IT WAS CHRISTMAS EVE, BABE

....in the drunk tank!

I'm so tempted to continue the song but then this post would just be something you could find off lyrics.com.

As you've probably already guessed by the title this is a little Christmassy post, I thought I'd include a little photo of my finished Advent Calendar and show you all the chocolate I received when I opened it up this morning.

BROWN PAPER AND STRING

I can't believe how quickly Christmas is creeping upon us, I'm scared that it'll be gone before I've even had chance to soak it all in and enjoy it's loveliness. I guess there's always next year though, right?

As I'm writing this it's 8 more sleeps till the big fat man arrives! (and yes, I do mean Father Christmas). As I'm a bit of an eager beaver I've had all my Christmas presents wrapped up and placed under the Christmas tree for a good few weeks now, my excitement for the festive season starts a little prematurely!

So I thought I'd share this photo of the presents all wrapped and positioned ever so perfectly under my tree as I think it just looks so picturesque and lovely. 

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD

As I was sat at my desk preparing to finish my English Literature coursework I became a little distracted by a little grey box with the words 'Vivienne Westwood' printed across the front. As my coursework was really going nowhere (and quite frankly neither was I-) I started to wonder whether a blogpost about the items inside of the box would be of interest to anyone or not. As you can probably tell, I didn't decide on the latter and so here I am writing about the little grey box, or more so, what's inside that caught my attention.

Since moving house over the past two months or so, rediscovering things that had previously been hidden away inside of a box somewhere had become some what a regular occurrence. So when I noticed I hadn't actually misplaced this little (expensive) box I was quite over the moon. I'll stop being all mysterious now and just get to it...

A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF: DOWNTON ABBEY

HELLO DECEMBER

Can you believe it?

It's finally here! December 1st, the first day of the wonderful festive month that's associated with the loveliest time ever... Christmas!! I cannot begin to put into words just how much I love Christmas, the lead up is so special.

So to start off December and Christmas with a bang (and with and Advent Calendar chocolate or beauty product), I thought I'd put together a little collage of some of the things I love most about 'the most wonderful time of the year.'

What do you love most about Christmas? I wish there was a collage big enough for me! It's my most favourite time of the year.

Thanks for reading and enjoy the festive month!

STOCKING FILLERS & SECRET SANTA

Considering a month from now I for one will be celebrating Christmas Day, I thought it'd be a perfect time to let you in on some gifts  I've stumbled across on the internet, great for stocking fillers, secret santa's, budget buys, or even if you just know someone who will appreciate the gift!

I've put together a little collage of some of the items I've found and listed down the price and where you can purchase it from below:

To go straight to the gift, just click on the product name:

1.  Natural snowflake bobble hat - Debenhams - £16

2. Lindt Milk Teddy Bear - Superdrug - £3

3. Leafy & Lovely Aromatic Bath Fizzers - Superdrug - £2.50

4. Stone Robin Fairisle Bed Socks - BHS - £6

5. Soap and Glory Clean Getaway Gift - Boots - £10

6. Vo5 Extreme Style Duo - Boots - £7

7. Starbucks Festive Mug with Milk Chocolate Coins - Boots - £8

8. The Holiday DVD - Amazon - £2.70

9. 'Ding Dong Trunk' - BHS - £6

10. Heinz Tomato Soup Mug - Tesco - £6

11. Ed Sheeran 'X' Album - Tesco - £9

12. Red Bobble Hat - BHS - £5

13. Christmas Reindeer Slipper Socks - Asda - £3

I found it so hard to narrow it down to just a few gifts, there was just so many, amazing, great priced products, all with brilliant discounts and offers too!

Which items will you be buying out of these? And if so, who for? I'd love to know!

My personal favourite is The Holiday DVD - my all time favourite Christmas film

EVERYDAY MAKE UP ROUTINE (2014)

100 FOLLOWERS!

THANK YOU

I've just reached 100 followers!

I would never have imagined even one person to be reading my posts when I made this blog but to know that potentially 100 people are is just crazy and amazing!!

So, thank YOU so so so so so much. Whether you've read one post, or read them all, I'm so grateful and I appreciate every single one of you.

That's all I really wanted to say! But..

If you have, do you remember when you reached 100 followers? If not, how far away from reaching 100 are you? 

I'd love to know,

THE LIEBSTER AWARD

LAST MINUTE ADVENT CALENDAR?

Happy Friday!

It's getting close to Christmas now, so I thought I'd put a little post together of the Advent Calendar's that are still available to buy and have (thankfully) not sold out yet! I'm really tempted to

MY WEEK: INSTAGRAM STYLE

It's been over a week since I last posted but I've just been so caught up with College work I feel like I've hardly had chance to breathe!! I hope you're all well and getting in to the festive spirit, because I know I am! 5 weeks today I'll be just sitting down to Christmas dinner... yum. I can't begin to tell you just how excited I am, I'm looking really forward to making some Christmassy blog posts too!

So since I've not posted for a little while, I thought I could keep you up to date by showing you the photos I've posted on Instagram in this last week or so. I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty obsessed with Instagram (and always have been!) It's just such a brilliant app, even when you're life is hectic and busy, there's always time for a quick photo and an update!

Here's what I've been getting up to:

                  

SISTERHOOD OF THE WORLD TAG

I’ve been tagged by the lovely Alice to do the Sisterhood Tag, here are my answers:

1. Top 3 songs you are loving at the moment?

Real Love - Tom Odell (I mean c'mon, have you

AUTUMN WISHLIST: H&M/RIVERISLAND

I thought I'd put together an Autumn Wishlist post as I'd seen a few people doing it and it seemed a really fun idea, although I must admit

LUSH CHRISTMAS

I'm a huge fan of Lush products and even more so of Christmas, so as soon as I heard that the Christmas collection had arrived in store I did a hop, skip and a jump straight to my nearest store (The Trafford Centre!) Walking into the store is the same feeling as 

BOOTS & TARTAN

Yesterday I had a little trip into Wigan town centre, if anyone knows the area, then you'll know a trip to Wigan cannot be done without a visit into Primark.

Forgetting the busyness, warmth and messiness of the shop, I did manage to find some lovely heeled boots and a festive tartan throw.

Of course I couldn't just buy them in one colour, so when I saw the

TOO EARLY?

On Thursday night me and the other half visited the Trafford Centre in Manchester. If you're from outside of the UK, then the Trafford Centre is a huuuuge inside shopping centre that has lots of designer/high street brands all in one place, with eateries and shops galore! (My favourite shop is Selfridges.... MAC!)

Every year the Trafford Centre hold a Christmas lights event in which they invite a few famous faces on stage for the build up to the switching on of the lights, this year saw the likes of Union J, Neon Jungle, Paul Potts and others. Although we never made it in time for the actual light switch on, we did however go to see the 'famous' Christmas tree. It is a lovely thing but it's no Rockefeller Christmas tree!

FIRST OF (HOPEFULLY) MANY

Hello there,

If you're reading this then you've somehow stumbled across my blog and I've finally finished retyping my first post after trying to perfect it far too many times! The whole concept of someone reading what I've typed is both surreal and quite exciting to me, whether you've found this blog via one of the social medias I've most likely shared this upon, or even through a simple Google search, either way, I hope you give this little one a chance as I'm just starting out and not sure if what I'm writing is really all that interesting! The idea that I have with this blog is to give a realistic view on things I come across in day to day life, whether that be a book I've recently read, a beauty product I've used, a restaurant I've ate at or even a situation I've encountered; I want to give a 'notsorosetinted' (glasses) look on things. I'd also like to frequently post 'a day in the life' if that's something you'd be interested in? (Questioning in a text post and it being unknown as to whether anyone is on the receiving end seems so odd!)

I have a few ideas on what to have as my first few posts but I'd love to know what type of things you'd like to see on here..

All comments will be so greatly appreciated,

Thanks for reading,