New Experience: Learning To Surf

Last Friday Dan and I headed down to Croyde in Devon for a couple of days to get away from the stresses that we're currently facing at home. The break was exactly what we needed and we had the best weekend ever (I'll do a post on the full holiday soon!) Whilst we were there we spoke about how we wanted to try loads of new experiences, and how better to start off than with Surfing?!

I've ALWAYS wanted to try surfing, I watched my Dad do it when I was young but never got round to trying it myself. Luckily, about a 2 minute walk away from where we were staying, there was a little building by the beach run by a company called Surf South West. We enquired about surfing lessons and were pleasnently suprised when we were told that for a 2 hour lesson, it was only £34 each (£32 on weekdays) and that included all of the gear you need, and the board. Brill. We booked it for 10 am the next day.

Sunday came around and we were so excited to get out in the sea. The sun was shining, and we got down to the beach to get kitted up. All of the staff we met were lovely, they talked us through everything we needed to know, helped us get the correct sized wetsuits, shoes, gloves etc and we were good to go. As Dan and I were total newbies, and the other 3 guys on our lesson weren't we split up and were taught the basics of how to get onto the board and ride a wave (that sounds so corny!) Then we hopped in the mini bus and were driven down to a beach called Saunton, where we headed into the sea.

Now let me tell you something, a surfboard is WAY heavier than I ever expected, It literally took me so much effort to carry (drag) it all the way to the sea! Anyway, we then got in and were shown by the instructor how to you know, surf and stuff. I wiped out the first time and had a lovely mouthfull of salty sea water (yuk!) but after that, I was actually pretty impressed with myself!

Bearing in mind it's March, Dan's hands got super cold and we had to get out about 10 mins before everyone else, but even so, we had the best time and really want to improve and try it again.

If you're ever on holiday and thinking of trying surfing I would 100% recommend giving it a go, and if you're anywhere near Croyde then Surf South West are the people to see!

Have you ever tried surfing? Or can you recommend any other activities I should try out?! Let me know.

Blonde on a Budget

Regular visits to the hairdressers can get expensive, and as I'm currently saving every single one of my hard earned pennies, I've had to cut down on how often I treat myself to a hair cut or colour. For me, this is really annoying as I get bored SO easily and change my hair colour all the time. Blonde is a really expensive to 1, colour your hair to in the first place, and 2, maintain. Trust me, I've been there. I've been blonde all over, I've been all shades of ombre, in fact I've had pretty much every hair colour under the sun.

Recently however I decided to jump the gun and bleach my own hair (eek!) I wasn't expecting the results to come out like they did and I was super impressed. Carry on reading to find out how I achieved bright blonde hair, on a budget, with NO damage (I know, it's a dream come true)

The Product That Made Me a Lush ADDICT!

Previously, Lush and I didn't get along too well. My social anxiety mixed with the lively (but lovely) staff at Lush just didn't work. In fact, I never really gave it a chance. I'd walk into a store, head down, ready to grab my go-to products and make a run for the tills. I'd never have time to browse the products due to the fear of being asked my favourite scent, for me to answer with either the generic 'fruity' or something stupid, like 'petrol' or 'tuna', you know, the standard answers?!

This post is not shaming Lush or their staff at all, yes, I'm often put off when I'm approached by staff in stores as I prefer to browse at my own pace and hate feeling pushed to buy a product, but at the same time, when I worked in retail, I loved helping customers, so I totally get it.