F*ck Monday: The Hangover

Hola, so this week has been pretty grim for me, in short I basically had a lump in/on my boob... had a biopsy they didn't like the look of it so they chopped it out and now waiting for my results... ya de ya.

Therefore today I've decided to take inspiration from my boyfriend and focus this topical post on hangover cures especially in the summer. Now I know we haven't had much of a summer this year but these last fews days it has been pretty muggy in London. And last week my boyfriend and I ended up in Hyde Park watching Feeder (big love) and we both over indulged on our poison of choice. I woke up full of beans unlike him on the other hand, to his annoyance I rarely have hangovers where he has only to drink a few pints and that will guarantee a hangover. 

So here are my top tips (aimed more for us ladies):

*** Stock up on water next your bed before you go out so you are prepared for the morning after.

*** Take a cool shower especially in the summer as this will just wake you up and make you feel fresh. 

*** Even if you are on a diet... healthy salads never cure a hangover. Wack the bacon on and have a sarnie if you can't stomach a full fry up (or its calories).

*** Have a mid morning/afternoon nap and if you have to work try and sneak some minutes in on your lunch break. 

*** Just remember your oversized sunglasses, stop that blinding sun and hide those big old bags hanging from under your eyes. 

*** Summer recovery; go for a picnic with your friends... a couple of nibbles, copious amounts of water and sleeping in the shade = bliss.

*** If it is a super bad hangover blend up some bananas for a rich potassium smoothie to replace your body with the goodness it is lacking. 

*** Want to exercise but can't handle the gym? Go swimming as it is all-over body thirst replenishment. 

*** Don't plan too much for the day after the night before, you won't be up for shopping or doing the house work.

*** Finally have painkillers, a mini fan, vitamins and mouth spray at hand all day you don't want to be hunting for the essentials. 

F*ck Monday: Goals for the Next Month

As we are slowly seeping into August (where has this year gone?!) I thought that I would share this post which seems to be flying around the blogging world. It is Louise's aka Sprinkle of Glitter  new tag/trending post where you state 7 goals of yours for the following week... I'm going to do mine for the month. I have seen loads of these post and it has really inspired me to get off my butt and sort some of my bits out (without sounding too rude :P). So here is my 7 goals:  

Gym :: I need to get my wobbly butt to the gym... Now money is becoming tight, I need to prove to myself that there is a reason why I am spending £50 a month on a gym membership. 

Sell :: I have copious amounts of clothes and things that I know longer need or want to sell on Ebay. 

Review :: I keep thinking that I have nothing to blog about but I have collected so many items over the past couple months which I haven't giving any air time too on my blog and that's a bit silly really. I feel like I'm keeping them from you all. 

Film :: I might be tempted to branch into YouTubing, I love watching peoples videos and I think I'd like to make my own but I am a little bit of a scaredy cat when it comes to things like that. I think people can be too judgement and that's what scares me. 

Relax :: Since my graduation on Thursday many people are telling me that I should be enjoying my last summer of freedom before I have a full time job (as I only have a part time one at the moment) however, I always think that you need money to have fun. But no, I'm gonna spend sometime relaxing over the next few weeks until I start my work experience at a magazine in September :)

Pamper :: With my saving and selling process, I have accumulated lots of beauty products which I think with the amount that I have, I should be the most beautiful person ever (haha, I know it doesn't work like that) but I need to put some of my products into practice. Operation use up before buying. 

Hunt :: Like I said above, I do have a job, but it isn't in the field that I want to be in. So I am on a hunt for a job/ an internship which will push me onto my career path!

If anyone else has done this tag on their blogs, link me as I love to read them :)

Thanks

F*ck Monday: Miserable

So I don't particularly want to bring everyone down with a moany post because let's face it the weather is bring most of us down. It's July already but I don't think the sun got the memo. Anyway this last week I have been pretty much wallowing in my own self pity and trust me I am the first one to admit that. This has resulted in the lack of blogging because I just haven't felt up to it. Now I'm not particularly sure what was wrong but it just felt like everything was shit... If you know what I mean, even though in hindsight it wasn't. All of the pictures above sum up me from the last week. I wouldn't go as far as saying that I've been depressed because I don't think I was or am. I just think I've had a real downer of the week. All I have wanted to do is lie in my pit (bed) and do nothing but this has obviously led to over thinking about every minor hiccup in my life and ultimately made me feel worst. 


This is the part where this post could get cringey... My brother and I had a big sibling heart to heart session. He's older than me and lives about an hours drive away, so it is always nice when we have a big session. In particular, I was talking about how I had been feeling and how that I think that I am the one making myself feel miserable because I'm focussing on it. I mentioned how I heard about The Secret Book from a couple of people at work, and my brother had actually read the book. This book talks about the laws of attraction in the universe and I know there will be millions of people who think that these kinds of books are a load of rubbish likewise there will be millions of people who believe in it. In a nutshell it is basically says that if you think positively, positivity will come to you, likewise if you think about something negatively then all you will attract is negativity.I have absorbed the first couple of chapters and after reading it and I think if it makes me feel good then it can't be that bad, whether it is true or not.


So in the whole this can kinda seem like a pointless post and I hopefully this will be the end of my moan. I am going to continue to read the rest of The Secret Book and probably write a full detailed blog post on it.


Has anyone else read it?

F*ck Monday: Jubliee Weekend

We're on the 3rd day of our four day bank holiday weekend here in the UK. With all the Jubilee Celebrations it is a bit of a shame about the weather but hey ho we're British and we solider on. Yesterday I had the greatest 'bum' day ever accompanied by the WORST hangover I have had this year so far. Two years ago I went to Ibiza with a friend and for the whole week we drank Vodka Redbull. Since then I haven't been able to drink it but for some reason on saturday night I obviously thought that I was still a spring chicken until sunday hit and then I realised I'm not. Will be staying clear away from that drink now. 


I don't particularly have much to moan about today... which is a surprise, though I am trying to put some clothes on Ebay and I think too many people are on it and it's crashing, much to my annoyance. So I have a feeling that today is just going to consist of copious amounts of tea and catching up on telly before the pub :P


Happy Monday Little Munches 

F*ck Monday #14

So for the last super sunny week, I have been working six days on the trot. I have also had some fun in the pub gardens this weekend so I managed to catch some of sun. But still the last thing you want to do when the weather is as beautiful as it has been is going to work in a shop with no windows :(. Saying that today is my first day off and it felt glorious yet most of my friends are working, so I planned a day of doing "productive" things. 


My first task was to smother my hair in a treatment. If you follow me on instagram or twitter (@MissLaceyLoves) you would had seen my nightmare terror of some of my hair falling out. Unfortunately I had an unlucky stint at a new hairdressers, (a mates rates hairdresser) whereby she bleached my hair. My very very very dry hair... and now you can imagine, it just began to break off. My hair which matched the hair on my barbie that I owned when I was 5. So the day after I went to my usual hairdresser who nearly had a heart attack at the condition of it. This means now I am on strict hair nourishing regime. Paul Mitchell... You may soon become my hero. 


The next task was/still is, I'm having a breather because it is taking me hours. But that is to sort out my clothes. And wow... I have millions of them, I don't know how I have accumulated so many. Hopefully over the next two weeks I will slowly be putting them up on ebay. After I have finished I need to sort out all of my room. This is also an attempt to stop me spending money...Hopefully. 


If I get a chance at some point I need to edit my CV, look at some jobs, have an at home mini spa, sort out the blog posts that I am going to write this week, and possible even break on to the YouTube scene. (If I'm brave enough). 


Not really much to moan about, whilst the sun is shining, I'll be smiling.


Happy Mondays.

F*ck Monday #13

I wished I could feel my room with quotes without looking like a crazy lady, I frigging love them. :). So what's new with me this week? I've been working loads, I've been sick and I've been in a weird mood. That's it in short.


There is so much I NEED to do at the moment but I have such little motivation, if I'm honest. Whilst finishing off my dissertation I thought that I would have so much time do stuff but I've had my head up in the clouds and spent too much time doing nothing but thinking loads. This causes me to take the bull by the horns this week and create a to do list which shall be completed. (I hope).


I need to start saving sharpish/ getting rid of some of my student overdraft. It was my boyfriends birthday this week so I did splash out a little and with the Stratford Westfield's adventure too, I'm a little out of pocket. Ooops. I also had a puncture which is going to set me back about £70. Ouch. 


I've been to the gym twice this week which is better than nothing :). I have also walked to work five times, so it all should be helping somehow. I've lost two pounds this week, and hoping to see it slowly coming down. 


And mainly my biggest problem at the moment is that, I need to STOP worrying about everything. I am the biggest worrier in the world and that isn't an exaggeration. I sometimes worry myself so much to the point where I'm physically sick over silly things. I'm trying to figure things out in my head over things which have been bothering me and programming myself to be less stressed.


Other than that the world is great and the person below is helping massively. 




Olly & I: 

F*ck Monday #12

If you follow me on Twitter (@MissLaceyLoves) or on Instagram (MissLaceyLoves) then you'll know that last week I finished university forever!! So hopefully by July (that's when my graduation is) I will have a degree in Journalism and Creative Writing. Yipee!! 


This has meant that over the past fews days, I have been reflecting on my life and the way in which it's going. Today was meant to be the start of my Summer Body Regime but instead I had a lovely shopping date with Miss Alexjandra Pearson... we spent nearly 7 hours in Westfield at Stratford and we didn't touch like half the shops. My feet were knackered my arms were aching. I didn't have much money to splash, but I have gone a little credit card happy, so I will be uploading a post of all my new little buys. I was a little bit too cheeky... and even though I was meant to be buying my some presents for my boyfriend's birthday, I kinda spent more on me than him... Oops =].


Though on the positive, whilst it sounds like I'm spending lots of money, I have been successfully finishing up a lot of products, so I will be also uploading an empties post which I'm excited about as I loooove reading other peoples (so if you have done one/a youtube video please link me!). 


But yeah that is pretty much a sum up of what I've been up too. 


Hope you have all had a good week too! 

F*ck Monday #11

This week has just been one of those weeks, lots of little inconveniences and hassle. Hassle is actually an understatement to be honest. Nothing is ever easy or simple cliche, I know. Though I thought today instead of doing my usual rant/moan about the life and the world and how much it is all against me, I am going to list everything that is going right. It's kinda like a I know i'm still fat, poor and stressed but it doesn't matter because:


* I treated my Mum to a selection of No.7 bits for Mother's Day
* My Dad had the week off work - quality time :-)
* My boyfriend and I had a great 'nothing' day
* A couple of friends and I sorted out our differences
* My uni work is making progress
* I had a fab St Paddy's Day - Lots of alcohol and drama. haha.
* I'm getting transferred for my job - which'll make me happy for the summer.
* I have been accepted for some work experience. 
* I'm slowly getting my social life back. 
* And today the sun is out and the sky is blue. HELLO SPRING :-D


Girls do you agree to focus on what we do have instead of what we don't? It's my new motto - try it :)

F*ck Monday #10

*** There is one main thing which is effect my life at the moment and that is UNIVERSITY - the end of the year is coming up and the deadlines and drawing closer and closer. I am possibly a little stressed and being a stress head. RARGH. I know there is not that long left but I have SO much work to do and a lack of energy which doesn't pose for a great mix. For the next 7-8 weeks my new plan is to work my arse of Monday - Friday then when Saturday comes I can party on, as I few I do not feel I do anything at the moment other than sit in front of my computer. Booooo. 

*** To get out of my miserable mood... the lady above Jessie J's music has really allowed me to get dancing and pumping some endorphins into my body. "I'm feeling sexy and free...." I'm a goof... I love plugging into my iPod and jamming around to music is my bedroom. I must admit in my penguin onesie if anyone saw me they'd wanna lock me up. lol

*** I have recently been getting bogged down with work, uni, money and my weight and I think I just need to tackle one problem at a time. Ideally I want to have lost a stone by April 23rd which I'm hoping is achievable but it means I need to stop putting rubbish in my mouth and concentrate on my uni work and once that is over I can rock out with a diet. 

How is everyone else coping with life stresses?? 

F*ck Monday #9

This Monday's rant is primarily based on the fact that today is my Grandad's funeral and this is the first funeral that I've ever gone too. Now I know most people aren't big fans of funerals but I tend to look after younger family members or just prefer not too attended. This is also not out of a lack of respect to those who have passed it is just that I feel that personally I'm not great at coping with death or funerals. I struggle to watch them on tele let alone in real life. My Mum's Dad passed two years ago and I didn't attend that funeral and it is sad to say but I have had plenty of oppotunity to go. Though my parents believe that I need to go to a funeral for myself and to realise they aren't nice to go to but they can be nice when an older person dies because it becomes a celebration of their life. So today I am pulling out a full black outfit with minimal make-up (the fear of mascara smudge). Wish me luck... hopefully it won't be as bad as I think it is.

F*ck Monday #8

This picture seems to sum up my week. 

*** I have attended 3 gym classes this week (1x Body Attack & 2x Body Conditioning). I'm probably the biggest of everyone in my class... and that is quite disheartening but as a lot of people are telling me that they are so slim because they go all the time. Fingers crossed that'll be me soon :D

*** I think this week I've just been a grizzle bag... I hate driving! Seriously makes me wonder how some people have passed their test. I got so angry with this male driver who thought it would be great to drive up my arse whilst crawling in traffic and then over took a big chunk of the traffic. Doughnut could had killed himself. pfft.!

*** On saturday night I went to my boyfriend's friend's 50th birthday party. It was great, had such a great night. Though we had one of those drunken conversations which aired out a lot of things which is a relief on our relationship. I love putting the world to rights when drunk. lol. 

*** I haven't blogged for like 3 days either which is bad as I wanted to blog everyday of the year. Just need to crack the whip on that one :D

How is your Monday??

F*ck Monday #7

This week has been a little sad for me:


*** On Saturday morning, my Grandad passed away in hospital. It was quite sudden in the fact that he hadn't been that ill... it was only in the last 10days had he deteriorated. Still unsure what was wrong with him, seeing my Dad that upset broke my heart. The nice thing in away was that my Dad, Auntie and my Grandad's wife were all at his bedside talking to him as, he slipped away out of this world. My Dad told me that it was a peaceful process and he lived a good life and considering he smoked and drank a lot, he'd only ever been in hospital in the pass two years of his life. :)


*** My uni work has been getting on top of me - I'm currently stressing at massively... Ahhh.


This is just a quick one, because i'm still quite upset so my mind is not on my blog at the moment - Sorry guys :)

F*ck Monday #6

Not much to rant about this week as I have been lucky girl. 

*** Oh yes it is that time of the year for Valentine's Day - Whether you love it or hate it... it is extremely hard ignore it, this year it seems bigger than ever (and no I am not single). What I mean by that is that people assume that everyone who dislikes the day is single. And what I also mean by it being bigger, I find all shops are trying to cash in on the Valentine's feel - I usually put it down to lingerie, jewellery and perfume shops to relish in the advertisement obviously along side restaurants and card shops. But walking around the high street every shop seems to be absorbing the notion of valentines. I mean in the card shops they had cards such as "To my Daughter on Valentines Day", "From the dog on Valentines Day" and "From a friend to a friend on Valentines Day" - really is it necessary for cards like this to be generated on such a meaningless day. My boyfriend and I have agreed not to give anything to each other (even though there have been a few cards that have caught my eye). I fall into it just like everyone :-) Bit of a pointless rant. 

*** I have a new iMac which is AMAZING but switching from a regular PC to this takes some getting used to. Little things that I used to do like copying and pasting shortcuts are different, there is no right click and you have to drag files to the recycling bin rather than just clicking delete. Overall I LOVE it but I just get impatient with myself for not being able to do some things. :-)

*** Last night my boyfriend and I went to see Snow Patrol and they were AMAZING! Had such a great night. I just wish things like this were a lot cheaper to do because if I could afford it - I would go and see a band like every week. 

How was your week? :) 

F*ck Monday #5

I couldn't resist this picture today, I think it is appropriate due to yesterday weather conditions which brings me largely onto my Monday rant. 


*** Yes, the snow looks pretty and it is great. But, it is February so hmm the whole winter/christmassy vibe has kinda gone especially with all the new lovely spring fashion which is in the stores. Bye winter and snow, hello summer! I don't get why people like snow... it's wet, cold and slippery. It's a hazard for everyone. 


*** Public transport, even before the snow had arrived South Western trains had delays due to frozen signal points. Really? No snow and they still don't work right. The last thing I would rather do is stand in the freezing cold waiting for a delayed train. Boo. 


*** I spent even more money today - I call it Monday blues... that and I had a couple of hours to kill. I had a big spend up in Lush, Boots and New Look. I told my Mum I brought 'essentials' - I mean I have to bath and wear make-up right? 


*** Hospital - if they are busy, you have to wait ages and if they are quieter they take ages. I had an appointment for 8pm... 8.30pm I was still waiting. I don't like to bash the NHS because they do a lovely job but there was no one else in the waiting room but my Mum and I. I am pretty British when it comes to waiting... I HATE IT! Rargh!! 


*Deep Breath* Ahhh after that rant I feel slightly better. Now time to catch up on Eastenders!

F*ck Monday #4

Today was meant to be the happiest Monday of the year.... due to payday blah. It wasn't amazing for myself, as I woke up this morning poor and hungover.


*** Yesterday my boyfriend and I went to Sea Life in London, which was such a lovely day. I really enjoyed everything about it. We went to Cafe Rouge near Charing Cross and that was when it all began. Just with one delicious bottle of wine... then next we were in a cocktail bar, then a pub and then running for the train to get back home to meet some friends for some more friends. Great night for me, but just not for my bank balance or my body.


*** This week I have been having the "I need to start to becoming an adult" thought. Like stop (excuse my expression) "spunking" my money, sorting out a career for when I hopefully (fingers crossed) graduate. I need to work out if I can actually afford to live whilst interning for at least 3 months for free. Interning seems to be the only way I'll get my foot in the door.


*** I "lost" my ipod this week for a couple of days. (It was under a seat in my car) but I was so devastated about it. I LOVE my ipod it is probably my joint favourite possession with my phone. I have the 160gb classic ipod and it is filled with so many different and great songs. I spend a lot of my spare time, dancing around my room thinking I am Beyonce mixed with Kelly Clarkson. And wanting to die everyday some catches you singing or dancing like a goon. I make myself laugh. :-)


*** On a mission to spend the next 4 weeks not buying any new clothes... Eeeek!!! It will be harder than dieting. Haha

F*ck Monday #3

Blah okay so today is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year; the weather is grim, payday looms 5 whole days away and my diet has flopped and currently laying in the gutter with all the drizzly rain. So I think my rant today feels amazingly appropriate.


*** I’m done already with this horrible grim and gloomy weather; please summers please come soon. I’m craving some vitamin D and it doesn’t help that Meg and I have been looking at holidays – something I NEED! However, this poses even more shittiness for me.


*** Ho ho ho, yep my Christmas calories are still glued to my belly, hips, legs, arms, face, tits even my feet (might be a slight exaggeration). But you get what I mean, all my waffle and talk about getting fitter for the new year etc etc etc has gone already and we are only 3 weeks in. Boo.


*** And because I have been feeling pretty shitty I have therefore gone and blown a lot of my money well in fact nearly all of it. Don’t get me wrong I got some lovely bits but probably bits that I really don’t need. That and on my massive shopping spree at Bluewater, I was waddling around with all my bags in my glory and then bang. I fell arse over tit flat on the floor. This was amusing for a lot of people rather than myself. 


*** I feel like today I could rant on about everything but I feel this would be very unfair on some people even though they maybe deserving of it. Haha. I need to get my butt in gear and bash out my dissertation and other uni work. Then I can be all like ‘Hello Summer’, ‘Hello Sexy Body’, ‘Hello Bank Balance finally in the black’ and ‘Hello Graduate’.

We’ll see.

F*ck Monday #2

This is what I looked like when I woke up this morning. 

*** On this ridiculously cold Monday I have a lot to moan about, in particularly the fact that I had to scrap the ice of my car this morning. This is my main pet hate of the winter, all it means is that I have to be dolled up for work, standing in the freezing cold, then the roads were slippery and Bobby (my car) HATES hills let alone icy ones. Then you get the old sunny blinding you as your driving also I forgot my sunglasses... though to be fair would rather it be cold and sunny than cold and bloody miserable.

***I had prepared myself to work a short shift today but no people where sick thus making me work longer and harder... though it did make the shift go quicker but I was starving when I finished.

*** Which then leads me on to the fact that I have not accomplished or stuck to my new year’s resolutions; yes I know most the population haven’t but I still want to feel moany arse at myself. Not lost any weight (expect off my legs due to S&G see post.), not saved any money and not any closer to looking like Lauren Conrad (I wished). However I did submit 9000 words on Friday which I wrote for my assignment within a week anyone who is in their third year at university I DO NOT recommend this.

Hello Tuesday... That’s all!

F*ck Monday #1

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For all of you that know me, and for all of you who follow this blog will notice that I love to moan. A couple of girls and I spend a few hours a week just moaning about little things – It makes us feel great. So now every Monday I am going to bore all you lovely lot with my rants of the week. I hope you’ll find them amusing or can relate to them somehow.

*** Okay, so my gym and getting fit thing has kinda wooshed out of the window. I do hate January sometimes. It is so grey and dull. I have been to the gym a couple of times...but as I am so out of shape, it is such a struggle now. But luckily I have the help of my friend Lizze (who is training to be a Personal Trainer) – so we’ll just watch this space.

***  I am now going into my last term of uni ever! For all of you who understand uni jargon I have like 120 credits to complete in one term. And I am working part time and I am aim to blog every day and I am trying to lose weight plus have some form of social life... which again I don’t think is going to be resurrected until May. Wah.... Dissertation! Novel! Feature! Business!!!

*** Today because I had the ump... I indulged on my Student Loan and brought a job lot of things from Miss Selfridge & River Island... Will blog my haul soon!!Probably will regret this in a month or two.

What’s your moan of the week??