25 weeks time

Olé

(I don't know what that means I just like the sound of it...)

Anyway I have gone into my final year of school, the dreaded year 11! We had this assembly the other week where they were telling us to buckle down and work hard. One of the things they said really stuck with me:

'You have 25 weeks until your first exam'

"25 WEEKS! That's not long, I cant be dealing with that yet, no let me be a kid again. I want to be five, HELP" is basically what went through my head. So lets talk...

In 25 weeks time I will be starting my exams which will determine my life chances. But before then I will of had a referral to cahms (a mental health service), I will have looked around, chose and applied to a college. I will of had my final Christmas in school. I will have had my final new year back in school. I will have turned 16: my final birthday in school. I will have spent over 200 hours revising (that's the plan anyway), I will have stressed myself to the extreme, cried an uncountable amount of times. I will have took selfies with all my friends, told them that we will stay in touch. I will have thanked my teachers for all the time and effort they put in to allow me to do the best thing possible. I will of said goodbye to people who have made my life extraordinary, to the people who have cared for me and to the ones who have kept me alive. I will have said goodbye to the place where I have spent the last 5 years of my life. Then that day will come when I will leave and my life will never be the same again.

A lot can change in 25 weeks time and these next 25 weeks will be the hardest in my life. I am going to take advantage of every single day because I don't want to look back and regret the choices I made as each and every single one of those days will be leading up to a life changing moment: results day. I want to do my parents proud. To make those teachers say "she did it". To show those people who didn't believe in me what I am capable of. But most of all to show myself that I can achieve anything that I want to achieve.

Bring it on.

Scarlett x

IT'S AUTUMN!

Hey there!

If you couldn't tell by the title it is finally autumn- WHICH I LOVE! I am writing this at the start of autumn (but it may go up later) and in the UK it has been cold most of the summer, basically summer has been autumn which is fine by me. I wanted to do an Autumn themed post so I thought I would do this tag which I found as its not super long.

1. Ok we're talking coffee's - what's your favourite seasonal drink from Starbucks/Costa/Cafe Nero etc?  

Oh wow, this is the first question and I am already failing. I have NEVER been to any of those places and I don't like coffee! The only particularly seasonal drink I would have is Hot chocolate, so if you can buy that there then I will get that.

2. Accessories - what do you opt for, scarf, boots, gloves?

I literally always wear gloves, I don't really like them its just my hands get SO cold! I have to wear them otherwise I'm pretty sure my hands will fall of. I will also wear boots but tbh I wear them all year round. Occasionally I will wear my snood (is that's what its called or am I just thinking of the Lorax) but not often.

3. Music - what's your favourite music to listen to during Autumn?

I will listen to what I usually listen to but I will try to get away with listening to Christmas music

4. Perfume - what's your favourite scent for this time of year?

I don't really have many scents, maybe I will wear my Beyoncé perfume as it seems to have an autumnal smell to it, I'm not really sure as before this year I only wore body sprays.

5. Candles - what scents will you be burning this season?

 The Yankee Candle Christmas cookie which is my all time favourite candle, it smells like cookies! What could be better than that!

6. What do you love most about Autumn?

HALLOWEEN! I absolutely love Halloween, it is definitely my favourite holiday. I just love that you get to become someone else. Don't tell anyone but I'm actually listening to Cuckoo by Adam Lambert which I heard on the Halloween episode of pretty little liars right now!

7. Favourite makeup look?

I don't really wear much makeup but I might actually wear eyeshadow this season and I will probably wear eyeliner as well.

8. What are you looking forward to most in Autumn?

Being able to wear jumpers, hats and layers. I just love that type of stuff, it is really my style and its what I feel comfortable in, I even wear them in summer some times...

Thank you for reading, byeeeeeeee x

[I didn't own the picture at the start so here's the link to it!]

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A little update

Hello there lovely people,

About a week ago I came onto my blog to write the autumn tag I did. I went to add in a picture and it didn't allow me so I just posted the picture without it. Today I came back on to do a post about 'futuristic nails' and it still wouldn't allow me to post any pictures.

I have loads of posts planned including my tutorial of Belle from Beauty and the Beast and the futuristic nails I mentioned earlier. However I can not post any of these as for some reason I cant seem to post pictures.

If you know why I cant add photos or how to fix it then I would love it if you could tell me. As for now I will still be posting just sadly without any pictures.

Thank you for reading this quick update

See you soon, Love,

Scarlett x

What's in my blazer - Stuff to take - Back to school

Hey there y'all,

I know that not many schools out there wear blazers or even uniform to be truthful but I live in England so we wear uniform. I'm quite glad we do because my family doesn't have much money to keep on buying me clothes and it would stress me out a lot if I had to pick out an outfit everyday. As I was showing you what I take to school I thought I would show you what I put in my blazer.

In my blazer

So for equipment I wouldn't have this much but this is basically what I take equipment wise.

In my blazer I would have one or two pens and pencils, a rubber, a ruler, a coloured pen and a correction pen (basically tippex in a pen). The rubber is from TESCO and it says delete on it which is sort of a private joke between me and my friends in my Spanish class because my Spanish teacher always says delete the writing on your white board. I know its not funny but anything is funny in Spanish lessons. Then the correction pen is from Wilkinson's and it came in a pack of 2. Now I don't know where the Lion King pencil is but I found it in a bag of old stationary and I got so exited because I'm a literal Disney junkie.

Inside my blazer I also have other stuff such as makeup and tissues etc.

This is everything that has a permanent place in my blazer that isn't equipment. Now I keep 5 lip items in there and you may think that's a bit extreme and so do I but I love lip items so much. So I have 2 baby lips, I have the plain hydrate one and cherry me which is a cherry red coloured and its really pretty but quite subtle so you can get away with wearing it. Also I have two of the collection lip balm, these are so moisturising and they smell amazing, the green apple one is plain and the pink strawberry one is quite pink. For lip gloss I just have one I got given and its like a coral pink colour which looks so nice on. The only other makeup I bring with me is just an AVON mascara.
Also I will have a mirror, my timetable, some chewing gum- my favourite is strawberry (even though it is banned at my school), I will have a scrunchie or hair bobbles, my inhaler and some tissues- yes more tissues!

Also I would put random things in my blazer like letters as I'm usually too lazy to put them in my bag, I would put notes like detention reminders or notes to say why you're out of lesson and then I would usually end up putting food in there so I can eat in lesson.

So, that's it in my stuff to take, I hope this was helpful and what you guys wanted. I hope you've had a nice day,

Love,
Scarlett x

 

What's in my pencil case - Stuff to take - Back to school

Hello again,

Here is the second part of my stuff to take. Today I'm going to be showing you what I have in my pencil case.

In my pencil case

My pencil case is from WHSmith's, http://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/polka-dot-slim-pink-and-orange-pencil-case/36369836 and it is pink with orange polka dots. I did actually buy it last year but it is still on the website. This is my favourite pencil case I've ever had as it is adorable and perfect size. So here it is:

Yes I know this collage is really bad but my cat photo-bombed and I wanted to show the picture so I'm sorry about that. Anyway lets look inside...

Inside the actual pencil case are pencils, coloured pens and black pens.

My highlighters are from poundland and they are really good so don't judge. The sharper and rubber (the purple egg shaped thing) I got from Sainsbury's years ago but I hardly use it but its really good and I like it so I keep it in my pencil case anyway. Then we have the silver double sharpener which I also never use- teachers provide sharpeners in class. I have a black and white rubber which is really good because the black side doesn't take stain. My glue - which is pink yes I know your jealous aren't you- is from Wilkinson's and it was only £1 (the normal coloured glue was £1 as well so I was so getting the pink glue) and lastly we have my coloured pencils which are bic pencils. I'm not actually taking these to school though because we never use them.

I don't know if you noticed but I put elastic bands around stationary of a certain type e.g. highlighters to keep them all together. So in this picture it has them and the ones inside the pencil case. The black pens are just normal bic pens. Then the coloured pens in the middle which are great to have, the blue and purple one I have had for years but I bought the four coloured pen this year and its great, I think that it is also from bic. The American patterned pencils were a present but the yellow and black pencils are just the normal pencils you can get everywhere. I recommend these as they are really good.

That's what I keep inside my pencil case, I always make sure to have extra just in case I loose my pen on the day where I have a really strict teacher who will punish you for not having a pen... why?

Thank you for reading and stay awesome,
Love Scarlett x

What's in my school bag - Stuff to take - Back to school

Hey,

So I decided to show you what I take to school. So it would be what's in my school bag but at my school we wear uniforms (almost all British schools do- its a good idea) so I keep some of my stuff in my blazer as well as my bag. I'm going to be splitting this into 3 sections: My bag, My pencil case and my blazer (I do keep my pencil case in my bag though). I think I take way too much stuff to school but I'm always really paranoid that I will need everything. By the time that I'm posting this I will actually be back at school but I am still going to post these anyway.

In my bag

This is the bag which I use most of the time at school. I've tried to do a variety of angles so that you can see what the bag looks like.

View the mi-pac website here:

http://www.mi-pac.com/collections/backpacks-rucksacks#

Now my bag is a mi-pac and it is under the premium prints section. I really recommend this bag; its really comfortable, its spacious and its waterproof. On these pictures it does look a bit flat but that's just because it doesn't have much in it. This is what I keep inside my bag:

 

(Left picture): So on this picture is everything I keep inside the main compartment of the bag. You can see my pencil case (which is also in the top right photo), my bandage which I use in PE if I need to cover up anything, some lozenges because I'm always ill, my sunglasses which are from Dorothy Perkins (also in bottom middle photo), an academic diary from The Works, a Polly pocket which contains homework, letters and my paperwork for DofE, then I have a red toiletries bag which has that time of month stuff in, last of all I have a deodorant- usually I would have a dove one and an impulse one.

(Top in the middle): In this photo there are my school books- well these are only science not all my books are red, then there is my student planner which we get given for every term at school and there is my academic diary which is basically the same as my student planner just cuter.

(Bottom right): So this would be what's in the small pocket on the front of my bag. It will have my hair brush, my calculator, some tissues, my memory stick, my inhaler and some hay feather tablets.

So that's all that's in my bag, I will be posting what's in my pencil case,

Love you lots,
Scarlett x

Summer 2015- June -Exams, DofE and A lot of drama

Hey guys,

A lot has happened over Summer but now it is over. I have decided to look back over it and tell you all about it. I am really sorry that this will be long but I really wanted to post this. All the main points will be highlighted so you don't have to read it all, I guess this is more just for me to look back on.

June

Week 1- The first of June I was back at school (think there was a half term holiday or something). The next day I went to a sixth form for the day to experience what it would be like when I leave school and it was a really good experience. I suggest you do take advantage of things like this as you don't know how its going to turn out. Before I went I had my mind set up that I didn't want to go to a sixth form college but now I've been I would love to go there. On the Wednesday of that week I got accused of cheating in Biology (which I didn't btw- what's the point of that) and on the Friday I told a boy I liked him- he didn't feel the same way back!

Week 2- I got told that I didn't get to be a prefect which sort of sucked considering all my teachers said I would be good for the job. When I looked back on it I sort of realised I'm not ready for the responsibility and I wouldn't of been brave enough to stand up in front of the school etc. On the Thursday of that week I had my duke of Edinburgh FINAL, I still had to go to school that day but at half 4 we all met back at the school and we travelled to where we were camping. We set up the tent, played Frisbee with everyone, me and my friend tried to do the yoga challenge, we told scary stories around the campfire and I wore my teachers sassy hat! The next day we walked around 12 miles and the only way I can explain it is that it was hell. A girl in my group had a mental breakdown, my sleeping bag rolled down a valley, my friend put blue sun cream all over her face and we all just sort of gave up on life. The next day was Saturday- the day we got to go home- we only had to walk 3 miles today but I think we did a little more than that. Our spirits were higher today but the weather was awful, non stop rain! We took many photos and finally reached the checkpoint where the teachers met us to take us home. When in the car Aviccii (idk the spelling) song wake me up came on and we were singing along to it but we all got really emotional and started crying before falling asleep.

Week 3- The week where teachers became (in the lightest of words) boys genitals (you can use your imagination). My chemistry teacher kept on blaming me for talking when it was never me and she ended up giving me detention which wasn't fair. At the end I told her it honestly wasn't me and she forgave me and became a bit less of a genital. One of the PE teachers bitched about me! Tbh this is actually quite funny until I heard the whole story She was not only calling me a nerd but she was talking about my skin. (I will talk more about this in another post) I had my first mock exam on the Thursday which was maths which actually went okay. Also on this day I was 30days clean which tbh felt great! On the weekend I got hamsters which I called Ant and Dec because I am cool.

Week 4- I had a panic attack in my religious exam, luckily I managed to calm down. I spent half an hour after school in my History class alone with my teacher who was talking about this that and the other; also he went on about the exam. We had an inset day (teacher training day) which I perfected my Netflix skills instead of revising... On the Friday I proper belted it out at school. I had never properly cried at school but that was the day. I had hurt my friends feelings because she was bragging about how easy the exam was and I shouted at her because I thought I had failed. I know its stupid but it just really hurt me. Had a chill weekend- went to Cadbury world with my family then we went up Solihull where I met my friends. Me, my brother and my friends went to watch minions which I enjoyed.

Last two days of the month- On Monday was my last exam! I had Spanish and everyone finished so early, I fell asleep whilst waiting but luckily they stopped the exam early as everyone had finished. On the Tuesday we had a drop down day in PSHE. I found out my Spanish result, I got an E and a C.

That's literally my June, I will be posting the other months but not for a week or something because this took ages to write and try to condense down but I hope you enjoyed.

Scarlett x