VGA Cable

In the last four months I have moved a total of 5 times. 

In 5 moves I have lost stuff, my VGA cable went missing as well as my mini mac VGA converter. Which means I have been without a PC. I have been left with my iPad and iPhone. Not a terrible thing. Don't get me wrong. I've had the Internet. Well apart from that 1 week I spent at my friends who had just moved into their new house and hadn't set up the Internet. That week taught me a lot about myself and my constant need to be connected to people and things outside of Cornwall. 

I've had a serious binge on living outside the Internet. But at the end of the day I realise I can make time for both, because I love both.

So I went and bought a VGA cable from a computer spares shop today for £4.99

It may look boring, but not having one of these has stopped me turning my computer on for 5 months. I am dreading the amount of emails I will have to scroll through and the fact it was due a defrag before I packed it up and I will end up spending a whole day setting it up and sorting it out. But it will be worth it.

I have a massive backlog of fashion, food, beauty, hair posts to write and photograph. 

Nail Rock Nail Wraps - Tribal Gold

The spending ban is going well, I have stuck to it and in a way it saddens me just how much money I usual spend on all this stuff. My savings and current account are about a million times healthier than they have been in a long time. I haven't even touched my beauty card points of £10 gift voucher for boots.

I was awear that at some point this month I'd run out of fake nails/things to disguise just how horibble mine are. Unfortunately suffering with ezmar on my hands for nearly 7 months now and wearing fake nails to cover my crumbling nails they are not having fun. Oh and a fake nail ripped off and took half my nail with it a few months ago. The majority of them have recovered but two of them just refuse to cooperate.

So as my friend bought me a set of Nail Rock's for Christmas I decided to give them another go. I've had a terrible time with them ever time I'd used them before. Mainly because I am constantly in a rush. So I sat down knowing I'd have a few hours if necessary to attempt to do them properly.

I still can't get to grips with them. I still can't put them on without creases. But I can now make them stay on for a few more days without getting annoyed that they're peeling off. I honestly think it's going to take someone to do them for mr for them to be done properly. Me and nail foils just don't seem to get on. But I really want to.

Does anyone else have a problem with them? Or even better has anyone been able to do them hassle free who has any tips? Help me, I really want to love them. But right now I can't :(

New Year blogging Resolutions

I have been a super bad blogger for a long time now. There's no excuse for it other than I just really haven't had the motivation for it and to me it's pointless to do something unless you're really enjoying it. But with the new year I am determined to start this, and my other blogs up again as I really enjoy writing at the moment.

So this year, my new year resolution is to get my Internet life back in order again. That and make this the year I actually start saving money properly and not all of it on hair, make-up, nails and clothes. I looked at my yearly spending summary the other day, last year I spent over £2000 on hair, make-up, nails and clothes. I spent about £200 a month on them. To me that's just under a weeks wage. Which is slightly insane. So I will be putting myself on a strict-ish financial diet.

January is a no spend month. This means I will attempt to not spend any money on beauty products. With sale signs a plenty everywhere I look and constant emails for various high street/online shops this is pretty painful. Luckily with it just having been Christmas and my birthday I have a whole load of goodies to enjoy. I do have a trump card though, I have about £20 saved up on my Superdrug beauty card and a £10 gift voucher for boots. So technically I am not spending money so I will be allowing this if I get desperate.

L-R James Brown: Colour Enhance, Imperial Leather: Limited Editions Bewitching Blackberry Blossom and Wild Fig Bath Creme, Gorgeous by Gok: Bag of Indulgence, homemade lipbalm/handcream, Beauty Treats: Stars and Hearts Glitter Palette, Nail Rock: Designer Nail Wraps, Imperial Leather: Limited Editions Enchanting white willow and bluebell bath creme, No7 mini Beautiful Skin set

I also did a bit of cheeky sale shopping at Boots in December and got my hands on the No7 mini Beautiful Skin set (eye make-up remover 30ml, hot cloth cleanser 50ml, day cream 25ml, night cream 25ml, muslin face cloth and headband) for £8.00 and James Brown Colour Enhance (High Gloss conditioner 250ml, Colour Enhance conditioner 250ml and Hair Revive Dry Shampoo 150ml) for £7.50

That beautiful purple case in the middle is Gorgeous by Gok bag of indulgence which includes: Body Wash with rose oil 200ml, Body Lotion with rose oil 200ml, Bath Essence 200ml, Body Butter with argan oil 180ml, Body Polish with almond oil 180ml and a body puff. My mum got me this as an extra Christmas present because I didn't see my family till after christmas and she said it was super cheap in the sale and the colour of the box reminded her of me.

So I do have a lot of lovely things to keep me going while I go cold turkey on the spending.

Anyone else having a financial detox this year, what are you going to do? Find something nice in the sales that you can suggest when I'm allowed to spend again?