23 Things About Moving Out

Andrew and I moved out on the 31st January, it's been 10 days and things are going well. Sooo with me being me, I made a list of things I've learnt so far about about moving out...

Also, I may be jumping on the blog list bandwagon a little bit. Oops.

Here we go...

1. Moving out is exciting.
2. You realise how much stuff you actually own.
3. Packing is hard work.
4. It makes you think about all the clothes you never wear.
5. You start to think about how you're going to survive after moving away from where you have lived all your life. 
6. Seriously. So. Much. Stuff.
7. Where do boxes even come from? And why are they so expensive??
8. Moving in is messy.
9. It takes forever to unpack.
10. It's awesome to finally move out with your long term partner
11. Living with one other person, who works odd shifts means you are in the house all alone sometimes...which isn't always that fun.
12. Housework is harder than it looks
13. It takes a long time to heat up a house
14. ALL the stuff.
15. Unpacking takes forever. I haven't even moved all of my stuff here yet and I have still been unable to unpack a small portion of my things.
16. Moving out is expensive.
17. There are always a million things to do around the house, and millions of lists to go with them
18. Living with people at uni is not like living with your boyfriend full time.
19. It's really nice to come home to your boyfriend and spend some time hanging out.
20. Finding homes for all your things is both laborious and a little bit fun.
21. Moving a sofa through a small door, and around into another small door is quite difficult.
22. Compromise. Get used to doing it fast.
23. Running a household is a very 'adult' thing, but when it comes down to it, you still feel like a kid playing house from time to time.

Voila, a list for you to feast your eyes upon! 

A Step Forward

I have some pretty exciting news (exciting for me, at least). Me and MrBoop are moving out together at long last! As of 31st of January, we'll be in our own place.  However, for the first month it will be a trial period for us to decide if we want to live there...

A's Grandma is in a home, and her house is empty. So we have been discussing renting it with the rest of the family for some time. The trial period is to see if the location works for us commuting and if we like the area.

I'm so excited about this, I've been writing list after list in a notebook dedicated to this move!!! We decided on the definitive move in date two days ago, and now we have a short amount of time to pack up what we'll need...ETA 9 days and counting!

It's quite hard to consider all of the things I'll need for a month of living somewhere. (Hence the copious amount of lists...). Obviously we wont want to bring everything there until we're sure about staying, so what do you bring with you?

#BLOGTOBER14 - Day 27

Day 27

A Letter To My Younger Self

Dear 17 year old me,

5 years have passed, You're 22 now and you are out of education, and working full time. That feels weird when it happens. College and uni are tha places you learn about who you are and what kind of a person you are, and want to be. In particular, this will happen at uni. Your friends will help shape you into the person you are today.

You know the guy you've been dating for 8 months? Well, you're still together now after almost 6 years. You make it through being at seperate universities despite people saying you won't make it. You both prove them wrong.

You'll meet someone at uni that you instantly take a liking to. She moves into your second year house and you become really close. After uni you stay in touch and see each other at least once a month. She will be a friend for life.

The next 5 years will be some of the best times of your life, enjoy them.

Love,

22 year old me


Heleneinbetween.com

#BLOGTOBER14 - Day 19

Day 19

What Makes Me Happy

In no particular order

Reading

This is what my Kindle looks like on the inside!

Boyfriend

Best Friend

Sister

Close Friends

That's just a few things that sprung to mind. More poeple than things but there we go!

Check back tomorrow for day 20 - My Biggest Fear

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The Place That Made My Head Explode

I am of course referring to the Harry Potter Studios in London.

Warning! Spoiler alert. Do not read ahead if you haven't been and are planning to go!

For my birthday Mr boyfriend procured tickets for us to go there, accompanied by my bestie miss Roanrider and her dashing other half. I can't tell you how much I was looking forward to this. It's beyond words.

Oh, and did I mention it was also animal actors week?

The first thing we did was explore the gift shop. I was spoilt by everyone and received a super snuggly Ravenclaw hoodie, a HP tshirt, and a Deathly Hallows keyring. Thank you, you guys are the best! 

Where it all began...

When we went in, you go into a room and watch a video, and the staff interact with you and give out birthday badges (of course I HAD to have it). Then you move into another room that is like a cinema, and Pips dragged us to the front row (her and Mr M had been before so knew what to expect). I am so glad they did. Long story short-and this is a SUPER SPOILER ALERT-after watching a short film with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint stood in front of the great Hall doors introducing the studio tour, the screen raises and reveals the real doors to the Great Hall!!! Aaaaaaah I nearly cried it was so awesome!! And it gets better, being in the front row and wearing a birthday badge, I was picked to open the doors. Yepp. Me. Out of a group of approx 40 people, I got to open the doors to the Great Hall! And they really do open into the great Hall. I was so happy, you have no idea. Even thinking about it now makes me unbelievably happy! I am in no way like a small child in describing this...

Don't They Look Glorious?

The Harry potter studio tour is spread over 2 studios, with an outside part between the two. (This is where the Butterbeer lives!) Seeing all of the costumes, sets, special effects and props was really surreal. I felt like I wanted to touch everything and see how it all worked, but at the same time hide it away so the magic wasn't ruined...

The animals were adorable, we saw Mrs Norris, Trevor, a baby Fang, Tarantula, the spuders Mad Eye uses in his DADA class, a hedgehog, the snake that Nagini was based on (a beautiful albino python), Crookshanks and a baby Crookshanks, and last but certainly not least, Hedwig.

The Butterbeer was loooovely. Though if you are not fond of sweet things I do not suggest having it...It's like cream soda, caramel sauce and foam. To be perfectly honest, it's not exactly what I imagined it to be when reading the books, but it was still yummy nonetheless!

I really enjoyed wandering around looking at everything, and going more than a little snap crazy... and I would recommend going to any HP fan. I could literally ramble on forever about this trip, but I had better stop myself now before it's too late...

But before I go...Oh my god...the last part of the tour...I was literally speechless. I had no words. I teared up yet again. I just...I cant even explain, you'll have to go there to see but just...wow. 

More pictures! I'm trying to refrain from posting all of them...there are a lot.

More than a little creepy, but so amazing!

Thanks for reading :) x

P.S. I know some of my pictures aren't amazing, however I don't want to post too much incase one of you lovely readers ends up going! 

Commutting vs Moving

Why am I doing this? It's still nighttime outside! Utter darkness! Today feels worse than all other days because I'm staying work am hour early so I can make it home in time for my sister's school Christmas concert. Thanks a bunch, sis.

I do actually know why I'm doing this. To get to my job. Which I love (but sometimes don't). To earn money, so I can actually afford things...like my train and bus fare to work, and rent. All of which make half my pay disappear monthly. I don't actually mind paying my parents rent, I'm just whining about money! A lot of the time I think I may as well be living in London and paying rent there. Ergo avoiding the stress of delayed trains when commuting from a distance.

However, (there's always one of those lurking somewhere) it would mean more living expenses of I were to do that. Bills, council tax, food, blah blah... These added on outweigh the cost of living at home significantly. Unless I flatshare/houseshare, which would be difficult if living with strangers, as I would have a frequent visiting boyfriend. Awkward.

I think this will take lots of deep thinking and list-making. And talking to people. Especially the important ones like boyfriend and parents.

Why can't I have teleportation powers?