pre birthday lunch

so today i went to the mall for lunch with my mum and auntie. the main reason for going was to do a bit of shopping as i needed to buy a smart outfit for my main birthday meal next friday. the plan was that my close friend emma and i were meant to be going to circus on covent garden as we are going for the weekend. more on that in abit...

so we travelled up the motorway to bristol and decided to start the day with some lunch at the marks and spencers deli.

now i know its not jaw droppingly amazing but hey, the foods good and you get a free glass of cava!

i went for the seafood deli platter. im not a massive fan of fish but prawns are one of my all time favourites. i also want to be more adventurous when it comes to fish as there are so many verities theres bound to be something ill like, no?
not to much food but it was filling! my mouth watered the entire time.

finished the meal with a pot of earl grey, lovely!

shopping didnt quite go to plan. i went into a few shops and saw a few things i liked but im not a smartly dressed person, if i could id live in my pjs or joggers.

im also the kind of person that panics and becomes really quiet in situations where belching isnt appropriate, so iv decided to cancel my reservation at circus and go for something more me...

i smell KFC...

early birthday yummies

so today one of my friends gave me an early birthday cake as we wont be working together for over a week as im on holiday as of sunday.

its a chocolate sponge with chocolate fudge icing, two packs of chocolate fingers, two boxes of malteasers, 4 bars of chocolate (melted), dark chocolate decorations with chocolate covered strawberries.

needless to say i love chocolate

only had one slice though, shared with the rest of the gang at work.

i can still smell the chocolate! YUM!

Forget 2 broke girls, its all about The Broke Boy

this week I turn 25 #facepalm

what have i done so far i hear you ask? depends on your point of view i guess.

I finished school and went to college to study graphic design, finished the course and got a place at university. i then graduated uni with a 2:2 in Graphic design after 4 years.

all the while holding down a part time job which i could transfer between when at home and at uni.

i then came back home and got full time hours with the same company, got a promotion...and have yet to use my degree....i graduated 3 years ago.

i dont know what it was but uni changed my mind on the things i was doing. i expected the life of a graphic designer to be full of fun adventures looking for inspiration (im sure it is for those who actually do it), but the way that uni lecturers go about briefs makes it so incredibly dull. they suppress your creativity and make you churn out the same thing over and over and over again.

i might get back into it one day but for now i need to find something new that excites me.

i saved my money and booked a trip to the big apple with a friend and we had the most amazing time. i promised myself i would do more adventuring but sadly life took over.

this time last year i was admitted into hospital after having quite a serious hypo, iv been diabetic since i was 7 and this was the first time iv ever had to go in. when this happened i realised that life is short and things needed to change.

i needed to stop doing my usual every day routine, getting out of bed and hauling myself to work followed by coming home and face planting the pillow all to wake up and do the same thing again the following day.

it was about time i stop dreaming about things i want to do and actually do them!

however a year on im still pretty much in the same place.

so now that im turning 25 its actually time to do something. to ensure i do the things i dream of im going to blog out it. im going to try and do one thing every day that makes me happy and save for the big dreams and make them a reality.

lets get this show on the road, broke boy style!

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