I am 20!!

Yaaay I turned 20 on August 30th! I am so grateful to God because I didn't even have to make it this far!

I had such a great birthday, it started at work on the 29th when my boyfriend came in with a bunch of roses and a badge for me! It was lovely! My colleagues were all like "awwwww" lol! also that night some of my friends came over for a girlie movie night!

I made my own "cocktail" lool it was supposed to be rum, sugar, cranberry juice and sparking water but silly me accidentally bought cranberry juice DRINK instead of just juice (and we all know there is a huge difference in taste lol) and I also bought soda water instead of sparkling and it didn't stay fizzy :( However with copious amounts of rum and sugar it ended up tasting lush! I was very pleased. My sister also had the idea to buy lime for the glasses and they ended up looking lovely!

We watched "Lottery Ticket" (Bow Wow✓) and also a film called "Dysfunctional Friends" which my friend recommended and was really good! We munched away, laughed loads and had a whale (Whale? Wale? Wail?) of a time!

The next day me and my sister went out to town to shop and get cake and tea! I got a lush Japanese Cherry Blossom body mist from The Body Shop (more details soon) and we had so much fun!

Me with my balloon from Kai! :D

We then went to The Marlowes Restaurant for lunch and had a blast! There was about 10 of us and the staff didn't mind us making loads of noise and also didn't mind us bringing our own wine! I had the southern fried chicken with curly fries and coleslaw, the chicken was a bit dry but the rest was lush!

The meal was £12.95, it would have been £8.50 for a main and dessert (lunch menu) but as we bought our own wine we had to order from the normal one but was still great!

We all decided we would split then meet back at mine for pre-drinks before going to The Cuban!

Red Velvet Cake with chocolate covered strawbs  courtasy of my friend Nicole! Place your orders guys! lol

My friends all pitched in to get us a private table with champagne and it was so nice! :'")

The next day I slobbed out with a pizza, "Americas Next Top Model" and the boyfriend until the afternoon when I went back home to visit my family for the week which was also awesome as it was my brother and my mums birthday whilst I was there!

Here's to being 20!

God Bless

Nay

xx

Update!: Hair, weight loss, movies, summer etc

Apologies for being away for a while! Started a new job in a cafe which is great but sometimes I feel too tired to do much else haha anyway here's what's been going on with me!


I have my natural hair out:

By natural I mean my real hair not my real texture (It's relaxed) if that makes sense, had weave in for quite a while so fancied a break! May switch it up before my birthday.

I'm trying to lose a bit of weight/tone up before my birthday:

Currently on day 4 and will keep you posted! I created a calender for this month so I can check what I've been eating and tick off the days I've worked out etc. I'm making sure I go to the gym at least 5 x a week and will try and eat healthy as often as I can (Chocolate has been my weaaaakness lately, goodness lol). My goal is to firm up my arms, trim down my tummy and thighs and hopefully reveal some cheek bone haha.

Example of a typical dinner: Prawn, Bacon & Chickpea salad with some low fat chocolate mousse for dessert...yum! Surprisingly filling

Summer update:

Can you believe how fast this Summer has gone!?! I've been staying in Canterbury as I am working here now..woohoo! I miss my family like you wouldn't believe and was gutted to miss my brothers graduation of his Masters (congratulationssss!:D) but besides that I've had a good time here! My bf and close group of friends at uni are still here and we've done things like gone to play snooker, darts, went to the zoo, cinema, out for dinner..its been fun!

Chocolat:

Can't believe how late I am a discovering the film Chocolat with Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche it's an amazing film about a chocolatier and her daughter and how they try and settle into a small French town. Johnny Depp plays "Roux" and looks FANTASTIC lol! It's a great film, a new favourite.

Sooo enough about me...how are you?:)

God Bless

Nay

xx

Travel with me: Malta!

(All pictures taken by me unless stated)
Those who have read some of my previous posts will know that I had a trip to Malta coming up, it was 20th - 27th March and it was awesome!❤ 

I hadn't been out of the country since visiting Jamaica in August 2011 (View post here) so it was lovely to get out of the country and visit somewhere new even if it was for uni haha,

I went with my Tourism class (& also a geography class but they stayed in another hotel so we only saw them at the airport) and we all had a laugh, the reason we went was for our Residential field course module where we have to do three presentations on different places in Malta.

For the first half of the trip we took the coach each day to lots of different places to get inspiration, find ideas and do research, the second half was mainly relaxing in the hotel or going for wanders then doing the presentations (found out at the end of the trip my group got a 2:1 woop!!)

(Pictures ranging from the Golden Bay to Cocktails in Gozo, Nutella ice cream in Valletta- the capital and the streets of Mdina)

(Churches, roof of the hotel, inside a Maltese university- bottom left & more)

The hotel we stayed in was called the Maritim Antonine Hotel and was 4* (Thanks uni!) It was a beautiful location and had various aspects for four stardom but some parts seemed a bit lower (especially the unwanted visit from ants in our room *shudders*)...now before you throw virtual bricks at me I am NOT complaining haha, we had a lovely stay and who can complain when we didn't have to pay lol



Malta itself was different to how I expected! The strong influences of various cultures were beautiful! From the Greek styled roof tops to the thin Italian streets and also North African influences.

(Top right is a flat ceiling in a church painted to look like a dome! Amazing!)

Highlights!

• The ice cream! - Trust my first point to be on food lol but the local ice cream really was lovely, they have such a broad range of flavours! From chewing gum to Nutella! haha

• The food! - Everything is so cheap and cheerful in Malta, in the supermarkets AND in the restaurants and cafe's...loved it! This "Sandwich" set me back only €3.50 and was so tasty!... →

• Going for wanders! - I can be a person who likes their own space sometimes, not in a rude way! But I loved taking my time and going through all the quaint shops and going around the streets looking at the houses, was so nice :')

• Gozo! - Gozo is another island near Malta, it's still apart of Malta but the people like to be called Gozians instead of Maltese, it only costed around €4.60 for a return ferry trip and it was such a nice place! and   food and drink are soo cheap there! (Malta is cheap too but Gozo just topped it!...life of a bargain hunter haha) We done some surveys and had lunch and a few drinks, was a great place to relax.

The Blue Grotto :') (Picture from Google)

• The people! - Where ever you go people normally say "the locals are nice" etc but in Malta they really are! So friendly and welcoming, even got a hug on the way home haha!

• The Blue Grotto!- This was one of my faaavourite places in Malta! So beautiful! My phone died so I didn't get to take any pics but will upload one from Google...

Sorry this post was so picture heavy but trust me it took me ages to get down to even this many haha!

Malta isn't always a tourist hotspot and it was quiet when we went (off peak season) but that added to the beauty and I would go back in a heartbeat :')

Thanks Malta for your great food, great people, great history & the sunshine I have craved ❤

God Bless

Nay

xx

Shoppinggggg❤

I have not been shopping in a long time so when my sister and her friend Adwoa invited me to hang out I was even more excited!
We went to Westwood Cross in Thanet and had a lovely time.

These are the lovely ladies I went with....

We first grabbed a bite to eat and ended up staying there for ages having a great girly chat, was so much fun! This is what I ordered....

New Look currently have a buy one get one free (cheapest item free) offer on their hair accessories & jewellery! Noticing this had us in the shop for a longggg time lol, here's what I ended up with....

This ring was £3.99

This flower was around £3 (please ignore the bathroom pics haha!)

Next up was H&M one of my favourite shops! I didn't manage to find a lot in this particular branch but I picked up a few sale items.

 This top is pretty simple and was £2 in the sale..yay! Apparently its meant to be a pyjama top but we'll breeze past that fact haha! It looks lovely on and fits well.

 I remember seeing a similar bag to this a while back in H&M so was pleased to find this bag on sale for £5!

Next up was Dorothy Perkins!.....

 I've had my eye on this kind of bracelet for a while! It's a bracelet connected to a ring and was only £2! Bargain!

Lastly we went to Top shop where I managed to get the item I was looking for the whole trip! A cropped tee! Now I know I haven't got the best tummy so I will wear this high wasted haha but when I get a bit slimmer I may possibly wear it like this.....possibly lol! Bought this top for £8.

(Ignore the mess teehee)

A few things also came in the post! My lashes from Ebay to practise with ( anyone who knows me knows I'm rubbish at applying them lol ) and also some free packets of Whey Protein loool sign up to Studentbeans.com and there are loads of freebies you can get sent to your door!

Happy shopping guys! and if anyone knows how I can style this crop top please get at me lol

God Bless

Nay 

xx

Excitement!!!

I'm sure nothing can beat the feeling of being excited!! perhaps maybe love but still excitement is an amazing emotion!

This is such a random post but I just felt like writing about a few things haha!

Firstly I'm getting my hair done soon by a company called The Boss Look woohoo! They do such gorgeous hair and I'm trying out Virgin Brazilian for the first time which should be arriving in the post tomorrow!

Check out The Boss Look ....here and browse their gorgeous pictures! Also follow them on Twitter... @TheBossLook and I will make sure to do a review :D

Second cause for excitement is that the Men in Black III premiere is coming to London soon! Hurray!

On the 16th May me and my sister will be travelling to Leicester Square to stand in a crowd for hours but it will be so worth it! I will be sure to take pictures to post on here. If I manage to get a picture with Will I think I will bounce off the walls LOL

So excited!! (as if you couldn't tell hah!) Things just seem to be going well at the moment besides exams, job hunting and my healthy eating swaying off track (you would have gained a pound just looking at the Chocolate cake I made and ate yesterday haha!) but I'm trying to keep a positive outlook on everything and it should all be just fine.

Enjoy life! have a positive outlook and be excited about the little things! I guarantee you will enjoy your days so much more:)

"Weeping may come in the night but joy comes in the morning" ! Psalm 30:5

God Bless

Nay 

xx

Note: None of the above images or videos belong to me.