Pinterest

I spend faaaaar too many hours on Pinterest looking at all sorts of random things! Unfortunately though I don't have many people to 'follow' on there and I would really like to see what kinds of things that other people pin on there! 

I think Pinterest is such a fantasy sometimes for me, I pin things I would like in my future house, clothes I would love to look good in, places I would like to go, food I would like to eat and so on. 

What sorts of things do you pin?! You can find my profile here and I would love it if you shared yours in the comments below! 

I'm taking part in Grab a Friend today!

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Welcome to the weekly blog hop , Grab A Friend 

Link up here , answer a question , grab a blogger and be friends!

Every week this hop is created with lots of love + fun . So be sure to share it to more and more people can catch up and our lovely little hop can be large with more friends ;)

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When you go to follow your hosts , leave the answer to make their day + a bloggy present .  We all would love to share love back { will follow you back} .

This hop is for finding new friends & bloggy mates . So be sure to go and find yourself one . Hop over to at least three of the blogs. I am so happy cheery to see you all linking up with us every Tuesday . Yip-yip , you're rocking . 

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Q: which resolution tops in your new year resolutions?

Noor : 

Focusing on priorities . It makes me sound like Poppy in Sophie Kinsella's book , I've Got Your Number but booohoo , if you can't focus on something , you CAN'T do anything.

Areeba :
BLOGGING! Oh I'm kidding. I wouldn't mind it but let's get serious! All I want to write & research. I'd go for journalism. I can stick to this career for the rest of my life.

Loretta:
My top resolution is to spend more time in the library focussing on my university work this year.

Diana :
To blog more often! Since I'm finish with school, I wanna be more active in my blog and post more entries per week :D

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Grab a friend is BACK after a month . Darn , it was long . So we're taking co-hosts again , just fill this form to get on the list again . Let's be friends , people!

Good Reads

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Ever since I can remember, I have had my nose stuck in a book and not much has changed! Whilst I don't have as much time as I would like to for recreational reading at University, I still manage to find myself with an ever growing pile of books on my bedside table and relish any time I do find for reading! In fact I am considering stopping my Netflix subscription for a month after exams to force myself to read more! 

Good Reads is a social network site type thing for those who like reading, you can say what books you are reading, would like to read, have read etc and share your opinions on books you have read.

If you are a reader then you can find my profile for Goodreads here! Please do come say hello and share what you are reading, I am always after a good book recommendation! 

Making the most out of a bad situation

So its minus degrees outside (yes I did say MINUS), what reason could you possibly have for going outside?! Maybe you're in labour or have some other form of medical emergency that requires you to go to the hospital, but wanting to blow bubbles?!- you'd have to be mad right... well actually no. 

When a 7 year old asked his mum if they could go outside and blow bubbles during one of America's biggest freezes ever, you would think that they were a little strange, that is until you see the results of their bubble blowing here.

The images they captured were simply magnificent and I can only imagine the fun and excitement they had waiting to see how each new bubble would freeze! This afternoon will surely create a lifetime of fond memories for the mother and son.

 It would have been so easy for them to wrap up in a blanket in front of the fire and feel sorry for themselves due to the treacherous conditions outside but instead they made the most of a bad situation and created such spectacular images that I can't stop looking at them!

Filofax Apex Giveaway Winner!

This was my first ever giveaway and picking the winner really was rather exciting! 

The winner was Sara and I have sent her a tweet and will email her shortly with the news, if for some reason I cannot get in touch with Sara by the end of this week then I will draw another winner using the rafflecopter giveaway thingy! 

I hope all of you lovely people who followed me in order to enter the giveaway stick with my blog and enjoy what I have been posting lately. Sorry to those of you who didn't win, if I ever become Prime Minister I will give everyone a Filofax :P 

xo

Everybody needs somebody sometimes

I don't know if it is just me but I find that being a girl in today's society there is the need to appear as though you can cope on your own and you definitely don't need the support of a man, thats so 1930s darling.

However due to life events recently it has made me realise that its okay to need a hug or have your day completely brightened by a text from that special some one. I find it really difficult to understand those people that take their loved ones for granted and I really do not know what I would do without the support I get from my amazing friends and family. 

So many of us suffer in silence because we don't want to make it seem like we cannot cope and we are not held together and on top of our lives. I also think that this is a very British thing. Really though the only people that we are harming by keeping quiet is ourselves, like the old saying goes, a problem shared is a problem halved. 

If you do just one thing today then tell someone if you're worried about something and need a shoulder to lean on. Remember guys you can always email me, I love giving advice and helping people with their problems! 

New Year's Resolutions

Just when you thought that you were finally free from all of those 'new year, new me' statuses cramming up your news feed I am here (all be it a little late) with mine! Due to the passing of my much beloved Nan, I took the start of January off as a hiatus from blogging and so now that I'm back I am playing catch up! The funeral is on Thursday and after that normal service will hopefully be resumed around here on The University Project!

Every year I say that I am going to eat healthier and try and shift a few pounds (as do most of the female population) but I am absolutely awful at sticking to it so this year I am simply opting for drinking more water and hoping once I've sorted that I can add in a few more baby steps and gradually become healthier, I am also aiming to plan my meals more this semester so hopefully I can stick to this! 

I am really bad at getting myself overly stressed about situations and especially in relation to University work so this year I am going to try and reduce the amount I stress out about deadlines! I am aiming to come up with a Library schedule as I find that I am much more productive there and feel much better after having spent a few hours doing my work in the confines of the Library walls.

This year I want to start taking better care of my skin and body in general! Since being a student I have been opting for the cheapest options possible and I feel that my skin has suffered because of this, as well as my hair. I got the Soap and Glory Yule Monty set for Christmas so that is a step in the right direction but if anybody has any suggestions for products for dry/sensitive/red skin then PLEASE send them my way, they will be most appreciated! 

Develop and maintain a budget! I am really good at coming up with budgets, however I am not so good at actually sticking to them! I am starting to use the cash envelope system for budgeting that I have seen more and more recently on blogs and I will post an update about how I am getting on with this after I have used it for a bit longer. Do any of you use this budgeting method? I am becoming increasingly more aware about how difficult it is for graduates to find a job and so I want to have saved up some money as a safety net for when I graduate myself. 

Appreciate my boyfriend more. Having been together for over two years now I sometimes feel like I take our relationship for granted, but I can't picture my life without him now (cheese alert!) and so I am going to try and be a better girlfriend this year! The same is true for my family and friends, losing my Nan has made me realise how many awesome people I have in my life. 

Learn to drive. This is something that I have been saying I will do for a good 18 months now and I have still not had a single driving lesson! So this year I am determined to start driving lessons, take and pass my theory test and be on my way to passing my driving test by this time next year. 

What resolutions have you made this year?