Freshers day 1 and 2 - Pretty in Pink

'ello

It's now my third day in Kent and I can honestly say that I love it here!

Day 1 - travelling, unpacking, prinks and... just prinks. Having already been a fresher once, it was only fair that I appointed myself to be the lucky soul on back rubbing, hair holding, sick duty (not naming any names).

Day 2 - registration, shopping trip in Canterbury, house party. Since everyone was too drunk on the first night - we started drinking at half 6 - we decided it was probably best to start drinking at a normal time this night. 9.30pm. Another bad idea. When we got to the club at, I don't know, 11pm, the queue was huge and the club was already at full capacity. So we raided a house party.

On the first night we were supposed to be getting splattered at a paint party; I didn't wear anything nice! But I loveddddd my outfit for day 2 so I thought I'd share.

Dress - Missguided

Shoes - Dorothy Perkins

Tights - Next

Necklace - New Look

Watch - Rotary

Rings - Pandora

Earrings - Dorothy Perkins

Lipstick - Yves Saint Laurent, Rouge Volupte, 9 - Pink Caress

I'll keep you posted throughout the rest of the week.

Ciao

x

Freshers Week

'iya

Since the majority of people going to uni will either be there now or will be in the next few weeks I thought I'd share a few of my freshers' week experiences.

The main events at my uni were bar crawls, a UV paint party and a foam party.

UV paint party: This was the first night of our freshers week events. I actually didn't drink at all on this night because of medication I was taking, and I had a really fun night! It was so entertaining watching everyone else getting drunk and being completely aware of all the idiotic dance moves they were cracking out. I couldn't look at some people in the same way again. So from experience, you can have a good night out if you're not drinking; if you don't drink then still go to the night-time events!

Bar Crawls: Ok, sober me lasted for one night. Priorities. In contrast to everything I said above, the only thing I'll say about bar crawls is - still make time for prinks! Usually bar crawls start earlier than other events but if you're stingey with money, like me, then make time for predrinks. The amount of nights I've been sober because I don't want to buy drinks is unreal!

Foam party: Don't wear shoes that you wear frequently - they will be wet for about a month. Don't breathe in foam - you will choke. Other than that these are the best nights ever.

Be prepared to hear 'DOWN IT FRESHER' and the Yaya/Kolo Toure chant around 200 times a night.
And just for the record, don't get so wasted that you go back to your fresher rep's house and throw up in their bed and all over another person's bathroom. Definitely not from personal experience.

 

Cya!

Call Me

Hi there.

Whilst I've been sat feeling sorry for myself for the past - I don't know - month, something came to my attention: I don't call my friends enough.

Back when I was at school I knew all of my friends' house numbers by heart and would natter to them about nothing for hours. I miss that. Just being able to call someone for no reason whatsoever. Now actual voice calls have been replaced with meaningless texts which leave me with no satisfaction; I haven't actually spoken to anyone. Realisation hit me when I was sat for hours in my bed, doing nothing but checking my phone over and over again waiting for something to happen. What was I waiting for? Someone wanting to talk to me I guess. But it works both ways. Holding back from starting a conversation doesn't make sense, nobody's going to miss talking to me if I don't actually talk to them.

Humans are social creatures and I believe that we need social interaction in order to be truly happy. We all want to feel loved and needed by people in the world; I'm going to ensure that I'm the one dialing those numbers again. Mainly because I know how it feels when I receive texts that read something along the lines of
'Are you busy? Can I call you?'
and you get the dreaded feeling that something isn't right. But then you hear
'I just fancied a chat'
There's no nicer feeling than being made aware that you were on someone's mind. So instead of moping around and waiting for something when I'm feeling down, I'm going to pick up my phone and make people aware that I need to hear their voice every once and a while.

This all occurred after a phone call with my brother the other day, I realised how much a conversation can change your mood. There's something very comforting about hearing a familiar voice in your ear. You know, those people who don't need to say anything in particular - them talking is enough to cheer you up. I miss chatting away on the phone about nothing, laughing, even the silences between conversations when you don't have to say anything, you just know that somebody is there.

It's decided then: I'm going back to school. Not literally. Just my attitude towards communication.  So friends and family, be expecting a call from me.

TTFN

x

September

Welcome to the BER months!

SeptemBER,
OctoBER etc.
(I saw that online somewhere and thought I'd rob it).

Probably nothing to do with the 'brrr' kind of weather but fitting nonetheless. As you can see below my family have already started on the bonfires...

To me, September signifies not only the transition into the colder months of the year but also new starts. Mainly because I've never not been in education so September has always just been the start of the school year for me. This September is especially exciting because I'm moving, again!

Here's 5 things I'm looking forwards to in September:

1. Freshers' week! August was pretty rubbish for me because I was working a lot and didn't go abroad because I was saving - all so I can blow every penny I've earned during freshers! I'll basically be getting drunk every night with people I hardly know for a week. It's kind of like being on holiday: you're stress free and feel like you've escaped from reality and I can't wait.

2. Winter wardrobe. I do love a pair of denim shorts and a tan, but I'm pretty excited to crack my fluffy jumpers and boots out. Winter fashion is my favourite and there's nothing I love more than being very very cozy.

3. My electric blanket. I think I finally stopped using my electric blanket in May this year and quite frankly I miss it. I feel the cold very easily so in Autumn/Winter I tend to sleep with my electric blanket on and with the quilt over my head. Yes I like being ridiculously hot.

4. Moving cities. Travelling is one of my passions but our family holidays were always abroad so I never actually saw a lot of England. So here I am moving to Canterbury when I've never been there in my life. I can't wait to experience living in the South so I can make the most of being nearer to London, seeing my brother and being near both the countryside and coast.

5. A new start. Obviously with moving universities I'm pretty much starting all over again - a new city, a new uni, lots of new friends. I can't wait to start this adventure!

Let me know in the comments if you're up to anything exciting in September.

TTFN

x