general update.

I have been in Warsaw for four months now! 
It's gone pretty quick and I'm going home in 11 days for Christmas :D Im really excited to see all my friends and my family for two weeks :) Pawel is coming over from the 1st (probably very hung over) until the 6th and we're getting the same flight back.
My teaching course is going really well. Everyone on the course is really nice and I've found another British girl there, which is great :D Teaching is getting less and less nerve wrecking but I'm not the type to get really nervous about standing in front of people.
My first 3 months of Polish lessons are coming to an end, we only have three lessons left and we have decided to end them in style by going straight from our lesson to the bar (at 11 am!) so... we'll see how that plays out! 
I have been really undecided about whether or not I want to continue onto the next trimester of lessons, as I found the first trimester REALLY hard. I can't believe how hard Polish is. Over the years I have taken Welsh, English, French, Spanish and Italian and Polish is hands down the most difficult. A million times. It's just SO different from English in every way possible. But there's no rush to learn it. I've started to be able pick up on conversations and get the gist of what's going on, which is really useful. 
I have made two great friends on the Polish course, although my friend from Korea is going back home after Christmas :(
Even though it's only been four months, I can feel myself changing and growing more independent and aware of myself, which can only be a positive thing. 
Pawel is doing really well in his fashion course. He came home yesterday with two tickets to his mentors (who is quite famous in Poland) fashion show on Tuesday and I'm going with him :D Exciting!
It's still snowing here. The snow is so much heavier than it is in Britain, I feel like I have been living at a ski resort for the past two weeks! I have to dress in about  a hundred layers to just step outside. It's pretty impossible to wake up at 6:30 am these days, as its pitch black outside and SO cold! I do love the snow though.
 I remember the days at high school where, if there was the slightest whisper of the word 'snow,' everyone would be sent home. I thought it was crazy to see the school children heading off to school with the snow over their knee caps! 
I am ashamed to say the first two things I noticed once I was in Poland were:
* Where are all the fat people? ( Hardly anyone here is fat!)
* I can't believe people work so hard for everything.


Other changes to me since Poland:
* Tea with NO milk or sugar (hardcore!)
* Black coffee (or gingerbread latte, unfortunately with soya milk!)
* No hesitation to hop on trams, metros, buses or trains alone without being 100% sure where I'm going or if its even the right tram/bus etc.
* My fashion style
* My independence

Omg, I went to see the Lanvin collection at H&M and seriously loved all of the dresses. Unfortunately, the prices are really high, around £200 for a dress :( a beaaaautiful dress though!

This was the main dress that caught my eye

but the whole collection is amazing!  Every piece is really striking and colourful but I hate that it's so expensive! :(

I just don't understand why Lanvin wants to torture us by putting such a sexy, GORGEOUS and unaffordable line in H&M, a modestly priced high street shop and a place I can't escape!
Well, Pawel is looking for a christmas present...

I haven't touched dairy since

AUGUST!


and there is barely any difference in the red marks under my eyes :( I'm doubting if it's actually worth giving up dairy if the difference on my face is going to be so minute.
I'm booking a blood test this week to finally find out if dairy is all I'm allergic to. I have a feeling it wheat to but seriously don't think I could handle giving up both!
I've had these marks on and off for a year now and I am looking forward to finally getting to the bottom of it. It wouldn't be half as bad if the red marks were on my legs or arms or something but one bite of something Im allergic to and BAM! the evidence is there on my face for all to see!

♥

• I moved to Warsaw (Poland) 3 months ago to live with my boyfriend, Pawel Pyzik :)
• I am in love with him (this will embarrass him!) :D
• I have the best family in the world, seriously :) My sisters are the best people I know!
• I have a 2:1 BA degree in music and creative writing, which I'm proud of
• I like to sing and play piano. I love the accordion and want to learn guitar and cello
• Placebo are my favourite band EVER
• I am a little socially awkward but I'm working on it
• I have a published piece of writing :)
• I am currently studying Polish (which I'm finding really hard but fun) and doing a CELTA course so I'm pretty busy but it'll be worth it
• I automatically rub my hands together like crazy when I'm excited about something, which my family make fun of all the time!
• I LOVE animals! :)
• I could spend all day in Sephora! 
• I love clothes shopping but feel really guilty as soon as I buy something! Im scared for my money to run out as I don't have a job yet because I can't speak Polish
• I have watched every Gavin and Stacey episode!
• I want to visit: Croatia, Maldives, Greece, Chilie, Brazil, Jamaica, China and Russia before I die
• My favorite films are Amelie, Corpse bride, Pans Labyrinth, Edward scissorhands, Howls moving castle Twilight and the Harry potters (geek I know)
• I am one karate belt away from black!
• I'm scared of frogs! For no reason!
• I don't take life too seriously
• I am at home in the water! :D I'm like a fish!
• I have been lactose intolerant for the past year! Its AWFUL!

Teaching!

I taught my first ever native English speaking lesson today!
I won't lie, I had been dreading it for weeks BUT it wasn't half as scary as I had imagined!
Everyone on both of my courses (English native speaker and Polish) are really nice and I am making friends from all over the world through doing this :D
I get to teach the time next week which I'm actually looking forward to!
I slept about eleven hours last night - Pawel thirteen!!!! I just don't think I could survive this course without all that sleep! It's EIGHT HOURS!! (Plus then it takes at least an hour to get home) but it's worth it knowing at the end of it in March, I'll hopefully be able to snag a well-paid job :D

CUTE THINGS!

omgosh I just found a website with the cutest things for the house ever!

(how cool!)

and I found some other not so house-things... but I Love them anyway! :)

I  l o v e this :D

                                            ( Pretty!)

It may seem a mere coincidence that I stumble upon such cool things just when Pawel starts his new job ;) we'll see how it goes!

P.S-  When asked by his mum what he would like for his Christmas present, Pawel replied 'a plane ticket to Wales' ... cuuute! :D
P.P.S- He's going to kill me after reading this!  <3

So far today I have:

* Woke up half an hour late for Polish lesson
* Had a bad hair day
* Got on the wrong tram, making me even later for my lesson but I didn't get too lost :)
* Ran like crazy for 2 miles down the street to the lesson
* Only arrived 10 mins late (not bad)
* Almost got run over by a silly, silly man
* Had my first taste of Thai food.. in a box :D - yummy!
* Ate waaay too much Thai food so I could barely move :)
* Tripped walking back home in-front of everyone
* Freaked out about my teaching course tomorrow (Im nervous!)

It's only 1pm so.. I'm going to sleep until Pawel comes home :D