Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows...

I know it's been over a month since I last posted, but I have a perfectly good reason this time...I've been on holiday! 

I've been so lucky this year and I've actually had two holidays and spent the best part of a month relaxing. It's been fantastic!

On 24th June, Melissa, Katrina and I jetted off to Malaga in Spain to spend just over 2 weeks with Katrina's lovely Nan who lives out there. We had such a brilliant time and were so lucky with the weather. We all came back a beautiful shade of bronze and made loads of great memories.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here are a few of my favourite photographs from such a wonderful two weeks. 

June lives at the top of a mountain so we had some fantastic views of the sunrise and sunset each day.

Melissa and I enjoyed breakfast on the balcony each morning.

The village of Sayalonga 

Katrina and I in the garden.

The beautiful lake at Canillas 

A lovely evening spent at Nerja.

Horse riding up in the mountains.

Go Karting.

Katrina and I on our final night.

Melissa and I enjoying the biggest ice creams ever!

I really did have a lovely holiday and I'd go back in an instant. I'm so grateful to Katrina's Nan for letting us stay with her again and I feel truly blessed to have such wonderful best friends to share my summer with. 

25 Facts About Me...

1. Going out for breakfast is my favourite thing in the world. 
2. The first concert I went to was Hearsay for my best friends 8th birthday.
3. I love baking and I've been told I have the "gift" of making perfect scones. (Apparently it's one of those things that you're either good at or you're not)
4. I'd love to be a speech and language therapist, but my ultimate goal in life is to settle down in a lovely home and raise a family of my own.
5. I can knit.
6. I'm terrified of clowns.
7. Summer makes me really really happy and I can't wait until it's hot enough for BBQ's and Pimms.
8. I believe it is perfectly acceptable to watch Christmas films at any point of the year. For example, I've already watched Elf twice this month (...It's May)
9. I hate it when people say they'll give 110%.
10. I think Beyonce is absolutely perfect.
11. I don't like to do anything without having my morning cup of tea.
12. When I'm not at uni I work as a waitress in a country restaurant.
13. My birthday is on 27th August, and this year I'll be spending it in London with my best friends. We're going to see Matilda the Musical...I'm excited already!
14. I love watching beauty videos on YouTube, but I don't own much make-up at all.
15. I have the smallest room in my house at uni. I hate the room, but I'm really pleased with how pretty I've made it.
16. I really enjoy buying 'pink books' from charity shops.
17. I was a Rainbow, Brownie and Guide.
18. I absolutely love chocolate covered strawberries.
19. My Piczo website I made when I was 11 makes me cringe so much, but I can't bring myself to delete it because I'm still secretly proud of it. 
20. I cannot sing to save my life.
21. I wish I was more confident and less quiet.
22. My hair turns ginger in the sunshine.
23. I fancy David Beckham.
24. I studied English Literature, Classical Civilisation, Biology and Maths at A-Level.
25. I'm very easily pleased and I really appreciate the small pleasures in life. Nothing makes me happier than somebody telling me I'm appreciated.

Take a little time for tea...

Although this weekend has been filled with revision and essay writing, it's been lovely. Charl, Alex, Lucy and I have made a really special effort to do fun and exciting things to punctuate the day and get us out of the house to preserve our sanity.

Yesterday we went for frozen yoghurt in the sunshine, and today we revisited our favourite little tea shop and had a good old natter over a cup of tea and a cupcake. It really is just so lovely to leave the house and do something a little bit different. Call me boring, but even though I'm a student I would definitely choose a cup of tea in a cute cafe over a wild night out any day!

So all in all, after a couple of unsettled days at the beginning of the week, my first week back at uni has been lovely and I'm so glad to be back. We'll be back to a full house of 8 again tonight when Chris and Kieran return after their longer holiday, and although it will be good to see them, if I'm completely honest I'm not looking forward to them coming and shattering the peace again! But hey ho, that's just the way it goes!