Winter Pampering with Bonmarche.

Dressing gown, socks and hot water bottle: c/o Bonmarche.

The lovelies over at Bomarche sent me and a friend the most fabulous pamper and snugly goodies for over the Christmas period unfortunately due to my grandad being in hospital over the season we didn't get chance to have a girly night in and when we planned to do it my bestie ended up with the norovirus which as you know is extremely nasty. I have since then had a bug myself, so it seems everything was against us! I decided to have a little pamper myself so this post wouldn't be any further away from the holidays!

I ran myself a lovely bubble bath, something I rarely have so it must have been cold over the last few weeks for me to have them. (FYI just in case you were wondering I do shower daily..) took a lovely soak something since getting my tattoo I'd avoided initially so not to dry out my skin with the hot water, hence the knee selfie popped on a face mask, one I luckily didn't react to unlike the one I'd put on originally. I have annoyingly teenage skin and more blocked pores than I'd ever like to admit, I feel like I've tried all sorts and nothing really clears them fully so if you have any tips or go to products let me know! After my bath I wrapped up in some old school pjs and this fabulous dressing gown, which may be the softest one I've ever worn! (to the point I may have slept in it on occasion) partnered with the fluffiest socks my feet have ever been treated to wearing and a snugly hot water bottle. Lastly not forgetting my cup of decaf tea kindly brought up to my room by my mum and yes that is a One Direction mug (#FanGirlForLife).

I'm hoping my bestie will be up for a girly night very soon so I can show exactly what lovely things we had planned! Bonmarche were also nice enough to send my friend the same things as myself, just in different colours! What do you do for a little winter perk up or pampering?

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Another Year Over and We're Still Together.

1.My first tattoo. 2.First Ed gig and met the lucky bugger! 3.1D tour. 4. Simply Be Flagship opening! 5. Meeting Gok Wan! 6.Plus London Two. 7.Still my best friend after all this time. 8.Olympic Touch in my Town. 9.Surviving 1st year of Uni. 10.Sky Ride with Dani. 11.me and Aiden lovin life. 12.Seeing McFly (which is where my post title came from!). 13.Maximo Park at The Ritz Manchester (where I also finally met Gemma!) 14.Ed Sheeran, twice in one year. 15.Plus North! 16.TTGV Halloween. 17.Matalan Blog. 18.Simply Be outfit. 19.Band Tee. 20. Simply Be dress.

I thought I'd do a little post about everything this year, now unfortunately for me health wise it's been one of my worst years ever but for many other things it's been really amazing! In the selection of photo's above are just a few of the cool things I've done this year along with 4 outfits I quite liked! Of course I had to include Ed Sheeran in it as I did manage to see him live twice this year and successfully (in a only slightly stalkerish way) meet him once! I also got a tattoo, now if you have me on Twitter you'll know about it but I didn't actually do a blog post about getting it done, I was going to but it just never happened, that and it's a totally bitch to try and get a decent picture of! It's a small plus sign behind my year, I've also gone through a lot in the last year with everything and I needed something to remind me to stay being positive because if I get int a down period I fnd it incredibly hard to shake myself out of it, so that's why its there. 2012 was also the year for meeting so many new people especially bloggers, I've made some amazing new friends in the past year who I would now count as being some of the closest friends I have ( talking about you here dani!) 

I couldn't say if my style has changed drastically this year but its definitely evolved in many ways. I'd love to know if looking back at my style in 2011 what you think has changed from that in 2012 (other than me finally wearing the right sized bra, best thing I ever did was to get fitted!)  And finally I've decided that 2013 is for sure going to be my year, where I achieve things I've always wanted to how ever big or small and do what I want and what is right for me not what I think people would want me to do! I hope everyone else's 2013 will be epic as well!

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The Brit Awards; Ed Sheeran and The Boys.

I felt like writing a little bit about the Brits.. but as you all know I utterly adore Ed Sheeran, so it felt only natural for me to post his performance from last night. Now at the time I was gutted that he wasn't in a suit but thankfully when he got his second Brit (YES YOU READ THAT CORRECTLY HE GOT TWO!) he wore a lovely suit thought I am a little bias and it was probably so lovely because he was in fact wearing it. When Ed accepted his awards he was just so humble and grateful you could tell on his beautiful little face. Though I can't recall everything he said as I was screaming at the telly at the time I also had a total meltdown moment when One Direction won Best British Single, now I know a number of you bloggers no how slightly obsessed I am with the band because as soon as either them or Ed came on the screen I was getting bombared by tweets saying you all bet I was going crazy which I was... but in honestly I was so proud in these moments, definitely cringe worthy fangirl! 1D and Ed obviously have very good stylists or mums in Ed's as when I met him, he said he didn't have a stylist... and I know its the wonderful Caroline Watson who dresses 1D, as all of the lads scrub up very well!


This post was more of a filler before I post up a review either tomorrow or Friday and I just wanted to be able to drool over these pictures and the video even more than I already have! I just read that Ed recently revealed that he wanted to just wear jeans and a hoody but because his mother was accompanying him he would have to dress up. HOW CUTE IS THAT also next year it won't be his mum hes taking.......

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High Waisted shorts and Vintage Tee's.

I'll try to keep this short as I just snapped these pictures after getting in from being at a friends flat/the pub so I'm probably a little worse for wear and looking a bit of a mess. But I've been itching to do an outfit post for days and I'm traveling home (again) tomorrow night so I knew I wouldn't have time then.

This top I bought in one of my favourite charity shops in my local town, I don't think I've shown it on the blog before but I know that I've been meaning to! I actually wore it to see one direction the day before Christmas eve. I adore the length of the sleeve hits just above my elbow meaning the area of my arms I'm self conscious about is covered and well the pattern is just adorable! It also has a slightly shoulder pad which I'll possibly take off eventually but for now I like it. The shorts I bought in the Dorothy Perkins sale online high waisted shorts were on my what I want from the sales list. Though I don't know if they work for me they just don't seem high waisted enough I seriously need some shape wear under them otherwise I get a little belly roll, I'm also worried that you can too obviously see the line of my tummy in them too but I suppose its mine so I should embrace it right?!

I just accessorised it with my trusty vintage bag from a charity shop years ago which has been fixed so may times now but I just love it so much I can't bear for it to break! This is the make up I wet out in so I do apologise if it looks like its slipping make up never stays on my face how ever much hairspray I cover it in! I hope to post again around sundayish as on Monday night I'm travelling to London for the Gok Wan for Simply Yours event SOOO EXCITED TO MEET GOK I MIGHT DIE IF HE SAYS ANYTHING NICE TO ME.

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Wonderland.

Here are just a few snaps I took of a display in Leicester where I'm at uni. It was just up for Christmas as far as I'm aware but look how pretty it is and some of the characters move from side to side as well. I wanted to take some outfit pictures in front of them but on both accounts of me going to see them it was pouring with rain and I didn't think drowned rat was quite a good look to show you all!

I'm going to try and promise to post again before Christmas as I have a few more to do but alas tomorrow is an extremely busy day if you follow me on twitter you may already know that I'm seeing the One Direction boys in Manchester tomorrow afternoon (yes its a matinee show... so full of kids I'm planning on having a drink before I go just so I can survive the day!)

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Update on my life.

Hi guys I just wanted to let you know that I AM ALIVE and that I got back off my weeks holiday last Saturday but My brother still hasn't given me the pictures from it so I've not really had a lot to update on but I just wanted to let you know that the week before I went away I did a weeks work experience with Vintage Life Magazine and had a seriously lovely time! If only I could work there full time! While I was there I did lots of different things from contacting companies to selecting items to go on pages and choosing images for different features.

I also got the chance to do a little guest blogging which I hope I'll be able to do again in the future as I really adore vintage life and everyone who works there were lovely! Here is a link to the post. They now have over 27 thousand likes on facebook and I've been buying since the second issue, which makes me feel special! I promise that I'll be blogging again like normal in the next week! Today I should have got my results for uni but everything seems a little messed up so I'm really stressing.

This week I also traipsed to Salford keys to try and meet some certain boyband members, unfortunately this time I didn't meet them but they did see that it was my friends birthday! I was in two minds as to whether to post these pictures up but I felt the need as I just like looking at them, one of them also waved as us but I thought 3 images were enough for you to handle! I also got stuck in a hedge and covered in scratches, definitly and interesting day...

How did you cope with results day?

p.s please no one unfollow me for my bad taste in boybands!

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A leopard lives in a muu tree.

The title of this post may seem a little random because I googled it, maybe I should do this more often to get some interesting titles? or maybe not!

Anyway this is my second review for Yours Clothing my first being the lace collared dress which i reviewed here. I wish these photo's were a little better I just feel in myself that there not that nice! this is almost identical to my university interview look which I wore this tunic for, and then got offered a place it must be a good luck piece! I really wish I could keep it for my other interviews now too, over all I think its such a lovely tunic/dress and just my style, but there are some issues I found with it. One of these being that it deffinately runs small I'm normally a size 20 but I got this a size up and it fits nicely without being to big at all (thanks Lauren who mentioned this to me before I ordered it for review!)

The tunic itself is just about long enough to wear as a dress, though when I did I kept on tugging it down to just make sure my bum was covered! But in these photograph's I'm wearing it with black matalan leggings and some really old Evans shoes, which don't really match the collar on the dress but I thought they just made the look a little more fun. I don't how to describe the fabric which this is made of but it was actually really comfy and was even a little loose on my arms which was brilliant, cause if your anything like me it's actually really hard to find tops which fit my tummy as well as my arms! I think if you wanted a more defined look you could belt this piece but I prefer to leave things loose most of the time. The cardigan I wore with the top was from Dorothy Perkins in the sale a year or so ago and I really like how the leopard print collar and bright blue cardigan clash but actually work really well together. For walking to my interview I teamed the whole look with a vintage thrifted blazer and little vintage patent satchel styled bag.

My make up was pretty simple I just wore more eyeliner on my water line was normal, which meant it was half way down my face by the end of the day just in interest does anyone know a eyeliner which does not end up like this? (preferably a pencil or something) and of course I finished the look with bright red lipstick, also would you believe that my hair held up with paperclips?! which for me gives me a little more confidence so I did talk out more. So my final thought on this tunic is that its really lovely and I'd definitely think about buying it if I tried it on in store!

I just want to say sorry it seems to have taken me days to finally finish this post off, I don't know whats wrong with me at the moment normally I can ramble for the whole world on my blog but recently I've been kind of distracted, I'm blaming Niall (if you have me on twitter you might get why I put that) Finally I've got another interview a week today for Leeds, pretty nervous already but that more because I don't know that I'll wear, well other than red lipstick! I'm going to try and be a very good blogger this weekend as I have a few photo's to post up and video's, and this reminds me I've finally made a new YouTube account which fits me better than my old one the link is here.

I hope all my followers and bloggers have some exciting things planned for this weekend! Tomorrow I'm having to do something for guiding then I think I'll just try and get my head down and get through a lot of my college work.

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Let's dance in style, Let's dance for a while.

This little post is just to show you guys what I've been up to over the last week or so, lets just say its been a varied week but its also been so fun as well. I still have the stresses of college and creating my garments ( I'll show you those in a future post) but I had a two day week for enrichment and my tooth has finally been sorted, so obviously my weeks been good! I also became my 13 year old self again on Monday when I queued up at stupid o'clock to meet One Direction, and if you don't know who these beautiful boys are they came third in the last xfactor. So I got the train at 6.22AM and was running down to market street in Manchester at 6.50AM and they were already queuing for what seemed like MILES but me and my lovely friend eleanor managed to get into the last 100 wristbands and got to briefly meet the boys that evening. And yes I did make a prat of myself I shouted at Harry "I know your neighbours but not in a weird way" where he then asked me which ones and how (it was almost a conversation!) then I shook Zayns hand and told him it was lovely to meet him and I got a wink from the lad. okay my teenage girl rant is over now.

Finally on to my outfit post this was taken just before I went out for my friends 18th. We just went as a big group for a meal, yes this was my more mature part of the week. I think you've probably seen all these pieces on the blog before but in different looks! The top I'm wearing is from Dorothy Perkin's and is actually pretty long and very baggy I could of done with downing a size or two, I have a stretch vest underneath from Marks and Spencer's because the shirt its self is rather low cut. I'm wearing one of my favourite skirts which I got in the sale from Dorothy Perkins for 3 pounds before Christmas I wear it all the time with everything, It's one of those pieces that will always look good and that I will feel comfortable in. These are paired with my thick black tights which are a serious wardrobe staple along with a black cardigan, another staple. My jewelry is simple and all I'm wearing is my vintage cameo brooch, well I say vintage my mum found it in the charity shop for £1.49. And I finished the look with a slick of red lipstick and my hair put up.



Me and my friend Eleanor on the door ready to go down and meet the lovely One Direction.
and below is my only half decent picture I got before we were told not to have posed photographs. (as much as I love one direction and all the boys are charming, there security are such mards!)

Let us die young or let us live forever,We don't have the power but we never say never, Sitting in a sandpit, Life is a short trip, The music's for the sad man.

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