Brighton

I made a spontaneous trip to Brighton on Saturday with the lovely Shiv and Hannah. It was marvellous, if not slightly difficult as i'd only had 4 hours sleep, but TOTALLY WORTH IT. We just wandered round the streets stopping for cupcakes, tea and delicious eats as we so felt. Went into some interesting shops and laughed at yodelling pickles. Ate dinner at The Loving Hut- the second one I've been to in only a week, and i'm off to a third on Wednesday at Archway. We had our pictures taken in the back of a car by Relentless and free ice cold cans were thrust into our shivering hands. All in all a wonderful day trip. 

 (Loving Hut- tasty vegan eats)

(my face before I left to go to Brighton)

 (amazing graffiti by The Laines)

(Relentless back seat Photo Booth- such dorks)

Brighton just makes me happy! It's where I see myself ending up in a year or two, hopefully. But before then i'll either stay here in the awesome warehouse I live in until uni is finite, or i'm thinking Bristol, I've heard nothing but good things about how creative/interesting it is, the location is perfect for london visits/trips back home/seaside adventures and it's surrounded by greenery- something I desperately miss here. Really though, I just want to live in as many places as possible while i'm young and I have been in London for 5 years in September. Life is just so exciting at the moment, so many fantastic opportunities coming my way. I'm keeping my options open, anything could happen!

Chloé

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Vegan UK Swap Box

Life has been mad busy with working at Lush, university, catching up with outstanding work, seeing old friends, adventures and just LIFE. I've also been out or busy doing something most nights too, so i've been rarely sat at my imac. ANYWAYY, last month I signed up to a vegan swap box and my first one arrived today, seriously I tell you it is like Christmas! 

I can't believe how much stuff Justine, my swap this time round, was able to get for just the budget of £10 excluding delivery. I have been spoilt with Sweetbird vanilla syrup, Cosy organic fairtrade earl grey tea with bergamot, Sunita organic artichoke pate, Joker candy bar- peanut, caramel & nougat in a rice milk chocolately coating, Biona organic pineapple chews, Landgarten organic dark chocolate soya-snack, Cocoaloco dark chocolate and hazlenut praline eggs- DROOOLL.

I can't wait to try them all now. If any one wants to join in with the swap box you can over at http://www.tohappyvegans.com/wordpress/uk-vegan-food-swap/ You are allocated a new person each month and the budget is £10 excluding postage. I'm sending mine out on Wednesday :D 

Chloé

Blogger vs. Tumblr

I've made myself the promise to keep up with this blog and make it a weekly affair. Instead of once sporadically every 6 months. I love my tumblr blog but it's more of a mishmash of images which interest me, with an odd one of my face thrown in for good measure. So this will be my personal blog. I'll post things to do with my life in general, but also to do with things i'm creating, university projects, vegan stuffs, adventures, things i've cooked and baked, and anything else which so takes my fancy.

My tumblr blog can be found at www.adoreandendure.tumblr.com follow if you wish :)

Chloé

Moi

Here's a picture of my face, enjoy. 

Chloé

New Year, New Me

I seem to get happier with my life with each passing year but there are still things that i'd love to see resolved by next year. After a quick read through last years its nice to see I have fulfilled some of them and sad how some things are still coming up. Here are the ones i've beaten-

'say goodbye to the assholes!'

i have had enough shit this last year to last me a life time so as of now if you're not going to treat me how I deserve to be treated, don't expect to have the pleasure of knowing me. 
I feel so much stronger as person now, I know i'm a good person and can confidently say that everyone in my life is awesome! 

'be healthier'

of recent I have not been happy whatsoever with how i look, so rather than just feeling down on myself i am going to treat myself more to new things, experiences and to get myself looking exactly how i want. this will involve taking up yoga or pilates and being healthier in general, because people despite being vegetarian i am not the healthiest- who knew cheese, cakes, bread and cups of tea could be so bad!  
I'm now vegan and super healthy, i've dropped down from a topshop 12 to a 6-8 and I feel amazing! 

'see the boyfriend more (visa versa)'

Oli is moving back to Cheltenham later this year and I can not wait! So the plan is to see him at least once a week/2 weeks cause a month is far too long. Oh money why must to fail me! 
Oli now lives in Chelts and we do see each other every couple of weeks, it's lovely. 

'be the best'

be the best at whatever I do, or at least try my best at whatever I do. but i need to learn not to beat myself up if i don't succeed due to personal reasons. 
I've recently rediscovered my competitive side which i'd unknowingly suppressed for so long. If I don't succeeded I laugh about it and move on to the next thing.

'family'

to make my parents and grandma proud. 
I'm doing this all for myself and myself alone; I want to be proud in me and if anyone else is too, awesome! 

Now onto the 2013-

Trust my guts

Some of my closest friends will tell you that i'm kinda 'psychic' haha, I say I don't believe in it all. But somehow whenever I go with my gut instincts everything always turns out the way I predicted it would. I've gone through a lot of hassle in the past because i've ignored my guts, thinking everything will be fine in the end but it's just ended up horrific. I put an end to this back in September and it's staying a permanent fixture- i'm going to be getting a tattoo to commemorate this.

Draw everyday

When I was a kid I use to win competitions because of my art, now however its a once every six months deal that I even pick up a pencil properly. I dedicate now that I will draw everyday, even if its just a silly little doodle or a collage or a paint splodge or unfinished. I will do something art related everyday and hopefully I will regain those skills I miss so much!

Get buff

I am already vegan and eat pretty much all organic, but I need to get my ass to this wonderful Gymbox membership i'm paying out for each month. All I want to do is tone up and look how i've wanted to for the last few years. I don't have a bad figure but I do long to be toned and have muscle. On 7th Jan I'm starting a 12 week fitness program to kickstart this.

Meditate

I'm forever hearing about the benefits but have only ever tried it at a very basic level. I really feel like it would massively help with my anxiety, cyclothymia and general stress so i'd like by this time next year to be practising this religiously, maybe with yoga alongside.

Face the facts

That I have to do all the unnecessary research for my degree in order to get a good grade. My final project pieces are alway marked highly but its my lack of books and books of research which drops my grade down. From now onwards i'm accepting that it has to be done, and I suppose, growing as a person in the process.

Stay focused

I know what I want out of life but I often lose track of this too easily. I need to keep my aims in sight and keep pushing everyday.

No more excuses

Too long how have I said that I want to do Roller Derby, submit my first photo set to Suicide Girls, model, learn a foreign language, learn the bass, volunteer for charities etc.. The list is endless. I'm going to use this new year to try new things, not let anything hold me back and to ensure that I regret nothing!

Blog!

I made this blog over a year ago and have only four posts on here, ludicrous. I have a tumblr but this is more reference images for myself. I want to have this as my personal blog as it blows my mind how well my friend little Lyzi over at www.littlebeinglittle.blogger.com has done for herself! It seems like only yesterday she was saying the same thing to me and she's flying :)

Be better with money

I'm not some crazy spender or anything but most months I have already spent my wages in my head before I been paid. I want to actually have £1000 saved up continuously so that I can dip into it now and then without feeling guilty, or being completely out of pocket.

Chloé

Creative CV

So I'm in the process of making a creative C.V. so that I can show my true colours when I apply to certain jobs. It's still only at the the outline stage, but I have just started colouring it in using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. The idea is based on the phrase 'the window of opportunity'- eventually all my information will be placed within the empty windows. I felt it was apt what with me studying visual merchandising and also as a way of putting a different spin on the classic C.V.

Chloé