Well Christmas is finally over, everyone can be free to breathe at last. I managed to get all of my Christmas shopping done on time and people were happy with what I’d got them so that was a big relief. I’m kind of sad really that Christmas passes by so quick as everyone is usually happier this time of year and I love all the decorations etc. But I don’t enjoy buying presents not because of the expense but because of the hectic shops where old grannies shove me and I have to watch out for prams running me over. Honestly if I could just get all of my presents of the Internet I would, but you can never really rely on the postal service around the winter season.

I got some brilliant gifts this year and I was surprised! I hadn’t really asked for many things in particular as I prefer to be surprised and after all it’s the thought that counts. So because I’m so nice I decided to take pictures to make this blog just that little bit better. First I will show you the pictures of what my mum and dad bought me as well as what my brother gave me.

One of the first gifts I opened was this lovely DKNY perfume called Be Delicious. It is so cute and looks just like a little green apple. It smells absolutely gorgeous! It came with a moisturiser as well that smells just like the perfume so now my hands can stay nice and soft while also smelling lovely.

 

 

My parents also bought me some Philip Kingsley products as well as a Philip Kingsley paddle brush. I love these sort of gifts that are really useful. The brush feels super soft and doesn’t make my hair statically charged (an annoying side effect of plastic hair brushes *shudder*).

 

 

Pictures below are some more presents from my parents including: some more perfume, the film Confessions of a Shopaholic and the book The time traveler’s wife. It’s a tradition every Christmas for my mum to buy me a Chick Flick to watch. It would be nice if I could get round to reviewing some of the chick flicks in my collection but it might take me a long time!

 

 

My parents also got me this cute love heart watch and a little handbag.

 

 

They also bought me games of course! My brother bought me Muramasa.  Pictured here is Mini Ninja’s, Muramasa The Demon Blade and Broken Sword. This satisfies my gaming needs.

 

 

My mum bought me these sweet pyjamas too. I love the little polar bears on them.

 

 

So that just about wraps up (pardon the pun!) what my mum and dad bought me. The other gifts I got which I didn’t take pictures of were a new coat, a cream jumper from Jane Norman and a white scarf and gloves set.

I also got some amazing gifts from my boyfriend Chris and his parents. Pictured below is what Chris bought me. Some yummy Thornton's chocolates, a cute skull necklace, a Fruits Basket sticker book and the full Heroes box set (Squee!). He really knows my tastes! Thank you so much Chris!!

 

 

Chris’s parents also got me a great gift and I was really surprised that Chris told them I liked Robin Hood. They bought me the box set for the first series.

 

 

So that is all the presents I received this Christmas I also got sweets and a some chocolates but don’t expect to see pictures of them (they didn’t last long!).

Christmas day was brilliant, after opening all the presents we had our Christmas lunch in the conservatory. My mum had put heaters in to warm it up so we were all nice and toasty. I loved spending time like that with my family. Me and my brother Greg were having a good laugh. Later we all snuggled in the living room and watched a few films.

I hoped you all had a good Christmas too!

xxx

Labels: chris, christmas, my mum, personal

It is hard for me to begin writing a blog post after so long away from my website. I was sat at home today nearly falling asleep and just I was drifting in and out of my sleepy haze I thought: "Hmm, I haven't blogged in a while... ugh I shouldn't have eaten all those sugary cola bottles". Maybe you should forget that last part and maybe I shouldn't eat so many sweets. My dentist is going to have a fun time... Eek!

November has been a busy month for work, as I said in my last post I was writing an essay about human language. I managed to finish it and hand it in on time. I haven't yet received my mark for it but when I get it back I shall post it up here. I tried my best so I am really hoping for a good mark but if I pass I suppose I will be happy enough. Well I enjoyed writing it at the very least.

Also on the subject of university work, I completed a group presentation. It wasn't too bad apart from the fact I got slightly flustered and embarrassed. Hopefully no-one noticed even though I felt like my face was on fire and my heart was going to burst out of my chest. I don't enjoy speaking in front of a load of people, for some reason it makes me all nervous and I can't seem to say anything right.

University has been taking up a lot of my time but I do feel like I am finally getting settled there. I am finding my way around easily and I have already made some brilliant friends. It's a great big confidence boost as far as I'm concerned and gives me something to work towards. Now all I need to do is pass my driving test and my life will be complete. Speaking of driving I have had over 35 hours of driving experience so it shouldn't be too long now before I take my test. I'm getting excited just thinking about it (haha!).

I saw the film New Moon in November too and I found it to be pretty enjoyable. Then again, I'm not a hardcore film critic and I never will be. Bear in mind this is coming from a girl who loves chick flicks. So I recommend it to anyone who likes having a giggle and watching cool CGI wolves (I just love wolves). Chris took me to see it and I got to snuggle up with him which is always a plus.

Christmas is well and truly upon us now and I have been trying and failing at getting my shopping done. I just don't like being swamped in the shopping centre. But what I do love about Christmas is all the decorations, yummy home baking, presents, songs and ... mistletoe. I need to get some of that to ambush Chris with! I'm just joking, honest!

So I'm sorry for being away for so long and I shall try to keep up with my posts. Oh and just before I go, tell me one thing you like about Christmas. I want to compile a list! hehe :)

xxx

Labels: chris, christmas, personal, university

Hiya! I'm finally blogging; it feels like ages since I was last here. With the holidays well in swing I haven't had much time to spare to come on my blog, but I'm here now. I want to make up for my absence so I'm going to do a massive blog to compensate.

December has been a good month for me, I've felt like I've finally been able to relax a little bit. My university applications have been sent off which has gotten rid of some pressure.

On the 19th of December I went to another friends 18th birthday party, it was a fancy dress. I didn't have a brilliant costume due to money being an issue (Christmas really straps you for cash huh?) but I decided that I would be a 'Vampire'. This decision was made as soon as I had seen the film Twilight earlier that day. It was brilliant and I think the film definitely did the book justice.


This is a picture from my friends 18th. His name is Kurt and he is on the far left, my boyfriend Chris is in the middle (wearing a tie), I am on the far right and Kurt's girlfriend (also one of my best friends) Lottie is on the bottom wearing a cool hat. :)

It was a great night, the buffet was yummy, we all had drinks and got into the Christmas spirit. The dance that got everyone up, was (surprise surprise) the Macarena! There must be something about that song that people cannot resist. Literally everyone and their mum knows the dance moves.

The 19th of December was also my best friend Shola's 18th birthday. So we wished her a happy birthday while we were all at Kurt's party. She has to be one of the best dancers when she's had a bit to drink, love you Shoals!

Shola and me at Kurt's party, don't mind the cider in front of us. I prefer alco-pops. :)

After the party Chris came back to my house, we were both a bit tipsy so we decided it would be best if he stopped over. We both shared my small single bed. At first it didn't work as we were fighting over who got the most room/quilt/pillow but I fell asleep on his chest. So Chris ended up being my pillow.

My dad asked me if Chris sharing my bed was a practice run for when we go away together on my birthday and I replied, "Put it this way dad, if he'd snored last night we wouldn't be going away together". Snoring is my one true foe.

In the run up to Christmas I was busy buying last minute Christmas presents and giving presents to people.

I couldn't sleep on Christmas Eve, I'm like a little kid.


Christmas Day was great, as it always is. I had loads of presents, much more than what I expected! Do you like our tree? It is one of three trees.

Among the many presents I received I got a new digital camcorder and pink She hair straighteners. My mum and dad got me lots of surprises so I was really happy.

Chris bought me a huge teddy (his name is Charlie), a Lost Prophets CD and a book by Stephenie Meyer called The Host. He knows me well!

I stayed in pajamas for most of the day and didn't even bother getting changed when Chris came up. Don't worry, I did shower and change after ten minutes of him being at my house.

We decided to watch The Dark Knight together, which is an awesome film by the way. I could see Chris from the corner of my eye paying more attention to me than the film. It was very distracting the way he picked my hand up and did that kissing up the arm thing.

I was like, look Chris you're cute and all but I'm trying to focus on Batman here (who sounded like he had a sore throat through all of the film; someone give that guy a lozenge!).

I had to balance giving Chris snuggles and watching the Joker being crazy. I thought to myself, maybe all the Joker needed was a snuggle...and makeup tips.

Boxing day was my sleepy day in which we had beef for dinner. It was so nice. :)

I also watched The Little Mermaid on DVD, which is one of my all time favourite Disney films.

I would like to wish everyone who reads my blog, Happy Holidays! I hope you had a good Christmas like me. Also thank you to my affiliates for the cute Christmas gifts!

My questions before I sign off are:

1) How was your Christmas?

2) What was the best thing about your Christmas?

3) What was your favourite present?

4) Do you have any plans for New years eve and New Years day?


My answers:

1) In one word: Brilliant.

2) Being with the ones I love. :)

3) My camcorder. Thanks mum and dad!

4) Might chill with some friends on New Years eve. New Years day is Chris' birthday. ^_^

Bye for now.

xxx <3

Labels: chris, christmas, personal

Have you ever noticed that in the run up to Christmas you feel busy?

And not just the "I'm sorry I couldn't go out today because I was doing homework" busy. I mean the monumental "I couldn't go out today because I signed my soul away to the shopping center" busy.

All I've been doing is going to the local shopping center. Non-stop. I am so sick of that place, as you can probably tell.

I apologize for the absence of blogging, it's funny that I said I would blog everyday and then I disappeared off the face of the Earth for over a week.

A lot of things have been happening in my life that have prevented me from mustering the will power to entertain you with my random-ness. For example, I went to a party last night for a friends 18th. It was a great laugh, it's brilliant seeing people from college get absolutely plastered.

Don't worry, I stayed relatively sober. I arrived home, wobbling around saying, "I'm just merry hahaha... wooahh... *burp*". Not a good look. :)

The music was good (the best part was seeing Elliot singing along to Spice Girls - our harmonies were awesome). I also survived doing the marathon dance that is the Macarena.

All in all it was a great night out with my friends and I can't wait for the pictures on Facebook. I bet I look a total pancake in most of them though!

Look forward to more blogs!

Oh and if your reading this post on Facebook then importing my Kihugs feed was successful. ;)

xxx

Edit:



Here's me and Chris at the party, do we look drunk? haha :)

Labels: christmas, personal, update

Hey, I've been quite busy today at college. Working and getting my English Language investigation up to speed. I feel like I'm really getting a good amount of work done which is something to be happy about; free time is gold dust when you're a student.

I've been trying to figure out what I can buy people for Christmas. I know its a little early to be thinking about Christmas presents but I really want to avoid the mad rush and get everything sorted as soon as possible. All I can picture is me stuck in a massive cue at Thorntons with my arms full of chocolate and being bashed around by who are also stocking up on chocolaty goodness; possibly for their toy-boys. Trust me, old ladies are ruthless when boyfriends/Christmas presents are at stake.

I already have a few ideas in my head but I'm not going to write them on here as a certain someone will come peeping; yes Chris I mean you.

I love Ebay. They have so many quirky gifts and unique items. I really am internet-shopaholic, I should start a fan listing for that if there isn't already one!

This Yuki bag is so cute. I was originally going to ask Chris to get it me (haha) but the auction was running out in an hour. So I've bought Yuki.

Anyway! I need to focus on buying people presents and not get carried away on Ebay. Another good site for Christmas gifts is, Getting Personal. You can buy personalised gifts and the prices aren't too bad either, so I recommend you check that out.

Oh! Before I forget, I've joined a forum called Superawr. Its a cute little forum so you should join too if you haven't already.

Some questions for you:

1) Where do you get your gift ideas from?
2) How often do you buy yourself things?
3) Are you going to join Superawr?

xx

Labels: christmas, college, personal, shopping