My November Goals!

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Firstly, I'd like to say that this post is inspired by my wonderful fellow blogger, Amanda. She's 16 like me and has an amazing blog with a lovely style of writing. I just love reading what she has to say! So I'd really recommend that you go and check out a couple of her posts and give her a little follow on Bloglovin. 

Click here to go on over to her fabulous blog.

So...My November goals!!

I thought (with a little inspo from Amanda) that I'd share with you some goals that I've set myself for November, and that I really need the motivation to achieve! Maybe if I share them on here, then I'll be more likely to stick to them? That's my thinking anyway...

Number One: Eat Healthily

Easier said than done, right? Okay, but seriously, I need to. Anything's possible when you put your mind to it - well that's the mindset that I need to stick to anyway. I'm going try to only eat sweets at the weekend, limit day-time snacking, and ensure I take a piece of fruit to college every day.

*Notice the emphasis on the word try*

Number Two: Get Organised

I'm shockingly bad at organisation. Well, I very rarely miss deadlines, I'm just crazily stressed trying to meet them. Quite often I'll think 2 days is loads of time, and then remember that I'm going out on one day and then working the other, so that means I have to rush things (usually having a little cry on the sidelines) and then get things done to a very low standard. This is quite ironic that I'm sitting here at 8:00 blogging, when I have Psychology homework due in tomorrow, but starting from now, I'm going to get organised and hopefully it'll reduce stress levels too!
*Please Note: It's now half past eight, and I'm back to blogging, after having done my psychology homework. Are you proud of me?!*

Number Three: Blog More
Yes, I've said this before, but blogging is a great way to be creative, and since I'm no longer taking any essay-based subjects it allows me to (hopefully) continue improving my writing skills. Also, another big reason is that I really enjoy it! I know I haven't posted very much recently but if I succeed at goal number two then I'll have a lot more time to blog! The only thing is that a lot of the time, I'm lacking new ideas, so if you have any ideas that you'd like to see, please do let me know!

Number Four: Exercise Regularly
Okay, okay, it's a bit cliche, buutt, when I say that, I don't mean go running 6 times a week, swim on weekends and do 100 press ups every evening. Nah nah, that's not what I mean. I just want to try and go running more often. I can't remember if I've mentioned it the parkrun before but it's great. It's a 5K run every Saturday in so many places around the country - you can go as slowly as you're comfortable with and know that there will be others cheering you on from the sides, so it's such a great thing to go to if you want to keep fit. And here's the best part: It's completely free, and there's bound to be one within easy distance of where you live! I want to do this at least once a month, because I haven't run for ages and I should really get back into it!

Number Five: Have More Me Time
This one is important. There are so many deadlines to keep to nowadays and the reality of having time to ourselves is becoming less and less of a possibility. I know I'm definitely guilty of stressing out too much and not leaving enough time for me to just relax. It's so lovely to just light a candle, get in my cosy pyjamas and listen to some music, have a bath, read a book or watch a film. Obviously it's important to keep on top of things you need to do, but improving organisation will help to free up more time to do whatever you want and you'll be much happier for it!

So those are my five goals for November, and I promise that I'm going to try my best to stick to them, and I'll get back to you in December about whether or not I managed to succeed!
Have any of you set yourselves any goals? I'd love to hear about them! But remember the last one: make enough time for yourself to live and love life.


Love as always,
Georgia
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Remembrance Day

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Today was remembrance day. Quite an important day for me. Not because I've personally known anybody who's died or fought in a war, but because most people do know or have known a soldier or war veteran and I feel that it's very important to remember the dead and respect the living. 

We had a 2 minutes silence at college today, just like we did at work on Sunday and at the football on Saturday. I always like to use those 2 minutes wisely and actually thank those brave soldiers who lost their lives in WWI, WWII or any other wars since or before, and also to thank those fighting now. Their sacrifices have shaped our lives today and we would not be living how we do now if it hadn't been for them. So, thank you. 

The Royal British Legion is a charitable organisation which raises money to "provide thousands of modern veterans, Service men, women and their families with vital advice and support." So it really is a great charity, and doesn't just remember past war veterans, but helps current and future ones.

Click here for more information about the Royal British Legion and the Poppy Appeal. 

To the memory of the fallen, and the future of the living.

We will remember

Love as always,

Georgia

xxx

My Pinterest top 10 picks!

Not too long ago, I discovered the fabulous land of Pinterest. It's brilliant and I love it!

For any of you who aren't familiar with it, it's basically a pin board site: You can search for 'pins' which can be anything you like, outfits, films, cake, winter etc. - The site is filled with inspiration so you can search pretty much anything and not be disappointed! It's a great way to gather all the things you like in one place and then refer back to it later. 

For example, here is my pin board for outfit ideas (because I'm useless at putting awesome outfits together!)

I use Pinterest for 2 main things: They are, inspirational quotes - most of which I get from Sprinkle of Glitter's page - and photography - because I'm in awe of the beauty in the photos. 

Firstly, I'll choose 5 of my favourite quotes to share: 

Important words to live by

It's all about perspective

Never give up on your dreams

Spread the love

Always remember this

And now, I'll trawl through and try to pick out 5 of my favourite photos:

Disclaimer: I fully admit that these photos are not taken by me. I searched on Pinterest and fell in love with them so pinned them to my own board. They are not mine. I just had to share their beauty with you. 

Gorgeous Paris in spring

Beautiful New York in monochrome

Cute little Parisian cafe

Hidden New York

Colourful Notting Hill in London

So, there are my 10 top pins on Pinterest, I hope you enjoyed them!

If you don't have an account, then think about making one. It's so fun to just scroll through your pin board of stuff that you love!

Thank you for reading! 

Love as always,

Georgia 

xxx

Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are my own. None of the above photos were taken by me, and I fully admit that. I simply found them on Pinterest and fell in love, so I had to share them with you guys. None of the quotes are mine either, but they are great words to live by, so I wanted to share them too.

Happy reading xxx

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The Best Shampoo I've Ever Used

Hello everyone, apologies for my absence once again...I hope you're all feeling fabulous and are enjoying life! Just to let you know, I have changed my blog name back to Georgie Blue(on everything except Bloglovin' - It doesn't want to let me change the name at the moment but I'm working on it!) I originally called it this so I coordinated it with my URL, but when the blog was called Georgia Charlotte, the name and URL didn't match. And now they do, which makes me happy :)

Today I think there is something I need to share with you, and that is...

THE BEST SHAMPOO I'VE EVER USED

So, what is this shampoo you ask? Well my friends, I can tell you that it is the: "Neutrogena Anti Residue Shampoo".

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On my holiday to Italy in 2013 (I think), my hair got to that stage where it just built up residue from other shampoos which I was completely unable to remove (does anyone else know what I mean? Is it just me?) It was weird because the parts of my hair that I see when looking in the mirror were absolutely fine, but when brushed my hair at the back of my head, it felt really greasy, and I can tell you that it wasn't nice!

My mum (as mums do) knew how to sort it out. She told me that she used to buy this shampoo occasionally and it was flawless, so of course we had to buy another bottle for me to use (and for her to use some again!) 

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After one use, my hair was washed completely free of all the residue, even removing the residue that you didn't know was there! My hair felt so silky smooth and I was so pleased with it! The bottle recommends that you use it once a week and then use your regular shampoo, but I use it only when my hair builds up noticeable residue. This way, not only does it last longer, but your hair feels so much nicer when you do use it!!

I'll be honest - it's not cheap (at around £7 for 175ml), but any of you who have read any of my other posts may know that I love finding bargains! So for me to be recommending this to you is a big thing for me! It does work wonders and is totally worth the price if not more! The only down side is that as far as I'm aware, most drugstores have stopped stocking it, so on the two occasions that we have bought it (yes 2 bottles since 2 years ago - yes you really don't need it that often!) we've bought it either from amazon or ebay! - Don't worry, you can buy new bottles, not just half used ones haha!!

Here are some links to the products, although I'm sure if you just search the name, you can find other bottles elsewhere: 

Amazon

Ebay 

Let me know if you fancy buying a bottle, and what you think of it if you do buy one!! Trust me, I think it's amazing!!

Thanks for being patient with me even when I haven't posted a lot, 

Lots of Love

Georgia 

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Life Update:

Hello everyone!!

Sorry for my lack of blog presence recently! I have had a lot of things going on in the past few days, but I feel that I should have made more of an effort to at least check my blog! So I'm sorry for that!

Anyway, I'm here now, and although I haven't got any great blog post ideas, I thought that it was important for me to at least post something, so I'm going to do a quick life update:

So today was my first induction day of Sixth Form!!! I was so excited because I knew there would be so many opportunities to start new subjects and also to meet loads of new people! most of my friends are also at this school though, so it's great that I do know people there already! I have my second induction day on Wednesday when I am going to meet my Tutor and my Tutor group. On Thursday I'll officially start my lessons, which I'm so excited about!!!

On Saturday, I had a bit of a funny disaster! Basically, my mum, my friends and their families and I all run our local 5K run most Saturday mornings, and I've done it many times. I have this sort of self-tradition, that I save all my energy until the last 100m and then I sprint with all my energy and try to overtake as many people as possible! Usually it's fine, but I sprinted the fastest that I ever have on Saturday and then my hip started aching. By the time I got home, I was in agony! I could barely walk so I was sitting down for most of the day!!! Honestly, if I wanted to walk from the sofa to the table, I had to take the smallest steps at the slowest pace possible! By Sunday, it was worse and I was super worried about not being able to go to Sixth Form!! I couldn't miss it and be behind on the first day!! So we had to go to the out-of-hours emergency doctor's surgery to ensure that I hadn't done any serious damage! Thankfully I hadn't and the Doctor said that it was just a very painful pulled muscle!! So I've been taking loads of (but not over the limit, don't worry!) pain killers and I was all good today!! Phew!

Also, another exciting (probably not) fact is that I bought a sewing machine! I had this weird sudden urge to make myself some decorative bunting for my room, so I bought a load of the cutest fabrics and found this second hand sewing machine for only £30! My mum bought it for me as a present for my results, and I'm in love with it!! Honestly, it's the cutest thing ever!! I've already made most of the bunting, and since I don't have to go into school tomorrow, I'm going to have it finished by then!!! I'll share some pictures once it's done, because I love it so far!!

Finally, I'd like to ask a question! I've been thinking for a while about my blog name. I know my blog URL is georgieblue.blogspot.com but my blog's actual name is Georgia Charlotte. Do you think I should change it back to Georgie Blue so that it matches my URL? If I was to do this, I'd make sure that I changed it on Bloglovin as well so that it all matched! Could you let me know what you think?

Thank you so much for reading, and apologies for not being on here for a while!!

Love as always! Georgia xxx

What's In My School Bag?

Hey everyone! 

Today I felt like showing you the things that are in my school bag, because I like watching/reading this sort of video/post. This may not be the sort of blog post that you typically read, but I hope you'll enjoy reading it anyway, and I hope you find it useful!

So, first I have the bag itself. I needed a new bag because my Accessorize backpack had almost completely worn through, and I really like the 'Hype' bags. I decided on this black on with 'Sky Blue Speckles' (or as I call them, paint splatters).It was £29.99 from Amazon with free delivery, and it's a bit like a Tardis because you can fit loads of stuff in it, without it looking overly huge!

 I have this A4 ring binder and notebook from my 'Back to School Stationary' in my bag. I might take one of the other A4 ring binders with me on some days but for the first day I think I'll just take one.

I of course take my pencil case! I mean, you need to write, right? This sort of stationary is my favourite part of my stationary obsession. I love all the cute pencil cases and different coloured pens! I bought this pencil case quite a while ago from Paperchase so it might not still be available, but I think it was about £5.50 and I think it's so cute with the little fox and the owl on it!

I'm going to take a book with me in case I have to wait around for anything I have nothing to do. I probably won't need it but if I have it in my bag then it will encourage me to read instead of go on my phone. I'm currently reading "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner.  Of course, I also have my Harry Potter Bookmark!

Of course I have my college planner in my bag which I'll use to note down any homework, exams and any other deadlines I have to meet. I also bought Louise's new 2016 diary which I'm planning to use from January on wards because it's so pretty!!

My Psychology textbook is also in my bag because I'm taking it for A-Level. I'm really excited to start studying Psychology because it's so interesting, and it's a completely new subject for me!

It goes without saying that my phone will be in my bag! I'm also taking my earphones so I can listen to music if I want to whilst I'm walking to and from school each day! I have my purse with me for obvious reasons. I bought it from a little independent shop for about £6, and I love the little quirky pattern on it. For my birthday, my family friends gave me this lovely Cath Kidston ticket holder. It has 3 compartments and I'm going to use it for my college ID card and other student cards. And of course, a hairbrush because if you've got hair as thick as mine, you'll know that even the slightest gust of wind will make it so knotty! So it's essential to take my brush with me!

I had homework to do over the summer, which of course I'll be taking on my first day. It's really important to complete any homework you have because you want to make the right first impression and also, you don't want to fall behind!!

I'm taking this little makeup bag with me to keep together lots of bits and bobs, including my deodorant, keys, hairbands, makeup etc.

Finally, I'll be taking a water bottle and a lunch with me, but occasionally I'll be buying lunch at the school cafe!

Thank you for reading! Do you have any school bag essentials? Leave me a comment below!!

Love as always, 

Georgia xxx

What I've Done This Summer

Believe it or not, in the UK we do actually have a summer, I know, what?!?! - Usually temperatures can get up to 30ºC which for us Brits is very hot. Unfortunately, this year has been a whole other story. Yes, we did have a heat wave week (which thankfully was the week of my birthday) when the UK's hottest ever temperature was recorded, but other than that, we've endured a majority of rainy days and April-like temperatures *sighs*

Now, summer is without a doubt my favourite season. I always think that it brings out the best in everyone! People are enjoying being outside and not having to worry about bringing layers and layers of clothing just to keep warm! There's something about the need for sunglasses and the clear blue sky that I find so satisfying!

If I'm honest, I have felt a little bit deprived this summer because I've barely been able to wear shorts! To me, summer means wearing shorts and dresses, but it just hasn't been hot enough! Okay, I obviously haven't been needing a coat or gloves, so I guess jeans are a good compromise, but it would have been nice to wear shorts, yanno what I mean?!

Even if I am complaining about the weather, this holiday has been just as great. We've been able to do lots of cool things during my parents' two weeks off! I'm going to show you some pictures I've taken from our outings, I hope you enjoy!

We went to Aldeburgh which is a coastal town in Suffolk. It's a couple of hours drive away from where we live, but we've been there several times before, and we keep going back because we love it so much! This time we went with my Grandma, Grandad and my Auntie. If you're from the UK I'm sure you'll agree that Fish and Chips (or what ever you have instead) is an absolute must when you're at the seaside, so of course we had some! (Aldeburgh have the best Fish and Chips!!) I don't think it's really a 'thing' anywhere else in the world because it's quite British, but I can't imagine going to the beach and not having some!

One day we went on a beautifully relaxing boat trip along the river. It was two hours long, so me and my sister took a book to read for some of the journey. It was lovely feeling the breeze and hearing the gentle splash of the water. 

Another day we went to the beach. It was one of those beaches which is partly sand and partly pebbled. This was one of the few really hot days so we knew there would be loads of people going to the coast, so we decided to go to a more rural beach. It was lovely, because it wasn't packed like some of the more popular beaches, but it wasn't deserted either! There was just the right amount of people there for it to be perfect!

I hope you enjoyed this post! What have you been up to this summer?

Thank you to everyone for reading,

Love as always, Georgia xxx




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P.S. All of the photos were taken by me; sorry there weren't a great deal of photos! I was scrolling through, choosing some to include and I realised that the vast majority of them had either me or my family in them! I know there are other bloggers who have pictures of them on their blogs and I really admire them for it! I hope in the future I'll have built up enough confidence to do the same! I love you all xxx