Sunday 15 January 2012

Having a clear out.

Do you not think clearing out your stuff is the most therapeutic task in the world? Cleansing my room of the horrendous and frankly useless clothes and objects fills me with so much joy - it sounds weird that I merrily fling my possessions into the bin without a care in the world, but hey, its the way I roll.


The last time I cleared out my room I stayed up until 2am throwing out my stuff; I believe it was a productive evening, as I ended up with 2 bin bags full of stuff hauled out of my room. Result!


That clear out was exactly a week ago, and here I was this evening starting to throw stuff out again. You must be wondering how I manage to keep all this junk in my room, and wondering whether my room is actually a warehouse? Alas no, it is small, cosy, and cramped with crap.


Therefore I decided to document some of the shit I was throwing out of my life forever, and converted it into a blog that has little words, but more pictures. But you know what they say...


 'a picture is worth a thousand words'


and in some of these pictures, you will see why.


Prepare for totally embarrassing photos.

A little help here please.
Firstly, I tackled my 17 pairs of jeans. Why do I need that many, unless they are beautiful pairs of jeans? I can tell you now, only about 3 pairs are, so I tried them all on, and cleared a lot out. Mostly because they couldn't fit, but we won't go too much into that as I will start regretting my large helping of apple crumble earlier...







Hi! My name is Vicky, and
I've lost a stone!
(or not)
As you can see, there were some variations.... One pair that physically hurt to wear (above picture), I couldn't do them up to save my life. And another pair that made me look like I was a successful member of LighterLife or WeightWatchers or something. Out they went - even though I almost felt proud of losing loads of weight, even though they were once my mums, and never mine at all :(




I then stumbled upon these absolute gems. I genuinely know for a fact these hats have never left my room, let alone the house! Which is a good job really, or I wouldn't have any friends. But why do I still have them?! However, they came into some good use as they amused me for a few minutes -  I got to take photos of myself looking silly.


What is this hat for?! A chef
who requires a visor perhaps?

I saw myself as a train
conductor, and I was looking
for the train.
Don't ask.











No biggie. I have a hat that
has Cheestrings on it. Well,
I don't anymore.





The sort of hat you put on
babies that don't have a choice
of what they wear. Cringe!



Swimming pool volleyball anyone?


I can't even tell you about how excited I got when I found this - I started having a header contest with myself against my wall. Must remember this the next time I go abroad.... Or not. In the bin you go!









Now I know, if I ever fit into this again, I will be severely underweight and I will need medical attention. However, I'm keeping it for unknown reasons. 





BUT I managed to dig out the total babe who wore this dress - here is the fat, unhappy, ginger child at a wedding - the organ scared her too much and she had to be taken out crying, and comforted with a bag of grapes. Totes wasn't me....

I don't want grapes, I WANT CAKE.





Well it is safe to say that giving me a shift from 4am - 8.30am the day after Boxing Day ensured that I didn't love the Next sale, quite the bloody opposite actually. I will keep the t-shirt though, as it is as important as a trophy, as it showed I got up at 3am to go to work once.




Don't know what this is so I put it on my head.

I recommend every ginger should buy this book.
Life doesn't have to be hard.

And then lastly, the only thing that has kept me here today. I owe my life to this book, as it is true to its word, I have survived. Thank you ginger book.


I have to say I am sorry readers, I have been very lazy with my blog lately, not actually blogging about something that means something in the world; it is usually about my sorry excuse of a life and how strange I may be. However, I hope people who read this will get to know me a bit better.... maybe that is a bad thing. But hey, I promise next time children, I will write something far more intellectual. 


Possibly. 

Sunday 1 January 2012

Eat more fruit and veg.

That is my New Year's Resolution. Being at university has made me very lazy and always reaching for the pesto pasta (which by the way, is a life saver when hungover). I need to eat a bit healthier to be honest, if I've got to get in a leotard for trampolining this year then I need all the help I can get. Cannot get fat and get a bad name for gingers...well add to the fat/ugly stereotype. But to be quite honest, does anyone ever keep their resolutions? You get the classics - get fit, go to the gym, eat healthier, give up smoking. Genuinely wondering how long these people keep up the vague cliched resolutions. My Dad tried to give up smoking a few years back... he managed 4 days and that came to an abrupt end when we caught him having a cheeky fag, so he might not have ever stopped at all. 

So, how can I sum up 2011? 


Here are some of the memories in a few words and pictures...

I was in the middle of an incredibly boring gap year, hating life working in a shop that clearly didn't realise giving me a shift from 4am-8.30am on Boxing Day was against my Human Rights.

With the Student Show babes.

I started working at the communty radio station Inspiration FM. I gained so much experience in radio and it just made me realise how much I want to be sitting in a studio in the future preaching my superior knowledge to the nation. And I made some incredible friends when I worked there!







 
I won a few gala competitions in trampolining, fell off on a few too (absolute mare but it always happens to me). 

Winning the National Championships was obviously a bit of a high, though I'm sure I haven't told anyone about that achievement as of yet. So here are some pictures!







Beautiful bruise.
Peach
I also managed to do my ankle in after Nationals, and registered myself almost crippled for about 3 months. Therefore, I had to use crutches seriously for the first time - I used to love hopping around and trying to go up stairs or having races. They always seemed so much fun when you weren't the one who depended on them...
Hating life 2k11.








My beautiful best friend Kirstie Desborough had her baby girl Phoebe, who I adore! One of the biggest highlights of my year <3









I made a Twitter account. That might not seem worthy of a special mention but as I tweet about 20 times a day now, it is a big part of my life.  



Oh HI!



Went on holiday with Alex to Gran Canaria... and got taken on a camel ride! So much fun, even if the one in front started weeing and the one behind kept growling at me (if that is how you describe the noises that camels make)










One day I'll be interviewing
Simon Cowell....
 
Presented Has Northamptonshire Got Talent which was so much fun! First stint as a presenter... LOVED IT!









Moved to the mighty city they call Leeds and attempted to grow up slightly for university - I don't think it has worked. Loving the friends I've made already, and am sure will love my course a bit more when we stop doing pointless modules. 

University of Leeds.
Broadcast Journalism. 

That is in fact a leek I am using
 as a walking stick.

Met a few (loosely termed) famous people - Jeff Stelling, Rachel Riley, Stavros Flatley, Les Gibson.

Gave up trampolining.... and then decided to start up again this year.
City of Leeds Trampolining Club - full of totes babe-a-roos.

Met some really special people :)

Had my 20th Birthday on the 17th of December... I'm in my twenties. Holy McMoley. This makes me very scared. I used to think 24 would be a good age to have kids, because I thought I would be grown up. 
Crazy animal antics.
NO NO NO NO NO NO to that suggestion now.


I don't even remember most of the year because of being a fresher at University - who knows what I was up to Jan/Feb this year (had to check my Facebook timeline for all of this blog, it has its uses). However I've had some fantastic highs, and a couple of minor lows this year in the grand scheme of things, but over all 2011 for me was a time for changing and developing into a better person (also into a BABE). 


I genuinely believe 2012 is going to be the best year yet 
and I wish everybody a very Happy New Year xxx

I'll leave you with a few fancy dress photos of 2011...


Barbie night - the ginger betrays the
clan and gets blonde hair.
Best night EVER.

Who's that OAP dancing to Party Rock Anthem?
YABADABADOOOOO
Ginny Weasley, though I fancy Ron a lot
so being her was a bit creepy.

I will eat you. Alive.

FBI for Lufbra!

Dress up as something beginning with B...
BAG

Farmer for Manchester.
Buddy the Elf.

My 20th Birthday ♥