MY 2014

There is no denying that this is going to be one long post, so grab a cup of tea and maybe some snacks to see you through. Thinking back over 2014, I didn't really think much actually happened, but looking through photos showed that some events did actually occur so I thought I would share them. If you read this blog regularly you may have seen quite a few of these photos before but I couldn't leave that many out, as my life isn't that interesting so I needed as many as possible! 

January 

 

I celebrated the start of the new year with my boyfriend and some friends at a local pub. It wasn't a crazy night as I had work the next day, (lets make a mental note never to work new years day again as I did exactly the same this year and it sucked)! (another little side note, I don't drink so my night would never actually be crazy, it just sounded good for a second). 

February

 My sister, Hannah and I went to London to see Taylor Swift perform her RED tour. As expected she was amazing and it was great to see her live. The only downfall was that we happened to go when the tube strike was on, which lead to getting stuck in Oxford Street - yes I know, not really the worst of places, but at 11pm in the pouring rain, in the cold February month, it wasn't great. Originally they had given a cut off time, which we thought would be okay as we would be well on our way by then, if not home. Obviously, this didn't happen and instead they just stopped the tubes much earlier and closed all of the lines. We tried for ages to get a taxi and had no luck. We even picked up a random stray who tagged along with us for a while, as everyone was just stranded. Eventually we managed to get a taxi that agreed to take us back to our grandparents house. 

 March

March saw Jamie and my, 5 year anniversary together. We were planning on going to Germany for a weekend but as I was still at uni I had too much work to do and as it was my final year I didn't want to risk slipping on the grades. Instead I think we just went out for dinner and have postponed Germany. 

April

April saw the end of having to go into uni but meant scary essay deadlines and the start of intense revision. It was also the month that Jamie had to go into hospital to have an operation to fix his deviated septum - I think! As you can see it involved his nose and a lot of blood! Like the amazing girlfriend that I am (Jamie may possibly say different), I stayed at the hospital all day, luckily he only stayed one night so I could pick him up the next day. As it was a private hospital he had his own room and lucky me, I was able to sit there all day and do my uni work. As you can see from the photo I have a pen in my hand from revising. God, I don't miss those days!

May 

May was an absolutely horrific month as it was exam season. It was full of revision, stress, tears, 'I give up on life'... and everything in between. As I commuted to uni, I had to drive down and stay over the night for two of my exams as I had two on consecutive days. Lucky for me, I have an amazing boyfriend who came with me for moral support. I also have an amazing sister who came with me for my final exam which luckily was only one day. Both of them had to sit there listening to me talk about law non stop and put up with my stressing and worrying. I think they both learned more than they would have liked to about the law, to say the least. 

June

My crazy 72 year old nan sent me this photo in June, from a night run/walk that her and some friends did for charity. She amazes me how amazing,hard working and energetic she still is, you really wouldn't know that she was 72. It made me very proud when she sent me the email. 

June was also the month that I found out my degree result, which was such a relief as I achieved a 2.1. It's so strange thinking back, now that it's all over, after all of the stress and hard work. Hannah and I drove down to pick up my graduation tickets, so I took some photos to remember the dreaded place. It's a 2 hour drive down to the uni, but Bluewater shopping centre is very near so obviously we had to go there too to make the trip worthwhile. 

Hannah also finished sixth form last year, so we were finally able to go out and spend time together, other than just sitting at the dining room table revising together. After so many intense years of education, where your time is constantly taken up with reading, learning, writing, researching x1000, it's so nice to just wake up and know that you don't actually have anything that needs doing and you can enjoy your day. 

June was also the month that I became the very proud owner of a pair of gorgeous red soled Louboutins! I was not expecting them at all, so when Jamie came home and had a box hidden behind his back, I honestly thought it was pizza! I had been going on about how much I wanted pizza for the last week previous, so I thought he had been good and surprised me with pizza. I was absolutely blown away and completely shocked. I now need to actually go out to fancy places to wear them. 

July

July was the month that I graduated from university. It felt very surreal and kind of just flew by. You see everyone else's graduation photos and then your turn comes along and it doesn't seem real. I'm very proud to have graduated and need to make sure that I actually put my degree to use this year! If you want to read  more about my day, you can read the full post 'here' 

Another sister day out to an American style diner, we had hot dogs and milkshakes - yummmm! 

August

August was my grandad's birthday, so we all went to his house to celebrate. As everyone seems to work conflicting hours and days, it's nice to be able to all get together. My grandad always inspires me to work hard as he is so hard working. He was treated for cancer a couple of years ago and went straight back to work as soon as he could and his job was very manual!

At the end of August, Hannah and I went on holiday to Corfu. It was such a relaxing week and so nice to be in the sun for once. I already cannot wait for the summer months and hopefully to go away on holiday somewhere. 

You can read about my holiday in more detail 'here'. 

September 

September was the month that Hannah went to uni...aaaaand...came back very shortly after. I think she lasted a week and a half, maybe. She decided pretty immediately that she didn't like being there and didn't want to study her chosen course. Once again it was more of a 'I feel like I have to go to uni' situation. It was really sad dropping her off and then being at home without her so I also quite liked having her back and I'd rather she do something that makes her happy instead of wasting three years being unhappy. 

October

October was a pretty big month as Jamie and I moved in together. I was pretty nervous about it at first, even though we had been together 5.5 years at the time, it's still a big deal. Ever since it has been great and it's so nice coming home to him every night. He's also pretty good to live with as he does a lot of the house work so it's pretty equal - if not 50/50, to be honest it's probably more him than me. 

Also in October Taylor Swift released her new album, 1989. As I have been a fan since her first album, I was pretty weary of this new style album as I don't normally like pop music too much. I wouldn't say it is my favourite album of hers, but I still like a lot of the tracks but they aren't my favourite songs to listen to; if it wasn't Taylor Swift I possibly wouldn't have bought the album. 

November

In November, my best friend got married and I was lucky enough to be chosen as one of the bridesmaids. It was an amazing day and really lovely to go to a wedding as I haven't been to too many. It was also pretty scary that she was getting married and is the same age as me as I still feel way too young for that. You can read about the day 'here'. 

December

December was my birthday month, yey! I decided I wanted to go to the zoo as it's too busy to go anywhere else in December and it's nice to just be able to stroll around and see the animals. We fed the Elephants and Giraffes, which was pretty fun. As we all know December also brings Christmas! This was the first year that I actually really enjoyed Christmas. Normally I've had too much work to do and I'm at work all over Christmas, which takes away from the Christmas spirit. As I unfortunately work in retail at the moment I didn't get too much time off over christmas, but luckily I was able to get Christmas eve, Christmas day and Boxing day. It was so nice to actually have the time off to enjoy my family and what Christmas is all about. Once again I will vow to not work anywhere that requires working over Christmas! 

There you have it, that was my 2014. If you made it to the end, congrats!