25 Q.

A friend of  a friend posted answers to these questions on her blog (which you can read here) because she has a bit of writers' block. I feel like this too so I decided to do the same!

1. What is one of your biggest dreams? When I was younger my #1 lifetime ambition was to swim with dolphins. When I went to Mexico a couple of years ago I finally got to do it, so at the moment I don't really have one!

2. Name three things that are physically close to you. A spoon, my pencil case and a bottle of strawberry water.

3. What's an idea Sunday for you? Spending the day in bed, knowing there's absolutely nothing that I need to do.

4. Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed? In May i'll have been driving for 3 years. Just a couple of weeks after I passed my test I had a super minor little bump. My cousin was in the car and we were messing about singing along to the radio and I wasn't concentrating properly. We were queuing at a roundabout and the car in front moved slightly, and I just drove straight into the back of him. We were going to slow that fortunately there was no damage to either f the cars and no one was even remotely hurt (just my dignity).

5. What time did you wake up this morning? Too damn early.

6. What's one thing in your closet that you couldn't live without? My ripped jeans from Topshop. I wear them far too much and i'd be completely lost without them.

7. What's the last movie you saw? Catching Fire.

8. What does your last text message say? "Check ya Twittah" (From my sister).

9. Something physical that stands out? Erm, what?

10. Have you ever been to a different country? Mexico, Spain, France, Belgium, Scotland, Finland, Wales, Jamaica.

11. Do you like sushi? I LOVE SUSHI.

12. What's a song you secretly love to blast and belt out when you're at home? 'Air Guitar' or 'Hate Your Guts' by McBusted.

13. Have you ever taken medication to help you fall asleep faster? Nope. I don't think I ever would, even if I developed a really bad case of insomnia. I'm kind of cautious that i'd get dependent on them.

14. How many siblings do you have? 1 sister, Emma.

15. How would you describe your style? I wear clothes.

16. How old will you be turning on your next birthday? 21 bitches!

17. Do you wear contacts or glasses? I've recently just been given my first prescription for glasses! I only need them for driving/reading etc so I don't strain my eyes.

18. Do you colour your hair? I ombre the ends blonde every now and again. The last time I did it it didn't work very well so it doesn't look that different.

19. Tell me something you are planning to do today. Going to order my first pair of glasses!

20. What's the drink you always order at Starbucks? Vanilla Hot Chocolate, mmmm.

21. What did you want to be when you were little? A Paleontologist (Google it).

22. What's a beauty rule you preach, but never actually practice? Man buns look ridiculous. I don't practice this because I am not a man.

23. Have you ever had an all-nighter? I've only ever had 1 successful all-nighter (I love sleep too much) and it was at my 13th Birthday Party. Our loft had just been converted and it hadn't been decorated with carper/paint yet. so Mum let me use it to have 5 friends over. We hung Hawaiian decorations everywhere. To say this was a completely sober party, it was a pretty hectic night.

24. Can you taste the difference between Pepsi and Coke? Personally I prefer Coke. Just the Diet one though. The full fat one makes my teeth feel funny.

25. What quote/phrase do you live your life by? "Everything happens for a reason"

2014!

I want to try and explain 2014 in a few words to you.

But to be perfectly honest,

I can't.

The best way for me to explain how my 2014 was is to skip back a few years.

Summer 2012

I discovered that I hadn't got into University, which was something I have wanted to do since I was a titch. This was the day before my family went on holiday without me for the first time. At the time I was working at my first job. My boss was a typical hot headed Italian; very passionate about his work. This meant that if you did anything slightly wrong then he would let you know about it. On the day my family went away, I went to work. I was feeling so down I just kept making silly mistakes, resulting in me getting a good telling off.

It doesn't sound that bad to anyone else, but for me, this was definitely the lowest point in my life so far. I felt like a failure for not getting into University then because I felt like I couldn't function without my family, I felt like even more of a failure.

And the cherry on top of the cake: I had just had my braces put on.

2013

My braces come off. My boyfriend, James and I go to Mexico. I go see my absolute number ones at Manchester Arena: ARCTIC MONKEYS. I also decide that this year I will rejoin my family on holiday to Mallorca.

I had re applied to University and had only recieved one offer from Leeds Metropolitan University for Events Management. However, the course requirements were 300 UCAS points.

I had 200.

'Here we go again' I thought. 'Another failed and wasted year'. 

I left it. And eventually forgot all about University and carried on working at the restaurant.

On results day, the day before I went to Mallorca, I see everyone's happy statuses on Facebook about going to University. So I logged on to UCAS to get the closure that I wouldn't be getting in yet again, and I see;

'Congratulations! Your application to study Events Management at Leeds Metropolitan University has been accepted!'

WHAT.

I hadn't done my student finance application. I hadn't planned for this in anyway whatsoever.

So naturally, I ran upstairs to my mum (who was still asleep as it was only 8am) and practically screamed in her face.

I suddenly felt so proud of myself and so incredibly happy. Like I had finally achieved something.

So after stressing about my student finance and getting my head around it all, we jetted off to sunny Mallorca the next day and when I came back, started a whole new adventure.

2014

I finish first year with a 2:1 overall. I go see my most favourite comedian, Lee Evans perform live. 12 year old me buzzes with excitement as I also go to see McBusted live. I land myself my first retail job where I meet some of my most favourite people in the world. Northern School of Contemporary Dance hire me as their Events and Marketing Intern for my placement year. I go to Salou, and I also go on my family holiday to Mallorca again - but this time James comes with us. I get drunk so many times and make an absolute fool of myself in the process as I celebrate so many different things and meet so many new people on the way, 2012 is completely forgotten.

All in all, I know this post is a bit lengthy just to tell you how good 2014 was, but it just goes to show what a difference a year can make. Summer 2013 is when everything kicked off for me and it just keeps getting better. I'm excited to see what 2015 brings - I wonder where I'm at this time next year!