'These Dreams Under my Pillow'

Yay! I'm writing a blog post! For the first time since April it would seem...
I planned on getting a tonne of work done today, but spent my morning looking after a poorly kitty and my afternoon cleaning bathrooms... oh and watching the first season of girls. I've also been a bit Mad Men obsessed at the minute. Anyone else a huge Peggy fan??

So what has happened since April?
I turned eighteen! That is right, I am officially an adult. Do I feel like it? Noooo. I didn't really do much on my actual birthday but it was nice to see everyone. I did go on two trips to London and one to Lincoln which were really fun! I finally got to see Wicked which was a-m-a-z-i-n-g, and when I was in Lincoln I got my ear pierced (I thought it was really rebel-ish of me).

For Emma's birthday me her and Megan went to Clumber for the Mamma Mia drive in; that was really good! The car battery died in the field though which was a bit of a disaster.

In the Summer I went on holiday to the Lake District and had to come home early because I got ill. In fact, I went to Wilderness with Emma and Eli too and we had to come home early from that because someone broke our tent...so was not getting much luck on the holiday front!

Wilderness was really good though! We spent a lot of time in the Folk Barn and lots eating too! In fact I loved this lentil soup I had from the soup library, it was so good! I really needed warming up! That morning we had been swimming in the lake and that absolutely froze me. I also discovered I am a terrible swimmer. I bought some cool round sunglasses; I had wanted some for ages! It was actually a really good weekend!

I've started back at college which seems to going okay. I seem to be avoiding doing my work at the minute and need to get back in gear! Maybe that will be tomorrows task........................ xoxo

'Who are you to tell me how.'

Poppy's shorts.

(Yeah I know.... most imaginative blog title ever, right)
So, I haven't owned a pair of denim shorts...just normal denim shorts... in like forevz. Which is completely crazy....wardrobe staple, hello?!

So anyway.... do you remember these jeans.....http://theredflowerblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013_02_01_archive.html (I know, they were great....cough...). Well, I wore that them that one time.....and then I don't think they ever made another appearance, so it was either charity shop time or to make them over. And seen as I got sort of bored, I thought I'd make some shorts,

Now, I'm not gonna lie... it's not like I have some new fangled way of making shorts, I don't. They're bog standard jeans to shorts but as it happens its the first time I've done this, so thought I'd share with y'all.

Step 1. Grab some sexy jeans....yeah okay....they could have done with an iron, but I'm about to chop them okay?

 Step 2. So, I kinda tried them on, looked in a mirror...decided how short I wanted them...drew a mark like...lower than that cause I was planning on rolling them up. (My English is fabulous today).

 Step 3. Then I chopped. It was fun.

 

 4. At this point I had forgotten to continue taking photos... score. So yeah, I cut them both to the same length, then I just rolled and added a few things here and there (badge, button, safety pin....everyone needs a safety pin).

 5. Oh yeah....and I fixed the patch on the bum that was falling off!

 

Tadah...see I can do it, so you can. Keep Dreaming peeps xoxo

'I feel it's already too late to live'

 Good Friday today. Megan invited me along with her, Amy and Lottie to Clumber today. Amy has recently passed her driving test and got a cool car...I'm ridiculously jealous. I'm learning to drive at the minute and absolutely loving it, it's too fun! So anyway, Amy picked us all up and after a quick pit stop at Morrison's (see we didn't even have to make dinner) we went to Clumber... actually had to queue to get in it was that crazily busy.

I wore my Primani denim dress with my beaten up (literally have holes in) asos ankle boots. Pinched Amy's sunglasses and in this picture I am carrying Megan's bag...top friend. The cardigan's Henry's, still got a strong love for that dude.

 Amy brought her dog along... and no I'm not a dog person, but what a cutie. Top bonus that the sun was out! Kinda looking forward to the summer....so. sick. of. winter. clothes. I am also looking forward to getting snapping up some festival clothes for the dreamed of weekend in the country!

Keep Dreaming xoxo

'Things get broken.'

In the past few months, I appear to have fallen off of the blogosphere.Oooopsy. But I'm back right?
I decided this weekend that I ought to write a blog post.... and so I opened up the document. What followed for the next few hours was me, clicking back onto the tab every now and then expecting inspiration to come flooding to me. This never happened, and because I am not one to sit here and lie... I still don't have a direction in which this is going. To be honest, this little section here could be as interesting as it gets, which is why I thought I would chuck a song and few photos in here and there (ya know....just so you can avoid the boring rambling of Poppy). I think I have become somewhat of a pro typer at this point... the amount of coursework I have been doing, along with placement,  is sort of ridiculous- I am in belief that I have five deadlines this week alone. But at least the Easter holidays are to follow then right?

I would have liked to have done an outfit post, but my outfits have been somewhat un-inspiring at the minute. I think I am getting bored of wearing Winter clothes... I actually caught myself saying that I couldn't wait for summer to come the other day, just so I can feel a bit more interesting when I walk out of the door. I am currently sick of rolling up my jeans for the day and by the end of the day having to roll them down because my ankles are too cold. I definitely have old people ankles...they just cannot hack the freeze any longer. And to say it is so cold, the snow never came did it? Huge disappointment.... America appeared to get a tonne of it (knowledge I acquired from readings blogs) but why did it not travel across the pond? Life troubles, ey?

It is pretty conclusive at this point that I did not plan this post.... I am talking about the weather for petes sake! One thing I don't think I've ever mentioned on here is my driving.... oh yes, I'm learning to drive. I was dreading it. I literally cannot wait for my driving lesson to come round every week now. I'm trying to convince my parents to insure them on their car so I can take them for a wild spin, but they don't seem to be loving that idea as much as I am- I really don't know why, it's not like my Mum got a new car last month or anything...... -sigh.

I've recently started a new unit at college... sociology. I can't say I'm particularly in agreeance (is that a word?) with any of the theories that have been put forward to me in these few weeks, but perseverance is key.

So, erm, yeah.... I'm a great conversationalist.... look at some pretty photos, yeah? Oh, and listen to Nirvana.... I've been researching Kurt Cobain for my Lifespan development coursework.... I'm in a trance at the minute.

Keep Dreaming xoxo

Friends are like family

Last night I was invited to a little get together for my friend, Megan's, 18th birthday. Her Mum had had it arranged for a while now, so it had been in the diary for months and was something I had been looking forward to as there were a few surprises in store. Lottie, Amy and myself had been giving out cards to people to write memories of their time with Megan on them and it has to be said there were some laughs, and some expected moments for her Mum to have a read over as she did her rendition of 'This is your life.' A programme I hadn't been aware of until most of Megan's family told me I was missing out!

 

After this surprise, we moved along to the slideshow of Megan's life that we had put together, with it finally working thanks to Lottie! This slideshow was a 17 minute show all to music that in some way or another reminded us of Megan, whether it be through her rapping it to us, or grooving out to them at parties!

I had a lovely night and had one of those moments when you realise that your friends really are like your family (soppy- whatever!) and not only that but you feel welcome as an honorary member of their family!

So anyway!!! Happy Birthday Megan! Hope you had a lovely night, have a lovely meal and have a great time at Grease! Love you a million!
Keep Dreaming xoxo

When we were young...

2013

I guess it is a blogger trend to look back at 2013, what has been achieved, what has held us back and what we’ve enjoyed- both on the blog and in life. 2013 has been a year of change for me, and coping with these changes hasn’t always been the easiest.

I’ve briefly touched on my anxiety on the blog before, it’s something I don’t really like talking about in person, and in some ways it’s a part of me I have learnt to dislike, but this year I’ve just had to learn to cope with it and it’s something that I will probably develop into 2014 (hopefully I’ll get better at the coping too!) The hardest thing for me in many ways is having to choose between going out and knowing my anxiety will come on, or staying in and missing out on a social life. Somehow I think I’ve maintained a good balance of that this year, sometimes even going out feeling awful, which is difficult, but I wouldn’t have done it without the support of my friends and family. I hate telling my friends that I’m choosing to stay in this time, because in my head I’m dying to go out and have fun with them, but know that it will most probably have a negative effect on my health. So, I guess that’s been my negative of 2013 but also my new aim of 2014… to continue learning to deal with it, as evidently it is going to be something that I’ll live with, as I’m sure many other people have too.

So what have I achieved? Well as I said it’s been a year of change, and I made the decision to leave school. I completed my AS levels achieving a C, two D’s and an E and decided that it was time to move on and so I started a health and social care course which I am loving… but it doesn’t come without the hard work obviously! Don’t get me wrong, I miss my friends like crazy but I still see them from time to time which are lovely. I’ve also been through a lot with my friends this year….some friendships have got stronger, and some friends I’ve lost, but the true friends have kept strong in my heart and I’m so thankful to them for that. My family are also obviously a great support system to me; annoyingly they always know when something’s wrong so there’s no room for bottling things in! On a slightly odd note… I’ve achieved growing every inch of style out of my hair… no longer is there signs of fringes or layers, so I’m starting a fresh on a blank canvas. This summer was an amazing summer, we actually got some sun! I went to Norfolk with my folks and got to look around some old houses included Sandringham (yes I know- I am slightly nerdy). People may disagree with this one, but I sort of think I’ve matured this year too, through all of the problems and issues and moving schools I think it’s made me a little bit stronger, even if it is just that little bit! I’ve also come to accept that I may actually enjoy going to Derbyshire to walk… the tragedy of it all!!!

I’m not going to sit here at my kitchen table and lie… I have not enjoyed every moment of 2013. There were some times where I have just sat there in tears ready to give up on whatever it is I was fed up of, but I’d like to believe that the good parts always outshine the bits that get me down. I think the bits I’ve enjoyed go from silly little bits, to bits that are obviously important to me. For example, I seem to find comfort in deciding on an outfit (yep, that’s the kind of thing that makes me smile) but then I also find comfort in sitting with my friends either at the kitchen table or in the living room just having a good old gossip about people, life events, silly stuff… I think there’s been a few in depth Doctor Who conversations. Other highlights are things like going to music concerts, there’s nothing better to sooth the soul then a good bit of music, and my iPod knows the extent of my music listening.

Which brings me to 2014…. The year of Wilderness Festival (oh yes, here I come) and my friends leaving for University (not one to be looked forward too)… but who knows what else it will bring along the way!

I’ll leave you with some of my favourites of the year:

Films: PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (seriously…amazing…the book too….)

TV shows: Doctor Who (oooOOOooooo) New Girl, and seriously looking forward to the return of Sherlock.

Music: Of Monsters and Men, Haim, Passion Pit, The Paper Kites, The Lumineers… this year has so been my year for music!

Drink: This may be slightly silly… but warm elderflower….it’s delish and now I have a pretty flask to take it to school with me!

I hope that you had a great 2013 and that this year will be even better. And remember, everybody has bad bits, but it just helps make us into who we are and that is pretty cool.

 

Keep Dreaming xoxo