It’s been a while since I wrote my last post (hence the embarrassed picture of Tsukasa), the new year has been keeping me busy so far. I’m afraid that when I go back to university on Thursday I will become even busier (there goes all my free gaming time!). Since my last post I revised for and took exams, as you can imagine that stopped me from doing many of the things I enjoy. One of the exams was about Language and Communication the other was Social Interaction. I hope I have done okay in them as I am not a big fan of exams (hey, who is?), I much prefer writing essays as I can put more thought into them. I have also been spending time with Chris as when we are busy with work we don’t have as much time together. We had to make the most of the free time we had!

On the 21st it was my 19th birthday and I had a brilliant day. I didn’t ask for anything in particular as a present from my parents so my mum took me on a shopping spree. She bought me Bare Escentuals makeup (2 kits worth!), Clinique skin care products and clothes from Jane Norman (jeans, a top and a coat) and H&M (a cute dress). My brother Greg bought me a white bag, a scarf and some sweet pearl bracelets. By the time I came home I was exhausted from all the shopping but still very excited.  Shopping is so fun with my mum.

Chris then came to my house later and gave me some presents from him and his parents. He had bought me four lovely rings from Wallis, the new Lost Prophets CD (The Betrayed), some sweets in a mushroom, a Zelda toy and his parents had bought me two Fruits Basket mangas. I was over the moon to say the least. He really knows my tastes. Thank you Chris!

I have to say though the best thing about birthdays is cake, I had a yummy chocolate cake for mine. However I would have preferred one of mum’s home made ones. Oh well, just means I will have to pester her to make one or make one myself!

I saw the Sherlock Holmes film with Chris as well. It was pretty good, not one of the best films I’ve seen but definitely one you should watch at home. I’m only trying to save you money on the price for tickets. Students like me have to budget things (yeah right, I bought Tales of Symphonia 2 for the Wii a few days ago not to mention all the manga I’ve bought…).  :)

Tales of Symphonia 2 is a good game though and that is what I’ve been playing lately (along with Muramasa). I made a gaming page for you to see what games I own and also what I am currently playing. You should check that out. I own more games for the Gamecube and DS but I couldn’t be bothered to list them all! *laziness* I do plan to write reviews for games but I think I will leave that for until I get further into the game. Sometimes my opinion changes the more I play a game. You will just have to wait and see.

I’ve been reading a lot of manga lately too, including Fruits Basket. I love the manga, it is so much better than the anime (well most mangas are!). I should probably read more intellectual books but sometimes I prefer a book that is light and doesn’t require too much concentration. I bet you are slowing losing your confidence in me as an English Language university student. I am a good student (honest!) it’s just I’ve been on this break too long. My body clock is all messed up.

Oh and before I forget here are the Emu boots I mentioned in my last post. They are super warm and perfect for keeping my feet snug. I recommend them to anyone who loves good quality boots. 

Right I think I have sufficiently ranted on here, if you read all of this post you have earned yourself a cyber cookie. Enjoy! I expect my next post will come a lot sooner than this one has. :)

Bye for now.

xxx

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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

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Well I'm super happy with the feedback I've received regarding Kihugs' new layout. Thank you everyone. Its feels nice to know my work is an improvement and I'm proud of the change I've made.

I finally got rid of that notion that I had to make my blog conform to at least a few things. For example, having an image map and large header image. *shudder*

Everything on this layout is credited to me and now I can't be called a hypocrite when I rant on about illegal use of celebrity images.

Today has been good. My friends from my media class have been looking at Kihugs and they were actually impressed. I was like, "Wow, you like my site?" Insert big cheesy grin. :)
That class rocks.

Thanks to Elliott for promoting Kihugs and I know your reading this because you admitted you were a regular visitor. haha!

I'm glad its the weekend; finally I'll be able to sleep in.

Well I'm going shopping tomorrow with Chris, so I need to actually get up. I plan to buy a small diary (with dates in it!) so I can actually organize my hectic social life (haha as if!).

My mum is nagging to be mentioned in my blog. So here you go mum, this is a special mention just for you:

My mum is awesome and also she sends me hilarious joke texts. I mean, surely no ones mum can top that. She has a witty sense of humor too, I guess I get my personality from her.

She also makes a yummy egg on toast sandwich. Yes. Be jealous. :)

Well, I'm signing off now. I shall return (like a curry after you eat it, trust me they haunt you). ;)

Much love

Labels: chris, kihugs, my mum, update