A Glasgow Girl

I think I said this when I first started this blog but I am really determined to get a little healthier this year. Since graduating from university in the summer I have been doing a lot less exercise. For anyone that doesn't know, I studied Musical Theatre and therefore did a number of dance classes and a lot of walking to and from university. I wouldn't say I'm unhealthy or need to particularly lose weight, I just want to be stronger and eat healthy. Here is my personal checklist of how I'm going to achieve what I want to achieve: 1. Pick exercise activities that I enjoy. In the past I haven't particularly enjoyed going to the gym. I'm just unsure of what to do and feel a little self-conscious as all these people who seem to know what they are doing workout, around me. Last week, I tried a body balance class and really enjoyed it. I think it's a mixture of pilates, yoga and tai-chi. I did a bit of yoga a few years ago while I was still at school and foun...

You may have already heard about this but I thought I would tell you anyway. As New Years Eve (or Hogmanay as it's called in Scotland) came around, I had considered doing a picture a day for a year as a little way of documenting 2014 for myself. Then I came across the #100happydays hashtag on instagram and decided to look further into it. Basically you just click on this wee website and sign up. You can choose whichever social media platform you prefer (I chose instagram), and document a happy thing that happens to you every day for 100 days. It says on the website that if you keep it up for 100 days then you can get a book made of all your happy days. Today is my day 14 and so far I have had mixed results. On days when I am busy, I find that I have too many happy moments to document just one, but on days when I am just working from home I find it more challenging and usually just end up posting pictures of food. Which is ok I suppose, because food does make me happy. It has...

The other day one of my best friends (Hi Emma :p) was telling me that she had been in Boots recently and had discovered a section up the back of the store with heavily discounted make-up. We were in Glasgow the other day and decided to investigate. We went to the St. Enoch store and in between all the Christmas gifts that are now on sale was a few tubs filled to the brim with all sorts of makeup and nail polish with price labels ranging from 50p to £3. I was surprised to find that it all looked in good condition. I know when makeup has been that discounted in the past it has also been out of date or really weird shades (like Sally Hansen nail polish in Poundland...) but some of this was really really good. Here is what I picked up: 17 Even Tone Corrector Stick-50p When I tell people I put green concealer on my face sometimes, they think I am crazy. However, when blended over spots or any redness this balances everything out. I normally buy the Natural Collection versio...