Life update: September 2015

Hi everyone! I've been silent on here since the beginning of September and for good reason too! I thought I'd do a little update post just to let you all know what's going on, where I've been and what I've been doing. 

At the beginning of September, I landed myself in a new job. I absolutely love what I'm doing - I'm a Credit Controller which is something I've done before and found that it suited me perfectly. I've been in and out of employment all year and I can finally say that I've found a job I like! This is my third week and it literally feels like I started yesterday, my group is an absolutely amazing bunch of people, which makes it all the better. 

I've also been down to London again for two reasons, one to see my Sister again and the other...HARRY POTTER STUDIO TOUR!! Oh god I can't even contain how excited I was to be there, to see everything and to actually capture some memories. I literally want to go back tomorrow, it was amazing. For a true Potterhead like me, this was such a great experience and my Boyfriend really enjoyed it too (we went on his birthday...it was more of a present for me haha!). It was also nice to see my Sister again as I'd not seen her in about 6 weeks. She cooked us a lovely dinner and her Fiancé made us pudding. It's a shame I couldn't of stayed longer but we had no one to feed the cat whilst we were away. 

The rest of September is looking pretty bland if I'm being honest, but I'm okay with that. I've had such a great start to the month, I won't be disappointed if the latter part is a bit more quiet. My Dad goes into hospital later this month so that's really taking up most of my thoughts at the moment - I shan't really be posting anything on here about that as it's quite a stressful time for all of us as he's having another heart operation and we're not too sure how it's going to go. 

I'm not quite sure what posts I've got planned for my blog as of yet, I really haven't had the time to sit down and think about it. I need to start making my planner a little more interesting, which is what I plan on doing this weekend as it'll be the first weekend in a while where I just get to chill and do nothing. 

Till next time!

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April favourites.

Where is this year going? I still feel like I'm in February - not May!! 

Here's some of the things I was enjoying throughout April. 

I finally bit the bullet and got myself a gel nail kit!

I've wanted one of these for SO long but never felt the need to actually get one...until now. I decided to get one because I never really splurge any money on myself. My partner paid half towards this so it wasn't a huge chunk out of my first wage from my new job (starting halfway through the month, not a full months wage!). I'm so impressed with how easy these are...I had gel nails a very long time ago when my sister had bought her own kit, I instantly fell in love with how they looked and lasted. It's taken me a year to get my own and I'm so happy I have done! 

During a visit to my local Superdrug, I noticed their range on dry shampoos had changed and managed to pick myself up a right little gem. 

What really drew me to this was the bright red packaging (although you can't see it on this picture from my Instagram!), I didn't even notice the name. Oh good lord this smells SO good. I've nearly used this can, but I do find the Superdrug dry shampoos work best on my hair. They don't leave it feeling...gritty? They also don't leave a powdery residue in my hair, like I find the Batiste range leaves. I bought this whilst it was on offer, either being 3 for 2 or 3 for £3.00..I can't remember! They're dead cheap and really effective. 

Talking a little more about shampoos, I recently changed my shampoo bar from Lush. 

I don't even need to say how much I love Lush...if you've read my previous posts, you'll already know! I picked this Copperhead shampoo bar up in February but I've only just gotten round to using it. I decided to switch from Godiva as I wanted something a little lighter feeling in my hair throughout the summer months. Now I'm going to be honest, this doesn't smell the greatest when sniffing it as a dry bar. However, this lathers up something beautiful when it is rubbed under water, the smell then turns into something I really..really like! I picked this up because I had previously used the Lush henna and loved how it left my hair feeling and the colour it left it - I can honestly say this shampoo bar has made my hair a little more orange and I actually like it! I'm even tempted to ditch the red hair and go back to my natural ginger locks. It's also leaving my hair feeling very soft and silky, not heavy which is what I was looking for. I remember buying this for around £4.00 when it was released, however I've noticed the price has increase to £5.75.

Netflix, every month you never fail to get me hooked on something, and this month it's Luther. 

This is something my Dad watched whilst I still lived with my parents, he was forever asking me to sit down and watch it because it was really good. Me being me, I instantly thought "...it's a Dad thing, I won't like it" but it eventually got the better of me and I'm not even kidding you, I have watched every series twice over. I love it! The story line is just...gah. I can't even describe it, seriously, go watch it. And Idris Elba? Mmm. 

Aaaand last but not least - I bought myself a new car! 

Okay okay, I said I never splurge money on myself. But..gah, I just couldn't help it. I'd been in the market for a new car for a couple of months as my old trusty K.A was slowly but surely eating all my money on petrol (despite me not going any further than I normally do!). I saw this car on the internet, fell in love, went to test drive it the same day and yeh. Need I say any more? I love my little Peggy! 

I'm still in shock that we're in May. Although, the weather seems to say otherwise...

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