Story Time: My First Work Experience

I had my first work experience week  when I was 15 and still in high school. I was actually really looking forward to it, especially after having not having the best time ever in the past school year.

My work experience week was at a charity organisation, which I will not be naming. For that week I was to work at the charity's shop. It got quite busy some days and I really liked having a bunch of things to do all the time. I ended up staying there for a few more months.

The first week was great, I got everything I needed done for my work experience file. However, I quickly started to find work very stressful. Everyone there was absolutely lovely apart from an older man who worked there. He was absolutely horrible to us when the manager wasn't there. As much respect as I have for others, I soon had enough of being treated like I was the lowest of the low and begun standing up for myself and sometimes for others who were on the shop floor with me but too scared of getting a bad report. He was always shouting at us in front of customers, nothing we did was ever right, he liked to act like he was the manager when the actual manager wasn't there. He was a volunteer like the rest of us and had no right to treat us like we were the lowest possible, and that's why I had enough.

After arguments and a bunch of stress, it was finally the end of the summer holidays and I was able to go back to school for my last year of high school. It was amazing to have some peace back, as much as I missed the work and actually dealing with customers, I did not miss how I was treated by that particular individual.

I wouldn't say I regret going there for my work experience week. I did learn a lot and the stress I was put under actually ended up helping me prepare for future situations at other work places.

The truth is that you're very lucky if you find yourself in a job where you can get along with everyone, are treated fairly and your work is actually appreciated. There are unpleasant people everywhere and sometimes you just can't avoid having to deal with them.

Images Therapies Eyebrow Wax Review

So, last week I decided I seriously needed my eyebrows fixed. They had been looking terrible for too long, being pregnant also means you probably can only have your eyebrows waxed at a salon after 3 months (which was my case).

I booked for an eyebrow wax and re-shape at the Images Therapies salon. Images is a part of a college, students doing beauty therapy courses get to work there on real clients. All the students are super great with the clients and the customer service is incredible.

I reported to reception and sat in the waiting area, the student then came to get me. I was given a box to put my things (bag and phone) and laid down on the bed, which was super comfy by the way. All the make up from my eyebrows was removed, a small part of the hot wax was put on my skin to test and then the real waxing begun.
   It didn't hurt whatsoever, the girl who did my eyebrows was super fast. She then tweezed my eyebrows for any little hairs the wax didn't get, lotioned my eyebrows... And done! The lotion smelled amazing.

I was super happy that the student managed to fix my eyebrows, considering last time I had them done it was an actual professional who messed them up. I would definitely recommend Images Therapies to anyone, I will be going back very soon.

How To Improve Your Money Saving

I seriously know how difficult money saving can be but there are a million different ways to make it easier. Maybe you want to save up for a holiday, maybe you want to treat yourself or even save up for your own house,wedding or family.

When it comes to saving money, a little goes a long way. What I mean is that you may be just saving your change into a pot every day and see such a result in a few months. You just need to remember that everything takes it's time and patience is really needed for this.

How do I save up money? As I have a baby on the way and me and my partner are needing to get a house by this summer, saving up has been a really difficult thing for us to do. Especially when you have car tax to pay for, monthly bus passes and a bunch of other things. Personally, I save up with a little thing I recently started which is ''£2 for every 50 blog views'', every time I get 50 more views on any of my blogs, I add £2 to a jar. I will be only opening the jar at the end of each month and depositing it into the bank. The final amount of money will be revealed on July 19th 2016, this money will be going full towards our baby and house. I find that doing it this way makes me do my hobby better and also motivates me to save up. I'm loving it so far.

No matter what anyone says, we hate to admit it but we always end up spending money on things we don't need. Whether it's those pairs of shorts you want to get from Primark and then end up never wearing them, or maybe it's a bunch of junk food you don't need but want to get anyway. Imagine how much all that would add up to each month...

So here are different ways to save up quite a bit of money within months:

1. Start a hobby and every time you achieve a milestone, put a certain amount of money into a pot and at the end of the month, take it to the bank and deposit it into a savers account. Even if you save £2 each time you reach a milestone, it makes a huge difference. Chances are you would have wasted your money on something else you don't need anyway. 
2. If money is short and is literally going to bills and essentials only, it can be super hard to save up. If you like music or fashion and don't mind writing short reviews on things, head over to Slice The Pie, that is how I used to get my money when I was in college. All the money you get from the website, transfer it straight from your PayPal to your savers account. You will see a difference within just a few months.
3. Just opening up a savers account in general can motivate you to save up. Transferring that money over from one account to the other and then seeing that amount rise every month can make you feel so much better and motivate you to save up even more.
4. A lot of people don't like doing this but it is also a good way to save up, makes you sort of compete with yourself a little. Instead of buying really expensive branded things when shopping, why not go for the store value products? At the end of each shopping spree you do for the fridge or house in general, put the remaining money you would usually spend into a pot or savers account. I think this is quite a fast way to save up.
5. If you are simply putting whatever money you have at the end of the month into a pot or savers account, the best thing to do is don't keep checking it. This can take all your motivation away, saving up can sometimes take too long and your impatience might impact how much you save. So, set yourself a goal like I did. Give yourself a date to check your final outcome on and this will make you feel so much better.

Welcome To My Lifestyle Blog

Well, hello there.Welcome to my new lifestyle blog.

Even though I am already posting things. This blog will only be launched on 2nd April, very excited for it all.

What can you expect from this blog? Literally a little bit of everything. As a stay-at-home pregnant girl, I have a lot of time in my hands, and a lot of my day-time hours I will spend writing on here. You can expect some pregnancy and baby posts, a little bit of beauty, some life stories I feel like sharing, and  maybe even some shopping hauls and so much more.

I want to make this blog a little bit of you just like it will be a little bit of me.

Welcome.