My World

Hi

My name is Laura, I am in my early twenties and I live in Suffolk. I am engaged to Gareth, we fell in love very quickly and, in our own bizarre way, we are perfect for each other. Despite what I have just written I am not normally the sort of girl who is very open about her feelings in a relationship and I am the first person to be openly disgusted by other people's public displays of affection. I have always preferred people to believe that I hold a certain degree of dislike towards my boyfriends and, in hindsight, I was a complete bitch ....however, a whole bunch of clichés have abducted me and I am compelled to tell you that they are true! When you find the one, you will know and you will unashamedly tell anybody who is prepared to listen. There really is nothing better than knowing that there is somebody who you can whole heartedly trust, who supports everything you do and who is there to laugh and cry with you. I feel like I have stepped into film world and landed myself the kind of love that every girl dreams about. 

Back in the real world, I have recently (within the last year or two) left university and started to make my own way in the big, wide world of adulthood.This hasn't gone according to plan and I currently work in a customer service based role....selling power tools! Which really is even more unexciting than it sounds and couldn't be further from my dream of being a teacher. I have always wanted to teach and each and every step of my education and volunteer work has been directed at eventually being a teacher. In my mind, I was born to teach and teacher training was the next natural progression from university but it didn't work out that way and I have learnt that not everybody in the world sees me and my dreams in the same way that I do.I have learnt that being a teacher is something that I am going to have to fight for and it breaks my heart that people with less passion and enthusiasm walk into teaching so easily. This is undoubtedly something that you will hear much more about if you choose to follow me in my mini world.

I love animals and sometimes daydream about owning a zoo or a farm (when I'm not teaching...obviously). I have two hamsters called Melody and Misty and two rabbits called Poppy and Lola. I would love more animals. I love holidays and travelling and dream of travelling the world. I love guitars because I think they are beautiful- not because I have any musical ability whatsoever. I love reading and I love history. I love vintage - jewellery, clothes and furniture. I love my family and I love my friends. I love generosity and I love passion, enthusiasm and self confidence .I absolutely adore photos. I dislike arrogance and selfishness. I dislike prejudice and narrow mindedness. I detest how unfair and cruel the world can be.

The initial reason I wanted to start a blog was to write book reviews so that I could expand the amount and type of books I read and so that I could continue to practice and develop my writing skills now that I am no longer in education (and spend 9 hours a day at a job which is slowly killing my brain cells.) However, once I started researching blogs and started reading a few I began to love the concept. I am a much more thoughtful and 'deep' person than most people would initially assume and I am passionate about the things I love - a blog just seemed the perfect way to document this. Even though I am completely rubbish at anything hair and makeup related, I love reading beauty and fashion blogs. Hopefully, reading these blogs will encourage the more feminine side of me to shine but in the meantime expect to see lots of reviews as well as thoughtful (and hopefully creative) blogs from me. :-)