2012

Hello, I hope you had a lovely New Year and your hangovers have now passed.

I've many resolutions, so decided to do a Day Zero project as a way to track them/actually do something.
First of all I've set up a 365 project, and you can find my first post here.
Like everyone else I've decided to get fit/lose weight, however I actually mean it. I seriously can't wait for tomorrow when I can start eating properly again. The thought of junk food and/or booze makes me feel sick (which is bad as I'm out for the next 4 Saturdays in a row - eeep!) I'm going to the gym on Friday with my friend though so will actually be putting my heart rate monitor to use!

With the exception of going to Church for half an hour, I've literally stayed in all day watching dvds with my parents. I'm wild.

To end, here's a necklace I recently bought off Thrifola, which I'll be wearing tomorrow when I meet my friend Will (finally!).

Happy New Year!

I hope you all have a happy new year and enjoy whatever it is you're doing tonight.

I'm home alone, catching up on Gossip Girl and about to make myself black bean tofu stir fry.

In 2012 I'm planning to blog on a more regular basis.

To kick things off here is the last necklace post of 2011.

Topshop.

I got this at Topshop in the sale for about £3. Bargain!


Enjoy x

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!
Hope you all had a lovely day. Though I'd share with you what I've been up to.

Christmas necklace from Thriftola.

Owl 'engagement' ring off Jenny.

Christmas vegan cupcakes by Ms Cupcake, clockwise from top left; triple choc, oh christmint tree (mine), mince pie and apple spice.

Christmas presents - aka spoilt.

Can't wait for my Jake film fest :D

I asked for a Heart Rate Monitor to get serious with my training in the New Year. My dad also gave me a sprouting kit (that he's clearly going to steal from me!)

For Christmas dinner we go up to my Aunty Mary's house (aka YM). Me and my Dad had a jokey bet on to see who could get YM to swear first. I won as she was showing me her joke Christmas present which was a lump of poo. I kept asking her what it was and she said "s**t" hehe. Its always so nice to see everyone, but this year we got to briefly see Aunty Barbara! She's a fan of the blog and usually gets me a necklace so look at what it was :O

Yey!

After YM's we go through to see my dad's cousin and his family in Durham. John Lavery (JL) always gets us jokey calenders, mine are usually "hunks" or something which he finds hilarious and I never use. This year I got this calender:

I think I will use this, bit of a novelty! Thanks JL!

Hope you all had a great time and hope Santa was kind!
I must go to sleep now as I'm one of those sados who goes to the Metro Centre early for the sales.
xxx

I (eye) left my heart in London town.

Tomorrow afternoon I'm getting the train to London. As most of you probably know I went to uni there and LOVE it. A lot of my friends are still there (though many have jet-setted all over the world!) so it will be nice to catch up with them.
I'm going to be staying with Lucy and Harry, my old housemates and lovely good friends. So excited to see them again. Mega excited to watch breaking dawn with Luce (even though we've both already seen it haha).

One of the main reasons I'm going is so I can attend Animal Aid's Christmas Without Cruelty Fayre. I have been going to it for years now! Last year I met Heather Mills (again) and she was lovely and signed her cookbook for my dad's Christmas present.
This year I'm going to do what I always do, stock up on extra yummy vegan treats (esp Ms. Cupcake cakes! It will also be lovely to catch up with her!)

I'm also going to be doing a spot of shopping. Shopping in London is awful at the best of times, but Christmas time is probably the worst. I'll manage though as 2 seconds after stepping foot onto Kings Cross I switch to 'London mode' and become an expert weaver.

I'll obviously not be posting over the weekend (as if I post every day anyways!) but I thought I would leave you a little peak at the necklace I will be sporting. I bought this a couple of months ago now, but it's yet to have it's debut!

Open eye.

Closed eye.

I love this necklace! It's from Topshop and is so quirky and fun. Definitely and 'eye-catcher' (see what I did there?)

Anyway I better get some sleep, got to get up early tomorrow to pack! Ooops!
x

I shot the Sheriff, but I did not shoot the Deputy.

Last week I was given a Topshop discount card (20%) off my mam that she got in the free Style magazine. I broke my "no spend ban" (as if I ever stick!) to go and buy some Topshop treats.
I got a navy dress with white polka dots, a black & white bag and this necklace which I cannot stop wearing.

Topshop £8.50.

I love it. LOVE.
There was also the same necklace which said "Deputy". I'm really tempted to buy it for my friend Hayley for Christmas to wear on our nights out. We've co-ordinated necklaces on nights out before, but its always been Hayley borrowing mine.
I can't find either on the Topshop website, so hopefully it will still be in store!
x

Belated Birthday.

This is a (very) belated birthday blog post! Ooops!

I turned the ripe old age of 25 on the 4th November, and it was amazing.
I started off the celebrations on Thursday 3rd November by going to see Britney Spears at Newcastle Arena. I'd love to say I saw her live, but I don't think I can as she mimed! It was still amazing though!

I got home to find my birthday bedding on my bed ready for sleep :)

Love Cath Kidston - and love that this is from the children's range which is called "Cath Kids" ha. (If you're wondering that owl is my 'hottie' and I've named it Eglantine after the cute little owl in The Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole)

When I woke up as a 25-year-old I opened my cards etc off my family and then decided to get stuck into my presents off Jenny (and Max). I met Jenny two days before my birthday and was so excited as they were wrapped up so nicely :D

YEY!

 She even made me this brilliant card! So lovely!

I then went volunteering at GVOC (I'm a teaching assistant, helping adults with learning disabilities) and they sang me Happy Birthday :)

I got home to an unidentified parcel. Well, I knew it was off my good friend Lucy (and Harry) as Lucy text me saying she forgot to put the card in. Haha.

There is a lovely owl necklace from Forever 21 and some other great bits and bobs :)

I also had a little parcel and card from my very dear friend Billie who is currently in Berlin (Hi Bill!). It's a lovely hand-made tissue holder in owl fabric :D

I then got ready as I went out for my tea to Jack Sprats in Newcastle with my parents, best friend Hayley and neighbour Yvonne.

I didn't take any photos of the food, so here is a photo of my birthday nails.

The next day was obviously bonfire night. I changed my nails to look like fireworks, but apart from turning out to be a big mess I don't have any photos as my laptop died a few days later so I don't have that pic anymore. Sob.
I had some lovely cakes by Ms. Cupcake. My dad had been to London a couple of weeks prior and came home with 12 cakes (6 for then and 6 to freeze for my birthday weekend). I had a rose cupcake on my birthday, but we ate our way through these on the Saturday.

SO good!

On Saturday night, after spending all day getting ready and still ending up in a rush(!!) me and Hayley went to town to meet some other friends and had a very eventful, but enjoyable night.
Here are some photos.

Me and Jenny in Bar 42. 

Photo of the night is probably this one of me and Lowell (also in Bar 42).

Sorry I haven't posted for a while and then gave a short post, but like I said before my laptop died. Its a bit of a nightmare trying to blog on my slow, small netbook. Also tomorrow I'm going to a blogger meet up and then Hanson (don't ask) so I need to get to sleep!
x

Gingers!

Hello all!
You might have noticed in a previous post that the lovely online jewellery store Gingers have asked me to be their assistant, helping with the PR and admin side of the business. I won't be getting paid in money for this; I will just be receiving some necklaces which I'm about to share with you.
Before I get into it, I got these necklaces for "free" as in I didn't buy them with my own money. However I obviously earned them (or rather am earning, as I've just got started) due to "working" for Gingers. Having said that, even if I wasn't the assistant, I'd have still bought these items as they're great!

My parcel arrived so neatly this afternoon. Its my birthday tomorrow (wooo!) so at first I didn't know if I should open it. However when I saw the "GINGERS" stamp on the back of the envelop I knew it would be ok :)

Inside was even better, and wrapped so nicely it felt like it was a birthday present. 

HOW CUTE!

:)

First of all I opened the green package, and found this little beauty:

How amazing is this!? So delicate, yet so well made! If you'd like to buy your own Viola necklace it costs a tiny £4 and you can do so here.

Next up is a Robot! This lovely necklace is called Pete. He costs £6. You can buy him, or one of his friends, here.

My necklaces in a group shot :)

Overall I'm really happy with these items. I've never actually had any Gingers jewellery before (a shock/disgrace, I know) but now I'm hooked! The quality is amazing, and the value is mind blowing! These two lovely necklaces would only set you back £10, however most companies would be charging £10+ for just the one item! They're also really fun and quirky items which not many people have, which is always a bonus! They were packaged really well so they wouldn't break in the post; however it has been done in a lively way so even the packaging excites!
The prices are so reasonable it's prefect to treat yourself, or someone you love to a lovely little gift - and would make great stocking fillers for Christmas!
Gingers products are all limited run, so if you like something snap it up quick, you'll not be disappointed!

Overall I'm really happy and excited for more Gingers products/reviews.

What do you think? x

Exciting Times

Hello all, I have some exciting news.

My friend makes and sells amazing jewels at Gingers (which can be found here). A while ago she tweeted that she needed a personal assistant as she's started a PGCE, so it's become too much to do all the admin/pr side of Gingers on her own. I tweeted back as a bit of a joke, saying for a free necklace I would love to help.
A month or so on this is now becoming reality and I will be helping her by tweeting/facebooking and blogging on her behalf.
I might also be organising a giveaway, so watch this space.

If you haven't heard of it Gingers is a really good independent jewellery store with some great items (though lets be true I mostly love the necklaces) but there's something for everyone so go and check it out!

:)

Bat Girl.

Last week Scarlett Hearts had a limited edition necklace on their site.
I noticed a tweet saying there was only one left, so I had to snap it up.

Such a cute little bat! Perfect for Halloween.

In total it cost me £5 including shipping, and was delivery super speedily!
What do you think?

Oh deer: Part 2.

This post should have been with the previous "Oh deer" post - but never mind!

My two other deer necklaces.

This blue deer is called "Docey Doe" and came in a variety of colours from LLROK! I also have some yellow earrings.

This beauty is from Kate Garey for Urban Outfitters. I was too stingy to pay the £16 they were asking so I bought mine off ebay for less than a fiver. Win!


Hope you've enjoyed my deer.

Forever 21.

Nearly two weeks ago I went to London for the weekend.
The main reason I went was because two of my good friends from uni are both leaving the country. My friend Jess will be in Kenya now. She's there for 3 months then off to Australia for 3 months so I won't see her again for a long time :(
My other best friend Sophie is heading off to South Korea (again) for a minimum of 3 months. Sniff. It's not as bad though as Sophie will have the internet so we can skype (yey!)

While I was there I stayed with my friends, and ex-flatmates, Lucy and Harry.
In between meeting Jess and Sophie; Lucy and I went shopping and I finally got to go to Forever 21.

Even though it was a Saturday on Oxford Street I was loving it. The clothes were so well priced and lovely it was really hard to choose what to buy!

 I finally decided on these lovely things:

First up is a lovely red jumper that cost only £12.75! It looks great over dresses :)

This jumper cost £14.75 and is thin. I like thick jumpers but its so hard to find a good thin one! I'll be able to wear this when its cool and when its really cold I can layer.

My best find was probably this dress:

I'm in love! This cost £18.75!!! I couldn't believe my eyes it's so nice!

I also bought a couple of necklaces (it wouldn't be me without them!). I spent ages looking at them all and at one point I probably had at least 10 in my hands to decide between. I only let myself buy 2 though.

A lovely little woman who's ready for the winter months!

And a little brown dog.
Both cost a tiny £2.40 :)

Pre-School.

Today I started a Level 3 Diploma in the Children and Young People's Workforce at the Pre-School Learning Alliance in Gateshead. I'm so excited by it! I can't wait to get my placement sorted and started. I'm hopefully going to try and get into a special educational needs school so fingers crossed!
This week I'm also going back to Boot camp (Tuesday and Thursdays at 6pm) and on Wednesday I'm starting a Level 1 course in British Sign Language. Yesssssss.


As I was starting a new course I felt like giving myself pretty nails. What better than a bit of a rainbow pre-school style.

L-R: Barry M Peach Melba, BM Blue Moon, Topshop Parma Violet, BM Mint Green*, BM Pale Yellow.

The necklace that I wore today was this cute little rabbit from LLROK - but I actually bought it from ebay.

*Hello to Charlotte - can't wear mint green without thinking of her ;)

My Little Pony

My parents have been off work for two weeks (going back tomorrow) and they went to Whitby for the day with my sister. I was ill so didn't make it.
My mam bought me this cute necklace which is like My little Pony.

 It glows in the dark!

I hope everyones well, been really busy recently but have so much to blog about. I'm probably going to do a few posts today so this is short.