Help make a dream come true

I want to introduce you all to one of my best friends in the whole world!

this is Emily

For as long as I have known her, her dream job has been to be an Astronaut!

no matter how many people have told her that its not possible for women to be astronauts and to lower her expectations *ahem* crappy form teacher! she has always kept her goal in mind and worked hard towards it. 

now she really has a chance to go into space!!!!

and YOU can help!

all you have to do is visit the link below and vote for her! and you could partially be responsible for putting not only my best friend but also an absolutely amazing woman in space!!!!

please help you will be making her lifelong dream come true!

VOTE FOR EMILY JENKINS

Oh How Pinteresting - The getting organized edition

Ever since we finally moved into our apartment, I have been madly pinning organisation ideas to help keep it clean and organised.

Source: abowlfulloflemons.blogspot.com via Selina on Pinterest

Source: blogs.babble.com via Selina on Pinterest

Source: marthastewart.com via Antonina on Pinterest

Source: iheartorganizing.blogspot.ca via Cathi on Pinterest

Now if i could only remember to actually do some of these things my life would be one step closer to perfect!

Moderation is the Key

Often when a new year starts we all jump feet first into one fad diet after another and after maybe 3 weeks of barely eating the cravings overwhelm us and we end up gorging on junk food until we are right back at square one.

I saw this picture on Tumblr and it really stuck with me.

It makes so much sense really when you think about it, neither of the extremes of eating can ever really be good for our bodies and what is the point of food if you can't enjoy what you're eating along the way?

This links nicely to one of my January goals which was to home cook as many meals as possible. I have decided that instead of ordering a pizza when i get the craving, to try and make one at home instead, that way i can control what goes into it, omitting any unhealthy preservatives and still enjoy some tomato-ey cheesy goodness.

I have already started this idea, i found the inspiration on pinterest here

Source: translate.googleusercontent.com via Selina on Pinterest

and here is what i made

okay so it doesn't look amazing but it tasted fantastic and i made every aspect of it apart from growing the veg myself so i think it was a pretty good start to home cooking my meals.

I have a pinterest board where i am collecting healthy dinner recipes and i would love some reccomendations Do you have any healthy versions of junk food for me to try?

2013, Goals, Promises and New Starts

So it is that time of year again when the world and their mother is writing down resolutions and breaking them a few days later.

This year i have decided to try and set myself small monthly resolutions that are easy to stick to...i hope.

so here are my January Goals

1. cut out junk food and anything that is overly processed

2. home cook as many meals as possible and try and blog new recipes

3. CARDIO 5 times a week in some form or another

4. my weightloss goal from now untill my 2 year anniversary with my lovely boyfriend on Feb 12th is to lose 10lbs

5. be consistent with my skincare routine seeing as my mum bought me a lovely clinque kit for christmas.

and last but not least

6. complete the 30 day shred eek!

Obviously my goals are very health/weight orientated as our summer holiday to California is going to come up real fast and i have dreams of being able to wear whatever i want on the beach!

I am using the Kardashian sisters as a little bit of inspiration ;)

autumn wishlist

TP and I are currently attempting to save for a trip to the States next summer so i'm on a no spending kick but if I wasn't then these would be the first things in my shopping basket!

1. H&M+ Bukse 199,-

2.Cubus - Hiawata sweater

3.Accessorize - Stud portfolio clutch

4.Ecco - Slav smart shoes 

5.Forever 21 (plus sizes) Coloured skinny chinos

I am definitely lusting over a pair of sensible heels for the colder months to pair with skinnies and sweaters.

I am also pretty excited that both of these jeans are in plus sizes, I have never bought plus size jeans from H&M or Forever 21 so it would be cool to see how they fit.

WIW Autumn layers

I am unusually excited for autumn this year, 

even with all the rain that's about to hit the rainiest place in Europe I am still feeling really enthusiastic about the change of the seasons.

This last week definitely started to feel like fall as the temperatures dropped so was the perfect excuse to start layering up with sweaters.

sweater - Cubus
dress- H&M
Leggings - Cubus
Boots -Ecco

I wore this dress a ton over summer and am not ready to send it to the back of the wardrobe just yet so i pared it with a light jumper (because it's not THAT cold just yet) and it felt like the perfect fall outfit.

now im off to finish up a cute little crafty DIY post and get some sleeps before Sunday morning Yoga yay!

New Glasses! courtesy of Firmoo.com

I was recently contacted by a company called Firmoo who offered to send me a free pair of glasses in return for a review. 

Of course I jumped at the chance and let me show you why...

these are the glasses i have had for the last four years and as you can see they were on their last legs, lenses popping out and the colour so worn off it looked like i permanently had make up smudged on them.

Firmoo 's motto is "Vision and Fashion the Frugal 

Way"  and you can certainly see why when you visit their site they have a huge range of glasses to choose from with such low prices it was hard to choose one pair.

I umm ed and ah ed over the site for a few weeks until i narrowed it down to the following.

the matte black ones

or

And eventually i decided to go for....

The last ones!

and I must tell you I am so impressed by the quality of them, 

I was expecting them to maybe feel a little cheap in the materials or maybe they wouldn't look as good as they do online, but I was so wrong. they feel sturdy and durable and they fit fantastically!

they are made of memory plastic which means when i inevitably sit on them by accident they just bounce right back into place and don't end up getting all wonky it is fantastic!

and Firmoo is offering you guys the chance to bag yourself some FREE glasses too! just click here, choose your glasses (they do fashion glasses for those of you blessed with perfect eyesight) and then all you have to do is pay for shipping!

so go go go! go and get yourself some brand new glasses for freee! (they ship all over the world so no excuses!) and let me know if you end up getting a pair so i can see what they look like!