I'm back at Uni too, back in Shropshire and getting into the swing of things. I'm living in a very cute little cottage in a tiny village, about 2 miles from Uni with Yorkshire Housemate and Leicestershire Housemate.
It's been lovely being with them again after being away for a year and we do cute things like watch period dramas, knit, cook dinner for each other and bake. We're trying to do work too but that's not coming quite as easily.
Since my last post a few things have happened. I went on a fabby holiday to New Quay in West Wales. It was beautiful and for the most part the weather held. It was just The Boyf and the Elder Basons and I in a gorgeous little farm cottage for the week. We did all sorts including go on a dolphin watching boat trip, eat wonderful fish and chips on the harbour wall, go to Aberystwyth and go to the Ynys-Hir nature reserve, the one where Springwatch is filmed. We saw dolphins in the harbour most days and also enjoyed a wonderful day at the beach at Mwnt, which was truly beautiful. It was a blissful holiday and I really, really didn't want to come back home, but alas, I had to.
The very next day I moved into the cottage with the girls and got stuck back into Final Year life. Quite frankly, it's hard and I'm not sure that I like it, but I'll battle on and finish the year! Everything will be over by the very latest of June 13th, so not too long left now!
Before that is the dreaded D-Day. Dissertation hand in day! It's actually set for April 29th, but I'd like to get it all finished by April 7th, so that I can enjoy my holiday, birthday and a battle without worrying about getting that done. Hopefully it will all work out!
The other D-Day is regarding the d-word. 'Diet'. It started yesterday and I have said goodbye to chocolate, cakes, sweets, ice-cream etc apart from very special occasions (namely Yorkshire Housemate's birthday, Christmas Day and Best Friend's birthday). It also means just 3 meals a day and no snacking! Tough challenge but I managed it for lent, so we'll see how well it goes this time.
I was at home for the weekend so weighed myself, but there are no scales in this house so I hope to have made a big difference when I go back home and weigh myself at Christmas. Don't worry, I'm not going to start starving myself, just seriously watch what I do eat and make sure there's not too much of it!
The big D-Day for the diet is January 25th. Holly Holy Day. Which means nothing to the vast majority of you, but it is in fact the day each year that the Sealed Knot re-enact the Battle of Nantwich in Cheshire. It will be the first day that I wear my new, smaller, corset and I want to make sure that I have lost weight for it because, quite frankly, I'm vain.
I am going to be buying said new corset in mid-november at The Original Re-enactors Market (TORM) and I'm looking forward to going and getting that, which will be my Christmas pressie from the Elder Basons. I went to a similar market the International Living History Fair (ILHF) this weekend just gone and had a jolly good time, especially catching up with friends from North of/ near the border.
Although I really enjoyed it, it did 2 other things. 1) reminded me that re-enactment is expensive but I am a student and have no money. 2) Re-ignited my love for steampunk fashion. I fell in love with a red underbust that I even tried on, but did not have the £110 to buy. I have since been looking at all sorts of steam punk clothes and jewellery online.
Maybe if I'm really good with money between now and mid November I will be able to treat myself to something at TORM! (Probably not, but a girl can hope).
So, next few weeks? Quite busy, the first of which will be spent on a Uni trip to Anglesey, to study invertebrates, on the beach, in November. I kid you not. I never said this Countryside Student lark was glamourous. (No really, it's not, and I never said that).
Also, visiting the Boyf and combining that with the trip to TORM, the Best Friend is visiting for a weekend of girly fun (and wine), trying to organise my life and hand in assignments and that's about it.
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