10 Things I am Thankful For

1. My Family

I'm fortunate enough to come from a big family, and my immediate family in particular are very close. I am very thankful for every single one of them.

2. My Boyfriend

I am lucky enough to have found love at such a young age, I met Chris almost 7 years ago and we got on straight away, we got closer and closer over the years and around 3 years ago we started dating. I couldn't imagine a more loving, kind person to spend my time with.

3. My Friends

Moving to a new city is difficult, especially a city as big as London. Finding and making friends is even more difficult, especially genuine friends, I haven't found a lot, but I am so grateful for the ones I do have.

4. My Home

I am 21 and living in Central London with my boyfriend, something I never thought possible but always dreamed of. I am so thankful to always have my own place to come home to. A roof over my head is something I try to be thankful for every single day.

5. Mine and my loved ones health

Another thing I cherish every day is my health and my loved ones' health. 

I see and hear of sick people all of the time and my heart breaks for them, I am so thankful that everybody that I love is in good health.

6. The place I grew up

As much as I love London, sometimes it's nice to get away, I am lucky enough to still have all of my family living where I grew up. A small town surrounded in country side, I love visiting home, I fall in love with the place more and more now that I am older. 

7. London

A strange one to add I know. But I am very grateful for this chapter of my life. I don't know how long I will live in London but I know that when I do move away, it will be a place I look back at fondly. I'm grateful to have this experience, to be living in a city that many people would love to live in. To experience all that London has to offer, it's a dream.

8. The material things 

Another strange one I know, and I don't mean to sound shallow or materialistic. But in my life I feel I work hard to earn a few luxury's in life that I know others can't. I will say that nothing has ever been handed to me, my parents never spoilt me or anything like that, and I've worked for everything that I own. But I am lucky enough to have everything I need and sometimes want and I am thankful for that.

9. The little things

Sometimes it's not the big things that make me happy, I so happy for the little things in life, an extra hour in bed, the sun shining through my window, advent calenders at Christmas when you're an adult, coming home to a clean house. There's so many little things in life that I'm so grateful for and that make me so happy to be alive.

10. You

For every single person that has ever read the rubbish that I have to say. Sometimes I just come here to rant and don't expect anybody to read it, but I'm thankful for those of you who do, so thank you!

I wanted to do this post in honor of thanksgiving, I know us Brits don't celebrate it, but it's nice to sometimes take a step back and look around you and be grateful for what you have.

Feel free to share what you're thankful for, I would love to have a read.

May Non-Beauty Favourites

Hello! So seems as I have been loving a lot of things lately, I thought I would share, if you would like to know beauty related things I have been liking lately you can see them here.

TV Show

Revenge! I started watching this back I'm February I think and I'm finally caught up.

It is so good! The characters, the plot, the twists, everything! It's so addictive.

Music

I've been loving Angus and Julia Stone lately, especially their song 'For You' she has the most beautiful voice.

Food

Cadburys Crunchie Rocks, so addictive.

And Nutella Pancakes.

Place

Hyde Park. So little did I know, I live a five minute walk from Hyde Park. I've been before but have been going a lot lately and exploring, cycling, jogging around. It's a beautiful place.

What have you been loving lately?

My Thoughts on Living in London (Part 3)

Why I love London.

I realise my past two posts, here and here, have been quite negative views on London. Don't get me wrong, I could rant all day about the place. But I wouldn't be living here unless I loved it. So today I thought I'd cheer up and write about why I love London. 

The culture. How everybody has a different story. The food selection. Never seeing anybody you know. Everyday being completely different. Always having something to do. The shopping. The fashion. The accent. The buildings. 24 hour public transport. The lifestyle. The nightlife. Discovering new places. 

I'm thinking and planning on doing a London series soon on here, like my favourite places to visit and things like that, so if you're interested in seeing that let me know.
Have a great day :)

2013 Random Favourites!

Hi guys!

I'm back again with yet another 'end of the year' themed post and today I'm going to tell you all about some of my favourite things from 2013. I will be doing another 2013 favourites post on my other blog which will consist of all things beauty, hair and skin care in the next day or so, so keep posted on that.

So without further ado, here's a round up of things I've been loving this year!

Favourite Person:

So of course, it's no surprise that my boyfriend Chris is my favourite person. He puts up with a lot being with me, but we really do have a great relationship and he has been so good to me this year.

Favourite Place:

This is quite tricky, I've found myself appreciating visiting home a lot more this year so that's definitely up there. Over the summer my favourite place was definitely Southend beach, I think it's so under rated compared to other beaches around London, but I had so much fun there this year.

Favourite App: 

Probably Instagram or Pintrest. I'd love to say a new found discovery, but to be honest I'm not hugely into games or anything exciting so there's nothing exciting on my phone sadly.

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink:

A new discovery (invention) this year was Peach and Apricot Fanta, I can't even express my love for it!  

Favourite Alcoholic Drink:

Working in a cocktail bar for two years I was always discovering new drinks, as well as going to several cocktail bars in my free time ha! A few favourites would be frozen Strawberry Margaritas, Disaronno Royale (champagne with lemon and disaronno) or a French Martini. Yum.

Favourite Food:

This year I've found myself loving anything spicy. I think my taste buds kinda got bored of normal food and wanted everything to be spicy. Other than that my food habits haven't really changed, I like burgers, cheese, curry and anything that's bad for me. 

Favourite Restaurant:

I'm quite low maintenance when it comes to restaurants (obviously I expect good service and good food) but I'm not hugely into very fancy restaurants. My boyfriend's family are into fine dining so I'm lucky enough to eat at some great places but my favourites still continue to be Byron Burger and TGI Friday's.

Favourite Book:
So I've finally got back into reading again after a year break and I've read quite a few books this year, but my favourite would have to be Dorothy Koomson's - Rose Petal Beach

Favourite Memory:
2013 has definitely been a year of making memories, in particular mine and my boyfriend's first holiday to Marbella.

Favourite TV show?

Gossip Girl. I can't believe I only discovered it this year! It's my favourite TV show of all time, I could watch it daily (and I do most days).

Favourite Artist?
This is so difficult, there's so much music I really like I can never choose favourites  this year I've been loving Ellie Goulding (kinda cheating because I've always liked her), Bastille, Ben Howard also.

Favourite Movie?
This is another difficult one, I've seen plenty of good films this year including one of my favourites Now you See me, but the takes the throne (and yet again I'm late to the party) is Pitch Perfect, I didn't expect myself to like this as much as I did, I'm not into musicasly at all, but this is so funny and I loved it!

That's about all I can think of, it's been a great year with plenty of discoveries and new things going on.
I have a couple more New year's themed posts on their way in the next week, but if I don't get on here in the next couple of days, then I hope you all have the best new year!
Thank you for everything! 

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everybody!
While I sit here in a food coma with a glass of wine in hand I thought I'd spare a few minutes from my hectic, fun filled day to come here and wish all of you lovelies a merry Christmas.
I hope all of your days are family filled and full of happiness.
Thank you for your constant support, have the best day.

Home Bound #2

As you know by previous posts, I went home for a few days over the weekend, as well as capturing some moments on video I also managed to sneak in some pictures too. It's easy to get caught up in the city life, so I do really enjoy the peace and tranquility of my home town, and it's wonderful this time of year.

Enjoy.

Trick or Treat....

Ahh Halloween!

Probably my favourite holiday except Christmas! I love how 'into it' people get. I love the colours, I love pumpkins, I love the amount of sweets it's acceptable to eat, I love dressing up, I love Halloween parties, I love horror movie marathons, I love the excitement, I love the fear, I love everything about it!

Tonight I'm going out to a Halloween party with a group of friends, we're all dressing up and I'm very excited! I love this time of year!

Do you have any plans tonight?!

Girl's Day at the Beach!

Hey, so as you know this month for me has been filled with adventures and fun, hence the lack of blogging.

So a couple of weeks ago my sister invited me on a much needed girls day at the beach! 

 We headed down south to the closest beach to us where we met a friend and her beautiful little daughter and we enjoyed the sun, ate ice cream and went on loads of rides!

It was a fun day and very nice to take a break for my very stressful mind.
We laughed lots and made sand castles like we were children. It was lovely. 

A to Z of me, F is for...

F IS FOR: FAMILY

I couldn't possibly do a tag about my life without including the most important people in my life and the people who make me who I am, could I?

I have a big family, some of which I don't even know exist, they're all over the world too.

But my immediate family, which includes my Mom, my 4 older sister's and their children are my everything. 

I'm proud to have came from a pretty close knit family, my sister's and I are all two years apart, making us all able to pretty much enjoy the same things and all get along really well (when they're not stealing my clothes that is)!

Of course we fight and argue and there have been physical fights in the past too, but I think we're a lot closer than most families and I know that if I ever needed anything they'd all be there.

As for my nieces and nephews, they're the people that keep me smiling even on the worst days, I have so much love for them and I care about them stupid amounts. I love seeing them grow older and develop their own little personalities.

As for my Mom, she holds it all together, she raised us all to be strong and independent, I don't give her enough credit considering how tough it must have been to raise 5 very opinionated girls, but she did a great job!

I'll insert a few family pictures below :) 

 All my nieces and nephews minus one! 

 

 All of my sister's! 

happiness.

love love love

my boyfriend, best friend and most favourite person in the world, i could spend hours just looking at him, he makes me happy and i'm a very lucky girl to have him (L)

welcome to jodie.

MY FIRST EVER BLOG!

hello, i'll probably find myself on here a lot, and i have decided now that i will stick to this and write in here about anything that is on my mind, well most things at least.


i will include as much as possible i guess, thoughts, dreams, ideas, memories, random thoughts and ideas, quotes i like, facts i've learnt, pictures maybe and just generally things that fascinate me or happen to be on my mind :)


i'm jodie btw, i hate using capital letters and my mood changes pretty quickly.


i'd like to post my first blog wishing my beautiful niece Keira (used a capital letter for that one) a happy second birthday tomorrow! (L) her mom, my sister, happens to be in hospital now, but is out tonight and i look forward to seeing them both tomorrow, so happy birthday angel xxx





i'll be on here often i'm sure, maybe even later as i'm new and have lots to say :)