Got the lurgy (yet again)

So I've been moaning for a while about various illnesses and although people wouldn't believe it I've actually been I'll for two months now. I had tonsillitis then a chesty cough then a stomach bug and now a cold, chesty cough and tonsillitis again, woo! Now I do my best to ignore it but as you can imagine, it's kind of boring now.
It's rather unusual to be ill at Christmas AND new year with two different things. Anyway, I have had a good festive season despite it all, involving a lot of time spent on the sofa.
My intention for new year is to see how little I can get ill, I'm not usually one for resolutions but this seems like a good idea.
So as I get back to my normal eating habits and lay feverishly on the sofa, I'll hope for the best.
Happy 2012 everyone, I hope it's a good year for everyone.

And yes, my iPhone is amazing!

My lovely Christmas presents, oh and I also got 3 scarves!

My new fluffy friend

Merry Christmas

Unfortunately the usual over-indulging this Christmas was cancelled this year due to a stomach bug I acquired on Christmas eve.

However,
I am now the proud owner of an 
iPhone 4S


and lots of other lovely things, that is all (for now).

Festive Times

I've been having a lovely time recently! I've been home from uni a week now, I have worked a lot but have been really enjoying my job and catching up with everyone.


I went to a Birthday party on Thursday at work and went next door to play with the boys on the Wii (can't call it babysitting anymore!) on Friday.


I was off this weekend and went to pick out a Christmas tree in the snow with my Dad, then I decorated it with old and new decorations. All alongside Micheal Bublé!

My favourite decoration, rather oddly, is a gold chair!

Yesterday my Dad died my hair for me (he's a perfectionist so does it well!). I went for a brighter red than last time and I love it! 

Last night was the staff Christmas party at work so I curled my new hair and we went tenpin bowling. It was good fun, although I went downhill after winning my first game I came third in the next two. After our chicken, fries and burger platter we went back to the pub for free drinks and exchanged secret santa presents.

Everyone opened theirs one by one and had to guess who it was from. I got a perfume set from someone that I actually only met yesterday for the first time! There was some really funny presents and lots of alcohol presents!

This is the present I got for my secret Santa, Socks, Chocolate and Hot Chocolate, she loved it!

Another busy week this week leading up to christmas, I'm working a lot including christmas eve. Tomorrow I'm going with friends to Birmingham Christmas market and for some last minute christmas shopping, on Wendnesday I have a baking date with Ivy to attempt to make some christmas goodies.

I've been drinking lots of these in the cold weather.

How kind are they to us? We have a new PURPLE dress for work, i love it!

I hope everyone else is having a lovely build up to their Christmas. I'm very excited for another family Christmas!

Home Sweet Home

After the most hectic end of term Ever I have arrived home! After starting placement and having tonsillitis I got more ill and ended up coming home for a few days for some TLC. But then it was back to uni for the last week of school, two assignments and an exam. Illness and stress meant I was counting down the days to come home more than ever.

On Friday (when it was all over) me and the housemates cooked our house Christmas dinner which was delicious!

Then exchanged our secret santa presents and I got a lovely Cath Kidston journal and a Starbucks Christmas mug. We spent the rest of the night playing the 'Gender Wars' game that I got for my secret santa.

Oh and my inhaler, due to a laughter induced coughing fit!

I spent yesterday morning packing and cleaning then drove back to a lovely warm house. After a few hours I was off for my first shift at work since August which was strange. Lots of new people had started but I instantly felt welcomed again and was invited to the Christmas party. I found out my shifts for the next few weeks and they're perfect, not too many, not too little and only working Christmas eve, holiday-wise.

Today I'm having a relaxing day, the first day in a while where I haven't had something to do. I have all my Christmas presents bought and most wrapped so I'm getting excited and can start planning time seeing friends over the break from uni.

It feels so good to be home and to have made it through the first term of 3rd year!

Listography- Top 5 Gadgets

This is a good topic for me :)

1. Laptop- of course! I seriously could not live without the internet or my laptop, for work, for play and everything else.

2. Smart Phone - namely the iPhone, my most wanted gadget.

3. Digital Camera- I love experimenting with photography and capturing moments that I do not want to forget.

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4. Straighteners- a need for me! Without them I would be unhappy, unfortunately.

5.Microwave- I've been very lazy recently and very appreciative of dinner that can be cooked in 5 minutes. Unfortunately, the microwave cake didn't turn out too well so I think an oven would be a close 6th place. Oh and a kettle.....

a pizza microwave? yes please!

25 Things I like about myself

The wonderful Ivy did this lovely post and I thought It'd make me feel good :)

01. My Mum is my best friend. I can only hope to be so close to my children, she's always there for me and we have lots of fun. I love her.

02. I love my family. I love spending time with my grandma and my parents, My dad is amazing and they always make me happy.

03. I am cheerful. Generally people laugh with (or at) me.

04. I am sociable. I will talk to anyone and this means I have a lot of friends which I love.

05. I am confident. I don't hold back.

06. I can drive. I don't need to rely on anyone else, I can just pop in my car.

07. I am independent. I don't feel like I'm a burden to anyone else because I'm happy doing things alone.

08. I'm not too hard on myself. I will let myself have a break, like now for example, I feel really poorly in bed so I thought this would be more beneficial than uni work.

09. I can work hard when I need to. Like my GCSE's and A Level's for example.

10. I am positive. I think this helps me in getting things done, getting jobs .etc. because I assume 'I can'. I generally look on the bright side of everything.

11. I have wonderful friends. I will walk away from friendship if it's not good for me. But the friends I have, old and new, are awesome.

12. I love my university course. I cannot wait to be a Primary School teacher!

13. My hair. I have very curly, thick hair. Sometimes I like this, It styles quite well, straight or curly.

14. My hair colour. My hair is brilliant at absorbing hair dye, for example, I dyed my hair red a year ago and when I wear it down it is still obviously red without an obvious line where it has grown out.

15. I am immature and proud. I love to watch Disney movies and be taken back to childhood. I'll be the one in the shop buying stickers and a Disney princess cup!

16. I can cook and bake. When I feel like it, it turns out pretty well.

17. I am creative. Not in the skilled painters way but I think of original ideas and sometimes like to make things.

18. I'm a geek. I love gadgets.

19. I'm tidy. I like to live in a neat place where everything has a space.

20. I can spoil myself. I'm good at buying myself little things that cheer me up.

21. I'm productive. I get satisfied by ticking off lists.

22. I'm easily amused. Even if I really want to be sad, I can't. People can always cheer me up.

23. I don't let money hold me back. As a student I will go out for meals,nights out and go shopping in M&S Food (not all the time!) because I want to!

24. I help others. Whether It's giving to charity, being an emotional support to a friend or babysitting for mum's friends, I don't  mind.

25. I like my own space sometimes. I can now be in my own company and  be happy (something I couldn't do as a child).

There we go, that was difficult and I may have repeated myself but it made me feel better. :)

Listography- Randoms

I intended to do a 'HAPPY 100th POST!!!' but since I missed it, Happy 102nd Post!


Anyway, this week's listography is- Top 5 Randoms.


The random things that I love are-


1. The sound of the rain, under my umbrella and on the window at night. And when I'm really in the mood I love the feel of the rain and I just want to dance outside and get soaked, but only sometimes.

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2. I love the smell of Christmas, my house smells like Christmas every time I go home through the uni year. I think the best way to describe it is spice, nature and warmth.

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3. Having a mental list of everything I need/want to do when I get on the computer. After checking facebook, blogger and my emails and searching whatever else I feel very satisfied.


4. I get so excited when I wake up on a day when I have no plans whatsoever. When I have no where to go and  no work to do, the possibilities are endless (even if I have already slept for half the day)!


5. Seeing a sad baby out and about on the street or the bus and trying to make it laugh by pulling faces. I get this from my dad, he is much more successful because all babies see are his big black glasses. However, I have fun trying!

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