January catch-up

// polaroids from NYE / house party/ Alfie selfies //

// traffic selfie / town selfie / snapchat filter //

// pretty decor / no-brow problems / little Alfie's broken leg //

// night out / snapchat filter / trying out BooTea //

I had an absolute brilliant January (didn't quite stick to my resolutions of 1. no drinking and 2. more blogging, however I did stick to a diet (kind of) and I resisted wasted money on unnecessary purchases so I'd say that it was pretty successful!

February is generally a busy month for me; it's my mum's, my sister's, my nanna's and my cousin's birthday (AND MOST IMPORTANTLY MY BIRTHDAY), it's Valentine's day, Pancake day and I'm going away on holiday, so there are lots of things to keep me busy and I'm SO excited for what's in store.

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Obligatory New Year post ft. new name

So it's been a little while since I last even visited my blog, let alone wrote a post & for that, I am sorry. I had such a busy time at the end of last year; travelling, health issues, family time and of course, Christmas. 

I came back on this morning and felt like my blog was in need of some sprucing up. It's something that got a little left behind last year and I didn't feel as though it was a part of me anymore and so that's why the name has been changed and a couple of little aspects have been tweaked. 

Blogging is definitely something that makes me happy and something that I definitely want to pay more attention to this year and so I figured that this is a good start.

In this post, I also want to address what I achieved from last year's list of resolutions.You can find last year's post here. 

From the list, there weren't that many things that I achieved, however I had set other goals to achieve and had other things that I wanted to do (e.g. watch a Panthers game), so I'm not too fussed with my lack of achievements. I did, however, get to travel to 4 different countries- one country I travelled to twice (Dublin) and two of the countries were places that I've never been before (Amsterdam and Berlin). I also went to Brighton for the weekend for a friend's birthday which was actually one of my resolutions for last year, so I'm so happy that I fulfilled that too.

I also tried to learn new skills. Just little things such as baking brownies, cakes, pastries etc, trying new makeup techniques and giving DIY home decor a go. There's nothing major that I feel I adopted, however I'm pretty happy that I gave it a shot. 

The last thing from the list that I'd say that I at least attempted was to use up products that I've already got and to stop wasting money on buying new things. I definitely have used up a lot of the products that I had, but there is still such a long way to go. I genuinely think that my stash will last me until I'm about 30! I will definitely continue this resolution onwards into 2016. 

Read my next post to find out what resolutions I'll be proposing for this coming year!