GOOD MORNING!
(It's not morning, and if it was, there'd be nothing good about it, I'm sure...)

Now, I am no make up connoisseur. If I spend more than £10 on make up, it's a revolution. I've been taking my make up off before bed every day for a week now and I am impressed with myself. I am tight. And I like my bed. That's all there is too it really.

I wouldn't really think twice about leaving the house without make up, I just don't think I care enough. Which could be considered both a good and bad thing. I used to worry constantly about what people thought of me, what I looked like, and it was just too tiring. Nobody else cares or judges me if I go out without make up, and if they do, they're not the kind of people I want to spend any more time than necessary with.

It's time for another story about my adventures!

I've spoke a couple of times before about my time as a holiday rep, and the main reason I did the summer season was to get to Lapland for Christmas. My Mum took my little brother in 2014, and she said it was amazing, that the holiday rep was just like me and that I should definitely apply. So I did, I mean I was graduating, what did I have to lose? I knew I would have to do a summer season first but I was honest from the beginning, I just really wanted to go to Lapland.

GUYS - I have a bit of a confession to make...

I never used to like baths.
There, I said it!

When I was in Lapland I had a bit of a binge on LUSH, I think it was probably only the second time I've ever brought anything in LUSH (first time was the classic Bubblegum lip scrub) and I went a bit crazy. I will be doing reviews on the things I got once I have some empties because I brought a lot of things that are taking their time to use! But I did buy a bath bomb or two, and now I am into them... BIG TIME. I went over to Southampton the other day (we don't have a LUSH on the Island, it's a travesty!) and so it would've been rude not to pop into LUSH and get a couple of bath bombs.

Sit down, grab a cuppa, lets have a chat...

As some of you may not know, I graduated last July from the University of the Arts London with an Upper Second Class Honours in Production of Television and Live Events. I had many trials, tribulations and regrets from my time at Uni, but thats a story for another post. In this post I want to talk about what I've done SINCE Uni, and what I'm finding difficult about living the graduate life (spoiler: a lot). Hopefully it will be an interesting read even if you're not a studier of Television, but will also be an insight into how different careers progress etc.

This is so exciting!!
So a few days ago I got nominated for the Liebster Award by the lovely Grace - I had no idea what this meant! It turns out that the Liebster Award is basically a way for us newbie bloggers (ones with less than 1000 followers) to find each other, and is a chance for you guys to get to know me better!

Grace tagged me with 11 questions, and I'm going to tag some of the new bloggers I know with 11 new questions to get to know each other better, here we go!

So I recently had my third visit to Bounce in Holborn, and as each one has been under different circumstances I thought a bit of a review for any of you London folk might be useful.

Oh Jee Whizzaroonie.
This week (and a half) has been ridiiiculous. I've been off the Island on four seperate journeys, travelled on four different types of boat, been to Chichester, London, Brighton and Bristol and eaten awfully hehe. On a seperate note I've just had a very tricky couple of days which have made me realise how quickly things can change, and how much people mean to me.
Sorry, cringe alert but it's been a journey alright!

ANYWAY, I know I haven't posted this week and I am super sorry about that, I'd hoped that I would be able to keep up with my blog but alas, just didn't have the time. So to round things up

Here we go!
from the last few weeks, thought what better way than to do a week of pictures post...

It's been a crazy busy week here in Melberryy world!

Whilst normally I can easily go a month without venturing off the Island (January I'm looking at you) by the time this weekend finishes I will have travelled off the Island three times, on three different types of boat, to three different places, for three different experiences. Yes, I am tired. Living in London for three years at Uni I have kind of learnt what you need to take on journeys - but often lack the organisation to remember this...

But aye (why do I say that so much, I'm from nowhere near up North) I thought, why not make a blog out of this extremely busy week! So I'm writing about my short journey travel essentials!
(I also wanted to do a whats in my bag for other times, like a series, woo)







Of course you need a bag to keep all your stuff in! I'm a big fan of this bag from Primark which I spontaneously brought the other day (I hate shopping, parting with money for clothes is painful for me) it is the perfect size for my purse and a few other bits, without allowing me to clutter up my bag with stuff I don't need!

Diary/Notepad
My New Years resolution for this year was to become more organised, so I have started carrying around and filling up my 2016 diary wherever I go. I got this one for Christmas, but I know WH Smith and T K Maxx do a great selection of diaries and notepads!

Book
I loooove a good book. I have always loved a good book. But since the old technology has come around I often get to engrossed in watch a film or rewatching the whole 6 series of Great British Bake Off (yes, that is real life). So I decided to take a step back and get some new books for me to stick my nose into, as well as re-reading some of the classics *cough* Harry Potter *cough*. I'm currently reading Ten Years in TV by Lord Sugar, anyone who is an Apprentice fan like myself you will LOVE this book, brings back some great memories! Trying to power read it over the next journey I make so I can send it to him to get it signed, eyyyy.

Portable Phone Charger
Unless you are capable of witchcraft (and you can teach me) your phone will need regular recharging. I used to use my Mac to recharge my phone whilst on the go - which wasn't the best solution as it is cumbersome and by charging my phone I decharge my Mac... Luckily I landed upon one of these portable chargers when my phone charger broke, and I needed a fix when I was shopping! When you buy them they already have good charge, and when fully charged they can get your phone from 0-100! This one was £6 from Primark, and I love this multiuse charger which was only £1.50 from there! Shown with my iPhone with the fabulous Harry Potter case, no surprise there!

Breath Spray
So, I brought this in Primark after having heard a girl say ' this was the worst 60p I ever spent, it tasted horrible'... Odd thing to persuade me to part with my hard earned cash isn't it? But there I had, a bit of an epiphany. You know when you brush your teeth at night it's hard because then you realise you can't eat anything...? No? Just me? I thought if I carried this around not only would I have minty fresh breath, maybe it'll stop me snacking cause I won't want things to taste minty. Can't say it's been that successful yet as it's only been two days, but time will tell! And it doesn't taste that bad.

Munch
So contrasting to my previous ramble, but I need something to snack on whilst I read my book. I normally go with something like Fruit Pastilles or some popcorn to keep me going, and not fall asleep and have everything nicked... not an ideal situation.

Drink
I don't know what it is at the moment but I cannot get enough water at the moment. This probably isn't a bad thing as we're always being told to drink more water, and my skin is certainly thanking me for it! My thing for the last year or so has been fruit infused water, so I did have a special bottle which had a case for the fruit. However, the student life got the better of that and it got a bit skank from lack of washing up on time, so now I just use a regular bottle and chuck some fruit in. My favourite is mint and lime, but I'm going to do a post about all my different recipes SOON!

Dry Shampoo
On one of my trips out this week it got to just before I had to leave and I realised - my hair is a bit grim. My hair is normally okay, but suddenly I woke up and looked like a fried egg. So when we landed on a Primark I got this handy sized bottle of dry shampoo, to carry around with me to avoid these situations! Anyway, dry shampoo can be very handy just to give your hair some Va Va VOOOOM.

Earphones
Yes, I know I said that I have started to read books now, but what if I finish the book? What about if there are annoying school kids on my train or I start to feel car sick in the coach? These are only cheap ones from Tesco, and they're usually just for work, but they've lasted me squashing them up, standing on them and they still work better than my Beats...

Perfume/Deodrant
I always seem to have to run for trains/coaches/tubes/boats/planes so I find it quite useful to have a little bit of spray on me for these situations. You can get lots of free samples online which are very useful as they don't take up much space!

GoPro
I brought the GoPro Hero 4 Silver before I went to Lapland in November, and it was quite possibly the best thing I ever bought. It was perfect for capturing my adventures over there with Huskies and Reindeer, and is so small I could carry it around everywhere with me! To this day I rarely leave the house without it - just in case!


So, there you go, thats what I carry around when I journey around the UK - and now I'm packed ready to galavant up to London tomorrow! Be sure to add me on Snapchat on Melberryyy for loads of snaps of my adventures!
What about you? Where do you like to go and what do you take?

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