July|Positive 31 Days, 31 Photos... #31

Well, here it is folks: the final installment of 31 Days, 31 Photos!

#31

I've been trying to eat healthy recently, and I've been doing quite well. Yesterday mum and I went to Zumba and had to pop in to Waitrose on the way home. 

They had this delicious looking cart stacked with sweet treats: crusty almond croissants  sticky maple pecan plaits and pretty little cupcakes.

Well, it was too good to ignore! I decided to pick a carrot and pineapple muffin which I thought must be vaguely healthy - and anyway, what's the point of anything if you can't treat yourself all the time, occasionally. 

I hope you've enjoyed reading my 31 Days, 31 Photos posts. It's been really fun and I like how it has made me feel looking back on the photos!

Kisses,

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July|Positive 31 Days, 31 Photos... #27, #28, #29, #30

Well, here it is folks: the final installment of 31 Days, 31 Photos! Enjoy! 

#27

On Saturday we had grandma round for lunch. I wore my Rimmel Apocalips Lipgloss. I don't know why I look so tired, I've been going to bed at about 10:30 every night!

#28

On Sunday mum and I took a nice stroll around Bath, I love this walk along the river looking out at the Empire and Weir. It's great to remember that I live somewhere so lovely, most of the time I don't appreciate it!

#29

I've managed to get a trail shift/interview at a local pub in London, so have been searching high and low for a pair of black pumps to wear - as this blurry photo demonstrates!

#30

On Tuesday I made a horrible green smoothie - it was made of Pineapple, Kiwi, Orange Juice, Banana and... Spinach. I don't know that it was the spinach that made it disgusting, but it was horrible. Still, I got to take this fun snap nonetheless! 

Kisses, 

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July|Positive Review

With only 5 days left until August I thought it would be a good time to have a little 'July Review'.

As any frequent Hummingbirdxxx reader would know, I'e been trying to have a 'Positive July', I made a list at the beginning of the month with a list of things I wanted to achieve and I thought I would check up on my progress.

Graduate

Well, graduate I did. It was a lovely day (minus my fainting spell) and I felt how proud my parents were of me. It truly will be a memory I treasure forever - I still can't quite believe that the University era of my life is over!

Training Contract Applications

This has been a serious downer on July, but it is something I have to do. I'm churning out about 1 application a day, which doesn't leave a whole lot of time for much else! Hopefully my work will be fruitful and I will be lucky enough to get some offers!

31 Days, 31 Photos...

In an effort to make me appreciate all the nice things I get up to over July, I've been trying to take a photo a day. It's been more of a challenge than I anticipated it to be! This is one of my favourite July snaps - such a sweet photo of my mum and nanny laughing!

Visit New Flat

I've been to my new flat twice now, and I am so in love with it! I cannot wait for my new London life to begin, it already feels like home!

See Friends - don't become a hermit!

I've seen a few friends, although not as many as I would have liked (darn those applications)! But, there may be some plans in the pipelines!

Book a holiday with the BF

Miraculously, this has been done! And I'm so looking forward to it! One of the reasons behind July|Positive was the fact that the BF was going away for 6 weeks which was making me a little blue! 

But having this trip to Paris to look forward to makes me very excited and gives me something fabulous to look forward to do!

So, I feel I have done quite well with my July|Positive list (See original here), but there are a few that I haven't completed - or even got near to completing...

Complete Blogilates July Calendar

I think I got to like day 3 of this?! I blame the extreme heat wave and my applications. But, I do want to get in shape before my trip to Paris, so I'm planning on hitting it hard after my applications are due in, maybe I'll do August|Fitness? Please, I'm not even kidding myself!

Sort out my Shoe Situation

I did manage to semi-solve my shoe problem, when I bought these guys...

But, I now realise that maybe they are too high to walk in all around Paris for like 6 hours straight. Ah well. 

Anyway, I would still like some little booties, but it's just not the season to buy them, boo. So in conclusion, I still need to buy a pair of shoes...

Make some Money

However, the shoe situation is made harder by my money situation - or lack of! I even signed up for some medical trials, that's how in need of money I am!

Run the Second of the Two Tunnels

Again, fitness has not been my strong point during July. But, this is totally an aim for August pre Paris!

THEREFORE, July|Positive has been fairly positive, and it's not even over yet - there's still 5 days! Maybe I will come into millions and be able to sort out my shoe crisis! 

I'll keep you posted!

Kisses, 

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July|Positive 31 Days, 31 Photos... #16, #17, #18

Here are a few snaps from the last few days!

#16 

One of my favourite things about this weather is making the most of eating outside. It prevents me from being tempted to eat in front of an episode of Kim and Kourtney Take Miami! Also, in this heat I have really been enjoying fresh fruit, here's some of momma's Eton Mess! (Minus the cream, because I don't like it!)

#17

On Wednesday we invited my grandparents round for a BBQ dinner followed by a viewing of The Apprentice final! I won't say anything in case some of you haven't watched it yet, but it was a really lovely evening!

#18

Yesterday I did my dad a favour, I mowed the lawn - and I am so impressed that I was able to create the striped effect! I hope he likes it when he comes home tonight!

What have y'all been getting up to? Enjoying the sunshine?!

Kisses, 

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July|Positive 31 Days, 31 Photos... #3

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31 Days, 31 Photos...

I can't quite believe that I'm voluntarily sharing this photo on the world wide web. *Note the sweat patch...
So clearly, yesterday I went for a run. Now, I know that hundreds, or millions of people go for a run everyday. But for me, this is a big achievement. 
I always tend to get nervous and self conscious about going for a run. But now that a cycle/walk/run path has opened near my house I have the perfect place to do it! (The path involves two tunnels which are dark, so no one will see me, hurrah!)

Hopefully now that I've gone for one run, I will feel happier going for another, and another and well, you know!

What have you been getting up to?

Have you joined in July|Positive?

Kisses,

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July|Positive 31 Days, 31 Photos...#2

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31 Days, 31 Photos...

Yesterday I had a lovely trip to town with my mum and my nanny (her mum).

We had a poke around the sales and I managed to pick up an absolute bargain from House of Fraser!

Keep your eyes peeled to find out what the bargain was!

What did you get up to yesterday?

Kisses,

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July|Positive: 31 Days, 31 Photos...

If you saw my previous post (here), then you will know that I really want to make the most of my July and ensure that I keep things positive!

At the top of my July|Positive list was to take inspiration from Louise at Sprinkle of Glitter and do my own '30 Snap Challenge'! The only difference being that July has 31 days and so I will try and take 31 photos in 31 days!

I think that this is a great idea as hopefully it will make sure I appreciate all the little things that make me happy each and every day that might otherwise go unnoticed. 

So, here begins

31 Days, 31 Photos...

As with all new plans/resolutions - I am already behind schedule! I am typing this at 00:14 on July 3rd, not a great start but thiiiiings, can only get better (can only get...).

This photo sums up what I have been up to recently: working on my training contract applications and then enjoying a sneaky glass of wine and a chocolate or two in the evening!

I made this photo a jumbo photo so that you could check out the cool design on the bottle of wine, so snazzy!

So there you have my first 31 Days, 31 Photos upload! Nothing very special but I'm sure at the end of the month I will look back and smile!

Remember that you are very welcome to partake in your own Positive|July and to whip up your own list of things you want to achieve this month to make the most of it!

Kisses, 

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Positive July!...July|Positive

I really want to make July a good month.

For a few reasons I think that if I let myself I could become down in the dumps this month. It has the potential to slump past without me really doing or achieving anything.

But I am determined not to let it.

In order to help this I've decided to host Positive July! here on Hummingbirdxxx and have created a list of things I want to do this month…

1. Complete the ’31 Day Snap Challenge’ – you may have seen the *30 Day Snap Challenge on Louise’s blog, Sprinkle of Glitter last month and I thought it was a lovely idea and so I will endeavor to do it in July instead!

2. Complete the Blogilates July Calendar!! If I manage to get away to some sun this summer I want to be looking my best!

3. Complete all my Training Contract applications.

4. Graduate!

5. Visit my new flat in London.

6. See my friends – don’t become a hermit!

7. Sort out my shoe situation.

8. Make some money!

9. Run the second of the two tunnels.

10. Book a holiday to Paris with the bf.

Positive July! or July|Positive is all about making the most of this summer month - which apparently will bring us a heatwave!! 

If you feel a little bit like me, or just want to make this July amazing, then why not join in with me and make your own Positive July! list?

Kisses,

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