Wedding; Do You.

Back in the day weddings were pretty simple, two people met, fell in love, got engaged and had a tradition wedding. Simple? Right? No. We live in a totally different world now 20+ years on…. There is no such thing as a ‘tradition’ wedding… Sure there is ‘normal’ or just about! I come from a generation that cares so much about what people think… I’ll be the first to admit I’m terrible. Everyone wants to be seen posting interesting, filtered, unrealistic photos on social media and everything is a competition. I worry about our future generations. I’ll be the first to put my hand up, I’m like that. I’m constantly worrying about what people will think of an image I post or a status I write, why you ask? Good question I have absolutely no idea!

Weddings are no different. All these supplies are in competition with one enough, not just for your attention but to have the ‘next big thing’. The next wedding craze. And we’ve all brought into it. In the planning process myself and John have brought some utter rubbish that we will highly likely NOT use, but we brought it because you get led to believe you can’t get married without these things. Crazy isn’t it.

Ive always remained strong with the fact that I want our wedding to scream US. It’s about us after all. Not anyone else. I want photos of us and our friends and family. I want a day filled with love, happiness and lots of laughter… But we all want that… That’s what I thought; but since getting engaged I’ve come to realise that the sad reality is that actually people get married for media pictures that’s are filled with FAKE smiles and happiness and that’s a fact. People are losing the real true meaning behind marriage and are simply doing it for ‘another day’… Photo opportunity, competition with friends, doing what they thing is right?  The reality is though, the marriage will be over in a matter of years, children will get torn apart, house ripped at the seams and finances like they’ve never been before.

If people just got back to basic and married for the right reasons then we would be living in a totally different world. Make it filled with love. You want balloons covering the ceiling, you have 1000 balloons, you want tables covered in glitter, you do it girl. You want to marry jumping out of a plane, we’ll make sure you have a lot of hair spray. bottom line, do what makes you happy, it’s about you and your partner; who ever you choose to be with. It’s your day, do you.

Be badass always.

HJW xxx

What the hell am I doing?!…

‘What the hell am I doing’ seemed like a pretty fitting title. I am NOT a natural born writing nor am I any good at grammar… who am I kidding I barely scraped though English at GCSE but hey life is full of ‘what the hell am I doing’ moments, right? well in my case, I do hope so.

As I write this, I’m currently filling my 6 hour window I have free during the day, which I know some may think its pretty cool and don’t get me wrong, getting paid to go to the gym, shopping and being generally badass is pretty cool and as you can imagine pretty tiring……. however, I do feel like I’m missing something. all my friends and family work during the day, and there are times I really want to call someone up and be like heyyyy, wanna come over…. but they can’t. Ergggg. I totally get it, my job isn’t normal anymore. Besides the fact I get paid full time… working minimal hours during the day and spending a lot of time doing well nothing, I’m basically unemployed.

I know I know, your thinking what the hell is this girl doing, I wanna do it and I’m totally getting to that but let me just tell you why I’m doing this. I annoy all my friends and family with my talking and trust me I talk ALL the time. If there was ever a job that needed someone to talk 24/7, I’m your girl!!!! So literally that is why I’m doing it, nothing more, nothing less. I just always have stuff on my mind and no where to air it! I doubt anyone will read this, in fact I’m not sure people would would even want to, but hey, I’m doing this for myself, to give myself a hobby, something to wake my brain up a little… and if I get bored and it doesn’t work out, at least I’ll still be badass? Right?

So I’m Hannah. I’m 24 and I live in England, with my soon to be husband! Yes that’s right, soon to be… 6 months in fact! We live very close to my Dad, Step Mum, Sister Amy and her husband George, my Brother Tom and his girlfriend Gemma. We’re a pretty close family. Certain family events over past 10 years have brought us close and hey call me lame, but I love them. Every single one. They are all pretty unique to be fair. We all have our own quirky traits, and honestly they can annoy the HELL out of me, but I wouldn’t have them any other way, their like my slightly strange, slightly normal, slightly crazy and slightly delusional family.

I’m a Private Nanny. I know, what the hell right? Were you expecting something seriously impressive? I’m so sorry to disappoint but I’ve been with my family now for nearly 4 years and I look after only 1 child who I adore. when I started the job it was full time hours, however she’s now older and is at school full time. I’m part of the family and basically like a piece of the furniture and you don’t throw out a badass piece of furniture, do you?

I have an incredible bunch of friends, in fact I’m extremely lucky. I can rely on them for anything. I’m sure many women can relate to this. My girls have literally done so much for me. There is nothing my ladies have not seen… and I mean NOTHING. they tell me things I need to know and they also know when not to say anything at all. I would be lost without them and I love them dearly.

And finally my darling John. well he’s my favourite by far… don’t tell my dad that. We’ve been together 5 years now and wow what an incredible 5 years we’ve had. I can’t wait to tell you all about him.

So what am I going to write about? Well pretty much anything really? Anything that feels worthy of my time writing. lifestyle, family, friends, things I love, JOHN (I know your dying to know where I found him, and where you can find one!) and of course being engaged for 2 years, I have a few tips and tricks to share with you all.

I hope you all enjoy, and I hope at some point you read something you could possibly relate to. Until then, continue being badass always.

HJW xx

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