rebecca

Hello You Lovely Lot!

This is just a short blog post to update you on how I'm feeling. As you may be able to tell by the title of this blog post, I'm not feeling too great. Recently, I've been asking myself a lot of questions. What do I want to do? Am I making the right decisions? Do I really want to be at University? Am I happy? Is what I'm feeling just stress? Am I just homesick? Should I have stayed at home? Is this something completely unrelated to University?

I have come to realise that the answer to all of these is a big fat 'I don't know' and that scares me more than anything else. This isn't the first time I have felt like this and I have no doubt that it won't be the last time I go through whatever this is with only just over a year left of University. I have gone from knowing exactly what I want to do to completely dropping the idea and had friends say to me 'Well what will you do then?!' and of course the answer to that is, I have no clue. I know that I am not the only one facing these issues and asking myself these questions.

One thing I do know is that this year I have really tried to prioritise myself. I have gained a few things and lost a few things but ultimately my happiness is so important. I need to think about the things that I want and right now I'm not sure what that is which makes this a lot harder. I do know that I don't want to be stuck doing something I hate and not able to get out of it.

Sometimes I feel that this is something more serious than just disliking University which in turn can make University much more difficult when you're also dealing with other things on top. Maybe I have woken up on the wrong side of the bed this morning or maybe I need to do some serious thinking. Some people will tell you nobody knows what they're doing and that that's fine and normal! Maybe it is. However, I can tell you that I do not like it. A few months ago I was dead set on leaving University, I hated it. However, I managed to pull back through and everybody said to me 'But you haven't got long left! There's no point quitting now!'. I can see where these people are coming from but every day feels like a week when you're unhappy with what you're doing. As lovely as my friends are, I can't stay for their sake either. So what now? Where do I go? What do I do? I'm not sure. Maybe I stay here and let it all work itself out for another year. Maybe I go home and find something else to. Maybe I just have a bath and watch a sad film and feel a little better.

Anyway, sorry for that emotional rant, normal blog posts will resume soon. I don't tend to share things like this on my blog but I do think it's important.

Thanks For Reading.

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

I am writing this from my house in Liverpool where I live whist I go to University, I am finally back. I'll be honest with you all, I can't help but feel a bit deflated. I was quite looking forward to coming back because my birthday is on the 17th of January. I'm going to Breakout (one of those escape rooms, blog post to follow) with my English Literature friends and then having my Drama friends over for drinks afterwards and I've been so excited about these things ever since I had them planned.

There's no point in me lying to anyone, I really struggled last term at University, especially towards the end of it. I ended up going home every weekend because I just couldn't cope with being away. it made me feel so lonely and various other things contributed to my loneliness. The only solution I could find was to be at home as much as I could and so I would travel home on a Thursday night and travel back on a Monday, I spent more time at home than I did at University. My friends didn't really get it and I would get 'You're going home again?!' quite a lot. I'm not sure how I'll get on this year but my plan is to only go home when I really need to. I'm seeing Jack Whitehall on the 10th of February and then Busted the weekend after. I then have the Easter holidays for pretty much the whole of April and I'll be done by the beginning of June. I also have my friend Chloe coming to stay on the 4th of February for a late birthday weekend for us both (her birthday was the 12th of January!).

Even though I know it's only about three weeks until I go home again I'm struggling. I don't want to rely on going home because

1. I miss out on quite a few things (parties, theatre shows, birthdays etc)
2. I want to enjoy the University experience as much as I can.

Hello You Lovely Lot!

So...we can all see that i didn't post a Blogmas yesterday...not the day before. i won't lie to you all, the day before yesterday I was just about to fall asleep when I remembered and I just couldn't bring myself to get out of bed and write a post.

Yesterday I wasn't feeling too great so I just got in and ate a load of chocolate before going to bed. I'm not even sure what to write today, so maybe just a life update?

I'm no longer a Vegan! I'll write a whole blog post and do a YouTube video on it soon but now I'm just a vegetarian for now. Just know I'm really appreciating cheese and chocolate (and also Yorkshire puddings, had about half of one on Sunday.

It's only a few days until I finish for Christmas, in fact, tomorrow is my last day! I am coming back Saturday to get all my things but I'll be with dad so it won't really feel like coming back I guess. I'm so excited to be at home for Christmas. At the moment I just want to crawl in to my bed at home and only see my dogs and my parents. I have a trip to Chester Zoo planned with Melanie on the 28th so if that happens that'll be so nice! I haven't seen Melanie in a while and I feel like a catchup is needed.

I have one essay and one 'exam' left until I'm finished. The essay is nearly done with and the 'exam' is also sorted. It's just a Drama exam that isn't marked, it just determines if I'll be able to choose the module I'm doing next year.

I feel like I didn't give you a life update that long ago so I can't think of much else I have to tell you! But there'll be another post up tonight...I hope... for Blogmas day fourteen!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

So, I am currently on holiday (kind of). I came home for less than 24 hours before driving 2 hours to end up in Filey! it's basically a little town near the sea for anyone who doesn't know, just my kind of place. I'm only here till tomorrow afternoon and then I get a train back to Liverpool to my beloved house. Back to watching too much TV, eating too much food and complaining that my room's a mess yet doing nothing about it!

We're actually here to celebrate Mum's birthday (that isn't even until next month but there you have it) because she used to come here as a kid with her Mum and Dad! The rest of my family are staying until next week but as I have lessons to go to I have to back to University tomorrow (boo hoo).

It's really lovely here even though I haven't seen much of it, we went to Whitby today and it was tipping it down for most of the day but when it was sunny it was all very pretty although there was a lot of fish places (which you'd imagine for the place that is obviously known for 'Whitby Scampi'). I also had a lovely slice of Vegan cake (and a vegan wrap but the cake topped it all). I feel like this is turning in to a life update post but Veganism is going well for anyone interested! It's been just over two weeks now since I've had a slip up and even though it's hard sometimes I feel much better overall.

Some of you will know that last year I struggled a lot with homesickness but this year has been great so far! We sit and watch TV or a film every night in our pyjamas with blankets and food and it just feels so homely. The only time I'm really in my room is when I'm asleep to be honest which is just how it should be (although I probably should be in there doing work but I'm not, I just tend to do my work whilst watching Bakeoff or X-Factor). I'm enjoying my lessons a lot more this year but I think that could be because I'm actually paying attention to them and making notes.

That's about all I have to update you on at the moment!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

So, today marks my last week in Nottingham before I move back to Liverpool (technically I move on Saturday so my last week was literally last week but we can overlook that because I upload blog posts on a Monday). If you've been reading my blog for a bit now or you know me personally you will know I had a bit of trouble last year. I felt very homesick and alone for most of the year (through my own fault).

I never thought I would say this but I am genuinely SO excited to get back to University! I feel like I'm at a point in my life where I'm ready to make my own decisions again. Obviously I make my own decisions at home but there's just something different at University. When I left Uni last year I think I was so glad to be at home but as the weeks have passed I have realised that maybe I didn't take advantage of the time I spent in Liverpool. I really think I've grown as a person in the time between leaving and this week. I feel like that sounds super cliché but it's true.

I have really learnt a lot of things this summer, some things felt like the end of the world but I'm glad they happened now. It's all made me really appreciate Liverpool and see it in a different light. Of course I'll miss my family and friends but I'm going to make a real effort to not go home as much this year because I think it adds to the homesickness if that's even possible? I have started to get used to nights out. I never used to drink much or go on nights out ever but this summer has taught me that nothing (too) bad can happen and even if you have work the next day and do a shift where you can't even look at the vodka, you'll be ok.

So thank you Summer 2016 for teaching me many things and genuinely changing me as a person. I feel like when I go back to Uni I'm really going to enjoy (and document, obvs) every second of it. I'm sorry this has been a bit of a rambly post but I think I just needed to get this all off my chest.

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

A few years ago I tried to be Vegetarian but as I was around fourteen or fifteen, I had been used to just eating what Dad cooked. My parents were both very helpful and I cooked my own dinners for a while but when it came to roast dinners I just gave in.

Now I'm at University I have decided that I want to take control of my own eating habits and diet again and this time I think it will be much easier. Somehow I ended up watching loads of those videos on YouTube that are like 'What I Eat In A Day'. As someone who has struggled for years with food, I was just being nosy as to how much other people ate and what they were eating. I ended up on a Vegan one and the woman basically ate the nicest looking food. That got me round to thinking maybe I should try cooking that some time! With being at work quite a lot I find it difficult to squeeze in time to cook for myself and if I get home and Dad's made something, I just eat that because it's quicker and easier.

When I'm at University I am so unhealthy. I will just eat something quick, even if I'm in all day. Usually that't a takeaway or a pizza or something else unhealthy and I want to snap out of this. I started to watch more and more of these videos and realised that maybe the only way I could stop myself from eating these things is if I am someone who literally can't.

I have tried many diets and each one has failed miserably and I think that's because in my mind it was just salad and other boring things. The more recipes I discovered through these videos the more I realised that healthy food doesn't have to be boring. Obviously, I'm sure not all vegan food is healthy but there are so many healthy alternatives to things like chocolate and ice cream that are vegan! I've had LOADS of people say to me 'why don't you just turn veggie?' or 'why don't you just eat vegan meals every now and then?'. My answer to this is, if I buy meat and put it in my fridge but only eat meat like twice a week (like my dad suggested) then I will either have a freezer full of meat or loads of meat in the bin. I wasted quite a lot of food last year and I want to really cut down on that this year. I also want to keep my fridge organised and not have loads of out of date food (whoops). I said to Nicole that being Vegan would be like being on a diet, but not really being on a diet. I just want to put more goodness in to my body and see what happens. I'm hoping that the lack of dairy will clear my skin up and that maybe I will lose some weight but what I'm really hoping for is to just feel better in myself I guess.

SO, there's a little explanation for you!

Are any of you vegan? Do you have any tips or recipes? Let me know!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

So, if you read my blog regularly you will know that I study English Literature and Drama and Theatre Studies at Liverpool Hope Uni! Well, it's been a while since I've spoken about it and so I thought you might all like a little update (you probably don't, BUT YOU'RE GETTING ONE SO THERE).

I passed first year! Through all the homesickness and the falling outs (both with teachers and friends). I did it! That means I can put myself through another year of it all, lucky me. No, in all seriousness there are some days where I can't wait to get back to University. I can't wait to see Nicole, Kayleigh and Jack and all my other friends. I can't wait to decorate my room and make YouTube videos in there and I can't wait to have a bit more structure to my life again.

I have a massive reading list (I'm not joking, it's huge) that I need to get through in the next two months. My first day at University is actually on October the 4th which is so late! Technically it should be on the 3rd but I'm off on Mondays. I start paying for my accommodation on September 1st so I'll be moving in before October no doubt! I think the key to getting through second year for me is remembering that it won't be all rosy, much like last year. However, I think living with just Kayleigh, Nicole and Jack will make me a lot happier.

I've been home for quite a while now and I have a new job. I feel a bit like I never went away to University in the first place and it'll be weird to leave my whole family again! I've been home alone for about a week now because my family are on holiday and I couldn't go for the first week and even that's been weird! However, I know that I can come home any time I like, especially because I'm free on a Monday and a Friday!

Is anyone else going in to their second year? How are you feeling about it? Let me know!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

Here we are again. At my favourite blog post to write! This month I am also doing a favourites on my YouTube channel so I'm going to keep them different (so you get to hear twice the amount of favourites...lucky you!). This month has been a bit of a weird one I have to say! I was at home for around half of it and have been at Uni for the other half. I've had ups and downs but that happens every months. However, there have still been things that I have loved that I'm excited to tell you all about! So get yourselves a cup of tea (or coffee...but coffee's gross...just saying) and have a read.

Beauty / Skincare :

So this is kind of similar to what I talked about in my YouTube video but this month I have been loving liquid lipsticks! However, I am going to talk about one specific liquid lipstick here on my blog!

LA Splash Cosmetics Lip Couture Waterproof Liquid Lipstick - Innocent Vixen



I ordered this because I tried to get a Kylie Lip Kit and it didn't work. When it came it was a bit more peach than I was expecting and I really wasn't sure of it to begin with! However, it was the first nude liquid lipstick I had owned and the more I more I loved it! LA Splash sells such lovely liquid lipsticks and this is no exception. These tend to last most of the day for me and it's nice to have this shade because I can still wear a liquid lipstick without feeling like I look like I'm about to go on a night out!

Music : 

This month I went to two concerts but since one of them was at the very start and one of them was half way through, I was listening to one band for a bit longer. So this month it has to be..

5 Seconds of Summer



I have loved 5SOS since I saw them live at the One Direction 'Where We Are' tour. I have to admit when I went to the tour I wasn't a massive 5SOS fan even though I had seen them at the 'Take Me Home' tour. I think I just followed the crowd of the majority of One Direction fans. However, when I saw them at WWA, I knew that it was something I would love. I have now seen them live four times. Twice with 1D and twice on their own. I have to say I don't like the second album as much as the first album but people change and their music does too. I haven't been listening to a specific album (although it has been mainly 'Sounds Good Feels Good' since that was the majority of the setlist). I talked about a few of these on my playlist post (which is here). However, the ones I haven't talked about I will write a little bit about!

Top Five Songs :

5. Heartache On The Big Screen

The person that got me in to this song is Chloe and it was only because she wanted to point out the breathing that Luke does at the beginning after each line (what is with that by the way...). I fell in love with it and when they played it live I danced like there was no tomorrow, I have to admit.

4. Disconnected

3. Beside You

This has always been one of my favourites from the first album and when they started to play this I cried. I was already crying because they had played 'Jet Black Heart' and then played 'Amnesia after this so I cried for three songs straight (thought I was over my crying at concerts phase...obviously not). I think it was just because this song is about not wanting to leave and I had to leave for University the next day...how sad is that?!

2. Permanent Vacation

I first heard this when I saw 5SOS on their first headline tour and it was a completely new song back then. I loved it and waited so patiently for it to come out. The minute I heard it on the new album i knew what it was and I played it on repeat for a good few weeks. In the shower, on the bus, just in my room. Everywhere. It was only right that I danced around at the concert to it too!

1. Jet Black Heart


TV Show :

I haven't watched much TV in the past week or so just because I'm so busy back at University but at the beginning of the month I was obsessed with..

Drunk History



Now, if you don't know what Drunk History is, it's basically when they get comedians drunk and get them to tell historical events. I like the UK version a lot more but I think that's because I knew more of the people and they tend to get a bit more drunk (I don't know what the reason behind that is but maybe it's because we have a lower alcohol intolerance?). Then they get actors to mime what the drunk comedians are saying which is always hilarious and slightly factual I have to say! There are loads of little clips on YouTube if you want to have a watch which I would highly recommend!

Purchase :

This month's favourite purchase isn't something I've bought but something that someone else has bought for me (but it still counts...right?).

Makeup Organiser



I have wanted one of these for a while! I especially wanted somewhere to put my lipsticks because I found myself just using the same ones again and again. I have so many that I just used to overlook because they would be at the bottom of my bag. My friend Amy bought me this and I use it every single day! It just saves so much space and hassle because I always know where my makeup is. The makeup organiser that I own has three draws and then a bit that just sits on top that hold my lipsticks and anything that's in a bottle! I need to buy a few more draws because I need to find somewhere to put my eyeshadow palettes but then my makeup collection will be sorted!

Photo :

I think it's a no brainer this month for the photo to be honest...



What's Exciting About Next Month? : 

Next month is arguable one of the most exciting months I will have this year (minus maybe June which you will find out about next month in the favourites (self promo, stay tuned kids). Next month I finish my lessons at Uni even though I still have an exam on June 1st. Then, 3 days after I finish lessons I am getting on a train to go to Sheffield to see my friend Gaby. Not only am I seeing Gaby, I am also seeing BUSTED. It doesn't even seem real, I am SO excited! Now, obviously I have seen McBusted however I haven't seen Charlie since I went to their last ever tour and as much as I love McFly I am excited to hear just Busted songs. Also, Wheatus are supporting them and I am more than ready to hear 'Teenage Dirtbag' live!

And we're done for another month! It's weird to think that we're pretty much in summer now! It feels like just yesterday I turned 19. I have had a great month this month! I have made new friends, felt more comfortable and just all round happy! Hopefully you had a good month too!

Watch my YouTube video on my favourites HERE!

Thanks for reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

So, my second term at Uni is nearly over, I finish on the 18th March and go home on the 19th! This month has been hard work, I won't lie to you. I've had more stress this month because I've had more exams are more coursework in. I've been really homesick this term and found myself missing my friends and family more and more.

However, this term has also had it's ups! Even though I've had exams and coursework I now know that they're out of the way and I'm pretty sure that's the bulk of my coursework for this year done! It's also been a shorter term than the last one so there's been less time to miss home which is a positive. I also have loads of exciting stuff happening over easter and Summer so this term has basically been one massive countdown to all those things!

Those things include

• Going to Berlin on Sunday to see Natalie!
• The Vamps
• 5SOS
• Noel Gallagher
• Coldplay

Hello You Lovely Lot!

If you've read a few of my other blog posts you might know about my friend Amy. We became friends at college when we were in the same English Literature class. We bonded over our love for High School musical and I think everyone else in the class hated us because we were constantly singing!

Anyway, on the 12th Amy came from Manchester where she had just been to a concert to see me! We met up in the afternoon and got her stuff to my flat then I went to lessons and she looked around Liverpool!


When I was back we met up again and ordered a dominos (which can I say was possibly the nicest dominos I've ever had even if the woman did forget to make one of them stuffed crust...). Once we'd eaten pizza we got ready to go out!





Liverpool is amazing for nights out, there's so many places to go compared to Nottingham it's crazy. Me and Amy decided to go to Pop World! Pop World is basically a place where they play a mix of naughties songs and chart music so effectively my ideal place to go? We danced to all sorts from Little Mix and SClub 7, to Westlife and NSYNC. We even cried when Wonderwall by Oasis came on, don't ask me why, even I don't know. It was such a good night and considering I wasn't sure I wanted to go when we left the flat I had an amazing time.

I don't have any photos from the night but I do have a photo of two random men that they made me take..


Pop World closed at 4am so we made our way to McDonalds very slowly and in the process someone threw an egg at us which Amy was not happy about in her drunken state let me tell you. I wanted to wait until breakfast started but Amy was shattered so we both bought some chicken nuggets and went to bed whilst watching Shrek.

Needless to say we woke up the next day feeling a bit groggy but we got ready and left the house to see my friend Sandy! Sandy is someone I met at college and she was looking around a University in Liverpool (which will be so great if she decided to go there!) so me and Amy went to meet her and look around The Beatles Museum on The Albert Dock! I've been here a few times before with my family but it's always interesting and you forget what it's like after a while. We took so many photos, here are a few of them....


and I just had a really lovely time! Me and Amy then went to Wagamamas and had a lovely dinner before finding some really weird music on Spotify and going to bed.


The next day Amy left and I went to see my Grandma and the rest of my family since it was their birthday!


I think I said this when Chloe came but it's so nice having someone you know at your University. It makes you feel much less homesick without actually having to go home and it just made me so happy!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! (I wrote this on my birthday yesterday)

I'm not officially nineteen until 1:15pm but whatever. I feel like an official adult? Or is that 20?

My birthday started with a skype call from Amy and loads of lovely tweets about me.

Our skype went on till about 1am and then I started to get ready to go to bed until I got a skype call from Natalie! We skyped till like 2:30 and she also sang happy birthday to me, filmed some awful snapchat videos and laughed at my lame jokes.

I then got up at like 9 and saw the best collages from Natalie for my birthday...

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!

I have a 1500 word essay to write today. Send help.

I chose English Literature willingly so you'd think I would enjoy writing these kind of things! However, my attention span is that of a small toddler so I get distracted by anything and everything. A speck of dust, A YouTube video, the fact my room is a tip, the fact my life is a mess...you know, all the small things.

Once I actually start writing I get quite in to it and I find that I'm enjoying it! Usually though when I look back I find I've written a load of rubbish and have to edit it here there and everywhere. It seems crazy because I find it so easy to write things like that but maybe that's because I'm not having to write about eighteenth century poetry? I've loved doing Blogmas even though sometimes I forget till about 11:55pm and then I go in to a panic and post something really rubbish. I feel sorry for you guys!

Only ten days of Blogmas left though! The last post will be on Christmas Day which will probably just be a 'Merry Christmas' post but before that you can expect things like my December playlist and of course, the long awaited...December Favourites (*cheering*). They are without a doubt my favourite to write!

When I've finished this essay and am no longer having a mental breakdown every two seconds I presume my posts will get better because I don't really have anything to do once I've finished this! I have a lecture on Christmas on Thursday then we're having Mince Pies and Mulled Wine. Then I'm doing Secret Santa with my English friends then my flat mates! Then after that my flat is going out for Kayleigh's birthday (if I can finish this essay on time!). So Thursday is looking like the best day! I do have a class early Friday morning but you know, it's the last lesson before Christmas, am I going to be punished for missing it? I hope not! My Dad is coming to get me on Friday and then I'll be home for Christmas. I have already made a post about how excited I am but just know, I am super excited.

So, now I'm going to go back to writing more rubbish in an attempt to understand some poetry!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

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!

This is my bed which doesn't usually look like this, everything's normally all over my room. I have two very handy plugs above it. As you can see I bought my giant Stitch that was a present from my friends Gemma and Lizzie and I also have my teddy bear. They remind me of home and of my friends and family so much so I'm glad I have them with me. I also think I'm adding to the collection but I'm waiting till my parents bring me up so I don't have to take them on the train! You can also see I currently have Christmas bedding, because you can't not have festive bedding in December.


I also have a little 'Merry Christmas' sign above my bed because you know, when in December. I'm not too sure what I'm going to do with that hook once it's January, but I'll find something I'm sure.


Yes. I have a printer. Let me tell you, it is the handiest thing in the world! It's so easy when I need to print my notes off or train tickets! I would totally recommend bringing one to University, I would be lost without it. Stacked on top of it are my body sprays and my perfume and yes...I have an advent calendar. Christmas isn't right without it!