we're all going on a summer holiday

The date is August 15th, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, i can hear the laughter of the children next door, it is a beautiful summers day. What am i doing this fine day i hear you ask? I am sat in my room, freezing my bollacks off, wrapped in about 4 duvets, watching The Holiday and drinking about a gallon of water every hour because I feel like shit. Watching this film, it got me thinking about holidays. So that is what i'm going to talk to you about today! *woo*

1 of the only pictures of me from Barcelona

I love holidays. I love the idea that you can escape everyday life for one or two weeks ( 3 - 6 if you're lucky!) and go and discover somewhere new. My mum and dad feel the exact same about holidays as i do, so throughout my childhood my mum and dad made it their duty to take my family away from home to someplace new, for at least a week. Now we are far from rich so we hardly ever went anywhere fancy! I mean the first time i went abroad was when i was 10 and that was to the south of france in my aunties old converted barn house. We went every year though. Cornwall, Devon, Bath ( My favourite place ever!) Scotland, Wales, Ireland, London. We travelled all across Britain eventually we went to France and i managed a holiday to Barcelona with my bestfriends! (It was a school trip but it felt like a holiday with my friends!) So i have been extremely lucky in my childhood to go on Holiday and i am so grateful that i have had the chance to go as some people don't get the chance to go away. 

Me, My sister and brother at the Love
fountain in Bath

I do appreciate going to interesting and cultural places more than party and the kids club places. You know the holidays i mean! I love walking around cities, walking down streets of market stalls, eating new foods and getting a little bit lost. Bath is a beautiful city to go to. It is full of markets and historical places like the Roman baths and The cathedral is absolutely stunning. Barcelona was beautiful as well, me and my bestfriend wandered off from everyone else and walked around the market stalls, i loved it so much! i never got a chance to eat traditional spanish tapas while i was there as everyone else went to McDonalds so i didn't want to argue with everyone. I honestly would not enjoy myself one but if i went to anywhere like Gran Canaria or Benidorm, i am not slating them! i am just saying that there is no more culture left there (for me) and it feels a bit over run by Brits abroad! 

My bestfriend, Chloe, told me about her plan to visit Copenhagen as her first holiday, rather then go to a typical 18 year old brit holiday such as Ibitha and Magaluf. Copenhagen is the capital city of Denmark and is a beautiful city. We have now planned that this will be our first holiday together. We checked flight costs and Bed and Breakfast prices and it all looks affordable! We checked all the tourist sights we could check out during the week we would stay. there is Tivoli gardens which is the worlds second oldest amusement park, it has live music playing everyday and they cook traditional danish food for you. (Brakken which is the oldest amusement park in the world is also in copenhagen!) Copenhagen zoo where there are tunnels that run through the polar bear attraction so you can see the polar bear swimming!, Of course we would have to see the Little mermaid statue! and i'd drag chloe along to look at Frederiksborg Palace. Also being the huge historical geek i am i would love to see the Viking ship memorial. Then to top it off there is Stroget and Christiania which are large shopping areas with lots of shops and market stall of artists and up and individual designers. 

My first holiday plans really excite me as it sounds amazing! It sounds like the perfect place to visit. I hope it would be the first holiday of many as i would also love to backpack around Europe, visit Africa, australia and Japan. Also i need to go to Disneyland! I have so many trips that i would love to do and it would be perfect if they all happened! I would like to go on a holiday with a group of people where we could drink and soak up a lot of sun, but maybe when i am a little older and not brand new to the holidaying without mum and dad game. If i was going on one of them holidays i would love to go to the greek island of Cos! 

Au revior! 

Making a bit of cash off of Ebay

I have mentioned before that i am very poor and a shopoholic. Being a shopoholic i have a stupid amount of clothes in my wardrobe, like it's shocking how many items i have! i don't even wear them all! i have decided i am going to sell on Ebay. I am a lover of Ebay and a frequent buyer so i thought.. why not!

I'm just a beginner in the Ebay game but I'm gonna tell you how I'm doing it. 

First of, i went through all my clothes, EVERY SINGLE ITEM, and asked these three questions;

'Do i like it?' - what's the point in having clothes if you don't even like it.

'Do i wear it?' - Yes i may love it, but if it is too small or too big i won't be able to wear it!

'Will i wear it?' - If it is a bit tight now, i might be able to lose some weight to fit into them but if they are a size 8 and I'm a size 12, i don't think my arse will be fitting into them jeans anytime soon.

After sorting them out, i look at the condition of the clothes, only the best conditioned items can be sold online as Ebay has strict rules on supplying the best. The best can be sold online, the rest you can either recycle at a clothes bank or donate to charity shops such as Oxfam and Bernados. 

You have now your clothes to sell. Sometimes by adding a quirk to them
will bump up the value. Such as baggy denim jeans are not in fashion and wouldn't be bought for much. By cutting them shorter making them into boyfriend shorts and maybe dip dying them. You can increase the value and sell them for £6 or £7. Thats what i have done and i have put them online for £6. 

I have dip dyed, bleach splattered and tie dyed the shorts i have in hope the value will be increased! There are so many sites telling you how to dye shorts and the instructions are easy to follow as well. You can go wild designing them! You can buy coloured dye and sew on badges, make these clothes interesting and one of a kind, the more unique they are, the more chance someone will want to buy them.

Once thats all done, you need to upload the product. Make sure you title the product right. Naming the product 'sexy indie tie dye shorts' will not gain the views you want but calling it 'women's Tie dye shorts size 14' will. Also the picture needs to be good. A clear picture showing the product. You can have 14 pictures uploaded for free. So take close up shots of the front, back and buttons. So the buyers can see as much as the product as they can.

It costs about 80p to put the item up but it will be worth it when you can get a profit! 

Im hoping to earn a little bit of cash from selling online and to get rid of a few clothes! 

If you decide to sell or make some unique clothes i would love to see them! Email me on rubyeleanorflanagan1996@gmail.com or comment a link to a picture! 

My third Midlife crisis and I'm only 16!

I have hit a bit of a midlife crisis at the tender age of 16 years. Unemployed, overweight and starting to spiral into debt as i owe a number of people ALOT of money because i have an unnecessary need to shop.

I have spent today watching chick flicks (6 in total), eating my weight in butter popcorn and rolling about on the un-hoovered floor walloping in the sorrows of what is my life. A little voice inside my head is screaming at me saying 'Shut up Ruby! you have the grades you need to get into college, you can still fit on a single seat on the bus and yes you owe over £50 but once you get a job you can fix that!' but that voice is being drowned out by an even louder voice 'WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH YOUR LIFE RUBY, HOW ARE YOU GONNA LIVE AND SURVIVE IN THE REAL WORLD!' The arguments that are going on inside my head are really distracting me from getting things done.
You see, for about 2 years now i have had a plan. I have had a plan for my future. I knew exactly what i wanted to do. I would go to college and study Photography, English Language, Sociology and Music. Pass all with A* and then go off to University to study Journalism. After that i would move to Minneapolis and live with my Auntie there. I would then hopefully gain an internship at a Magazine over in America and after a few years i would hopefully move to the Big apple at around 25 working as a music or fashion writer/editor for a big time magazine.
This is the best possible outcome of my life! I desperately want this to happen but today i finally realized that this probably won't happen? Life will throw things at me that will change the entire path for me. For example; My brother is an actor and planned to go to Central School of Speech and Drama in London. This is the top drama school in England and it is very hard to get in. My brother auditioned and tried his hardest but unfortunately didn't get in. He told us that he didn't want to go to any other drama school or university and his dream was to attend Central. This changed his entire path and is now taking a year out to build up his Acting CV. This new path is a 180' contrast from his plan this time 6 months ago! This scares me so much that plans  and expectations can change so fast.

What i'm trying to say and tell myself, is that i cannot plan my future to the exact second. I can plan tomorrow and at a push next week but i've got to remember that, life isn't easy and it will throw what it can to make journey challenging. It's hard for me to accept that as i am a control freak. I like knowing exact plans and what, when, where and how everything happens. Today i have vowed to myself that i will try and change my ways! Stop this unnecessary planning and stop worrying about the unnecessary plans and stop the stress from the unnecessary plans. What i'm going to do is sort myself out. Throw my crappy CV's at every shop going to get a job, stop pointless eating for eatings sake and lose a few pounds and slowly pay back the money i owe and stop the pointless buying!
I will survive my third midlife crisis!

Au revior!

p.s God i hope i'm not the only person who is life this!

50 Things i love!

I'm struggling to think of ideas to write about lately, so i have decided i'll let you know a bit about myself and post 50 things in my life that i love! Hope you enjoy this extremely boring post about me.

1. Friends and family - They mean the absolute world to me and i wouldn't know what i'd do without them!
2. Fun. - My all time favourite band, i love them so much. Jack Antonoff, Nate Ruess and Andrew Dost<3
3. Sitcoms! - Friends, How i met your mother, Big Bang theory, IT crowd, Scrubs, Father Ted!
4. Autumn and Winter - I love the cold weather when you can wear scarfs and coats and boots.
5. Going to the cinema
6. Shopping - As i've said before, i'm a shopaholic.
7. Coffee - i cannot live without my 8 cups of coffee in the day
8. Heartfilled and deep conversations
9. Henry Holland clothing
10. Doctor Who! - Best TV show ever!
11. BBC series Sherlock! - Benedict Cum-on-my-baps
12. Going on holiday
13. Taking pictures
14. Playing the violin -Played for 9 long years and i still love it!
15. Discovering new artists + songs
16. Reading good books!
17.Chinese food - I could live off chinese food, special chow mein is my favourite
18. Cats - I'm defiantly a cat lover!
19. Watching heart wrenching films and chick flicks
20. Market stalls
21. Ebay
22. Writing - I would love to have a future career in writing
23. Hot relaxing baths with candles - Perfection<3
24. Going cycling
25. Christmas! - The build up is probably the best bit
26. Company Magazine
27. Painting my nails
28. Seaside fish + chips
29. Going to concerts!! - It's the best seeing a great artist live!
30. Music in general - My ipod os my prized possession
31. The colours blue and green
32. Youtube - ive only recently started watching youtube and youtubers and i have become obsessed!
33. Big wooly jumpers
34. Pixar and Disney films - Monsters Inc + The Aristocats
35. MATT SMITH & BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH<3<3
36. Acoustic versions of songs
37. Going on long walks
38. Scented candles -
39. Open fires
40. Vimto!
41. Gatherings with close friends
42. Going to the beach
43. Holding hands and hugs! - Very soppy i know but arn't hugs just great!
44. Laughing fits! - Laughing until you cant breath or your stomach hurts
45. jewelry - No outfit is complete without some jewelry! I love wearing bracelets and rings
46. Pokemon - MY CHILDHOOD!
47. Tumblr - I spend a good 95% of my life on Tumblr
48. Sleeping after a long day!
49. Roadtrips! especially at night
50. Big Fluffy slipper socks

These are just 50 of the things that i love in my life, Hopefully you can relate to some of them!