Ok so 2011 has been a pretty epic year! In fact looking back at the photos to do this blog post has made ne reauside what a fab year it has been! Heres to hoping 2012 is just as amazing!
January
Met Rhod Gilbert after we went to see him in concert.
Met Rhod Gilbert after we went to see him in concert.
February
My lovely friends surprised me with a lovely birthday cake during lunch at uni
March
March consisted mostly of lots of essay writing. This photo was take at the library at uni during an open day - I stuck this on my laptop because all the perspective students and their parents kept staring at us :P
My lovely friends surprised me with a lovely birthday cake during lunch at uni
March
March consisted mostly of lots of essay writing. This photo was take at the library at uni during an open day - I stuck this on my laptop because all the perspective students and their parents kept staring at us :P
April
Me, mum and dad went on a day trip to Liverpool on a trip with the local hospital where my mum and dad work. They do these days out every so often and they are really good as you just pay for the coach which is usually quite cheap.
May
Believe it or not this was the only picture I could find for May. This was a birthday cake me and my friend made for the head of the department at the school I was on placement on. Making this cake started me off on cake making properly. Other than that May was a hectic month with PGCE stuff.
June
June was a "Wicked" month. For my Best Friends Birthday I paid for us to go to London for the day to see west end live. The concert itself took place in Trafalgar Square and was pretty amazing apart from the fact the weather was bad. Out of interest on the way to the concert me and my friend stopped off in Leicester Square to check out if there were any cheap tickets for any of the shows we were desperate to see and we ended up with tickets for the one show we both really wanted to see - Wicked! It was absolutely AMAZING!!!
July
In July my "little" brother turned 21 and we had a bit of a surprise get together for him. This is the birthday cake I made for him. He works at the Monkey Forest at Trentham as one of the guides and monkey themed things have just sort of become the norm for him :P
August
I LOVE days out. Especially days out with my family which usually consist of a bit of craziness! Here we are in the car having just arrived at Blackpool for a day out which involved lunch at coral island (which is tradition), walks on the beach and the pier and a visit to Tussauds.
September
At the start of this year me and my best friend Matt brought Annual Merlin Passes - since we like like 15 miles from Alton Towers we have certainly got our use out of them! Here we are outside Legoland. At the end of September we went for a 3 day mini break - the weekend we had the mini heatwave - we couldnt have dropped on better with the weather and we had lots of fun going to Legoland, Chessington WOA and Thorpe Park. I love Theme Parks so it was nice to go to some different ones.
October
In October Me and Matt went for another weekend away - This time to London. We had tickets to go and see Les Miserables on the Saturday night which was absolutely FANTASTIC and on the Sunday we also by chance ended up with front row tickets for the Wizard of Oz which again was FAB! I hope that there are lots more trips like this in 2012.
November
Another hospital coach trip. This time me and mum went to Manchester for the day to the Christmas Market and some girly time. I love girly time with mum and this was a lovely day out. We had lunch, shopped a bit, went for coffee. It was lovely.
December
Of course we have just had Christmas in December but I also graduated from my PGCE at the start of December. It was a lovely day, nice to see some of my friends who I havent seen since I finished in July and went for a lovely meal after with mum, dad, nanna and grandad to celebrate
Me, mum and dad went on a day trip to Liverpool on a trip with the local hospital where my mum and dad work. They do these days out every so often and they are really good as you just pay for the coach which is usually quite cheap.
May
Believe it or not this was the only picture I could find for May. This was a birthday cake me and my friend made for the head of the department at the school I was on placement on. Making this cake started me off on cake making properly. Other than that May was a hectic month with PGCE stuff.
June
June was a "Wicked" month. For my Best Friends Birthday I paid for us to go to London for the day to see west end live. The concert itself took place in Trafalgar Square and was pretty amazing apart from the fact the weather was bad. Out of interest on the way to the concert me and my friend stopped off in Leicester Square to check out if there were any cheap tickets for any of the shows we were desperate to see and we ended up with tickets for the one show we both really wanted to see - Wicked! It was absolutely AMAZING!!!
July
In July my "little" brother turned 21 and we had a bit of a surprise get together for him. This is the birthday cake I made for him. He works at the Monkey Forest at Trentham as one of the guides and monkey themed things have just sort of become the norm for him :P
August
I LOVE days out. Especially days out with my family which usually consist of a bit of craziness! Here we are in the car having just arrived at Blackpool for a day out which involved lunch at coral island (which is tradition), walks on the beach and the pier and a visit to Tussauds.
September
At the start of this year me and my best friend Matt brought Annual Merlin Passes - since we like like 15 miles from Alton Towers we have certainly got our use out of them! Here we are outside Legoland. At the end of September we went for a 3 day mini break - the weekend we had the mini heatwave - we couldnt have dropped on better with the weather and we had lots of fun going to Legoland, Chessington WOA and Thorpe Park. I love Theme Parks so it was nice to go to some different ones.
October
In October Me and Matt went for another weekend away - This time to London. We had tickets to go and see Les Miserables on the Saturday night which was absolutely FANTASTIC and on the Sunday we also by chance ended up with front row tickets for the Wizard of Oz which again was FAB! I hope that there are lots more trips like this in 2012.
November
Another hospital coach trip. This time me and mum went to Manchester for the day to the Christmas Market and some girly time. I love girly time with mum and this was a lovely day out. We had lunch, shopped a bit, went for coffee. It was lovely.
December
Of course we have just had Christmas in December but I also graduated from my PGCE at the start of December. It was a lovely day, nice to see some of my friends who I havent seen since I finished in July and went for a lovely meal after with mum, dad, nanna and grandad to celebrate
I hope you all had a lovely christmas and havent all eaten yourselves into a diabetic coma with all the chocolate and sweeties!
I had a lovely christmas surrounded with family which I love. Christmas is all about family for me and although we all spend lots of time together anyway its always nice to be together at christmas too.
There have been a lot of blog posts floating round the blogasphere of people posting what people have had for christmas. So I thought I would share some things I had with you myself. I was a very lucky girl and had some lovely presents. I appologise that I didnt take the pictures myself. My camera is buried under a pile of clothes in my room which I seriously need to sort out :P
Soap and Glory Big Splendor Bag, Soap and Glory Beauty Box, OPI William Tell me about it and Yodel me on my Cell, Set of Professional Makeup Brushes, Rosies Pantry hand painted measuring cups, Umberto Gianianni Curl Set, Soap and Glory Scent-sationalism (Can you see a theme?), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 DVD, Minnie Mouse Vanity Case, The Great British Book of Baking.
Love my presents. I will do some review posts of the beauty things I have had. Particularly the OPI nail varnish (as this is my first try of it) and the soap and glory stuff :)
I had a lovely christmas surrounded with family which I love. Christmas is all about family for me and although we all spend lots of time together anyway its always nice to be together at christmas too.
There have been a lot of blog posts floating round the blogasphere of people posting what people have had for christmas. So I thought I would share some things I had with you myself. I was a very lucky girl and had some lovely presents. I appologise that I didnt take the pictures myself. My camera is buried under a pile of clothes in my room which I seriously need to sort out :P
Love my presents. I will do some review posts of the beauty things I have had. Particularly the OPI nail varnish (as this is my first try of it) and the soap and glory stuff :)
As promised here is the second one of the christmas tutorial tuesdays. This would look fab on either all your nails for a super christmassy look or just on your ring finger with the rest of your nails painted red.
Whether your looking for that perfect gift for your mum or your friend or even just something for the secret santa at work here are 8 ideas of christmas gifts for under £10.
1) For the girl who loves to relax in the bath - Bloomin Beautiful - Lush - £7.25
2) For the girl who loves baking - Rosie's Pantry Hand Decorated Measuring Cups - Boots - £10 (I Love these have asked Santa for some of these myself :P)
3) For the girl who loves to be pampered - Montagne Jeunesse Gift Basket - Argos - £9.99
4) For the girl who likes bling and a brew - Disco Mug - I want one of those - £8.99
5) For the girl who is the secret genius - Sudokude - Prezzybox - £5.95
6) For the girl who likes to keep a Journal - Liberty Floral Notebook - John lewis - £10
7) For the girl who likes colourful nails - Studio Nail Look Book - Superdrug - £9.99
8) For the girl who wants to save the planet - Use and Reuse travel mug - Debenhams - £8
Since its only 12 days till Christmas I thought I would do some christmassy nails for the next 2 weeks Tutorial Tuesdays. So here is the first one :) Christmas Lights :D
Well its official!!! i have a job :) Its only a temporary one till march doing receptionist work at the hospital but it will allow me to save up some pennies for driving lessons and a car.
Just a small post tonight. i am off carol singing now with the church at one of the old people homes near where i live :)
oh did i tell you i joined the church choir too! The choir master asked in church yesterday if anyone wanted to join and I LOVE singing so thought why not. going to join rehersals after Christmas :)
xx
So this week has been quite a hectic and crazy week. Mum has been off work so spent lots of time together enjoying trips to the town along with nanna.
Thursday this week was graduation. I have been looking forward to Graduation because it would be nice to see all my friends from uni as since I finished my PGCE in July I hadnt seen some of them. I decided to wear a black dress I had brought a few christmas' ago for the work christmas do and teamed it with a pair of black patterned tights and after much deliberation finally decided on my red and cream heels. :)
On saturday me and my friend went into town to do a little bit of mooching around the shops, lunch, coffee and more mooching. I have been looking for a nice little black dress for a while now. I had exactly what I wanted in my head - isnt it weird how we do isnt it? We know exactly what we want and we are not happy unless we find eactly what we want. So yesterday when I was in town with my friend we went into new look and I spotted this beauty in New Look.
Picture from New Look Online
This is exactly what I was looking for. It comes just past my knee and had a little sleeve. It had a wrap top and ties at the back. I cant wait to wear this dress. I have been looking for a dress I could dress up or wear casual with either coloured tights or ones with patterns or with leggings, with high boots or with flats. And here it is. And a bargain at £22.99 - my little christmas treat to myself.
Also exciting news I have a job interview tomorrow :) Its not for a teaching job but for reception work at the hospital. Keep your fingers crossed for me because this could be just what I need. I could finally get out of the vicious circle I am in of Cant Drive - No money for lessons - No Job to get money - being held back because I cant travel. So I can finally start earning some pennies to save up for lessons and a car :)
I thought this would make a fun new feature for a Tuesdays - Tutorial Tuesday - I love to do nail art designs. I am hoping soon maybe to start doing tutorial videos on Youtube but thought that this would make a start. Therefore I will be posting a different nail art design every week :) So I give you - My first Tutorial Tuesday Post - Coloured Leopard Print Nails.
Ok so all you lovely observant people will have noticed that today is December 1st which means that christmas is just around the corner! I have seen quite a few people sharing christmas wish lists on their blogs. Heres some of my current wish list - not necessarily for christmas but in general :)
1. Some proper make up brushes - Obviously I have make up brushes that I have aquired over the years but I have asked Santa for a proper set of make up brushes :)
2. A new purse - I love these Kate Spade ones and Santa is getting me a new handbag for christmas - a lovely spotty one (in the style of the Cath Kidston satchel) so a new purse would be good
3. Killer Party Heels - I recently started to get into wearing heels. I have some gorge ones already but I do love these Kate Spade ones which I saw in a magazine but at nearly £300 I think these are out :P
4. OPI Rainbow Connection - I have seen quite a few blog posts from people who have brought this and can see myself ordering this on ebay before christmas gets here - since I dont know anywhere local that stocks OPI.
5. Glossy Box - Again I have seen a lot of people blogging about this and am half tempted to try but at the moment with money being tight I cant really afford the £10 a month. Maybe in the new year.
6. Vintage Poloriod Camera - Now I LOVE my SLR camera but I have a bit of a soft spot for Poloriods.
7. KitchenAid Mixer - I am currently saving for one of these from the money I make selling cakes. It may take a while but I seriously love them and want one
8. Make Up Storage - As I said Santa is bringing me a new handbag and I need a new bag for my handbag to keep my bits in, in my bag when I am out and about. Also a bigger bag for my at home makeup as the one I have at the moment is quite small. I love these from Soap and Glory and Ted Baker from Boots.
1. Some proper make up brushes - Obviously I have make up brushes that I have aquired over the years but I have asked Santa for a proper set of make up brushes :)
2. A new purse - I love these Kate Spade ones and Santa is getting me a new handbag for christmas - a lovely spotty one (in the style of the Cath Kidston satchel) so a new purse would be good
3. Killer Party Heels - I recently started to get into wearing heels. I have some gorge ones already but I do love these Kate Spade ones which I saw in a magazine but at nearly £300 I think these are out :P
4. OPI Rainbow Connection - I have seen quite a few blog posts from people who have brought this and can see myself ordering this on ebay before christmas gets here - since I dont know anywhere local that stocks OPI.
5. Glossy Box - Again I have seen a lot of people blogging about this and am half tempted to try but at the moment with money being tight I cant really afford the £10 a month. Maybe in the new year.
6. Vintage Poloriod Camera - Now I LOVE my SLR camera but I have a bit of a soft spot for Poloriods.
7. KitchenAid Mixer - I am currently saving for one of these from the money I make selling cakes. It may take a while but I seriously love them and want one
8. Make Up Storage - As I said Santa is bringing me a new handbag and I need a new bag for my handbag to keep my bits in, in my bag when I am out and about. Also a bigger bag for my at home makeup as the one I have at the moment is quite small. I love these from Soap and Glory and Ted Baker from Boots.
I intended on posting this a few weeks ago when I came across these but I forgot and then rummaging through my make up bag I came across them again so I thought I would share my bargain with you – because everyone loves a bargain don’t they!
A few weeks ago me and my friend had a girly day in town and went into the new poundland that has just opened that day for a mooch. Now some people may turn their nose up and going into a shop where everything is a pound but really what is the point in paying more for something if you can get in there for a pound! And its not like some of the “pound” shops you go in where they just have tat. They genuinely have brands and stuff too which I love.
Now the first thing I thought when I saw these was that you were getting 2 colours in one – the colour on the outside and the colour of the crown but as you can see where I have used the bottom 2 colours this is not the case – the crown colours are in fact just a thin layer of shadow over the rest of other colour. Still even so – lush colours.
Here’s a swatch.
I am actually surprised at how nice the yellow one is. I thought it would be very yellow but its more goldy which is good. :)
All in all a total bargain I think :D
Have you had any beauty bargains???
As you may know I do love a bit of nail varnish. I spotted someone blogging about the Barry M Instant Effects and the Limited Edition Foil. So when me and my friend went into town yesterday I went to see if I could get them. I tried my local boots first but was actually quite shocked when I saw the Barry M display practically empty. I asked the woman on the counter if she knew if they were having it in and she said she didn’t know but told me to try Superdrugs (I love it when they do that :P)
So I went to Superdrugs and did a little squeee when I saw that not only did they have the Limited Edition one which was the one I was really after – but that if you spent £6 on Barry M cosmetics then you would get the Limited Edition Purple Foil for free. So I quickly picked up the Silver Instant Effects both me and mum had our eyes on. Then I also spotted a new purple crackle!!! I do love me some purple nail varnish and was so excited to see it in crackle form – perfect for Christmas!
So when I got home I didn’t waste anytime giving myself a little manicure with my new polish. I did every other finger in each colour and then put the crackle over the top.
Not sure how I of the 2 purples together. I think it looks nice but not as nice as the silver one does. It would probably look ok all purple or all silver with the crackle over the top.
But I love them both on their own too – perfect for the some nice sparkly nails during the festive season! I may try the purple limited edition one with my favourite glitter – Rimmel’s Disco Ball. I’ll let you know what it looks like!
So I promised I would share with you my finished christmas cake when it was done.
And something amazing happened! One of the other leaders at guides saw my cake and asked me to make her a cake for her father in laws 75th birthday! I have been wanting to start doing cakes for people for a while. I have made and decorated quite a few but this will be the first one ive done as a request and been paid for :)
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