New Years Resolutions | July Update

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i say this every month, but literally July has passed me by so quickly! i think because the first two weeks were taken up with finishing my internship and then i went straight back to my normal job, i've barely had time to myself until the last week or so, and it's safe to say i've missed having lazy days to myself where i don't actually have to do anything!
as for what i've been up to this month, honestly not much except making the most of the gorgeous sunny weather we've had for a change in the UK - i've managed to squeeze in about four full days of sunbathing (not that i have any sign of a tan at all, thanks to my pasty skin!) which never happens except for on holiday. have also spent a couple of afternoons catching up with friends now we all finally seem to have time, and a nice little weekend away at the beach with the boyfriend as a sort of end-of-internship/getting-away-from-everyone treat.
since i've finished my internship, i've found myself getting back into a much loved, yet much neglected hobby - reading. what with uni and the what-not, i never seem to find myself with the time to just sit and read, but i've already gone through three books in the last two weeks, so if anyone has any recommendations then please let me know! Nicholas Sparks and Jodi Picoult seem to be dominating my reading list at the moment!
i've also been in a real make-up mood this month too! recently i seem to have unintentionally amassed a HUGE skincare collection through PR samples, recommendations from bloggers and my own purchases and it's made me realise how little make-up i actually own, so my mission from now on is to try and build my make-up collection to match! there's so many high street/drugstore products out there that I want to try at the minute which is the perfect excuse for me to start right now! I have a haul post coming up in a week or so, so you shall be able to see the gems i've picked up!
if you read last months update, then you'll know i was waiting for my second year uni results, and i passed with a 2:1, so i'm hoping to graduate next year with the same!
august is looking up to be a pretty busy month for me! i've been given the opportunity to go and help out at a few events and i'm super excited to get some more experience under my belt and see how the other side of PR works! i'm meeting up with Ellie (www.elliesramblings.com) and our friend Courtney next week for a little date and belated birthday shindig for Ellie, and no doubt we'll probably see each other at the end of the month to go and see the One Direction movie which myself and Ellie will not shutup about until we've seen it, and will then probably go on about it for at least a month afterwards and once i've dragged everyone else i know to come and see it too! then a couple of friends are doing bits and bobs for birthdays, but i shall leave all that excitement for next month!

this month i'm going to cut down my resolutions as i'm sure i made some on a bit of a whim and have done nothing about them for months!

1. Try some Soap & Glory products

i was in a real S&G mood when i made this one, and i actually don't get on with their products, so bye-bye resolution number one! 

2. Try some Lush products

my nearest lush is half an hour away, and i never go!

3. Do 20 sit ups every morning and every night

right, i still haven't done this, but my first holiday is now just over a month away so now is the perfect time to start. she says.... 

4. ALWAYS walk to work. unless it's raining.

my work is literally a ten minute walk away... but i've found myself driving in everyday for some reason. time to save some petrol i think! 

5. Eat more healthily

i sort of have healthy days, followed by a super unhealthy one? but i've recently discovered Cous Cous and have fallen in love with feta and cous cous salads which really fills me up with just a little bit, so this is my new obsession!

6. Try and save £1000 in my savings for car/internship DONE!

7. Don't attempt a spending ban

this is the only resolution i've stuck too... 

8. Book a holiday DONE!

hurry up, September!!

9. Purchase a brush cleaner for  make-up brushes

Home-made cleaner is good enough for me!

10. Jar project

i've got really bad at this, really need to start it up again! 

11. Watch as many films as possible off my list of 'Films I Should Have Seen But Haven't'

i seem to be watching more films not on the list than that are on it... i saw Dispicable Me 2 and Django Unchained this month! Managed to cross Shawshank Redemption off the list though, and i'm reading The Lucky One at the moment, so will watch that one when i've finished! 

1. 500 Days of Summer

2. New Year's Eve

3. The Time Travellers Wife

4. Bambi

5. The Lucky One

6. Keith Lemon: The Movie

7. American Beauty 

8. 127 Hours

9. Dirty Dancing

10. Friends With Benefits

11. Knocked Up

12. Alot Like Love

13. Taken

14. 13 Going On 30

15. About a Boy

16. Fame

17. Green Mile

18. Mamma Mia

19. Music & Lyrics

20. Sex and the City 2

21. Slumdog Millionaire

22. The Kings Speech

23. Snow White & The Hunstman

24. Tangled

25. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

26. Ice Age 2

27. Ice Age 3

28. Ice Age 4

29. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

30. 21 Jump Street

31. What to Expect when You're Expecting

32. Fight Club

33. Grown Ups

34. Saving Private Ryan

35. Romeo & Juliet

36. Batman Begins

37. The Dark Knight

38. The Dark Knight Rises

39. Inception - i've actually already seen it but was so confused!

40. Pirates of the Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl

41. Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest

42. Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End

43. Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides

44. I am Legend

45. James Bond Quantum of Solace

46. The Butterfly Effect

47. Breakfast at Tiffany's

48. LOL

49. Atonement

50. The Devil Wears Prada

51. Pride & Prejudice

52. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

53. Clueless

54. When Harry Met Sally

55. Serendipity

56. Back to the Future

57. Wild Child

58. A Walk to Remember

59. Oceans 11

60. Oceans 12

61. Oceans 13

62. Forrest Gump

63. Hitch

64. The Pursuit of Happiness

65. What Happens in Vegas

66. The Blind Side

67. The Bucket List

68. Easy A

69. Over Her Dead Body

70. White Chicks

71. 50 First Dates

72. The 5 Year Engagement

73. Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants

74. Me & Orson Welles

75. Savages

76. Breaking Dawn Part 2

77. So Undercover

78. Aladdin

79. The Little Mermaid

 80. Confessions of a Shopaholic

81. Love & Other Drugs

82. Limitless

83. The Parent Trap

84. Chicken Run

85. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

86. Crazy Beautiful

87. The Perks of Being a Wallflower

88. Chalet Girl

89. Lost In Translation

90. Phonebooth

91. Collateral

92. Big

93. Crash

94. Crazy Stupid Love

95. War Horse

96. Step Brothers

97. Brothers

98. Shawshank Redemption

99. Seven Pounds

100. The Roommate

101. Eat. Pray. Love

102. Bad Teacher

103. P.S. I Love You

104. Definitely Maybe

105. Little Miss Sunshine

106. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

107. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

108. Skyfall

109. Iron Man 3

110. Hangover III

111. One Direction 3D Movie (NEXT MONTH! FINALLY!)

112. Pitch Perfect

113. Spring Breakers

114. Movie 43

115. Les Miserables

and bye-bye July! hopefully next month will be a little more exciting than this month!

i've also just added a 'What's Coming Up?' page to the blog, where you can see what posts I have coming up in the future - i thought if i wrote it on here, it would make it a little more official so i can't make any excuses for myself! i'm also after 3-4 guest bloggers for September, so if you'd be interested then either leave me a comment or tweet me!