I'm not being big headed in saying I have achieved a lot but I honestly feel like I have. Not necessarily in career or financial advances but I have learnt a lot about myself and found some pretty fun things that make me happy.It was New Year's Day last year when I went for my first run, I couldn't even run for five minutes without feeling sick but I kept trying harder each time and eventually it went from a chore to something that I now really enjoy and at one point this year I was whacking out 10k days like nobodies business. I mean one month I actually hit 135k for the month and I was working two jobs then?! Although I have slacked slightly this past couple of months I have no doubt 2014 with see me get back in the running game with full force and one of my New Years resolutions is to complete a half marathon.
Another great thing to come of this year is hip hop baking, all from one tweet saying "I should incorporate hip hop into my baking" to which a few people started replying puns and the rest is history, I have mixed,baked and decorated some absolute bangers this year and there's no stopping me now.
Now one of the biggest highlights of my year and probably a lot of people I know was seeing two of my best friends get married, Liz Holt now Mrs Bega is the oracle of my life. Any problem and she knows and helps about it and I was so happy to help her with the plans for the big day and spent most of the day in tears at how beautiful she looked alongside fellow lush babe Alex who needs a massive congrats (well nearly) when little baby mart comes along in a couple of days..a mini lush babe yay!!
Which leads me on to the ultinate highlight of my year... Realising what amazing friends I have and how bloody lucky I am. Liz and I have spent at least one evening a week for the past year at the pub discussing life, weddings, careers, love, dating, clothes and families and I just don't know where I would be without her. I have got so used to having my pal just down the road and being able to drive round in 5minutes for a earl grey and a good chat and I am gonna miss it so much over the next couple of months. Luckily for me we email every day with updates of our day, what we are wearing, eating, what lipstick we are wearing so I'm pretty sure we shall remain the best of playas even in different cities and I will most definitely be coming home for a DA or dog walk in the forest every so often. Also Liz was kind enough to give me another photo of us two which I packed last night do no matter where I go or how I feel I will always remember how much fun we had that day led in her bed with our hen do sunglasses on, hungover waiting on Steve to deliver us Mcdonalds whilst we took multiple selfies.
Also little B.unit who I see a lot of the time at home and has helped me this year will be greatly missed. We've been pals since we were 10 or something like that but when I went away before we drifted however B.unit reunited for good this year and I'm going to miss my partner in crime when away, luckily for me she made me this sweet card below and is promising to come visit once a month for fun times. Also how amazing is the card, the best one she has produced this year though she had to confess she didn't make it but ''commissioned'' her sister Holly to create this exquisite creation.
Whilst being back home this year I also went back to work at Size?, I worked there part time throughout uni until I left for London in my third year but on returning back to the forest I remembering meeting Sarah for a cuppa like a dog with her leg between her tails saying ''Earl grey and reemployment yeah''. So I have spent the year at 586 and have met some more really great pals. Amelia and I bonded over our love of OG sugar free Kicks, Kyle has been providing me with a much needed father figure, Georgia was a bloody bad influence on me but I love that little scamp, Rap offs with Gus, Fun times and tears with Sam who has put up with a lot of full time playa drama been told to him, Food sharing photos with Shok, Rap interview talk with Sean, getting bullied by Antonio, chatting drawing and music with CJ, having an old friend Drew aka D Money back as a christmas temp and fellow selfie taker at the Begas wedding (I have a collection of around 30 photos of us drunk in a car if anyone wants to see them) and being reunited with Jack Allen has been exquisite. I evened lived with Sam and CJ for a couple of months and I am really gonna miss going in every day and seeing all of their lovely faces. I remember I gave a card to Sarah at the start of the year which said ''I don't get emotional and we don't do this but thanks for being my friend...'' well I am bloody grateful I have a pal like that and if it wasn't for Size? we would've never met. We have been pals for 4 years now and she is one of my best friends, again always around for a cup of tea and chat and some of the best times I have had this year have been spent with her and Pete at the pub in the summer, at the pub in the winter and in their garden drinking beer and discussing all things playa status.
Its not only friends that I already had like these girls here but also my uni pals, I have been on visits to Godamling to see Tors, Brighton to see Jen, Kingston to see Little Soph..pimping all over the world to visit my pals and enjoy catching up in the real world where we all have to work full time jobs rather than party and lounge our lives away after evenings out. We did have one wild weekend in Southampton which resulted in me getting Playa tattoed on my finger, certified. They have all decided to take the travelling route after uni but one day I hope we all re-unite and live together cos that would be amazing and I'm pretty sure grown up living would be as fun as student life with them around.
New pals have been made at second jobs throughout the year with the lovely girls from Memento studios who I am still friends with now, the best thing about the fun house twins (Emily and Jenna), the Mcintosh sisters, Amy, Hayley Lucinda, Helena, Lulu Clare is we are all pretty similar and many fun times were had in the office, out doing promo and of course them getting to sample the hip hop baking delights.
I have also acquired many a treat in the clothing department due to my lovely mama sourcing charity shop treats on the regular, one of the highlights of being home is I usually arrive back to a parcel on my bed. I am also massively proud of her from going from a volunteer at a charity shop to running and managing her own in the space of a year and of course winning the charity shop window display..with a little help from me of course!
So now the next chapter for a full time playa begins..I am moving back to London tomorrow to go back to school with much help from my aunty. Another key playa for me this year she has been there for sunday hangovers where I go round nap, eat her food, drown my hangover sorrows in tea and moan about life to buying me new training for running when I was hitting the treadmill hard in New Balance 410s, its not about that life now I'm strictly fly knit crew but anyways without her I wouldn't have achieved half as much this year let alone be going back to school next monday.
Who knows what will happen in 2014, I have a lot of high hopes for it though. I know for the next three months I am gonna be working pretty hard at school and then I guess I will see where I end up after that, until then though I shall be back to running, baking and full time hustling as well as missing all of the above playas greatly whilst I'm in London. Luckily for me I am moving in with two pals who I am sure will look after me swell as having the infamous Lizzie Brown just down the road, I think her and Martyn are really looking forward to being my new tasting rats as the cookie recipe I gave Lizzie didn't exactly go down well and I'm not taking any of the blame for that...it was definitely a chef malfunction. I will also get to spend more time with my favourite newly engaged couple (Massive congrats to Lisa P and Craig B on this BIG news) and I am already looking forward to tea, cakes, hip hop work session with Lis perhaps and of course an antipasti lunch.
So here is a little video my instagram app thing made which makes me really happy when I see it this fast and you can see...money hoes and clothes is all a playa knows. Well cakes, shoes and clothes actually.
Also little B.unit who I see a lot of the time at home and has helped me this year will be greatly missed. We've been pals since we were 10 or something like that but when I went away before we drifted however B.unit reunited for good this year and I'm going to miss my partner in crime when away, luckily for me she made me this sweet card below and is promising to come visit once a month for fun times. Also how amazing is the card, the best one she has produced this year though she had to confess she didn't make it but ''commissioned'' her sister Holly to create this exquisite creation.
Whilst being back home this year I also went back to work at Size?, I worked there part time throughout uni until I left for London in my third year but on returning back to the forest I remembering meeting Sarah for a cuppa like a dog with her leg between her tails saying ''Earl grey and reemployment yeah''. So I have spent the year at 586 and have met some more really great pals. Amelia and I bonded over our love of OG sugar free Kicks, Kyle has been providing me with a much needed father figure, Georgia was a bloody bad influence on me but I love that little scamp, Rap offs with Gus, Fun times and tears with Sam who has put up with a lot of full time playa drama been told to him, Food sharing photos with Shok, Rap interview talk with Sean, getting bullied by Antonio, chatting drawing and music with CJ, having an old friend Drew aka D Money back as a christmas temp and fellow selfie taker at the Begas wedding (I have a collection of around 30 photos of us drunk in a car if anyone wants to see them) and being reunited with Jack Allen has been exquisite. I evened lived with Sam and CJ for a couple of months and I am really gonna miss going in every day and seeing all of their lovely faces. I remember I gave a card to Sarah at the start of the year which said ''I don't get emotional and we don't do this but thanks for being my friend...'' well I am bloody grateful I have a pal like that and if it wasn't for Size? we would've never met. We have been pals for 4 years now and she is one of my best friends, again always around for a cup of tea and chat and some of the best times I have had this year have been spent with her and Pete at the pub in the summer, at the pub in the winter and in their garden drinking beer and discussing all things playa status.
Its not only friends that I already had like these girls here but also my uni pals, I have been on visits to Godamling to see Tors, Brighton to see Jen, Kingston to see Little Soph..pimping all over the world to visit my pals and enjoy catching up in the real world where we all have to work full time jobs rather than party and lounge our lives away after evenings out. We did have one wild weekend in Southampton which resulted in me getting Playa tattoed on my finger, certified. They have all decided to take the travelling route after uni but one day I hope we all re-unite and live together cos that would be amazing and I'm pretty sure grown up living would be as fun as student life with them around.
New pals have been made at second jobs throughout the year with the lovely girls from Memento studios who I am still friends with now, the best thing about the fun house twins (Emily and Jenna), the Mcintosh sisters, Amy, Hayley Lucinda, Helena, Lulu Clare is we are all pretty similar and many fun times were had in the office, out doing promo and of course them getting to sample the hip hop baking delights.
I have also acquired many a treat in the clothing department due to my lovely mama sourcing charity shop treats on the regular, one of the highlights of being home is I usually arrive back to a parcel on my bed. I am also massively proud of her from going from a volunteer at a charity shop to running and managing her own in the space of a year and of course winning the charity shop window display..with a little help from me of course!
So now the next chapter for a full time playa begins..I am moving back to London tomorrow to go back to school with much help from my aunty. Another key playa for me this year she has been there for sunday hangovers where I go round nap, eat her food, drown my hangover sorrows in tea and moan about life to buying me new training for running when I was hitting the treadmill hard in New Balance 410s, its not about that life now I'm strictly fly knit crew but anyways without her I wouldn't have achieved half as much this year let alone be going back to school next monday.
Who knows what will happen in 2014, I have a lot of high hopes for it though. I know for the next three months I am gonna be working pretty hard at school and then I guess I will see where I end up after that, until then though I shall be back to running, baking and full time hustling as well as missing all of the above playas greatly whilst I'm in London. Luckily for me I am moving in with two pals who I am sure will look after me swell as having the infamous Lizzie Brown just down the road, I think her and Martyn are really looking forward to being my new tasting rats as the cookie recipe I gave Lizzie didn't exactly go down well and I'm not taking any of the blame for that...it was definitely a chef malfunction. I will also get to spend more time with my favourite newly engaged couple (Massive congrats to Lisa P and Craig B on this BIG news) and I am already looking forward to tea, cakes, hip hop work session with Lis perhaps and of course an antipasti lunch.
So here is a little video my instagram app thing made which makes me really happy when I see it this fast and you can see...money hoes and clothes is all a playa knows. Well cakes, shoes and clothes actually.
Happy New Year Yo!
