OMG she still exists?!

So so much! 

This photo really does not convey the hype I felt watching Phantom - it took me a week to recover! And if you still don't get how much of a fangirl I am, I nearly cried with excitement when Andrew Lloyd Webber drove past me when I was in London last week 🙈

I genuinely did not think I could become so happy from sitting in a pink trolley 😂

via GIPHY

Hi, I'm Beatrice, and welcome to my blog!

Oh heyyyyyyyyy! Long time no see (if we're not counting last weeks post 🙈).

How are we all? Good I hope 😊 Sorry about being so MIA these past few months (on the blog) and weeks (on Instagram). All I can say is that life happened and I got very tired and very busy! However, with my final year of uni (no you're in denial!) just around the corner, I thought I should bring you up to speed on what's been going on in my life, and what the coming year is bringing.


So where to begin?

For the majority of my summer I was a working girl! I know! I had an actual, proper, adult job (well internship) which meant waking up between 5:30 and 6am and catching an hour long train to work. I was working for a marketing agency and learnt so so much. I will do a proper post about my internship experience, but it was such a great, though exhausting, way to spend my summer and gave me a lot to think about in regards to what the heck I'm doing once I graduate...

After my internship I completed a small amount of work experience, working in the heritage sector in an events department. That too was a lot of fun, and included spending my days coming up with crafts for upcoming events and then helping out at them.

Yes, both of these jobs were hard, and no I am yet to have a holiday (currently looking at a December trip to Cologne to see the Christmas Markets, so look out for posts on that in a few months time!), but I would totally encourage all second years (and first years if you're keen) to look into using your summer to complete an internship or work experience, whether it's to try out a job you want to do once you graduate, or simply to make your CV look incredible. Make your summer count! (Look early so you don't miss deadlines!)



Of course, all this work has meant that I am well and truly drained at the moment. I am lacking creativity and inspiration for Instagram,  and haven't really had a moment to dedicate time to writing for this blog (all my writing energy was used at work, writing for other companies 😂). All I can think about at the moment is how much I really need to catch up on sleep right now, let alone what make up looks I could create and photograph to build my online presence. Needless to say, many ideas I had this summer got cut due to time restraints (on top of work, I was travelling most weekends).


So where does this leave me for the coming year?

I'm about to go into the final year of my history degree, whilst trying to work out where I want to be in a year. I am currently looking at graduate schemes, jobs and masters programmes, which could take me in the marketing or events industry, have me learning how to design websites or working for the NHS (name a more varied selection of life plans, I'll wait 😂).

In regards to this blog, don't worry, I'm not planning on going anywhere! I have planned every blog post for the coming year, and blocked out my week (keep and eye out for a Uni organisation post) to ensure that I, hopefully, have time to write consistently this year. Expect every post I have ever wanted to write about University life (including posts I wrote when I was still applying and never published!!), as well as the odd bit of beauty, random content, and advice from someone who's in no position to be giving advice (as usual...).  When it comes to Instagram, who knows if I'll be as consistent as I was for a lot of this summer. I would love to, but taking photographs is a timely process and due to me keeping the Uni I'm at a secret, I am limited in what I can take pictures of. I'm not leaving Instagram, I love the little community we've built and taking images for it, just expect it to be a little more sporadic for now.

So that should bring us back up to date. Congrats for getting through this ramble of nothingness. Basically, despite being exhausted and preparing to be consumed by my dissertation in the coming months, I'm not going anywhere! So prepare yourself for less sporadic blog posts, and a more sporadic Instagram feed 😇

Til next week (if everything goes to plan 😶)

June xx

P.S. I also dyed my hair for the first time, but if you can actually tell a difference then you're a genius and get a gold star 😆

Taken on the day of dying. A week later, and we're pretty much back to my weird mousy-brown-but-sort-of-blonde colour.  28 washes my hat 😂