ConGRADulations

Yey!

Finally, I know my degree results for University.
3 years of hard work. Well 2 as first year didn't count that much ha!
The other day I received my transcript, after nagging Sheffield Hallam services for a bit.

I now have an award of:

Bachelor of Science with Honours in Criminology and Psychology

Upper Second Class

(2:1)

I was hoping for a 2:1 as I knew I wasn't going to get a first. However, 2:1 is still good and I'm very proud of myself. 

Naturally my mum had to tell everyone! 

My Aunty sent me a text saying congratulations and that my late Uncle would have been proud of me. Seeing that made me cry and I was crying when I tried to read the text to my mum, I couldn't even read it to my dad, he had to read it. 

Now I have to update my CV and start looking for proper jobs. Scary! 

It was OK before as there was a natural path that I was taking. 

High school then to college then to university. 

Now it's all my decision. I know it was before but it's different. It's hard to know exactly what you want to do and then to know how to get there. 

My next move is to try get a Teaching Assistant job to help with my experience working with children.

Wish me luck

xxx

Starting to be creative

So now that I'm back home I've decided that I want to do more creative things.
When I lived in Sheffield, there were a few cute shops that sold quite quirky products and I came across an owl pillow. You've probably seen them around they are well cute. :)
Well I want one but they are £16.99 and I thought it would be nice to make it myself with materials to match my room. I like when things match. So I've drawn a design that I'd like just need to find the materials.

Source http://wantloveneed.com/owl-cushion-priscilla-design-p-2332.html

I'm going to go shopping with my mum to find the materials as she knows where the best places are. :D isn't she lovely. 

I'm going to post my progress with photos. Plus the end result. 

I've never used a sewing machine before so it's a new experience. Will be a good skill to learn as well. :D

To be continued...

It's been a while

OK, so it really has been a while since I last posted.

Quick catch up:
Finished at Topshop as it was only Christmas Temp. Some of the other girls were quite upset to be let go but to be honest I didn't care. I didn't get enough hours to actually be bothered about it.

I've finished University, there is a problem with my overall result so I don't actually know what I've got yet (annoying) but it's getting sorted out.
I know I can graduate in November though. :D
Need a new dress and heels, of course!

Moved home and finding it quite hard to get back into living at home. Got used to my own ways and having a lot more privacy and space. Slowly getting back into the swing of things though. However, I'm sure my family have a contest to see who can slam the gate at the bottom of the stairs and the front door the hardest, every time I'm asleep. Both the gate and the front door are right under my room. It's bloody annoying :/

Finished with Guides which was quite upsetting. They bought me a card which they all signed and a me to you bear with a Guide top on it. It's well cute. (Actually tearing up right now as I remember them :/) I hope to go back if I move to Sheffield again.
Also finished my Adult Leadership Qualification as well so I can be a proper leader if I go back into it again.

Got another job but again it's only temporary, getting a lot of hours at the moment but will be going down to only 8.75 hours a week which isn't enough so I'm going to have to find another job. A proper job :/

Started to lose weight and tone up by eating better and going to the gym. I put on a stone in the last couple of weeks of uni, Oh dear! I've lost 5 lbs so far which is good. I'm trying to just lose a lb a week so at the moment it's going quite well.

Set myself some goals to achieve:
Lose 1/2 a stone by my birthday (2lbs to lose in 2 weeks, easy :s)
Lose a stone by Graduation (It;s in November so shouldn't be too bad)
Run 1/2 a mile on the treadmill, none stop. (Completed)
Run a mile on the treadmill, none stop. (Completed)
Run a mile and 1/2 on the treadmill, none stop.
Run 2 miles on the treadmill, none stop.
Tone up

So that's about all that's happened lately :D
xxx