Another year, Another Birthday!

I celebrated my birthday in style this year. Myself, my twin and two of our good friends decided to book a weekend away and what better place to choose then Centerparcs.

 You can walk for miles, through the dense woodland or just a relaxing stroll around the lakes there is just endless amounts to see.

We never struggled to find things to do, they have so many activities available for all ages, you can hire a bike for the entire weekend, seems as there is quite a distance from one place to the next these are ideal if you're not a fan of long walks. 

They also have the subtropical swimming paradise, with numerous slides, rapids and not to forget the Tropical cyclone that I can guarantee is not for the faint hearted (take my advice) I wont be going on that again any time soon.

We also visited the boat house on the Sunday Afternoon.

How else could you possibly spend your Sunday, then sitting in the front of the pedalo going across a lake as beautiful as this.

As many of you already know, I am privileged to share my birthday with someone very special to me. My twin Sister Laura, being a twin is something i should never take for granted even though we have our differences life without her would be incomplete,

What's a birthday without plenty of presents to open, I love how my Partner knows me so well without even asking he showered me with presents all of the things i wanted, I'm a very lucky girl!




These perfect floral Vintage cases, are possibly the cutest bedroom accessory, they blend in superbly with my white bedroom furniture and give it that extra shabby chic look!

Yankee Candles, now who doesn't love the smell of Yankee Candles? My Yankee candles came in a pack of six with some of the best smells! I now get a choice of which one to light.

This has to be my favourite present out of them all, my brand new Ice watch. With the white straps and the sophisticated purple around the lining. In my eyes this is as stylist as it gets. I do try to wear it everyday, but am terrified of getting it dirty, i spend most my working day cleaning it.

I'm jetting off on holiday in less the 3 weeks so keep posted, for my affordable holiday clothes and  must have accessories, My first proper Holiday in 10 years so this could be the best blog post yet.

The little things in life

Addictive personality, obsessive personality? Call it what you like, anything that is collectable and cute, you can guarantee I'm going to start collecting it.

As you all know i keep a journal, buying myself a new Journey every year was like a whole new start, but my obsession for notebooks has spiralled slightly out of control. 

These are only a few of my new ones, you'd think I've gone absolute mad if you saw them all.

Now your all thinking what possibly could i write in all these notebooks? That doesn't even matter. me personally if i don't write something down i will most certainly forget it by the next day!

Money is a women's biggest treasures, what she has to save, bills and most importantly what we have to spend on ourselves. Because lets put it this way girls if we didn't write it down, where would all our wages be by the end of pay day!

STAMPS!

Lets face it what is the real purpose of stamps? In all honesty nothing really, its the little things in life that bring out the big kid in myself and probably many others.

As i said if its cute and collectable i want it, i received my first stamp set a Christmas last year, brought kindly by my twin sister. My little pink one is from Monsoon Acessorize and comes in an adorable little holdall case.

The second stamp set is what i purchased for myself, from Wilkinson for only £2.50 and the little ink pad is from hobby craft! What a shop, i could spend ages in there thinking/looking at all of the little things i could make in my spare time.

Stamps can make your routine and organised notebooks look that little bit more appealing, there also great for handmade cards.

So for all of you, who would want to release the creative side we all have, keep posted as i plan to start making my own handmade cards.

Smelling sensational

Smelling and looking good is an necessity for any young women of my age, you can look fantastic but smelling good is just as important. Who doesn't love going out and smelling loads of perfumes and getting completely overwhelmed of which one to buy. Is it me or do they just all smell the same after a while?

Here are some of my much loved perfumes that i couldn't do without, weather it being everyday use or that perfect evening with girlfriends or the one you love :)

 Nina Ricci

Red bottle- Nina 

Pale pink bottle- Nina L'eau

Dark pin bottle- Ricci Ricci

Nina Ricci perfumes have to be my ultimate favourite, i very rarely leave the house with out spraying myself with one of these beauts! There cute little bottles are just the icing on the cake, i love anything that looks this good and smell just amazing.

Anna Sui 

Pink bottle- Flight of Fantasy

Purple bottle- Night of fantasy

I can honestly say i don't give these perfumes the use they deserve, these two perfumes are perfect for that evening out with girlfriends and special occasions. They have a scent that can be rather sweet, so certainly not for someone who enjoys a more softer smelling perfume. But again the design of these bottles are unique and that's what i love most about them.

Emporio Armani 

Emporio Armani sits in a complete different league of amazing then all of my perfumes, this perfume is a must have, it has such a lovely soft scent but can be rather pricey. Its so amazing i could literally bath in this perfume.If i could use this everyday without costing me an absolute fortune life would be bliss!

All of my perfumes are at an affordable price and for those who love those sweet smelling perfumes, these are the ones for you. Nina Ricci has also launched a new perfume which im dying to get my mitts on and my shelf is looking abit bare so i certainly plan to go out and spend abit of well earned cash on some new ones just like these, so keep posted.

A splendid bank Holiday Weekend

How did you spend your Bank Holiday weekend? Possibly not as exciting as mine, okay we didn't have the perfect weather, why let that stop you from enjoying time with the your favourite people in the world.

A big well done

I started my bank Holiday off at work unfortunately, it was no ordinary Saturday though, throughout the week we managed to raise a staggering £1036 for Cancer Research, my contribution was cake baking, cakes and raffle was on sale all week, and some of the girls took part in the race for life.

                                                     
Sunday night Indian

                                                       

Me and the other half  decided to try out a new Indian restaurant called Zara's on Sunday evening just outside of our local town, no more then a 15min drive. What other excuse does a girl need to get herself a new dress, curl your hair and experiment with make-up. 

This dress is sightly more daring them what I'm used too. I absolutely adore this dress, only £15 in the New look sale, my necklace is from Forever 21 sale, for an amazing £4. I love curly hair, but i am naturally straight so with the help of some Loreal Hairspray and my beloved GHD'S my hair can go pretty crazy. 

Bank Holiday Monday

Like most days off myself and my other half struggled to find something to do for the day, there's not much that goes on in our small town. With very little funds to enjoy at the moment due to our big savings for our new dream home.

We decided to take the half hour journey down to Enfield for the afternoon, I'm a massive animal lover and have been since a youngster. If i could feel my home with cute animals i would, but lets be realistic. My boyfriends idea are pets are slightly different to mine, im all for the cute and cuddly. My boyfriend on the other hand would like to invest in two baby turtles when we move in, feeling optimistic i decided to go and have a look at some (just to keep him quiet)

So i was wrong just because there not fluffy and cuddly, doesn't mean there not cute, this little guy was pretty adorable, he was trying to nibble my finger through the glass and followed it up and down the tank. Yes, i wanted to take him home! 

These bigger turtles on the other hand, i can honestly say are rather scary and do not appeal to me as a great pet at all. We plan to buy mud Turtles that grow no more then 4-5 inches and can live up to 10 years, the set up of there environment is essential, we have a lot of researching to do, to ensure our new little pets are properly looked after. A great day out with very little expensive, with plenty of cute and cool things to look at.



Keep posted for more days and nights out that doesn't have to cost you very much at all :)

Bonkers about Florals

My floral collection for this summer has spiralled out of control. I've lost all control to buy anything with floral prints on, im noticing even baby clothes have been overtaken by floral print, girls obviously. Visited Asda George recently and was over-whelmed with a huge selection of gorgeous girls floral print baby clothes, this is were i had to stop, im pretty sure my other half would of had a heart attack if i were to bring baby clothes home.

This cute little leotard is from new look, selling at another amazing price of just £12.99!

Me and my Beautiful girlfriends can never resist a night at our local Club for a the ultimate boogie night, who doesn't love a good old dance to some 80's hits, especially when we're celebrating our bank holidays. I decided to put my floral print leotard with some nice black shorts and some cute pumps.

So my holiday this year got so much more exciting, these skorts are being kept for my weekend break to Centerparcs in August, i can not wait to wear them. With a nice vest top, and some wedges, without a doubt I'll struggle to take them off all holiday. There Amazzzing :)

Have you ever seen a cushion this pretty in your life? I've wanted this cushion for so long and im so glad i waited, cos i got it at an absolute bargain it was recently reduced from £20 to £10, i purchased it at BHS (British home stores) its complete fate it was the last one there and just staring at me. This will look so prefect in my new flat (when i eventually get there)

Keep posted for my must have this summer, and for all those cute little things us girls love for my upcoming new home, i assure you they aren't all floral. That would be completely bonkers, right?

Drawings

                Its been a busy few weeks and I've  regrettably neglected my blog, but im back and there was no other post i thought wouldn't be more perfect then for you to learn an interesting fact about me.

Whilst most young children were out climbing trees and causing havoc, i have to say i was quite the opposite i lived a sheltered life compared to some and enjoy nothing more then my own company. Not too often though, this i when i found my passion for drawing and first love of horses. So as you can see i put the two together and spent most my days learning to draw.

I've been wanting to share my drawings for a while and can admit these are quite old drawings, as finding time nowadays to sit down with my sketch book does't happen as much as I'd like it to.

These are just a small section of my art work, i have so much sketch books scattered about i could go 

on forever, these are just some of my favourites i wanted to share with you all.

As you can see as time went on i came away from drawing horses and decided to try different animals, I've only ever drawn animals, no other drawing has ever appealed to me and as the old saying goes, keep to what your best at.

Keep posted for more of my drawings, im determined to get my sketchbook back out and do what i love most again.

Wrap Skorts

Wrap Skorts? Surely the coolest bit of Fashion I've seen in a very long time. These are a must have this summer! They have a huge selection of colours, even Florals! My favourite, Now your all wondering why didn't i get a floral pair of Wrap skorts, don't you worry i will be. I just  fancied something different and being a complete plain Jane that i am im sucker for any black and white clothing so these are definitely abit of me.

Black and white are perfect colours and can be matched  with most colours, also skorts can be worn all year round with some tights like me. I do love being warm especially when weather isn't as warm as everyone seems to think, or am i just really cold blooded?... Probably.

I purchased these beauties from New look... (sigh) Not again your all thinking, i can't help it i want the whole shop, its there fault not mine.

Amazing price of just £17:99 :)

Wrap Skorts are in all the shops at the moment, grab yourself a pair and join in with this amazing new trend in fashion! Can't wait to see the summer Fashion this year, if its anything like this its going to be insane.

Keep posted for my summer must haves this year, also take a peak at my pinterest, i will be making a board of all my favourite wrap skorts.