IT'S A VERY MERRY CHRIMBO

Hello my little festive friends

and Merry Christmas to you all!

I hope that these last few years have been 

supercalifragilisticexpialidotious for you (did I spell

that right? There isn't any spell check y'see)

and that you had a wonderful time

with your friends and family and got everything you

ever wanted :)

I also hope that like me you have been 

eating a box of Lindt chocolates a day average plus a decent helping of turkey and leftover xmas pud and what not

just because you can.

In the UK we're pro's at doing that, because

to almost everyone over here, Christmas is a license 

to eat and drink all those naughty little 

goods and treats and no-one

is allowed to bat an eyelid. If you do,

everyone turns on you and shoves chocolate

in your mouth to shut you up.

Here's an example:

*Man reaches over for a bottle of wine which

he proceeds to glug at an alarming rate*
Girl: what are you doing drinking all that?

Man: It's Christmas!

*Girl laughs* oh well that's alright then!

-OR-

*Girl frowns* you shouldn't be drinking all that!
*Man shoves chocolate in her mouth*

THE END.

So yeah, fun times!

In the UK we're also all completely hooked on

 the Harry Potter films, which ITV have

been showing in the run up to Christmas with

Deathly Hallows Part One being shown yesterday

much to my delight.

We all got our wands out and everything.

;)

Now moving on to my own Christmas,

which began with a trip to see Disney's Frozen in Nottingham

and another helping of some gorgeous Spanish churro's 

NOM NOM NOM.

This year I was super lucky and got my wish of getting

my own laptop, which I am truly and deeply in love

with. She hasn't got a name yet, but

she's red and she's gorgeous and amazing and

definitely desirable no 1 (that's Harry Potter rubbing of

on me right there).

I got to spend Chrimbo with my family here

in Derby (waheeyy) and luckily we haven't been affected by

the storms, just some pretty aggressive wind

that makes me certain the house is going to blow away

in time for the New Year.

Lovely Jubbly.

In my house we had the record players on and

we were singing and dancing to the vinyl records I mentioned in my last post and eating chocolates with Christmas

TV on in the background.

My contribution to Christmas this year was making

starters (a seafood extravaganza) and the amazing Christmas

crowns like the ones I made last year.

We had:

-Maria -all I want for Christmas- Carey

-Ady Baby

-Rosanna in the Highest

-Saint Tashalus (englightening the world with

great facial hair)

It's safe to say they were a runaway success.

Now I hope that you too had an amazing Christmas

and that you have an absolutely amazing New Year.

I'll see you down the gym

-I'll be the one walking on the running machine

trying hard not to sweat.

A MUCH NEEDED UGLY CHRISTMAS JUMPER PARTY

Hello everybody and festive greetings!

I'm writing to you today from a rather beautiful England,

minus the snow, as you'd expect.

I've been so busy this last week it's actually kind

of crazy, seeing as I'm not a person with whom you would associate

the word 'busy'.

When I find myself saying those sacred words 'I'm busy',

I must admit I widen my eyes in surprise that I, me, could

actually occupy that state of being

(man you can tell I take Eng Lit just by reading that last paragraph haha ^_^).

So, I hear you ask, what have I been doing then? Well since

last Wednesday I have.....

-Watched a college production of the Queen-tastic

WE WILL ROCK YOU WOOOOOH ROCK RULES!

-Had three university interviews, so I've been up to Newcastle,

Manchester and Sheffield, rockin' about in my black heels

feeling oh so very sophisticated despite also feeling

like I might collapse on the floor be-riddled with nerves.

-Made a friend on the train to Newcastle and we happen to know the

same people, and we shared some jelly snakes at her insistence.

She wouldn't take any of the grapes I offered in return though,

sad face :(

-Been working as a waitress (yes I can't believe it either) at some fabulous Chrimbo parties, dishing out food galore, nibbling on fudge, pannacotta, strawberries et al all whilst bashing out the groovy dance

moves as I go. So far I haven't dropped any plates 

(good girl right here) and I've handed out canapes too

BECAUSE I'M SO MATURE THESE DAYS.

AAHHHHHHHH.

-I literally just finished reading the amazing Harry Potter & The Order

of The Phoenix this morning, all 700 pages of it, having been glued to it

for a good part of a week and a half. 

I've taken it everywhere with me because it's just so addictive,

and it's a good job I've finished college now, because

this dilemma kept popping up:

what do I want to know more; do woodlice have a preference

for the light or dark, or how are Harry & co. getting on at

Hogwarts right at this very moment in time?

I think we all know the answer.

Woodlice.

But I can't find my copy of the Half Blood Prince anywhere so now

I'm stressing majorly *fans face and pouts dramatically*

-I had to do TWO TESTS IN THE SAME DAY and to top it all off

I'm sure I did crap so I was also majorly stressing out then as well,

and then on the bus home I couldn't stop laughing and

all this weirdness started pouring out of me and it culminated

with an intense discussion about the solar system and lemon slices.

This is what college does to you.

So I think you can agree that the perfect remedy

to all this madness was of course, 

AN UGLY CHRISTMAS JUMPER PARTY

and the photo you can see at the top of the page is my friends and

I having a proper naff moment posing in front of the christmas

tree in our awesome christmas jumpers.

(I'm second from the left and my jumper had a particularly groovy

christmas pud emblazoned on it, complete with 3D cherries)

And trust me, we had a ruddy awesome time.

We ordered chinese, we ate cocktail sausages and spring rolls,

some of my friends downed two bottles of rose (naughty naughty!) whilst some of us stuck to

juice & coke. We ate chocolate fudge cake, we watched

Love Actually (so cute!), laughed a  hell of a lot,

had a nice big girly chat and just let our hair down

and went ape shit crazy 

( but not too crazy- it was after all

a Wednesday)

And now I'm feeling all ready for Christmas, well kind of.

I'm going to whack on a film tomorrow night and snuggle up nice

and cosy, and what's double plus good, is

that the Harry Potter films are on ITV this week,

so all is good in the world now.

All is fabulous.

All is well.

All is good.

<3

DREAMING OF A WINTER WONDERLAND WHILST SAT IN BIOLOGY

Right now I am reveling in the essence

of rebellion.

I feel like James Bond undercover, Bender in The Breakfast

Club doing whatever the hell I want, because ladies and gentlemen,

I am writing to you right now,

FROM MY BIOLOGY CLASS.

Ooooooohhh, NAUGHTY.

I'm supposed to be learning about species variation

but instead I'm writing this.

And right now, instead of dreaming about different

ways a cow mutates, I'm dreaming of a

WINTER WONDERLAND.

*cue the fairy lights and snowflakes and swirls

as we are transported to this magical, far away land only

heard of in myths and legends...*

 

 

Right, I think that's got it out of my system.

As of today my lovelies,
Chrimbo is exactly 12 days away (:
Exciting times!

In England, however, we've seen no sign
of snow (typical). Is there any snow where you are in the world?

 <3



DR MARTENS SATCHELS

On Facebook I've liked

the Dr. Martens official page.

This is both simultaneously good and bad because:

GOOD :)
I get to see what amazing, beautiful, drool-worthy products

the guys at Dr Martens have concocted and

add it to my ever expanding list of 

things I really want but don't really need. 

BAD :(

Good quality and beautiful designs cost a bomb,

and me no Richard Branson, so I can't just go and buy

it all straight away, and that

hurts so bad man.

And the latest products Docs have cruelly been taunting

me with are their utterly sublime satchels.

I've mentioned them on here before, but I'm

just going to post some more photos so that you can understand

why I my face is like this right now

 

So here we go, SATCHEL HEAVEN HERE WE COME...

(you can click on each bag for a link ;) ) 

On the side bar it's telling me other products I

might like. Ha.

Beetch please,

I RUDDY LOVE THEM ALL!!!

JOHN NEWMAN LOSING SLEEP

As you may or may not know,

John Newman is a pretty talented guy when it comes

to music and singing and songwriting.

You would've first heard him on the incredible

dance anthem 'Feel The Love' by those groovy guys at Rudimental,

as well as on their follow up single

'Not Giving In'.

His powerful, soulful, rich, gravelly voice

is one to be reckoned with, and Newman has been hailed

as the purveyor of a certain brand of music

named good old NORTHERN SOUL.

Newman was born and bred in a little town called

Settle in North Yorkshire,

where some of my family happen to reside, so

I feel a bit like I have this super deep connection

with John y'know, because I actually know where he be coming from, yah?

(I'm kidding about the connection thing btw.)

But yes, back to the music,

now this genre is relatively new, and it's all to do

with the wonderful tea loving folk up north embracing the

fantastic genre of soul (with a touch of
Motown) and giving it a new lease of life with a little

Northern twist on the end,

just to spice and shake things up.

And as you may also know,

Newman does Northern soul so very well.

So well in fact, that his debut album 'Tribute'

slid in to the album charts at the sacred numero uno spot,

whilst debut single 'Love Me Again'

also fought off stiff competition to plonk itself

on top of the singles chart as well.

DOUBLE WHAMMY EH EH.

And not an easy feat to manage if you're new onto the music scene.

Newman's newest release is the utterly gorgeous 

'Losing Sleep', which isn't as fast paced as his

previous two singles, but I can assure you it's just as

electric and oozes sweet, rich soul 

that will hit you in just the right spot.

So with that being said, 

metaphorically run like the wind and go check it out!

And whilst you're at it whack

'Tribute' on your Chrimbo list and hopefully

good ol' St Nick might get into the spirit

of Chrimbo and get you a copy,

(that's if he able to resist parting with it).

LOSING SLEEP

LOVE ME AGAIN

CHEATING

BUY

TRIBUTE

HERE

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tribute-John-Newman/dp/B00DM2Q9E4

NEW YORK AT CHRISTMAS

I am one of those lucky sods

who's fortunate enough to have walked across the holy

land, aka. heaven on this earth, aka,

NEW YORK CITY.

And because NYC is quite possibly the most

gorgeous place in the world at Christmas time, aside Santa's

crib up in Lapland, and because as of

Monday it is officially less than a month until

we are simply having a wonderful Christmas time, I thought

I'd post some magical and utterly beautiful pictures of the BIG APPLE.

So enjoy my darlings...

and please join me in weeping in sorrow if like me, you

are stuck in the absolute furthest place away from NYC you could

possibly get :'(

(cough cough, Derby)

Oh my god I am literally crying!!

TO DO LIST

 EXPERIENCE CHRISTMAS IN NYC!!!

And just to get you in the mood...

it's my absolute FAVOURITE christmas song

FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK

by The Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl 

<3