Holiday Detox Time...

Yay Im back!!

I am truly sorry for my absence, I have not forgotten about you all, I have just been stuck in a caravan with my parents for 16 nights in Scotland, with no personal space and sleeping on a sofa. Not cool. However now I am back and back to my normal life routine and back to blogging. Yay!

Although I had an A-mazing time away and it actually allowed me to see how great our country is and that you can actually have a lovely holiday without having to get on a plane, there has been a massive downfall to this holiday....my eating lifestyle! I am normally quite good with what I eat and know when to stop myself when I know Ive eaten too much rubbish! I try to stay away from eating manufactured products all the time and do tend to love my fruit and veg (veg more). However, I think I just completely tipped over the edge in Scotland. We seemed to spend a lot of our time in little tea rooms eating humongous slices of chocolate cake or victoria sponge mmmm.....and then bringing big cream cakes back to eat on an evening. This mixed in with meals out, fizzy drinks, alcohol and just plain rubbish has not been good my my shape, or my stomach! For the last two days of my holiday I had a serious painful tummy which felt like it was being twisted and about to explode. It turns out there is only so much cream I can eat!

Anyway, Im not normally one who fusses too much over body image anymore as I have just really learnt to love how I have been built, and also the face that I love chocolate too much to care! However, when it came to put my jeans on this morning that I had left at home, it suddenly hit me that I may have gained an extra couple of pounds....there was a very tight squeeze. 

So it turns out I am now on a big holiday detox and prepping to enjoy myself for my next holiday in October. So Ive made a plan and aim to try and stick to it for the next couple of months....

*Join the gym. There is currently a deal on at my local leisure centre which is gym, swim and classes all inclusive for 6 weeks for just £35! This in my eyes is a massive bargain so Im going to pop on down there in the next few days and sort this out.

*No more cake! I love my cake a lot but instead of picking a slice up with my cup of tea Im going to opt instead for a piece of fruit, or nothing!

*Cut down on carbs for a bit. I don't really agree with 'no carb diets' as I like to enjoy a bit of everything, but Im just going to cut them out for the rest of this week so I can de-bloat!

*Eastenders + Bike = Happy Sally. I normally go on my exercise bike whilst watching Eastenders which helps massively as it makes time go by really quickly. I can normally do 10k within the half an hour and got into a really good routine of doing this every night! However come the end of uni and stress it just all fell out the window, so Im going to put this back into action, starting tonight!

*Keep a food diary. Apparently this really helps as it enables you to see exactly what you are eating throughout every day. I suffer quite a lot with the 'oh one won't hurt' disease which gets me nowhere, so Im thinking if I write it down then it may stop me from doing it!

*Dont weigh myself! This will do my no good at all, Im just going to keep going until I feel happy :)

Plan on actions starts now! Im off to get a bowl of fruit :)

Do you have any other tips and tricks that you do to detox from rubbish food?? 

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A 'Sprinkle of Glitter' LOTD :)

I have recently been loving Sprinkle of Glitter's (a.k.a Louise!) blog posts about her 'love of the days'. I thought that I would have a little join in as I am recently on a saving spree myself so am lusting quite a lot over a lot of clothes at the moment. Probably due to the fact that I can't have/afford them which makes me want them even more!

At this moment in time it is this Dorothy Perkins top. I think that it is absolutely gorgeous! Im a massive fan of nude colors as having slight strawberry blonde hair I feel that it compliments my complexion. However, it is 35 pounds and being in my financial situation at the moment I can't really afford it! However I am heading up to the Mall tomorrow so may have to sneak in and try it on! If it looks amazing on then Im afraid that I may have to treat myself for a special night out....oh wait! I have my graduation this Friday and am heading out for drinks in the evening! Perfect!

There are many other pieces of clothing that I love at the moment, but this is my favorite and most wanted :)

Enjoy!

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Saving Spree!

Well, recently it has come to my attention that I don't have all the money in the world and have found myself buying little bits and bobs here and there that is silently eating away and my bank balance without me noticing! A lot of these things have been necessities such as things for mm business and a new graduation outfit (woo-hoo). However others have been the sort of 'ooo I like that top' spending!

My final BIG buy is going to be my mac book laptop (which I have been saving for for over a year) + a Cath Kidston laptop sleeve, which in my world just has to be done. However after this, I am going to be going on a massive saving spree! This means that I am going to be having to find low cost and free fun activities for me to enjoy in order to save some pennies!

My list begins with:

*Using up all my makeup and toiletries instead of buying new for the sake of it

*Being more creative, such as making decorations for my birthday party rather than buying them online!

*Become more familiar with the kitchen. I am going to learn to cook by making meals for the fam which I feel will take up a lot of my time rather than going out to eat!

*Dont take my bank card out with me! I feel this will refrain me from spending without seeing. Only use the money that Im carrying!

*Find free activities with the boyfriend such as walks, movie nights etc.

*Saving Wages! I get paid cash in hand weekly for my work, alongside the odd photography job, but Im now going to split my wages exactly in half and have a saving tin:) Im also going to add in any loose change that I get. Im sure it will start adding up!

What ideas and activities do you have/do when you're low on funds?

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Fashion/Life Icon - Lauren Conrad.

Over the past few years I have had a bit of a battle with the whole 'am I the wrong shape' idea. I know that I am not the only one in the world who has these feelings, as I can assure you that every single other girl on the planet has these feelings as well. I think that the majority of this imapact comes from the media such as reality tv shows, adverts, magazines and also the fact that we are now so much closer to celebrities lives and what they do than we were around 50 years ago. Celebrites have become a massive part of our lives and we all strive to be like them in one way or another.

In terms of fashion and beauty, I was always obsessed and influenced by the Olsen twins (Mary-Kate and Ashley) until I realised that they were completely making me obsessed with body image, as they are literally stick thin and gorgeous. It wasn't doing my head or self confidence any good so decided that I had to embrace myself and just accept that I am a curvy girl. (I would in no way call myself fat or chubby but I have a rather large 'Kim Kardashian' butt).

However over the past few weeks I have come to notice the absolutely gorgeous style of Lauren Conrad. I was never a massive fan of her when she was in The Hills but I think that now she is away from that she has matured into this confident beauty of a woman!

Her style is very classic and chic and she looks amazing in absolutely everything that she wears. What I like most about Lauren in that shes not one of these stick thin girls that you see in fashion everywhere these days, shes a normal size which makes her even more attractive.

I dont know how she does it but she literally just glows!

Lauren has also started her own fashion label called Paper Crown, and for me I think that any busniess prospects in a woman is very attractive. It shows her independance and confidence in life which is what all girls which to achieve and to aspire to.

She is literally perfect in every way possible!

Who are your fashion/life icons and for what reasons?

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The End is Here...

So..after a very stressful two years, the time has come to say 'bye' to Uni..as I have now finished!! We had our final degree exhibition on Tuesday night (19th June) which had a really god turn out (which I was actually rather surprised about) which was then followed by a lot of drinks and a good dance in town with my fellow Uni chums..and our lecturers.

Im not really sure how I feel about finishing...I have been waitin for weeks and weeks for the end to come but now it is here, Im already feeling rather lost. I think that it is finally hit me that I wont be going back again come September, so I am officially a full time adult. Rahh!! This does terrify me quite a bit knowing that now the easy bit is over and I actually have to beging my life now!

Here are a couple of pics from my phone...more to follow when I recieve my camera from the boyfriends bedroom...(this sounds incredibly wrong.)

More pictures to follow....

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Saying Goodbye and Saying Hello

For those of you who don't know, over the past few months I have been training (I saw training but it really wasn't) for the Birstol Race for Life 10k! I decided that I wanted to do something worthwhile and practical so I thought that this would be the perfect thing! The Race for Life is a run/walk/jog for women and helps to raise money for Cancer Research Uk. There is no doubt in the whole world that Cancer is a massive part of pretty much everyones lives in the world, and ever single person has most likely been affected by Cancer at some stage in their life. For me it has recently been with my Uncle Paul, my mum's brother who was fighting with his illness for almost a year but sadly lost on the 27th December 2011. The part that affeced me the most was seeing my mum at her lowest over the past year which was heartbreaking as she is meant to be my support, rather than the other way round. Therefore I wanted to run this race in memory of Uncle Paul and to help fight this son-of-a-bitch illness once and for all!

The furthest I have ever ran in my life is 4K, and I thought that 10K couldn't be much harder. Oh how wrong I was!! I thought I was going to die at 1K....anyway...I managed to cross the finish line at 1 hour and 13 minutes which I was absolutely over the moon about and as a bonus managed to raise over £200!! So a little pat on the back for me :)

Before the race

After the race....yay!

Uncle Paul :)

Theres me down at the front next to my mum in the blue jumper :)

So after this event, and with very stiff legs, the following day I was able to meet my new baby cousin Toby :) He is the cutest little bundle of cuteness in the whole entire world! Ive always loved children and it is my dream in life to be a mother so this was an amazing moment for me :)

I guess the moral of this story is that, yes tragedies in familied do happen and loss is a horrible fact of life, but we also have to celebrate the new little lives who are entering the world and who are yet to go on their own massive journey! It's just so true how amazing and yet incredibly bazaar life really is :) Enjoy it little Toby :).

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