Welcome to Rebecca's Place

Welcome!

Welcome to Rebecca's Place. My name's Rebecca and I thought it would be appropriate to use my first post to introduce myself and tell you a little bit about me :)

So! This is me:

New Year's Eve 2012 - 2013

I'm 19 years old and I currently work at M&S as a Customer Assistant. However! It wasn't always this way...

In October 2012 I hit a big milestone in my life: time to start university. So, after months of preparation and buying lots of lovely things to make my new room look nice, I made a two hour journey to Bristol to start my new life. I would be lying if I said I'd been looking forward to it, I'm a home bird at heart and was dreading leaving my home and family behind!  

Here are a few pictures of my new room:

View from the window
Duvet Set - The Range
Cushions - Primark
Owl Blanket - Primark
Tote Bag - Primark

View from the door

My desk
Clock (top shelf) - The Range
Lamp - The Range

The View From My Window

My Bed

Now don't get me wrong, my room was lovely, a good size with sufficient storage space and a stunning view out of the window. However, I didn't get to choose this place, it was the last place left when I applied for my accommodation so I didn't have much choice. You're probably thinking, 'what's wrong with that?'. Well, here's my top three disadvantages to this place:

1) The walls are like cardboard and unfortunately I didn't have the most considerate flatmates in the world so sleep was sometimes impossible. 

2)  I lost count of the amount of times the fire alarm went off in the space of a week. 

Fire alarms at ridiculous times + 9am lectures = bad times. 

3) The building is surrounded by pubs, clubs and restaurants and this paired with the terribly insulated windows made for long, noisy nights. 

Despite this, the location was lovely and we were right on the canal:

The Canal

This is right in front of the building

Queen Square which was around the corner 

Queen Square

Once Freshers Week had passed, I began studying a degree in Management. Unfortunately the course wasn't at all what I'd expected. I had 15 hours a week of lectures: 14 hours of Finance, Accounting and Economics and only 1 hour of Management. How can they call it a Management degree?! After just two days I realised I wasn't going to enjoy the course at all and so I swapped to Sociology instead, managing to keep my 1 hour of Management a week. 

I studied Sociology for the next two weeks but to be completely honest, I didn't really understand anything that we were doing - I didn't do Sociology at A Level but it seemed as though everyone else had! I was so out of my depth and I managed to just about scrape my way through each of my lectures and tutorials. I was feeling so stupid and missed home like crazy but I didn't want to let anyone down and just hoped that I'd get over it soon and settle down. However, that weekend, I traveled home to spend a few nights with my family and it made me realise just how much I was missing everything: my parents, my sister, my dogs, my bed, Sunday roasts made by my mum, and the list goes on. After I traveled back to Bristol, I stuck it out for two more days, but then on Wednesday the 24th of October, just 3 weeks and 3 days after I'd arrived, I made the decision that I wanted to go home. 

I know it was a huge decision to make but I didn't want to waste 3 years of my life and get myself into stupid amounts of debt just to be miserable. Uni isn't for everyone and October 2012 made me realise that. So, I skyped my parents and they were completely supportive of me and said they just wanted me to be happy which made me feel a lot better. As soon as I'd told them I felt as though a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders and I immediately felt happy again. The next day I went to see my tutor to discuss my decision with him and by Monday the 29th of October, exactly 1 month after I left, I was home. 

It's now January 2013 and I can honestly say I haven't had a single regret about leaving uni. 

Now, I don't want this post to put anyone off going to uni. This is just my personal experience and I'm only sharing it so you know more about me. Everyone's different and I'm sure if I didn't get so homesick and if I'd picked the right course, I'd still be at uni now, having taken my first exams and submitted my first piece of coursework. Everyone else I know who has gone is absolutely loving it and whenever they visit home, they can't wait to get back again! 

So now I'm working at M&S, earning money to pay for my phone contract, my car insurance, petrol and of course, new clothes/shoes/jewellery/bags/etc! Just in case you were wondering, this is my car, which I could afford to buy once I left uni! 

My baby

 So mostly I'm working to pay for the insurance for my car and regular petrol trips, anything left after that I use to treat myself every now and then! 

I tend to spend quite a lot of my spare time watching YouTube videos by Sprinkle of Glitter (YouTube, Blog) and Zoella (YouTube, Blog and Website).

Zoella (left) and Sprinkle of Glitter (right)

I love watching these two, especially together, and having read their blogs, they've inspired me to start one myself. I always find myself on mini shopping sprees but I never have anyone to share my purchases with, and as sad as it sounds, I get really excited about showing what I've bought to other people! I really enjoy watching Louise and Zoe's hauls but unfortunately I'm not brave enough to film videos like they do, so I'm going to use this blog to post about the things I've bought, what I've been up to, my favourite beauty products, etc. 

I know I'm not going to be anywhere near as good or popular as Louise or Zoe but who knows what could happen, it's just a bit of fun :) 

I'm really sorry that this has been such a boring blog post, I really wanted you guys to know a bit about me and who I am before I just jumped in with the regular blog posts. I hope I didn't bore you too much and thanks for reading :) 


Ta ta for now! 
xxx