? Getting their own point of view across or speaking their own mind? Some people can really be prejudice against other people, but it is their animal instinct. If a person cannot express their individuality or speak out, getting out there in the reality of the world, how can that person be treated as an equal?
That is one thing, I will be taking away with me from this book. It's nothing to do with being in love or feeling strong emotions towards another object or person. But to be myself in this real world, to speak my mind, in my voice  and mine alone. Not isolate myself from the real world, but to share my world with people who wants to view it.
It's a mess at the moment, but it will be organised.

Those pampering essentials.

Happy Weekend people!
Lately with the thanks to YouTube and other girlie blogs on here, I have been showing a keen interest in the beauty products. I have been watching a lot of make-up tutorials and on YouTube recently a pampering night in. I have been taking note on the beauty products on what have been used and have been considering on trying them out.
Ah, there is a hitch though! I am absolutely pants on looking for and even contemplating on buying beauty products. If I'm honest, I am kind of like a man!? But I am determine to get try new things and determine to get the one that will suit my body needs. It all about trial and error for the first few attempts to someone who is new about getting products that is stepping out of the advertising area!
So, the first attempt is, a face mask! The face mask I went and purchased was from Lush. I never normally buy things from Lush but always receive products from there as gifts! I always love the products I receive from the place, the natural way it comes across has always had me interested, and that is why I went there today.
The first rule to a new beauty product buyer is to communicate! Communicate from previous buyers on their opinions, and to communicate with the staff within the shop to help find the product you are looking for. I found that by being approached by a Sales Assistant within the shop was not only excellent to help me find the type of product I am looking for, or something new to try due to my skin, but to have a friendly face to just chat to. I work with children, any grown up talk from any stranger is good enough for me.
My skin ranges from really disgusting greasy skin to sensitive, so the Shop Assistant recommended this face mask for me to try out as a beginner.

It was really easy to use, like all face mask.. Just apply to clean dry skin, let it dry for about 2-5 minutes and wash off with warm water! Fantastic right? Now, what I loved about this product is the seaweed you scoop up and just slather onto your skin! Ok, a little joke on my part, but seriously. I really liked the tingly sensation you get as soon as you apply it on, it like you can feel it already starting to work! The sensation doesn't finish until you have washed it off.
Once you have washed it off, the skin felt really smooth and soft and well, to put it in the words of my sister.. "My face feel likes a babies bottom!"
It also makes my skin feel really hydrated and not at all dry out. So I do recommend this product to any natural face mask first time buyers out there!
My mission for this face mask, is how it feels in the morning (it is, 11'0'clock pm here), as normally after a nights sleep, I wake up to really disgusting greasy skin. So, I am hoping the grease will have ceased a little bit and my skin stills feels refreshed!

Other buys from The Body Shop!

The bloody damn Shop Assistant had my get those loyalty cards! Which I don't regret, because from the sounds of it. I save pretty much a lot. I have heard some good things about the shop, so I cannot wait to give these products a good go.
What I got was:-
From left-right.
Vitamin E Cream Exfoliator
Seaweed Mattifying moisture lotion
Blusher- pink
Vitamin C Energising face Spritz- This came free with the loyalty card I got, and I tried it out as soon I got home. It smelled like oranges! But I felt really refreshed and you could see your skin liven up a bit!

I'll let you know, via here and on YouTube on how well the others went!
Toodles!

P.S. Currently reading Murakami- Sputnik Sweetheart, and it is really good so expect a book review soon!