Reading Update

Hey Guys!!

As you know I love reading and I have set myself a little reading goal for the year, you can see the post here. I must say I am actually doing amazingly well with reading at the moment. I am now onto my 4th book this year and we are only January, well there's not long left of the month. 

So here are the books I have read this month.

Northern Lights - Philip Pullman This was a re-read for me as I haven't read this book in so long, I wanted to read it again. I enjoyed this book but sometimes I felt like I didn't quite understand it, but overall it is a good book.

The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman This is the 2nd instalment to Northern Lights and I must say from this one I started to understand the story a bit more than the first. Again I enjoyed this book and can't wait to get the 3rd instalment so I can see how it ends.

Paper Towns - John Green I read this as my sister recommended it and I loved it! I read this really quickly to as I didn't want to put it down. I don't about you though but I didn't like the character of Margo, I just thought if she was a real person we would not get on.

Me Before You - Jojo Moyes I have only just started this book, I've only read 5 chapters, but I am really liking it and can't wait to read the rest.

There we have it, the books I have read/reading so far.

What books have you read or are currently reading?

Would love some recommendations!!

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InstaLately #4

Hey Guys!!

This week I have been feeling very positive and can feel myself getting back to my happy self. I have needed to get back to that as I think I have been quite unhappy and not realised it until now. Sometimes I think we just have to take time out from things to gain perspective and to figure out things.

L-R, I had a Dentist appointment, found a place for my Disney teddies, got my new Rugby shirt and had tea in a cafe in one of our local parks.

What have you been up to?

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Baking: Chocolate Cakes

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The other week I decided to have an afternoon of baking, when I say afternoon it literally took me 3 hours to do these. The only thing was with these, was that they didn't turn out exactly how I thought in my head. I also cheated and used a mix rather than bake from scratch like I usually do.

These were the ingredients I needed, plus water.

The first thing I did was pour the mix into the little mixer, add 2 eggs and 8tbsp of water. Then mixed it altogether on speed 2 for 2 minutes, I did this twice as I made 2 sponges.

I then poured the mix into a silicone mould and baked it for 20/25 minutes.

Once the 2 sponges had baked I waited for them to cool and then cut out circles, first using a glass, then used a knife as it was easier.

I then weighed out 170g of icing, well I went over a bit and 80g of butter to make the butter icing. Then mixed it together, which is hard work if you don't use an electric mixer.

Then came the first messy part, icing the circle sponges and putting them together.

I then melted the chocolate, at first in a plastic jug but thought it was going to melt the jug so changed to a pyrex jug. Then came the second messy part of covering the cakes with the chocolate.

I made 7 and out of them all one came out decently.

I enjoyed making these but they really did not come out how I seen them in my head. I will try them again though but maybe do them a different way so they get covered by the chocolate. They did taste very nice, very chocolate-y ha ha, and the mix was very crumbly, so I wouldn't use those mixes again.

Overall I liked them but they did go quite wrong, a 5/10 from me!!

What do you think?

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InstaLately #3

Hey Guys!!

This week was my week off work so I just relaxed and got things done that I needed to. 

This week I have absolutely loved reading and seem to be flying through my current book. I have also found that I am getting back into the habit of cleansing as my skin has been terrible lately. I have been eating rather healthily to and trying new things. It's been very cold this week to so have either been wrapped up in my dressing gown or in my bear onesie.

How's your week been?

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MOTD #1

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As you will have seen Wednesday I shared with you my outfit I wore and today I thought I would share with you my make up look. I'm going to try and share more posts like this in the future.

I just went for a natural look and went for a classic red lip to have a pop of colour. A red lip seems to be my go to for lipsticks lately, so if you know of any other good red shades, leave them in the comments :) 

All my make up is from Make Up Academy except for my lipstick which is L'Oreal. You can click any of the links below to see what exact products I used.

Bronzer

Highlighter

Foundation

Setting Powder
Primer

Lipstick

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OOTD #1

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On Saturday I had a night out with my friend for her Mums' Birthday, so I thought I would share with you what I wore as I want to start sharing more OOTDs' with you. 

This outfit was very comfy, I felt it also looked really smart as usually I wear skirts or dresses. The only thing is you don't have to wear a bra with it, which I am so not used to doing, but it was fine as there was no malfunctions.

Unfortunately now while looking for the links for these items I have found they are now unavailable.

Jumpsuit - New Look

Duster Coat - New Look

Shoes - Primark

Bag - Primark

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InstaLately #2

Hey Guys!

So far this month I am feeling very positive and I really do feel like this is going to be such a good year. Seem to have a nice amount of stuff planned to keep myself looking forward.

This week I baked cakes that didn't turn out great, featured an OOTD for shopping, had french plaits done in my hair, tried deciding on a lipstick shade, had a night out and is falling more in love with my Estee Lauder make up set.

Hope you've all had a good week!!

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