New York 2015 - Thursday 16th July- Day 1

Hello everybody ! I hope you are all well and enjoying your summer .

Recently I went on a 5 day long trip to New York City with 2 teachers from school and 11 students . As I enjoyed the trip so much I thought I would share with you what we did on each day of the trip through a series of blog posts, and perhaps encourage you to go to New York one day .

The trip begun at 3 am on Thursday morning when my Dad dropped me off at school - I hadn't slept but the excitement was keeping me awake. From school the lads on tour then travelled via mini bus to Manchester airport.

When we arrived at Manchester I had no idea what to expect as I had never been to an airport or on an aeroplane until then , and I admit I was rather nervous about going through security and flying but I was kept calm by everyone and everything went swimmingly . After waiting around in the airport for a while we finally boarded our flight to London Heathrow which was only around 45 Minuits long. When we arrived at Heathrow we waited around for a while and then boarded the plane that we would be spending the next 7 hours on to NYC. I luckily got the window seat so had a great view :

My first experience of a long haul flight was fine, and I actually managed to get some sleep which I didn't think I would be able to . The food was not too great but it was edible . 

When we eventually made it to JFK airport we did some more waiting around for another mini bus , on which a tour guide talked us through our surroundings as we drove through Manhattan towards the city -there was so much to take in I didn't know where to look!

We then arrived at our hotel 'county yard Marriott hotel' which was located in the city , and had 10 Minuits to get ready for the evening meal at ' dukes ' restaurant - it was a very very stressful 10 Minuits 

( the girls all ready for the meal ) 

Dukes restaurant itself was a lovely building and the interior was very visually interesting - there were various flags and posters and celebrity signatures all over the walls and ceiling :

After some confusion and mix up of food orders my meal arrived a little late but it was definitely worth the wait- the burger was perfect as it had no mayonnaise or gurkins in it - two of my most hated foods . The fries were delicious too. For dessert  I had brownie and whipped cream which was also very tasty - my first impressions of American food were very good . 

We then returned back to the hotel for an early night as we were all pretty tired after the long journey .

I hope you enjoyed this blog post on my first day of my trip and if you would like to know what I got up to for the rest of the trip stay tuned :) thankyou for reading ! If you have any blog post requests don't hesitate to contact me via my twitter @lucygraysonn or leave them in the comments ! 

Lucy x

Q&A

Hello everyone ! I hope you are all well. 

On Thursday I took to various social media to ask for questions you wanted me to answer , so here are the answers to some of your questions ..

 • ' Top tips for summer activites?'

To get the most enjoyment out of summer activites and out of summer in general , I would say make sure you do 3 things : 1) wear suncream so that you don't burn and peel, 2) wear shoes suitable to the activity - heels or flipflops are never good for a long walk in the countryside ...  and 3)  wear clothes you feel comfortable in and will not be constantly worrying that other people are looking at your outfit in a negative way instead of you having fun ! 

 • 'Who are the people you can relate to the most ? - one famous person and one none famous person '

Hmm that's a tricky one .. There are many people I look up to but no one I feel that I relate to very much / am very similar to

• 'What made you want to make a blog? '

I've been following blogs for a while now - Victoria /inthefrow, niomi smart , Tanya burr and Zoe sugg/Zoella are just a few who's I am always interested in reading  -  it looked so much fun so I thought it would be a nice thing to do over my summer and look back on in the future :)

• 'If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life what would it be ?'

Pizza or Subway melt sandwich I can't decide pls don't make me choose 

•'What quote inspires you the most and why?'

My friend reminded me of this the other day - ' If they don't know you personally don't take it personally '  - We often take judgemental comments to heart from people who hardly know us or know nothing about our personalities , so often make the wrong judgement and are there fore not worth getting upset over .

• 'If you could go anywhere on holiday , where would you go ?'

I would love love love to go back to Paris or London , and I also hope to visit Croatia and Rio one day 

•'Why do you like hobbie stuart so much ?'

Just listen to his voice and then you'll understand 

•'Can you sing?'

NO hahah I sound like a dying rat who's just been hit by 10 buses 

•'What is your favourite thing about yourself ?'

I quite like my hair colour and my eye colour , and my eye brows once I draw them on ..

•'Favourite drug store make up brand ?'

I think the Natural collection products are really good to say they are so cheap !Rimmel also offers some real good products for a very affordable price - I did my entire prom makeup look from the natural collection and rimmel products 

•'Do you watch friends ?'

Not really .. I will sometimes if there is nothing else on TV 

•'Do you watch PLL and if so who is your favourite character ?'

Noo I don't watch Pretty Little Liars but I think I probably should , so many people have recommended it to me and I feel like I'm missing out ! 

• 'If you could be any animal what would you be and why ? '

I think I would be a flamingo because they are pretty and look like they are loving life 

•' What animal would you describe yourself as ?'

Probably a tortoise or a snail or a sloth because I'm not very energetic 

• 'What do you want to be when you are older ?'

I have no idea , I'm still unsure of what I want to do with my life 

• 'Would you rather never meet your idol or never eat pizza again? '

This question is trickier than it probably should be .. I think I would have to never meet my idol as meeting my idol would last a few seconds where as I would have to go a life time without eating pizza and that is something I don't think I could do

• 'Favourite flavour of ice cream ?'

Caramel 

I hope you have enjoyed this little Q&A and if you would like me to do more of these please let me know ! 

Thankyou for reading and if you have any questions / requests don't hesitate to contact me via my twitter lucygraysonn or leave them in the comments :) 

Lucy 

x x x 

20 facts about me

Hello everyone ! I hope you're having a nice day . 

As I know a lot of you do not know me in real life and do not know very much about the person I am , I thought I would help you get to know a little more about me - so here is 20 facts about me and my life ...

1) I am 16 years old 

2) I live in the UK

3 ) My 3 biggest fears are big open spaces ( space and the sea in particular) , spiders , and the unknown 

4) My favourite musician is Hobbie Stuart - you should check out his covers on YouTube ~ https://m.youtube.com/user/HobbieStuartMusic 

5) My favourite type of food is Italian - I would happily eat pizza for the rest of my life 

6) I can play the piano 

7) I am very very shy around new people / people I don't know very well but once I'm around my close friends I don't shut up ! 

8) My signature dance move is 'the worm '

9) My favourite TV show is ' storage hunters' 

10) My music taste is of a huge variety - I love anything from Frank Sinatra to Kanye West ..

11) My favourite colours are anything pastel 

12) If I could visit anywhere in the world it would be Rio De Janeiro in Brazil - It looks so beautiful 

13) My favourite season is Autumn - I love dressing up in layers and feeling all cozy 

14) I over think EVERYTHING and convince myself that the worst possible thing is going to happen 

15) My favourite subject at school was Art and this September I am going to college to do an Art BTEC 

16) I am super unorganised and manage to leave everything until the very last minuit 

17) I have had the same best friend for 16 years #loyal

18) My favourite place to eat is Subway and my favourite meal from there is the 'subway melt' 

19) My least favourite beverage is milk 

20) When I was little I used to have ' terror dreams ' where I would sleep walk around my house crying floods of tears because I was having a night mare - did anyone else have these ? 

I hope this helped you learn a little more about me ! Thankyou so much for reading - If you have any blog post requests or questions don't forget to contact me via my twitter - @ lucygraysonn or leave them in the comments ! 

x x x 

An introduction to my blog

Hello everyone ! I hope you are having a lovely day .

As this is my first blog post, I thought I should let you know what my blog is going to be about , how often I will be posting etc etc..

I aim to include a variety of different subjects in my blog - such as beauty , fashion and life. I will be doing monthly favourites , routines , and product reviews , and will also do more serious posts on big issues and (try) to give some good advice that may possibly be of some use to you.. 

As I have no social life ( *sigh*) I will have plenty of free time to be writing , so expect at least 2 a week to be uploaded. 

I apologise if this was a bit of a boring first post, but now the boring bit is out the way look fowards to more interesting ones ! 

Thankyou for reading , if you have any requests or questions contact me via my twitter - @lucygraysonn or leave them in the comments.