My week in pictures #2

Hello guys! I'm back with another 'week in pictures' post, as quite a few of you commented and said you liked my last one. So this past week I've been armed with my camera taking little snaps here and there, enjoy!

 

1. So to start of my week again I hopped into the costa near my uni and had a caffé caramella. Oh my goodness gracious, this is the best thing to grace the earth! Haha, I cant even explain, just tastes so darn good!! 2. Was sitting at the train station waiting to go home and there was so many pigeons roaming about. If you've seen some of my past tweets you'll know I have a bit of a pigeon phobia, and this little guy got a wee bit too close for my liking. (note; as soon as I took this picture I had to stand up and move away haha #pigeonphobia) 3.It wouldn't be a 'week in pictures' without a cheeky selfie would it? And in this one, I'm sporting my new jumper from H&M!

 

 

5. Was feeling very sassy that day in my coat (topshop!!) and was doing the high fashion thing.. You know putting it over my shoulders like they do in the glossy mags?.. Trying to be cool, aha. 6. This picture was on my day off and you know any good student would study, however I decided to make a cake in a mug! Turned out all right actually, I mean it was edible although I thought I wouldn't spare you the end result, didn't look that appetising. 7. Took the dog for her walk aswell that day, I have a river quite close by to my house and in the right light it always looks so pretty.

 

 

8. Was a really beautiful sunset one of the nights, these pictures don't really to it justice but I had to take a few pictures. Perfect autumn evening! 9. Gave the little girly a bath, she was looking extra fluffy haha. 10. Starting to drink a lot more lemon water recently. I used to drink it all the time in summer, forgot how good it was.

 

Well guys, there's another little round up of my past week. As I said, I really do hope some of you enjoy these types of posts because I am really enjoying putting them together!

Let me know what your favourite part of the past week was! Do anything special?

 

Sincerely, nicole x



my week in pictures #1

Well guys, its been a while and to be completely honest with you all I have 0 excuses for why I've been absent. Some could say I was hit by that dreaded blogger's block, in reality it was just down to sheer laziness. Nevertheless, I am giving myself a right ol' kick up the bottom and I'm (fingers crossed) will be back with weekly posts! Intro out the way, lets look at my past week (more like a few days..) in pictures. Enjoy!

 1. Starting my week off with a medium mocha from costa (each sprinkling of chocolate on top, as you do) 2. Time for a little haircut in Glasgow, taking some hair inspiration from the latest magazines! 3. Ah Stirling uni, you truly are a peaceful place. Took this picture whilst waiting for my next lecture 4. Another day, another dog walk. Love taking the little one for a stroll around the park (normally turns out me chasing after her)

1. A new morning, a new coffee shop! This time it was a visit to Café Nero for a hot chocolate with whipped cream on top, yum 2. Waiting about for lectures again, so I took a cheeky trip to topshop.. shameless changing room selfie 3. Spend my time on trains these days #trainlife 4. Ending my week with my favourite lush bath bomb; butterbear


Something a little different for my blog guys, hope you liked a little insight to my week. Until next time..

Nicole x

Summer Edit | Fitness Tips

 

To kick things off on my Summer Edit series, I'm starting off with sharing some of my fitness routines and tips. No one likes to try to get there summer body ready with only a few weeks til the season starts so hopefully this post will help you prepare a little better and earlier. I will be posting a few more health/keep fit posts in this series, so stay tuned!

 

 

Sculpted arms; when it comes to my arms I'm pretty much a weakling, so to add a bit more definition to them I like to do around 20 push ups a day. If you're like me and are totally unable to do push ups start off with a low number, then as the week/months progresses begin to add a little more into your routine. Also you could try half push ups, so begin by doing the exercise on your knees. If you want to work on your biceps try using dumbbells and incorporate them into exercises such as lunges and squats.

 

Abs of steel; summer time normally includes slipping back into your well loved swimsuit, but after all the holidays (Christmas, new year, Easter, eating for the sake of eating holiday...) that beloved item might not fit like it did last year. So what I've been doing for the past month is starting up the well known exercises like sit ups, plank/side plank (which I hold for a couple more seconds each day), Russian twist and V sit ups.

 

Killer legs & bum; its no secret that the way to a great 'tooshie' is squats... plain and simple. I've been doing squats every day for quite sometime now and I really do notice a difference. When I first started I done about 10 a day, then began to add a few more each time that now brings me up to 60. The key is to start off slow, get used to them, add a few more in each time then if you want add in things like dumbbells to also work the arms at the same time. Another great exercise is lunges, backwards lunges and wall sit (that's a real killer). I've noticed a real difference in my legs by doing some of these every day and now have a decent amount of strength in them.

 

Everyday exercises; so maybe you don't have time to fit a workout in everyday, that's ok! Some simple daily things that you may or may not do already also help your body to keep fit such as like taking the dog a walk, gardening?, walking to work/school etc. Next time you go to the supermarket take one of your grocery bags in each hand and use them like dumbbells (might sound silly but it works if you buy a lot of food!).

 

I'd just like to add that of course I'm no elite personal trainer, however these exercises work for me and help me to build up my strength whilst tone parts of my body, so I thought id share them with you. For inspiration, look on places like Youtube and Pinterest (I have my own fitness category on there) and remember just to take little steps at a time, nothing will happen over night. Another thing to keep in mind is make sure to do some sort of warm up or stretching before you workout to get the oxygen flowing to your muscles.

 

 

Let me know what kind of exercises you do in the comments. Do you work out every day?

 

Sincerely, nicole

S U M M E R E D I T

 

 

Since summer is fast approaching I have decided to start my very own summer series, which I am super excited about! For the next upcoming weeks, I'll be posting all things summer including foods, fashion, fitness, things to do etc. So I hope you will all stay tuned as my first post will be going up this Thursday.                                                                                             

 

 

I really hope that you all that read my blog will enjoy this series and hopefully can pick up some fun tips for summer 14. If any of you have a specific topic you'd like me to talk about please

write down in the comments below, I am always open to suggestions!                                        

 

 

Sincerely, nicole