Snap Happy #28: My Week In Photos

1. me basking in the sunshine. hello sexy hair, not. 2. pastel coloured houses 3. claire and i enjoying the sunshine 4. blossom in the back garden 5. mama's hydrangea 6. bacon sarnies galore! 7. my new NARS blush 8. grandma's flowers 9. blossom 10. gorgeous housing 11. blossom 12. claire's spring nail colour 13. cherry blossom! yes, i love blossom

Hello everyone! I'm currently back home sans the internet so I apologise for being a little quiet over here of late. It's such a nice feeling to be back home surrounded by my home comforts after three months away! I surprised my mamabear and sister with my return so it was quite an emotional moment. Although, my sister did later admit to me that she didn't remember who I was when she first clapped eyes on me. Sisterly love, eh?! The sunshine has been working absolute miracles for my usual moody disposition and I've been feeling quite contented with everything. It's amazing what being home (and steadily adopting your west country accent back again) can do for the soul! These are just a selection of photographs that I've taken recently. As you can see, I've gone a bit mad for flowers. I just get so bloody excited when there is sun in the sky! 


I've had quite a chilled time since I've been back. I've just been hanging out with grandma whilst she forces 8-9 mugs of tea a day down my gullet, summery walks with mamabear, bbq's where I eat my own weight in meat with fatherbear, mass cuddles with the cat and massive rants about anything and everything with my sisters. It's been perfect! I'm off camping towards the end of this week so I'm sure I'll be documenting that trip on here for you. It'll also be the three year anniversary of my Grandad's passing and what would have been my brother's 21st birthday this Saturday so I'm sure it'll be a cider fuelled day of nostalgia and toasts. That's how we do mourning in the west country ;) 


I'm off to go on a walk with the Motherbear so I'll have to love you and leave you. I'll be back soon - life without the internet is actually pretty lovely, by the way!!

Snap Happy #27: My Week in Photos

1. Soy King Prawn stir fry for dinner; it was so bloody good! 2. Whenever I go shopping lately, I always come home with a handful of swatches and a couple of lipsticks - oops! 3. Bought this the other week; it's still such a fun film. 4. Nomming my favourite soup for lunch accompanied by bread and butter, of course. 5. The view from my window - we've had so much sun lately! 6. Proof I still have a face... 7. Luke and I decided to make popcorn but had to resort to desperate measures when all our bowls were too small! 8. Bacon sandwich cut into quarters and a gothic novel make for a lovely lunchtime 9. Nandos with the girlies 10. One of my gorgeous uni best friends, Georgia, and I. 


Hello everyone! I thought I'd reignite the snap happy series and give you an insight into my week, despite the fact that Luke saw this drafted up and said, 'who the hell would want to see these photographs?'. So supportive! Admittedly, this week has been very indoorsy because I've been horrendously bunged up and spent a couple of days in the foetal position thanks to my stomach cramps. Oh Crohns Disease, you delight. I really like this feature because it prompts me to take photographs of things so next week you'll see a lot more photographs of things out and about and it won't be as food heavy; although, lets face it, we all love to gawp at other people's grub! 

As I type this, I'm sat in my Elmo lounge pants (yes, you read that right!) whilst suffering from a serious chicken bloat. It is not a pretty sight! I've not really got too many plans for this upcoming week but if the weather continues to be so nice I'm sure it'll involve a bit of novel reading in the sunshine. Naturally, I'm sure this next week will involve yet another shopping trip! Now that the sun has reared its yellowy head, I feel it's the right time to invest in some pastelly coloured clothes so if you'd like to see another haul, let me know.

I can't believe I've only got two weeks left of my first year of university?! To think some of you guys have been here since my days at sixth form, all through my gap year and through the first year of my university experience is truly mental, yet heartwarming. Thank you! Whilst I'm gushing, I'd also like to say a massive thank you for all the inspiring comments that you've left on my last post. It's nice to know that everyone has those certain products/clothing items that make them feel so much better. At the moment, for me, it's my peach blush. I don't know if you can tell in the last photograph but it literally gives me such a nice colour to my cheeks that I don't have otherwise! Thank the heavens for good blusher. On that note, I'm off to read the rest of Castle of Otranto and anticipate the module choice site going live! Have a lovely rest of your day ♥

P.S Go read my uni best friends' blogs! Claire's is here and is all about nail art. Georgia's is here and is all about frank beauty reviews.

bee's photobomb: boxing day snapshots

Classic Christmas jokes / Snuggles with the cat / Forming the buffet spread / Mamabear / First plate - shit loads of bubble and squeak. YUM! / Boxing Day outfit / Watching one of my favourite films on Boxing Day / Laying Christmassy flowers on my brother's grave / Can't beat a bacon sarnie / Got to see Luke on Boxing Day / My new hat! / Part of our festive ceiling / Last year's slipper boots are still going strong!

A few more photographs from this year's festivities. Its been a strange Christmas this year but lovely all the same. Boxing Day consisted of buffet food, Star Wars, talks of the future and lots of laughs. Luke and I were busy discussing things we wish to do in 2012 and its spurred me on to write yet another list about my goals for the following year. I'll post it on here if anyone is interested?! It includes personal aims as well as aesthetic changes. Leave a comment with your own goals for next year so I can get some inspiration. 

I've been busy going through all of my gifts that I was lucky to receive and already had a few of the beauty products on the go. My LUSH face mask is a definite love and my jumpers have barely left my body these past couple of days. I've still got quite a busy time coming up surrounded by family members but I'll definitely have a whole host of different posts up soon. Again, I'll keep this short and sweet because I need to go and get ready for this evening. My cousins are coming over tonight for ANOTHER buffet and a few too many drinks. I'm rather looking forward to it because one of them has flown in from Austria. Have a lovely rest of the day. 

what bee did...

Hot bowl of noodles for lunch // Afternoon reading in the form of 'Death in Venice' // Mini me loved her presents! // Nice hot bowl of tomato soup - the best thing since sliced bread! // You've got two hands for a reason, kids! // The gorgeous Georgia and I // Letting my hair down - yes my phone is tucked into my bra // Coffee and cake to sort out my hangover

Remember me?! I apologise for disappearing for a little while. Deadlines have slowly taken over my life but I promise I won't leave it that long again ;) I received my first grade through today and was pretty chuffed with it yet annoyed in equal measure. I made silly formatting mistakes that lowered the grade a little but I'm still happy with my 2:1! Onwards and upwards, albeit slowly because I'm currently nursing a little hangover...

I thought I'd post a few photos that have been sitting in my camera for a while. I've decided that soon, I shall bite the bullet and enter into the vlogging world a little more frequently. It's always something I've wanted to do but I've been reluctant due to my confidence issues/idiocy. Obviously, my blog is still my main priority but I think it'll be nice to get my opinions on various things out through videos. Let me know what you think.

None of this is really making any coherent sense today so please, bare with me. I've literally spent about an hour or so just passed out on my bed staring into space. Hangovers are evil, kids! As ever, I'm feeling suitably festive. I cannot wait for the next two weeks to hurry along so I can go back home and see my family. I'm also looking forward to the horrendous amounts of food that my mother will try to force down my gullet! Thank the lord for motherly affection. I'm off to cook up pie, sweet potato mash and gravy - comfort food to the max. Have a lovely rest of the evening!! 

P.S There's still tickets for the SOUTH WEST CHRISTMAS BLOGGER MEET so what are you waiting for? Come and snap one up! All the details can be found HERE. 

P.P.S One of my uni best friends just started up her nail art blog. She's already got some cracking designs up. You can go follow her HERE.

snap happy #36: my week in photos

Doing a horrendous amount of posing. The first photo is part of my attempting-to-avoid-essay-but-being-a-pinup shoot, the second is a quick snap before fireworks and the third is my botox actress face. I'm easily amused / The lighthouse on firework night / Another set of photos from the aforementioned shoot / Chicken and bacon ravioli / Claire and I / Animal lovin' / Shameless posing / Grudge style photo / A collage of cider induced fun on my part / PIZZA! / More pisstake posing / NACHOS!

If you aren't now hideously sick of my face, you've got a real sexual attraction to me. Kudos. Apologies for the amount of snaps of my mug! It seems being the owner of a face is the only interesting thing I've got going for me at the moment bar a pile of work to do and little enthusiasm. Before I ramble, I'd just like to acknowledge the horrific accident that took place on the M5 the other day. All those people are in my thoughts as are the emergency services who braved it all to save what they could. One of my friend's brother's was in the crash but is, thankfully, stable. All my prayers are centred around him recovering as soon as possible. It just goes to show that you never know....

It often amazes me just how many new experiences that the blogging community has to offer especially the idea that there's a ton of people out there that know about me. Claire (her face is up there ^^) told me that one of her friends from home was mega surprised to see her face on here because she reads my blog! It gave me real perspective and it dawned on me just how small this world is, haha. So, Sammy...if you're reading this...HELLO!!! 


I'm amazingly tempted to splash a bit of cash at the moment. A mass of work and stressy seminar leaders make for an insatiable need to buy things in order to forget said irritants. I'm definitely going to treat myself to some goodies. If you know me well, you'll know that I don't like to part with my cash; I own one pair of shoes....and they leak. If you've seen any awesome things out there recently pop me a link...I'm in the market for a few new possessions!! Anyway, I need to dash to my seminar so I'll love you and leave you for now!

P.S There's still plenty of places left with regards to the Christmas Blogger Meet. You can register for tickets HERE. If you've got any questions please feel free to email me at: vivatramp@gmail.com