This month was a busy one! My parents came to visit, I had my reading week which I spent in Oxford, and there were Valentine's/Pancake Day celebrations. These are 5 photos to document that.
As I said my parents came to visit me in Bath. Those of you who follow us on Instagram will have already seen this photo from Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, which is my favourite shop ever. Such an adorable, privately owned bookshop with an amazing selection of books. Definitely worth a visit!
Pancake Day is the most underrated holiday in my opinion. When else is it acceptable to eat UNLIMITED PANCAKES? I just love them. Golden syrup, Nutella, and lemon sugar were my toppings of choice this year but mars bar sauce remains my favourite ever.
Valentine's Day was also this month! James and I celebrated with Italian food and fancy cocktails. This bar is called the Alchemist and the chemistry themed drinks were honestly amazing. I can't wait until I have money again so I can afford to go back!
I went to Southampton to visit Midge and we also went out for cocktails! Pornstar martinis are so good as it turns out. We also went trampolining at Oxygen Freejumping and it was a really fun day out, I would definitely recommend it.
Another photo from Oxford, this is part of the University. It's so beautiful and an oddly peaceful oasis off the side of the busy high street. Honestly beautiful.
Other than coming back to uni, nothing much has happened to me this month. I'm afraid that makes this post a little boring, but I wanted to write it anyway.
I brought the New Year in with my boyfriend and our friends at a party. It was really lovely to spend the night with such wonderful people and a very happy start to 2018.
Before I my term started again James and I tried to squeeze in as much time together as possible, even if it was just to play cards with his family or do a jigsaw with mine.
I got back to procrastinating this term, and my favourite way to do that is by taking selfies. Instagram loved this one #freethenipple.
My Christmas money combined with my student loan gave me some good shopping money this month, including the £25 I spent in Paperchase. Read about my haul
here.
Of course one of the best bits about living in Bath is the buildings. The abbey is a particular favourite of mine and I stop by to look at it every time I'm in town.
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a lovely New Year. I myself had a great time so this month's 5 photos are entirely Christmas themed, as is to be expected in December to be honest. If you haven't already, check out my review of the No.7 Advent Calendar for some treats to spend the last of that Christmas money on ;).
My brother and I went to Germany for the first week of the Christmas holidays and my Oma let us decorate her tree. My slippers are my favourite part about this picture, and if you ever find yourself in Amsterdam I 10/10 recommend you buy a pair too.
My German family are very quirky, so new traditions are brought in every year for special occasions. Last Christmas it was sparkly party glasses, and this year I was lucky enough to be given the Rudolf pair to wear.
When I arrived in Hamburg my Oma and my aunt took me out for dinner in a fancy restaurant (of course the glasses had to come too) and we met a lovely couple who agreed to take this photo of us in front of the beautiful tree outside.
Of course, being at uni in Bath meant I had to visit the Bath Christmas Market, and it was honestly so beautiful I had to get a photo. If you can ever get there in time, it's definitely worth a visit although weekends are always packed.
Christmas Day was obviously the highlight of the month. Although I spent most of it with James' family, there was still time for the obligatory sibling photo before I left.
November is always a good month for me because it is my birthday at the end of it. This year was very different because it was the first time I spent the day away from my family, but never the less I still managed to make some good memories this month.
Some of you may have read my review of this book early in the month, and if you did you will known that I loved it so I had to feature it on my month in 5 photos. Check out the review if you haven't already!
Obviously James visited again this month, and due to the sudden drop in temperature I had to get my hat out for our trips outside. We still had a lovely time though!
Although I had already finished my Christmas shopping, I went with my mum to do some of hers while I was home this month. Because I'm a little bit weird, I honestly spent about 10 minutes cracking up at this Santa costume for a cat.
As mentioned before, my birthday is in November. This was my birthday balloon.
I went home for a birthday meal and this photo of me and my brothers just kind of sums up how happy I was about that. Linus also particularly loved that balloon.
Sadly I was too busy last month to get around to my usual month in 5 photos post but I can't remember half of the whirlwind that was September by now so I'm skipping straight to October.
So the reason I have been so busy at the moment is because I have started university (insert impressed oooos from my family here). It has been such an emotional rollercoaster but one of the ups has been meeting these two. Top girls for top girls' nights.
I go to Bath Spa University, and one of the perks of this is living in the centre of such a beautiful city. The Roman Baths are one of my favourite places ands being able to share them with James was really lovely. I think this may be the only photo of us where James doesn't look uncomfortable haha.
My grandmother flew over from Germany this month so of course my family saw that as a great excuse to come and visit me in Bath and I saw that as a great excuse for a family selfie!
My favourite small person is at university in Southampton now, so of course I had to find an opportunity to go down there and annoy her. It was lovely to catch up and do some shopping we both can't afford.
My brother also came to Bath last month and I took him sightseeing for a bit. It was nice to spend some time with him for once!
Most of my July was spent working, but I still managed to fit in a holiday and some other activities which were worth photographing so here they are!
Some of my old high school friends had a barbecue this month, which was really lovely as it meant I could see them all for the first time in months. There was a Hawaiian theme going on, but I'm not sure where the tartan hats and ginger wigs came into that?
As part of my summer job (working at a summer school), we had to entertain children 24/7. This included evening activities such as bonfires where we made smores! This was particularly good fun for the kids and the mentors.
Of course I could not post about my July without mentioning my wonderful trip to Germany! This photo shows Luneburg, one of my favourite places in the world.
My grandma spoiled me to 9 bath bombs from Lush, so on one of my evenings off I used one to relax after the long day. The one pictured is called 'Think Pink' and is gorgeously glittery, would definitely recommend! (disclaimer - this is not an ad, I have received no products or revenue from Lush for blogging about this product)
And at the end of July, my bestest pal turned 18!! Happy Birthday Smidgey!
As I have been in Germany for the past week (blog about this to come!) this post is a little late so apologies. June was a busy month for me with my A levels finally coming to an end but I still managed to enjoy myself, particularly when the weather perked up.
My not so little brother had his prom in June, so of course the whole family took 101 photos. This one of me, Finn and Linus was my favourite of the lot even if it did highlight how short I am!
I'm lucky enough to have a pool in my garden which was extremely well used this June! 30 degrees is hottttt for England so we were all glad to cool off (and my grandma was glad to post it on instagram).
My summer ball was also this June, and I had a great time posing with Smidgey and Ellie-Mae after spending 12485491818743 years getting ready. A lovely night with great friends, great food and great alcohol ;).
Amber and I visited Witley Court at the end of June which was beautiful, well worth a visit.
James has leant me his camera so I spent a large part of June playing around with it and Amber caught me in action in this picture. I'm loving it so much!
I realise we are quite a long way out of April now, but I just noticed that I never did my month in 5 photos post, so here it is.
This month we obviously celebrated Easter! This photo is of my brother egg hunting featuring my bunny ears :)
My brothers are both wonderful pianists and performers so in April they took part in their school talent show. Their band did the YMCA and Linus' costume was just fantastic.
I got to see penguins! These beauties are living at the bird park at Bourton-on-the-Water if you fancy visiting them sometime.
My boyfriend took me on a road trip (where I saw the penguins) which was really lovely! He also took me shopping so he gets a gold star.
As exams approach I have spent a lot of time revising or working on my art book, so that had to feature this month.
This month my friend celebrated her 18th birthday so my boyfriend and I ventured out of the house for the first time in years to celebrate (and had fun, shocker!).
James' grandparents are farmers so I got to cuddle this adorable lamb of theirs! It was so friendly and adorable I wanted to keep it.
Mum's friend came over to visit from Germany and her son (who is 3) serenaded me. It was very sweet! I wanted to keep him too.
This sunset was gorgeous, even better in real life! Witnessed on my way to get fish and chips, a top night all in all.
Of course Mother's Day was at the end of the month, was lovely to spend some time with mum!
For Valentine's Day my boyfriend surprised me by leaving these gorgeous flowers at my house for me while I was out and it was lovely so that had to be in this month's post.
I am beginning to attend applicant days at the moment and went to the one in Bristol with my boyfriend at the beginning of the month. It was pretty, I liked it a lot.
This photo was taken at my school as that seems to be where I spend all my time these days.
Another applicant day which I attended this month was in Westminster. This photo was taken on Oxford Street that evening and the sky looked so much prettier on my phone.
Finally, this month James and I celebrated our 6 month anniversary which we went ice skating for and also had a Nandos, which was where I took this photo.
