Helvatica

It's amazing how much can change in a year... At the start of 2015 I was a university drop out, I spent my time either at my part time waitress job or in bed, and my mental health was in tatters. I never went out, and barely saw anyone which further added to how down I was feeling; I was lonely, sad and frustrated. I cried a lot. I was horrid to be around. I couldn't see how worried people were, and pushed them away, convinced I could deal with it myself.  Looking back it was truly the darkest period of my life.

I'm sat here drinking peppermint hot chocolate, listening to fireworks going off outside, feeling very warm and starting to feel very christmassy.Winter will always be my favourite time of the year; big jumpers, hats, Christmas movies and snow (not much chance of that in London, but I'm sure Cheshire will pull through for me!). I'm definitely one of those people who spends the whole of October building up to Hallowe'en, and the whole of November and December building up to Christmas. So, I got a bit excited and started writing my wishlist...

This summer has been a funny one; I've been working full-time as a receptionist, as well as working as a waitress in a local pub, trying to save up for university. I've been to see friends in Cardiff, been on holiday to Cornwall, and had day trips out here and there. It's absolutely flown by... It felt like the longest summer until it was suddenly over - I woke up on September 1st and it was instantly autumn. The sun was low in the sky, frost was on the ground and the nights are certainly drawing in.

 I have always had very pale, sensitive skin, and have always struggled with it... Its been too dry, too red, I've had acne, freckles, flaking, every skin care problem really. Its never been horrendous, until I woke up after a trip to Cardiff - my skin had became red, sore and acne ridden literally over night. While I'd always had bad skin, it had never been this bad. Time to take action.