My Back To School Series: What's in My School Bag

Hey,
My bag featured in my first previous post but this is MY BAG!

 This is like my mini home from home from 8am-4pm, Monday - Friday. So of course it is organised...

The mouth of my foxy bag

The pencil case poking out!

My pencil case and everything in it

My Casio Calculator

 First is my mouth pouch with my pencil case and calculator. This is great as I often need these things quickly so they can be grabbed easily.

 Next is the inside, which is split into different sections. I have the front area and and the folder area.

In the front I keep my phone and my purse.

My phone with the bright green cassette case

My Accessorize purse

In the front I keep my phone and my purse.

I also carry a spare bag with me as a girl I know had her school bag break on the way to school - on the first day of school! (I lost the picture!).

I also bring water as I need to keep hydrated! 

 I carry my lunch in this box (which I mentioned in my last post).

As I live in Scotland I HAVE to bring an umbrella.

 The main thing I wanted to talk about was my emergency kit! This is so important and it does vary from summer to winter but this is it right now.

On you go and have a little snoop...

I always use my BabyLips as I don't like wearing makeup to school and this brightens my face up but it also moisturises my lips.

Next I have hand sanitiser - do I even have to explain this - school is... eww!

So I also have tissues because illness spreads quickly at school.

Next I carry plaster because I always seem to have to give these out.

So one of the weirder things I carry is a cereal bar in case someone faints on me (you know who you are) or if I get a bit nibbley and I have no food other than this. (Sorry about the bad photo).

So I also carry Paracetamol with me because, as I said earlier, illness spreads like wildfire in school. 

One of my newest "members" of my emergency kit is to cover those stress break outs we get at school.

And of course I have to have my mini hairbrush and mirror set which is a lifesaver! I also have a mini bag of hair stuff and this means all the hair grips and hair bobbles are together.

 Next up is my folder area and this is more boring. This is an area with 2 folders, 1 for jotters and 1 for my diary, notebook and letters from the school.

In the last pocket I have my earphones and mints.

So that is my bag for 2014, hope you enjoy having a little nosey.

Love,

Lauren.

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My Back to School Series: Supply Haul

For back to school everyone buys tonnes of supplies and a month in everything has disappeared except that 1 freebie pencil that you're unsure if the hotel wanted you to take!

I was like that but now I know how to avoid losing all of my stationary and ensure that I have all of the right stuff.

So I wrote a list and bought all of the stuff (mainly from Ryman). Here is my list (sorry there is no pictures):

1. Pens - A necessity but I only use blue ink (I think it looks neater) but for correcting my work I use red.
2. Pencils - I use mechanical pencils as they NEVER need sharpened.
3. Eraser - This comes in handy as I always make mistakes.
4. Tippex - I use the tippex mouse as liquid often spills and if you use it too much the pages can begin to crackle when you turn them.
5. Highlighter - I only bought 1 highlighter this year and it is bright green. I don't use them too much but they are really helpful for ensuring I memorise the most important points. (This is the closest I could get to what I bought).
6. Multi-Coloured Pens - When I want to pour some colour into my notes I use these pens (fineliners) to write them.
7. Ruler - It is required to have a ruler (30cm) for maths in my school but they are often too big to carry in my bag so I got a collapsible one!
8. Maths set - required.
9. Calculator - these are also required!
10. Pritt Sticks - Although our my school gives us glue sticks, for gluing in extra notes, they always run out or dry out within a month of school - so I bought my own.
11. Folders - carry jotters, homework or projects. Great and cheap!
12. Post Its - I use Post Its to keep note of homework and anything I'm likely to forget (doctors appointments, coffee dates etc). They are also great as quick revision notes that I leave about the house (learning some -ER verbs while making tea!).
13. Flashcards - great for quick revision while out and about, a lot of people swear by these but only use them if they help you study effectively.
14. Notebok (large) - I use this for studying at home as I like to copy my notes out until they are in my head.
15. Notebook (small) - Sometimes teachers only want you to take down certain notes but I want extensive notes, as it helps me while studying. This is when I might take down the extra notes in here. I also use this when doing last minute studying at lunch or if a teacher tells us to study for a test while in class.
16. Homework Diary - I love these! I honestly swear by these and I believe that these are one of the few things that help me stay organised. I also use mine to keep note of my social life and other random stuff, I keep these in sync with my calendar in my room and my phone calendar as well as the taxis calendar (also known as my mum and dad's calendars!).
17. Pencil Case - I saw this pencil case while shopping and fell in love with it; it is quite big and so pretty!
18. Lunch Box - A great size as it isn't too big or too small! How cute is it!!!!!
19. Water Bottle - This bottle is AMAZING! I heard about it a while back but after hearing another couple of people raving about it I decided that it was time to get it; the bottle is basically just a nicely shaped clear plastic bottle with a carbon filter.
20. School bag - I got this bag back in January and I love it! It is perfect; pretty, quite big (but not too big), great shape and good quality! (This is the closest I could get to my bag).

This post is mainly for me as it will help me next year to see what I bought. I hope that it might have also helped you and I have 2 more posts in this series unless there is any requests!

Love,

Lauren

My Back to School Series: Preparing for a new year

Hi, and this is my Back to School Collection.

As a girl who hates going back to school after summer I can promise you that this collection of posts should help you be as prepared and organised for school as possible(if that is possible!).

So I have just over 2 weeks before going back to school and summer is running out. So what I've done is written down a list of everything that I want to do during these last weeks. These include:

• Going to the beach
• Going to a farm and berry picking
• Ordering a Starbucks using a fake name
• Going swimming
• Have a picnic in the park
• Bake
• Go shopping

So I now know how to organise my next 3 weeks and I don't go back to school feeling like I did nothing.

Next thing I do is ensure that I have all of my supplies (stationary) for going back to school and I think that I'll do a post on this.

I also make sure I'm not too nervous about going back to school as 7 weeks away for school can make the place seem scary (even though it's not really scared). What I do is I make sure that I do stuff with my friends leading up to going back so I have nothing to be afraid of. I will do anything from getting a coffee to going to the beach.

I will also make sure that I have all of my school uniform (in Scotland most schools have a uniform) and I go shopping to buy everything from skater skirts to my rucksack!

I also make a list of lunch ideas for the year so that my parents can add the food I need to the weekly food shopping list and it makes sure that everyday at school I have something filling and tasty for lunch.

I also organise my room and my study so that I have plenty of area to work on my homework and studying. This also means creating a calm area to work which means however stressed I am the area should still help me stay relaxed. 

I know that as a teenager we all stay up to stupid o'clock doing whatever rubbish (reading, watching YouTube, tweeting etc) and during the summer holidays I seem to be staying up later and later so when I want to get into a better routine for sleeping I make sure that I set a "bed time" and an hour before this I turn off my laptop, iPad and the WiFi on my phone. This is good because the "blue" light in these can keep you up at night and disrupt your sleep (Google it!). I also make sure that I fall asleep before 11 o'clock and that I sleep for 7-9 hours a night. Remember not to get too much sleep and not too little, but don't stress about sleep! Another tip is not to drink coffee at night as it will also disrupt your sleep, maybe try a herbal tea like Chamomile Tea. I use all of these tips to help ensure that I have plenty of sleep and I start this routine a week before schools so that I have time to get into the swing of it.

Another tip is to ensure that you have plenty of plans for after the holiday as it helps keep me motivated at school (but make sure you still do your school work). I have already organised to go to a concert, a party and a holiday! 

Remember that school is for learning (but also make friends!).

Love,

Lauren