BEDM #5 - Mexico

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For as long as I can remember Mexico has been one country that I have been desperate to visit and I hope one day I get my chance. I would say it's in my Top 3 of countries I want to visit.

Now it's not only because of the pictures the holiday brochures show with it's amazing views and beautiful beaches although as you can see below I wouldn't say no to lying in the sun on that beach for sure.

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But also to be able to explore the country and take in the culture and surroundings! Also get to sample genuine Mexican food (that looks amazing).

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And of course buy a genuine Mexican Sombrero! I am hoping that one day I'll be able to fulfill my dream of going there!

Have any of you been lucky enough to visit Mexico?

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BEDM #4 - Sci-Fi

I am not a fan of today's topic at all! 
I am not a fan of Star Wars - too long and tedious.
I am not overly a fan of Sci-Fi really although I used to love watching Roswell back in the day with a very young Katherine Heigl. 
I prefer Supernatural thrillers than Sci-Fi.
I can only write this ridiculously pointlessly short post today.
I don't want to but I feel I must say 'May the 4th be with you'.

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BEDM #3 - Weekend Morning Routine

This will be quite a short post because one reason is I've been at work all day and so I'm quite tired and two I don't really have a weekend morning routine. 

On Saturday mornings it looks like this -

8:30 Alarm Goes Off -  Reset Alarm
9:00 Second Alarm Goes off - Laze about trying to wake up by having a browse on my phone.
9:10 Realise the time.
9:15 Finally get Up
9:30 Race out the door and walk/run to walk.

Then I repeat this on a Sunday only the times are an hour later. In the event I have a free Sunday I have absolutely no routine and just enjoy being lazy! My Saturday is like someone who works full time Monday and then Monday is back to uni work - fun!

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BEDM #2 - My Favourite Types Of Posts To Write

I decided to do my own take on this because I don't really have favourite posts that I've written so I thought I'd share with you 'My Favourite Types Of Posts To Write'.

1)- Wish Lists - 

Since discovering Polyvore I have become obsessed with creating my own Wish Lists/ Favourites you name I just love to create my collages of beautiful items. 
It is also a really good shopping tool as it directs you to the website where you can buy it so bad for my bank balance but minimal effort shopping!

2)- Hauls

Everyone loves reading a good haul post and I do love to share with everyone when I do you know go for a little shop now and then (haha). I don't do it to show off as I'm sure nobody does haul posts for that reason but to share with everyone what I'm loving and to get other people's opinions.
Also I've found that through other people's haul posts I've actually myself discovered products I didn't even know exist that have become my favourites i.e Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer anyone?

3)- Outfits Of The Day (OOTD)

I do like to do the odd Outfit Of The Day posts just so I can have a look back and see what works and what doesn't. The only problem is I only do them when I go home as my sister is the only person that I let take pictures!

What posts do you all like to write?

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BEDM #1 - What Is Your All Blog About?

So I tried to do the Blog Every Day in May challenge last year and managed to do quite a few posts but not as many as I would have hoped so finding out that Rosalilium was doing the challenge again this year I decided that it would be good to get involved and see if I could do even better than last night! (Fingers crossed I can be more organised as well).

Now asking me the question What Is Your Blog All About? is actually really difficult for me to answer as I don't particularly have any set topics I always blog about - I wouldn't class myself as a beauty blogger but I do like to blog about beauty. I also wouldn't class myself as a fashion blogger but I do like to blog about fashion - I am just someone who likes to blog simply. 

I have however created a diagram of the topics I like to/want to blog about in the future to help you get a better understanding of me and what my blog is about! 

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Life's a Lesson

The single most important lesson that I have learnt in life - 

"Learning the hard way is often the best way".

The harder you learn something the more you appreciate it when you get the results that you anticipated or expected/unexpected. If we all got handed everything to us readily then we wouldn't learn or accomplish anything ourselves. To me it's important that anything I accomplish I know I've worked hard at to get!

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June Bug

So for Day 14 of the Blog Every Day of May challenge it's all about food and for me nothing goes better with food that cocktails - something which I just love! Nothing beats a cocktail in the sun and when I don't have that option nothing beats a June Bug Cocktail which I'd say is my favourite discovery of a cocktail yet! So I thought today I'd basically just give the recipe for a June Bug Cocktail!

June Bug

Midori 30ml

Malibu 15ml

Banana Liqueur 15ml

Pineapple Juice 60ml

Lemon Juice 30ml

(Image and recipe from www.midori-world.com)

What's your favourite cocktail?

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Travel Dreams

This has to be the easiest post for me since starting the Blog Every Day Of May Challenge! 

My travel aspirations/dreams whatever you want to call them only have one clear final destination of where I would or where I am hopefully one day going to end up - Australia. For as long as I can remember it's the one place in the world that I have wanted to visit and travel and explore with ultimately potentially living there although maybe not forever for certainly for a good period of time. 

I love holidays and although it wouldn't be the same travelling the experiences and the places you'd get to see would be amazing! As well as Australia I do have my 'Hit List of Countries/Cities to Visit' here are some of the places on the list so far: 

-Australia-

- Spain - Barcelona - Madrid-

-Prague-

-New York-

-Barbados-

-New Zealand-

-Mexico-

-Sweden-

-Italy-Rome-Milan-

-Canada-Toronto-

-Bali-

-Bermuda-

-Cuba-Havana-

-Morocco-

This is just a few of the places where I want to go and see and explore and be able to enjoy! One of my favourite past times it's discovering new places and cultures the only things stopping me currently are uni and lack of funds so I'm giving myself a deadline hopefully ticking some of the places of my list by May 2015. By then I will have finished uni and hopefully (fingers crossed) actually have cash! 

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Twitter

So today's post for Blogging Every Day Of May is all about your favourite social media channel and Twitter is definitely my favourite! I just love to tweet about everything and anything! When I think about how much time I actually waste tweeting and reading other people's tweets it suddenly dawns on me the amount of things I could be doing rather than tweeting but will I? Probably not. Twitter is just a way of life now.

Whereas if you do more than 1 status a day on Facebook you really just stand to annoying your friends by spamming up their news feed on Twitter that really doesn't matter as that is the whole point! I also just prefer the way that Twitter generally is which is so much easier to interact and I don't feel the same annoyance or hassle with it like I do with Facebook.

For me Facebook's a great tool if you want to set up groups for Uni work or friends or even events - let's face it saves money, time, effort and the environment. It's also great for putting your pictures up so that they're stored somewhere for you to see although I would prefer if I had this option of a private online album that I could log onto instead of everyone seeing all of the pictures I upload. It's also pretty good for reminding you of people's birthdays especially when you have a memory like mine.

But all of this for me still doesn't beat Twitter and the fact that I can literally tweet sitting on the toilet if I wanted to (not that I do) and wouldn't be judged because whatever I tweet there's always going to be a weirder tweet by someone else. Just the joys of Twitter really and why it's my favourite!

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First Job

So I don't know if you'd really class it as a job but at 13 I got the obligatory paper round that you get when your younger and it was my first taste of earning my own actual cash - a feeling I'd never had before. It first started at about £4.80 for a Sunday round and then after about 2 years it went up to £5.00 for the Sunday round! I only ever did a Sunday round due to being too lazy to get up at 6.30am every morning!

Then when I was 14 I got what you would call my first "proper job" and it felt so good the freedom that it gave me but it was bloody hard work that's for sure. I worked in a kitchen in a pub just washing up dishes and although I used to come home smelling disgusting with horrible greasy hair I did enjoy it in a funny way. A sense of routine and something to do. Although at the time I thought it was a fortune I was only getting £3.50 per hour but to me that seemed like such a lot of money!

Then later on they moved me onto doing waitressing but I wasn't such a fan of that and after nearly spilling soup down a customer I decided that maybe that wasn't the right job for me. Luckily they moved me back into the kitchen after a few months. It's true what they say you do always remember your first job it's never necessarily the best job but it's certainly gave me a taste for hard work and the rewards that you get for it! 

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Pets

So I'm not so big on pets.

I've had fish in the past and a budgie and some finches but really apart from that pets have ever been part of my life mainly because my mum isn't a huge fan!

I always fantasise about having a dog but I won't lie this probably won't happen as I'd be too scared of it trashing my house.

Hopefully however one day I'll be able to buy a horse. I've been riding since I was 4 and I'd love nothing better than owning my own horse which I could ride whenever I'd want.

Definitely have something to aim for in life!

Image from www.fanpop.com

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Bank Holiday Fun - What even is that?

So bank holiday fun is literally a case of me asking all you out there - what that even is? I have the joy of working nearly every bank holiday due to my work contract so this is my day -

9.30 (due to be being late) till 6.30 - the joys of work!

6.30 till 7.15 - came home to shower, put my washing on and get ready to go out!

7.15 till 9.15(ish) - BBQ with some friends.

So now as I write this at 10.28 (according to my laptop clock) I am sat in bed with my boyfriend ready for a good nights sleep. 

Sorry for the short post but I really don't have interesting bank holidays unfortunately so I'll try and do something interesting this week to make up for it! No promises though.

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Fit and Healthy

3 months ago something inside me clicked and I realised even though I was skinny I was ridiculously unfit and that I needed to do something about it so I decided to take up running. Now I used to do a bit of running when I was younger but I hadn't ran for about 7 years properly (apart from randomly running sport relief last year) so I won't lie that before that first run with my boyfriend I was nervous as hell. Shaking and everything. Just pure panic. And it didn't go so well! It made me realise how unfit I actually was but I carried on with complete determination that I could get better. 

On Sunday 17th March 2013 I did a 10km run for Age UK called Wrap Up and Run which was something I never thought in a million years I'd be able to do but I did it. To be honest as I'm pretty much in my opinion allergic to exercise I think it came as a surprise to everyone especially my mum and the rest of my family. To be honest my mum was probably in complete shock that I was going to attempt to it but I had motivation in the form of my boyfriend. 
Even though he's a bit of a task master and does get a bit annoyed when I stop mid flow I don't think without him I'd have had the motivation or the determination to do it but I did. Plus when he turned around the night before and said that he didn't think I'd be able to do it due to being in bed with flu the week that made me even more determined that I would finish it one way or another!!! My time was just over an hour (pretty annoying) and I didn't stop till I reached 8km when I literally just couldn't run any more but all in all I finished and it was the one of the best feeling afterwards of achievement I think I've ever felt as well as relief that I could now rest.

I've been a bit slack recently but this week I'm going to start running again as I'm aiming to do the Race For Life 10km in under an hour and also at the same time raise money for a great cause. There really is no better feeling that crossing the finish line after working your legs as hard as you can and I look forward to experiencing that feeling again in July.

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5 Favourite Blogs

To do a post about my 5 Favourite Blogs is really difficult as every blog has a quirk and something unique about them that makes me read and follow them so this is something that I genuinely have had to give a significant amount of thought to in order to be able to write this post but I think I've got some of the 5 that I regularly read so they must be my favourites I suppose.

1)dotty-dolly.blogspot.co.uk

I absolutely love this blog and Jade who writes it is lovely as well. 
She's always posts brilliant outfits of the day that I would love to be able to wear in the chic way she does but I don't quite think I can. 
She also has a DIY section on her blog and is always posting about new items and giving a run down of her favourite items! 
If you haven't already then definitely check out this blog it's definitely worth it!

2)fabheadtotoe.blogspot.co.uk

Emma covers beauty, fashion and lifestyle on her blog and the great thing about her blog is the constant stream of new material which I just love. I love reading her new posts and they are always full of something interesting! Emma's blog has grown since it first started and I for one hope the same happens to mine.

3)mgnhndly.blogspot.co.uk

Meg is something I really admire and I love how she's created her blog to "destroy the prejudices" people have over sufferers of depression and anxiety. I know how this feels after suffering from depression for many years and the fact that Megan doesn't hide it and writes truthfully about it but there's also the fun elements of her blog that just show why we shouldn't be labelled.
Check her out as this is truly one of the best reads of a blog about!

4)www.robynmayday.com

Robyn's blog is the first stop I go to for inspiration on affordable fashion and for outfit combinations when I'm literally so stuck to what to wear. 
She puts the outfits together that I'd never think of and also buys items that I'm unsure about but once she's styled them up I'm instantly regretting the decision to not buy them.
This girl can make anything look good!

5)www.chloewitty.com

Now not only does Chloe have brilliant name but she has a brilliant blog! There's such a varied range of posts that she creates that you never know what's going to be her next posts!
I love how she not only does fashion but beauty as well as I'm a person who equally loves both!
I love her Sunday round ups and I just simply think if you haven't read her blog you are simply missing out!

Jade, Emma, Meg, Robyn and Chloe all made it into my top 5 because I just love their blogs and find them so interesting to read - I hate to think I've missed out on a post from any of them! But 
As a newbie to blogging I look at their blogs for tips, help and inspiration for how my blog can develop as it gets older.
My advice is to get reading these blogs now because you really don't want to miss out on any of these five!
There are also so many other blogs out there that I love to read just unfortunately I can only name five.

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Spring Is Here!

Spring! So today's Blog Every Day of May Post is all about Spring and to be honest I never really like it that much. As a student it's one of the most stressful times as you're having to make sure all your deadlines are in and then after that I have to make sure that I'm revising enough whilst all my friends who's courses have finished way before mine are out there enjoying themselves. 

But this year I've set my motions in action early and already started the tedious revision process a good 4 weeks beforehand instead of the usual panic motions I have around a week before the exam and still do nothing till about 3 days before but this year I'm on track. Plus spring is perfect for having a "Spring Clean" something I will certainly be having as I desperately need to get rid of some of my stuff as currently my room is literally overflowing.

By far my favourite thing about Spring is when the dull drab colours of Winter are put away and I get out all my bright floral dresses and summer sandals and I feel a sudden lift that the bad weather is behind us. Of course I live in England so there's going to be rain still (it's a given) but it's knowing that the snow won't be coming back which is never a bad thing!

Spring is the start of the Summer so even though I have a lot of work to do between now and then it doesn't mean I can't embrace it everything that's good and I love about Spring and to do that I might just need to purchase this perfect Spring Dress from Asos! 

Asos Embellished Shift. £85.00. Available here.
(Image from www.asos.com)

So what are you all thinking about Spring? 

Does this time of the year excite you?

Or are you simply waiting for Summer to come knocking?

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5 Lines

So I'm not one for really being consistent even though I  try but when I heard about Rosalilium challenge of Blogging Every Day of Day or #BEDM (on Twitter) then I knew that it would certainly be challenge for me to make sure I did a blog  post every day and I'm rather excited to see how I do considering it's the month of May which for me is basically deadlines and exams boo!

Anyway today's topic of post is describing yourself in 5 lines so here goes!

My name is Chloe, 22 and currently a 2nd year student plus part time retail assistant!

I live in Southampton but originally come from Devon and I have mid length dark brown hair.

My favourite colour is green and I adore floral dresses, high heels and handbags.

I couldn't be without my family and friends who mean the world to me and who support and get me through no matter what.

One day I will own a Mulberry Bayswater and travel the world!

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