I – for once – decided NOT to wear full makeup because I was sure I’d end up sweating it off (and what a LOVELY picture I’ve painted for you there. ). I instead went all naked on my face.

Now, the makeup I would normally wear has an SPF of factor 50. And because I *always* wear this makeup, I DON’T need suntan lotions on my face.

Basically, this REALLY painfully pale girl didn’t wear ANYTHING to protect the face from the sun AND…I have had such bad sunburn that my face was almost purple, I had BLISTERS on my face (from the sunburn), the skin – five days on – is TOO itchy and I keep having a good ol’ scratch at it AND…I’m “flaking” everywhere. :’(

(Other than that I had an EXCELLENT holiday and I shall bore you all with it very soon! )

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Yeah, that totally didn’t happen. Instead, we pierced each other.

Sam gave me another conch piercing (in the middle of the flat part of the top of the ear) and I gave Sam a helix piercing (around the rim of the ear).
We were very drunk at the time but – I loved it and it’s made me realise just how much I would totally love to become a piercer. :/

Both piercings are healing nicely and we’re still planning on “getting” Kerry.

I was there all nervous and sweaty and scared and stuff and then I was called in.

I sat down and my dentist opened my mouth to have a look and confirm which tooth had to have the root canal redone. OR SO I THOUGHT!
Turns out that it was a sneaky way to put numbing stuff on my gum.

We talked about piercings (turns out that my DENTIST wants her tongue pierced – dentists usually HATE oral piercings) and I calmed down a bit (due to talking about a subject I LOVE).
Then I had a small injection in the area where the root canal is – the numbing stuff was to prevent the pain of the needle.

And then my old crappy and faulty root canal was removed and the new one was put in place.

It took about half an hour and the muscles in and around my lips started to have spasms but it was done.

The tooth with the root canal had been left open for over a year when I had it done the first time and it had turned the tooth “black”. My new dentist actually listened to me when I went in last time and told her that the “black” tooth upset me and she whitened the tooth for me. With no extra cost.

Now I have a set of “pearly-whites” and feel free to smile again! (Bwaha – photos coming soon! )

When they’re blocked, I can’t really do my job properly because I need to be able to answer phones and talk to people and it’s a BIT difficult to do those things if you can’t hear anything.

I’ve tried ear drops and warm olive oil but nothing has cleared them. I’ve also been getting sharp “shooting” pains inside my ear.

I think I’ll have to make a Doctor’s appointment tomorrow to get them syringed. (And hopefully by saying that, they’ll magically fix themselves tonight!)

It didn’t start well – it was in an area I didn’t know very well and despite all of the maps and directions I was given, I STILL managed to get off the bus at the wrong stop and had to walk 15 minutes. The stop I was supposed to have gotten off on was right outside the dentist.

I went in, filled out the forms and sat shaking and nervous for 15 minutes and then was called up.

The dentist looked at my teeth, especially the one with the dodgy root canal. She said she can fix the root canal by redoing it (thank God for that because it’s £700 if I had to find a private dentist to do it). She can also fix the discolouration of the tooth (it’s kind of grey because the last dentist left it open for over a year).

There were no other problems with my teeth – no fillings are needed or anything, so I’m really happy. Other than my root canal, I’ve never had a filling and I’ve been worrying that I might need one (or more) because of the energy drinks and sugary deliciousness that I consume.

Yay – my teeth are going to get fixed.

This is my 27th piercing.

I had my left nipple done.

I thought it was going to be REALLY painful but it really wasn’t very bad. The needle didn’t hurt going in but it hurt coming back out. Having the jewellery inserted was the worst bit. I can’t wait to get the other one done!

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We arranged to meet up this afternoon and have lunch at a place called “Buffet City”, which is a Chinese restaurant…but an “all you can eat” buffet.
We both managed two small plates before we decided we were full and left.

We started wandering around the city centre, not sure what to do but just chatting while we walked along.
And the subject turned to piercings…and I think you probably have a good idea where this is going…

I wanted to go into my usual piercing place to get a new lip ring and so off we went. As we walked in, Sam’s all “Hmm, I REALLY want a new piercing. Do you know if they have any piercings for £20 or less?”. I didn’t, so we went to the counter. Sam looked down the list and found the piercing she had really wanted for a few months and it was in her price range. I was innocently enquiring about some of the piercings I was kinda interested in getting at some point.

Well, between Sam and the person on the counter, I got talked into getting a piercing I’ve wanted for about…two years?

Long story short: I am now the proud owner of a septum piercing^{^}.

After we got pierced, most of the shops in the city centre had closed, so we decided to go home.

The jewellery I’m wearing in my new piercing is a horseshoe ring and it’s flipped up, so no one can see it. It’s a ninja piercing.
I’ll put photos up when the piercing is healed enough for me to be happy pulling the jewellery down.

On Monday, my bottom front teeth started aching. I thought it was due to me grinding my teeth in my sleep the night before but the aching in one particular tooth just got worse.
I have ANOTHER abscess.

So after the high of passing the exam I seriously thought I would NEVER pass, I was quickly brought down to Earth by this stupid bloody abscess I haven’t been able to get rid of since 2005.

Pain relief isn’t working very well at the moment but I have an emergency dental appointment tomorrow at 1:40pm, so there”s hope that it won’t get much worse.

I’m just SO sick of this recurring abscess.

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Now onto the resolutions!
It seems that I didn’t actually make any last year but I’ll go through the ones that are ALWAYS on my list anyway.

DO MORE FOR CHARITY
In 2010, I started giving money to Save The Children every month. I also took part in raising money via work for a local charity called Jeremiah’s Journey (helps children who have lost people who they were close to). ALSO, I took part in a Sponsored Slim for Jeremiah’s Journey.
Oh yeah and – I gave two laptops to a charity based in Kenya through one of Myke’s friends.

LOSE WEIGHT
I actually lost weight this year but I started off the first few months of the year by putting on a stone in weight (14lbs), due to some problems I was having in my personal life. However, through the Sponsored Slim I did with some of my colleagues, I lost 18lbs. I then lost a further 7lbs, bringing my total weight-loss of the year to 25lbs.

SPEND LESS, SAVE MORE
I sucked at this. Seriously; by the end of January, I had purchased a new mobile phone, Nintendo DS and Netbook (like a laptop but smaller). And I started going out for meals and “nights out” etc with work more so…I spent WAY more than I would have liked. And I purchased my beloved kitten, Chester.
And I didn’t save. I feel the shame.
On the plus side, however – I’ve stopped purchasing books and instead borrow them from friends, book clubs or libraries and they USED to be one of my biggest expenditures (I can walk into a book shop after spending £100+ EASILY).

MAKE MORE OF AN EFFORT WITH FRIENDS
This one is a bit 50/50; I haven’t SEEN much of my non-work friends but I HAVE gotten back in touch with a lot of people I knew in school or college and have spoken to many of them quite a few times. For someone who prefers to only have a couple of close friends and dislikes having to interact with people she doesn’t know, this was a big step.

EXERCISE MORE
I suck. I sucked at the beginning of the year, I did okay in the middle of the year (I went out for a few walks and jogs and bought a mini trainer which I still use) and then I sucked again.

My resolutions for 2011 are:-

• lose weight
• spend less, save more
• quit smoking and drinking alcohol
• pass both the theory and practical parts of driving tests
• be more active on my blog

Hopefully, this year will be full of “I DID IT!”.

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And every single year – without fail – I spend WAY more than I can really afford.

My top New Year’s Resolution will be to make budgets for every month AND stick to them. And to save money back towards Christmas.