Hi everyone & Happy New Year!!!!
I hope you all had a fun filled and safe New Years celebration and started 2016 in the best way possible! As they say, a clean slate, a new chapter and all those cliché comments that run around my mind for the whole month of January (as well as the fitness tips and healthy eating regimes which will most likely be plastered over magazines starting today...)
I thought I would go back to my roots and write a little re cap post of what I did over the two weeks off. This is more like a talking to myself post, where I will hopefully look back in a years time to reminisce - damn you nostalgia!
I hope you all had a fun filled and safe New Years celebration and started 2016 in the best way possible! As they say, a clean slate, a new chapter and all those cliché comments that run around my mind for the whole month of January (as well as the fitness tips and healthy eating regimes which will most likely be plastered over magazines starting today...)
I thought I would go back to my roots and write a little re cap post of what I did over the two weeks off. This is more like a talking to myself post, where I will hopefully look back in a years time to reminisce - damn you nostalgia!
Pre Christmas
College was slowly coming to a close and as much as I enjoy it - I was extremely looking forward to having a nice long break away from everything! The relief I had after leaving the college grounds at 11:30 on a Friday having NO work to do over the break (THAT'S a first) was probably the best feeling ever...Christmas was finally coming!
To get into the mood a bit more, we decided to put up our Christmas tree. Fairly late to put it up, but I'm not a huge fan of having things lay around for too long, especially past their 'sell by date'. This required christmas jumpers, cheesy music and a glass of Bailey's!
To get into the mood a bit more, we decided to put up our Christmas tree. Fairly late to put it up, but I'm not a huge fan of having things lay around for too long, especially past their 'sell by date'. This required christmas jumpers, cheesy music and a glass of Bailey's!
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Tree was up, drinks were drunk and Christmas had begun! A few days after me and dad went to go see Horrible Histories Christmas Show at the Cambridge Corn Exchange. I was the oldest "child" there, stupidly wore platform heels (don't ask - wanted to try them out before Christmas Day!) and we were stuck with one of those kids who kept kicking the seat and interrupted about 3/4 of the show...Grrr.
Anyways, we expected the show to go through the different Christmas' over the years, with a few songs here and there in true Horrible Histories fashion. In some sense it did exactly that, but it had more of a storyline behind it to follow and get involved with for the kids! It wasn't what we expected at all, however it was quite enjoyable to watch and had a pantomime feel throughout the whole show! It would probably be a lot more fun if I were younger however!
Anyways, we expected the show to go through the different Christmas' over the years, with a few songs here and there in true Horrible Histories fashion. In some sense it did exactly that, but it had more of a storyline behind it to follow and get involved with for the kids! It wasn't what we expected at all, however it was quite enjoyable to watch and had a pantomime feel throughout the whole show! It would probably be a lot more fun if I were younger however!
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Christmas Day!
And just like that, Christmas was here! One minute I was watching Love Actually on Christmas Eve and the next I was waking the house up to call them all down for presents! I'm not going to go into what I got because I absolutely HATE those blogs or videos were people tell you what you got. Ugh, not everyone wants to know how much or little you got, its more about spending the day with loved ones - which is exactly what I did!
We went to my cousins house and spent the afternoon there - an tradition which sadly hadn't been done for a while! I sadly didn't get a close up of my makeup this year like last, but I did a dark smokey eye with neutral and warm browns with a flick of eyeliner, fake lashes and a purple lip. My dress was from a pop up shop that opened in my town called Madisons & Co. It was that velvety material with a sort of halter top half - paired with my platform heels, leather jacket and black tights! (Once again I was taller than mum and nearly as tall as my brother!)
It was a lovely day with my wonderful family, we were well fed with a gorgeous Christmas Dinner (courtesy of my auntie), given enough to drink and even had a highly hilarious family quiz (and the best team won!;))
We went to my cousins house and spent the afternoon there - an tradition which sadly hadn't been done for a while! I sadly didn't get a close up of my makeup this year like last, but I did a dark smokey eye with neutral and warm browns with a flick of eyeliner, fake lashes and a purple lip. My dress was from a pop up shop that opened in my town called Madisons & Co. It was that velvety material with a sort of halter top half - paired with my platform heels, leather jacket and black tights! (Once again I was taller than mum and nearly as tall as my brother!)
It was a lovely day with my wonderful family, we were well fed with a gorgeous Christmas Dinner (courtesy of my auntie), given enough to drink and even had a highly hilarious family quiz (and the best team won!;))
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New Years Eve
After being well and truly stuffed after Christmas, the New Year was right around the corner. My new year plans are never normally organised until last minute and it wasn't until my mum brought tickets to a gig in a local pub to welcome the new year in. I invited one of my friends from NCS down to join us!
The band playing (The Interval Act) were extremely impressive, since I haven't seen one of their gigs before I was excited to see them perform and I wasn't disappointed! The pub had brought in old friends from school and old family friends too, it was a lovely evening and an unplanned one too!
The band playing (The Interval Act) were extremely impressive, since I haven't seen one of their gigs before I was excited to see them perform and I wasn't disappointed! The pub had brought in old friends from school and old family friends too, it was a lovely evening and an unplanned one too!
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So, 2015 is out and 2016 is here! I've welcomed this year with a horrible head cold, with about 5 pounds extra baggage around my waist and my bank balance probably not looking too cheery! However, it has been a great way to spend this festive season and I wouldn't want it any other way! I'm sad its over so quickly, but I'm hoping for big things for 2016.
I wish you all a happy new year and lets make 2016 a good one!
See you in the next blog post,
I wish you all a happy new year and lets make 2016 a good one!
See you in the next blog post,
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