10 Memes that are far too relatable

Evening all,

So you may or may not know this, but I love myself a meme and recently I've been seeing memes on social media like Instagram and thinking, oh my god, I'm not alone, there are people just like me who love food too much and are rubbish at diets, spend all my money on crap they don't need and are having a mid life crisis in their 20's, so I thought I would share my top 10 with you guys.

Like seriously can I not just have some nice undies from Victoria's Secrets and not have to take out a loan to afford them?

Don't let anybody mess with you, tell yourself you're a bad ass bitch, pick yourself up and move on.

Definitely imagined my 20's to consist of me going to the gym everyday and being healthy, safe to say I'm failing miserably. 

The sad reality of working Monday to Friday, two days off a week just isn't enough.

The fact that I'm managing to write a whole blog post about how relatable memes are to my life says a whole lot about this.

If you can't get home from work after a long day, put on some trackies, take off your make up and rap to lose yourself, when can you?!

This is probably the most self explanatory meme, "new year, new me", half way through the year and you're still a chubster.

Seriously Netflix, I've been watching this all day, stop with your summaries.

Somebody, just take this food away before I end up imploding.

Story of my life, "I definitely need this new top that I already have in four different colours".

I hope these memes have brightened your Monday evening and you've realised you're not alone finding some of these far too relatable.

All my love,

Bex

Lush Bath Bomb Review - Lord of Misrule

Ladies and Gentlemen, I introduce to you, my new favourite bath bomb..

Yeah I went there, I cannot say much to you about the Lord of Misrule bath bomb apart from, buy as many as you physically can so you can stock up your stash for the year (at least that's what I'm planning on doing).

Lord of Misrule is part of the Lush Winter/Halloween range which means it's not around all year, much to my intense dismay. One of my pals had quite recently tried LOM before me and said I was in for a treat and boy, he was not wrong. The intoxicating herbal scent of patchouli and black pepper oil releases your inner witch and the fragrance lingers on your skin for quite some time after your soak.

The exterior of LOM's appearance is a gentle green colour with pink specks, it seems pretty ordinary from first impressions, but once you submerge the bath bomb, the bath water turns a vibrant green and the scent fills the room instantaneously. Again for a while you feel like this is the climax of the bath bomb's display which is pretty spectacular in it's own right and gives a pretty spooky feel on scent and sight alone, but then a further development begins to happen.

The pink foam erupts from the core of the bath bomb adding to this amazing effect, it really is incredible to watch this bath bomb develop, mean while revelling in it's pungent fragrance.

The foam from LOM eventually disperses leaving you bathing in blood red water, the water is so soothing for your winter skin and the scent lingers for so long after it's dispersal. While the whole visual display of LOM is commencing in the core of the bath bomb itself is popping candy to add that festive effect. As much as I hate to say it, I can see why LOM is only a winter bath bomb, but it's just so perfect I need it in my life all year round.

Anyway, make sure you stock up now before Lord of Misrule is gone for another year!

All my love,

Bex

I'm feeling 24

Good Morning on this dreary Wednesday,

Much to my dismay it's my birthday, I am usually a big fan of festivity whether it is birthday's or christmas, but yesterday as I made my way home from seeing Elf The Musical (I'll talk about that in a sec), I watched the remaining minutes of being 23 tick by and realised I actually am becoming an adult. That realisation when you are an adult baby who had spent the previous day at Shrek's Adventure tour (again will cover it in a sec), it's pretty tough to come to terms with the fact you are a bonafide adult now. The other day two people at work were trying to guess my age (and I put this down to the fact I must look terrible for my age) but they placed me at late twenties to early thirties, quick to justify themselves they said, they would only place me at that age due to the fact at the tender age of 23, I've experienced so many things. To which this got me thinking, I seem to have packed quite a lot in the last few years and I'm not about to slow down yet.

As you may have read in my previous post, Dan and I have applied for a mortgage and we're now just waiting for the house to become available (mega adult step). But we also made a pact that although we are making such a huge commitment, we promise not to stop living our lives to the max, obviously bills take priority, but we both said we want to see more of the world. So we plan to make a bucket list of places we wish to visit so we can tick them off as we go along.

Anyway enough of this jibber jabber about being old and decrepit, yesterday Dan and myself were trying to figure out what to do with our day off, we have most of the week off together so we wanted to do something memorable. We were planning on going to Brighton Aquarium today but due to the weather looking pretty naff, we've decided to give it a miss. Anyway so we was going to do London Aquarium instead yesterday but wanted to do something in the evening, Dan was looking on a theatre show website to see what different shows are available to buy tickets to. Baring in mind Dan is not particularly a fan of theatre and has ventured as far as The Lion King and Joseph and His Technicolour   Dream Coat, he suggested seeing Elf The Musical. I have wanted to see Elf The Musical ever since it was first announced for release but due to it's limited run of shows (October to January) the tickets are quite pricey, but being my birthday and being so spoilt Dan decided to buy us tickets anyway at £95 a ticket.

In the mean time we got to London Aquarium yesterday and just as we was approaching the building next door he spotted a sign that said "Shrek's Adventure", Dan being Dan was adamant he wanted to do this adventure tour rather than the London Aquarium which we had been to only the year previous. I have to admit, it is well worth the money, it is very much a child orientated tour but if you're an adult baby like Dan and Myself, you'll have a blast. The premise of the tour is you enter the building, get a few photos done before hand and then find yourself in front of Princess Fiona in her non Ogre form. Princess Fiona tells you about how you will go on a magical bus tour to visit Far, Far Away but Donkey then announces unfortunately the tour bus (which runs on magic) has run out and Princess Fiona asks the group to sing along to the 'Shrekcellent' hit "I'm a Believer". It's all pretty cringe worthy, but if you're up for a laugh and a memorable day out where you are required to join in then this is the ticket for you.

After the Shrek's Adventure Tour we headed on to one of our favourite hang out spots in Convent Garden - Big Easy. Big Easy is a Texan style shrimp and bbq restaurant that has just a really cool and relaxed vibe, plus their slushie cocktails are to die for. They also offer a theatre show menu where you can get a starter, a main and a free slushy cocktail for just £10, bloody bargain!

Now back to the main story of this blog post 'Elf The Musical', where to begin it was just incredible, if you're a fan of Elf - The christmas film, don't get your knickers in a twist, being a stage adaption, it's not exact scene by scene, a few things are different but it definitely does not deduct from the overall impact of the show. Ben Forster plays Buddy The Elf, Ben originally shot to fame after winning the 'Superstar' talent search to find 'Jesus' for the Jesus Christ Superstar Musical. His voice is just absolutely phenomenal and his portrayal of Buddy The Elf was just inspiring, I could not fault it. Kimberley Walsh was also a good addition to the cast and did Zooey Deschanel a justice for her portrayal of Jovie. Overall the soundtrack was awe inspiring, the set was stunning and the dancing was mesmerising. I can feel a christmas tradition coming on to see Elf The Musical every year as it immerses you in true christmas spirit.

All my love,

Bex

November

So I think it's more than about time for me to be held accountable for my actions, recently I've been in a bit of a rubbish place due to one thing or another but I've come to the conclusion, this is not me, wallowing in my sorrows and eating myself into oblivion isn't going to help any situation at all.

I'll give you a bit of a back story as to why I've been a bit down in the dumps. On September 25th I was on my way to work when I was involved in a car crash which involved two other cars and a lorry. It sounds a lot worse than what it was, but it wasn't great either, I had to be lifted out of my car by paramedics and taken to hospital in an ambulance for further tests and x-rays to find out the extent of the damage to me. Luckily nobody was seriously injured, I ended up with whip lash and muscle damage to my neck, shoulders and back. I'm currently having to take pain killers every day, having physiotherapy and acupuncture to help with my recovery.

Unfortunately my poor little car didn't make it through, he was only a year old, but he did save my life, he has been classed as 'beyond economical repair', so now I'm going to have to look into getting another car, but currently have a hire car to get me from A to B in the mean time.

ANYWAY so that's the predominate reason I've been down in the dumps, last year I suffered with quite chronic Anxiety and Depression and I felt like I was slipping into old ways. Due to my injuries I'm not allowed to physically exert myself until I've recovered, because of this I obviously can't do any exercise. Due to not being allowed to do any exercise, I've clearly seen this as an excuse to eat nothing but rubbish and I'm definitely starting to feel the effects of using food to cheer myself up. Top Tip, don't use food as comfort, if you're feeling low, talk to a friend or family or exercise. Exercise releases happy endorphins which get your engines revving and gets you "feeling yourself".

So enough of this destructive behaviour, I've had a word with myself and I'm taking full accountability of my actions, my excessive financial spending, eating rubbish and just essentially letting myself rot. This will not be happening anymore, there is no benefit from slowly but surely destroying yourself. I've decided to get myself back on track by setting some November goals which are as follows:

• Take control of my diet - Stop turning to fast food, coffee and ice cream every time I need cheering up and also stop using the 'hibernation' time of year as an excuse than it is socially acceptable to fatten up (it's not).
• Get down to 12 Stone - I for now will have to do this diet alone until I'm back up and running but me and my 12st 10.7lb arse will get ourselves sorted. 
• Drink more water - My fluid in take consists of primarily wine and coffee (I know, not great is it), so I will aim to drink at least 2 litres of water a day and drink more herbal tea and keep coffee strictly as treats.
• Sort my finances - I'm not in any debt or anything it's more a case of stop spending my money on rubbish and start saving as much as possible.
• Be more productive - I have been slacking on this blogging malarky, I have content inspo, but I've been too wrapped up in wallowing in my own misery to actually do anything productive.
• Enjoy life - It's silly really, when something as dramatic as a nasty car crash happens, it's meant to put your life into perspective, I've been so wrapped up in the stress and misery of it all. I've forgotten to appreciate, I am still alive, I still get to breathe and you wouldn't believe how often people take life for granted. I aim to live every second I have and make every second count for something.

It's not all bad, just after the car crash me and Dan had been to a local rural theme housing estate that we absolutely fell in love with, went to see the show home and was sold straight away. Then the tough stuff came, was there a house available for us? Could we afford it? Would we get a mortgage? Well I can answer all of those questions for you, there are 4 houses on the housing estate which have been built but cannot be released for purchasing until the other houses around them have been built and deemed as safe. So me and Dan have been watching the housing estate's website like a hawk waiting for them to be released. But in that time, we have been approved for the house affordability check AND got a mortgage offer secured, so the moment the house is released, we can buy it. So it's pretty exciting to think this time next year me and Dan could be home owners and living in our first home together, plus I get to pimp the house out however I like.

As a summary, I have come to terms with how I have been and how destructive to myself I've been, I'm coming to terms with loving myself and thought I would treat myself to a new hairstyle too (which I will post underneath). I turn 24 in a few days, I want to be able to look back in a year and say I took control of a situation I thought I couldn't and look at how far I have come. I will make sure I get back to posting at least once a week and give you regular updates about my journey to self love.

Just remember you're a bad ass and you can take whatever life throws at you, you are better than this and you can fight your demons.

All my love,

Bex