Its been a while...

Wow! I haven't been on here in a while, and that is due to the fact I have been ever so busy with things and a lot of stuff has gone on. I am now single, I have a new job and I have been offered a work placement in Spain for two months. My life has changed dramatically over these past 2 months and I will put a more detailed post up soon so look out for it!

For now, I am quite busy, but I promise I will do a post as soon as I can.

Ashleigh x

My 18th Birthday

Sorry I haven't posted recently guys, I have been so busy with college, my job, and going out with my friends, family and my boyfriend for my birthday. I've been enjoying every minute of my birthday week so I have not really paid much attention to going on my laptop. But now I would like to tell you all about it and share some photographs with you all. I have had the most amazing birthday and I have been spoilt by everyone who is in my life, especially my mom and dad who are most definitely skint from this month. I am grateful for having such an amazing mom and dad.

So what was the first thing I did on my birthday? brought my first legal box of cigarettes, showing my ID was such a good feeling, haha! (yes, I smoke) and then I went to college, after that I went to my stepmoms to be spoilt by my stepmom and my dad who gave me A LOT more money than I expected and he got me a lovely birthday cake made for me too.


how beautiful is my cake?

After that, I went home (i live with my auntie) to have MORE money given to me off my auntie and my cousin. I did not have much time to see my auntie as my mom was picking me up about 15 minutes after I got home, to take me and my boyfriend out for a meal with my stepdad. We all went to Ming Moon which she paid for and we had such a great time, and of course, she too had a cake for me, which was also very beautiful.


These are the other gifts which my mom brought me for my birthday which I absolutely love.



Pandora birth stone ring and a Pandora bracelet with a minnie mouse clip.



a ring that says round it "you came into my life and left an imprint on my heart" which was really, really thoughtful.



and Jean Paul Gaultier perfume, along with lots of bits and bobs like make up and chocolate and things. I also received money from my other friends and family like my best friends and my aunties and uncles and I couldn't thank them enough. I think I had about £800 altogether, so yeah, I was absolutely spoilt and I am so grateful to have such an amazing family. To finish my day off I spent the night at my gorgeous boyfriends.

Jeans

Finally I have a pair of jeans. It's not that I don't like jeans, it's the fact that I can never get jeans to fit me. I am quite a big girl, I am a size 16-18 and I am quite happy the way I am, but obviously if I was a size 10 I would be even happier. I have wide hips, a big bum and huge legs which is why I can never get jeans to fit me and I hate it because they either feel really uncomfortable round me, wont go round the bottom of my legs or wont pull up past the top of my legs. So, I have to result to leggings all the time.. which is a bit crap but to be honest, I love leggings, they go with anything and are so comfortable.

The jeans I would really like to fit into is the boyfriend jeans or mom jeans, I can never get any to fit me and I absolutely love them. My legs are massive which I hate (it's a good job my boyfriend loves them else they would never get no lovin') so I love to wear leggings because black makes my legs look slimmer. I love these new jeans but I think I need a pair of knee high boots to go with them, I haven't worn a pair of jeans for a few years now so I don't really know what it's like to wear them with anything, so I need to find an outfit what I feel comfortable wearing jeans with so I can get used to them a bit before I start wearing them with anything else. I am very picky with clothes because of my weight.

I got my jeans from Simple Be, my mom brought them for me and I am so happy she introduced me to this shop, because their jeans are pretty amazing and very good quality.

and just to let you all know, ITS MY 18TH BIRTHDAY IN 11 DAYS! so guess what that means.. SHOPPING SPREE! So look out for my future blog post on what I got for my birthday and what I bought with my birthday money!

WEEKLY WISHLIST #2

 




Pink Polaroid Camera
'Absofuckinglutely' tee
Dr Martens
The Glam Guide Book
2 Tops from River Island
Marylin Monroe Suitcase

WEEKLY WISHLIST #1

There are SO many things I want and still need to buy, so I thought I would share them with you and as it is my birthday next month, I will be buying some of them.






  

The start to my healthy lifestyle

So I decided to change my life around and start eating healthy because I felt crappy about myself and to be honest, reading a lot of lifestyle blogs, Instagrams and watching Youtube videos about healthy eating really got me into it as well.

Breakfast Idea 1: PG Tips - Green Tea (I only ever have PG, even with normal tea, I am very picky with tea bags), wholemeal bread toasted, peanut butter and sliced banana's on top. DELICIOUS breakfast idea and I recommend anyone to try it. By the way, this is the first time I have tried peanut butter, and now I know what the fuss is all about, I LOVE IT!

Ignore the chicken in the background haha! More healthy things added to my house to have with meals;
Kiwi's - to have as a snack or to have as a smoothie mixed with other fruits
Strawberries - to just have as a snack or maybe on toast with some honey or peanut butter? or to have as a smoothie mixed with other fruits
Blackberries - to have as a snack or to have as a smoothie mixed with other fruits
Onken Vanilla Fat Free Yoghurts - to have as a snack or with granola for breakfast or on fruit
Coconut Water - I hope it's nice because I haven't tried it yet! But I won't know if I like it or not if I don't try it!
Pancakes - to have with peanut butter and banana slices for breakfast
Innocent Apple and Raspberry Juice - I can't get enough of these at the moment, obsessed!

Dinner Idea 1: Chinese style stir fry with noodles and beef in black bean sauce. This is delicious and I can't wait to have it again.

Lunch Idea 1: Some chicken bites (1 pack), Chicken and Bacon Caesar Pasta Salad or BBQ Chicken Pasta Salad and an Apple and Raspberry Innocent Juice. They might not be extremely healthy but to me, they are so much better than having things such as sandwiches, chocolate, crisps and pop. 

Breakfast idea 2; Special K granola with onken yoghurt. YUMMY! This is delicious.

Lunch idea 2: brown pasta with bacon and chicken bits and BBQ sauce. 

I am looking to lose some weight, but from eating healthy, not dieting. Diets never work with me, I think it is better to eat healthy and eat as much as you like instead of limiting yourself to certain foods and following a 'plan'. I always feel hungry when I diet and try and limit myself but with eating healthy, I can eat all these things and feel full. I have stopped craving foods such as chocolates, biscuits, crisps, chinese, cakes, etc... and I feel SO good about myself. I have never felt so healthy in my life and I hope I stick to it and can lose some weight as I am sick of feeling fat and unhealthy. I have always been quite big, and never stuck to dieting or anything, but I know that if I stick to doing this (I know I will, because the food is so delicious), I will shed the pounds fast. Obviously not everything I have posted is extremely healthy like the peanut butter BUT it's good to have a little something that's "fatty" within the healthy eating process, because of course, you need sugar as well as healthy things. I will get down to a size 10/12 some day, I know it will take time, but it will all be worth it in the end. 

If anyone has any tips to give me or any delicious meals or foods to recommend then feel free to comment on this please, I would appreciate it!

Ashleigh x 

New Piercing - Rook

So today I had a new piercing, and I absolutely love it. I love piercings and I just love them because they are so pretty. I don't like when people have them all over their face unless it suits them, I have 4 on my face but you can only actually see 2 of them (my lip and nose) and I have my tongue and smiley pierced but you can't really see them haha. I have 13 piercings all together, some of them have fell out and I need them re-done but these are the ones I have or have had; both sides of my nose, tongue, lip, smiley, rook, both nipples, tragus, ear cartilage, surface tragus, and both normal ear piercings. Most people ask me on every piercing I have 'does it hurt?' well.. some of them I have had numbed, and you cant feel a thing, and yes they do hurt after you've had them done but it is nothing that you can't put up with. Piercings don't bother me because I have quite a few now so the pain is just normal for me and I never complain about it, so pain depends on your body really and how well you can take pain. I go on my own to get all my piercings done as well, even my nipples, and I had both of them done at the same time. The pain also depends on where you have it done, such as your nipples. I had mine numbed when I had them pierced so I didn't feel a thing, but afterwards, they stung like a bitch, I'm not going to lie. Your boobs feel really heavy and you have to be really careful with them but after about 2-3 weeks they feel completely fine and to be honest, you forget that they are even there. I love all my piercings, and I'm still planning on having more, such as on my ears. I want conch, daith heart and septum done next and I cannot wait. I need to have my surface tragus, other side of my nose and my tragus re-pierced because the balls fell off them and I couldn't get them back on lol (disadvantages of having acrylic nails).

Here is my new piercing - rook!

If you have any questions about piercings, feel free to ask me :)

Ashleigh x