what a year. here's a few of my highlights to round the year off :)
its been SUCH a good oneeeeee!
january
-brought in the year with horrible tonsillitis/minor glandular fever, awful!
-hit leicester's liquid for the first time with the gang on some reunion nights
-birth of MAYO GIRLS ♥
-"washing your hair in the bath is like having a shit in your pants"
-turned nineteen :) (and had a xmas dinner for it, as i couldn't eat my actual xmas dinner from that year)
-meze platterrrrrrs at the castle local
-shopping in meadow hall with bday money on a trip back up to leeds
-refreshers weeeeeeek! messy!
-a fab pirate night (the first of many) for laura's bday, playing dead outside maccy dee's and spelling out cunt outside maccy d's ...hilarious!
february
-my phone was stolen...haha! the first of many from 2010! this time it was literally stolen from my bag, which was ashame 'cos it was quite a good night out in cockpit
- cheeky pre-cocktails before orange weds nights with chlo in browns, with fit bartenders
- pat's bday night in gatecrasher...well, a pre-party in the flat with an absolute randomer then out to gatecrasher toilets and home with chlo!
- went on a lunch date to ls6 ;)
- went to church for the first time in leeds and after a long time of completely abandoning my home church in leics, met some lovely people and fell back in love with my faith
march
- took a cheeky trip to sheffield to see bowler - firefighters, swedish guys and cheesey chips!
haha and squeezed in a macdonalds breakfast the next day feeling rough as! ..."so do you ever get called ikea? are you gonna' order us some meatballs?"
- nearly not getting into space because of my real id...and being too drunk to realise they wanted my signature.
- road trip to lancaster for the silent disco! there was literally like no one there but a very funny night with char to the countryside haha :)
-took a graphics trip to the big NYC! such an amazing few days and got to know some of the graphics girls more. highlights were definitely sunbathing incentral park on a scorching day, walking across brooklyn bridge and sneaking out in the big city in a limo and getting into a bar. amazing memories.
april
- went to my first lcfc football match with my mum - we lost. haha
- went on my first night out in life in leicester...a horrific night out as it was too busy and crammed full of under-agers cos it was a bank holiday sunday night, but we had a laugh
- nottingham and melton weekend with chlo and char! then back to leicester in life with char and bowler! good times :)
-messy one with the girls in mosh...met dan radcliffe in highcross haha NAAAAT
-carried on dying my hair blonde...the ginger progression started here haha!
may
- lost another phone, fantastic!
- started going swimming in the new uni pool and became obsessed with swimming again...although realised how rubbish i had got at it
- more pranks with the 103 bunch and the 103 wannabe ;)
-the creation of the db committee and non stop staying up and playing ball games etc
-day trips into leeds and going to that weird little italian cafe place with char and dan
-a visit from gran
-end of exams and the start of a 4 month summer!
-end of graphics night out in fav with too many sambuca shots
-trips for milkshakes and the fruit shop in headingly with 103 and wannabe crew :)
-attempted to make raisins with a hairdrier.
-cheeky little trip back to leicester for an art show, pub day drinks, glenstock 2010! and a lovely family barbeque
june
-went back to leeds for an amaaazing last few days of freshers year
-freshers ball, florence and the machine...everyone looked really lovely all dressed in black tie and amazing music from scratch perverts until 7 in the morning with dan. such an amazing way to end the freshers year
-moved out of 103f and spent most of the journey back welling up about how i didn't want to leave. so hard to say goodbye to all the amazing memories we had in that flat.
-lovely first few days of summer -drinks in firebug, bike riding in braggers, pints at the pub
-"it's okay when you do it up the nostril, that's well far away from the falopian tubes"
-had a classic night out with trina and her man to watch the england match in a PACKED liquid...haha naaaat. told mitchell 5 things about me though and bonded :) haha
-coffee day trip to town with bowler ended up being an afternoon of cocktails in firebug
-day trip to the bullring for a cheeky bit of shopping and ended up going to sutton coldfield to see daniel. didn't leave til about ten after completely forgetting to keep an eye of the trains haha but lovely walk and drinks in sutton park :)
-had a week of getting drunk 6 out of 7 days. nice.
-went out on a messy mosh night dressed as a geek with my fave form bessie soph :)
july
-lots of blog banter from the leics gang: "theres nothing i love more than a cool cocktail on a summer night then an early night to allow a full day of activities tomorrow"
-the birth of our amazingly rubbish pub quiz team BITCH FROGS haha!
-went on a cheeky mosh night and met a lovely guy. ruined it completely though over the next few weeks
-took a cheeky trip to manchester for a big night out in birmingham then a quiet one in, in her pub! loved printworks and tiger and then loved hanging out in her pub and then a trip to macc the next day haha
-won five drinks betting on the world cup.
-corfu 2010! aaaaamazing. -"HEY, YOU WERENT ON MY BOAT TODAY?! I TELL YOU WHY...I FORGOT." and becca's special cocktails ;) all our greek friends, the best holiday apartments ever and some lovely walks up the cliff faces of arillas. outstanding family holiday!
-buffet babes on tour in leeds!!! where do i even start to bullet point this whole trip in a few words? buffet. drink. 4pm wake ups and some hilarious house guests! a few days that completely set us up on some hilarious nights out for the rest of the year, gooooood memories!
-char and dan came to leicester for an amazing night out in leicester with the leicester gang, then took a cheeky day trip to braggers the next day and had to stand and listen to a history guy for hourss "i'd love to a be a fly on the wall in that"
-then took a spontaneous trip up north to chars pub and after earning our way by washing up in the back we had a cheeky few drinks and a movie night :) then travelled back home with an encounter with a vole along the way...
-funny night with grace and lucy, little bar crawl followed by maccy d's after not being allowed in a club due to lucy. funny quotes include: "how big is he? well he's really hurt my throat at the back!!!"
-old school gynsills meal to say goodbye to lucy as she set off to korea!
-trip to scotland. had an amazing little trip to edinburgh for the day to the fringe festival in the sun and then chilled out with the cousins..."IS SHE SCARED HER PO-POREE'S GONNEE GET WET?"
-trips to dan in birmingham, including some very funny would you rathers
-our first back streets of leicester night with the buffet babes! poppers (on my top!) plenty of never before been to pubs and bars, cheeky free drinks and cocktails and amy nose diving, hilarious night!
august
-"no matter how big it is, keeping it informal" -some nights in the pub and then in town for a bar crawl on the other side of leicester including loaded dog and time bar :)
-took a cheeky road trip to nottingham with dan and his shit car haha, had to roll it to get back home again, but a pretty lovely day out :)
september
-dyed my hair dark again, see you later summer blondeee! bit too dark though, ended up starting the new term looking a bit gothic.
-moved back to leeds and into 62 with the lovely 62 gang! such an amazing first few days
-had first drinks back with the graphics lot turned into boob and sick night...not much banter about it anymore though...
-got back into the swing of things on graphics by walking past the lecturers accidentally shouting, "its embarassing that im even doing this course" good start.
-had some hilarious pub trips and some cheeky returns to our fav clubs and a new fave...warehouse.
-also had some hilarious after-club events inlcuding indoor water fights and pasta down the stairs!
october
-white t shirt otley run night! such a good night, with most of my tshirt ending up covered in tits and some hilarious photos.
-sixties night in fruity for sallys bday :) whipped off my tights in the middle of the union, lovely.
-house party at sashas and i invited housemates and friends who also brought housemates and friends, not cool as a guest of someone elses party...especially when they steal kitchen knives.. hahaa! but a funny night.
-trip home to see granny buchanan for a weekend
-got back and immediately hit the pub for a quiet few and got thrown out for smashing a glass
-CABS ARE HEREEEE weekend in sheffield with the buffet babes. a hilarious night out with a buffet, too much wine and lots of caaaaaabs!!! up til the early hours mouthing off jersey shore sayings and yelling at next door ;) quality weekend! ..."not being funny, but is that a women? OH AMY SOME OF US ARE STILL EATING!"
november
-halloween night in mission and then one in evolution were classic nights. can't remember much from either of them apart from plenty of drama haha!
-itchy feet night. amazing music and an amazing set of people out with us. danced the night away and had no drama!
-bonfire night was absolutely amazing. went to the fireworks and the 62 girls bought a house pet fish called OH, NEIL THE FISH. but sadly it didn't make it through the weekend. haha and then after a cheeky few in the pub i went back to jess' house to chill out with the 28 crew, and some graphics for a more personal bonfire and some music. such a good night!
-vic's birthday wig night saw me go back to blonde for one night only! got hilariously drunk and went to the arc and a bizarre atmosphere in a non-weds gatecrasher!
-trips to the german market!!! such funny times in there..once with the 62 gang and dan and twice with paddy, jess and the 28 gang. hilarious singing and dancing on benches with our german beer..."BLE BLA BLAH BLAAAH, TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS."
-a trip from david and the boyyyyyys...or a very delayed one at that. funny when they finally arrived though with plenty of drinks and a interesting night out in varsity and a very enthusiastic gay guy ;) haha
-contemporary carols with chlo and bec was lovely, mince pie, mulled wine and a lovely service in the fab st georges.
december
-a very snowy otley run! just about broke my arm braving 6 inches of snow for an otley run, but we all looked wicked dressed as reindeers! then after realising it was silly to attempt a full one, everyone came back to 62 for a huge amazing house party complete with dj and house chaos.
-went swimming with chlo but ended up getting very drunk afterwards in the library pub and had a good old gossip!
-sammy's bday night in gatecrasher was wicked! house drinking games in sixty two before hand are always hilarious and got us nicely drunk, we love a bit of either mushroom or touching glass. gatecrasher was interesting, but had a good dance with the law lot and 62 gang.
-house xmas day was lovely! had an amazing xmas dinner and lovely secret santa prezzies and then got nicely drunk, sang disney songs, crossed dressed and went to a house party. got hilariously mardy at chlo on the way home "BECCA, YOUR GOING THE WRONG WAY."
-huge pub reunion with jw and lucy and went back to see their house! so good to see them both and have a huge catch up :)
-last graphics night before xmas...3 bottles of wine, pizza and chilled out back at mine for a bit, lovely lovely.
-buffet babes night out back in leicester...cheeky bar crawl back on our fave street!
-mosh night out with the whole of groby college alumni! was lovely to have meet up with some old faces and a good catch up :)
-nye night saw off the end of 2010 by heading out to 02 for a hilarious night with bowler and bffl with the standard, too much drink, lots of boys, plenty of banter, a couple of nosedives, a cheeky taxi driver, a maryland meal or two, and some amazingly funny pictures!
oh my gosh this post has literally taken me so so long!
what a year though, i've loved looking back on it! sooooo many memories i had completely forgotten about, but were so so good. so much has happened this year. ♥
i'll be honest, some of these memories i did well up a little reading back on. such good times.
thank you to everybody involved in these memories. i hope you'll be involved in many more in 2011.
bring it on 2011, you've got big shoes to fill.
thank you 2010. you were outstanding ♥
Bx
