24 Things Before 24!

Hi girls!!

So as I turned 23 last Sunday, I want to create a list of goals for the next year! Some are big and some are just little, but still I am hopefully going to do them all!! If you want to see how I got on with my goals for last year then click here!

1. Buy our first home!! Robert and I are both still living with our parents and Robert mostly stays at my house. After 4 and a half years its about time we got our own place and I can't wait till we find one!!

2. I really want to try out some new foundations. I am very loyal when it comes to foundation, so this is definitely something I am going to change up a bit and find some new ones that give me a different look and feel! 

3. At the moment, after a friend recommended it to me, I have been watching Gossip Girl.   Obviously it was a huge tv show, but I never actually watched it once. So Since starting from the beginning, I am in love with it!! I can't wait to watch all the series and see what happens! This is the episode I have watched up to...

4. In May, Robert and I are finally going to the Warner Brother Studios to see Harry Potter Studio Tour!! I cannot wait!!

5. Robert and I are going to Silverstone at the end of June for the Formula One!! I got us tickets for Roberts Christmas, so he is very excited about it and so am I! 


6. I really need (and want) to learn how to cook. At the moment I don't cook at all and I can't wait till we get our own house and we can cook whatever we want! At the moment my mum and dad are getting a new kitchen put in, so I think it will be a good place to learn (if my mum lets me that is...)! Oh and also I cannot wait to be able to bake cakes and cookies, yummy!!

7. Moving on from number 6 I really need to try and eat more healthy foods, which will really be able to happen once I learn how to cook! I am such a fussy eater and almost have a fear of eating certain things so this will be a scary step, but I will try! Oh and looking at the photo above really does not help with the healthy eating goal, but hey ho!!

8. We are getting to take our nephew Robbie to Disneyland Paris!! Robert's sister is getting married in September and while they are on honeymoon, Robert and I get to take Robbie on an amazing adventure!! He will be so excited, as he will be three and a half by then. It is going to be all so magical to him, I can't wait to see his wee face!!

9. I have been feeling very content with life recently and I would love for this to continue and keep feeling happy!!

10. After getting loads of games for my new 3DS, I now have all 5 of the Professor Layton games (I love puzzles)! Three of them are brand new, so I want to play and complete all five of the Professor Layton games in order! I'm sure it will be easy.... I hope!

11. I really want to save money up this year, as well will need to be buying lots for when we get a house! Will definitely be doing this one and cut down with the buying of hings, not that I am too bad anyway!

12. By April next year I would love to reach 300 followers on my blog! Fingers crossed I can do this one!

13. After getting my hair cut really short in 2011 and keeping it that way for over a year, I have been really wanting to get my hair back to being long again! This quest started probably about June 2012 and it has grown quite a bit in that time!! My hair grows quite fast anyway, so its definitely getting there! I would love to have long hair again!

14. I would love to make some new friends, whether real life ones or bloggy ones,  I don't mind! Hehe!

15. As I work everyday I really need to try and make some time for myself  and relax! Don't know how I will do this, but I will try!!

16. I really want to get my clothes sorted and actually be able to see what I have in my wardrobe and drawers easily! This means a tidy up and sorting session!!

17. I need to start exercising, whether it be going back to horse riding, joining a gym or just going ot for long walks with Robert! I need to get myself fitter and in better shape!

18. I'm going to complete my new game, Pokemon White 2! I have hardly ever completed a Pokemon game, as much as I used to love playing the! This one though is going to be beaten!! And yes I love Pokemon!

19. Robert and I have not been to the cinema in 2013!! This is just completely crazy! We used to go to the cinema every two weeks!! To be honest there has not been anything so far that has caught our eye, but coming up there are loads of films so this will definitely change!! I miss the cinema!!

20. Ok I will keep this one simple.... Put a ring on it Robert!! Ok?! 

21. I really want to see my friends more and do lots of fun things with them! Its hard because everyone works and we hardly get a time when everyone is free. So this is going to change and I'm going to make loads more time for them!

22. I'm going to be sending out my Pay It Forward mail. I have got the months when I am sending it etc, still need to write the letters!

23. I want to make a scrapbook of Robert and I's memories of our holiday, I love the idea of scrapbooking, but as per usual ever have had a chance to look into it. This year I will make one!!

24. Last but not least and more likely just a dream, but I would love to go back to the USA!! Robert and I love it there and can't wait to go back!! Not sure what part, but probably Chicago! It looks like an amazing city!!

Photos (bar one) courtesy of weheartit.com!

And that is my 24 things!! So most of them are just little fun things, but hopefully I will have completed all of these by April 2014!! Wish me luck!!

Love, Jen x

23 Things Before 23 Recap!

Hi Girls!! 

Well its my Birthday tomorrow and I turn 23 (eeep!!), so it was about time I posted about how I got on with my 23 Things Before 23 challenge! I had to come up with 23 things that I wanted to do before I turned 23! Here is a reminder of what they were and how I got on!!

1. Finally graduate university! - I graduated university in November! 

2. Go to California! - We had the time of our lives in California at the end of February and during March!

3. Speaking of going to gorgeous beaches in California, I would really really love one of these when we are there:

Tiffany! Uhuh. Robert knows all this already anyway! Honestly its about time he does it, I mean it will be four and a half years of being together. So yea the time has come! Robert you have been told love! Hehe! - Ok so before. we went on our holiday I knew this was not going to happen. It will definitely happen one day when Robert has the money to buy it and not going on a really expensive holidays!! Haha

4. Go to Disneyland Resort! - We were there for two days in March and it was totally amazing!!!

Disneyland Park

Disney California Adventure Park

5. Drive around America (well California, Nevada and Arizona) in a Mustang!! - We got one!! His name was Roo and he was pretty awesome!!!

6. Visit the Grand Canyon! I'm so excited, especially as we are driving to it and not on a silly tour bus!! - Ok so Robert and I did even better than drive to it, we went on a helicopter and landed inside the Grand Canyon. It was completely unbelievable!! 

7. Go to the Harry Potter Studios this year! - So sadly we never made it there, but we have tickets booked to go and see it in May!! So I will definitely be going soon! Yay!!

8. Go to the London 2012 Olympics! - That feels like so so long ago! Robert and I were lucky enough to go to 5 events down in London and it was just amazing to have been there!!

My Olympics!

9. Keep blogging my heart out! I love my little blog and I never thought it would be what it has become! Thank you all very much for following and reading my posts! - This one has been easy!!! I love everything about blogging, so it would be impossible to stop!

10. Hopefully reach 200 followers by April!? - Nope, but you have 180 followers, which is amazing!! Thank you all so much for following my blog it means so much!

11. Have a house/flat with Robert! Honestly we need one really badly! I cannot wait until one pops up and it can be ours! - This one is also a no, but we now know we can get a mortgage! Woohoo, so it is just a matter of time until we find one we love!

12. Have watched all the Desperate Housewives episodes again! I am currently watching season 2! I can't believe how much I have forgotten about what happened! - Yea this was an easy one! I watched them all again within two months or something!! It is a great show!

13. Keep up with my spending ban!! I'm gonna do it guys!! - I did it!! I finished it in January and was very proud of myself for completing a 6 month spending ban!!

14. Get a career.... - Ok so I do have a career, but really its more like a job at the moment!

15. Ok know what you want to do as a career?! Help anyone! I hate being one of these people who have just no clue at all what they want to do! - And I'm still not sure of this either!! Oops!

16. Use my Lilly Pulitzer planner until its blue in the face! Ok maybe that's not the right phrase... As it is kind of already a bit blue, but what I mean is make sure you use it! But I know I definitely will because its fabulous!! Come see the post I wrote on it here!! - Ok so I ended up not using this by October, the format just didn't work for me, but I have found one that is!! My Erin Condren Life Planner is amazing!!

17. No longer work 7 days a week, because doing that is hard and tiring and I never get time for myself! That is why I want to do number 14/15! - Ok so this one has not been done either. I love both my jobs and seem to ot mind working 7 days a week! I have been doing it for nearly 3 years! Why stop now?!

18. Get back into horse riding! I absolutely adore it and haven't been in ages! I miss it so much! I have been riding my whole life, so when I don't ride for a long time I miss being around them! - Sadly I have not done this one. I really would love to start back again! 

19. Spend a whole day with my lovely Robert in bed watching all 8 of the Harry Potter films! Pretty please Robert this would be so fun! Haha. - Oh darn, we never did this, probably because I never get a day when I'm not doing anything and Robert works all the time too! Hmmm, I will need to find a way to do this! Maybe before we got to the Harry Potter Studios!!

20. How about get a Mac book pro for Christmas? - Ok so I never asked for one for Christmas, mostly because my dad got a new laptop and it seems to have been adopted by me! Hehe!

21. I need a new phone! Like the one I have is absolutely rubbish! I think I will just have to get an iphone and I will get a really super pretty cover for it like this! - Yay I got an iPhone 5 in January, but I am still trying to get this blooming cover! At the moment I think it is only made for 4 and 4s, so I am patiently waiting for my pink kitty cover! I do have a case on it just now, bt I want a kitty one! Haha!

How cute!!!! 

22. Be happy and feel good about myself! Try and wear make up more often, as it makes me feel nicer! - Well I feel as if I have done this one! My skin feels better than what it used to be (touch wood!) and I wear make up more often as my skin is good! So that makes me happy! Yay!

23. Make Robert and I's relationship the best it can be! - Done! Robert and I are i such a good place right now! Happy chappies! Hehe!

So we should add up how I have done! I got 13 out of 23!! So it could have been better! Although I am really pleased as I did some things that were just completely amazing once in a life time type things! Also I didn't get a full year at it, I will be doing another one of these for next year, and I will get a full year to complete it! Some of the things I never did in this one, might be in my next one, but only ones that are really important! How did you girls think I did?

Love, Jen x

Any Resolutions?

Hi girlies!

I guess a lot of people will make new year resolutions at this time. I am not really one for actually creating a list of resolutions as such, but I do make little goals for myself with things I would love to achieve. So here are my few for the year 2013!

Robert and I are desperate to get our own place this year!! We are really wanting to buy our own flat and this year (after our holiday) it is our goal to be able to put down a deposit for a cute little flat of our own! I think this is probably our biggest goal this year.

A goal of my own now, I really want to start eating better and stop eating rubbish all the time! Now this will be a lot easier once we have our own kitchen and are able to cook without being disturbed by other people cooking! Also I am really hoping to get into better shape this year. 2012 for me was a year of eating junk food and not really looking after myself! So I think 2013 will e a year of me to really look after my skin, my body and my diet. Maybe actually do some exercise! Eeek!

Obviously one of my biggest goals is to continue with my blogging. This time last year, I was reading a few blogs, but had no intentions of ever starting my own! I am so glad I took the plunge and it is now a big part of my life and I love it!! I can't wait for my little blog to continue growing and for me to hopefully make some more bloggy friends! Also Its a Blondes Life will be having its second give away when it reaches 150 followers! Yay!

If you were following my blog during summer, I did a link up and stated 23 goals before I become 23 (7th April!). I cannot wait for my holiday and I am going to be able to tick so many of these off the list!! Another one of my goals in that post was to get an iPhone and finally have a good phone! I cannot wait to get Instagram! My contract finally ends later on this month! Yay its nearly time!!   

I thought I would also put in one of my lifetime goals too and that is to visit all 50 states of America! You probably all know by now that I love America and I would love, love , love to be able to visit every one! I will do it people! I cannot wait for my holiday now... Yesterday was the last day I won't be working until the 24th of February (the day before we leave!). I really didn't want to go back to work this morning! After 5 whole days off from work in a row and just being able to relax for all of them was amazing! My next day off will be for packing and then I will be off on an amazing adventure! I just want to go now!!!

Images courtesy of weheartit.com!

Most of all I just want to enjoy 2013, I know its going to be a good year!I would love to know what your goals are for 2013! Let me know in the comments!

Love, Jen x

23 Things Before 23!

Hi!! Today I am linking up with Living in Yellow for a great idea that she came up with! For me I am going to do 23 things before 23, as I will turn 23 in April! If you want to join in then you have to do it with either your age or the age you will turn next! I love Erin's blog and if you haven't seen her before, then you must!!! She is absolutely hilarious and just super lovely!

1. Finally graduate university in November!! Honestly my uni has totally just been messing me around! Grrr!

2. Go to California! Yay its all booked and going at the end of February!

3. Speaking of going to gorgeous beaches in California, I would really really love one of these when we are there:

Tiffany! Uhuh. Robert knows all this already anyway! Honestly its about time he does it, I mean it will be four and a half years of being together. So yea the time has come! Robert you have been told love! Hehe!

4. Go to Disneyland Resort! Ahhh already happening in March! I cannot wait it is going to be AMAZING! 

5. Drive around America (well California, Nevada and Arizona) in a Mustang!! Oh yea!! How about like this one?! 

Teehee!! That would be awesome! Although some how I doubt any hire companies have one that looks like this... How rubbish! I will keep my fingers crossed, hehe!

6. Visit the Grand Canyon! I'm so excited, especially as we are driving to it and not on a silly tour bus!! 

7. Go to the Harry Potter Studios this year!

8. Go to the London 2012 Olympics! Ahhh cannot wait! Less then two weeks and I will be there!

9. Keep blooging my heart out! I love my little blog and I never thought it would be what it has become! Thank you all very much for following and reading my posts! 

10. Hopefully reach 200 followers by April!? 

11. Have a house/flat with Robert! Honestly we need one really badly! I cannot wait until one pops up and it can be ours! 

12. Have watched all the Desperate Housewives episodes again! I am currently watching season 2! I can't believe how much I have forgotten about what happened!

13. Keep up with my spending ban!! I'm gonna do it guys!! Wooo!

14. Get a career....

15. Ok know what you want to do as a career?! Help anyone! I hate being one of these people who have just no clue at all what they want to do! 

16. Use my Lilly Pulitzer planner until its blue in the face! Ok maybe that's not the right phrase... As it is kind of already a bit blue, but what I mean is make sure you use it! But I know I definitely will because its fabulous!! Come see the post I wrote on it here!! 

17. No longer work 7 days a week, because doing that is hard and tiring and I never get time for myself! That is why I want to do number 14/15! Hehe

18. Get back into horse riding! I absolutely adore it and haven't been in ages! I miss it so much! I have been riding my whole life, so when I don't ride for a long time I miss being around them!

19. Spend a whole day with my lovely Robert in bed watching all 8 of the Harry Potter films! Pretty please Robert this would be so fun! Haha I can just imagine his face when he reads this! He would be like what no way! Well tough luck its happening!! 

20. How about get a Mac book pro for Christmas? Yup that will do.

21. I need a new phone! Like the one I have is absolutely rubbish! I think I will just have to get an iphone and I will get a really super pretty cover for it like this: 

How cute!!!! 

22. Be happy and feel good about myself! Try and wear make up more often, as it makes me feel nicer! 

23. Make Robert and I's relationship the best it can be! Can't wait for California, hehe! Wink, wink!!!

Love, Jen x

7 Wants...

Hi girls! Its day 4 of this challenge!

Ok so as it says above, I have to tell you 7 wants!! Now I think I will do like proper wants, rather than a wish list type thing of items that I want to buy!

1. I want a flat with Robert!!! That has got to be my number one thing that I want and obviously that Robert wants too!! At the moment Robert is basically living at my house as he stays every night. So we are desperate to get our own space!! I absolutely cannot wiat till we can do what we want and have a proper little family home!!!
2. I want my skin to be normal!!! Oh my goodness it would be my dream come true if it could just behave!! I really need to just stop scratching it!!!
3. I want to save my money and I'm going! I'm going to save it all up, I promise! I have got to do this, the lifestyle me and Robert live at the moment is quite hard, as we eat out all the time, so that uses up some money! I really need to stop buying things! Saving my money would also obviously really help with my want number 1!!!
4. Can I say I want to win the lottery?! I would really love this! Thanks, hehe!
5. I want to live a happy life, full of fun, love and laughter!! I think when Robert and I get our flat, it will feel to me as if my life has actually started!
6. I want to make some time for myself! I really need to have some me time! Working 7 days a week is crazy and tiring. I need some time to relax and recharge!
7. I want everybody to enter my give away!!! Hehe, if you do you might win a Stila eye shadow palette! Go on, go on enter here!

Ok so those are my wants! Hehe, too much to ask for? I wasn't going to do anything that I can go and buy because I wanted it to mean more than that. I also have just created a wish list gadget at the side of my blog, so I wasn't going to repeat myself! Hehe, Hope your having a good Friday!

Love, Jen x