What I Get Upto....

Sexy Glasses

2009-10-30T03:38:00.005Z

Well I haven't blogged in an actual age.
I can't even begin to catch up on university so far.
Suffice to say I absolutely love it so far. I'll start from now and lucky souls that I love deeply can have the gaps inbetween filled in over christmas/ the phone/ various visits here and there.

I will now proceed in being really lame and starting up a new blog page for the hell of it....... :)
http://sexydemimooreglasses.blogspot.com/

Remember that time you broke my heart?

2009-09-18T20:19:00.004+01:00

Well then in recent news I've bought more than I can afford in Topshop because let's face it that's all I do. It's been a tough week of saying goodbye to people as they all sail off to uni again. I will miss my best friends so so much, being down in London this year will make me even further away than i was last year :(
With this in mind I've gotten very nostalgic, this time last year i still saw Coyle every weekend and my Twin every other weekend. Caitlin and I had our final tea and Scrabble match this afternoon, as usual she won! I had a lovely lunch with Coyle on Wednesday after my final shift at Waterstone's making it harder to say goodbye, he had better come visit me in London :((
The same goes for all my friends, they all have an open invitation to come stay with me anytime!

I have been offered an interview for a job in Waterstone's in Kensington so I have that to look forward to but I have mixed feelings about it. I'd love the extra pennies but the days I've been offered are a Saturday and Sunday which would make coming home problematic PLUS the shift on a Saturday ends at 8pm - anti-social much?

I'm in love with Jordin Sparks and Madonna's latest songs :)

It's now 9 days until I move to London and I'm getting really hyped up about it now. I haven't even started packing, things are together in piles in the back bedroom but none of them are in order or properly packed up.

After watching the VMA's the other night I've come to 2 conclusions....
1) Kanye West is a tool and
2) I can't wait for New Moon to come out in cinemas

To sum up: I need to pack. I need to shop less. I miss my best friends already and can't listen to Bloc Party at the moment without crying. I need addresses to send lovely letters to lovely friends.
If I love you, please come visit me!

Big love.
Arthur
X

All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey :)

2009-09-09T19:54:00.004+01:00

Waaah such a mix of feelings :)
- excited about uni in approximately 2 weeks
- gutted i'm leaving waterstone's store 686
- guilty about buying another bag from ebay
- sleepy from having fake-gladular fever (i have the same virus but a different strain - great :])

Despite feeling a bit wiped out from my virus it's been a good few weeks of coffee and cinema dates. I spent the remainder of my pay check on fancy bags, moleskine diary and notebooks, Jamie's America, thigh high boots and other extravagant topshop purchases.

My parents and i went down to London this past weekend, my mum and i thought it was just a run of the mill trip down but my dad surprised us with the news that he'd booked for us to stay at the same hotel we stayed at for my 18th birthday weekend. We strolled around the uni on the sunday as my mum hadn't seen it yet. She seemed to really like it and i can't wait to be back there full time.

I'm now back in work after a week of absence, i really don't want to leave my little waterstone's family and i'm fully intent on returning over christmas. I could not have asked for better colleagues, they will always be golden :)

In my time off i did however become very obsessed with Dawn Landes' latest album. I've also finally found a cookie recipe that makes massive squidgy chocolate chips cookies like supermarket ones but cheaper and easy to make - heaven!

It's practically autumn - time for a new coat maybe. I had to recommend 3 autumnal books in work - this was much much harder than i thought it would be.

I wish Gossip Girl series 3 would hurry up and get onto tv, i miss you Chuck Bass

I finally got skype so i plan on having as many internet coffee dates with my lovely lovely friends as possible once we're in opposite ends of the country. I also plan on cramming in as many hours as i can with them pre-London.
Yayy excited :D

Much love

Tzeitel

A Life of Tea, Coffee and Grandmaster Flash

2009-08-27T16:55:00.002+01:00

My day today has been spent surrounded my a large quantity of post that needs sorting out, forms that need filling in, statements that need filing, and of course i haven't done any of it. I've spent my time repeatedly refilling the tea pot, watching skins 3 on 40D, ordering far too much on Amazon trawling through the lovely new IKEA catalogue and deciding what teacups to take to uni.

In recent times i've had a couple of lovely coffee dates with Miss Fearns including one last night where as usual we put the world to rights over a fair few of pots of coffee. As always Sarah listened to me whinge whilst providing words of wisdom, snacks, coffee and hugs.

In silly news i went to the doctors the other day and she said that if i still feel wibbly after a week of strong anitbiotics, i'll need a blood test because i'm showing all the symptoms of glandular fever - boo!!

I went to Liverpool last Thursday which was really fun, i've seen my Twin a few times this week and that has been lovely. We watched an entire series of The Hills and gradually i am getting better at boggle! I had a sweet little impromtu lunch break with Matthew the other day when he came to pick up his hoodie, we had chai tea in my new teapot and i haven't stopped using it since :)

My dad managed to get his hands on the mp3s of every single Now That's What I Call Music ever so the other day so we spent an entire day (no joke) going through every single song trying to beat the intro within 5 seconds. It was incredibly sad but very fun.

I am very tired at the moment thanks to this silly illness, this isn't made any more fun by having to change the addresses for subscriptions, signing up for various discount cards, applying for medical crap, sorting out my much neglected accounts etc. My saviours come in the form of yet more Skins, an endless supply of tea, new purchases from amazon and endless facebook procrastination.

I can't complain though this week has been good and i'm looking forward to going back to work. Uni excitement is continuing to build and i can't wait to get all the info about moving dates and fresher's week etc.
Have a good week.
Much love.
Tzitel
x

Only best friends play drinking games with champagne.

2009-08-19T17:05:00.002+01:00

Where to start....
The past week and a bit has been spent in the following ways:
- drinking coffee with the Lady Sarah of Fearnshire
- lunching with Lauren
- being far too drunk in various homes of lovely friends on several different occassions
- working as a book slave
- falling in the Martindale's bushes
- recovering with
- shopping the day away in Topshop
- wishing i was going camping/ on holiday/ to a festival this summer.

I am starting to get seriously pscyhed about uni now. For some reason i keep having nightmares about it but i don't quite know why. I found out i have a room with a garden view on the second floor which i am very VERY pleased about, the other side of the building is right by the train tracks.

Well i'm off to make tea. I'll try to write more thorough accounts of what i've been up to in future.
Love.
Tzietel
x
Summer seems to be whizzing by these days, i hope there are a fair few nights out, nights in and possibly trips in the month i have left before London calls.

Come Read With Me

2009-08-09T19:59:00.002+01:00

Right then, summer so far has been exactly as i'd like it to be - busy!

Firstly, Cassadee Pope was just on TV :)))) The fact that Hey Monday just had a 'video debut' and i've already seen them twice makes me extremely happy :)

Secondly, i'm back at Waterstone's - Hoorah! I'm back living a life of books and i love it, not to mention the fact that i may actually pay off my overdraft now thanks to the job. I spent my first day surrounded by murderers and psychopaths due to an insane amount of destickering that needed to be done in the crime section. I'm also very very happy at the fact that i can wear my geek glasses to work.

I was back at work literally 2 hours before i spent more money i don't have on 2 cookery books :)

The end of last week was spent recovering from a compact little week of nights out here and there. Wednesday night was spent very inebriated. Thursday i was stuffed and buffy-ed until i eventually fell asleep and thought it best to leave Sarah's house before i ending up staying over for yet another night.

I am in love with some seriously good new-ish music. Shakira, Sugababes and my favourite Florence to date (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpLXQorSQe8) = one good summer playlist.

I bought the USA edition of ELLE with Miley on the front and i am just insanely jealous of her, she is just too pretty, i want her hair!!

In short miscellaneous news - i'm in love with the Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook (expect Key Lime Pie from me soon), i've ordered 'proper shoes' after much badgering from my mum and i reeeeally wish i was going to a festival this summer.

Have a good week.
Love
DK.
x

Hello...Piss Off.

2009-08-02T21:36:00.003+01:00

Once again, i've left it flipping ages and as a result i can barely remember half the things i've done since the last time i sat down and wrote on here.
It's been a good few weeks, full of relatives, cars, pub quizzes, work arrangements, dancing, candle buying, travel, a leaving party, foam, coffee catch ups and more alcohol and cigarettes than i can handle.

I now have a new car - Phoebe who is a silver corsa and a major banger but she's functional and therefore wonderful :)

I officially start back at Waterstone's tomorrow so i'm nervous but psyched.

My family and i went to Ireland for 4 days last week which was really good, especially as my auntie/ godmother extraordinaire had only been over to visit us the week before. We spent our time seeing virtually all our lovely lovely relatives with the occasional malibu and coke, candle purchasing and too much food. I'm now the proud owner of a top of my great aunties that i absolutely love and i've already worn it far too much. My cousins need to stop growing as a matter of urgency, i can't cope being the eldest one, i felt like a dinosaur.

There have been various nights out/ nights in involving general drunken silliness proving once again that my friends are the best. Tonight is the first night i haven't drunk in a little while but i'm not suffering too badly. Friday was by far the messiest night i've had in a very very long time, there were shots, a missed train, pimms, some vodka, a con to get Lauren and i to drink 'avalanches', horrific photos of me and a lot of foam.

Last night i went to the Shard residence, stayed sober for a period of time whilst dressed like Boy George in a boating hat, drove my lovely twin home, went back to Emma's got drunk, watched About a Boy with Hannah where we basically just quoted everything wonderful about that film, ate pizza and fell asleep.

Today i have attempted to remember where these past few weeks have gone. I'm convinced i still smell of smoke despite having 2 showers.
I'm now devouring Jelly Babies despite vowing not eat any more rubbish and sorting out my iTunes.
Thank you to all my lovely jubbly friends and family who've made summer so far very good :)
Same again?
Love.
DK.
x

Less than an inch

2009-07-16T17:22:00.004+01:00

Whilst waiting for my jelly to set, i've finally sat down to write on here :)

I can't decide whether to make an Eton Mess after this, i am officially in love with Sophie Dahl's cookbook. I bought it ages ago but only just bought ingredients so i'm spending the afternoon attempting not to butcher her lovely lovely recipes.

This week has been car-less but good :) I've missed having my little brum brum but thanks to my Dad and lifts from friends, my social life hasn't died :D Sadly i couldn't make Tash's birthday celebrations today which i am gutted about but this was also due to my lack of car. Suzie is, as my Dad put it, 'terminal' so we're currently in the process of trading her in for a replacement banger.

I got new glasses this week that i love an awful lot, they make me look like a librarian and i think everyone that's seen me since i got them is fed up of me asking if they look ok. Evelyn Carnahan eat your heart out :)

This week has been chocker block full of Harry Potter, new films, new attractions, new glasses, new summer songs and the return not-so-new OC on channel 4.

My only regret of the week is not asking 'why' when i had the chance, it would have saved a lot of time spent puzzled. Katy Perry is my Queen :)

I am OBSESSED with Sean Kingston's new song :)

Well the weather is rubbish today but i'd still love to go for a drive, alas without a car this would just be silly so instead i'm going to go bake my socks off :)

Love.
DK.
x

White Houses

2009-07-10T19:04:00.002+01:00

Aaah i'm back from Wales and i cannot thank Lauren, Matthew and Joel enough!
It was an absolutely wonderful trip. We shopped, drank too much, smoked too many cigarettes, watched an insane amount of Family Guy in one day, had a campfire on the beach, listened to same 3 amazing songs over and over but i'm not sick of any of them.

Suffice to say it was perfect and i love Lauren, Matt and Joel even more than i did before the trip.

I'm now back and missing it already, but excited for what should be a good summer with the best friends a girl could ask for.

Love.
DK.
x

Dell-ilah :)

2009-06-24T14:19:00.002+01:00

So this is the first blog to come straight from my new laptop Delilah Dell. She's pink and actually works - hoorah :)

Aside from that this week has been warm, sometimes sunny and i've seen lots of lovely people.
I've become hooked on the King and I, so much so it is now level with Carousel as my favourite musicals :)))

I've a lot to be happy about this week - sun, laptops, friends home for summer, Wales getting nearer, parcels from Australia, lots of trips to Blue Juice and finalising plans for next summer.

I'm hooked on Oh La La Vanilla Options and Little Boots' album.

That's all for now.
Love.
DK.
x

Sawaddi Ka

2009-06-18T17:10:00.002+01:00

This week has been both productive and fun :)

I've seen many of the people i love thanks to a windfall in people returning from uni.
I spent an evening playing scrabble and whooping Caitlin's ass at draughts.
I also spent a day with the wonderful Nicola Ann Carter who i had missed an awful lot whilst she's been up in Leeds being a brainbox. We had lunch at Blue Juice and did attempt to see Lady Farrimond but she was nowhere to be found.
Wednesday was a crazy day spent with houmous, an insane amount of snacks and 2 very lovely best friends. Tash and Sarah came to my house for cheesy girlie films (Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Wild Child & St Trinians), despite my slighty too boomtastic sound system we had a super day. The only thing missing from the day was Mr McWilliam who is still down in the big smoke - he was greatly missed yesterday :(

Last night was Lauren's birthday meal at O'Este, i sat surrounded by Amy, Caitlin, Sarah and Neave so it's fair to say it was a very good night. It was really good to see the twins again, i'd missed them loads and we got all excited for Wales BUT i am seriously gutted Neave isn't coming to Wales with us - it was really sweet to see her again last night :)

As for the productive side of this week i'm virtually all sorted out for my volunteering next year, once it's all sorted i can actually start fundraising which should be fun/ interesting. I'm getting better with my languages, seeing as though i can actually recall some of them off the top of my head now - yayy! I'm not even going attempt being even semi-fluent in any of them but if can at least master the basics of most of them i'll be happy. I'm also in the process of sorting out my volunteering for after 2nd year too which i'm still working on. BusyBusyBee.

All in all it's been a good week, it has however had a teeny gray cloud hanging over certain aspects and i can't help wishing that girl laws applied to more than just ex-boyfriends. I still think some people are labouring under that false pretences that i don't still own that territory (p.s. this is in no way related to boys :) )

Aside from that i'm as happy as Larry.
Enjoy the rest of the week. I'm holding out for more sunshine.
Love. x

Who ISN'T a sucker for guys who wear false eyelashes, kaftans and have amazing brown eyes?

2009-06-11T23:25:00.003+01:00

This week has been a good week :)

I spent a night in at mine with Dawn, Caitlin, Merlin, Mermaid Eloise, scrabble and a lot of Love Hearts.
I spent a day with Lauren at Blue Juice and on the Sims 3, we also watched/ mocked the MTV awards and i haven't laughed so much in ages.

Ahhh Wales is only a few weeks away - i'm soo psyched. Everyone is starting to come home now and the weather picked up for a grand total of about 4 days (whoop!) - making it nearly summer :)

I saw Miss Farrimond the other day which was lovely albeit a little surreal. It was lovely catching up with her but insanely weirs being in school and not actually being a student, they even made me wear a visitor's badge :(

I am now officially jealous of anyone going to Parklife Fest and am genuinely gutted that i am not Australian.

In other news i've also become the proud owner of a lot of china, Sophie Dahl's adorable cookbook and my laptop has finally been ordered - Hoorah!

I do like this year's big brother by the way, Rodrigo is beyond sweet and cute, i am really quite creeped out by Freddie and Kris may just be the most attractive housemate ever.

Right well that's enough of my waffle. I'm off to watch Clueless :)
Love.
x

Camera Obscura

2009-06-05T10:24:00.003+01:00

Just a quick one.
Recently -
- I've been to the beach with Caitlin - ME JULIE BEST MUM
- Been ill
- Enjoyed sunny sunny times
- Planned
- Become well and truly hooked on Teenager and Pnau because i find Nick Littlemore just too damn cute :)
- Drank cocktails in the garden
- Purchased things i probably shouldn't have due to insane lack of money in my account

In general it's been a lovely relaxed week :)
Love. x

DND- PNAU

2009-05-25T20:29:00.002+01:00

Bon Soir :)

My week has been crazaaay! I've managed to squeeze in 27.5 hours of work at the Marina, see Cobra Starship, see Coyle, Jack and Gabi, Celebrate Dawn's 19th and see Hey Monday.
The weekend was the busiest part.
Friday i was a day off and i went to see Cobra Starship with Coyle. We stopped for a cuppa at Jabbi's pad first which was really cool. After figuring out where we were going we got there, i bought a t-shirt, we saw a really pervy support act who were just basically hitting on 5 girls at the very front. Cobra finally came on at 9:50 and it was amazing. Coyle was really patient and sweet to come with me because he's not a fan, i however loved every second of it and as planned, they kicked my kaboose :)

Saturday i worked 12 - 4:30 then hit the road to Manchester again but to see Hey Monday this time!!! I absolutely loved it, Gabe and Cassadee both within 24hrs - hoorah! They only played a half hour set but just seeing them again (twice in 2 months) was really cool and really unexpected. I didn't buy the tickets until Thursday but it was worth every penny.

I have lame phone videos of both nights i shall upload at a later date (when i can be bothered :) )

Sunday i worked from 10:30 - 5:30 and it was absolute bedlam, sunshine + bank holiday + marina = mental! I finally made it to Dawn's at half 6/ quarter to 7. I felt so bad that i was so late, silly work. We went to Pizza Hut and decided we're going to spend summer on a houseboat because "everything is better on a houseboat." Sadly they had very little of the ingredients i.e. salad, roasted peppers, mushrooms and small deep pan pizza bases (i got a medium for the price of a small though!). The 7up was clearly sparkling water but all that aside it was a very good meal. I ate faaaar too much but thankfully we had to walk all way across town back to the car, making me feel less guilty.
We then went back to Dawn's, ate more sweets, watched Notting Hill, composed the world's greatest song about Dawn's dog, laughed at weird troll people and just generally had fun :) It was a really good night and it was a perfect antidote to a stressful day.

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls was on Film4 on Saturday night when i got in, it's one bizarre cheesy movie that i have seen far too many times and i own it on dvd but it's so bad it's good.

Today has been sunny which is good except that it made the Marina even busier than yesterday, people were getting angry and moody, it was total chaos but to make things worse i felt really sick and ended up leaving early due to feeling sick and just plain rotten. I've spent the rest of my day chilling out, gave myself a facial, watched Sleeping Beauty and Saved by the Bell which just so happens to be the ideal remedy for feeling yucky. My boss John rang later this afternoon to check i was ok which was insanely sweet, i might be back in work again tomorrow but i hope i'll have a day off just to chill, tidy .etc.

I need to stop watching In The Land of Women, i've seen it 3 times, just this week. It is however, the only time i've ever seen Kristin Stewart actually smile or look in any way happy. Adam Brody is hottt though so it makes up for a lot.

Right, i'm off to watch BNTM and catch up on Hollyoaks (god bless sky+).
Anyone else seriously happy it's semi-summer? :)
Love.
x

77SP

2009-05-18T23:26:00.003+01:00

Hola ♥

Right well it's been a good week (well 12 days).

I'll summarise; i saw people, ate junk, missed people, argued, had fun, shopped, was let down, started yet another behemoth of a book, had Twin Time, was reassured, perfected the Hoedown Throwdown, had weird tummy pains, loved people, gossiped and today i started my new job at the Marina in Scarisbrick :)

I am starting to realise how soon uni is coming around. My parents and i are currently trying to buy most of the things i need now to avoid a sad summer/ panic. I 'm getting really excited about it now and can only hope i don't suck at taking care of myself.

Empire of the Sun obviously feel the compulsion to release new songs at the same time as i start jobs. Walking on a Dream reminds me of starting at Waterstone's back in November and obviously there's the new 'un. Let's hope i won't require a 3rd job before September :)

The Marina is really sweet and idyllic plus it was a good excuse to take a trip down to Topshop to get a new skirt. They sell amazing wedges of cake which are just so tempting, plus there's lots of Rosie & Jim boats outside - i am clearly easily amused. The Marina is going to be even better when the Harry Potter Troops start work there!!

I was pleased with the Eurovision result by the way. I too am in love with a fairytale ;)

I have to be in work in the morning time so nightynight folks.
Love.

10 - 1
17 - 2
24 - 3
2yrs
♥

Dress it up any way you want, you're still begging.

2009-05-06T17:25:00.002+01:00

Afternoon amigos,

Last Wednesday i went up to Sheffield for Joel's big glam rockstar 19th. Well i had an amazing night, Amy and i started drinking from 4pm and i was already fairly gone within an hour of being in Sheffield. We did our make up, drank an awful lot, ate some food whch clearly wasn't enough to stop inebriation. I looked a total state but the make up was meant to be goofy. Amy and i made our way over to Joel's already toasted but still kept drinking :/ Sarah and Jonny took us home before the rest of the gang hit the town, we knew our limits and to be honest we still had an absolutely ace day/ night. We stayed up talking for most of the night and i have to say a big big thanks to Amy for taking stellar care of me whilst i was up in Sheffield :)

In the past few days i have also been able to secure tickets to see COBRA STARSHIP :DDDD It took a lot of pestering Coyle (poor boy) but thanks to his patience and ebay account i won them. I am so so so excited. On 22nd of this month Cait and i will be within breathing space of the delightful Gabe Saporta - yippeeeee!

I've also sorted out student finance and budgeting with my parents at long last. I filled in my accommodation forms so that's all sorted. Basically all that's left to sort for uni is buying the things i need to take :)

Monday was a gloomy day outside but i still had a super day thanks to the Bryants! We went to see the Hannah Montana Movie - yayyy! It was so good, cheesy but still fabulous. Cait and i were fairly certain we were the oldest people in the room that weren't parents but we will never be ashamed of our love of Hannah/ Miley.

I'm battling with the urge to buy some amazing Nikes that i've seen but after 2 years of Coyle telling me to buy 'proper shoes' i don't want to cave, even if they are really schweet.

Summer is looming and i am perpetually psyched about it. I am off to the Marina tomorrow to sort out paper work tomorrow and it is as Tash has said "a sitcom waiting to happen", so long as we can all have the day off to see Harry Potter! There are a couple of trips to the Hometown/ Big Smoke on the horizon also. My mum wants to see my halls before i move there plus i may be visiting Mike at some point in the near future. Not to mention the routine annual trip to Bucks will probably happen at some later in the summer :)

Aside from HP my other objectives for this summer include - Seeing as much of the Twin, Lauren, Coyle, my besties, Dawn and college friends before uni. A trip to Ireland. Seeing as little of some folks as possible ;) I will perfect the Hoedown Throwdown - being sensationally uncoordinated does not help this mission!

A couple of things have made me chuckle this week. In particular it's funny to see that some people will still do anything, including blatent lies to get attention. I cannot wait until they get wise and see how much of a silly billy you really are. Then again if they stay that naive, you are welcome to them, especially the chimp. Also the nickname K-Twat also made me giggle to no end.

Is it me or is TV just getting better? I cannot get enough of Brothers and Sisters, Dirty Sexy Money and thank heavens for The Hills coming back! As always Gossip Girl just keeps getting better :)

My dad has been surprisingly freaked out by Swine flu and both of my parents have me armed with sanitising wipes, Purell and tissues everywhere i go. Bless them. I feel awful that every time someone compares it with Spanish Influenza all i can think of is Twilight - oops! Maybe if i get Swine flu, Carlisle will show up.

I am addicted to Kasabian's new album, reminding me why i was hooked on their last album nearly 3 years ago - yippee!

Right well i have had a coffee slowly chilling beside me throughout writing this so i'm off to make a new one.
Have a good day.
Love. x

KaBlamm!

2009-04-28T23:50:00.002+01:00

Just a quickie.
I've just packed my things for tomorrow's trip to Sheffield. I'm so soooo psyched about it now :)
It's for Joel's birthday which now in approximately...8 minutes..away!!

This weekend i spent a lot of time with Coyle which was really sweet, i've missed having him around over the past week or so. We just hung around, got an array of ice cream based snacks and went on various walks/ drives.
I also spent a night in with The Bryants playing board games and watching films just the way we like them = cheesy and starring Hilary Duff!
I love my Twin lots and lots.

I can't wait for summer now, for various trips, having everyone around again for absolutely ages and for possible job working with my 3 besties/ Harry Potter troops :)

Before i toddle off to bed it is now officially Joel's birthday so....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOEL!!!! <3
Have a great few days.
Love.
x

You're No Margaret Chan!

2009-04-23T17:52:00.002+01:00

I've seen all of my bestest friends this past week and a half and i've loved ever busybusy minute of it.

I had a night of pigging out, scrabble and Lizzie McGuire with the Twin on our ritual Sunday night :) I love our nights of cheesy chick flicks and lots of food, i'm glad we don't take things too seriously!

We also spent a day at mine playing monopoly where i beat her by like £16,000 (sorry dear!) :P

On Wednesday i went to see 17 Again with Lauren, Matt, Joel, Sarah, Amy and Neave. I hadn't seen them in blooming ages so it was really cool to catch up with them. The film was really cool, kind of cheesy but sweet (plus Zac Efron is HOT!). After the film we all went back to the Martindale's house, got very drunk, caught up and i was reminded once again why they are some of my closest friends :)

Thursday i slept in veryyyy late but then spent the night in at Matt's house with Joel, Sarah and Amy. We watched The Inbetweeners, were subjected to various youtube delights and went to Marmaris despite being in jammies, or in my case dressed but without shoes. Matt made me a lovely cup o' tea but i had to be home early so i couldn't stay and watch scary films :(

Friday was quite frankly one of the best days of my life! I spent the day with my besties, Sarah, Tash and Mike. We watched ever Harry Potter film back to back (including the first half the last one again due to excessive talking :]). We stopped after the 3rd film to stock up on wine, chinese food and lots of chocolate. We also played a Harry Potter version of cluedo which i failed parlously at. I was driving meaning no wine for me BUT i was in charge of making sure the other 3 drank at various points in the film e.g. when someone wore a scarf, if Hermione was a dick .etc (consult Tash for officially list). I absolutely loved it. I drove Tash and Sarah home at 3am when we were finally done but i didn't actually get home until 6 am because Sarah invited me into her house for a coffee to chat about how boys are silly. We've promised to call each other more when she goes back to uni and it looks like the 4 of us could be working together this summer - woohoooooooo :)

Caitlin and i watched Hercules and 101 Dalmatians with a lot of junk food and as usual i ate most of it. We established that Roly, who was alsways my favourite dalmatian, was a wise choice as he never stops eating. Not unlike me :)

Last night, Cait, Dawn and i watched Zoolander and The Hot Chick. I attempted to toast marshmallows over a lighter - it sort of worked. We had a lovely night in, as always and it was really comforting to know that i can tell them anything and know they aren't two-faced.

On that note, i wish some people were as easy going and didn't take themselves so seriously. If they did that they might actually enjoy goofing around a bit more instead of thinking it was 'sad'. Chilllllllllll :)

On much happier notes i love Dizzee Rascal's new song, i'm still addicted to Twitter and am gutted that the season finale of The City is looming on Sunday. I sincerely wish Jay wasn't such a bum, he's so hot but the words 'i'm sorry Whit' made me bawl :(

Right well i'm off to make myself look half decent for Jonny's birthday meal tonight.
Have a lovely evening and before i forget....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONNY!! :D
x

CoCoMa

2009-04-09T21:20:00.002+01:00

Well i'm nearly caught up on all the TV i've missed whilst on holiday.

This has meant i've spent most of today watching Gossip Girl, The City and Dirty Sexy Money all set in New York therefore making me miss being there so much more!! The City is the worst because i could see Whitney's building from the hotel window and when they zoomed out on her apartment you could see our hotel :(
I am seriously addicted to The City though! What is not to love?! It makes me perpetually jealous though of Whitney's life <3

As you might have guessed this blog is purely distraction/ procrastination.

Quite frankly i'm terrified.

Thank god i can fully absorb myself in the lives of Blair et al as perfect distraction :)

I finished Miley Cyrus - Miles To Go the other day. Despite having about 3 pages in each chapter and making the worst attempt in history to hide Nick Jonas' identity i loved it. It was clearly meant for a reader half my age but ah well, it's Miley, as if Caitlin and i could go without reading her book :) Counting down the days til Hannah Montana: The Movie - whoop!

I'm hooked on Twitter again and glad i can twitter away with worrying about humongous transatlantic billing.

Dawn and Cait came to mine last night and we watched What A Girl Wants with Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth and Kelly Preston. It's a good thing we have each other to watch cheesy movies with, and that movie definately fits that category! Where is Amanda Bynes these days?
It was lovely to catch up with both of them, especially Dawn who i hadn't seen in ages! We ate loads of popcorn, tangfastics, fruitella and weird barbeque pringles.

I lovelovelove Britney's new song. It took me ages to figure it out (loser!) but it's addictive.

Right well that's enough waffling on from me.
I'm off to catch up on Desperate Housewives.
Muchos love. x

I came here to make you dance tonight...

2009-04-07T01:00:00.006+01:00

Huzzaaaaaaah! Cer-a-zeeeeee week chummies!

Best holiday ever in New York. Yes it was the 3rd time i've been but this trip kicked the other 2 times' asses!

I don't even know where to start in telling you about it. Maybe at the start eh?

Well....
Day 1 -
We flew out of Manchester Terminal 2 at 9:25 am 31/03/09. I managed to buy myself a fresh bottle of Gwen Stefani's Harajuku Lovers Perfume 'G'. It's the sweetest little bottle shaped like a dollie version of her. TWILIGHT was one of the films on option on the plane so i watched it twice. 2 doses of Robert is the kind of medicine you need on a long flight.

7.5 hours is not as bad as the mammoth 13.5 hour flight we had to California.

I read The Beautiful and Damned and re-read Cupid + Psyche during my flight too :)

Once in NJ we got the mono-rail to the Amtrak, the Amtrak to Penn Station then we were driven to The Carlton on 29th and Madison. We immediately hit the city, went to Times Square for din dins, the weather was glorious on our first night so we finally went up to the top of the Empire State Building (something we hadn't done in our other trips but my Dad was adament we had to do). We then got an early night and i indulged on Chips Ahoy!

Day 2 - My parents went to Ellis Island (i dodged that bullet) and i spent the first half of the day playing dress up in the hotel, writing, watching Kristen Stewart on TV with blonde hair.

I climbed up on the windowsill and blasted Cobra Starship, Hey Monday, Asher Roth and Lily. FunFunFun. We then walked up to Times Square again for a T.G.I. Friday's and then i promptly went back to the hotel to rest up for the big day then next day :)

Day 3 - Quite possibly the best day of my life!!TOPSHOP OPENING!! I woke up at 6, got showered, got dressed and jumped on the subway down to Broadway and Broome. Once there i met Vivienne, Ivanna, Krystle, Andrew and Maria, my besties for the day. We were the first in line and i was the only brit. Behind us was a rowdy group of girls from Reading who were totally uncool so we made sure the cool people interviewed us, not them. We stood outside from 8am onwards but Ivanna had been there since 6am. Vivienne was meant to be in school but stayed off because as pointed out, Topshop NYC was a much bigger deal. I'm so glad they were all there they were some of the most amazing people and i'm so grateful for Facebook keeping us all in touch :) The day was crazy as we waited in line we were given free bags, gift cards, ice cream, cookies, coffee, water and were constantly interviewed by the press. I didn't rack up as many interviews as Ivanna did for being first in line but i did manage the BBC, the Guardian, NY Daily, Daily Express, Time Out New York and a couple of other that i can't remember.
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/printer/view/92893/,
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/92893/Topshop-the-new-star-on-Broadway
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2009/04/03/2009-04-03_topshop_opens_in_new_york_new_waif_fashi.html
The highlight was definately when Ivanna and i were interviewed by June Sarpong. June was quite possibly the nicest person ever, she pointed out my outfit to the press and it was crazy, she also chatted to Ivanna and i about Robert Pattinson and asked me where she could buy my shoes. At 11am Kate Moss came out in a gorgeous green dress, the ticker tape came down and June ushered Ivanna and i into the store. Vivienne and i stuck together once inside the store and shopped our asses off. Vivienne couldn't decide on a bag but it was cute so it was a non-negotiable purchase. The store was not as nice as Oxford Circus but for some reason everything seemed more glamourous in NYC. I was also terrified to notice i already owned half the things in the shop (no wonder my bank manager hates me). I bought a pair of Union Jack sunglasses i'd been eyeing up on a cute guy outside, they're from Topman but who the hell cares when they are that schweet. I also bought a floral corset dress and then had to explain it to the lovely lady from the Daily Express. I also bought a floral Harem top which i'm currently wearing to death due to mega comfort. Vivienne and i paid for our things, got our free t-shirts and caught up with my parents in SoHo. After bidding farewell to Vivienne and vowing to stay in touch i got the subway up to Herald Square where things continued to get crazy.
In Victoria's Secret i nearly had a heart attack as i met Emma Roberts, she said hi to me but Victoria's Secret has a no camera policy :( Emma looks identical to Caitlin's little sis Izzy so i doubley hyped up. I bought up shop then walked all the way home - i'm taking great pride in my walking throughout this holiday as it's meant i'm gradually getting back in shape. On the way home i saw a HUUUUGE billboard of Ed Westwick and that just topped off an amazing day.

I love Vivienne, Ivanna and the other lovely souls who waited it out with us on 02/04/09 :)

Day 4 - I threw on my nice LBD (the shift silk+chiffon one with big ruffles down the front *oldschooltopshop*), my gray blazer which Blake Lively was spotted wearing, making me feel important and we hit the road. As always we went to Cafe 28, the deli on the corner and i routinely had a medium hazelnut coffee, a dish of melon and then a large hazelnut coffee for the road. We then took the subway up to 42nd street/ Times Square where we were greeted by a monsoon. It was seriously pouring down so we took shelter in M&M World :| It then cheered right up so we walked up to Trump Tower, i had a coffee and read GQ & my newly bought Vogue US. We then took a trip to Tiffany's, my mum bought a necklace and i foolishly asked to try on the ring of my dreams. The lovely man behind the counter had a hard time prying that back off me. Whoever marries me WILL buy me that ring, that's non-negotiable! :) I had a browse around DVF, Chanel, Disney and it was so nice i managed to get away with just the LBD for a while. We also strolled around Bloomies for a good hour or so.
I then took the obligatory trip to Abercrombie, it's like heaven in there though, every male member of staff looks like Adonis and they all wear 'fierce' (Mike understands!) It's irresistable and also the only reason i have amassed 7 pairs of $80 A & F skinny Erin jeans over the past 5 years despite the fact i don't wear jeans :S
After a day of pounding the streets, listening to the first American band that stole my heart an awful lot and dodging any rainstorms i was happy to sit down, eat a dinner of more coffee and fruit and watch the last ER.

Day 5 - After breakfast we went to St Patrick's. I lit a couple of candles and then we stopped for lunch at the Rockerfeller. After lunch we went to the Plaza and afterwards i went my own way again. I hit Central Park and i don't think i've ever felt so peaceful. I stopped for a while at Bethesda Terrace then made my way to quite possibly my favourite place on earth - Bow Bridge. The view of the lake was amazing and all i could think of was Uptown Girls (joint bestest film ever *Le Divorce is the other ;)*). Sheets of Egyptian Cotton was like on repeat :P After about an hour i met up with my parents at Strawberry Fields and we caught the subway back to the hotel. They went to 5:30pm mass at StPatrick's but i had a migraine so i stayed home, kicked back and watched Full House and tormented the office workers across the window :)

Day 6 - Last day :((( We packed, we ate breakfast and then we hit Times Square, Herald Square and Bryant Park! At Herald Square at Victoria's Secret (again) i saw..guess who...again...Emma Roberts, she said hi to me again which was cool. At Bryant Park i basked in the glory of the one and only home of NY Fashion Week, plus it's cool because it has the same name as my Twin, who just so happens to also be equally fashionable :) I then went to the HBO Store on 6th, saw the Sex and the City artefacts such as Carrie's necklace and the Eiffel Tower bag. I bought an amazing book and 2 glasses with SATC quotes on them (one for me, one for le twin). We then went back to the hotel late afternoon, collected our bags and were driven back to Penn Station. After the long arduous process of checking in + security we got tea, i bought more magazines and managed to pick up a copy of Miley Cyrus' book for me and Cait. Boarded plane then boom, 6 hours later i'm tired, missing half a day i'll never live and back on home soil.

This evening has been lovely, i went to Caitlin's house, gave her the book and the glass and we chilled out watching Le Divorce. She'd never seen it before so it was a compulsory watch. I as always devoured a Terry's Chocolate Orange but aim to return to my transatlantic eating habits from now on.

I don't care about my guilty pleasures.

I miss New York so very very much, you can't see Whitney Port's building from my lowly window back home and there is definately no danger of me running into Emma Roberts around here but i cannot wait to see everyone over easter!!! I missed everyone lots.

Wowzers, mammoth blog.
Sleep well, i'm off to bed with EW and RP in GQ.
Love.
x

Overdue

2009-03-30T20:46:00.002+01:00

Mega delayed blog...
In recent times...
- I went to the park and had coffee with Nicki Carter on the one sunny day we've had recently
- I finally got paid the money i was owed and therefore took 4 trips to Topshop in 1 week :/
- I went to the Trafford Centre with Coyle
- Visited Twin in her Halls
- Lauren came to mine to hang out on Saturday night
- I finally got round to buying the first 3 seasons of The Hills and the first 2 seasons of Laguna Beach
- I went to Nandos and hung out around Liverpool with Mike, Sarah and Tash

It has been absolutely frantic this weekend (in a lovely way).
I originally had nothing planned for this weekend on Thursday but in the past 3 days i've seen all of my bestest bestest friends, Twin, Lauren, Nicki, Coyle, Mikey, Sarah and Tash :))))) I've loved every second of it but i've done seriously NO packing yet :P

I just downloaded farrrrr too much Cobra Starship - yippeeeee!

I'm still infatuated with the JoBros and Hey Monday to the extent that it's become a 5-10 minute dilemma/ battle of what to listen to when i get into the car.

In other news i've confirmed my place at uni :)))
As of 20/09/09 i will be studying Psychology and Theology at Heythrop College, University of London. I'm mega mega excited to go back down south but Cait, Lauren and Coyle had better visit me often!! That's non-negotiable!

I do love my 2 girl best best friends, it was awesome to see them both on Saturday :) Caitlin's room at uni is sooo cute, so kitsch, so Caitlin :) We watched Passport to Paris - cheesy but nostalgia loaded "Do-you-like-your-school?'... 'when the rain comes, i am sad" - i absolutely adore that movie plus i glad i've found someone else who thinks that when we were like 10, Ethan Peck was cute, then again that's why she's my twin (p.s. he's totally not cute anymore and looks slightly alien-esque).
I was already pretty hyped up over the fact that we had skittles because i hadn't had them in donkey's ages!
Lauren then came to my house in the evening and i ate my 2nd Terry's Chocolate Orange of the day :((( We sat around, caught up and watched Definately Maybe - another fabulous movie :)

In the process of this writing this blog i've become beyond hooked on Cobra Starship and managed to dodge any chance of packing!

I'm still addicted to Twitter and owe major kudos to my delightful friends that have recently joined up - yahoo! It is seriously addictive and is only making me want an iPhone more and more!

Righty ho then amigos i'm off to finally do some actual packing/ sleeping before a brisk 5am start :O The weather forecast doesn't look ace for the next few days so that has also just confuddled any plans i did have of what i was going to pack.
I'll try to twitter as much as possible whilst M.I.A. plus i promise to text my besties as often as possible :)
Well the kettle has just boiled and i've got a hankering for tea and a wagon wheel.
Have a good week.

Love.
x

Run, Don't Walk

2009-03-10T23:43:00.006Z

In recent news....
- I had my final farewell shift at Waterstone's which was fairly emotional. Shirley and Sarah wrote the loveliest things in my card. Shirley said she'd miss me which was the thing that made me cry, she's always been like a mentor to me she was kind of my Dr. Cox, the person who's always demanding the best from you and you really hate them being so fussy but in the end you don't want to let them down and it's their respect you want the most. I promised to go back to work there at Christmas so i'll hopefully get to work with her again then, plus i'll probably pop into the shop a lot before then.

- I saw my lovely Twin 3 times last week which was ace, we saw Fall Out Boy, consumed our weight in Roses, watched 27 Dresses on Friday and Uptown Girls on Sunday :)

- I saw Coyle on Saturday which was really sweet. I went round to his after my last shift and gave him his Kitten Calendar i'd gotten him, it was the usual, much-loved combo of tea in the hippo mug with a million sugars and the pair of us trawled the internet for a while :) I then went back to his at 11pm to drink more tea and make sure he watched The Gingerbread Man with me.

- I still haven't made a firm decision about uni yet but i think everyone who knows and loves knew my decision a long time ago ;) Coyle, Cait and Lauren had best visit me all the freakin time!

- Cait and i saw Fall Out Boy!!! They were ah-may-zing!! Cait and i nearly lost our voices from screaming along to every song. We were nearly trampled to death a couple of times so had to move back a couple of paces but still managed to stay ridiculously close to the front, making me very happy. There were some creepy girls threatening to punch people and as usual a lot of smushing and pushing but it was totally worth it. When they played She's My Winona i think i deafened about 5 people around me - sorry :/ They played ALL my favourite songs and were just generally awesome HOWEVER Patrick Stump proved the reason he doesn't talk much at gigs; he told this weird filler story about his uncle with a ponytail at Thanksgiving, it involved pills, mexico and a motorbike, i really didn't care.

I love Cassadee Pope and Hey Monday. They are the beyond fabulous band i'm love at the moment who supported Fall Out Boy on Thursday and their lead singer is my new idol. (They sound lots like Paramore but there's always room for more Paramore-isms in the world). She's too cool for school, Cait and I were like inches from her and the band (particularly the hot bass player), it was schweet. I'm seriously jealous of her coolness, singing and the fact that she's in a band with hot bass player guy, if he turns out to be unattractive i'll blame hysteria. Expect some hero-worshipping of Cassadee in the future though.

I officially lovelovelove The City now, I really don't trust Olivia, I'm perpetually jealous of Whitney for dating Jay and it's New York!!!!! As you may have guessed i'm back to having TV govern my life but i'm not complaining in the slightest.

Heston tonight :O That man is a genius, i want an edible candle filled with caramel.

I'm panicking about results day on Friday, can't wait for Skins on Thursday, hope i can get to Coyle's tomorrow!

Other random insignificant slices of happiness this week are... Tesco finally restocked on Cheese Scones so my afternoons are now suitably yummy again, pay day is finally getting nearer (i have 2p in the bank...literally).

By Saturday i'll know for definate where i'm going to uni - argh!

As usual i'm wittering on so i'll take the roller out of my fringe, go to bed and continue where i left off with last night's One Tree Hill Fest! I'm getting back into Brooke & Lucas times - yayy!

Download Hey Monday's album!
I'm beyond addicted to it :)))
Love. x

OMG

2009-03-02T18:31:00.003Z

Arghhh this blog is purely procrastination because doing my accounts is actually so boring i may cry!!
This is not helped by instant internet (therefore Facebook) access, new love of Jonas Brothers' albums and uncontrollable excitement for holiday to New York!!!
Plus my computer has a naughty habit of dying often for no apparent reason :(

Mega mega excited for the next couple of weeks now.
Thursday is of course Fall Out Boy at the MEN, Caitlin and I have standing tickets and are planning on being smushed at the front .
I am absolutely ecstatic for this and didn't think i could be excited about anything more BUT... Lo and beholden my parents have managed to push me over the edge of excitement with an impromptu holiday to NYC in a few weeks time. Plus that isn't even the best bit, my wonder-dad made sure when booking said holiday we would be there when the brand new first ever American Topshop opens in Soho, NYC :))) Words cannot explain how dreadfully excited i am!!

I hadn't even realised it's been 2 years since the 3 of us (me and the folks) went on a proper holiday (we don't count trips to Ireland as holidays). The last holiday we had was California, Feb '07, this all adds to the excitement and with the amount my parents and I have been working recently we haven't really seen each other so i'd be happy to spend some time catching up with them anywhere, the fact that it's New York is just one massive bonus!

Ugh i am seriously regretting my vow to tackle my personal accounts before uni!
Going through countless receipts, bank statements and making spreadsheets is so boring that even Miley and the JoBros can't save me.

I am absolutely besotted with The Saturday's new comic relief song now, thankfully it finally became available on iTunes yesterday - whoopee! I also stole a lot of music from Coyle's Mac the other day which i'm loving :) I took the best of The Police because my silly mummy lost the disc to her copy of it - lame! I also finally took Lykke Li's album and he generously gave me the YeahYeahYeah's new album - ahh happiness :) I think that'll round off my holiday playlist just nicely.

There is also talk of me going to Ireland in the coming weeks. I'd be doing the usual Tour de Irelande, gradually making my way around visiting all my Daddy's siblings. I'd love to go but in all honesty would prefer to save the money for New York spends. Sorry dearest relatives :/
I will jump at the chance if i get the opportunity to go at a reasonable price. It'd be lovely to see everyone.

I really love Twitter now. Alan Carr and Mischa Barton's Twittering makes me happy :) More of my friends need to get on Twitter though!

I really must remind myself that doing my accounts is important especially if i'll be residing in Kensington Square from September, which is most likely and it's literally yards from the high street - c'est tres tres dangereux. I also desperately need to reign in my excessive shopping. My debit card bill is getting larger and my bank manager actually made a call the other day warning me about excessive spending :/ I have yet to go into my overdraft though, of this i am proud :)

I am now painfully aware that my cup of tea is going cold, my receipts are still not in any semblence of order and The Saturdays have been on repeat throughout this entire blog.
God loves procrastination!
Love. x

Hearts, Beds and Bucks ;)

2009-02-25T23:23:00.008Z

Since the last post...
- I've turned 19
- It's been Valentine's Day
- My debit card has endured more expensive frivolity
- I've chosen not to renew my contract with Waterstone's but hopefully have potential new job lined up
- It's been my birthday as well as Coyle's and Caitlin's birthdays too :)
- I finally bought a bookcase
- My Dad and i went to London to visit Heythrop/ hit Topshop
- I got some fantastic birthday presents from my parents and best friends
- Lauren came home for mine and Cait's birthdays :)
- I booked tickets to see Ladyhawke with Cait in May as part of Caitlin's birthday presents
- I visited Coyle in Salford and we hit the Trafford Centre
It's been mega busy recently!

Turning 19 was hardly milestone-worthy but my lovely friends did make it special. Lauren came home which was absolutely fabulous! Cait, Dawn and Lauren came over to mine for a lot of cake on the evening of my birthday. They all shocked me with absolutely amazing gifts, they very clearly know me far too well :)))
My gift from my parents was 45 penguin classics... I woke up with 9 large parcels on my bed which became an entire shelf of books...

It's fair to say i'm ecstatic and can't wait to get reading :)

I really hope my bestest chummies know that they are single-handedly to thank for a truly delightful birthday. (ILY. x)

Going back in time a bit, Valentine's day was spent in depressing old work during the day then i spent a delightful evening at Coyle's watching The Other Boleyn Girl. I gave him a harmonica, chocolates and a card with a puppy wearing a hat and he gave me a CD with 2 songs he'd written for me, my gifts sucked in comparison :(

London was fab, we were there for 6 hours, spent over £20 on parking in 2 different places, visited Heythrop College and managed to squeeze in 2 hours in Topshop :)
I managed to see Naomi, my style advisor from my birthday last year which was really cool. I am now certain my wardrobe is at least 85% Topshop :/
Heythrop was amazing, the location is gorgeous, the course looks fabulous and the accomodation was huge BUT it's a long way away from my family, Cait, Coyle and Lauren :(((((( It's only one drawback but it's a collosal one. I love those 3 an enormous amount and would miss them a crazy amount.

Cait, Dawn, Lauren, Lucy, Hannah and I all went out on Saturday night for Cait's birthday into Ormskirk. It was really lovely to see everyone, catch up and swap opinions on Chuck Bass' fashion sense and all gaze enviously at Lucy's Vivienne Westwood handbag.

I shamelessly bought the Jonas Brother's album today!

Yesterday was Pancake Day/ Shrove Tuesday making today Ash Wednesday. My mum is currently guilting me about my failure to give something up for lent as well as failing to go to church for the ashes. To celebrate Pancake Day i went to Coyle's house in Salford :) We watched most of The Reader, got fairly mashed and ate a lot of pancakes, lovingly prepared by Seal and Jack. It was fantastic to see all Coyle's housemates again, especially Vicky who's an absolute sweetheart plus she gave me a half hour talk on drugs. Don't Talk to Frank. Talk to Vicky.

Today Coyle and I got up fairly late (half 12). I was dead set on going to the Trafford Centre and with much coaxing i managed to get Coyle to shop with me :)
I spent more flipping money in Topshop, HMV, Cath Kidston and in the foodie bit in Selfridges. We then ate a gargantuous amount of food from McDonalds, hit HMV again and drove home. I dropped Coyle back off in Salford then hit the A580 just in time for rush hour, giving me plenty of time to soak up the JoBros and eat one of the whirlytwirlynoveltylollypops i bought in Selfridges!

I'm super grateful for all the lovely birthday messages from everyone on Facebook. To save me commenting everyone back i'll just say one big thank you now and hope they read it!

In other news i've fallen in love the new-ish album from The View, bought more books despite having enough books to last me a life time and started to panic at my lack of correct payment from Waterstone's :(

My decision to leave Waterstone's was a toughie. I absolutely love working there and will miss Shirley, Donna, Ian, Becks and Sarah heaps but i couldn't stay there. As lovely as it is to work there my back was really not liking all the heavy lifting, my bank balance and i hated not being paid correctly and i think everyone in the shop would agree with me that some people take it all a bit too seriously despite those guilty not really doing that much themselves.
My boss Cate was sweet enough to offer me a job when i come back home at Christmas which i'll still take to bump up the funds, which i'm sure will be very necessary when the time comes.
My last shift is Saturday 7th March. NOT looking forward to it.

I am however currently in the process of bothering Coyle and his brother for a job at Liverpool Uni's Library!

No news on the uni front. I still haven't made my decisions. The visit to Heyhtrop was massively helpful (+ we were fed cake whilst there) and calmed most of my worries about the uni but i'm still very very torn. The 2 main contenders are still Liverpool vs. Heythrop.
Eesh!
13th March is D-Day aka Results Day!
I am now officially nervous.

On a happier note i am now going to watch State Fair, drink my cup of tea which has been sat her since i first started typing and eat the Roses Lauren bought me :)

Love. x

Poverty

2009-02-10T18:23:00.005Z

My only excuse for the excessive spending sprees i've been on recently is that Gordon Brown told us to 'spend our way out of the recession'. Recent shopping trips to Topshop (+Topshop.com), H & M, Urban Outfitters, Primark and penguin.co.uk have meant that i am now poor and cannot wait for pay day.
On the upside my wardrobe is making me very very happy.
New high heels, bags, socks, lingerie, an abundance of tights, a boyfriend blazer, baseball t-shirts, shirts and yet more leggings are just what the doctor ordered after a depressing week of missing friends, being worked to the bone and being owed a ridonkulous amount of moolah from work.

Instead i am now the proud owner of new wardrobe contents, 45 new additions to my personal library and have spent a refreshing amount of time with the Twin, Dawn and had plenty of lovely if not lengthy phone calls with SCB :)

As mentioned before i'm getting 45 penguin classics for my birthday and i'm absolutely ecstatic. I can't decide which to read first though. I think i'll wait and see the size of each book first. I re-read Cupid and Psyche for the 4th time this week, i do love it an awful lot though :)

I adore Jem's new single 'It's Amazing' which i'd forgotten was on the Sex and the City Movie Soundtrack :O It manages to cheer me up instantly. Lady Gaga's album has turned out to be well worth the hype too. I'd been reluctant to invest in it because it might have turned out gimmicky and lame but it's actually really good.

I went to see He's Just Not That Into You the other day with Dawn and Cait. It was really good, it did however remind me why i don't like Scarlett Johansson, i find her really annoying! We also went shopping before the cinema which was not a good idea and i'm sure the Halifax hate me and my spending. There were some real psychos in the cinema including a crazy lady who thought i was in her seat. Ugh! Still, it was a good film and a fab day out with the ladies :)

Valentine's on Saturday then Twin & I turn 19 next week - woohoo!!!

PLUS i doubt he reads my blog but it's his birthday on Friday so....'Happy Birthday Matthew!!' :)

I'm now off to put Captain Corelli's Mandolin to bed, it really is tons better without Nicholas Cage!

Love. x

WTF

2009-02-02T18:48:00.004Z

It's been a gooooood week :)

I went to see Bloc Party on Thursday, i went with Coyle, Nik, Gary and John.
It was a good night. Busy but good.
I only finished work at 5:15 but was showered, dressed, fed and on the train to Manchester at 6:30.
There was absolutely no excuse for skipping it though, not only do i love Bloc Party, i'd bought mine and Coyle's tickets as his birthday present.

I'm in love with Kelly Clarkson's new song 'My Life Would Suck Without You', Jupiter Rising's 'LA Girls' and Lady Gaga's new song 'Poker Face' this week :)

Friday night was spent at home watching Casanova with the Twin. Casanova was weirdly good. As usual we stuffed our faces with Haribo, a Terry's chocolate orange and Opal Fruits. No one could ever accuse us of being creatures of habit :P

I read Lolita the other day, it took 3 days but was well worth it. It's weird and the main character is clearly deranged but it's a really good read and i'll definately read it again.
I've now moved onto Revolutionary Road in the hope that i can have it read before seeing the film :)

Shipwrecked is back...how happy am i? VERY!
Despite being wayyy behind Lauren and Cait who watched it on the internet ages ago, i adore the new series of Gossip Girl and have so far resisted the urge to ask what happens.
I'm not entirely convinced i like the new series of Skins but never say never eh?

OMG!! My Dad bought standing Fall Out Boy tickets for my birthday. I am absolutely ecstatic and on Thursday 5th March i will be even more psyched. This also means that within 10 months i've managed to tick 3 bands off the list of bands i mustmustmust see before i die (Death Cab, Bloc Party & Fall Out Boy)
The bands/ people left are:
Sugarcult, Paramore, Arcade Fire, Imogen Heap, Goldfrapp, Tegan and Sara and ideally Madonna but i accept the tickets to see her are pretty pricey so maybe not.

In worse news, my 'financial advisor' at Halifax worked out that Waterstone's owes me like £400 - NOT cool. Apparently they've underpaid me and not acknowldged over 40 hours of work i've done :(

Now back onto the good stuff...i'm off downstairs to eat my tea and watch America's Next Top Model :D

Have a good week.
Love. x

Mustard, Moran & Muggins

2009-01-24T01:48:00.002Z

I think the vast majority of this week has been spent with my head on another planet.
Don't get me wrong though, it's been a good week, i've now spent far too much money on books, nice wrapping paper and shoes, have re-watched all my Richard Curtis films and re-read Eclipse.
Productive? Maybe not.
Nice enough? Yes.
I'm now officially so annoyingly in love with the Twilight series that my boss has put me single-handedly in charge of the books (as well as all things Valentine's day related - hoorah!). Not sure whether to be pleased or worried.
The new in flux of Valentine's goodies at work has got me thinking about love, things i love & the things i really don't love. etc
I really love my new bag, books + shoes and have developed a love of Laura Dockrill's book of poems 'Mistakes in the Background'.
I really really don't love rain, bad connections on phone calls to aunties in Ireland or going in the window at work.

I've come to the conclusion that despite the pretty pictures, buying 2 calenders was silly.

Now that my exams are out of the way i'm free to read all the mushy gushy gubbins i'd like, minus the guilt :)

On a bum note this week i get a weird feeling every now and then that's like i'm hurt but not like i'm losing out.
I know i'm doing the right thing but it's still a kick in the tummy when you're reminded why that decision was the right one.
I'd been relishing in my 'right choice' all week and had started to feel more at ease but whenever i step out of my bubble for 5 seconds it gets all confundiddlyundone and i need to accept, this is what they wanted all along and they really don't care.
I'm hoping my bubble might build up some resistance to those thoughts long enough so that they'll just go away. Until then i have Carrie Bradshaw, Hotel Chocolat and a LOT of gingerbread men!

I really miss Lauren & my Twin this week. It's like i've lost 2 limbs.
I get to see my Twin on Sunday though - yippee!

Back on the happy things, i'm off to read Cupid + Psyche with a mug of tea in my lovely Cath Kidston mug Cait got me for christmas :)

Yellow, Bordeaux & Marilyn

2009-01-17T20:03:00.001Z

I've had a good week.

Friday 9th Jan - I went for lunch with Lauren, we spent all day together then went to Caitlin's in the evening to watch 'Wild Child', play The OC game and eat loads of junk food as usual :)))
I love them both lots! x
Monday 12th Jan - Staff Meeting - snore!
Tuesday 13th Jan - History exam.
Wednesday 14th Jan - workworkwork 09:00am - 17:30pm. I was put in charge of Stephanie Meyer's 'Twilight Saga' which made me very happy. Most customer's noticed my 'Edward' badge :D
Thursday 15th Jan - I went for coffee with Dawnie which was so fun :) We had a much needed catch up over hot chocolate + peppermint tea then we went for a drive and i dropped her off at the train station.
Friday 16th Jan - Lex's 20 Birthday Party!!! I went into Manchester Oxford Rd. Coyle walked me to Jabbi's house and we hung out there for a good few hours. I loved catching up with them both. I still can't believe i hadn't seen them since Halloween :( Nik arrived at theirs a couple of hours later and we all got hyped up/ ate cereal and got ready. We got to Lex's in one piece, i spent the night hanging out with the ladies, i drank faaar too much of the punch, ate too much pizza and loved all the catching up :)

I spent way too much money in Topshop today and the Range but i bought a giant Martini glass to put my jewels in :))))

It's been a good week but i really miss my Twin now that she's back in uni and Lauren!! I also sent off my UCAS this week, it's in the universities hands now - scary! I can't wait to have my own volvo-driving, over-protective Edward Cullen.

Love. x

Cardwell & Caramel

2009-01-08T21:03:00.000Z

It's been an interesting few days.....
I finally sent off my UCAS, got 2 of my exams out of the way today, i've also realised some people don't know as much about me as they think they do and some know me far too well, the latter are the lovely ones :)))

Tash is obviously one of the people who knows me very well. Her christmas present to me was a huge teapot shaped like a cupcake filled with sweeties. She also got me the cutest card, a giant lollipop and a marshmallow piggy who i refused to eat until Sarah, Mike and I had officially named him. It was really nice to catch up with the GBF and the big sis but a massive shame Tash had to study :( We chatted, ate sweets from my teapot, went kangaroo spotting and generally gossiped/ caught up - i love them lots.

The sillysilly exams have meant i missed out on seeing Lauren, Cait and everyone the other night however this will be corrected tomorrow by plenty of time with my delightful best friends.

On a minor downside this week some people proved that they underestimate how much i tell my best friends and don't really know me that well. They were very silly indeed if they think i wouldn't spill the beans first. Uh oh.
There's no love lost though, i'll just be careful when certain ears are near.

Hurrah for actual best friends :)

Back on the good stuff...it was nice to see Emily today even if it was for an exam. I totally forgot just how quickly exams go, i ran out of time on both of them, thank god for detailed plans.

I'm absolutely smitten with the CD's i bought the other day, particularly Fall Out Boy's latest album + Santogold's album :)

I'm still adament about seeing Twilight again, any excuse to stare at Robert Pattinson for another hourandahalf :)

My trip to America will be booked by the end of next week :)
Help me choose CA vs. NYC?
California - We went more recently, did a tour of the whole state but only once.
NYC - We haven't been there in just over 2 years but we've already been twice.
Hmm...Decisiondecisions. I wish i could bring Cait and Lauren with me :(

Love. x

D-Day

2009-01-04T15:05:00.000Z

Today is my official UCAS day!
I'm currently going over my personal statement again and again and again.
I WILL have sent my application by 9pm tonight, i've decided :)

I'm still mega torn about which of my choices i like best though so my Dad and i are going through the pros and cons of all of them. I really don't want to end up like last year where i only like 1 of my 5 choices. The problem this year is that i like 3 of them far too much! I'm really trying not to be hasty this time around!
1 customer that keeps coming into Waterstones has me mega hyped up though, we bonded over a similar choice of books and her daughter is doing a phd in classics at my one of my 3 favourite choices. She keeps coming in to see how i'm doing and her daughter came in on boxing day to give me advice which was really sweet :)

I went to see Twilight the other night with the Twin :))) The film is amazing, i was really worried they'd cut out massive chunks as that book is one of my favourites. The guy who plays Edward is absolutely gorgeous so that might have made me like the film a little more than i would without him!
Cait and i had a lovely evening and i finally gave her the remainder of her christmas presents :)

Arrghh wish me luck with UCAS!
Love. x