And maybe some inspiration for what you can do next week!
Monday
Starting out the week with a boring one, but really, who can be bothered on a Monday? I am not a first year anymore. Tropiloco is not on the list these days.
The Hancock is though, where I went for a quick pint with some fellow media and journalism society committee members to discuss our next social after a day of staring at a screen, editing for the university paper.
Sorry for the boring start, but let’s get into it now…
Tuesday
Christmas has arrived (at least in my house) where we decorated our tree exactly one month before the big day.
If you’re wondering where to get a Christmas tree on a uni student budget, it’s Argos. It was less than £20 for a 4ft tree and baubles to accompany it!
Of course, tree decorating meant Christmas tunes, Baileys hot chocolates and Home Alone that evening.
Wednesday
It happened. The day we’ve all been waiting for. Literally two months into the semester, I finally attended sports night. Honestly, it was not bad at all.
I usually hate the bars and clubs that sports night consists of, it’s why I don’t bother with it that much.
However, being dressed as an army soldier, a bottle of wine deep, surrounded by 30 other girls also kitted out in their best camo makes Osbourne Road slightly more bearable.
We visited Soho Jesmond (so busy it was like fighting through a crowd crush), Wonderbar (very fun, and three trebs for £9), Market Shaker (TERRIBLE, no atmosphere, terrible music, like going clubbing in your school cafeteria) and finally Tropicana (an old reliable, with £1 jagerbombs before midnight), before ditching just before Soho, because I still can’t bring myself to face that.
Thursday
Surprise, surprise… more editing! Yet again I spent the entire day staring at a computer, putting together this week’s news section for the university paper.
That evening I returned home for a calm evening watching the new season of Stranger Things (it was not calm, I was terrified. How did I watch this stuff when I was 12?)
Friday
After another big old day spent in university, it was time to relax a bit.
We headed out to the Junk Royale pub to celebrate a friend’s birthday where many pints were drank and many rounds of karaoke were sang (shout out to me who thought it was a good idea to sing ‘Creep’ by Radiohead).
We then headed to Casa at The Social Club (which was honestly kind of terrifying, I think the boy to girl ration there is about 2:1) and then of course, stopped for a kebab before heading home.
The Weekend
My little sister came to visit on Saturday which meant I dropped £30 on ice skating at the Centre for Life (it was honestly kind of worth it though because it was so much fun) and then a further £20 pound on our dinner at the Christmas Markets (the Yorkshire pudding wraps are NOT worth the hype but the Mac and Cheese stall is 1000% the best I’ve ever tried).
We then did a bit of Black Friday shopping around Eldon Square before finishing the day off with a Five Guys burger before she left for home.
That night I went to Rise at Grey’s Club with some friends from my course which was, quite frankly, one of the most bizarre clubbing experiences I’ve had (someone please tell me why the DJ played Closer by Nine Inch Nails and then went straight into Africa by Toto).
And there is little to report on Sunday since I (once again) worked all day!
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