Sunday Thoughts

Hi everyone! I hope you have had a lovely weekend. This weekend had been spent mostly cleaning and tidying, as it's something I have been putting off! But at least it's done now. I've also been trying to relax a little too, as over the past few weeks I have really been struggling with my anxiety and OCD. I am still currently having my CBT sessions, I've still got a few left and I know I've still got a way to go but I'm finding them to be really helpful, and I'm even more determined to take back control. I've got my next session tomorrow. For the last few sessions I've actually been having a walk to them. It takes me about 25/30 mins, but having a walk always makes me feel a little bit better and I also look forward to having a walk too. I can just take my time and get some fresh air. It's just little things like that, that I have been trying to do. 

My Little Pony, Fluttershy Pop! Vinyl

Hi everyone! Yes that's right, I have added a new Pop! Vinyl to my collection. In one of my previous posts, I mentioned about how my boyfriend has kind of got me obsessed with them. He actually has a quite a large collection of Pop! Vinyl's. At the moment I have only got three. I have Catbug from Bravest Warriors and Belle from Beauty and the Beast. I just love them, they are so cute and great to collect. They are currently sitting on my dressing table. I have always been a fan of My Little Pony and my favourite character is most definitely Fluttershy, so when I saw this Pop! I just had to get it.

Sunday Thoughts - What I've Been Upto

Hi everyone! I hope you are having a lovely weekend. Today I am back with a new Sunday Thoughts post. I can't believe how warm it has been! The weather is so lovely out. This weekend I have mainly been out enjoying the sun and having a relaxing weekend. I went to a classic car and tractor rally. I love going to them in the summer and having a look round. I am a huge fan of classic cars. 

After having a little blogging break, I have been posting everyday this week, I will leave links to each of the posts at the bottom. I just needed some me time. Recently I've been struggling quite a lot more with my anxiety and OCD. If you follow me on Twitter you may have seen that recently I have started having CBT sessions. Even though I have only just really started having them, I am finding them to be very helpful. I can and will win and I am determined to take back control. 

My Disney Tsum Tsum Collection

Hi everyone! I hope you are having a great week so far. I can't believe it's Thursday already. As I am writing this post I am also watching a new episode of Catfish. My boyfriend got me watching Catfish a while back. I had never actually watched it before and had no idea what it was about! I honestly can't believe that I had never watched it before, I'm quite obsessed with it now. I'm always trying to figure out who the catfish is when watching an episode. Anyway on to todays blog post...

My Third Year Audio Project

Hi everyone. For todays blog post, I want to share with you my third year audio project. I actually did this project for the Wellbeing Centre at the University of Lincoln. I created these three pieces of audio to help raise awareness for anxiety, OCD and autism. You can check out my post here, where I talk about having anxiety and OCD. I decided that for my last audio project, I wanted to work alone and to create something that is personal to me and to create something that I want to create.

Printiki Photo Printing Service | Review

Hi everyone! It's been a little while since I've done a blog post, but I'm back today with a brand new one. I hope you are having a lovely week so far. 

One thing that I really miss is taking photos and then going to get the film developed and having the photos in physical form. Now I just take photos on either my phone or my camera and upload them straight to my laptop, or I forget about them and like with photos on my old phone, I never see them again. I used to love buying a new photo album and sorting through my photos and putting the best ones into an album. In todays post, I am really excited to share with you, Printiki's photo printing service. 

What I've Been Up to | Sunday Thoughts

Hi everyone! I hope you are having a lovely weekend. I can't believe how warm it is outside today, it's so nice out. My mum and I went for a ride out today, we took some lunch with us and then sat next to the river while we ate. I love going out and exploring. Sometimes the most beautiful places are right next to you. On the way to where we went, we drove along the river and passed fields of horses, cows and sheep. It was so relaxing and even better with the warm weather. I'm so excited to share with you another Sunday Thoughts post. For todays Sunday Thoughts, I thought that I would share with you what I have been up to lately. 

My boyfriend Chris had the week off work so it was really nice to spend some time together. On Friday we decided to go out to the zoo. We went to Twycross zoo. It's been so long since I've been to that zoo. I loved going when I was little. I had a great time looking at all of the animals, especially the Gorillas! One of my other favourite bits was feeding the birds. You go into this building where there are beautiful birds flying about and you can buy a little pot of nectar to give them. As soon as I walked through the door they come flying down to get the nectar. At one point I had one on my shoulder and two on my arm.

Having Anxiety and OCD

When someone asks me how I am, my immediate reply is 'I'm good thank you.' To be completely honest with you I'm not always fine, but I can't find the words to say that. I suffer from OCD and anxiety. Although I quite openly talk about my other health problems, I have POTS Syndrome and Interstitial Cystitis. OCD and anxiety is something that I struggle to talk to people about. 

StickerShop | Review

Hi everyone! I hope you are having a lovely day so far. Fingers crossed the sun comes out again. It was lovely this morning, but unfortunately the sun is hiding again at the moment. But as it has been a bit brighter I made sure that I got some more blog photos taken! The rest of my week is going to consist of finishing off my audio project and dissertation for University. Todays post is something a little bit different, I want to share with you these amazing printed stickers from StickerShop*. How amazing to have your own blog header/button turned into a sticker. Such a great thing to have. I absolutely love them. As soon as I was contacted and asked if I would like to review some I immediately said yes. 

My Favourite shows on Netflix | Sunday Thoughts

Today I just have this urge to write on my blog. I'm actually really, really happy about it. Lately I have felt quite low in confidence and along with my anxiety, I just haven't been blogging as much as I would like to have done. I've had a few new posts out recently but nowhere near as many as I would have liked. So far I've been spending the day reading blogs and it's just gave me that little bit extra inspiration and motivation to write this blog post. If you've read some of my blog posts in the past, you will know that for a few Sunday's I started my Sunday Thoughts series. It was a post that I shared what I have been upto, what I've been loving and also some of my recent blog posts. It was also a post where I shared the things that have made me feel happy. It's actually a weekly series that I have wanted to bring back for quite some time now, I also got some lovely comments on my Sunday Thought posts. So here it is... my first Sunday Thoughts post of 2017 and definitely not the last, this time I want to stick to it. 

Beauty and the Beast, Belle Pop! Vinyl Figure

I'm so happy that the new Beauty and the Beast film is out. I'm hopefully going to go watch it tomorrow night. I've heard so many great things about the film. As soon as I found out that Emma Watson was going to be playing Belle, from that moment I knew that it was going to be an amazing film. Beauty and the Beast has always been one of my most favourite Disney films and Belle has always been one of my most favourite Disney princesses.

I blame my boyfriend Chris for getting me obsessed with Pop Vinyl figures! Although I knew of them and often see them in the shops, I never really thought about collecting them myself. When I started going out with Chris, he showed me his collection and throughout the months we have been together his collection is growing a lot! I've become pretty obsessed with them and although I have only got two, there so many more I want to collect. I just never actually knew how many characters they actually do. There are even The Walking Dead ones and My Little Pony ones too which are so cute. There are even Mean Girls ones. The list just goes on and on. Disney do so many Pop Vinyl characters. I recently went to Meadowhall with my friend Louise and we popped in to the Disney Store to have a look around, this is when I come across the Beauty and the Beast ones. At £9.99 they were a bargain, as if you collect them you will know that some can be pretty pricey. I just had to treat myself to a Belle one.

Stationery Haul

Hi everyone, I hope your are having a great day so far. I've just been to have my hair done at the hairdressers to get my roots done. Feeling much better now that I've got it done. I think i'm going to try and grow my hair a bit longer still. Now I'm back home, just had some lunch, watching YouTube videos and writing this blog post. It's been quite a while since I've done a haul post. For todays post I have done a little stationery haul. I am obsessed when it comes to stationery, especially cute stationery. I popped in to my local Sainsbury's and found some super nice notebooks, planners, and paper clips. They really have some amazing ones in at the moment. 

My Birthday and What I've Been Upto

Hi everyone! I hope you are all having a lovely weekend so far. It's March already and on Thursday it was my birthday! I can't believe I'm now 27! I just want to firstly thank everyone for the lovely birthday messages. In todays post I thought I would just do a little chatty type of post and share what I've been up to recently. 

On my birthday I decided to just have a nice relaxing day and then during the evening my boyfriend and I went out for a meal to Nando's, which was so good. We also watched the new episode of The Walking Dead together. If you don't already know, I am a huge TWD fan. I am obsessed with it and it just keeps getting better and better. (My favourite character is Daryl.) As soon as it turned midnight and the 2nd March, my boyfriend brought me a delicious dairy and gluten free chocolate cake upstairs that had Happy Birthday Clem on, which was so sweet. Although unfortunately the chocolate cake has almost gone now, it tastes so good! I also got to be on Heat Radio, which was so crazy and very unexpected, but I had so much fun and it definitely made my day. I got invited to take part in a game and I had to try and guess who the celebrity is. Unfortunately I didn't win, but it really was fun though to do. 

The day before my birthday, my mum and I went to have a look round Queensgate shopping centre in Peterborough. I ended up spending most of the time in Primark. I bought a gorgeous light pink throw with rose gold feathers on. I also bought a couple of hoodies and the latest issue of Blogosphere magazine. We also stopped for some lunch from Boots and I got a delicious sushi rice salad which is gluten free. I love that more places are now catering for people who are unable to have dairy, wheat and gluten. 

I've really missed blogging regularly these last few months. Unfortunately I have been struggling quite a bit with my anxiety and although I haven't been avoiding my blog on purpose, I haven't been blogging as much as I would like to because of my anxiety. I always worry about things so much and it's really knocked my confidence. My morning anxiety has also been creeping back the last few weeks. Some mornings I just really don't want to get out of bed. But I'm not going to let anxiety get the better of me, I'm determined to not let it win. Please comment below if you have any tips on helping anxiety. 

I'm now in the last few months of finishing University and it's quite scary at how quick it's gone. I'm in the process of getting my dissertation done and also my final audio project. I've also just started my weekly placement, with three other people who I am working with, teaching year 6 pupils how to do radio, in which we will be getting them to then do two live radio shows on Siren FM in a few weeks time. We have done two sessions with them now and I am really enjoying it. It's definitely a great experience to do and I'm so pleased I chose to do it. 

What have you been up to this week? Also happy birthday if it's your birthday too. 


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My New Blog Header

I want to share with you in todays post, my new blog header. I'm so happy with, I love it. Ever since changing my blog design last year, to a design by Pipdig, I knew that I wanted to eventually get a new blog header, rather than just use the one that come with the design. Although there is nothing wrong at all with that, I just wanted to make my blog that little bit more personal and have my own unique header.

I contacted Jemma from dorkface.co.uk and asked Jemma if she would be able to design a header for me. Having looked at Jemma's designs I knew instantly that I wanted her to design one for me. Jemma got back in touch with me very quickly and asked me about what I would like and colours etc. Jemma then sent me some drafts to look at and I immediately knew which one I wanted to go for, they were all perfect but I knew which one I really wanted for my blog. I wanted to incorporate the things that I love into the design, for example I love reading and my blog mostly consists of lifestyle, beauty and food posts along with book reviews. I love the design of the header I chose and I especially love the little pictures around it, especially the laptop one as it helps show my love for blogging and writing.

Overall I am so happy with the header Jemma designed for me and I highly recommend checking out her blog if you are looking for a new blog header to.

Spending The New Year In Scotland

My boyfriend Chris and I decided to spend the New Year in Scotland right next to the beach. We wanted to make the New Year that little bit more special, also as it's our first time going on holiday together, we wanted to have some lovely memories. I suppose you could say we were staying literally on the beach. It was beautiful waking up every morning and looking at the amazing view of the sea and all that was around us too. We stayed at a place called Rascarrel Bay Lodges, which is situated in Rascarrel Bay Beach, Dumfries and Galloway, in South West Scotland. I've added a photo at the bottom of this post of the lodge we stayed in.

Propercorn Crunch Corn | Review

I am a huge lover of popcorn. Once I start eating some, I just can't stop. One of my most favourite brands of popcorn is Propercorn. Being dairy, wheat and gluten free, it's nice to know that there is a free from popcorn out there that I can eat. Usually if I'm out somewhere and i'm feeling a little hungry, I will most likely pick up a bag of sweet and salty popcorn by Propercorn to munch on, which is my favourite flavour by the way! I'm always on the lookout for something new and tasty to try. 

My Christmas Playlist

I can't believe it's December 4th already! I am kind of regretting not doing blogmas this year, but I am really enjoying reading other people blogmas posts :) so send some links this way and I will be sure to check them out.  But there will be lots of new posts coming out on Clemloves throughout December. I just didn't want to start blogmas and then end up missing a couple of days (which I may have done last year, oops)! So I thought for this Christmas I will try and get up as many blog posts as I can, then if I don't blog for a few days, it won't matter as much, haha! 

5 Things That Make Me Feel Better After A Bad Day

Sometimes after a really rubbish day, there's nothing better than to do some of the things I love. They help me to feel so much more relaxed and just forget about what made the day rubbish in the first place. Below I have listed 5 of the things that help me to feel much better.

Life Lately - University, Blogging & Happy Things

It's been a while since I've done a proper good update on my blog, so I thought it's about time I did one. Things have just been a little busy recently and I have really missed writing on my blog. So todays post is just a little bit of what I've been up to recently along with a list of things that have been making me happy. 

My Favourite Things About Autumn

Yes it's that time of year again already and I love it! Autumn is definitely my most favourite season and time of the year. Although I'm a little late posting this, I wanted to share with you some of my favourite things about Autumn.

Having cosy nights in.
One of my most favourite things to do when Autumn arrives. I do love having a nice cosy night in, watching some of my favourite TV shows or movies, snuggled up in a warm blanket. Oh and no forgetting a nice warm cup of hot chocolate! Cant forget the hot chocolate.

Autumn Leaves.
The leaves always look so pretty scattered about on the pavement. So many beautiful colours. Just makes it feel that bit more like Autumn. 

Fashion.
Although I do like the warm weather, my favourite thing about Autumn, is being able to get the jumpers out of the wardrobe to wear! I am obsessed with wearing jumpers, and I've already added a few more to my collection for this Autumn! I also like getting a nice warm scarf out to wear and some boots! I just love the whole A/W fashion to be honest!