OOTD: Shopping Day ox

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Me and Llewellyn went to Cwmbran to do a bit of shopping as he had some Christmas and Birthday money to spend. We also like to get some new DVDs in the sales this time of year, we are a bit obsessed with DVDs.

It was a bit of a cold day and I also could feel a cold coming on so wanted to wear something warm and cosy. Excuse the mess in the photo we are still organising and tidying the house.

Jumper: Primark; Jeans: Primark & Shoes: Primark

As you can see I have a love for Primark as all the clothes I am wearing are from there. This Jumper is so cosy and warm, I love the colour of it and the pattern is so cute. To be fair lately I am obsessed with Acid Wash jeans and am constantly wearing these, obviously I wash them in between. They fit really nicely but I did go for a size 8 as normally I am a 10 but a 10 is slightly to big around the waist when it comes to Primark Jeans. Then of course I wore my black, velvet ankle boots which I am also obsessed with.

I hope you enjoyed this post!!

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2015 Reading Challenge ox

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Last year I decided that I wanted to read a lot more than I had been and set myself the goal of reading 20 books. You can see my post HERE on the books I planned to read and how many I actually read.

Unfortunately I didn't actually reach that goal and read 9 books out of those 20. I think I may have set myself to big a goal as it was a busy year last year. So I have set myself the smaller goal of reading 10 books this year, the good thing then is if I read more I will be very proud of myself.

I am actually going to keep the list of books that I didn't read last year for this challenge, there is actually 12 books on this list but my overall goal is 10.

1. Wish Upon A Star - Olivia Goldsmith

2. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

3. Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe

4. Emma - Jane Austen

5. The Dark Half - Stephen King

6. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

7. Run, Mummy, Run - Cathy Glass

8. Northern Lights - Philip Pullman (CR)

9. The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman

10. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman

11. Paper Towns - John Green

12. War and Peace - Leo Tolstov

Again it is a wide genre of books, as I don't really have a type of book that I read, I just read the blurb and if I think its interesting I will read it.

I am keeping my fingers crossed I will actually achieve this goal, although I am feeling very motivated this year so far.

You can follow the progress of my reading challenge on my Goodreads account and you can also follow me if you'd like.

Hope you enjoyed this post!!

Do you have a reading goal for 2015?

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My 2015 Goals ox

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It's now 2015 and that means thinking about what I want to achieve this year personally and 'work'. I am happy to say this year I am starting it right by having a job and I am enjoying it so much.

I didn't want to make to many goals this year as I didn't really achieve last years goals at all as it was a very hectic and chaotic year. So this year I am thinking logically and thinking about things that I actually want to achieve.

I am splitting my goals in to 3 areas, Blogging, YouTube and Personal.

Blogging

- Stick to my schedule as best I can of Monday, Wednesday and Friday posting.

- Reach 200 readers/followers by the end of the year.

- Quality over quantity.

- Use Social Media to its best ability.

YouTube

- Stick to my schedule of uploading.

- Reach 30 Subscribers by the end of the year.

- Get better at editing.

- Use Social Media to its best ability.

Personal

- Be Happy.

- Go on more Date Nights with Llewellyn.

- Make the most of opportunities that may arise.

- Live every day like there's no tomorrow.

And that is it, they are not to to hard that there is no possibility of achieving them and hopefully I will along with putting in the work to achieve them. Thing is I love blogging and I love vlogging for YouTube so why not push them both to the best they can be.

I hope you enjoyed this post as I also enjoy reading these types of posts.

What are your goals for 2015?

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What I Got For Christmas ox

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Now I am sharing the clothes I received, not all clothes have been included as I have worn some them and they are in the wash.

If you haven't seen already you can see the other 2 posts I have wrote about What I Got For Christmas, you can see the first one HERE and the second one HERE.

I had some gorgeous pyjamas, the ones at the front are Me To You and the white one at the back is a fluffy night shirt, I really can not wait to wear it.  I had a couple of t-shirts, some jeans and smart trousers, a jumper, skater skirt, a lace crop top and as you can see really cute socks. I also had a hat to add to my collection of thousands hats.

I also had these gorgeous Me To You slippers, they are so comfy and really keep my feet warm, I have hardly taken them of since having them.

I will do outfit posts on all of my clothes I received.

Hope You Enjoyed This Post.

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What I Got For Christmas ox

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Part 2 of What I Got For Christmas is here!! You can see the first one HERE. In this post I have included all my Beauty gifts I received. 

I had quite a few lovely items that I can not wait to use and review on the Blog. I love the fact that because I Blog everything I receive or buy can be reviewed and blogged about, do you guys feel like that?

On with the gifts :)

These were the perfumes I received, Marc Jacobs Honey and Beyonce Heat Rush. They both smell gorgeous and can't wait to go to parties and other places to wear them :)

These were a few little gift sets that I received from my Mum, Nan and Mum in Law. The Snowlady is bubble bath and can't wait to use that, it smells of cinnamon and that is my favourite winter smell.

These were the more Hair and Beauty items I got. I really needed new make up brushes and these are so soft and I love the wooden handles. I seriously can't wait to use them, I also can't wait to use my little travel mirror on holidays. I did ask for rollers and bigger curlers as I like to have big curls rather than tight curls. There will be reviews popping up over the next month or so :)

I had this gorgeous set off Llewellyns' Brother and Girlfriend. I haven't actually opened this yet but I can not wait to see what is inside and try it all out.

My favourites of the Beauty items are of course the infamous LUSH products. I asked for a face mask this year as I wanted to try something other than different bath bombs. Everything else was then bath bombs apart from Candy Mountain which is a bubble bar. I can't wait to use all these as I love the smell, the texture, what it does for my skin and the rest of it :)

Hope you enjoyed this post.

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What I Got For Christmas ox

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Christmas has been and gone, now for the usual disclaimer. I am in no way bragging at what I had for Christmas because if any of you readers are like me, you will love this weeks posts. I am very grateful for every present I had and could tell a lot of thought went into them. 

I have split the posts into 3 sections, Beauty, Fashion and Books/DVDs.

The first one is Books/DVDs. I like to share this sort of post as sometimes you may see things you would like to get in the Sales, as I always make a list of things I would like to try from other peoples' posts :)

Anyway on with the pictures.

I actually found I had asked for a lot of autobiographies this year as you can see and also you can see my love for Geordie Shore. I actually had 2 of The Pointless Book so I am going to do something different in each one. I have a 5 year journal which I am looking forward to using and also a great present I had off my Mum is the 642 Things To Write About. I also love my Hungry Caterpillar notebook, going to be handy for blogging and vlogging :) Out of all of these though I am really looking forward to reading Katie Pipers' book as I think she is such an inspiration to women all over.

I had some more Disney films to add to my collection, if you haven't seen on some of the Disney films they are numbered and I am slowly collecting them all. As you can see I had The Sims 4 which I am obsessed with now and can't stop playing it. I must say I am looking forward to watching The Fault In Our Stars even though I know I will cry.

I have added into this post my main present I had off Llewellyn. I love Polaroids!! I think they make pictures look so vintage and I just love the fact that you can take a picture and then it is physically in your hand in a matter of seconds. This is obviously a very popular camera and I absolutely love it. I have decided I am just going to take pictures here and there as I want to build up a lovely collection of special memories through Polaroids.

I hope you enjoyed this post.

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Christmas Biscuits ox

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Every year as a tradition we get each other Boxing Day presents at a set price. I decided this year to do something different and baked everyone Christmas shaped Shortbread Biscuits.

All you need is:

Butter

Caster Sugar

Plain Flour

The recipe I used was from BBC Food which you can see HERE. If you have a go at baking them why not put a picture on Instagram and use the #ChristmasBiscuits.

This was everything that I needed, butter, caster sugar, plain flour, cookie cutters, rolling pin and cupcake boxes.

Just so you know when reading below I actually multiplied the ingredients by 4 as I had a lot of biscuits to make.

So first I weighed out 720g of Plain Flour.

Then weighed out 500g of Butter.

Then finally I weighed out 220g of Caster Sugar.

I then mixed it altogether in my electric mixer with the dough hook until it became a paste.

I then cut out all the shapes and baked them all for roughly 15/20 minutes each in the oven at 190 degrees.

Once they were all cool I then proceeded to decorate them with little icing pens and edible glitter spray.

For the Snowmen I used pink for the hat, white for his body and blue for his eyes and buttons.

For the Christmas Trees I used yellow for the outline as I didn't have green and blue for the tinsel.

For the Presents I sprayed them with Silver edible glitter spray and pink for the Bow. For the Stars I sprayed them with the Gold edible glitter spray, but forgot to take the photo.

I then put one each of all the biscuits into a space ship box as I couldn't find Christmas ones.

I hope you enjoyed this post.

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