It seems all I ever do is apologise for my lack of blogging, I promise I'm going to start pre-writing posts instead of just writing when I think of something. I will be a good blogger from now on I promise, although I have still been gaining followers on BlogLovin which is incredible! So thank you all so much and it is greatly appreciated. I was paid on Friday and although I don't have the money to actually buy any of these things, I still thought with it being spring and all that I'd have a cheeky look online and I was not disappointed!
Next is this fabulous bag, I can't really justify buying a bag just yet as I still have my Zara office city one which for my everyday work is a little (quite a bit) too big for what I need. I still love it though, but this bag is very tempting.

Hi my name's Ashleigh, and I'm an Instagram addict. I'm kidding obviously (or am I...) but I've always thought that its really sweet when you get bloggers who do little monthly updates of their lives through the photos they've taken. I post quite a lot on IG, but I've never felt any of the photo's I've taken are particularly note-worthy. This month however I have taken quite a few and so I thought why not give this post a go and see if I can keep it going, simply because I just think it's a really sweet and fun idea. These aren't in order, so I'm sorry, but I'll explain them in order of date just so it makes a bit more sense!

At the beginning of this month I went with my friend Zach to Essex university to visit our other friend Sean. With both of them being at different universities and myself working full time, we don't get to see each other a lot and so it was so fab to be able to spend the night drinking, dancing and just having fun with them. I definitely miss them both a lot *queue sad music* anyway I'm going to stop before I have them both read this and mock me for being soppy.

Second is the photo of the sunrise, I live in the middle of the countryside and I have to walk to my bus stop pretty early in the morning and this sunrise was so beautiful and had amazing colours so I thought a cheeky snap wouldn't hurt!
The next photo is of the little horse, which is the Chinese zodiac of 2014. The reason I took a photo of it is because I found it's eyes really funny and big, I'm quite clearly more of a child then I let on. This was a night I went out to try a Chinese all you can eat restaurant and the food was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.

The next photo is of my lovely valentines card. I didn't receive any this year and it's probably one of the first years I've been single for valentines day in a while, which I'm totally okay with but also slightly passive- aggressive towards which I have no shame for. I got this from someone I work with and it made laugh so much because it was done on a post-it note and took about 30 seconds, if that isn't adorable I don't know what is. The day after I went and spent the day in Norwich, which was great because although I've only been a few times I just love the place and think its beautiful and awesome. I also got to try my first wagamama's which I was slightly apprehensive about as me and spicy food are not exactly friends so I was worried I'd have to force myself to eat some spicy food and die inside. However, I got this lovely chicken and noodle dish which I really enjoyed.

The last two photo's are from a night that I spent with my closest friend Frasmine. We haven't seen each other in a few months, but as soon as we're back together it's like nothing has changed and we're exactly the same as we use to be. We spent the night chatting, wearing face masks and watching keeping up with the Kardashian's (we cry all the time because we don't look like Kardashian's) and the last photo is of the extremely funky PJ bottom's I had to buy because in my tired state I forgot to pack some pajamas and Jasmine told me I HAD to buy these bottoms because they made us laugh so much. I'm glad I did because oh my gosh are they comfy!

So that's my month! I know there is still a week left, but I haven't got a whole lot planned in that time and as I've been a bad blogger recently I felt a post was in order. I'm going to try and do this monthly, if I can carry on taking photos at the rate I did this month! Did you enjoy this kind of post? Let me know!

5- I love a good shirt! The satin material of this particularly shirt really appealed to me as I just think it would feel really nice when wearing it and comfort is key in clothing, I also like the simple polka-dot pattern it has. I initially thought they were like little suns, but clearly my eye sight is gradually going.

After my last post I thought I'd do three posts on Christmas gift ideas: male, female and kids. One point I do want to make is that just because my posts are gender specific doesn't mean that EVERYONE will like what is on them, if you know your dad is a big lover of candles and aromatherapy then you can get some awesome sets and if your sister loves gadgets and tinkering with things, then why not look at getting her a tool kit that you know she'd love? I think that you should like what you like and not what people think is 'acceptable' for you to like, anyway I shall stop rambling!

In my last post I did a few little idea's on gifts that the females in your lives might like, and now its on to the men in your life! Now personally, I struggle a lot with buying for men. I just find that they aren't really that fussed and for that reason you’d think it would make them easy to buy for, right? WRONG SO VERY WRONG. If you're like me I really enjoy getting people what they want and if they just go "I don't know really" it is probably one of the least helpful things to say in the universe, so I thought a post like this might give you a few silly ideas of what you could go for!

I had some slippers on my last Christmas post so they were definitely needed in this one, and as soon as I spotted these I knew they would be perfect! Number 4 is for me the weirdest one, mainly because I don't actually eat eggs a lot as they gross me out a bit (I think its the smell more than anything). However, I thought this was just a cute silly little present that could add to the pile! So if you know someone who likes eggs then this is probably the idea present.
Next I saw this book and I was a little confused by it at first as I hadn't actually read what it was, but then when I realised  I thought it was such an awesome idea! The drawings inside are amazing and although it might be a bit of a childish idea 'colouring' I like the adult spin to it with pictures being tattoos and who knows you could end up with a tattoo you'd really like!

Lastly I just wanted another quirky little present and then when I saw this I thought it was a great idea! I'm personally not a big lover of sauces, but I think I'll have to start using them just so that I can have this gun. I think it would be a really fun present, although it would probably get EXTREMELY messy it would be fun for hours (or at least I think so!)

What do you think of any of these presents? Would you consider buying them for yourself or others?

Now that it's coming up for Christmas, I really need to start considering presents for people. This year I'm actually hoping it shouldn't be too bad for a few reasons; I'm single so no man to buy for, I'm pretty slim on the friends front and the friends I do have we don't usually buy for each other and so that just leaves family! Most of my family actually live pretty far away and this means I usually just buy for close family and this year that would be my mum, dad's and sister which makes things a lot easier!

I once again apologise for being such a bad blogger! I'm going to get my butt into gear and try my hardest not to leave it until Sunday to do a post, anyway whilst on my train the other day I was having a quick flick through the IKEA websites and other housing parts of particular websites and I thought 'why not make a post on home-ware pieces that I really love?'. If I had a larger room or could afford it, there are so many things that I'd love for my room or when I move out what I would have in my own house, so I thought I'd share a few of the key pieces I'm lusting after at the moment!

I am so so so sorry times a million that I haven't posted recently! This Monday I started training as a receptionist and administrative assistant for an electrical company and I love it so much, but 5:30 starts and not getting hom until 6:30 that night is meaning that at the moment all I do is work and sleep constantly. I've finally had a chance to blog and I'm hoping to do a few this weekend just because I want to.

So I've been thinking about a few posts I can do, and at the moment there seems to be a large amount of beauty related products that I'm absolutely craving having in my possession and so I thought why not share them with everyone?






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