Brighton

 Another beautiful day, another day of fun for Will and Becca.

This time we went to Brighton, a place I have always loved and will never tire of. I hadn't been there for agessss so we took the opportunity to have a little day out to make the most of this insane weather we have been having recently!

After the sweatiest car ride ever (my poor little Punto doesn't have air conditioning...) we arrived in Brighton and parked in a car park sooooo far away. Parking prices in Brighton are extortionate, so we found the cheapest place we could and complained about the walk all the way to the sea front.

We went to check out the Pavilion which is such a cool building, totally reminds me of Aladdin.

Don't you just hate it when scaffolding ruins your photo?

We then searched for somewhere to eat lunch in the Lanes, but ended up walking around for ages, not really deciding on anything. We finally agreed on The Breakfast Club which was amazinggg. I've heard of this place before but I only thought it was in London, so imagine how excited I got when I saw one in Brighton!! It sells breakfast all day long, and having breakfast not at breakfast time makes me happy. I had the all-American which was pancakes, bacon, eggs, sausages, potatoes and maple syrup. Will had the breakfast burrito, which he gave an 8 out of 10. We started eating before I remembered to take a photo, but just know that it looked and tasted amazing. 

Chilling on the beach and walking down the pier was next. It was so hot and I had to put loads of suncream on, but I still burnt.

#palepeopleproblems

There were some crazy people who were swimming in the sea and had obviously forgotten that the Atlantic is freezing cold. I didn't fancy that so we just sat on the pebbles.

We ended up wandering back to the car with an ice cream.

Ice creams are obviously an essential on a day out.

All in all, it was a very fun day and was lovely to go back to Brighton. We picked the perfect day!

Anyone got any tips for the next time I go to Brighton?

Love, Becca xxx

Ranting...

Today has been a rubbish day.

*This is going to be a very moany post, so be prepared*

I had a lovely day yesterday with Will, seeing a show up in the West End which meant a late night. But today I had an early start today as I had to go to work. *Waaaahhhh* 

As I had stayed at Will's house, I had to take my work uniform to his house the day before. But silly Becca forgot to pack socks. I had to text my Auntie in a panic this morning asking her to bring a pair of black socks to work with her! How embarrassing.

So I was up early and had to spend hours and hours in the chilled isle reducing food going out of date today, getting colder and colder and grumpier and grumpier. Two things I hate the most are being tired and being grumpy, and at this point, I was both. 

I pushed on through, had my 15 minute break and was back downstairs reducing again. It took me so long to warm up. I was in the warmer part of the shop but my feet where still blocks of ice and it was just making me more annoyed.

After work I went to play tennis. I was soooo hungry but didn't have time for any lunch so had a bag of crisps (salt and vinegar French Fries if you were wondering). I was playing tennis with three guys, and it was such hard work. They were all hitting the ball really hard and I could barely hit the damn thing. It was frustrating as I kept losing points because of bad serves and it just wound me up more and more. I was hot and sweaty, tired and hungry and my arms were aching. Then for the worst part of the day.

I smashed my iPhone screen.

I actually wanted to cry at this point. It's not that I can't live without my phone. It's more the hassle that comes with breaking it and having to pay to get it fixed. And the fact that I'm really busy this weekend so have pretty much no time to go and get it fixed added to my frustration. It kinda tipped me over the edge. I have never broken the screen of my phone before, so I took this personally. It's not even a little break- the whole right side of the screen is smashed and it's all cracked over to the left side.

Nightmare.

To top off this rubbish day, I am horribly sunburnt.

How ridiculous does this look? It's bloody painful too. 

I'm feeling super negative while writing this, so to perk up a bit, I'm going to list all the nice things that have happened today to remind myself that my life is actually okay.

1. My wonderful boyfriend woke up early to take me to work, even though he didn't have to.

2. He also picked me up.

3. Customers at work were actually quite nice to me. Working in East Croydon you meet a wide range of customers, but today I seemed to encounter the nicest of the bunch.

4. I had a nice time talking to my Auntie at work. She also brought me a nice pair of socks, which was good of her. She looks out for me.
5. I did some exercise today, and although my arms an my legs ache now, I did have fun.

6. I'm a lot better at tennis than I was when I first played a few weeks ago. Even though we still lost, I was quite proud of myself.

7. My good pal Laura came round in the evening and we had a long overdue catch up which was lovely (even if I did moan pretty much the entire time - soz Laura).

8. Dinner was great - good job Mum. 

So my day wasn't all bad. I have to remember that things could always be worse, and that a broken screen can be fixed and sunburn goes away. Right now I am thanking the Lord that I have aftersun in the house.

*emoji that looks like two hands praising the Lord but is apparently a high five(?)*

I need to start looking at the positives more often and living life as a glass half full kinda gal. 

But come on, this day was pretty rubbish, right?

Love, Becca xxx

Hampton Court

The weather has been sooooo beautiful lately, so me and Will went to Hampton Court Palace to enjoy the sunshine and spend the day being history nerds. We both study history at university, but he never lets me forget that he got a better grade than me in our A Level Henry VIII exam...

I wrote out a whole paragraph about Hampton Court and Henry VIII and all the history, but I realised that it would probably be really boring to read unless you love history! 

I was really rubbish at giving directions, so we got lost a few times (sorry Will), but eventually we got there and found somewhere to park. There was a cute little cafe where we parked so we stopped there for lunch as we were starving by this point, and then walked to the Palace through a massive park. We walked through the gardens and got our tickets, then cooled off inside the Palace, geeking out and trying to one up each other with Henry facts. 

Obvs we stopped to have some ice cream and a sit down after we had walked about 100 miles... It was so nice to get out and it turned out to be a really cheap day! Even though we've both been to Hampton Court so many times, it was still a really fun day and we will defo be going to more places like this.

What are your favourite places to visit?

Love, Becca xxx

The New Forest

I've been such a bad blogger recently, but I was so busy with exams, and then moving back home and I've been doing so much overtime at work! But now I'm gonna start doing more blogging, so I thought I'd write about when I went to the New Forest a few weeks ago with my pal Krista (who also has a blog... http://daily-head-space.blogspot.co.uk). I took loads of photos so just thought I'd share them!

We had a really lovely day walking around and driving to all the different parts of the New Forest. We met some horses that we took far too many pictures of and we spent the afternoon enjoying the great outdoors!

The weather was really lovely which was a bonus, and I can see why it is Krista's favourite place! Can't wait to go back and explore some more!

Love, Becca xxx