May Blogging Challenge

Well it's been another crazy month that seems to have flown by a little too fast. While this month hasn't been my most active in terms of blogging I'm still really proud of how my blog has been ticking over all  on its own, yay me!

Looking forwards to May I have the big scary problem of exams and because I am a total genius I have decided to take a blogging challenge. Organised by the lovely Elizabeth at  ttp://www.rosalilium.com/ go take a look at her blog, she's brilliant, she once wrote a whole post about bacon. I'm not even lying.check it out here.

Anyway!

Every day in May I will be blogging a variety of topics, to be fair I am writing as many posts in advance as I can (cheating? Maybe, but I like to think my exams have slight priority).

If you follow me on twitter I will be using the hashtag #BEDM a lot to share my posts.

Wish me luck!

Keep it scrimpy
Laura.

My summer resolutions

This post is inspired Alex's tweet. 

It got me thinking, why do we only make resolutions in January? Why not one every month? Well now the end of the academic year is creeping up on me quickly, hand in deadlines are here and exams are getting ever closer. So among all this I'm procrastinating to the max and looking ahead to summer. So inspired by Alex's tweet here are my summer resolutions.

• Go to London- I love London, I'm a massive tourist when I go, might even invest in a bum bag to complete that tourist look.
• Go on spontaneous day trips- Not including pub trips.
• Take out a gym membership- I actually really enjoyed going to the gym over easter.
• Actually use said gym membership- I have a feeling this shall be the hard bit
• Relax - I have worked really hard this year, I think I deserve it
• Go 'outside' more often- I have stupidly signed up to a module called 'Geography outdoors' for next year.
• Spend some quality time with my dog- she's getting on a bit now but neither of us can really hack long walkies anyway. We are a good match
• Go on a picnic
• Spend quality time with friends
• Go blackberry picking- I know this is more in the autumn time but it still comes under my summer break. 
• Do more thrifty crafts- I haven't been crafting as much since I came to uni, I don't really have the space.

We shall see how well these go over summer.

Do you have any summer plans already? Feel free to share!

Keep it scrimpy.
Laura.

Sunny Days in Bangor.

This weekend has been amazing and has reminded me why I came to Bangor in the first place, there aren't many uni's where you can go and have a BBQ on the beach on your day off and since it was so sunny yesterday Epti, Giselle and I headed to the beach armed with a BBQ and kites (from poundland of course).

This was the view across the menai straits yesterday afternoon. We were amazed how blue the water was. 

Getting the BBQs going

The views were seriously beautiful 

Our kites from Poundland provided a few hours of fun. I called mine Kevin.

I was loads better at flying kites than Giselle. We also taught Epti how to skim stones, she was a natural! 

 After then BBQ we sat and watched the sun set. The perfect end to a perfect day in Bangor.

Epti, Giselle and I.  

I felt really lucky to be here in Bangor this weekend, great people and beautiful scenery. I am a very Lucky Lady.

Keep it scrimpy.
Laura.

An easter update.

Easter seems like forever ago now, but I arrived back in Bangor last night to some typical Welsh rain. I've had a good rest over easter and although I really enjoyed my blogging break I'm glad to be back. So here is a few updates from my easter break, mostly in photo form. Enjoy!



My first mission when I got back was to see my dog and giver her some major cuddles. To be fair most of my easter was spent snuggling playing or walking with the dog.

I caught up with some friends and family which included cocktails at midday and feeding the ducks, a trip to the casino and finally a road trip to a victorian town!

Feeding the duckies with Poppy (after cocktails)

A trip to the Victorian Village with Jon

Hehehee a building with a face!

We had tea for two (from the worlds biggest teapot)

And I got to be a nerdy Geographer!

I also cooked brownies, they were seriously amazing. The cream egg ones were alright but OH MY DAYS the chocolate orange brownies with an orange syrup were out of this world.

Just look how beautiful it looks...

Finally I decided to invest in a new camera. I was going to wait until my birthday but when this little beauty came up on groupon for only £70 I couldn't really say no. I love it, it's like my baby. I'm hoping it will help with getting me off my lazy arse over summer, we shall see.

I hope everyone has had a good easter, now if you'll excuse me I have an essay to stare at  write.

Keep it scrimpy.
Laura.

R.I.P Maggie T.

I hope everyone is having a really good easter, sorry I have been neglecting the blog but I have needed a break. Now I'm back and ready to rant. Yes, sorry it's another rant post.

So I have literally JUST heard the news about Margaret Thatcher and already I have seen sick jokes floating around on Twitter and Facebook. She may not have been the most popular politician but people need to have some respect she was a mother and a grandmother. Carol and Mark Thatcher have lost their mother, regardless of politics she was a mother.

Thatcher was a great woman again regardless of her political beliefs and actions she was the first female prime minister and won three general elections. She paved the way for women in a mans world and deserves respect for that.

Her campaign manager, Airey Neave, who was instrumental to her election success was killed on 30th March 1979 by the Irish National Liberation Army who placed a bomb under his car. She also survived an assassination attempt in 1984. The attack took place on the hotel in Brighton in which she was staying for the Conservative Party Conference on the early hours of the morning on the 12th of October. After narrowly escaping injury she then insisted the conference going ahead as scheduled despite the death of 5 people. What a woman! Anyone who has the strength to carry on after an experience like that has my respect. Just imagine going through that and then carrying on the next day, I couldn't do it.

People who are sharing sick jokes literally seconds after they have heard the news of her death need to stop and think about their actions. It just makes me so angry that people have so little respect for another human being.

I'm not ashamed to say that she is one of my role models, not necessarily because of her political beliefs but because of her strength and determination as a woman. I don't think I could ever show the strength that she has in life May she rest in peace.

Keep it scrimpy.
Laura.