Fingers & This Weekend!

OOOO look at me on a roll! 2 blogs in one day.

I really am not sure if I should write my updates about me in the same blogs as my random stuff e.g. my sticker blog. But then i feel that people that are interested in stickers might not want to hear about my problems lol. So, for now I am going to write separate blogs and people can choose what to or not what to read. :) SORTED.

So ever since I have been taking this new medication for my Rheumatoid Arthritis I generally feel so much better within my body *TOUCH WOOD* I don't have to take one step at a time down the stairs in the morning anymore. Baring in mind, I have only been taking these pills for a week, so can they actually be working already? Maybe it is all in my head.. but something is defo working!

Though this morning, I woke up with all my fingers except for my thumb (is a thumb a finger?) on my right hand hurting and I can't shut them all the way when I clench my fist. I think that might have something to do with me texting a lot yesterday and that usually triggers pain in my fingers. 

My plan today is to start getting ready, after I have written this, to go to the gym. I have been told that steady, calm exercise at the gym will help me with my HMS to get me stronger. So I will do an hour there and then I am going to help out in a rehearsal for my Uni's end of year show. SO YES.. YAY - i am still involved in Overture, i am so happy that I'm still involved in some way!:) Then later this evening I am going to work with my housemate. We work for a promoting company and tonight we are doing shot work; we are selling shots to people in a bar in London. Probs not a brilliant idea because of my wrist and standing for 5 hours in heels but I NEED THE MONEY. Plus, I have my housemate with me that can help with stuff if my wrist starts playing up and we are allowed to take a break whenever we like which is perfecccto.

I don't think I will have time to write a blog tomorrow as I am going to the gym in the morning then a BBQ, then driving back to my home home (parents house) then going out - but not drinking alcohol because I'm not allowed to with this medication. But that's alright! I would rather get better than drink anyway!:)

I will be writing a blog on sunday, hopefully!

Love ChrisTINA x

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I Love Stickers!

This is the most random post ever but I wanted to do it haha. I LOVE STICKERS and the picture below shows most of my stickers. I have a box at home home (this meaning my parents home and not my uni home) for all my Disney stickers and also because my mum is a craft DIY freak too, she has loads of stickers as well! 

I'm writing about this as because I have a lot of free time of my hands I want to find a nice pretty way to organise them all, but I don't know what. Hmmmm... I might have to look on Pinterest! I might do a full sticker collection blog soon and maybe a video if I'm confident enough haha. I just know some people will be like, 'why are you so obsessed with stickers, i don't get it?' WELL... i dont know why either, they just make me happy hahaha and you can create so many things and just stick a sticker on it to look even better ;) lol. 

Maybe next week me and my mum will find a way to organise them all. OMG I also will do a blog about our craft house. It used to be my wendy house when I was little in our back garden, but my mum has transformed it into a craft den. SO COOL.

Hope you have a laaaarvley day.

Love ChrisTINA x

Broke Student With No Job? Buy Top-Notch Clothes For Under £10! Take A Look At My Charity Shop Haul!

I thought I would do something completely different! Nothing to do with my conditions blah blah:) As I have said in a recent post, I love anything to do with planners, stationary, clothes, makeup etc... So I thought I would do a post about the things I bought from the charity shop the other week. I did make a video as well, but I am too much of a pussy to put it up anywhere yet.. maybe in a years time? hahaha.

ANYWAY... ^ that is an overview of everything I bought.

AHH THESE 3 JACKETS/blazer thing.. in love ♥ The first light cream blazer on the left was £6.99 (SORRY IF THE PRICES AREN'T THE EXACT THAT I BOUGHT THEM FOR.. it was at least 3 weeks ago I did this shop) The next thing is a waterproof jacket, which was £6, and it was originally from Marks&Spencer's! SO, BARGAIN and plus, the next beige coat was also from Marks&Spence.. and O M G isn't it beautiful?! It was only £8! When I first showed my mum it she thought it would 'look to old on me' (ageist... hehe only joking) but when I tried it on, she quickly changed her mind! Honestly, the items that seem the most old fashioned will probably look the most interesting and unique! You should try it!

Now, I know I said this was a Charity Shop Haul but these next two items > they are actually bought from a Facebook group called For Sale (?) < that would be the town I live in but obvs not going to put that on my blog (safety internet rules we learn from school haha) these two items were £3 EACH. Omg... If your like me, a broke student with no job but loves clothes, please take my advice and join these groups on Facebook! Plus, it will really help some one else that needs a bit of extra cash.. and exactly the same for Charity Shops; the money goes to a good cause. 

 

^ These 3 baggy t-shirts were all around £2.50-£3.00 I think hmm. Well they well defo all under £4 for sure! I love wearing big tops like this for dancing in, obviously not for ballet haha, but for hip-hop, contemporary.. well contemp depends on what teacher we have hehe :P The last long blue top, has got little puppy dog Dalmatians on and it is so freckinnnn cute! It was actually in the sleep wear section, so I am guessing it is supposed to be a nighty but oh well.. I wear it as a dress with some little shorts underneath.

Sunglass case £1, Clutch bag £4.50, Fifty Shades Darker £1.50. Everyone needs a sunglasses case for summer.. no one wants scratchy sunglasses. The bag is just utterly gorgeous and the book well :) I am reading the first one now, as after watching the film, I am kinda obsessed. AHH MR GRAY♥ and finding this in a Charity Shop made my day because now I won't have to pay the normal price which usually would be about £6-7?

Right, this dress was £8.50 but they was a little hole at the back so the women reduced it to £6.00 for me! WOOOOO. The grey wrinkly thing next to it, is actually a really cool skirt, but my mum wants to sow it in the middle so it becomes a pair of baggy harems.. she is so smart. 

Below.. is the last two things I bought. I think the pink top was £3 and the black and white jacket thing was £4 or £5? The pink top was originally from River Island and will be really nice to wear in the summer with some shorts! And the jacket; I love nearly anything with a pattern like this, so I had to get it hehe.

And that is it, phewwww. SWEATY HANDS yuck. If you think how much I would of spent if I bought this all from the high street?! Exactly. Make your way down to your local Charity Shop and have a gander, you never know, you might find your next 'going out' outfit. I defo will be wearing that dress out soon, maybe this Saturday hmmm? 

Hope this inspired some of you that want to save money or spend not as much than you usually would! 

Love ChrisTINA x

P.S. sorry for any spelling mistakes!

My Blood Test Results...

WOW.. it has nearly been two weeks since I last wrote a blog... I have just been so busy with appointments and travelling back and forth to London and home. Every thing has happened so quick in the last few weeks and I want to write it now in a short blog post as I don't want to dweeellll on the down side of things. 

So.. where do I actually start haha?! First off, I have now had 3 Xray's on my wrist.. YES three! and I have had a MRI scan on it too! One doctor can see a possibility of a fracture and another says he can't see anything obvious so he needs to look again. HMMM? I am still waiting back for my MRI results though. The same day I had my third Xray, I also had an appointment in London with my other doctor, who is specialised in dance... Me and my dad were sat at his desk when he told me my blood test results... 'You have rheumatoid arthritis.' I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW IT. My markers for RA were higgghhhhhh but luckily my inflammatory marker isn't too high which means my doctor has caught me at the early stages. WHICH MEANS i hopefully can get my RA under control! At the moment, he has put me on these tablets which i take twice a day. He also advised me to take a year out of my dance uni... 

You can guess the next part right? Since this monday, I have officially temporary withdrawn from my BA Hons Dance Theatre Degree course at London Studio Centre... Sounds all bad, but honestly there are so many positives out of everything that is happening! For instance, I do not have to take a full year out, it will only be 9 months; so I come back still as a 2nd year in April next year to finish my academic year before going into my final year. So I will only be a year behind instead of two! WOW i have said 'year' so many times hahaha.

I am determined to get so strong, fit and healthy and come back as a better improved dancer for next year!!! I don't have to stop dancing for 9 months, i just have to wait until my wrist is completely better and then just take it easy from there as I need to focus on getting strong before pushing my body to far!

I will keep updating my blog as I want to record my journey for this next 9 months (sounds cringey but HAY!)

Always stay motivated and determined.

Love ChrisTINA x