Day 05 - A picture of your favourite memory ♥

This is a few pictures of my trip to Weymouth with James in 2009. I couldn't quite think of what to do for this post as I have had so many amazing memories throughout my life :) So I chose to do this as it was the only one I had picture for! Lazy I know :)

Day 04 - A picture of yourself and a family member ♥

Me & my Grandad

Where do I start with this man? He is the most amazing man EVER! My Grandad has been my father figure, the one reliable man in my life and he is quite simply my hero. Whenever he is faced with a problem in life, he just smiles and gets on with it, he never moans! He is an inspiration and he has helped me through many problems, giving me the strength to carry on. I don't know where I would be without this man :D

P.S. Sorry for my absence, but I am back :)

Day 03 - A picture of you as a baby ♥

Me & my Grandad Tosh

I was only 4 years old when my Grandad Tosh died but I remember the day so clearly! Although I didn't know him very well, I still remember things about him and my Nan tells us about him all of the time!

You are probably wondering why he is called Grandad Tosh. Well its pretty self explanatory really, my eldest sister and I couldn't say mustache properly and he had a very prickly mustache, which used to tickle us whenever we went to kiss him goodbye :)



Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest ♥

This got me thinking alot, as I have been close to my friend Katie ever since I moved to the area, but then I thought we haven't always been close as we've (like everyone) had our ups and downs!

So the only person I could think of is my Mum. Because obviously even with ups and downs she is still the closest person to me. After all I have part of her genes!

My mum is like my rock, she has always been there for me and always made the best out of a bad situation. Ok so I don't like what she says sometimes but I know deep down she means well and is most probably always right!

FOTD & OOTD ♥

Today is my Grandad's 84th birthday. For those of you who know me you will know that my Grandad is a very special man in my life, he is my hero :) so today we are going to their house for a buffet & a few party games! I thought I would show you my Face of the Day & Outfit of the Day!

FOTD



Foundation - Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse - 004 Light Porcelain

Powder - Maxfactor Creme Puff - 05 Translucent

Blusher - Rimmel Powder Blush - 037 Smoked Oyster

Eyebrow - Rimmel Professional Eyebrow Pencil - 001 Dark Brown

Eyeliner - Miss Sporty Eye Pencil - 001 Magic

Mascara - Maybelline The Falsies - Noir/Black Waterproof

Lipgloss - Maybelline ColorSensational Creme Gloss - Clear

OOTD

Blouse - H&M

Trousers - New Look

Bracelets - New Look

Scarf - Primark

 Cardigan - BHS

Shoes - New Look

Bag - Accessorise

Hope you all have a lovely day,

Day 01 - A picture of yourself with fifteen facts ♥

I have decided to give this '100 Day Photo Challenge' ago in the hope it will help you all get to know me better!

♥1 - I'm 19 years old

♥2 - I have a cat called Molly

♥3 - I work at a Private Nursery but would love to be either a Neontal Nurse or Midwife

♥4 - I have been driving for 2 years & I have a Corsa

♥5 - I have a very small family

♥6 - I have been with my boyfriend for over 4 years

♥7 - I tend to people watch when I'm out

♥8 - I hate spiders

♥9 - I live in a fantasy world!

♥10 - I love reading real life stories

♥11 - I want to learn to do Nail Art

♥12 - I am a very sensitive person

♥13 - I love fireworks & sky lanterns

♥14 - I want a pet Tiger & Monkey

♥15 - I have way too many handbags

Christmas & New Year Festivities ♥

I am warning you now, that this is going to be a pretty picture heavy post as I have been a very busy bee! Oh & also I will apologize now for the photo quality, I am yet to purchase myself a decent camera :)

My Chritmas Festivities begun on 21st Decemeber when I went to see Rihanna at the O2 Arena! Omg she is amazing - I think she may be my girl crush ;)

Then on Christmas Eve I went to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in panto at St. Albans Arena with my Nan & Grandad, Mummy, Sister's and James! Afterwards we went for an Indian with my Mum's friend Natalie and Ellen's boyfriend Tiff.

Christmas Day was spent at my house with my Nan & Grandad, it was such a lovely, relaxing day. Santa definately treated me well this year :D

Boxing Day, my Mum & I went shopping in London Colney before going over to my Nan & Grandads for a buffet!

Cardigan - Next Sale
Snood - New Look Non Sale

Trousers - Next Sale

Dress - New Look Sale

Top - New Look Non Sale
Shorts - New Look Sale

Bag - Accessorise Sale
Boots - New Look Sale

Monday 27th I went to my Dad's house to have yet another Christmas Day, full of yummy food and drinks!

New Years Eve I spent at my kind of Aunty & Uncle's House (through marriage!), had a few drinks, yummy food and then a lovely Firework Display after midnight!

Hope you all had an absolutely amazing Christmas and New Year, and I hope this year brings you all happiness, health and all your dreams come true! :D

Just Popping In...♥

I am very sorry for the lack of blogging, but I have been so busy with Christmas Festivities! I have had such an amazing Christmas, first one I have enjoyed in years :) I hope you all had a lovely time too! Santa was certainly kind to me this year, I loved every one of my gifts and got some lovely outfits and then I hit the Boxing Day Sales and got some more outfits! (A post to follow soon!)

Hope you all have had a lovely holiday and usual posts will resume soon!

Christmas Tag ☃

Another one of those one's I have seen around so I thought I would give it ago as I'm feeling festive! Please leave your link below so I can read all of your answers :D

1. Whats Your Favorite Holiday Movie?

It has got to be Home Alone, as this is guaranteed to get me into the Christmas mood and it is always on around Christmas! On the less Christmasy side, I LOVE Mary Poppins and I hear this may be on this year!

2. Whats Your Favorite Christmas Color?

It has got to be RED as it is a typical Christmas colour and also my favourite colour.

3. Do You Like To Stay in Your PJs Or Dress Up For Christmas?

PJ's for Christmas morning and then I will eventually get ready (slightly dressy but not too over dressed!) for dinner! I usually wear a dress with wooly tights :)

4. If You Could Only Buy One Person a Present This Year Who Would It Be?

Probably my Mum as she is my rock and I want her to have everything she wants :D

5. Do You Open Your Present Christmas Eve Or Christmas Morning?

As a child we used to get to open one small present on Christmas Eve, but we don't tend to do that now we are older! So Christmas Morning, also not as early as when we were younger!

6. Have You Ever Built a Ginger Bread House?

No but I love to look at them! I think even if I was too build one I would not be able to eat it as it would look too pretty!

7. What Do You Like To Do On Your Christmas Break?

I only get a small break as I work in a private nursery so I tend to relax and spend lots of time with family and friends :D

8. Any Christmas Wishes?

Too have my Aunty and cousins with me on Christmas Day :( (they recently moved to Australia)

9. Favorite Christmas Smell?

The roast dinner cooking :)

10. Favorite Christmas Meal Or Treat?

It used to be peanuts but now they make me ill :( so this year I will have to find another one!

Well My Lovelies..♥

A bit of a random post to be honest as today I have realised something! I care too much about what people think about me, or more to the point what I think people will think (if that's not too much to take in!)

I was just casually looking through my Look magazine, looking at all the beautiful clothes and I thought to myself, I want to be able to wear them! But the truth is I always tend to go for the easy option, I would prefer to look and imagine the way I would wear them and I love creating outfits. I just hate the thought of someone saying, "what does she look like!"

I try so hard to be the person I think everyone else sees or wants me to be that I have kind of lost who I really am and I have probably done the same with this whole 'blogging world'. I have probably tried too hard to be part of it (as it is something I enjoy) that again I have probably not been myself although I have tried.

So as of the New Year, everyone is going to start seeing the real Amy! I am going to be ME, wear what I like and do what I like!

As my friend said, "you should wear what you think looks good, don't worry about what others think!"

P.S. I promise I will be back to my usual posts as soon as I find the time! This is such a busy time, I spent my evening writing out over 30 christmas cards to each of the children I work with and their families :D

NOTW ♥

This is my first time ever doing a Nail Of The Week, so bare with me! But my Mum went to the Clothes Show in Birmingham today and brought me back a beautiful glittery nail varnish, so I thought I would try it out :)

Rimmel I Love Lasting Finish in 066 Cranberry Zest
Models Own in Juicy Jules

I absolutely love this glitter, it is so sparkly and I think it is very Christmasy! :D

Get To Know Me Tag! ♥

I saw this on Rachael's Blog so thought I would give it a go :D

Vital Statistics:

*Name - Amy

*Nicknames - Aim or Aims

*Birthday - 16th June

*Place of Birth - Watford, UK

*Zodiac Sign - Gemini

*Male or Female - Female

*Occupation - Full Time Nursery Practioner

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Appearance:

*Hair Colour - Dark Blonde/Light Brown

*Hair Length - Shoulder Length

*Eye Colour - Blue

*Best Feature - Eyes, although I have been told I have nice hair!

*Height - 5'7/5'8

*Braces - Used to have them

*Glasses - I haven't had my eyes checked in a while, but I was supposed too.

*Piercings - My ears twice and my belly

*Tattoos - I have Amy written on my wrist with a flower (do not ask!)

*Righty of Lefty - Righty!

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Your "Firsts":

*First Best Friend - Joe from nursery & we are still in sort of contact!

*First Award - My dancing medals

*First Sport You Joined - Football

*First Real Vacation - Portugal

*First Concert - Steps!

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Favourites:

*Movie - The Green Mile - never fails to make me cry!

*TV Show - It changes all the time, at the moment it is probably Hollyoaks!

*Colour - Red

*Song - Take Care - Drake Feat. Rihanna

*Candy - Haribo - Tangfastics

*Restaurant - Harvester or Toby Carvery

*Store - New Look/H&M/River Island

*Book - Don't really have one, but I like real life stories.

*Magazine - Heat Magazine

*Shoes - UGG's for during the day & my boot heels for the evenings!

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Currently:

*Feeling - Pretty ill with a cold & chest infection :(

*Single or Taken - Over 4 years with James now ♥

*Eating - A Mars Bar that my Mum brought me home :)

*Listening to - Always - Elliot Yamin

*Thinking about - What to have for dinner!

*Wanting - To feel better.

*Watching - Nothing :)

*Wearing - Skinny Jeans, a H&M top & cardi!

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Future:

*Want children? - Yes, the sooner the better :)

*Want to be married - Maybe someday.

*Careers in mind - Midwifery or Neonatal Nurse

*Where do you want to live - St. Albans area :D

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Do You Believe In:

*God - Not really, but I do believe in something and religion does interest me.

*Miracles - Not sure.

*Love at first sight - Not really.

*Ghosts - Yes I would love to see one.

*Aliens - No

*Soul Mates - Yesss

*Heaven - I like to think we go to somewhere better :)

*Hell - Not really.

*Kissing on the first date - A little peck maybe :)

*Yourself - Depends on the situation :D

Christmas ♥

It's official its almost Christmas. Today I got home from a little Christmas shop to find all the decorations down from the loft - how exciting! I was made cheif tree decorator. I got to put it together, spread out all of the branches, wrap the lights around the tree and add the baubles.

Every year we have a colour theme, but this year we are just going for simple white and silver, but obviously with colourful lights :D

I know everyone started getting excited as soon as it hit the 1st December, but for me, it's not Christmas until the tree is up!!

Rimmel Professional Eyebrow Pencil ♥

I thought I would enlighten you with the new Eyebrow Pencil I have found that I think works really well to make my eyebrows look natural! I only picked it up because all cosmetics were 3 for 2 (and I had already purchased my foundation and powder) so I thought I would give it ago as I literally have no eyebrows!

It is really easy to apply, however I do have to wipe my eyebrows afterwards as my hair is very fair so I feel it still looks a little too dark!

as you can see, I have no eyebrows!

this is after applying the pencil, I feel this is a little too dark!

this is after I have brused them down, using the brush & wiped them a little with tissue!

I feel like this product gives my eyebrows more shape and just gives them the boost to make them noticeable but not too noticeable so that people know I have drawn them on :)

Hope you like this, have a lovely weekend my lovlies! :)

Weekend ♥

The weekends are flying by way too quick for my liking! I feel like I am just working all the time. However I have had a lovely weekend filled with my family & friends.

Friday

I went to the pub with James' to meet two of my friends, both called Tom, as I hadn't seen them in ages. It was so lovely to see friends that I hadn't seen in so long & hearing all the gossip :)

Saturday

Jumper - New Look
Leggings - H&M
Boots - New Look

I went to Southampton to visit my little big sister Ellen (shes older than me but shorter than me!) and she took me shopping there as I had never been. If I'm honest I wasn't too impressed, I was expecting it to be a lot bigger, although we didn't have time to do the outside part!

In the evening I went to T.G.I Friday's with James, Brianie & Adam. I enjoyed a lovely glass of wine although the meal was very filling so couldn't managed to eat it all. We then all went back to Adam's house to watch Bridesmaids - OMG an absolute amazing film, I would recommend you watch it if you haven't already :)

Sunday

I washed my beautiful car as she was looking a bit dirty and then sat down and enjoyed a nice glass of wine & a box of Maltesers with Brianie!

Then this morning I was greeted with this on my way to work ..

I hope you all had a lovely weekend, I look forward to reading about yours :)

Sea Salt Spray ♥

As promised here is my review on Lee Stafford's Beach Babe Sea Salt Spray! Before purchasing it I read the reviews on Boots and the majority of people said they would not recommend this to a friend, but I went for it anyway as Lee Stafford products were on 2 for £9 and my mum was purchasing one anyway, so it only cost me £4.50 compared to nearly £8.

This is the packaging which I think is pretty and girly!

Firstly, I loved the smell of my hair after using this. I can't quite distinguish what the smell was but I know that it smelt lovely, which is just as well as it recommends that you spray quite a lot on your hair, about 50 sprays.

Secondly, it made my hair feel natural! Usually when I use a product to make my hair wavy/curly my hair feels very crunchy and looks greasy, but this product made my hair look natural.

My only gripe about this would be that it did make my hair feel slightly greasy when used on dry hair, which it says you can, compared to wet/damp hair.

This is how it made my hair look :)

I would definately recommend this to a friend :)

Everything ♥

Once again I find myself apologizing for my lack of posting, but I am not going to use my usual excuse of 'I have been busy'! The trhuth is I have rediscovered my love for The Sims 3 and it seems to be eating away at my free time (that and Christmas Shopping).
I planned to do my usual 'weekend' post on Monday but The Sims 3 seemed to distract me. I hate to admit it but The Sims 3 Pets has gone down on my Christmas list :)

Friday

This is what I wore to work for Children in Need as we had to dress outrageously.

I stayed in and watched Children in Need with a dominoes pizza my Mummy, my sister Ellen & Jamesy! Heartbreaking, wasn't it? Things like that make me wish that I had lots of money so that I could give these poor children a better chance at life. As you all have probably read I work in a Nursery, giving children a start in life and it is stuff like this that makes me think about my job, I would love to work out in the community visiting other Nursery's and working alongside children with behavioural difficulties.

Saturday

I went Christmas shopping and once again came back with only things for myself! :( but I did buy Lee Stafford Beach Babe Sea Salt Spray as I am trying to grow my hair so tend not to straighten it as much. Review to come soon :)

Sunday

I went to Vodafone to try and sort out my contract but it was too much hassle, as I was considering getting the iPhone 4s, but I'm just going to stick with my phone for the time being. Then I went to Top Golf with a few friends :)

P.S. On the 11th November I posted R.I.P ♥, where I explained that the whole town was coming together to let off lanterns out of respect. I thought I would share a few pictures with you as it was absolutely beautiful! (those of you who know me will know I absolutely love lanterns anyway).

R.I.P ♥

Unfortunately on Sunday morning a young boy was stabbed to death near where I live. So tonight the whole of the town are coming together to 'light up the sky' by setting off lanterns where the incident happened!

Things like this make me so proud of where I live. So everyone look to the sky tonight!

My Weekend ♥

I have had a simple but amazing weekend :) don't you just love weekends like that?

Friday

I went to a family engagement party. I only popped in for a few hours as I wasn't feeling too great, but I had a lovely time!

Saturday

I went Christmas shopping during the day with my Mum and two sisters, Ellen & Charlotte to the Harlequin. Unfortunately I didn't actually purchase any Christmas presents for anyone, but did get a few things for myself :)

In the evening I went to watch Fireworks at St. Albans Park with my Mum, two sisters, James and Tiff (Ellen's boyfriend). They were amazing, but then again I absolutely LOVE Fireworks. Then we headed off to Chiquito's for some dinner!

(Jame's chicken was in the shape of a heart!)

Sunday

I spent the day in bed as I was not well :( but James brought me lots of magazines to keep me going! So today I am off work as I cannot return to work within 48 hours of being sick!

Hope you all had a lovely weekend as I did,

Sorry ♥

I am so sorry for the lack of posting but I have had a busy few days, not really sure where the days have gone!

Thursday - As you all have probably read I had Thursday & Friday off of work :) so Thursday was MY day. I went to get my nails done and spent some lovely time with my godson!

Friday - I spent most of the day in my PJ's, then went round James' and got a KFC for dinner!

Saturday - Normally I don't mind shopping, but what a hassle. I spent the whole day (& i mean the whole day, I didn't sit down until 9ish) shopping for toys for my beautiful goddaughter as it is her 1st birthday today :D

Sunday - I went to Essex to visit my goddaughter as she was having a monster tea party for her birthday (as she was born on Halloween). We spent the day talking about this time last year & wondering where this year has gone!!



& today it was back to work, but it wasn't too bad as we had a Halloween party! :D

Happy Birthday Lola Bear, We Love You Lots ♥