I’m glad to say that I still haven’t done that, when I went to get my tattoo, I did it so that when someone says to me “nice tattoo”, there is actually a good story behind how and why I got it. I’m also very proud of my tattoo and wouldn’t ever regret it – yay!

It started in Thailand, there were lots of cool tattoo shops around and the thought began to creep up on me – maybe I should get a tattoo! My sister Leah and I had been in Thailand for about a week and had just travelled to Koh phangan for the full moon party there. I had broached the subject with my sister, firstly asking her how much she thought a tattoo might cost over here and wether or not she thought I’d suit one.

I was gob smacked when she said that she thought it would be a cool thing to do and something to remember our awesome trip by – I still maintain that our trip was the most fun I have ever had and can’t wait to get back to Thailand! Leah even considered a tattoo herself but was too indecisive on what type of design she would like and where, so she ditched the idea and turned her attention to mine.

Living out of backpacks, we scrabbled around for a small piece of paper and began to draw sun designs. Hilariously hungover having just got home from the full moon party and sat on the porch of our beach huts, we drew some awful pictures! After giving up our designing, we took a cab into town and asked for some help with the design, we found a guy who sorted it out for us and the rest is history!

Take a look at how it turned out below, I have plans to add to my tattoo collection in the future, hmmm… The moon perhaps?

My sister and our then boyfriends booked a trip to Sharm el Sheikh, I had been very reluctant on the pricing of the holiday as I was supposed to be on a budget! Convinced by my sister Leah and my best friend Tommy, we proceeded to book the swanky Concorde el Salam on the coast of the Red Sea. Once there, the First Choice Guide sold us a round trip to Cairo, with a stop off at Giza to view the pyramids. We were warned when visiting Cairo that we must be respectful of the local culture and cover our arms and legs, of course I had hadn’t packed any cover up clothing being fully aware of the desert heat – this is why I look like an oddly dressed and sweaty munchkin in the pictures below!

I’ll always remember the moment the pyramids came into view, their size is flabbergasting! If you stand at the foot and try to look to the top, it gives you a terrible feeling of vertigo like you’re about to fall over.

Well on this particular evening, I went round to visit my sister and her lovely fiancé, I’d been liking the shaved style for a while and thought it had looked totally awesome on celebs like Rihanna and Cher Lloyd. I was really jealous of the fact that famous people seem to get away with this hair do and totally rock the look, but when asked, my friends or family insisted I’d look like a man! This particular evening I had asked my sister Leah and her fiancé Shane if they thought this was something I’d suit whilst hurriedly googling the celeb images I was talking about.

To my surprise, Leah had nearly jumped out of her seat yelling that she thought I should shave my hair, and that she thought it would look rock n roll! Her fiancé was in agreement saying that he thought it would look old skool cool.

Five minutes later into the “are you sure?” and “do you really think a shaved head would suit me?” questions, Shane announced that he had a pair of hair clippers…

…and here is what happened next!

In this picture you can see Shane beginning the shave.

And so there we have it, number 14 of the bucket list completed! Some of you might say that I cheated because I didn’t shave the whole of my head, to you, I say that I was never trying to make myself look ugly, I just wanted to have a go at something a bit more daring – “I’m a donkey on the eddddge!” to quote the movie Shrek!

Here are some further pictures taken since the shaving of one side of my head, I hope these prove it’s not just celebs who can opt for crazy hair dos:

All in all I am glad I decided to take the plunge, after diving away from the clippers several times before Shane could start shaving, I can honestly say that I have no regrets – thanks Leah and Shane!

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