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Sum Up Sunday: Christmas 2015

Sunday, 3 January 2016


It's been two whole months since I wrote a Sum Up Sunday post, but what better time to restart then New Years? So I thought in my first post back this year I should probably cover what I got up to in the Christmas period.

To kick off my Christmas, Tim and I visited Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park for the first time ever, and it really got me in the mood for Christmas! We went to the Magical Ice Kingdom, which was full of beautiful ice sculptures, then to the Ice Bar which resulted in me having a very wet bottom, and ended our visit by going to the Circus! If you want to read more about our trip then I wrote about it on the blog here.

To get further into the Christmas Spirit Tim and bought some new bed sheets from Primark, which have reindeer on them, so that every time we went to sleep we could dream of Christmas... Cheesy right? Last Christmas was also the first that I made Christmas cake for my family and they turned out really well. The one above features a rather famous snowman from a certain Disney film, do you recognise him?

Christmas day itself was spent with my family, and was spent doing music quiz's, playing games, and eating way too much food. At one point we even decided to have a Mario Kart tournament, but that didn't last very long because my family have the attention span of a bowl of goldfish...

Then Boxing Day was spent with Tim's family, and this year was extra special as there are now three children in our life that we get to share Christmas with. It was so fun watching them open their presents. For two of them it was their first Christmas and they are still far too young to really know what is going on. My nephew Connor was far more interested in the bows that I put on the gifts than the gifts themselves, hilarious. My eldest niece Olivia was so infatuated with Connor, she kept cuddling him and watching him crawl around, it was so cute. Honestly my best boxing day ever, and it will only get better each year as they begin to understand Christmas and present giving...

Finally came New Years which Tim and I spent watching Harry Potter, and having a quiet night in. Even so we didn't end up going to bed until 3am and didn't get up until 1pm the next day! Something I haven't done since living at Uni. Considering that we had wasted most of the day we decided to head out to my mums to visit the dogs, and ended up having a new years day roast at my mum's. The highlight of my new years day had to be giving my dog Maizey her new bed. Normally she's a bit funny about getting new things, but she jumped straight into her new bed, and made me super happy! She's such a sweetheart honestly, I hate the fact that I only get to see her every few weeks...

Let me know in the comments what your favourite moment from your Christmas was!

Currently I'm:
Reading: The Christmas Cookie Club by Ann Pearlman
Listening To: 00's Music
Playing: Star Stable, and trying to complete all the Christmas quests
Feeling: Excited for the new year ahead
Looking Forward To: A fresh start
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Sum Up Sunday #26

Sunday, 4 October 2015

It has been over a month since I last did a Sum Up Sunday post, which I find completely crazy, but I guess I have just been super busy, and here is what I have been up to:

  1. New baking posts every week following the Great British Bake Off
  2. Visiting Family in Wakefield
  3. Assisting in the Hair and Makeup Department at Goodwood Revival, a vintage 40's/50's/60's/70's festival.
  4. Attempting to do some Halloween themed makeup tutorials for my Youtube channel
  5. Starting a New Job at a video game retailer

Wow writing it down in a list really makes me realise just how much I have been doing, and it's tiring me out just thinking about all the amazing stuff I have done... but instead of going on and on about each individual thing, why I don't I just share all the photos with you?


Food is always a massive part of my instagram, if you follow me there then you will already know this. The first picture above is some mini-pancakes I had in Westfields when I went after SITC 2015. The rest of the pictures (apart from the last one) are of my bakes that I have been doing for the Bloggers Bake Along to GBBO, and as it stands I haven't missed baking a single week! The final picture was a treat I actually had last weekend when Tim and I found out that Koppaberg (my favourite cider company) does an alcohol-free cider, so even though I've given up alcohol, I don't have to give up cider! You have no idea how happy this makes me...


For some reason the past month or so both my makeup, and my selfie game have gone up, not that I am complaining because IMO I look damn good! When I was at Goodwood myself and they other assistants were allowed to get our hair and makeup done by the team because we were on site for a lot of the day, so this meant I got to live a vintage look for three days in a row! The first two days I was stuck in the 50's and then on the last day I asked for a 60's look, which ended up being my personal favourite, and I was so surprised to find that I can rock a beehive!

Other than that the biggest change in my life these past months is that I have a new part time job. I work for a video game retailer, as a customer service advisor in their call centre. I don't want to name them because I know sometimes companies aren't always comfortable with their employee's talking about them on social media outside of work, (even though I have been told it's perfectly fine by my company), so I won't be doing it. All I will say is that so far it is probably the best place I have ever worked at. The atmosphere is amazing, everyone is like minded and everyone plays video games. On game release days they have contests and raffles where you have chances to win consoles etc. which I think is amazing. There are consoles set up in all of the staff areas for you to play on your breaks... Oh AND there is an onsite shop where you can go and buy games etc. and get an automatic staff discount, and it is an exact copy of their actual retail outlets, and it's literally just in the middle of the office. It's so cool... I've currently only been there for two weeks, but it's probably the best two working weeks I have ever had... I am currently on a temporary contract to cover the peak period of the year, but I am hoping and praying that come January they will want to keep me on!

Currently I'm:
Reading: The Scorch Trials by James Dashner (still...)
Listening To: Fall Out Boy!
Playing: Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer
Feeling: Tired after a long working week, but very content
Looking Forward To: Seeing Fall Out Boy next week!!!
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Sum Up Monday #25

Monday, 24 August 2015

 Dying my hair blue, volunteering at Summer in the City, Travelling Selfie, Temporary Tattoos with meaning.

It's been a busy few weeks for me, what with a long weekend up and London for Summer in the City, and then a trip up to Wakefield this past weekend, I am seriously tired out!

Let's start with Summer and the City, this year Tish and I decided to volunteer this year, which meant we got to spend time with lots of awesome people who are just like us! We travelled up on the Thursday so that we would be nice and rested for Creator Day on the Friday. Creator Day was our only day to ourselves so we made the most of it and went to some panels, including 'Self Shooting' and 'Production on a Shoestring'. These were both run by people from the Youtube London space, and were really informative. There were also a tonne of booths there from charities to universities, and there was masses of merch, and even a craft fair! I picked up some awesome Harry Potter themed badges, and a ceramic Jack Russell necklace which was too cute to pass up, and of course I couldn't leave without getting an official SITC shirt!

Then on Saturday and Sunday Tish and I were volunteering for 8 hours a day, which turned out to be both amazing, and amazing tiring. I was a 'directional/roaming' volunteer which basically means I was wondering around the open areas, and managing any impromptu meetup lines that formed. Which was both very stressful and fulfilling, considering there was a serious issue on the Saturday with a panel that Dan and Phil were involved in. Then on Sunday I was lucky enough to have a FOUR HOUR free period, so I got to attend a lot of awesome panels, including watching some of my favourite 'tubers play Mario Kart 8 and get all competitive with each other. I honestly couldn't be happier that I met some amazing people that I am definitely keeping in touch with!

Spending time with Jade, Living in a Castle, A sandy beach, You're never too old to wear a tiara.

Then this weekend Tim and I made the long trip up to Wakefield to see Jade and her boy Jared, and they had a whole weekend of fun planned for us! On Saturday we travelled up to York, and wandered around the shops, bought some expensive fudge, and just generally had a good old wander. We also went into the Disney store and I found some Tiara's that I am desperate to own. Then on Sunday we went all the way to Bridlington to spend a day at the Seaside. We went to a Shell shop and Jade and I picked up matching bracelets (you know because we are besties!). Then we saw some little boats that you could drive around, and decided to go on them, and I made Tim agree to let me drive of course! In the evening we went to Taybarns, an all you can eat restaurant that had BBQ, a Cavery and a spice food section, and I ate SO MUCH that I could barely move afterwards... all in all a top weekend all round!

Currently I'm:
Reading: The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
Listening To: Disney Songs
Playing: Star Stable again 
Feeling: Happy to be sleeping in my own bed.
Looking Forward To: A long weekend alone with my man next week...
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Sum Up Sunday #24

Sunday, 9 August 2015

From Top to Bottom: My Nephew is cuter than yours!, Black Forest Birthday Cake, Inflatable Cone of Shame, Summer Mocktails, Breaking Makeup Rules, Cleaning a Million Brushes.

This week has all in all been a pretty boring one for me, well right up until the weekend that is! This week I started something that I have wanted to do for the longest time, Daily Vlogs! I haven't managed to do one every single day just yet as I am still getting used to doing it, but you can see the ones that I have made over on my Youtube channel here. Ever since I first started watching Youtube videos back when I was 13/14 I wanted to make vlogs, but I never really had the confidence, but now I seem to have got my Youtube channel onto some thought of track, I thought it was about time I gave it a go!

This week also saw the return of the Great British Bake Off, which you should all know by now, is one of my all time favourite TV shows! That means it was the first official week of the #Bloggersbakealong that I took part in, and Tim wanted me to make him a Black Forest Gateau for his birthday BBQ. Thankfully having bought the new GBBO book the week before I found a recipe immediately, and on Friday I went over to my Nan's house (where I would be storing the cake until the BBQ) and made it. It turned out pretty amazing, and I have had nothing but compliments from everyone who has seen/eaten the cake, which I am very pleased about. Considering that making the thing really REALLY tired me out! You can check out how I made it here. 

Then yesterday it was time for Tim's birthday BBQ. Even though his birthday isn't until next weekend, we decided to celebrate it with family this weekend, as I will be away in London next weekend for Summer in the City! When planning the BBQ I had the idea that we could have mocktails, and then I found these cute Jar glasses in Tesco, and I just knew we had to make them... We found a tonne of recipes online that we liked, but ultimately settled on two different cocktails, a sparkling cranberry punch and a citrus cooler that we added grenadine to, which made the perfect sunset cocktails! There were a hit with everyone that attended, well that was until they began attracting the wasps who seemed to enjoy them as much as we did! I was very lucky that Tim's sister brought her son out to see us so there were plenty of cuddles had, and we discovered that he quite likes taking selfies!

What have you been up to this week?

Currently I'm:
Reading: The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
Listening To: Oldschool Eminem
Playing: Star Stable again (now that my subscription has been renewed)
Feeling: Tired after a long weekend
Looking Forward To: Summer in the City!! (still)




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Sum Up Monday #23

Monday, 3 August 2015

From Top Left to Bottom Right: Comfortable Cat, New Running Shoes, Cinema Selfie #1, Inside Out Sippy Cups, Baking again, Sven and Olaf, Cinema Selfie #2, GBBO New Book, Walking Maizey.


I'm surprised with what I have managed to get done last week to be honest. I've been to the cinema twice, starting running, done some baking for the first time in seven months, and managed to take my dog for a stunning country walk!

Let's start with the cinema. Tim and I both get the Meerkat Movies 2 for 1 cinema tickets, so we decided to go to the cinema twice last week! Firstly we went to see Inside Out which I have been dying to see since I first saw the trailer... When we got to the concessions we saw they had these sippy cups with the characters on top, and I knew I had to have one. I went for Sadness and Tim opted for Anger, which is funny because they both turned out to be our favourite characters in the entire movie! I don't want to give too much away but it was such a good film, and was very true to the Pixar aesthetic, and there were even a few tear jerker moments included. There was also a really cool Pixar short shown at the beginning about two volcanoes that was super cute!

Then the next night we opted for something the complete opposite and went to see a new horror film, The Gallows. I don't know what we really expected with this but honestly Tim and I were both pretty on edge watching this. Although I was disappointed to see it followed the whole 'hand-held' camera trend that has become super popular among horror films ever since Paranormal Activity was released, I was actually pleasantly surprised. If there is one thing that this film has in spades, it is suspense... There were points in the film where I was literally holding my breathe because it was so tense. I was surprised that there was actually a pretty good twist at the end that I personally didn't see coming, although Tim claims he knew pretty early on in the film. Either way this one is definitely worth a watch!

Last week also saw the first time in SEVEN MONTHS that I have baked anything. I literally cannot fathom how it has been that long since I last baked something... Anyway, as you may know if you read my blog I am taking part in a Bake Along with GBBO challenge and myself and the other bloggers were far too excited to wait until GBBO started (this wednesday) and so we set ourselves the challenge of making something from one of the Ex-Contestants. I made myself some Pain au chocolat blanc made by the one and only Louis from last season. You can check out how they turned out here

Finally yesterday Tim and I went over to see Maizey and decided to take her for a long summer walk. It was a good opportunity for me to show Tim some of my Village that he has never seen, and also to take Maizey on a walk that she had never done before! We managed to find a random pile of logs on our trial and decided to used them as a photo opportunity, and it actually turned out pretty well!

What have you been up to the past week?

Currently I'm:
Reading: I've literally just finished Evil in Return by Elena Forbes
Listening To: Oldschool Eminem
Playing: Flash games online
Feeling: Excited for GBBO on Wednesday
Looking Forward To: Summer in the City!! (still)

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Sum Up Sunday #22

Sunday, 26 July 2015

Top left to bottom right: Tapir makeup, Mermaid Shirt, Falsies, Sunshine Selfie, Pictures from little ones, Brighton Pier, Organising my Lush stuff, A lovely Lush bath, Car Journey selfie.

A few weeks have passed since my last Sum Up Sunday, and they have certainly been interesting ones!

If you read this blog often then you will know that Tim and I went to Brighton last Sunday, and had an amazing day. We had a look round the shops... went to the beach... had fun on the pier... and ended up having a lovely meal at Smokey's. If you want to see more about our trip then you can check it out here.

Other than that I have been working hard trying to get my website up and running so that I can FINALLY launch my career as a self-employed makeup artist... I am applying for jobs in the mean time, but will start properly advertising my services once my website is up!

Also in the last few weeks I got the news that my sister and I have been accepted as volunteers at Summer in the City, the London based Youtube gathering, that we have attended for the past few years. This year was the first year we applied to volunteer and we couldn't be more excited for it to be honest! I vlogged last years event if you want to take a look at it, but it's essentially a gathering for fans and creators, and there are meetups, panels and even performances from some Youtube musicians! I'm mostly excited to meet like minded people that are as obsessed with Youtube as I am! If you are going to SITC then please let me know in the comments as I would love to meet up!

Reading: Evil in Return by Elena Forbes
Listening To: Summer playlists on Spotify
Playing: Star Stable (another obsession has returned)
Feeling: Excited for all I have planned in August
Looking Forward To: Summer in the City!!

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Sum Up Sunday #20

Sunday, 28 June 2015

Couple's Selfie, Iron Man Makeup, New Youtube Video, A giant fan in our room, Playing with table confetti, New jelly sandals.

This week has been all about getting my life back on track. I had a doctors appointment, and an appointment with the HR department at work discuss me coming back. I've also spent the week being back on a diet, which has been surprisingly easy to follow. I am back on the Weight Watchers diet and this time I am doing the pro-points diet instead of filling and healthy meaning it is much harder for me to have a sneak snack and justify it as I have to write EVERYTHING down. Thankfully there is an iPhone app making it so much easier for me to make sure that I am on track. So much so that I managed to lose weight on my first week, yay!

This week I did my first proper makeup tutorial on my Youtube channel, and it was an Iron Man look, and it turned out way better than expected, if you want to see that you can check it out here.

Finally today I attended the Christening of my newest cousin, Eve. She is six months old and is seriously one of the cutest babies I have ever seen. Plus it was nice to see another family member being Christened in our family church, where we have ALL been Christened, and where hopefully one day my children will be Christened too!

Let me know what you have been up to this week in the comments below...

Reading: Nothing, I am picking my next read as I type
Listening To: Taylor Swift - Bad Blood
Playing: Games on my iPhone
Feeling: Nervous and excited
Looking Forward To: Going back to my job


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May Roundup!

Sunday, 31 May 2015

My finals photos, Decoration at my training, new watch, Snapple my favourite drink, Cuddles with the nephew, barn owl handling, Lush Oxford Street, Pamper evening face and foot mask, White chocolate waffle.

May has been quite a weird month for me, and a lot has happened this month. I started a new job, went to London for training, met another owl, and had some pampering and baby cuddles...

As so much has happened I thought that it was only right that I talked about some of the highlights of the month for me!


I went to a chocolate making evening in Reading, and got to make some yummy treats. As soon as I walked through the door I was hit by the smell of chocolate. That was due to the three huge vats of chocolate in the back of the room, one white, one milk and one dark... It was amazing... On the table in front of us was a huge selection of sweets to use on our chocolate, although most of them made it into our mouths before it did our chocolate...

We got to select our favourite flavour of chocolate to be the base of our bars, and we could even swirl them with other chocolates, which I attempted to do... badly I might add! Then we got to stuff our bars full of sweets. Once they were done we moved onto making a chocolate lollipop, and three truffles. By then end of the evening I felt sick with the amount of sweets and chocolate that I had eaten but I still had an amazing time!


The day before I went off to do my training Tim and I decided to go and spend the day in London hunting down some of the Shaun the Sheep sculptures that are currently all over London. They are all based on different themes and sponsored by different companies, and the idea is that you try and find as many as you possibly can. There are free maps you can get and specific trials you can follow, but honestly the maps were so confusing that Tim and I gave up after finding a mere eight Shaun's. That was about the time we headed to Lush Oxford street which you've already heard a tonne about.

I hope you've all had a good May, I know I have, and I hope that my year continues to be full and interesting!

This Week I'm...

Reading: Lots and lots of blogs
Listening To: A 90's Playlist on Spotify
Playing: CSI on Xbox 360
Feeling: Lost at the moment to be honest
Looking Forward To: Getting better

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Sum Up Sunday #11

Sunday, 8 February 2015


This week I turned 23... *sigh* Every birthday since I have turned twenty becomes a day of massive cringing whenever someone mentions my age, because I hate growing older. Now don't get me wrong, I can appreciate that I am still rather young, however being the eldest of my generation in my family, whenever I gain another year I feel so old...

My birthday was spent in bed, on my laptop, playing games, and cuddling with my boyfriend, and to be honest there is no better way to spend a birthday.

Other than that, this week my life has been spent coughing, sneezing, and trying to make my temperature relatively normal. Yes, I have had a serious cough/cold/flu/plague this week. I think I am finally coming towards the end of it now, which is good new seeing as I have a major week next week... I hope that none of you have suffered as bad as I have this week!

Quite a short one this week seeing as I have been ill, next week will be full of tales of all I have learnt at Makeup school! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!

This Week I'm...

Reading: The Complete Makeup Artist by Penny Delamar (in preparation for next week)
Listening To: I Write Sins Not Tragedies by Panic! At The Disco
Playing: Star Stable (still not bored of it)
Feeling: Don't know if I'm elated or gassy, but I'm somewhere in that zone!
Looking Forward To: Living my new life as of next week!

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Sum Up Sunday #10

Sunday, 1 February 2015



This week was the end of an era for me to be honest. On Tuesday I spent my last day working at Vodafone as a contractor, meaning the start of me chasing my dream career, which is scary but exciting all at once!

Then on Tuesday evening I headed on over to Winchester to visit my sister at university, we spent the evening playing Cards Against Humanity, which proved to be hilarious. Then on Wednesday I was treated to my sister cooking for me for the first time ever, and we had a chicken and bacon pasta bake, which was really yummy even if I do say so myself. Next I decided to share my Mug Cake recipe with all of her flatmates, and we all sat around the table and made our own. The measurements weren't very precise though and as a result we had a few explosions! They still tasted amazing though. That evening we went out to the student union all dressed up as cops and robbers, and I was pretty disappointed when the SU shut at 1pm!! When I was at uni our SU never shut until 3am... The party didn't stop there though as we carried on drinking back at the flat, and I can honestly say I don't think I have ever drank that much in my life, even when I was at uni. Needless to say the next day I was pretty vile, and it took me a good few days to recover properly... honestly, never, again.

Yesterday I had a mini birthday party with Tim and my brother and sister, which was quite fun, we played a few games, and had some challenges. The prize was a £10 Amazon voucher and my brother won!

Today I have another birthday celebration, this time a meal out with family, so it should be considerably more chilled out than the rest of my week has been...

This week I'm...

Reading: The Hen who dreamed she could fly (STILL)
Listening to: Old 'Now' music albums and reminiscing..
Playing: Star Stable online (someone send help, it's so addictive)
Feeling: Sad that I am almost 23!
Looking Forward to: Starting my new life...
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Sum Up Sunday #9

Sunday, 25 January 2015


This week has been full of ups and downs for me. Tim and I had a bit of a naughty week on the diet, and it really showed when I weighed myself this morning and had put on weight, Tim however still lost a pound!!! Cheeky sod... Anyway I know where I went wrong and I'm determined not to make a repeat of it this week.

Pictured above is the first dessert I made from my No bake baking book that Tim got me for Christmas, it's a chocolate chip cookie and cream cake. I only had a few slices of this last Sunday, but that really set me off for a bad week on my diet. One night we had a mortgage advisor over and he didn't leave until almost 9pm and neither of us really wanted to cook, so we had a takeaway. THEN on Friday as I was about to start cooking Chimichangas for dinner I realised we didn't have some key ingredients, so we ordered Pizza instead... I know, super naughty. This week I'm hoping to be much better although I am going out with my Sister on Wednesday and also having my birthday party next weekend, means that I may not lose weight again this week, I just aim to not put any on!

Also this week Tim and I have been making big plans for the future, which involves me finally following my dreams, and us moving in with his parents for a few months so that we will be in a better financial position to buy a house by the end of the year. So my head is spinning with dreams for our future together, but most of all my head is reeling with all the ideas I have been having since signing up for my course. 

I'm just a complete bundle of excitement at the moment...

This week I'm...
Reading: The Hen who dreamed she could fly (still)
Listening To: Fall Out Boy: Centuries
Playing: Star Stable Online
Feeling: SUPER EXCITED
Looking Forward to: Getting to be a student again for one night!

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Sum Up Sunday #7

Sunday, 11 January 2015

Wowzer this week has been a busy one... Monday was the first day of my new life, I started my Weight Watchers diet, starting actually planning my blog, and started exercising daily. I have been very focused on myself this week, and so my Instagram seems to have suffered, I only have three to share with you this week!


The first thing I did this week was finally organise my blog schedule. You may have noticed that I have posted every day this month so far, and it's mostly down to this beauty. This calender actually came from this set of free printables from Every Day Enchanting, I've actually got different post it notes on it now, these were ones from a 'List Book' from Paper chase that I happened to have at the time! I hope this something that I carry on with for the rest of this year, and I hope you guys enjoy my more regular posting!


As mentioned above I started a new diet this week, and it is Weight Watchers. We are doing the Filling and Healthy version of the diet. You basically have a list of foods that are 'free' and you can eat as much as you like of these, it's mostly fruit or vegetables, and some meat. Then you get 49 pro-points a week to use on the non-list items. Tim and I were craving something biscuit-like and I found this recipe on Pinterest. The only thing you need to count in this recipe is the chocolate chips, because the other two ingredients are on the free list! They are made from Banana, Oats and chocolate chips, and that is it.. They are that simple, and they are quite tasty.


Another recipe for my diet, three ingredient pancakes! I also got this one from Pinterest (it's seriously amazing for finding things like this), they are made from banana, egg, and cinnamon. As you can see I added some blueberries to mine to make them extra yummy. Best of all, these ingredients are on the Weight Watchers filling and healthy list, so I can technically have as many of these as I like!


Finally this week I got to meet my newest cousin, Eve. She was born on New Years Eve (hence the name) and she is so tiny and beautiful... She fell asleep on me for almost two hours, and I honestly couldn't stop staring her... Seriously broody over here right now!

This week I'm...

Reading: The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang
Listening To: Earthquake by Labrinth
Playing: Mario Kart 3DS (a new addition to my collection)
Feeling: Broody!
Looking Forward To: Giving Eve some more cuddles...



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Sum Up Sunday #5

Sunday, 28 December 2014

From top left to bottom right: Cute box for my new hobby, Pajama Selfie with the boyf, Christmas Jumper, Christmas Make-up, Christmas Selfie game with the sis, Cuddles with my doggy, Maizey thinks she's a cat, Chocolate Mousse Cake, Getting Tim's niece to sleep.

This week was Christmas! If you didn't know that then where have you been? It's been a very fun, and also very tiring week, I can't wait to use the next week to relax...

I've decided to pick up a new hobby, and I needed a box to keep all my stuff in for that hobby, so after a quick trip into TK Maxx I spotted this adorable Parisian style box, and it's the perfect size for all of my things.

For Christmas Eve, Tim and I decided to start a new tradition whereby we buy each other Christmassy Pajamas, and it just so happened that this year, our pajamas matched. 

Then comes all the Christmas Day photos, which of course feature lots of selfies. I bought Maizey a Christmas dress, and she loved it and looked so cute in it! She wanted lot of Christmas Day cuddles, and I even managed to get her to attempt to open her Christmas present (a new dog bed). Christmas Day was also the first time that I have ever worn properly red lipstick, and I think I liked it... 

On Boxing Day Tim and I headed over to his families for our second Christmas Day and we got to have lots of cuddles with his Niece. She was feeling a little under the weather and was fighting not to go to sleep, so I laid her down and rocked her to sleep. Tim was seriously impressed with me!

This Week I'm...

Reading: All the baking books that I have been bought for Christmas, and struggling to decide what to bake.
Listening to: The Frozen Soundtrack (Agian)
Feeling: Tired after a long week of Christmas Festivities!
Looking Forward to: Sleeping in every day for the next week, before having to go back to work!

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