Winter Bucket List Recap

The end is nigh...

Winter is coming to a close, and with it I have run out of time to complete my winter bucket list! 

Therefore, it's time for a recap!

1: Try a recipe from my Clean Eating Recipe book!

I did not complete this, at all!

 

2: Run the whole of a 5k (no walking breaks)

Nooope. Didn't happen

3: Post 3 book reviews (1 a month seems achievable!)

Man, I have not done much on this list at all...

4: Plan a trip

YES. I did do this! (1 out of 4 so far...) I have planned my Scotland trip, and Ireland trip. Both are booked! 

5: Lose weight over Christmas and New Years

I maintained my weight over Christmas and new years...nope doesn't count.

6: Have enough saved up to move out

I moved out, so I think this is a tick.

7: Clear out/tidy up the pile of stuff in my room

Yes - I did this when I moved out

8: Dye my hair one last time before the end of December (NYR to come involving this...)

Yes I did this - and I have stuck to my New Years Resolution of not dying my hair ever since...I am beginning to show some roots now

9: Fit back into some of my old clothes

No, did not complete

10: Do something awesome for my birthday

My actual birthday was very low-key, but I did do a couple of things - one of which was going to see Wicked which was pretty awesome, so that is a yes.

Final verdict: 5/10 completed!

All in all, not too bad. I would have liked to done the book reviews and recipe but there we go...there's always spring! 

Update...

It has been a busy few weeks. I feel like since we moved, I haven't really had the chance to stop and chill out. Not that I have found the time now, I was feeling guilty for neglecting my blog again so I'm cramming in some time to post. Since my last post, I had a birthday, anniversary, Valentine's day, saw a musical, travelled home a couple of times and had A's mum, aunt and uncle over for a week while they cleared out the house.

My birthday and anniversary are on the same day, shortly followed by valentines day. (Lucky me, I get spoiled!) I didn't do very much for my birthday until the weekends following, but I got some lovely gifts and cards on the day, as well as cake!

Andrews mum, aunt and uncle came down on my birthday, and we suddenly had a very full house. While they were there clearing out the house, we tried to keep out of their way.

The weekend following my birthday (while A's family were still at the house), we met my bff and her partner halfway between where we live, and where they live and went for lunch. This turned into going back to theirs and staying the night, which was fun. On the Sunday we went for a long walk with her greyhounds, had lunch, then Andrew and I said our goodbyes and headed to the cinema. 1 film later it was time to drive the 2 hours home.

I had my first work bookclub on Tuesday evening, which if the empty bottles of wine have any say was a successful evening. Yay me - it was kind of my idea so I was pleased it went well!

Andrews family stayed until Wednesday. While it was nice to have them over, it was also nice to have some time to ourselves again.

Friday I was at a German beer evening with work, many a stein was drunk (I had 2, so actually not that many).

The weekend came around, and we were busy saturday morning with the charity that had come to pick up a load of stuff. Saturday evening we went to see Wicked - and had use of the VIP lounge. Thank you Andrew! The show was amazing. Despite knowing the big thing that happens before the interval, it still gave me goosebumps!

Sunday we went on a long walk through awful mud - I slipped over in it - then visited Andrews family before having dinner and watching a film with mine. Back late again on Sunday evening.

That has been my life - around working - up until now! Hope you have had a good couple of weeks...I plan to be posting more regularly so I should be popping up again this week!

Happy Tuesday...

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! 

1 day to go!

I move out tomorrow.

!!!!

Excited doesn't quite cover it! I am so looking forward to this, it's about time! I am a bit anxious about the money side of it, but I think we will be okay. We just need to really knuckle down and keep track of what we're spending...

A big part of me wants to go mad and decorate the whole house. The other, more logical, part of me says that would not be a good idea, as we are renting and therefore it is not practical to put a lot of money into it. Waaaaaa

My to do list feels like it keeps getting longer rather than smaller, and I definitely am bringing more stuff than I had anticipated...

[x] Pack Tech book
[x] Pack Nail cutters and files
[x] Pack makeup
[x] Pack workout clothes
[x] Pack straighteners
[x] Pack measuring tape
[x] Pack tools
[x] Pack shoes
[x] Use bath stuff
[x] Give away bath stuff
[x] Pack torch
[x] Pack other stationary
[x] Pack pens
[x] Pack car folder
[x] Pack Mugs
[x] Pack scrap book stuff
[x] Pack paper
[x] Pack notepads
[x] Pack workout DVDs
[x] Pack Clean eating recipe book
[x] Pack Big bang theory
[x] Pack HIMYM
[x] Pack whiteboard head
[x] Bras
[x] Underwear
[x] Socks
[ ] Clean hiking boots
[ ] Clear out boot of car
[ ] Back up laptop
[ ] Take down photos
[ ] Pack clothes
[ ] Pack whiteboard
[ ] Pack calendar
[ ] Pack Nail varnish
[ ] Pack Onesies
[ ] Pack Hot water bottle
[ ] Pack Laptop and charger
[ ] Pack Chargers
[ ] Pack Extension cables
[ ] Pack External hard drive
[ ] Pack protein
[ ] Pack Protein shaker
[ ] Pack documents folder
[ ] Pack q & a journal
[ ] Pack yoga mat
[ ] Pack weights
[ ] Buy washing detergent
[ ] kitchen Sink drainer
[ ] Buy Bins for rooms
[ ] Buy Cleaning products and sponges - dettol antibac wipes
[ ] Scissors - general

Waaaaa so much to do tonight and tomorrow morning!!!! I will definitely have to take some pics if my tiny car full of stuff to share on here...

Also, TGIF!

3 Days and counting

Not long at all now! I'm happy to report that the sofa and snuggle chair we bought on Saturday was successfully delivered on Monday. Yaaaaay!

I've been adding to my to do list, and ticking things off over the past couple of days. I think I'm slowly getting there with packing...

[x] Pack torch
[x] Pack other stationary
[x] Pack pens
[x] Pack car folder
[x] Pack Mugs
[x] Pack scrap book stuff
[x] Pack paper
[x] Pack notepads
[x] Pack workout DVDs
[x] Pack Clean eating recipe book
[x] Pack Big bang theory
[x] Pack HIMYM
[x] Pack whiteboard head
[x] Bras
[x] Underwear
[x] Socks
[ ] Clean hiking boots
[ ] Clear out boot of car
[ ] Back up laptop
[ ] Use bath stuff
[ ] Give away bath stuff
[ ] Take down photos
[ ] Pack clothes
[ ] Pack shoes
[ ] Pack tools
[ ] Pack measuring tape
[ ] Pack whiteboard
[ ] Pack calendar
[ ] Pack straighteners
[ ] Pack makeup
[ ] Pack Nail varnish
[ ] Pack Nail cutters and files
[ ] Pack Onesies
[ ] Pack Hot water bottle
[ ] Pack TOTM stuff
[ ] Pack Laptop and charger
[ ] Pack Chargers
[ ] Pack Extension cables
[ ] Pack Tech book
[ ] Pack External hard drive
[ ] Pack protein
[ ] Pack Protein shaker
[ ] Pack documents folder
[ ] Pack q & a journal
[ ] Pack yoga mat
[ ] Pack weights
[ ] Pack workout clothes
[ ] Buy washing detergent
[ ] kitchen Sink drainer
[ ] Buy Bins for rooms
[ ] Buy Cleaning products and sponges - dettol antibac wipes
[ ] Scissors - general

Whew. Heck of a list!

Any tips for moving out? Let me know in the comments!

5 Days and Counting

Move out day is in 5 days. Fiiiive daaaayyyss. I didn't get as much packed as I was expecting to over the weekend (read: nothing packed) so I think it's going to be a long week. To be fair, last night I did sort out my underwear for the week and packed the surplus. So I guess I did do a little bit of packing!

Andrew and I may have fallen in love with a sofa, and I fell head over heels for a little square snuggle chair on saturday. They were in a store called Choice - this is basically a shop that sells Next castoffs at discount prices. This tends to mean that once something is gone, it's not going to be back in stock again. With that in mind, we totally bought them, our first bit of furniture bought together! I can't wait to arrange them in the house and sit on them!!

Now, I know that buying the sofa was a bit pre-emptive. Especially as this is a trial period in the house, however, we would have to buy a sofa at some point anyway soo...why not.

I have a To-Do list of sorts for this week, of all the things I can think of that I need to do before going, and the things I need to pack. Not entirely sure I'll get everything done, but I can give it a go!

MOVE OUT TO DO
[x] Pack Bras
[x] Pack Underwear
[x] Pack Socks
[ ] Clean hiking boots
[ ] Clear out boot of car
[ ] Back up laptop
[ ] Use bath stuff
[ ] Give away bath stuff
[ ] Take down photos
[ ] Pack clothes
[ ] Pack shoes
[ ] Pack pens
[ ] Pack paper
[ ] Pack notepads
[ ] Pack other stationary
[ ] Pack scrap book stuff
[ ] Pack tools
[ ] Pack measuring tape
[ ] Pack whiteboard
[ ] Pack whiteboard head
[ ] Pack calendar
[ ] Pack straighteners
[ ] Pack makeup
[ ] Pack HIMYM
[ ] Pack Big bang theory
[ ] Pack torch
[ ] Pack Nail varnish
[ ] Pack Nail cutters and files
[ ] Pack Onesies
[ ] Pack Clean eating recipe book    
[ ] Pack Hot water bottle
[ ] Pack TOTM stuff
[ ] Pack Laptop and charger
[ ] Pack Chargers
[ ] Pack Extension cables
[ ] Pack Tech book
[ ] Pack External hard drive
[ ] Pack protein
[ ] Pack Protein shaker
[ ] Pack Mugs
[ ] Pack documents folder
[ ] Pack car folder
[ ] Pack q & a journal

I'm certain I'll think of more things I need to pack or do, but that's my list so far!

Kind of wishing I had this week off work to get all of this done...

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?