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If it wasn't Tink

If my favourite Disney character wasn't already Tinkerbell, it would have to be Gus, or the mental Scottish chicken from Robin Hood. 

                                                                                         Picture found on pinterest

Turn To One You Love

This post could of been filled with pure hatred directed at someone who will never read this. But instead I'm going to take a leaf out of a better person's book and just project that energy to someone I love.
If I believe in anything it's that everything happens for a reason, we might not be able to see it now, we might never know it, but there will be a reason. Maybe some good will come of something that you thought could never end well, or maybe you're avoiding some far worse fate that you'll never have to live through. It's all swings and round-a-bouts. Good people, who are truly good, deserve good things, and they will come, have faith. Alternatively there are those good people who do bad things, God knows I've done my share, they will get their just deserts, even if its as simple as realising you had the opportunity to be a better person, you failed and now you've got to make your peace with that. There will always be someone who will never realise their faults, will never grow and they aren't worth mentioning here. Their punishment will come in many other forms. 
Cliche as it is, you will have thicker skin, you will be a stronger, better person for your heartache. You may not feel it now, but nobody ever does when they have to be strong.  It's only when you look back at yourself later that you realise the kind of person you are, you are strong, you are wonderful and if you feel you have to prove that to anyone then more fool them, they're the ones without.  
In the mean time, take comfort in that you are not, nor will you ever be, alone. Let someone else look after you this time.  xxx

The £10 Week

This week should be interesting. My friend Robyn directed me to this article on The Guardian a few days ago and it inspired us, the £10 week challenge. Simple as it sounds really, live on £10 a week. Which for us, makes it feel like a fun way of dealing the fact that we are completely broke, a sort of 'we're not broke just completing a challenge...it's fun...' mentality.

The original idea came all the way from China, apparently a rich 24 year old called Wang Hao wanted to persuade "high-earning, big-spending people" to stop spending out of control, and get back to basics. We read it as Stuart Jeffries attempted it for The Guardian, he does alright too! However he did have business meetings with sandwiches to steal, a partner and generous friends buying him coffee and probably food in fridge already, which is something I don't. 

Well I'll be honest, in my cupboard I have Frosties, a can of Asda smart price mushy peas and a can of kidney beans, 2 packets of cous cous, 3 red onions (pretty sure they're inedible), 3 slices of bread and lots of gravy stock cubes.Oo and maybe even some pasta if I think about it. Easy peasy. Right?
One of my friends suggested that if we really wanted to do it we were meant to only eat what £10 could buy us, so not use anything in our fridge or take freebies from friends/loved ones/work. However, we are students, not homeless. So we'll take whatever we can get and I refuse to waste food that's sitting in my cupboard!

I've decided to document our success/failure here. Starting today. For the record my boyfriend Tom was meant to be getting in on the action, but he bought fish and chips from Revolution (which was torturing for me) about 3 hours in so I'm betting he doesn't last the day with that £10.

Wish me luck!

Unnaturally large onion

Found this freaky fella lurking in the kitchen at work.