Sunday Social 20/07

1. What is the most difficult thing you have been through?

 

Last September my boyfriend started going numb and losing sensation in his mouth, hands and feet. He was eventually diagnosed with Guillain Barre Syndrome, a rare autoimmune disorder in which his nerves started attacking themselves. Watching him in hospital get worse better he got better was hard, but recently he had a seizure and that was the worst thing I've ever experienced in my entire life. It was horrific.

 

2. What was your best birthday?

 

I honestly don't know. Probably the time my Mum surprised us with theatre tickets to Peggy Sue Got Married, then pizza hut, and I got The Sims and a pair of denim knee boots (hi 90's flashback!) as presents.

 

3. What has been your favorite thing you’ve done in your own city?

 

Probably ice skating (I work there so the excitement wore off pretty fast!)

or the roller disco :)

 

4. What is your idea of the perfect date night?

 

Snuggled with a movie and a nice meal, in our onesies <3

 

5. Have you ever been to a blogging conference? If so which one(s)? If not do you want to?

 

Nope, not my kinda thing, unfortunately. 

 

Have a great week!

Sup h'ombré!

Time for a change, and what better way than to hit the hairdressers for a new look! 

I adore my bleach blonde hair but the chemicals were taking their toll on my hair and scalp, so it was time to give it a rest for a while.

I love the new ombré trend, but having short hair, I thought it wouldn't be possible to have it done myself - I was wrong. I went to the hair salon armed with these photos....

....and after some deliberating, we were off! I wanted my natural colour at the roots which is very similar to the above photo, however my hair was white...it would just fade back really quickly. My amazing hairdresser went two shades darker, so now although it's darker, it will fade to the originally intended colour. 

It's really odd looking in the mirror at dark hair, as I'm a blonde through and through! It's taking a while to get used to it but I think that the more it fades, the more comfier I'll feel with it.

She did a super job though!!

Sunday Social 13/07

Hey y’all!

Today’s Sunday Social questions are all about the special people in our lives!

1. Tell us about the family you grew up in, parents, siblings, grandparents.
I grew up living with my parents and my sister, and our array of hamsters, mice and gerbils.

I had the perfect childhood :)

My grandparents on my dads side were always watching us when my parents worked, and we got to do so much painting, jigsaw puzzles, trips to the park. 

We always hung out with our cousin Nicola

I grew up by the sea

We went on holiday every year

2. Tell us about your husband, fiancé, boyfriend, significant other.

He's a right fruit loop! He's hilarious, makes me laugh on a daily basis, 

and is so full of love and compassion, no one else has ever and could ever compare.

He's the best. <3 :)

3. Tell us about your children. If you don’t have children, talk about your fur children.
No human children, but my nephew is like a second child to me and he is the best person I know. He's such a squidge and always manages to make me laugh and smile at his new talents.  My fur baby Scout is a springer spaniel and he's the naughtiest but loveliest baby I could ask for. 

Together, they're the cutest <3 

 

4. Tell us about your best friends. How long have you known them? How did you meet?

My best friends are my sister Kerri, my cousin Nicola and my best friend of 12 years from school, Lucy.

Nicola, Oz, Kerri and Me

Lucy, Me and Kerri

5. Tell us about any other special people in your life.

 and some of my fave photos ;)

Hubs and Oz

One of my good friends Ashlea and her little
man, Alex

Oz!

Scout

Sophie, Robyn, me and hubs

My parents! And our Turkish friends

My amazing Grandad, who passed in 2008

Your turn! Answer the questions and link up!

Next week’s questions

1. What is the most difficult thing you have been through?

2. What was your best birthday?

3. What has been your favorite thing you’ve done in your own city?

4. What is your idea of the perfect date night?

5. Have you ever been to a blogging conference? If so which one(s)? If not do you want to?

Have a great week!

ivory&mason review

This week a little parcel arrived in the post, from American eyewear company

ivory and mason. Thanks to their generous instagram competition, where I had to submit

my best sunglasses-selfie photo, I won a pair of gorgeous aviator sunglasses!

ivory and mason sell top quality sunglasses at affordable prices, go check them out!

My glasses are super comfy, aesthetically look expensive and well made, and I've had loads of compliments already :)

xo

Sunday Social 06/07

Happy Sunday folks!

Last weekend was my sisters birthday and I was working flat out, 

so I completely missed the SS :'( So I hope you don't mind, I've included it at the end of today's questions. 

<3

This week’s questions

1. What is your favorite genre of music?

 

I really love indie acoustic singer/songwriter stuff.

Jason Mraz, James Morrison, John Mayer, etc.

Anything that's deep but catchy.

 

 

2. What is your favorite genre of movies?

 

Horror!!!! I get bored with everything else (except Adam Sandler comedies).

I love horrors and I've probably seen them all. Lucky for me, the mister loves them equally as much!

 

3. Do you watch reality TV? If so what was the first show you remember watching?

 

I remember watching Laguna Beach: The Real OC. I loved it. 

I still watch The Hills re-runs, and I love 'I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here'

and Catfish. But other than that, I don't like reality tv.

 

4. Who is an actress you’d want to be BFF’s with?

 

 Mila Kunis so we could goof around together, Amanda Seyfried so we could

goof around together with our dogs, and Kaley Cuoco so we could
goof around together with our dogs and exchange hair tips.

 

5. Who is an actor you’d be happy to be stuck on an island with?

Ryan. Freakin. Reynolds. <3

Or David Tennant. 

Or Derren Brown.

I'm not picky ;)

 

 And last week's questions...

 

1. What was your college major? Did you ever change majors?
 

Here in the UK we don't have the same educational system but from what I can decipher, the US college years are our University years. I majored in Forensic Science, then started a new course, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Criminology, then I just completed my Masters in Advanced Clinical Psychology. I never swapped anything. 

2. What is the best purchase you’ve made lately?
 

My new babies. My lemon yellow converse lites <3 

3. What is something silly we don’t know about you and go…
I’m addicted to Frozen the Disney movie. It’s kind of a problem.

4. What is your favorite holiday?
 

Christmas!!!!

5. What is the first thing you do when you wake up?

Lay there in denial trying to remember why I have to get up.

This morning, I woke up 30 mins after my alarm, 45 mins before I had work.

Not cool. 

Your turn!

xo