My Tattoo Experience

(If you are freaked out by feet or don't like them I'm sorry)

So if you follow me on twitter or have read any of my blogs you will know that yesterday I had my 2nd tattoo done.

I thought I'd share my experience with you.

My appointment was supposed to be at 17.30 but then I got a call from them and was told that it had been changed to 18.30 which wasn't a problem at all.

So I left home around 17.00 to catch the train to go up to London. It was weird because I was absolutely fine and hadn't really thought about it until I got to the shop. As soon as I saw the place my nerves kicked in. 

Anyways I walked in, told them my name and that I had an appointment with Emiliano. They then got me to fill out a form which consisted of name, date of birth, address, email address, what my tattoo was and where I was getting it done and then I had to tick a box saying that I was 18 or over and something else which I can't remember now :S..

I was then introduced to Emiliano and he asked me what I wanted done and where, I told him and he told me to take a seat while he designed it. 

It felt like an eternity sitting there, it was probably only about 5 minutes. 

He showed me the design and I fell in love with it straight away. He then placed it on my foot and let me have a look at it in the mirror to make sure that that was the place I wanted it, it was. 

I then lay down on the bed thing and he started....

It hurt like hell.. I thought I wasn't going to be able to cope. However one of the other tattooists told me to breathe in through my nose and out from my mouth and to just try relax my body. I must say that even though the pain was still strong that technique did help. 

Another thing that helped was the tattooist dancing to the music making everyone laugh and it definitely took my mind of the pain for a bit. 

It only took 10 minutes which surprised me, for some reason I thought it was going to take longer but it didn't, which was a good thing because I don't know how much longer I could have coped with the pain. 

Anyways the minute I saw it I knew it was the right choice. I love it :). It's definitely made these crappy few weeks a bit better and even though it was painful it was worth it.

I'm already thinking about my next one :).

 I will most definitely go back to Frith Street Tattoo. They were very friendly and professional. The advice that they gave was excellent and the shop is very clean and you can see that it is a reputable place.

I would recommend anyone that is thinking about getting a tattoo to go there.

Tell me have any of you got a tattoo? If yes, what is it? If no, would you like to get one done or do you not like tattoos as all? Leave me a comment :)

Izzy 

xxx

A little better

Today I'm feeling better than
I have been in a while. I'm definitely not 100% and it's going to take a fair while until I'm there. However I got up early this morning because I had to be somewhere at 11 and I haven't done that for at least 3 weeks and I can't tell you how much better it makes you feel. Just to be out and about and doing something made me feel not a complete failure.

After my appointment I decided to take a trip up to London. At first I went up to Camden town because I wanted to find a certain piercing place. I found it but was to scared to go in. I know I'm a complete wimp:), but there's something about Camden town that intimidates me. Don't ask me why it just does. I'm sure I'll pluck up the courage to go into that shop.

I then got back on the tube and travelled to Tottenham court road where I made a necessary stop at Starbucks for lunch:),

After that I made my way to soho where I finally found the tattoo shop that I had looked for and not been able to find last week.
Unlike the shop in Camden I was not at all intimidated by this one. I walked in and 10 minutes later walked out with an appointment booked for tomorrow at 17.30:). I'm very excited but nervous as well.

I will probably write a blog post on my experience and everything.

So as you might be able to guess by reading this post I am slightly more positive today which makes me feel quite good because I hate being a grumpy guts.

How has your day been? What have you been up to?

Izzy
Xxx

Bath

I popped off to Bath yesterday afternoon to meet an old school friend and thought I'd share the pictures that I took with you. 

A nice English Breakfast to start the day off :)

The Cathedral with a lovely blue sky 

The park 

The Canal

The Canal bathed in sunshine

The park bathed in sunshine

The church 

There you go :). I really liked Bath and thought it was very pretty and quaint. I definitely would like to go back and visit. 

Have any of you been to Bath? If yes, what do you think of it? If no, does it seem like a place that would appeal to you? Leave me a comment.

Izzy 

xxx

Things To Do

I wanted to share some things that I am hoping to achieve/do/get this year with you.

Get a job:

This is the most important thing on my list. I need a job, not only for the money (although having money coming in every month does help) but so that I am doing something everyday and having a job is a great way of getting life experiences and meeting new people.

Start singing again:

You may not know that when I was younger I used to have singing lessons once a week. I stopped for various reasons and only recently have I realised how much I loved it. So hopefully I will be starting private singing lessons again soon. 

Join a class/social group:

I'd like to take up Zumba or a dance class. This will help me get fit and it will also hopefully lead to meeting new people. 

Find myself:

This is pretty self explanatory, but I'm quite lost and don't really know who I am. I need to find happiness from within and until I'm fully comfortable and confident with myself I won't be able to do that. It will take me a while, but I'm hoping to get there eventually. 

Get my tattoo:

I'm hoping to do this soon. I've been wanting a second tattoo for a while now.


Do you guys have any goals or plans that you want to do over the next year? If yes, I would love to know what they are. Leave me a comment :)

Izzy
xxx

2 Uneventful days

So as you might know I have been feeling very down in the dumps these few weeks. I have tried doing things to make me feel better but nothing seems to be going my way. 2013 doesn't seem to be liking me very much and I am definitely not getting on with 2013 at the moment. 

Yesterday I went up to London to try and make myself feel better. I wanted to go to  Camden Town to get another piercing. I was looking for this particular shop (Cold Steel). Of course being the "lucky" girl that I am I did not find it. So you can imagine that my mood, that wasn't good anyway was rapidly getting worse. However, I still had one more place to go to so was trying to be positive.

I then got back on the tube and went to Tottenham Court Road. The reason I got off there was because I wanted to go to Frith Street Tattoo to enquire about getting my tattoo done there. 

Well I found Frith Street, but do you think I found the tattoo shop? Well if you haven't already guessed the answer is no...

Basically my day was an epic fail. I was not a happy bunny. However I tried to look on the bright side because I knew that I was meeting up with a friend today. 

Except that flopped as well.. I'm not blaming her at all, she isn't well and I'm not one to put the blame on other people for my misfortunes. 

So there you go, if you haven't realised from this post, I am in a constant moping mood and it must be awful for the people around me and I apologise to anyone who has come into contact with me in these past few weeks. I'm a right moaning Murtle. 

Anyways I am going to try and get those things done either tomorrow or Friday and I am determined to find these two places even if it kills me.(Bit of an over exaggeration), but you get what I mean. 

How have the past few days been for you guys? Leave me a comment :)

Izzy 

xxx

Snow, Snow, Snow

The first proper snow day this year is finally here. 

It's a good thing I'm a bit ill which means I don't have to go out.

So my day has consisted and  will consist of keeping warm and snuggled under the duvet watching the snow fall. 

Here are a couple of pics from my window:

I would love to see all your pics of the snow where you are.

Send me them in the comments or to one of my contacts. 

Izzy 

xxx

A nice day out

All I wanted to do today was stay in bed under the covers doing nothing (which is what I've been doing for the past few days), however I had made plans to go have lunch with one of the girls I used to work with. So I dragged myself out of bed got ready and trotted off to Slough where I was meeting her. We spent a really nice hour just having a catch up and a laugh, it made me feel so much better just being out of the house and having a friend to talk too. 

Sadly the hour was up even before we knew it so we said bye to each other and went our separate ways. 

Determined not to feel upset or down I decided to have a little trip to London. So after I quickly nipped into Starbucks to get a coffee on the go (always needed) I made my way to the train station where I hopped on the train and was at London Paddington Station 20 minutes later. 

I knew even without thinking where I wanted to go. Covent Garden is one my favourite places to go in London, and it always makes me feel better when I'm feeling a bit low. So I had a walk through the various stalls and just taking everything in as I always do. I then popped into American Apparel and yes I finally gave in and bought the infamous disco pants. It took me about half an hour to get them on, I think I'll have to have a trial run of putting them on in a hurry. 

Anyways after that I walked around Covent Garden and then found myself in front of Starbucks again, so naturally I had to pop in there and grab myself another coffee.

I then decided to make my way back home because it was getting dark and was very very cold. 

The Journey on the way back was not a pleasant one, we were all thrown off at a station to be told that there was a signal failure at the next station so no trains would be running at the said time. It was then another 45 minutes before we got on another train and were slowly making our way home. However, we were told we would have to get off 4 stations before our final destination because the driver had been told that he had to turn around. Luckily it wasn't long until another train came along and we finally got to our destination. 

So all in all I really enjoyed today. Doing things really does help feel the tiniest bit better.I know that when you're feeling upset and down the only thing you want to do is stay in bed and do nothing, but if you can manage just to have a wonder around either with a friend or just by yourself, you will feel better. Trust me. 

Izzy 

xxx