My University Room- Year One

Leading on from my First Year Round Up and my Uni Essentials list, I thought I'd show you around my first year room. I lived in catered halls about a mile away from my university. You could walk in on a nice day, but we were all given free buses as the buses would go by every five minutes or so. There were around 198 (I think) rooms in my Hall, though not all of them were occupied, so it was a pretty small place. All of our meals were served in the dining hall which was opposite my room (I lived in a quad). Out of all of the accommodation options at my university this particular option was the most traditional style- housed in a beautiful country house with a lake, the old fashioned dining hall and our own library, there was also a junior and senior common room, a music room, tv room and a games room. We also had three different formals throughout the year. 

So on to the room itself, I was on a downstairs corridor (no stairs when coming home from a night out was ace). My room had a single bed, a desk, bookshelf, bedside table, large wardrobe with lockable cupboard up top, a sink and a mirror. This was classed as a medium room, though I actually found it to be far bigger than I was expecting. All in all it was the perfect place for my first year of uni and I really enjoyed living there!

I'm now house sharing with three other girls, so will do a post sometime soon about my accommodation for my second year of uni.

I hope you've enjoyed this insight into my first year room & please feel free to ask any questions!

The Liebster Award.

Hi everyone!

I know I told you guys I was taking a little break due to uni, but I found out today that I've been nominated for the Liebster Award by my bestie and fellow blogger Megan, from her blog  Breakfast at Tiffanys Challenge. For those of you that don't know, the Liebster Award is basically a tag amongst bloggers, to give recognition to their favourite blogs that have under 200 followers/subscribers. The aim is to share your favourite blogs with each other and give recognition to smaller blogs that don't always get the attention they deserve. 

So how does it work? Those that are nominated have to answer 11 questions set by the person that nominated them, they then have to set 11 questions for their nominees to answer. Simple as that!

Here are the questions Megan set me:

Where were you born and where do you live now?

I was born in Sutton Coldfield in the Midlands and I currently live between in East Yorkshire(for university) and North Lincolnshire.

What is your occupation?

I'm a full time Law student and part time beauty/fashion blogger.

Do you have any brothers or sisters?

Yep! An older brother and sister.

When did you begin your blog, what made you begin?

So I started Charlie's Closet April of 2014, but I have been blogging since the age of 16 on my first blog which was called Beauty By Lottie. Last year I had a big change up of blogging style so started fresh here.

What is the aim or purpose of your blog?

My aim is to share my passion of beauty and fashion with my readers. I love sharing opinions and finding out what you guys like too. 

What are your passions and interests?

I'm extremely interested in the beauty and fahsion industry( hence the theme of this blog). I also enjoy politics, philosophy and history (especially 1920s onwards, with a focus on WW1 and WW2.)

How would you describe yourself in three words?

This is actually really difficult! I'd probably say focused, silly and thoughtful (I hope!!!)

What is your pet peeve?

I have two- people that chew with their mouth open and people that leave doors open.

What is your favourite book or film?

I'm going to cheat and tell you my favourite book AND film. My favourite book would be Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks (Female British spy during in France during WW2) and my favourite film is Bridget Jone's Diary- I've seen in more times than I care to admit to and can pretty much quote the entire film. Bridget is my spirit animal, hehe.

Who are you closest to in life?

My parents, my boyfriend and my cat, Marley (affectionately known as Bob)

What are your ambitions?

I'd really like to do well in my degree and hopefully some day work for the British government/ in the Forces.

So there are my answers, which have probably helped you learn a little bit about me!

Here are my nominees.....

Charlotte from Jotlotte

Kitty from KittyBlackadder

Here are my 11 questions:

How old are you?

Where are you from?

What was the first blog post you ever wrote?

If you could be anyone for a day, who would you be?

What made you start blogging?

What is your ultimate goal for you blog?

If you were stranded on a desert island, what 3 things would you want with you?

Any pets?

Most annoying habit?

Favourite era for fashion?

What are your holy grail beauty products?

So there we go. Thank you to Meg for nominating me and I hope you've enjoyed this post!

 

Honest to Blog:My A Level Experience

Hey there everyone.

Today I thought I'd sit down an do an "Honest to Blog" type post and just talk about important life things for today's Charlie's Chatter.

Those of you that live in the UK will know that August 14th was A Level results day. I finished my A Levels back in June so it's been a long wait for my final results and I've been anxiously waiting to hear if I'd got into my chosen university or not.

First of all I thought I'd chat to you about my actual A Level experience, then I'll move on to talk about uni.

So I took 4 A Levels and 1 AS Level over a two year course. I studied English Literature, History, Politics, Philosophy and Ethics and General Studies. I loved all of them! I went to a Sixth Form at a fantastic Grammar School instead of going on to college with all of my friends from school, so right from the start it was going to be a challenge. Not only was I leaving all my friends behind, but I was suddenly in an extremely academic environment studying very difficult subjects. Honestly, I was worried and a little bit scared. A Levels are a massive step up from GCSEs so nerves were expected, but within my first few days all of that melted away.

I've made friends for life at the Sixth Form and thoroughly enjoyed learning during my time there. I got to learn about subjects in depth that really interested me, I got to visit the Houses of Parliament, the Battlefields in France and Belgium, run a debating society and many other things. I've got so many memories of my whole A Level experience, I'm so glad I took a leap and started afresh after my GSCEs, so to anyone out there that's worried about A Levels, don't be! You'll have two of the greatest years of your life. It wasn't easy, I mean it really wasn't easy, I lived and breathed my studies for two years solid and at times I'd be in tears and want to give up; but that's when you know something is really important to you. I wouldn't change my experience for the world.

So on to the next chapter in my life.. University! Yes, I did get in! Not to my first choice, but I'm actually extremely happy with where I heading. For those of you that don't know I'm going to be studying Law. I'm so excited as I've been waiting for such a long time for this.

Despite how expensive university now is in the UK, I know that it will be totally worth it. I've already met some really great people that I'll be spending the next three years with and I can't wait to get started!

There is a little mini life update for you all. If any of you have any questions about the whole uni process in the UK or are about to apply to university yourself feel free to leave any questions down below or tweet me, I'd be happy to chat!