rebecca

Hello you lovely lot!

So this is going to be a short post because I am tired as anything but I need to put up something, I have finished for Christmas! My Dad is coming to pick me up tomorrow and I could not be more excited to go home!

I love my flatmates and I have had the best first term here but I definitely think I need some time back in Nottingham with my family and my friends and my dogs. I am so excited to be able to eat my dads food and not have to put up with oven chips or something.

I have so many plans for this holiday, I'm seeing my friends (mainly Natalie), obviously celebrating Christmas, celebrating my birthday very early and dying my hair! Next time I come back here I will look completely different and nearly be a different age! Scary stuff.

I promise to do a better post tomorrow but I forgot all about this until I got back from a night out!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky

Hello you lovely lot!

So, I am coming in to my final week of being here at Uni before I go home for Christmas and through the ups and downs I have loved it.

I have had food stolen and bowls broken. I have also laughed till I've cried and leant on some of my flatmates for support.

Uni seems so scary, you're moving away from all your friends and family in to a flat with people you don't know, to a city you don't know and really, to a whole new life. I am lucky enough to have loved a University in the city that I lived in till I was 7 or 8 so I know where I am. I also think my Mum finds comfort in this because I can explain to her where I've been and she usually knows what I'm talking about! I can also visit my Grandma or my Cousins or even my Auntie and Uncle who live in Cheshire! I also know my way around Liverpool and feel safe here which I think really helps.

Even though our kitchen is usually vile and most of my flatmates are usually hungover. We do tend to get on very well. We can all have a laugh and watch a film together or we can all sit around and have a serious conversation. We've had our moments and big argument but I think that's just girls and it's bound to happen at some point! It's going to be odd not seeing them every day and walking in to the pitch black kitchen trying not to interrupt the film on the TV.

I have loved my course too and my teachers have been great! I study English Literature and Drama and they tend to overlap a lot! I love learning about all the different poets, authors and practitioners and even though waking up at 7am on a Thursday and 8am on a Monday isn't the best, it's worth it.

I miss my family quite a bit and I'm worried when I go home for Christmas I'll go back to feeling like I've just moved in. However, my homesickness is bearable and it makes coming home even better! I am so excited to go home and for my Dad to cook me food for a bit. I think my Mum will be quite shocked at how much I've changed. I now get why people leaving their plates everywhere annoys her and how much work she does! So thanks Mum, promise I'll help over Christmas!

I hope anyone else who went to University this September enjoyed it as much as I have!

Thanks For Reading!

Hello you lovely lot!

So, I am at home again! I've really enjoyed the past two weekends and I know I'm home a lot recently however this time I brought my flatmate Abbey home with me. It's so weird to think that Abbey has never even seen Nottingham before but I've seen it most days for the past 10 or so years!

I think she's really enjoyed her weekend here (at least I hope she did!). She met my friend Gemma who is ever so lovely, we went out for a nice burger, she helped me put up a Christmas Tree and we watched a nice film with my family. It's nice to be able to show people the place that I pretty much grew up in.

I don't finish for Christmas till next weekend so my Dad's coming to pick me up next Friday which I can't wait for! I am so excited to be able to spend more than 2/3 days at home. Also, when I return to Liverpool after Christmas, my hair will be a completely different colour (no spoilers soz).

That doesn't mean that next week isn't super busy. I have a 1500 word essay in for Friday, a friends birthday on Thursday and two secret Santas to sort of for Wednesday/Thursday! I am excited to have a lecture on Christmas from English and to have mince pies and mulled wine in the seminar (who says Liverpool Uni is better than Liverpool hope?!). The posts may be a bit lacking this week, I will still try and get them up however with it being so busy they may not be as exciting, although to be honest...wouldn't call them exciting anyway.

Coming home for Christmas also means I can see all my friends again. I bumped in to Chloe (if you read my blog regularly you'll know who Chloe is) in town today which was such a lovely surprise! I've planned both my birthday meals, one with Natalie and one with all my school friends. We don't need to talk about the fact that i'll be 19 do we?! Am I old?!

I'll also be able to have sleepovers with my friends Lizzie, Gemma and Puja again! I haven't seen Puja since I left and I've only seen Gemma three times and Lizzie twice. I used to see them at least every other week. I think it's been a kind of a shock to the system in a way. We are planning to have a sleepover with loads of rubbish food and Disney films when my parents leave for New Years so that'll be a long awaited reunion and a Christmas present bonanza I have no doubt.

Over the Christmas break I'm hoping my posts will get better because I wont really have anything else to do! I'm posting on Christmas day and then I'll probably take a break until New Years when I can make a post about seeing Natalie (i.e. the longest post ever!).

Hope you enjoyed that little catch up on my life!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello you lovely lot!

I am feeling pretty rubbish today I must admit. I have had a bit of a cold for the past few days and it's turned in to a head cold apparently because my hearing has also gone a bit muffled! I don't usually get ill but when I do it tends to be pretty bad!

I am going home again this weekend (and next weekend) but I still feel quite homesick. I think it might be because it's so close to Christmas and I've never been away from my family at this time of year! It will be so nice to see my family again this weekend and I can't wait to eat my Dads Christmas Dinner! I am also seeing Natalie on the 28th December and the 31st-2nd then I am seeing most of my friends from School/College some time in early January to celebrate my 19th birthday! My birthday isn't till the 17th however I start back at Uni on the 11th and I don't think there's much point in me going home! I cant wait to just spend time with the people who know me best and the people who really know how to cheer me up.

I am also running out of money (that's not a joke, I have £6.26 left for the two weeks) but it's mainly because throughout the last few months I spent so much money on things I didn't need and I also smashed my phone screen so that's where the last of my money went. If I have one tip for Uni it's that you need to budget. Budget like there's no tomorrow! From January I am going to write down every little thing I spend to save myself this struggle again!

So all in all it's been a rubbish week and it's only Tuesday so that's great! Sorry this is such a short one but I'm not feeling 100% and I think I just need to lie down with a cup of tea and stick on a film and I'll live.

Thanks For Reading!

Becky

Hello you lovely lot!

So, on Saturday me and my friend Amy went to my local park (it's like a big park, not a playground) with my family for a Christmas Market! Me and Amy hadn't seen each other since September and we've been so close since we moved to University which is a bit weird considering we live so far away from each other when we're at University.

Annies basically sells the best burgers ever (and I don't even like burgers that much) and they also sell the nicest curly fries! As far as I know there's only one in Nottingham because it's actually run by an american woman called Annie so you know they're proper burgers. Amy had never been before but she seemed to enjoy it! We both managed to finish our meals which is usually a struggle at Annies because it's so filling which I suppose is good because it's not a waste of money!

It was so nice spending the day with Amy because we Skype quite a lot and we text every day. She's really helped me get through my first term at Uni and I've missed her so much. We used to be in the same English group in year 12 and we spoke as and when but not very often, it's only recently that we've become quite close friends! I'm so glad that we have because she is just such a lovely person and I'm very jealous that she's already finish for Christmas whereas I have another two weeks!

Hello you lovely lot!

So, if you follow any of my social media you will know I am at home this weekend. I planned it a few weeks ago with my friend Lizzie in order to surprise my friend Gemma!

Gemma has been having quite a tough time of it lately and she kept telling me how much she missed me, so I thought what could be better than just turning up at her door? Lizzie planned to meet up with her and I booked my train tickets!

I also surprised my mum! I was meant to surprise Dad too but I knew they were going out on the Saturday and I didn't want them to leave without me because I don't have a house key at the moment. Mum was very happy to see me even though I am coming home next weekend and the weekend after that for Christmas (I can't help myself.)

I got off the train and went straight to Gemma's, I had to text Lizzie when I was outside so she knew it was me knocking at the door! I do have a video of me surprising Gemma but I don't know how to upload that on to here because I'm not a complete computer whiz so I'll put a link to it HERE.

She was so happy to see me and we took so many photos all night, played some Mario Kart and just had a good giggle! It was like I never left which is the sign of a good friendship I think.



Becky x

Hello you lovely lot!

So, you may know if you follow me on twitter (@rebeccaannew) or on instagram (@beccccksss) (cheeky self promo there), then you may know that my friend Chloe came to stay with me here in Liverpool! She came on a Friday night and stayed until the Sunday night and it was probably one of the best weekends I've had since I've been here!

After having the biggest struggle trying to find out where abouts in the country Chloe was and what time she would be here she finally arrived and we moved all her stuff in to the flat she was staying in. We then went to Asda and spent a slightly ridiculous amount of money on food but it was worth it!


We made some pizza (that wasn't very nice), played sims and then I slept on the floor which was the worst nights sleep I've ever had.

The next day (Saturday) we woke up and made out way in to Liverpool city centre to do some shopping with money that I most definitely did not have. We looked round so many shops, bought too many things and Chloe complained about the weather a lot.








All the christmas lights were up and it just felt so festive! Christmas is my favourite time of year so, having never seen Liverpool like this, I loved it! We had a nice warm Costa before we came back and had some Chicken Katsu Curry then too much chocolate and ice cream before we both got quite ill, lactose intolerance problems for you!

The next day we decided to take a walk back in to Liverpool after we had the biggest (but best) breakfast ever.







 We got sweets which I had been craving for weeks and just had a nice walk around! Then Chloe had to leave so I walked her back to the coach station. I had such a lovely weekend and it was nice to have someone I know around. Obviously I know my flat mates but Chloe knows me quite well whereas I've only known my flatmates for a few months. She's the first person to cone and visit me here and hopefully not the last! It's nice to show people around that don't know Liverpool and show them new things and it's nice to have people see where I live now!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello you lovely lot!

I can't believe it's the end of October. Does this mean I can start counting down till Christmas (I think so). I'm not sure when this will go up so if you're reading this and it's up later than usual, I'm sorry, it's most likely because I've been in Wales with the English Department at my University and they've not got WiFi! If it's up early it's because I was very organised and managed to get it done before I went to Wales, but if you know me, you know I'm not organised!

This month has been so busy! It's been my first month at University, I've seen One Direction twice (although as I'm writing this and probably as you're reading it, I have yet to see them the second time), I've learnt alot about myself and other people and I've spent more time sitting on my own missing home than anything else! However, I have enjoyed bits of it and I, of course, still have favourites to tell you all about!

So, lets go!

Beauty / Skincare :

So, I like a dark lip. I'm a Rimmel 107 girl, I love a bit of a plum for Autumn and Winter (and Spring and Summer..). However, this month, I have reached a whole new level of 'dark lip'.

MAC - Nightmoth Lipliner 
MAC - Smoked Purple Lipstick



I am blaming this entirely on Jess (sunbeamsjess on youtube) and her lipliner collection video! The second I saw it I knew I had to have it so I wrote it down on my christmas list. Then, me and my friend Nina went to Manchester to see a play and we were an hour or two early, so when we passed a MAC I knew what I had to do. I went in for the lipliner and then the lovely lady serving me asked 'do you want a lipstick to go on top?' and you just can't say no to that can you really...I mean I could have...but I didn't. I have worn the combo about three times in a row since I bought it the other day and I don't even care. I have had loads of compliments since I started wearing and also a few weird looks but what can you do? I think I prefer the lipliner on it's own but that's because it seems to last longer, I'm still very glad I bought the lipstick too though!

Music : 

Usually I write about an album I've loved here but there isn't a whole album that I've found that I love yet so I'm just going to do some songs that I've really loved this month! I am, however, going to be doing an 'October Playlist' post because it's been ages since I've done a music one for you!

Drag Me Down - One Direction
Cheater - The Vamps
Love Me Like You - Little Mix
Perfect - One Direction
On My Mind - Ellie Goulding 

TV Show :

There's got to be two this month! One has a been a favourite for a while and one is one I have just rediscovered!

Gogglebox



I used to think this sounded like the worst programme in the history of the world, like, who wants to watch people watch television right? Oh, how wrong I was. I LOVE it. The Moffats are by far my favourite, mainly because of Scarlett (who favourited my tweet the other day, hold your applause). I never really sit down and watch TV so by watching this I feel like I'm caught up on the weeks TV which is always nice!

Photo : 

I have two for this month, one is a very lovely one and one is a bit ridiculous. Lets start with this one...


This is me and my mum in Liverpool when her and Dad came to visit me. I had the best two days ever, it was nice to be out of my flat because I feel like I'm going a bit stir crazy sometimes. It was so nice to see them again and I did shed a little tear, I miss them so much when it's just me.

Then this one


This is my Dad. This is also from the weekend that Mum and Dad came to see me. My Dad is my best friend, he always laughs at my jokes (which nobody here does, it's very sad), he always knows how to cheer me up and he knows how I feel nine times out of ten. He has helped me so much at University, mainly with the cooking, and he looks after Mum who apparently is quite worried about me. I owe a lot to my Dad and even though he has really let me down in the past and I don't completely trust him and I'm not sure if I ever will do again, he does make me smile. Really, if you think about it, he's just got an ice cream cone up his nose.

Purchase :

I literally bought this the day before I wrote this and I am already in love with it. If you know me you know I love Disney and you know that I like big jumpers and you know I love Primark (I mean, sometimes, not all the time, I love their novelty tops and jumpers). So, when i went into Primark with my flat mate Nicole and I saw this I knew I had to buy it.


IT'S A JUMPER WITH DAISY DUCK ON IT. OK. THANK YOU. I first saw this when Gabby (velvetgh0st on youtube) wore this and all I could think about was how love it was. then when i walked into Primark I saw it and there was an intake of breath. I knew there and then that I had to buy it. I picked it up straight away and there wasn't even any umming and ahhing about it, I took it round with me everywhere. It's super comfy and it also looks pretty so all in all I'd say it's a justified purchase really if you think about it. I'm taking it to Wales with me when I go with the English department tomorrow!


What's Exciting About Next Month? :

At the end of this month (the 31st, so I'm gonna write about it now since it practically is next month) I'm seeing One Direction again! I'm seeing them with my friend Gaby this time so I think I'll be more comfortable and feel less embarrassed about crying and singing and dancing. It's also the last tour date before the big hiatus so I think it will be super emotional! I'm also seeing Frank Turner with Dad next month so that's exciting! Then my friend Chloe is coming down to visit me for two nights. Chloe was the first friend who is left in Nottingham to show interest in coming to see me and so I am so happy that she's coming. It's going to be lovely to know I have someone I know really well for more than just a few hours! I also think my friends Izzi and Gemma are coming up if they get time off work! One of the most exciting things is the fact I might see my friend Grace. I haven't seen Grace in probably about 7 or 8 years but when I lived here as a child she was my best friend! We both have Wednesdays off University so we're going to go for a coffee or lunch!

Thanks for reading!

Becky x

Hello you lovely lot!

Hello you lovely lot!

So, this is it! I'm going to University this week (and officially turning in to an adult, but can we skip over that bit? Cheers).

I have lived in Nottingham since I was around 8 years old, so 10 years and a bit now! However, before I moved to Nottingham I lived in Liverpool (not technically, I lived in Wallasey but nobody knows where that is (Harry Styles does though) so I just say Liverpool, it's very close). Now I'm moving back down to Liverpool to go to University! It's going to be a bit weird living there again but I'm also very excited, I love Liverpool so much, I still consider it home.

Nottingham has been very kind to me though, i've learnt al ot the past 10 years and there is no doubt in my mind that I would be a different girl had I grown up in Liverpool!

I have met so many brilliant friends here (as well as some not so brilliant ones, but let's not think about them).




And of course Natalie who is the bestest friend I could ever ask for




I have also had some of the best experiences in Nottingham (this means *mainly McFly/McBusted* concerts)

• That time when Tom Fletcher laughed at me
• That time when Matt Willis sang in my face
• That time when Harry Judd gave me his towel
• That time I bumped in to George Shelley 
• That time me and Natalie drove to IKEA on impulse and had meatballs and I bought a giant jar...