Weekly Summary #17

Tidy room, Started watching Twin Peaks, Sneaky photo of Abbey who always refuses photos,

Outfit to go see my best friend, Urban Outfitters order, Outfit to go see Westlife at the MEN,

Seats at Westlife, Starbucks overload, Cinema date with my girls

1. This week has been an interesting one. I've had more time off work, after being told that everyone in the department's hours are being restricted to their contracted hours (I was working over 20 hours/week and have been cut back to my 8 hour contract - money ouch) so that was a bit of a blow.
2. Driving is still going well, reaaaally need to book my theory, no idea why I'm putting it off. My instructor keeps bugging me about it. I should probably get round to it tomorrow.
3. I started Twin Peaks. I've reached the second season now but haven't had a time to really sit down and continue yet! I saw an old friend on Thursday for the first time since about Christmas and had  a good catch up. He's the greatest person ever and everything is going well for him, I'm so glad.
4. I saw Westlife last night. The band I've adored since I was about 7 years old are splitting up and I'm absolutely gutted. The show was amazing, I wish I could see it again. They played all the best songs - including Uptown Girl - did a medley of a ton of songs (including Don't Cha by the Pussycat Dolls. With hip thrusting. I died.) Colette and I cried a lot. I'm still in shock to be honest! The black top I wore was half of my Urban Outfitters order.
5. Today I returned one of the tops from my Urban Outfitters order - it was like a crocheted nightmare - got a Starbucks (or two) and spent the rest of the day with my best friends. Rose's parents bought us a Chinese for tea. It was lovely, I adore Rose's family. This week I'm visiting Alton Towers for the first time ever. Being 5ft 1 may prove to be a hindrance though!

I hope all your weeks have been good, even if it's being raining!

Thank you, as always, for reading x

Weekly Summary #14

Shopping in Leeds with Rose, Ted Baker changing rooms,

Rose looking beautiful, sculpture on Briggate,

Coffee break, Working out graphs for Work Experience,

Waiting for the bus, Sausage and kidney bean casserole,

Mango for breakfast, Pizza for lunch,

Rain on the way to work, More coffee,

Tesco book deals are a killer, Bunny love,

More bunny love,

Outfit going to see Rose, 'To Read' list is a bit excessive!

1. This week has been eventful! I went shopping with Rose to find a dress for a ball at her university. She didn't buy the yellow one, isn't my best friend stunning?! Leeds is a brilliant place in the sunshine, I haven't spent loads of time there recently, but I spent most weekends between the ages of 14-17 in Leeds. It's so lovely.
2. I went to Manchester on Tuesday to meet Abbey for tea, and then a magazine meeting. I got there and Abbey rang me saying her car had been broken in to, so I didn't end up going to the meeting, we sorted out her car and then I made us tea. Luckily nothing expensive was taken (the idiots even left the sat nav and took about £5 in coppers) it was just a bit crazy.
3. Work experience is still going well, and I may have secured an internship in Manchester in August/September. Fingers crossed for that one, I'm going to email the lady back this week. As for work at Ikea, that's the same as always. It's crazy how busy I am recently even though I don't feel like I'm getting much done.
4. I finally told my mum about getting tattooed. She wasn't happy (as expected) but I'm not dead, so that's a plus. I just need to sort it out with work (even though I've told them I can't work) that I get the hours I need. It's getting silly really.

How were your weeks? Hopefully this week marks my first OOTD. Colette is coming back on Tuesday giving us plenty of time to attempt them. She's the only one I can get to take photos. 

If you haven't completed your university years yet, good luck! Same goes to those with A-Levels etc to take. Work hard and you'll be fine!

Thanks for reading x

Little catch up!

Hi everyone!

I just thought I'd fill you in on what's been happening with me!
I attended to the first group meeting for the magazine I recently got a job with. The team met all met each other for the first time, and honestly, everybody seems really, really lovely. We had a presentation and chatted about where we go from here and put a few ideas on the table. I'm really excited to start working properly. We've decided to have another meeting next week. In the mean time, we were all assigned an email address and told the roles that we have been given. I was given the role of 'blogger'. At first I was a bit apprehensive, because even though I write this, I can't say I'm overly confident in my own writing abilities. After thinking about it for a while, I am really excited about it. I'll get the chance to write and edit, which is what I think I want to do in the future, so it's the best of both worlds. Plus there's a lot of freedom within the team, so we'll all be able to switch up our jobs a bit. The whole project is ridiculously exciting.

I also started my work experience placement at a local paper on Tuesday. I'll be there every Tuesday and Wednesday for the next 3 weeks. Yesterday I was given a few small articles to write and re-word; I also went on a walk around the town with a journalist, talking to solicitors about the local county court closing. It was surprisingly interesting.
Today I was given an email to turn into an article. It was about rugby league, which isn't exactly my forte, but it turned out okay I think! I also watched how Ryan created the back page of the paper (using Quark XPress, which completely boggled my mind, as that's easier than Photoshop). It was really fun to watch, I couldn't recall anything he told me though.
In the past two days I've written 9 pieces. I'll see on Friday if any make into the actual paper!

For the next four days I'm working at Ikea, back to the day job. I wish I could be playing about in the sun though. I'm going into Leeds on Monday (my only day off, sob), so hopefully the weather will stick around for a bit.

I've also started reading Wicked (for the third time) and have bought the Game of Thrones novel to get stuck into. At least until I have to start my essays.

How are your weeks going?

Thanks for reading x

Weekly Summary #5

 

Essay reading going pretty well, What I wore home,

A quotation from Virginia Woolf's diaries in a book I'm reading, Watching Forrest Gump for said essay,

A photo an old friend sent me today which cheered me up at work

1. This week has been a stressful, but productive week. The upcoming week is the final week of teaching for my academic year (Summer term is the exam period at MMU, I have no exams) and I have an essay due in on the 23rd so I have been trying to get a vague plan for an essay written up.
2. I also have to decide what I want to write my dissertation on by the 23rd, so I've been frantically emailing various tutors for guidance/reading suggestions. I know I want to write on Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath and think I have a general idea for a topic now. I think I'm going to see my personal tutor to solidify an idea. I've always been terrible at decision making, and got told off by my A-Level English Literature teacher for not having enough confidence in my abilities and always comparing myself to others. I think I'm just a perfectionist.
3. I got my new glasses yesterday. They are just amazing and I've had some lovely compliments about them. Apparently they are 'professional, but still trendy'. Thanks, Mum.
4. I also now have dates and times for my work experience and a date for the first staff meeting for the job at the magazine. Just a shame that my part-time job (which I've had for 4 years) may have to 'let me go' at the end of the year due to my hours not being 'suitable to the business' needs'. 
5. I think I'm going to bring a bit more literature into my blog; talking about my favourite books/review a few I've finished recently? I use 'review' in the loosest term. What do you think?

A stressful final week ahead, but I'll be much happier once everything is organised and I'm home next week for the holidays.

I have a new, simple motto I'm trying to adhere to:

image source: Tumblr

Let me know what you think about the book review posts?

Thanks for reading x