I'm going back to work fairly soon, and I can't wait to have a bit of disposable income again as I've been on a pretty strict spending ban while I've been taking time off work. Here are some of the makeup bits that I've got my eye on for after I save up! As you can tell, I'm on a real eyeshadow palette hype, particularly from Makeup Revolution and I'm really lusting after gorgeous neutral/brown shades as we move into the end of summer/beginning of Autumn!!

What are you lusting after this summer?

Sleek iDivine Eye in A New Day

Sleek Highlighter Palette in Solstice

Makeup Revolution Beyond Radiance Highlighter Palette

Makeup Revolution New-Trals Vs Neutrals Palette

Makeup Revolution Fortune Favours the Brave Palette

Makeup Revolution Ultra 32 Shade Palette Beyond Flawless

I Heart Makeup Naked Underneath Faux Fur Palette

I Heart Blush Hearts Queen of Hearts 

Seventeen Mega Matte Lipstick in Looking Buff 

Tarte Tartellete in Bloom Palette

Maybelline Super Stay Nail Polish in Golden Brown 

Barry M Molten Metals Copper Mine

Essie Ladylike

Essie Merino Cool
Essie Chinchilly

Essie Buy Me a Cameo

Essie Lilacism

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A big trend in the bullet journalling world is a gratitude log, which is basically where you list everything that you're grateful for (I think I saw this from bujo queen BohoBerry). As my current journal doesn't leave any space to add in such a list I thought instead I'd write 20 things I'm grateful for in an attempt to make myself feel a bit better and to promote more positivity.

What are you grateful for?

1. My little dog Monty
2. Comforting cups of tea
3. Sunshine
4. Having a kind and caring and supportive family
5. Being in (reasonably!) good health
6. Never really having gone without something I needed
7. The opportunities I've had to go to school and university and to have a job
8. Coffee date catchups with the besties
9. Having friends who I go without talking to for weeks but when we see each other it's as if we've never been apart
10. Living in a country in (relative) peace - I mean UKIP and Brexit are still scary, but compared to what some countries are going through it's nowhere near as scary
11. The lovely blogger girls who I've discovered since beginning my blog
12. Christmas (I bloody love it)
13. Having lived to see my 20th year
14. Having people in my life who help me to cope with the bad stuff
15. Not being allergic to things (dairy especially coz cheese and chocolate are too good to live without)
16. Having a boyfriend who treats me like a queen
17. Pretty flowers
18. Meeting cute neighbourhood cats 
19. Disney existing
20. Pretty highlighters and eyeshadow palettes and lipsticks and nail polishes

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If I sit down to think, I can't count the amount of times I've moved in the last 3 years. I've been lucky to live in several different countries and several different counties, but the constant packing and unpacking from one university house to another and back to my parent's house does get very tiring!

This week I'm moving back up to university for a while to go back to work and to study for my retake, so it's another bout of packing up my stuff and heading off into yet another new house. The difference now is that this is the last house I'll be moving to for university as this is (hopefully!) my last year at uni! I'm excited to get back to being settled in at uni, it'll be nice to have a bit more freedom and to be able to see my mates & boyfriend, and also it'll be great to get back into my routine with work and revision and socialising etc.

This week has been pretty busy, I was up in Yorkshire for a week for a holiday, so expect to see a photography post of my trip sometime in the next couple of weeks! Next week I'm moving back up to Surrey, but I'm only spending a few hours there before I go down to Dorset with the boyfriend for a bit of a holiday with his family, we're going to Monkey World and I cannot wait! What are your plans for the next couple of weeks? Have you been/are you going away this Summer?

In 5 years time I'll be 24, which is the age my parents were when they were married. This fact is pretty scary when I stop to think about it, as by that point I could have the job of my dreams, I could be married, I could be anything. My whole life after education will have begun. That thought led me onto thinking about where I want to be and what I'd like to achieve before then, so I figured I would list some of them on my blog to get you all thinking about your goals!

I challenge you to come up with some goals you have that you'd like to achieve in the next 5 years.

I used to be very stuck in the past. I've had a blessed upbringing, I've had loving parents and I've not gone without, but I have had my fair share of troubles and heartache in my 20 ish years on this planet, and it's caused me to get a bit stuck reliving those bits of my life. It took a lot of hanging on to get through various points of my life, but now I feel like I've got a foot in the doorway of something pretty amazing, and I can't wait for the rest of my life to begin (basically after uni ends because it definitely hasn't been the fun and amazing 2 and a bit years that I'd thought).

So, the message this week is to let old times stay in the past, live for the moment, and look forward to the future (coz it's looking pretty bright).

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On Monday I went to the national trust Sissinghurst Castle Gardens, and I had a lovely time wandering around getting lost in all the different zones of the gardens. I particularly loved the sweet peas and roses that were rambling all over the walls of the 'castle'; aka Vita and Harold's house. There were many little touches around the gardens that made me think "this is so blog post/Instagram worthy", so I knew I had to collect together my favourite photos from the day into a blog post for you all. What I would mention is that although they advertise a 'disabled route' on the map it's not actually accessible, there's lots of steps and bumpy pavements and grass which unfortunately made it quite inaccessible for my grandmother. I've been loving my Nikon again, I'm slowly learning how to get the best out of it and how to take (in my opinion) pretty great photos! It's a very photo heavy post today so I'll let them do all the talking, hope you enjoy!

If you've not already gathered, I'm obsessed with Disney, I love princesses and fairytales and magic (yes I'm an adult, no I don't care). I've always wanted my own fairytale, my own 'Happily ever after', and to star in my own romantic comedy. I never really felt like I was deserving of a happy ending, but I'm currently living my 'rom-com' moments, and I've never been happier. I don't depend on a guy to be happy, however being in a relationship with someone who cares about me more than I've ever experienced with anyone before definitely has improved my happiness. If anything, it's made me realise how much I'm worth and how well I deserve to be treated. Which is pretty lovely!

I had an amazing evening watching the sunset at the beach this week, it was absolutely gorgeous! Other than that, I've been catching up with friends and family, spending time with my boyfriend and I've also been out a few times catching Pokemon with my brother! I was the first person to diss Pokemon Go when it first came out, but I have a lot to thank for it, it's definitely helped me get my brother to spend more time with me!

How has your last couple of weeks been?