I've never done a 'Face of The Day' post so today I thought that I'd give it a go, I've done OOTD posts (which you can see here) before and decided to change it up a little bit!

As of now, I am finally on the last leg of my journey to university. Last week I completed the finance and accommodation applications and am waiting for them to be confirmed. 

Student finance is such a controversial topic right now because of the way it works. There is a £9,000 loan (per education year) which pays for the course itself you are studying. On top of this, and depending where you are studying, you may get another maintenance loan, which should cover living expenses. The amount you get for this also depends on your current household income. The lower your total household income, the more you'd recover for a maintenance loan. 

As well as this, there's the matter of paying it back. I've heard a lot of stories about people being worried about paying it back and 'being in debt for the rest of their life'. However, this isn't the case. You will ONLY start paying the loan back when you are earning a certain about of money a year (I believe it's around £21,000-ish). Also, if you move and end up living abroad, your debt will be WIPED if you live there for 5 years! After knowing the facts about finance and loans, it doesn't sound all as bad.

Now for accommodation. Personally, I'll be living in London so already my living costs have gone up just because I'll be there. For the campus I'll be on (University of Westminster, Harrow) there are two choices of accommodation. There is one right on campus and there is another about 15 minutes away. There is also two different types of halls; standard and 'luxury'. To be honest, when I visited the university there wasn't that much difference between the two. One just had a little bit more security, a slightly bigger kitchen and another flatmate (7 rather than 6). The standard accommodation (the one I'll more than likely receive) will cost me £160 a week whilst the 'luxury' will cost £170. There isn't that much difference in the price either. 

With student accommodation, they prioritize students who are coming to study from abroad and those who live further away from campus. For example, those who live in the Harrow and surrounding area are less likely to recover accommodation than someone who lives 2 hours away. Bearing this in mind, I should be okay. In my second year of study, I should be moving out of halls and living in a flat somewhere nearby. But, we'll see what happens with that when the time comes.

All I have to do now is wait. And get the grades. 

On the first of April, I officially became an adult and turned eighteen years old! I had various get together-s with friends and family over the week which was so lovely and through that week I received some really incredible gifts. Today I thought that I would share some of them with you all!

*DISCLAIMER: I have to do this bit because some people get weird about it so, I'm in no way trying to brag about what I got, all gifts were given to me out of people's kindness. If you don't like these kind of posts, don't continue to read!*  

One gift that I'd like to start this post with is from my parents. They bought me a absolutely gorgeous diamond necklace (diamond because it's my birthstone). It is so dainty and delicate and definitely my kind of jewellery. Typically, I've been wearing it with another necklace I previously got from my parents and the compliment each other perfectly and look so pretty together!

Another piece of jewellery that I got was from my Aunt and Grandparents and it is a very sparkly ring from Pandora. It has a little daisy on it and I've been wearing it on my middle finger. Again, it is so so pretty and I really love to wear it! Also, I got some very sentimental gifts from my grandparents which you can read a little more about here..

Next, I got a massive bag of lovely little gifts from my two very close friends Hannah and Caitlin. Firstly, I got a bottle of wine from them both which was very fancy. I also received a Tsum Tsum of Stitch to go along with my one of Thumper that I got in Disney. As well, there was a Pop! vinyl figure of Maximus (the horse from Tangled) to go with my one of Bambi. On top of this, I also got a blackboard-type wall sticker and a bunch of fun egg-shaped chalks to use on it which I thought was fa (we all then a spent a good 45 minutes drawing on it)! Finally, I got a novelty unicorn shaped pen which again I though was hilarious and a tiara which is clearly made for a child because it doesn't fit my head, haha!! Then, I got a very stylish necklace from my friend Bryony which is of the golden snitch from Harry Potter. I really love wearing this, plus it shows off my love for the films in a very cool way. 

All in all, I had such a fantastic birthday and I'd like to thank everyone who made it memorable and for all the great gifts I received over the course of the week - thankyou!

As most of you know, I write for the website Pretty52 and have been with them since last June. Although, myself and the other writers have never met each other in person, we've only communicated through email and various Facebook pages. 

Pretty52 are part of TheLADBible group and their offices are up in Manchester so we made a little trip up there Friday afternoon ready for the meeting on Saturday. Now unluckily, I fell ill on the Thursday evening and felt awful by the Saturday. In the end, I only stayed at the offices for a few hours BUT I did have a fab time whilst I was there. It was so lovely to see the offices (which are amazing) and finally meet everyone properly. I arrived at 10 in the morning and stayed until about 1. 

When we first arrived it was a little awkward purely because we didn't know each other but that quickly went away as we all started talking and had had a glass of prosecco. We then played a little game of 'Two Truths and a Lie' which was kindly run by Jade and was completely hilarious. Some of the guys have done some really great things. Rebecca had been on 'Pointless' and won with her mum! We had also received some free smoothies from the Boost Juice Bar which were delicious. Mine was mango and so so good, although I was able to finish it because it was such a large cup!

After this, we moved from the office space downstairs to the combined offices a couple of floors up. Here, Clara and Jade the two girls who mainly run Pretty52 gave a presentation about where the brand came from and how they got involved. They then we on to talk about what elements make a good article for the site and and gave us some pointers on how to become verified writers for the site. 

 I left soon after this as I really wasn't feeling well and didn't want to infect everyone else with what I had! I am on the mend now and should be fully better by the end of the week. I had a really fab time at the review day and am so happy that I went, even if it was for just a few hours! You can check out the website here, it's just been done up and look fantastic!

Thankyou so much to Jade and Clara for organsising and running the whole day - it was brilliant!