'twas the night before christmas...

..And all through the house,

Mummy and Polly were running around like headless Chickens...!

So it's Christmas Eve today and we've been trying 

to get the last few jobs finished for the big day tomorrow.

I thought I'd treat you all to a Christmas fortnight in pictures!

1.

Ollie's Mum came to pick me up to come home for the holidays,

and decided to treat us all to lunch!

We went to The Wine Vaults in Portsmouth,

and oh my god, the food was AMAZING!

We also had the very pleasant experience of them placing our order twice,

so we had so much more food than we should have done, Score!

2. and 3.

As always, I made my the labels for my Christmas presents.

And, as always, I made them incredibly fiddly!

There were about 6 steps involved in making them,

but they turned out so good so it was all worth it, in my opinion!

4.

As I mentioned before, I went to Germany to visit my Dad!

We did get snow, even if it was just for one day!

We went to a beautiful market in the town of Rottenburg,

and I tried the German equivalent of mulled wine {Gluehwein}.

I didn't like it. Haha!

5. and 6.

Our Christmas Tree!

And copious amounts of tree in festive mugs!

This to me sums up being at home!

And listening to Michael Bublé's Christmas album on repeat!

7.

Ollie and I got to spend the evening together last night,

we watched 'The Holiday' and I drank Malibu and Coke

- one of the beautiful benefits of being at home!

It was nice to have a relaxed evening together!

8. and 9.

Mum and I saw these beauties on the Hairy Bikers Christmas special,

so I decided to make them for tomorrow.

They're essentially nutella wrapped in filo pastry! {Find the recipe here}

Only try if you don't get bored easily and love fiddly things!

10.

This is another one for those who love fiddly! Welcome to the world of cake pops!

Mum is obsessed with them! 

As I'm sure you can see, these are Christmas Trees!

The best website for details on how to make your own is bakerella!

They're so pretty, but don't attempt to make a tonne on Christmas Eve!!

I hope everyone else is feeling suitably Christmas-y

and that you all have a fabulous day tomorrow!

Merry Christmas everyone!!

xoxox

my fortnight in pictures.

Finally getting slightly better at keeping up with my updates...

I haven't got as many pictures as I would have liked

due to the absent camera situation. 

But seen as I've bought myself a new one I should be back on track!!

 

1.

We ventured out to Pure last Tuesday as for the first time this term,

they were offering free entry - YES!

The theme of the night was a "popcorn party"

where they fired popcorn from the cannons.

Very, very odd! But a different kind of fun!

2. and 3.

I've managed to keep up with looking after my nails,

but the other day I went to use my favourite bright pink nail varnish

and found it had dried solid.

I was devastated, but I painted them pastel pink instead.

4.

Last weekend was spent babysitting my cousins with my Grandma.

Pictured here is little Samantha,

who I've just been asked to be Godmother for, 

so I'm very chuffed right now!

5. and 6.

Urgh. Another wonderful picture of my floor filing system.

And the glass of wine that I just HAD to have

in order to get me through the night in order to finish my assignment!

I got it done in the end, but not until 2am!!

7.
For a friend's birthday we all had to pick a partner and dress the same
because the theme was "Noah's Ark"!!
Abi and I went as Pink Rabbits,
and I'm so proud of our face paint which I did all by myself!

8. and 9.

I'm finally feeling in the Christmas mood!

There was an adorable "Happy Christmas" sticker on my

festive 'Brie, Cranberry and Bacon' baguette (from Greggs of all places!)

And I bought my Christmas Hat for this years Xmas Carnage

and spent the whole of Thursday wearing it keep my head warm, ha!

10.
Last night was the Christmas Carnage.
I don't remember anything from the night...
Fabulous!

my month in pictures

 I'm being such an awful blogger right now,

but second year is whipping me crazy right now!

I was really hoping to right a few in depth posts

about some of the great things I've done in the past month,

however I have a crazy huge assignment due in a week!

So, without further ado - this is my past crazy hectic month!!

  

 

  

1.

Bria, Nicole, Jemma and I all went to Southampton to the smallest little pub

to see a live set being played by The Dykeenies.

We all very trashed on the train and it was all a shambles.

And they signed our boobs.....

2. and 3.

We hosted an Ann Summers party with some of our closest girl friends

and had a evening filled with wine, giggle and sex toys!

We then traipsed to Tiger Tiger and had a girls-only clubbing night!

4.

I was incredibly lucky to win two tickets to Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model Live

in a blog giveaway being hosted by Lil at A Storm in a Teacup.

Bria and I went up to London for the day and had an amazing time,

and (basically) front row seats to the live tour.

This is a photo of Charlotte from last year - who is my all time fave BINTM contestant!

5. and 6.

I had an awful 5 hour train journey down to Swansea becuase I'd forgotten my earphones,

hadn't brought a book so I'd work; and my laptop died.

So to entertain myself  drew on the windows!

However, once I arrived we had a fabulous night out with the Welsh lot!

7.

Halloween Night I dressed up as a 'Spooky Doll'

and joined some of the girls from my Psychology course for a scary night out!

I had a random Chinese girl ask to take a photo of my makeup...

We concluded that was a compliment!

8. and 9.

Had an impromtu nights stay at home,

and Crumble (the little girl cat) who is usually a lone-ranger

stayed in my bedroom all night and would not leave my side!

10.

We went to Scandals, this little basement club that is literally underground, 

the walls are ceiling to floor mirrors, and the ceiling is so so low!

I am really hoping I'll be able to post more soon.

In the mean time, stay safe, stay warm and have fun!

xxxxxxxxxxx

my fresher's in pictures

Hello, long time no speak!

Fresher's at university has been absolutely mental,

trying to fit reading and work around going clubbing and house parties is rather mad!

I've come to the realisation that I'm not going to be able to post as much as I'd like to.

However, I'm still going to keep going, you'll just have to wait with bated breath for each post!

Now, I'm going to start doing a "week in pictures" post that so many blogs around do,

and I thought the best way to kick it off would be my fresher's summed up in pictures!

1. 

This is Jemma, Bria and I getting read for our first night out as housemates 

and therefore celebrating with a glass of wine!

2. and 3. 

The aftermath of our house warming party.

So many smashed glasses and a sink full of god-knows-what!

(This was the night I got hit in the face with a can of shaving foam someone threw from our bathroom window!)

4.

Professional photo taken at the first Pure of the new uni year!

5. and 6.

Homemade spaghetti bolognese and the best student roast dinner you've ever seen!

Definitely eating well ast university!

7.

Myself as a smurf and Nicole and Bria dressed as Where's Wally

for the first Psychology Social of the year!

8. and 9.

Experimenting with my nail varnish!

Finally tried nude nails (I love them!!) and red nails and "diva red" lips.

10.

It was mine and Ollie's 6 and a half year anniversary last week,

we celebrated by spending the day on Bournemouth beach,

listening to acoustic music and drinking overpriced cocktails!!

For those of you who have just started uni; hope you had a great start of term and are settling in!

For those craaazy second and third years; hope you showed the fresher's how to party!

xxxx