30 day blog challenge: day 6

Day 6 - A photo of an animal you'd love to keep as a pet

I've only ever ridden a horse once but it was amazing. I've loved horses since I was little and when I was younger I wanted to own a farm/stables and have my own horse. I pestered my parents for riding lessons when I was younger but they split up before it could happen and it just never happened. It is, however, on my to-do list to have horse riding lessons.

30 day blog challenge: day 5

Day 5: A photo of yourself from two years ago...

Not quite two years ago but only a few months off so I figured I'm allowed it. This is me and my friend Becky (on the left) dress shopping for my 18th. I adored the one I'm wearing in this but didn't get round to buying it before they sold out of my size. Booo. Well, until tomorrow!

30 day blog challenge: day 4

Day 4 - Your favourite photograph of your best friend

Okay so technically I'm breaking the rules here because there are four pictures rather than one. However I tend not to have just one best friend so from left to right...

First up we have my church family. I love these people so much. This was taken a few years ago now at a birthday party for one of them (I'm second from the end on the left there, grey cardi and green/blue dress. Man my legs looked good. I miss that dress. It got too big so I gave it to a friend but I still miss it.) Anyway, this night was a lot of fun and even though I'm away from them a lot with uni now I always slot right back in to the big crazy family at church.

Next up are my main two friends at uni, Emily (middle) and Katie (right). This was taken at a great night out in February of this year. We went to Leeds with some other people (let's not endure that memory again) on a mini bus to see a few local bands (local as in Sunderland where I go to uni). It was at a place called Brudnell social club which Emily was very familiar with and she ended up getting into a bit of a struggle for Frankie and the Heartstrings' drum stick. Amazingly hilarious to this day.

Next up are my friends from school. Well a bunch of them anyway. This was taken during the last few weeks of school of year 11 where everyone went on a giant "WE MUST DOCUMENT EVERYTHING WITH A PICTURE" rampage. Ourselves included. We went for a nice group one but in typical us style it never happened that way.I don't think there was ever a group photo where someone wasn't doing something silly. But they make great memorable photos.

Finally we have the newest group of friends. These lovely people at the dining table are my Christian Union friends and, in our own way, we're kind of like our own little family. This was taken during a weekend away to Kesick in the Lake District so not everyone is in it as not everyone could come, but it was a lovely weekend nonetheless. I've met some of the loveliest people ever through CU and although I missed a weekend away at church back home for the CU one, it was definitely worth it for the fun we had.

And so comes an end to the slightly changed day 4 blog challenge

Blog challenge: day 3

Day 3 - Your idea of the perfect first date.

Okay so this one is actually quite short. I like being able to talk to my date so a drink in a Costa/coffee shop or a bite to eat in a cafe/restaurant works really well for me.

This is pretty much drawn from experience. The first time I met up with my now boyfriend, we went to Costa where we spent about three hours talking and, upon realising how late it had got when we were about to be thrown out of Costa because they were closing, moved on to dinner. He then walked me home before leaving to get the bus back to his own house. It was brilliant because we spent so long talking. And he quoted lines of Romeo and Juliet and various poetry. Which I loved and made me even more smitten than I already was. Thus, perfection.

One party outfit, one store

Okay so I decided to see if I could put a party outfit together using the items from just one store. I chose Asda mainly because of its prices and managed to get a dress, pair of shoes and bag for just over £40 (I hit £41). Not too bad though given that's technically an entire outfit as most people (myself very much included) like to recycle jewellery.

First of all, apologies for the teeny tiny pictures. It's ridiculously difficult getting pictures from Asda to save well so this is the best I've got.

The dress. Red is one of the go-to colours this time of year, plus its a colour that can suit anyone. The strapless style may not be one comfortable for everyone but if you don't like your arms there are lots of beautiful shrugs and wraps out there for you to cover up with. The drawn in waist does wonders for a girl's figure and it's a flattering length for your legs to look extra lovely. Dress, £17

Now these shoes look quite plain and black here. However if you find them on the website and look properly, you can see they have lace detailing. A/W 2010 ♥s lace and in small doses so do I. The ankle strap keeps your feet secure for hours of dancing and the heel isn't so ridiculously high that you'll be crying when you leave for home. Lace detailing heels, £16

And finally the bag. Well, the clutch if we're going to be very specific. Every outfit needs a bit of sparkle. Nothing too crazily over the top before you go and roll around in a glitter pile, just a little hint of something sparkly is brilliant. And if you plan on leaving jewellery well alone for this outfit or want just a pair of earrings rather than a full jewellery set adorning you all night then this sparkle clutch bag is perfect. It's black which keeps it a staple piece for numerous other outfits/parties, looks big enough to fit the essentials in (spare tights, purse, keys, etc) and gives you that little hint of pixie dust we love so much this time of year. Or all round if you're me. Bag, £8

Total cost of outfit: £41

30 day blog challenge: day 2

Day 2 - A photo of something you ate today

Yummy! Ok so this mush of a food is actually sage and onion stuffing. I spent about an hour and a half today making sandwiches for the Christian Union Christmas meal tomorrow. Lots of turkey, bread, butter, cranberry sauce and stuffing were used and I managed to make three platters of sandwiches. Hopefully that's enough! Anyway I had some leftover stuffing so decided I should probably eat (it was about 4pm by this time and I had yet to have any food) so indulged in leftover stuffing.

I think I ended up buttering about 30 slices of bread...I could never be a caterer for events like that - I'd just end up never wanting to eat again. I think I might cry if I have to make another sandwich today.

30 day blog challenge: day 1

Okay so I've decided to do one of the numerous blog challenges floating around out there. I'm determined to post more regularly but have kind of hit a blog-writer's block, so hopefully this will help!

Day 1 - A photo of yourself and description of your day

Day 2 - A photo of something you ate today.

Day 3 - Your idea of the perfect first date.
Day 4 - Your favorite photograph of your best friend.
Day 5 - A photo of yourself two years ago.
Day 6 - A photo of an animal you'd love to keep as a pet.
Day 7 - Your dream wedding.
Day 8 - A song to match your mood.
Day 9 - A photo of the item you last purchased.
Day 10 - A photo of your favourite place to eat.
Day 11 - What's in your makeup bag.
Day 12 - A photograph of the town you live in.
Day 13 - Your favorite musician and why?
Day 14 - A TV show you're currently addicted to.
Day 15 - Something you don't leave the house without.
Day 16 - Your celebrity crush.
Day 17 - A photo of you and your family.
Day 18 - Something you crave a lot.
Day 19 - Another picture of yourself.
Day 20 - The meaning behind your blog name.
Day 21 - A photo of something that makes you happy.
Day 22 - A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
Day 23 - 15 facts about you.
Day 24 - A photo of something that means a lot to you.
Day 25 - What's in your purse?
Day 26 - A photo of somewhere you've been to.
Day 27 - A picture of you last year and now and how you changed since then?
Day 28 - Your favorite movie.
Day 29 - Something you could never get tired of doing.
Day 30 - A photograph of yourself today + three good things that have happened in the past 30 days.

And so it begins!

Day 1 - A photo of yourself and description of your day

So here's my photo. I'm obviously not Kate Nash so I'd be the grinning girl on the left. This was taken 13 October in good ol' Newcastle where I went to see the aforementioned Kate Nash at Newcastle's O2 Academy with my lovely friend Emily. We hung around for a while afterwards and got to meet Kate, although we did then have to spend about an hour and a half travelling back (metro, bus, walk in the rain...we got back at 1am). So worth it though.

On with my day!Had one of those hideous 9am uni starts today so early rising was essential today (read: 8am). I walked in with Emily, who is also one of my flatmates, and got about halfway to uni with her before we took one look at the bridge and realised how ridiculous we were being when some woman could barely walk across it without falling over. Plus all metros into Sunderland were cancelled at that time and neither of us felt well, so we turned back. It started snowing again (yay/boo I'm kind of in a love/hate relationship with the snow at the moment) before we reached the flat. I've whiled away the hours since then paroozing the Internet and watching the first Harry Potter film (they all look so crazily young!).

I've just got in from a rather spontaneous trip to Wilkinsons where Emily wanted chocolate and I needed bread. We left with a lot more than that. I ended up with cookies, crisps and tinsel. So I've literally just settled down with some toast (yummy!) after getting back and decorating my room so it looks mildly festive.

Plans for the rest of the day include: reading for my fashion journalism essay, eating something that isn't toast (literally all I've eaten today) and potentially a Christian Union exec meeting about next year (I say potentially because it keeps snowing horribly and messing up the roads.Boo)

Wow, that wasn't so bad...rock on day two!