Good News!

So I've been cray cray busy recently. My shifts went from week nights to weekend days, and I spent the first week trying to readjust my sleeping pattern, so I was grouchy and miserable. But then I realised I had 4 days off a week... So I decided to bite the bullet and apply for a Beauty Therapy course in a local college and a different college around 6 miles away, even though the courses started around 2nd Sep. 

The first college invited me in with open arms, but said their fees for the year would be £1,672 - I had to refuse as I don't have that kind of moolah! 

I was turned down by the second college; their course was now full, but they'd keep me on hold if a space became available. Their course covered exactly the same things as the first college, but their fees were substantially lower, at around £816, which, in my job, part of the country and economy, this seemingly meagre sum of money was still far from my reach. I talked to my mother about it, and she said if I really wanted a future in beauty (definitely!) then she'd loan me the money. But because I'd been denied, I said no, it'd give me time to save up to pay for some of the course that started in January 2015. 

BUT! Just two days after being denied, I received a phone call from the second college, asking me to attend an interview; they'd decided to expand their classes and many more people - myself included - were asked to interview. 

I was ecstatic, overjoyed, nervous, and then frightened to death - I couldn't afford the course, just after saying no to my mum for her help! So I told her about the interview, and she gave me £750 to pay for my course when I attended and was accepted! 

So this is the makeup & nails I wore for my interview and for my first day at college (I was accepted & started the same day). Unfortunately it was "Facial day", so all my hard work was cleansed right off my face within minutes of being in class. I was also told to ditch my fake nails (I've been wearing fake nails solidly for around 4 years) until the course finishes next June. 

So... Yeah, now my nails look like this: 

Soooo not happy about this, but if this is the sacrifice I have to make, then so be it!  

On the two days I have off a week, I'll be studying and trying to catch up on the work that I've missed out on, and I'll also try really hard to blog as often as possible. So sorry if my blog lags a little bit - I'll try my best to keep you peeps up to date with my beauty bites! 

Catch you lovelies soon, this is part-time college girl, over and out! 

 

Lovely weekend...

So this weekend has been amazing except for today. Some selfish, arrogant butthead and his missus parked across two parking spaces. When I stood there tutting in disapproval the woman came over and had a go at me. I calmly told her that she was being selfish, parking across two spaces like that. She countered my argument, telling me huffily that they did park normally once upon a time, then their previous BMW got dinged whilst it was parked, costing them £500 to repair it, & after that they (became selfish, arrogant assholes and) never parked "normally" again. I told her that I owned a sports car (a Mazda sport - it's practically the same thing :P) and that it'd been scraped and cost a small fortune to repair but it never stopped me from parking normally. She asked me why and I told her because I had faith that people wouldn't do it again. She rudely replied that she had none. I laughed and shook my head and said it was selfish and walked away. 

So I've been stewing on this all day, winding myself up over this woman's arrogance (and her absent husband/partner, who left his missus to defend the car and his honour), and I decided enough was enough. 

I actually had a marvellous time with my family and friends this weekend, so I thought I'd put a few pics up to make myself feel better. 

These are just a few of the pictures I've taken over the weekend. I've had to leave out pictures of my family because they like to stay private, which is a shame as I'd love to share them with you. 

The sun was hiding behind clouds a lot, then the clouds parted and the sun shone hard. My poor hubster got caught and his arms are now red... 

His sunburned arms vs my normal arm lol! I did catch a tiny bit of sun, my chest is a little pink but only about 3/4 inches square. I'm a bit gutted as I normally use SPF sun cream but I've learned my lesson! 

Anyway, for the time being this is Xen, over and out! xx

Back to Basics

So I decided to delete LittleSunStar21 from Google+ and YouTube. It's a long story but the decision has been made. The posts with the author "Unknown" was me, LittleSunStar21, so no one will worry when it goes back to me just being plain old Xen. 

So here I am. Going right back to where I started. Wish me luck xx