Week in Photos #34 / Week in Post #19

Monday, October 31, 2011
Sorry for putting this up late, I was pretty hungover and good for nothing yesterday to be honest! I went out drinking all day Saturday, the only food I ate was breakfast. That is my excuse for being so drunk!

This week has been...

CUTE


Flick has been sleeping in some cute positions this week, I've had to move the DVDs from on top of the TV box now as she loves it under there! She also loves my fleecy blanket!

FUN


I went out for my cousin's 30th birthday on Saturday, we went out all day so I was a state! I got into the Halloween spirit with my outfit, I annoyingly forgot to take any decent photos for the blog! I had cobweb tights & black and orange socks on. I used black and green eyeshadow on my eyes.
I saw Mark when I was out who informed me that he occasionally reads my blog, Hi if you're reading Mark - your mug is now on my blog haha!

SIMPLE

Crumpets and a cuppa! Can't beat it, so simple yet so enjoyable!

SPOOKY
 Today is Halloween. I'm also quite scared on Halloween, its not of the ghosts or anything, just the chavs on the streets with eggs. Thankfully I haven't seen anything like that. I've had two lots of trick or treaters so far, the last lot were young girls with their parents, I opened the door to 'Happy Halloween!' so cute!
I'm hoping I don't get many more because I want all this chocolate, I know, selfish.

NAILED

 I'm not going to do an NOTD for my Halloween nails because they are so lame compared to some that I have seen, here they are though.

YUM
The new double pizza for Iceland. Amazing. One layer of cheese and garlic then another layer of chicken and bacon. Diet and went to heaven.

Week in Post #19

This week I've received...
Cobweb tights from eBay

The lovely headband that Lisa kindly donated for my giveaway



Christmas Wishlist #1

Thursday, October 27, 2011
Its that time of the year again, the time where I start making wish lists that I might actually get! All of these items bar number 1 and 2 went on my list to the in-laws yesterday. I have had confirmation that I may get most of them - excited!

1. Keep calm mug set £15.29  2. Sigma Dry n Shape $29  3. 25 piece Monster Nail Stamping Plates £16.99 4. 21 piece Monster Nail Stamping Plates £14.99  5.  Urban Decay The Black Palette £18.95
 6. Konad Special polish in Black £5.95  7. Konad Special polish in white £7.39  8. Temporary Secretary 12 item lucky dip £20

This is just a small selection, I will be posting a few more of these in the run up to Christmas.

What are you lusting after for Christmas this year?


300 Follower Giveaway

Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Hi all, I've recently reached 300 followers so wanted to hold a giveaway to say thanks! I really do appreciate each and everyone of you who has clicked that follow button! I know we all say it but I really do mean it. I remember getting excited because I had 8 followers and wasn't far off 10, I can't believe how much its grown! Crazy stuff!


There will be two prizes, both will be picked using random.org.

First prize will receive a turban headband kindly donated by Dainty Roses, a choice of ring and earings from Lea's Gems (choices pictured below), a belt size M/L, a Primark double ring size L, a mini can of Superdrug's dry shampoo, MUA blusher shade 4, MUA lipstick shade 13 and an MUA intense glitter eyeliner in Starry night.

Second prize will get a ring and pair of earings from Lea's Gems.








Now for the boring bit, the rules!


1.  You must be a follower of my blog to enter (please let me know how you follow in your comment)
2.  Comment below with whatever you like, all I ask is that you are polite! I hate rude giveaway entries!
3.  Leave your email address so that I can contact you if you win
4.  You must have parents permission if you are under 16, sorry but I don't want to be accused of grooming!
7.  Giveaway will close at 5pm on Thursday 03 November 2011
8. UK only - sorry

Please note that if you do not comply with the above rules your entry will not be counted, also if for whatever reason I don't believe that you are a genuine follower I will not count your entry.

There are no additional entries for this giveaway as I don't want to attract the freebie hunters but I would appreciate it you follow Dainty Roses on Twitter and / or her personal blog.

Once again, thank you all so much for your support and good luck!

Lisa from Dainty Roses has also very generously given my readers an exclusive discount. You can buy two velvet/jersey turban headbands for £10 (usually £7 each) just click on this link to be directed to the discount page. This offer will expire on Sunday 06 November.

Disclaimer - all prizes bar the headband from Dainty Roses were paid for by me as a way of saying thanks to my local readers. 




All Hallows Eve... (photo heavy)

Monday, October 24, 2011
As I'm sure you're aware Halloween is just around the corner. This year I won't be doing anything for it as it is my cousin's 30th birthday so I am going out to celebrate that this weekend instead.

Last year Spencer and I had a house party and, even if I do say it myself, it was pretty awesome! We decorated the house and everyone came dressed in amazing outfits.

Here are some photos of the house and the outfits...
fireplace with flash

fireplace without flash

bloody footprints in the bath

bloody handprints on the shower screen





Spencer aka big bad wolf / nanny from Red Riding Hood

me aka Lil Dead Riding Hood







Edward Scissorhands rocking out!



and the aftermath...



Are you doing anything for Halloween this year?


Edit : all of the decorations were bought from eBay

I have linked to similar items
Bloody footprints
Bloody handprints
Halloween Toilet Sticker
Crashed witch poster
Halloween Caution tape

For the walls we just ripped up lots of black bags and blu tacked them on, we are still picking bits of bag and blu tack off the wall...





Lusting After...Autumnal Peter Pan Collars

I've always loved Peter Pan Collars but due to a lack of funds only actually own one item of clothing with a Peter Pan collar! I really need to sort this out. Along with Peter Pan collars I'm also loving this seasons rust and mustard colours, so what more could I want than these two things combined. These are a few of my favourite picks...Autumnal Peter Pan Collars

From left to right, top to bottom - Liberty £190, ROMWE £30.68, Miss Selfridge £20, Need Supply Co. $390, Zara $79.90, Bank £25, Warehouse £38

What are your favourite trends and colours this season?



Week in Photos #33

Sunday, October 23, 2011
This week has been...

DREAMY - These orange crunch chocolates are what my dreams are made of. They are gorgeous. Spencer and I nearly fell out over them because we both wanted them to ourselves.

YUMMY - Steak, peppercorn sauce and Spanish potatoes. Enough said.

BARGAINOUS- can you believe that this delicious meal only cost £3.49? I had it in the little O'Neills in Cardiff on Friday.

TASTY - I tried my sample of Baileys Biscotti and it was very nice. Obviously the larger glass is mine.

CATTY - next door had a new kitten a while ago (the little fella on the right). He has now started going out and my cats hate him! They are both spitting at him all the time! This is him trying to escape from the bathroom window yesterday, quite a big drop. I contacted said neighbour to let her know, she then pulled him back in through the window.

FUN - IKEA for me is always a fun day out. I needed another shelf for my nail varnish collection and some blinds for the bedroom. Spencer measured the bathroom window instead for some reason so we bought blinds for the bathroom. We need to replace all the blinds so it wasn't a huge problem. Just means going back another time with the bedroom measurements. 
While I was there it would of been rude not to have some meatballs and cake!

DECORATIVE - we are slowly decorating our bedroom. I picked up some paint samples for the feature wall, I think I'm going to go with Pearl Grey (left) as the main reason for getting rid of the purple feature wall was that it was too dark and the Cool Grey (right) is quite dark.

NAUGHTY - ASDA make your own pizza and cheesy garlic bread. So bad but so good.

STARSTRUCK - I love Kam and Sally, they wake me up every morning on Capital FM's breakfast show! They were in Cardiff for the rugby on Friday. I tweeted them to say I was going to find them, when I found them they knew who I was from my tweet, impressive! They had also read my tweet out on the radio!



PROUD - Spencer and I watched the live screen of the Welsh rugby game in the Millenium Stadium on Friday. It was so nice to see that so many people had gone to the effort to go and support the team. The match kicked off at 8.30am so it was a long day but well worth it. The screen was huge and the sense of 
camaraderie and pride was really quite overwhelming.


PAINFUL - I'm always harassing my cats and chasing them around. Kitty got her revenge the other night. I went to pick up and she ran behind the banister, as a result I whacked my arm on the banister! It really hurt and I have a mahoosive bruise! Every time someone touches my arm I squeal in pain. Poor me.

Other non-photographed goings on have included:
  • A meal with the girls from work on Friday evening, followed by drinks at a local pub.
  • Friends visiting with their baby daughter yesterday, it made me realise that I really do need to make more of an effort to catch up with friends. Never see them enough.
  • Discovering that Dee is a fellow Stereophonics fan, next time they are playing in Cardiff I am going to try and convince her to come over for it, she doesn't know yet.

What have you been up to this week?