So, my week began with a deadline, and how did I celebrate when it was submitted? I wrapped myself in a blanket and watched Netflix of course. After brooding over my decision to discuss Frozen in my undergraduate English essay, I was given a reason to celebrate. My boyfriend was offered a pre-registration placement meaning that he has a job for the next year and can become a qualified pharmacist. I'm so happy for him, and it means we know where we'll be living for the next year. It also means I need to get my butt in gear and start the job search!

There was also another cause for celebration this week: our university won the Varsity competition again this year against Staffordshire Uni. I'm not really a sporty person and I don't belong to any sports societies, but it's always a great night out with everyone celebrating. Unfortunately, I had a few two many and left the night out relatively early as I just can't hack it like I used to! 

Whose fine booty is this then? It was a beautiful sunny day on my birthday so we decided to go to Trentham Gardens and have a stroll round, which is where this statue is! We also had lunch there at a place called Pieminister, which you guessed it is a pie shop. I've heard of it before but never been and my friend Faye was absolutely adamant we went there for lunch because she is a serious pie fiend. It was certainly a good choice! The gardens are absolutely beautiful at Trentham, I just wish it had been a little warmer, so I can't wait to go back again towards the beginning of summer. 

This second photo is an old one now but I posted this throwback to summer 2012 due to the excitement of soon returning to Cornwall for the Easter holidays!

Happy 21st birthday to me! My boyfriend decided to make this amazing Victoria sponge cake covered in cream, strawberries and melted chocolate. I polished off the last of it yesterday and it was an absolute dream, he's a keeper! On Saturday morning, the day before my birthday, my house mate brought up this beautiful bunch of flowers and a balloon that had been delivered. I had absolutely no clue it was coming or who it was from, but it turns out that even when my family are all the way in Cornwall they can still make my birthday extra special! 

Now is the final week of the semester before the Easter holidays commence and I have three long essays to write and a dissertation to complete, so I'll be trying hard to keep my blog content up despite what may be a chaotic few weeks. On Saturday I'll be making my way back down to Cornwall for a two week break to see my family, but with all the work I have I can't see much of a break happening!

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If there is anything I can one hundred percent be certain about right now, it's that I'm glad it's a new week! Last week consisted of lots of work. I'm still trudging along writing my dissertation, with each chapter taking so much energy from me that I've barely had time to think about anything else. However, I had to last week due to the deadline of another essay and working the Visit Day as a student ambassador, which is actually quite a welcome break from being sat at my desk! But here, from my Instagram, is my week (very much simplified) in pictures:

Who here is a fan of The Walking Dead? I'm loving the latest season and since my friend introduced it to me back in college I haven't been able to get enough of it! However, what I couldn't get any of this week were the latest flavours of Magnums. I almost tempted myself into buying some whilst shopping the other week but refrained, though they do sound delicious. I also saw, just before Mother's Day unsurprisingly, some beautiful displays of flowers in Sainsbury's and these dyed multicoloured roses really caught mine and my friend's eyes. Whilst I'm personally in preference of natural coloured flowers I have to say that these are, and only one word will fit here, groovy. I feel like my mum would have appreciated these!

Cats are kind of my idols. They have such great lazy life's and I feel like they kind of live like students too. This cat in the sink does not belong to me, I wish it did though, because during this week I was torn between wanting to be this cat and wanting to snuggling this cat to make the essay stress go away. Whoever this cat belongs to, please snuggle it for me? The other cat, being a piece of sushi, is a little disturbing and disturbed. It was a random photo I came across on Instagram and it had other sushi cat friends, but I felt this one spoke to me on an emotional level. The level being a highly stressed one. And of course, the middle photo is my weekly update that I am, indeed, still watching Gossip Girl for the second time round, and yes, it is still distracting me from working.

It took a hell of a lot of courage last week to post a photo of my wee tummy. I've always had self esteem issues with my body, but since I started going to the gym last year my confidence has definitely grown. I only really started dedicating some time to the gym about a month or so ago, and whilst I don't have a comparison picture to show you, I feel like I've really made some improvements! The two selfies on the right are just after I had 2 inches lopped off my hair. Going to the hairdressers is always such a great feeling, if you like the cut that is, which fortunately I did as it was only a simple trim! As always I felt sassy as ever with my salon styled hair, though also as always a few hours later it was whacked into a messy bun and I said goodbye to ever having my hair as perfect as it was on that day. 

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Since I finally got an iPhone last year I have become positively obsessed with Instagram, updating it a fair few times during the week, and I thought it was about time I shared all the photos upon my blog too! 

Monday morning had me feeling tired and lazy! I woke up at my usual early time but slobbed about in bed for much longer than I usually do. Though the sun was shining through my pointless white curtains so I had to begrudgingly get up and actually do something! Later on my housemate popped back from his lectures and delivered some treats! I don't buy myself chocolate so when he offered me one of the mousse eggs I couldn't resist. I have to admit for the price they're not worth it, but they were still very welcome on my lazy Monday! 

My Monday morning feelings continued throughout the week. I have far too many things to do in third year that even writing a list of all the things to do is a task! I'm drowning in notes, quotes and novels this year. So what is my solution? Gossip Girl.

With the sunshine poking it's beautiful face out from behind the clouds last week I began pining for my home county. The first image is a photograph I took from a hill that overlooks the harbour in my village back in summer '14. Need I say what my second image is? And yes I have not done them the Cornish way (traitor they cry) but I prefer cream and then jam!

On Saturday my boyfriend and I decided to head into town with two of our friends. We went for lunch and had a good nose around the shops, I bought myself a new bikini and two new tops, one of which I model in the selfie above! We also had to make an obligatory stop in Lush, where we had a good sniff and smother of the products. I was drawn to these incredibly glittery bath bombs and we all got covered in gold! If only I had a bath at uni!

We decided to make Saturday a whole day off from all the work we have and play a game of Risk in the evening. Initially we considered having a few cocktails but we got straight into the game and played on until gone midnight. I held Africa for the game whilst my boyfriend attempted to take the whole left side of the board. One of my housemates had never played before so despite his many opportunities to destroy my meagre army in Africa, he focused his efforts on holding Asia instead. There was also quite a dispute about my housemates boyfriend's tactics. Matt decided to try and fight everyone off, leaving him with one country on the board. After encouraging his girlfriend to stop Mike from taking America, he moved on and stole Australia from her. Betrayal. Once she was wiped out of the game the remaining three of us decided to turn on Matt as vengeance for Faye, and once we wiped him out the game we called it a draw!

During Saturday's shopping my boyfriend and I came across this adorable little plant pot in Poundland. We've been nursing a basil plant in my room for the past week or so and decided it now deserved a new pot. Sunday lunch is a bit different when you're a student. On the left is a pizza we made (ft our new suited and booted basil). We used a tortilla wrap rather than a pizza base, which I really enjoy, and chucked on some passata, ketchup, cheddar, brie, smoked ham, tomatoes and basil! It was delicious, even if it wasn't a roast!

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