I've seen a few tweets from people who are struggling to come to terms with needing to use a wheelchair plus some of my Drs seem to think a wheelchair was the end of my life but they couldn't have been more wrong.

So I thought I'd write a post about all the ways using my wheelchair has made my life easier and allowed me to do things I wouldn't normally be able to do as well as some plus points

I am actually wearing shorts.

1. I can go shopping and go around more than one shop without feeling like my body is going to crumble (well at least not until after a few more shops)

2. I can spend all day going around the zoo without spending more time focusing on how much pain I'm in & how exhausted I am instead of how adorable all the animals are.

3. I could go to South West Live and spend all day listening to amazing bands.

4. I don't have to carry my bag, my chair does it for me. So kind

5. I always have a seat with me plus it has a super comfy cushion. Praise the memory foam gods

6. I could go on holiday with my friends. So far we have been to Berlin and Nice and we are planning on going somewhere new next summer.

Willy the wheelchair having a break in Cannes

7. I can actually go out and leave the house on days where I struggle to even get out of bed because I can just sit back & enjoy the view whilst someone else does all the hard work.

8. I can wear super high heels and not have to worry about sore feet or I can wear no shoes at all which is great for not getting tan lines.

9. I can go out wrapped in a blanket when its too cold and not be judged, also great for telling people you are actually a mermaid.

10. I can do so much more with my chair as I don't have to worry about as much payback, I mean obviously I still get it (there's no avoiding it) but not as much as if I try and walk.

11. Less injuries, well kinda. I still manage to injure myself sat in a wheelchair but there are significantly less injuries.

12. It allowed me to finish my A levels when I was in the worlds biggest flare up, without it I would never have got into uni.

13. It gave me my life back. I never went anywhere because I was always in too much pain or worried about how far I could get before the pain left me stranded. My wheelchair gave me the freedom to love my life.

I know it's hard to accept that you are more ill than you thought. I was 15 when I had to start using a chair and I refused to use it a lot of the time. I didn't want to be different, I was stubborn and was convinced I didn't need it. I wish I had accepted it sooner because I caused myself so much unnecessary pain. Plus being different is awesome and you can give your chair a cool name.

I'm still not sure how I feel about this film. I think I liked it, I'm gonna go with I liked it. It wasn't the best film I've seen but it wasn't the worst.


The story follows a group of people struggling with sex addiction including Mark Ruffalo, Josh Gad (who played Olaf in case you were wondering) and Pink. It shows the challenges and confusions of trying to have a relationship whilst struggling with an addiction and how an addiction takes over your life. Adam (Mark) reaches his 5 year sober mark and then he meets Phoebe (Gwyneth Paltrow) who doesn't date addicts. Neil (Josh) is a new comer to the addiction group but struggles to take it seriously until he reaches breaking point.

It was quite nice to see a film about addiction that looked at addictions other than the usual and showed the ups and downs. I'm going to be honest, I only watched this film for Pink and she wasn't in it as much as I would have liked but she was still awesome and her and Neil (Josh) have a great relationship throughout the film which shows what true friendship is. There was quite a few laughs and Josh shows what I would probably look like if I had to ride a bike. Gwyneth Paltrow gets out her amazing body which made me slightly jealous and kinda want to put down the biscuits I was munching on. Also little warning, there is a lot of masturbation and a few awkward sex scenes going on so maybe avoid watching with your parents.

I'm not sure I would watch this again, but it was okay for distracting me from the fact that I couldn't sleep and it was quite heart warming plus Pink & Josh were awesome.

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Now first things first, Man  I want to be able to able to get around buildings as quick and looking as awesome as David Belle. He's the founder of Parkour which obviously helps but it's not fair. I can't even walk on flat ground without tripping over air and injuring myself and he can jump off a roof and not die. I mean c'mon share some of your magic ability.

Now don't get me wrong, I don't hate autumn. I mean I love it a hell of a lot more than winter but my body was just not made for this weather. I am definitely a sun worshipper. I need the heat, my body needs it, We were made for each other.

With the weather suddenly turning colder my body has gone crazy and my joints are constantly freaking out. I'm shuffling around like a 90 year old more than ususal and in so much more pain now than I was in the summer. I mean I'm not pain free and cured in the heat but I am 10x worse in the cold and my Raynaud's flares up and my hands & feet are beyond cold & painful.

Anyway that' not the point of this post. I decided to write a post about the good things about autumn to look on the bright side and distract myself from the bad.

At least the sea is still awesome even if its too cold to swim in.

1. I can drink hot drinks without my body over heating. I can drink them all the time if I want to (I do) and GINGER BREAD LATTES (Sorry but its just so exciting)

2. I can wear my onesies, fluffy socks or giant hoodies and be all cosy.

3. I can hibernate in my billions of blankets and pillows and be part of a beautiful blanket burrito.

4. Darker nail varnish and lipstick. I can wear black nail varnish all the time and berry lipsticks and I am so in love with my new lipstick I am going to wear it all the time & you cant stop me.

5. Darker evenings means more time snuggled up with a hot chocolate and my very large DVD collection

6. HALLOWEEN - Need I say more. Gonna dress up with my flatmates and look awesome and spend the rest of october watching hocus pocus, casper, and horror films.

7. It is quite pretty with all the leaves turning orange and falling off the trees - We'll just skip past how slippy they can be and how much I nearly fall and die. And the sea is still a magical place to be. It may even be more awesome in the cold minus the fact its too cold to swim.

8. Food is pretty awesome when it gets cold. Everything is so filling and usually comes with gravy and who doesn't love gravy?

9. Beanie hats. This is definitely one of my favourite parts. I am known to be lazy with my hair (washing & brushing) and you don't have to do either of these if you can wear an awesome looking hat all the time and I have a lot of them

10. Fires and candles. We have an open fire at home and it's always so lovely to sit in front of with the candles lit. Also bonfires and toasting marshmallows.

Well that was a tad harder than expected. I just love summer but gingerbread lattes, beanies and awesome lipstick next to a bonfire kinda make up for it.

I picked up this Kiss Light Reflecting Primer on a whim when I went into Wilkinsons for some face wash and spent a fortune on a billion other things. That shop is lethal.

I mainly picked this up because of the packaging and the fact that it was only £4 for 30ml. I admit, I'm a sucker for cute packaging, but I'm so glad I did. I always used to be pretty lazy with primer & then I just used the Nivea express hydration primer to sort out my patchy dry skin before foundation but this Kiss one has taken over and is used daily.




I cannot begin to tell you how soft this makes my skin feel. I just want to stroke my cheek constantly but I resist because that would be weird. It makes applying foundation a dream and my makeup stays put all day. It even smells nice which is awesome because primer always smells a lil bit like plastic.

It contains the antioxidant vitamin E, Apricot oil and Baobab oil to moisturise & soften skin and Silica spheres to reduce the appearance of fine lines & wrinkles by diffusing light aaannndd All of this comes in cute pink packaging, what more could you ask for?

I cannot begin to tell you how amazing these smell. I smell so fruity and edible. They were great for summer and I'll carry on using them throughout our harsh winter just so I can pretend I'm actually somewhere warm and tropical and smell delicious.

I love The Body Shop body butters as they are soo moisturising which was great for after my holiday to prevent any tan peeling and making myself smell like the ice cream I ate in Nice. Oh please take me back. Only down side to these body butters is that because they are quite thick you do feel a bit slimy afterwards but it's okay because you are a delicious smelling slug and super soft the next day. Great for the harsh winter dry skin which is never a good look.

The scent from the body mist doesn't hang around as long as I would like but using it paired with the moisturiser helps and it's only £7.50 for 100ml so I don't mind reapplying and I may also use it to make my room smell amaaazzzing but shh.

My mum now wants the rest of the satsuma range for Christmas and my brother is obsessed with the Strawberry range because he says it smells like calpol (it really does).

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