2015, you've been pretty good!

2016 is here, let's take a look back over 2015! I never used to do this, the years would just roll into each other but now I have my own little space on the internet, I love recapping and smiling at the good times that have been.

I've gone through my diary and blog archive (like I do every year) to see what has happened, what has been good, what has been not so good, what I consider as stuff worth sharing and today I'm going to roll it into one great big post. You have been warned! It'll more than likely be extremely long and waffley, what more could you ask for?

January saw me create a list of twelve goals...'one year, twelve goals'. I've recently wrote a blog post on how I did, how many of the goals I completed (I didn't complete them all)...you can check that out in 'one year, twelve goals...complete!'

January is my birthday month and this year I got the most amazing cupcakes known to man, honestly check them out for yourself! You will be amazed and maybe a little jealous too?! They tasted just as good as they looked too. I don't know how Becky (the lady who makes the cakes) never makes a bad batch! Seriously she has a skill!

I also created a list of 'five things I'm proud of myself for...'.

February, I took (fifty) five for time to talk day. Time to talk day is coming around next month again, woo hoo! Five minutes, so little time but that little time can still help beat the stigma surrounding mental health.

I wrote a letter to my blog, because I mean why not? It's helped me sooo much and I'd been blogging for TWO whole years!

 A random fashion post also happened...'how I look 'stylish' on a dog walk'. Random but I quite enjoyed it! Plus I mean Pudding (the dog) is adorable.

March, March, March...well, the year got pretty anxiety provoking from this point. As if attending a concert wasn't anxiety provoking enough, let's just add singing on the radio in to the mix. When I say singing, we can use that word very loosely. I got the words wrong, but still did it and won tickets to see Olly Murs!

I decided to create some Red Nose Day nails and shared a step by step guide how to create them, maybe you could give them a go for this year?

March was also the month where I'd clearly watched farrrr too much Pretty Little Liars and thought I surely wouldn't be the only one so I created a list, a list of you know you've watched too much Pretty Little Liars when...

I started my blog when I was really struggling with my anxiety and panic attacks, posts about them now aren't as often as they were. Pretty much every post used to be about my mental health but as I've got better I've decided to continue blogging but about other things in my life too. But one post that I do think is a pretty good post if I do say so myself, is 'you have a mental health problem? don't tell anyone...i'm kidding! speak up, be brave and be heard! beat that stigma!'

April was the month I saw Olly Murs LIVE! You seriously can't beat live music. Olly without a doubt knows how to put on a show. Every experience is a learning curve, so after going to the concert I decided it might be a good idea to share my top tips for anxiety and concerts put together.

Mental health is back in the mix (let's be honest, it never fully leaves here), I'm pretty proud of my writing in the post I wrote called 'anxiety, a love/hate relationship?'

May, well May whizzed by in a flash! In May I started my new job, seven months down the line I'm still there! WOOHOO, I'm soooo glad I left my previous job because I was just unhappy, I could feel it taking my sparkle away from me. Now I love going to work, life is tough enough as it is without making it harder for ourselves. Find something you enjoy, find something you love and just do it!

Speaking of love, I've got a lot of love for these three...Jamie, Dave & Pep came to visit. I had such a wonderful time and I want to see them again, not via a screen. If I could see them a lot more often other than via a screen that would be great...face to face beats face time any day of the week!

Love must be in the air because in May I also shared my latest love for Seventeen Gel Colour...

June... More live music, The Vamps! Of course I blogged about it, of course I've brought tickets to see them this year too. I seriously can't wait!

June was the month for Hillary's craft competition this year, I created a noticeboard and broke it down into a step by step guide how to make one yourself...

Another express myself kind of post, waffling away about 'being alone...is it really so bad? Is it against the rules?'

July, time to express myself again...'so you're not the same as everyone else? here's a secret...I'm not either'.

August, a month of more blog posts...not really real life experiences. I shared 'my thoughts and theories on Pretty Little Liars...'

A few weeks after that we had 'the big 'A' reveal...'

Another post for sharing (one of my most popular posts to date)...'inspirational reads, Katie Piper's books'. Read them, read them again, tell a friend, tell another friend...honestly, they are fabulous!

September, you can tell I'm working because blog posts are getting less often. The only post I created in September was 'looking back over old blog posts, part two...'. I seriously enjoy creating them posts. It really is nice to read things and see how far I've come.

October, October... 'a whole lot of chitty chat' turned two! WOO HOO!

I'm only going to share two posts in this month because they are both mental health related and I'm wanting to bash that stigma some more.

I shared the 'small things that make a big difference to my mental health...' and a little post how 'anxiety doesn't define me...anymore!'

November, I went segwaying. I've never been segwaying, despite it being a little weird experience (it made me feel a little sick, uneasy and off balance, have you seen them things?!), it was overall really good though! The weirdness was soon over shadowed by the buzz of it. I'd recommend it! I want to go again.

I took my first step in my Invisalign journey in November but mainly waffled about it in December.

December, Invisalign was pretty much all I had to chat about since I was busy working or at the dentists, you know...or sat on my bum doing very little after work :) living the dream?

One thing I did at the end of December though was blog about it being okay to not be okay at 'the most wonderful time of the year'.

Well, it's safe to say when you sit down and look back over your year, it appears you've done a lot more than you actually think. If anyone manages to get to the end of this without a) closing the page or b) falling asleep. I'll be amazed! Thanks for sticking around!

Share with me your highlights of 2015 too? :)