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10 Things That I’m Excited About in 2016

Happy 2016 everyone! How did you ring in the New Year last night? Usually on Fridays I do my “10 Things that Have Made Me Happy This Week” post but in honour of this new year, today I want to list 10 things that I’m excited about in 2016. 

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1. The most obvious one is our wedding. I just can’t wait for it. I want the day to be here, and I want to see Sam’s lovely face at the end of the aisle. It makes me giggle and feel like a faux-adult to think of Sam in the terms of “my husband”.

2. Alongside our wedding, friends and family from America are coming a bit before the wedding and I can’t wait to show them England. Especially my brother. (My mom has been over to visit Sam and I before, but not for many years.)  I want all my friends and family to be here in England. Having both sides of our lives intermingle for the first time ever is what I am the most excited about in that wedding week. 

3. Whilst my current day job is not my dream job, I’m excited to see what my new role within the company brings and I am looking forward to seeing what career changes 2016 brings. I’d love to do my own cookbook one day, but I think it’s a long way off from 2016. 

4. Hopefully, Sam and I will be going on our first holiday in ages. (We haven’t gone on a proper holiday since we went to Turkey in 2013.) We won’t be going on a honeymoon right away because of both of our work situations so it might be delayed awhile. However, a holiday of some sort will happen. Trips I’d love to take sometime: visiting Edinburgh, seeing Giant’s Causeway, going on a canal boat holiday, traveling through Italy, and a beachy vacation (somewhere like Thailand or the Maldives). 

5. I’m continually excited to see this space and my instagram grow, and I hope that they continue to in 2016. 

6. Sam and I have set the goal of eating vegetarian throughout the work week and only eating meat on weekends (and special occasions). Wish us well! I think we can do it though!

7. Maybe 2016 will be the year that George R.R. Martin FINALLY releases “The Winds of Winter”. I’ve been waiting for it since I graduated college, which is a very long time ago now. 

8. This will shock everyone who knows me, because historically I hate running. Don’t get me wrong, I still do. However, in the interest of approaching 30 and my heart health, I have been running 4-5 times per week. Maybe this will be the year of me doing my first 10k? Maybe not, but a lady has to have some ambitions. 

9. This is also the year of the release of some absolutely cracking films. I’ve been waiting for my all-female “Ghostbusters” for years now, and I only have to wait until July. And as a Potterhead, I’m also excited to see “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” in 2016. 

10. And whilst I’m not exactly “excited” to apply for my extension of leave to remain visa next month, I will be excited once I receive it (*fingers crossed*). Having that little devil in my hands will be a huge weight off my mind.

What’s exciting for you in this upcoming year?

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