Stamford Bridge Tour & London Eye

I've been with my boyfriend almost 9 months now. I've never had a long or even a real relationship as such so when it came to Christmas I had no idea what to get him. My mum was looking on wowcher one night when she came across a Stamford Bridge Tour and she mentioned it to me as my boyfriend is a huge Chelsea Fan. I hesitated for a few days as I didn't know if it was something he'd like, but then it got to the point I didn't have a clue what else to get him and it was a good deal so I went for it. 

I got him a few little bits, so when it came to Christmas Day he had a big bag full of things to open. I made him open this one last. Every present he opened he smiled and he liked it, but when he opened this and read what it was, there was just an uncontrollable smile on his face and he just stared at it for ages. Later on he said there was one present which was definitely his favourite and I knew it was that. 

It took me months to book it as we had to find a day we were both free, but it eventually came to the day; 25th February. 

We travelled to London on a National Express coach (I've used these a lot and their cheap and reliable) and we travelled around London in uber taxis. I have never been more impressed by a taxi than I have uber, they are fantastic! 

Our first stop was Stamford Bridge. Once we had got our passes, we had half an hour to wait until our tour so we went upstairs to the museum. Here we got to see all the trophies, the shirts, stadium models and even play a game of football in this little booth. 

Half an hour was the perfect time to look through the museum before going down for the tour. 

The tour started by going to a stand named after a man who was a huge part of the club (I can't remember his name though..). After a talk about the man and some facts about the stadium, we got time to take pictures. 

We then moved onto the press room. Here we all sat in the seats provided whilst our tour guide sat at the interview desk, I don't know the actual name for it, and gave us a talk about the press sessions. When press come in, they get colour code depending on what company they've come from, they then go into the press room where there is a buffet available to them, they then sit in the chairs and important people like the managers come in and answer their questions and then they can either stay in the room where there are stations with plugs for them to write up an article on their laptops or they can be escorted to a press room where there are similar facilities available where they can watch the match at the same time. We all then got to sit at the interview desk and have our pictures taken there.

We then went to the changing rooms. We started in the changing room for the visiting team. It was a simple changing room with shower and toilet facilities, kind of like you would get in school but a lot cleaner.

When we moved onto the Chelsea changing room, it was like luxury! They had a huge area with personalised lockers and a flat screen TV along with a gym, a massage room and state of the art washing facilities. It was incredible! 

The lockers used to be in order of number, but when one of the captains joined the team they wanted a specific number and locker so it was changed and now the lockers are in nationality order. 

 

The last stop of the tour was to walk through the players tunnel and out onto the pitch and sit on the managers seats. Above the players tunnel is the Chelsea logo and the tour guide said that every time Chelsea walk through this tunnel to play a game, each player taps the logo for good luck, so we did the same. We then just got to spend some time in the managers seats and looking around the pitch before finishing the tour. 

After the tour had finished we still had about 4 hours until our coach home, so after a big cofuffle (yes I made that word up and spell check didn't like it) with my bank card, we went to the London Eye. Neither of us had ever been on the London Eye before so it was a great experience. 

The day was a really successful day and a great Christmas present too! At no point in the day did we have to wait around or have nothing to do, thanks to my planning everything ran so smoothly and we had time for everything we wanted to do.

If you're a Chelsea fan or you know someone who is, I would definitely recommend the tour, and if you aren't afraid of heights I would also recommend the London Eye! 

We can't wait to go back to London another time to do all the other attractions and a bit of sight seeing! 

Make every day worth it,

xx

MAC Makeover and Photoshoot

I was really stuck on what to get my sister for Christmas, but looking through wowcher.co.uk one day I came across a deal. Usually £75, this deal included a clarins facial, a MAC makeover, a GHD hair makeover, a celebrity Photoshoot and one makeup product to take away and I got it for £10! 

My sister and myself both love makeup and we both wish we could own MAC products. We also don't have any up to date photos of us together so I thought this would be something she would really enjoy, a sister bonding experience and some new pretty photos of the both of us. What a gift it was! 

It was held at Momentos Studio in Southampton, not far from where we live. When we got there we looked through some books to see what sort of makeup and hair look we wanted. We were then taken to have our hair and makeup done by two makeup artists who were so lovely. After, we went downstairs, got changed into some dresses we bought along with us and had our photos taken. We had some together but also some individual ones too. Photography has always been a huge passion of mine so listening to how one of our photographers got to where he his now was really inspiring and he gave me loads of tips on how to get far in photography. After our Photoshoot, we went back upstairs and had some cocktails whilst waiting for a viewing. Our viewing consisted of seeing all of our photos and choosing which ones we would like to buy. We had around 50 photos between us, but due to the ridiculously expensive prices we were only able to buy 6 photos, two of us together and two individual ones each. We did get a free photo too for recommending 15 people so we had 3 together and two individuals each. 

Overall, the experience was an amazing one. We came away with some amazing photos and one amazing memory. I'd really recommend this to anyone, but only if you have the money to buy the photos after, the prices shocked me so much! 

Here are our pictures: 

Make every day worth it,

xx

Make Every Day Worth It

So I realise that the last post I posted, 7 months ago, was called 'I'm Back' and I stated I would be blogging again, but clearly that didn't go down too well. But this time I really am back.

 

A lot more has happened in the last 7 months, but something has happened recently that really made me think. A work colleague of mine who I was just starting to become really good friends with passed away so suddenly. She was only in her forties and it was completely unexplained. It made me think that life is so precious and we need to live it to the fullest whilst we still can as we never know what's going to happen. Therefore, this year and for the rest of my life, I am going to take every opportunity I get given, I'm going to go more places and do more things and I am going to document every bit of it on this blog. I have always cared about others so much more than myself and always put myself last, but when things like this happen you realise you do need to be a bit selfish sometimes and put yourself first for once.

 

 

I want to start this blog with an overview of everything that has happened in the last 7 months, good and bad. 

 

On the 17th of June, I got asked to be someone's girlfriend. This someone I had liked so much since the beginning of college, so around 2 years. We had always been really good friends and stuck by each others sides, even if it meant losing other friends, but eventually we lost contact for a while until the beginning of 2015 when he messaged me again.

Me and Jordan have now been together exactly 8 months today. There has been ups and there has been downs, but I have never been so happy and content than I am with him.

 

 

I passed my driving test! And I my first car, brand new with 12 miles..

 

 

I left my job at Primark after 2 years and started working at a nursing home, and I love it! Yes it's tough sometimes, and yes it's very stressful, but I love it and it's one of the most rewarding jobs you could possibly do.

 

 

I've also been on many more holidays with the Caring Cancer Trust which you can read on my other blog omgitsstew (which I am working on updating, I promise!).

 

 

I'm going to use my passion for photography to help me keep this blog up. Every place I go, new or old, I am going to take pictures for memories and share them on this blog. I am determined to do this as something, firstly for me to look back on in the future and see the amazing things I've done, and secondly for other people to see and to encourage them to live their life to the fullest whilst they have the chance.

 

Make every day worth it,

xx

I'm Back!

So I have just looked at my blog and realised it's been almost a year since I last wrote a blog post.. But now I have finished college and I have an extremely long summer holiday ahead of me, I'm going to get blogging again! And I thought I would start with an over view of everything that's happened in the last year.

Firstly a lot has gone on with the Caring Cancer Trust, a charity I am a mentor for which I have written about in previous posts. Since this time last year, I have been on 2 more holidays with the charity, done a small fundraiser with Barclays bank raising £78, helped out at the Telegraph Ski and Snowboard Show (where we were lucky enough to meet Olympic snowboarder Jenny Jones and have her come to our stand for pictures in her busy schedule for the day) and I have 2 upcoming holidays with them as well as many more fundraising ideas! But you can read all about that on my second blog; OmgItsStew. (Well, you can once I have got around to updating it which is also on my list to do this summer)

 

Barclay's Bank fundraiser

Me, Jenny Jones and Shannon

A the beginning of this year, I celebrated my 18th birthday. I became an adult! Not that I feel it.. I'm not a person for going out clubbing or getting really drunk, that stuff just doesn't appeal to me, so instead, I went for a meal to a nice a Italian Restaurant with my family and to the casino afterwards.

However, my mum had a huge surprise for me at my meal. I only knew that some of my family were coming, but out of nowhere, my friend Aleasha walked through the door. I just assumed it was a coincidence and she was there with her family, but then she came up to me and hugged me and gave me a present. Soon after, two more of my friends turned up for the same reason. My mum and searched them on Facebook and invited them to surprise me and it was the cutest thing ever!

 





My cake made by my mum

Around October 2014, both my mum graduated from university.

My mum graduated with a diploma in midwifery from Bournemouth University..

 



And my sister graduated with a BA Hons in Performing Arts at Chichister University..

 

Very very proud!

 

One of the biggest points that has happened this year is that I left college with D*D*D* in Level 3 Health and Social Care Extended Diploma. I'm so happy I achieved that grade and the two years I have spent at college earning it have been the best two years ever with the most insane but incredible people!

 

 

A lot more has happened this year too but I just wanted to share the main points with you all before I started blogging again and sharing even more.

 

I hope you enjoyed seeing everything that's happened in the last year and I'd love to hear what has happened in yours too in the comments below!

 

Until next time beautifuls,

xx

Camera Effects & Walking the Dogs on the Beach

So as you know I got a new camera for Christmas that takes pretty good pictures and I go out, I take pictures and I post them on here for you guys to see.

Well the other day, my sister was taking random pictures and she discovered a new setting on there with all different effects that I never knew I had! So we messd around a bit and got these pictures..

Fish Eye

Reflection

Fragmented

Dramatic

Dramatic

Pop Art

Pop Art

A few days later, my aunty asked if I wanted to go to the beach with her to walk her two dogs so I went along with my camera to test out the new effects.
So here are some of the pictures!