Dickies Mini Backpack // What's In My Bag?

Hey Friends! Today I return with a cheeky little video for you.

This is my first time recording a voice over for a video on my channel! It was a little nerve wrecking at first. But now I have done it once, I can't wait to get recording more material! And boy have I missed using my camera and putting it to some use.

I just got this new cute Dickies bag and wanted to showcase it to you guys; I thought it would be more fun to show you what I usually have in my bag on the daily. That's more fun than a few pictures, right?

Links to things can be found in the video description!

:) x

Novelists, My 27th Birthday, And A 'Quick' Update!

Woah! It's been a while since I logged in to my part of the internet.. And the strangest part is I feel like I have really missed being here. Why I have left it as long as I have, no one knows.

I thought I would just log in and show my face; I haven't given up. I have yet again just took an unexpected break away from it all. I thought I would have a little ramble.

So since I last logged in, there has been a few adventures I have been up to. There was a few gigs; Novelists to be the main one (how I wish I did a post on that alone, as it definitely deserved one. Novelists are, if you didn't know by now, one of my favourite bands at the moment. So seeing them finally was awesome, I can't wait for the new album they have in the works at the moment, and I just as much can't wait for them to come over again; WHICH, they have said will be next year to tour their new album! yay!

NOVELISTS (THANK YOU TO DAN FOR BEING MY PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE NIGHT AND LETTING ME ENJOY MYSELF)

The thing about the Novelists gig was they were joined by Landmvrks, which made it even more so of an epic night! Theres nothing quite like a night filled with bands you already enjoy (though discovering new bands on the night is also just as exciting).

LNDMVRKS

Then of course there was Slam Dunk, where for the first time we headed to Midlands. I've been going Slam Dunk since 2010 in Hatfield, and I actually kinda preferred it here this time!

A major event that happened just a few weeks ago now; I turned 27. I have to be completely honest; I wasn't looking forward to it. Not my Birthday and the celebration part (who doesn't love getting prezzies or doing something fun), but turning another year older, is making me more and more reflective each year. It's something I struggled with this year so much. "I'm 27, I don't have a house, I'm nearly 30, I don't know what the hell I want to do with my life, I'm not actually good anything, what's this hidden talent I am supposed to find and why haven't I found it yet. Am I supposed to have kids soon? Am I ever going to be ready to have kids? What If I can never have kids cause I'm going to get old and not have any eggs left" HELP. Seriously, this AND MORE, is all I have been thinking about.

BUBBA GUMPS - OUR 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

But to talk about the nice, happy, positive side of things; my birthday was lovely. We spent the day doing things we loved, which was all I wanted to do; going to Selfridges and looking and swatching all the makeup (they have Lime Crime in there now by way, yes I freaked out). We did one of my most favourite things which was going around the cute little streets of London. This is something EVERYONE needs to do, because you find so many hidden treasures. We found an astrology shop which I could have spent hours in, we found a little macaroon shop which is a birthday tradition, a cute coffee shop where they make everything from hand. We stumbled across a pizzeria too! We dived straight in, it look me back to being in Rome this time last year; I miss you Italy so much and your delicious pizza. I have so many London places to share, I should probably plan on doing some sort of guide. Yep, I think I will.

Anyways, for now I will just draw this to a close as I have actually rambled far more than I anticipated/planned on. I'll be back soon with some actual interesting content. I got some planning to do! :)

Lots of Love xx

Our First Date

Around February 4 years ago, Dan entered into my life. In fact it wasn't the first time he had done so. The first time around we started talking through a mutual friend on Facebook but after a while we stopped talking. I'm pretty sure I went through a 'clear out' phase, but I can't remember how it exactly went.

A few years after that he was recommended as a friend back on Facebook, and I added him again. After a few likes here and there, and brief chats on status's (I was trying to get his attention), I  finally received a private message. Though it's now very much a blur, I remembered vividly discussing Goat Simulator and the new Spiderman film at the time, and how "we should go see it". From then on we spoke every single day, we still had never met.

He was at University at the time studying his second year. One night we sat up either sides of our screens and watched Wrestlemania 'together'; it was like we were actually in the same room. I found out that in April he would be coming back for a few days, and the talk of going to see Spiderman came up again. We planned a day. It wasn't really spoke of being a date.

Funny thing about this was; I ignored him the whole day. I was so anxious, and just like every other meet up with anyone ever, I was busy planning my escape - or excuse. Somehow, I managed to pluck up the courage to go. I guess fate took hold of me that day, because looking back now and the state I was in, I have no clue how I did it.

He picked me up in a taxi, he got the door for me. I was surprised he did so, I never had a guy who did that for me before. I instantly noticed two things; 1) he was wearing a The Story So Far t-shirt, 2) He was listening to Funeral For A Friend, I kinda thought maybe he was trying to impress me as we spoke a lot about those two bands just before. Later on, he admitted it!! 

We clicked instantly, and instantly I wasn't anxious anymore. It felt like I already knew him. Going to the cinema kinda helped break the ice. Once it was over and we hung out for a bit, we grabbed a taxi. One of my most favourite moments to this day and I remember vividly was on the journey back, his glasses broke - whilst he was wearing them. Just on his face. I cried with laughter.

I had so much fun that I saw him again the next day. He invited me around his house (no not like that), he was a true gentleman. I stayed that night until 5am, we laid on his bed and spoke about music, his dog at the time, and laughed til my gut hurt. At one point I had my hand under the pillow near his, our fingers were touching, I wanted to hold his hand but I was so scared. He eventually held mine. 

He went back to University for a few weeks after this. We carried on speaking all day, every day, until he returned. Eventually he asked me to be his Girlfriend, 4 years ago in May. 

Even though I was never officially asked on a date on this occasion, I still identify this as our first one. I love our little story.

Instagram?

It's been just over three years since I first pulled the plug on all my social media accounts; this of course not including my YouTube and this very blog, which I have spoken about before. But after a long hard think, I decided to click the sign up button on creating an Instagram account.

So what made me 'change my mind'? Well, my reason for trying out Instagram again was for the simple fact that I wanted a way to get closer to other bloggers and like minded people. People who have similar tastes to myself. It's hard to reach out to people in this day in age when you don't have any platform to spread your material and just as importantly engage with other peoples. 

I'm not saying this is going to work. Who knows if I will even stick around on this forever. But it's something I knew in the back of mind I just had to trial out. 

I will be completely honest. It's already giving me anxiety. This was one of the main reasons I opted out of social media in the first place, them few years ago - it actually did nothing for my mental health, it was one aspect I struggled with a lot. Hence why I eliminated it. And I still stand by the fact it was one of the best things I ever did. But were keeping it quiet this time and were just sticking to this one platform. 

Lets give this a go.

x