January Wishlist

1.Bag, £25 River Island 2.Nail Polish in Rising Star, £6 Topshop 3.iPad, £380 Amazon 4.Life of Pi, £3.85 Amazon 5.Cat Print Tunic, £22.99 New Look

This months wishlist is definitely a bit of a mixture! I've been after a bag for a while and this one from River Island caught my eye. I wanted one with a long strap so this would be perfect, the neutral colour would work well with a lot of things too. I have so many glitter polishes already but this particular one has star shaped pieces in it! What more could you want?

The iPad is certainly more of an "I wish" item on here, as I'm no where near able to afford one right now. Hopefully some time this year I'll be picking one of these up though!

What items are you looking forward to getting this month?

The Liebster Award

I was so surprised to be nominated for this, so thank you very much Samuel at Samuel James Morris. Samuel has a great mix of posts so definitely go and check his blog out!

The rules for this are:

• The Liebster Award is given to bloggers with 200 followers or less.
• The nominees must link back to the blogger who awarded them.
• You must write 11 facts about yourself and answer the 11 questions from the blogger who nominated you.
• Make up 11 new questions and nominate 11 new bloggers.

Onto the 11 Facts:

-My favourite colour is purple.

-I have a lava lamp in my bedroom.

-I'm addicted to the TV shows Gilmore Girls, One Tree Hill, Glee and Once Upon A Time.

-I used to play the flute.

-When I was younger I wanted to be a journalist.

-I'm a bit of a hopeless romantic.

-Two of my most used perfumes are Vera Wang Princess and Wonderstruck by Taylor Swift.

-I still play Pokemon.

-I'm a little obsessed with Disney, I own a large number of the films on DVD and even have a playlist of Disney songs on Spotify.

-Garnier Miracle Skin Perfector BB Cream is my ultimate beauty product of the last year.

-I own way too many Yankee Candles, my favourite is Vanilla Cupcake.

11 Questions from Samuel

What is your favourite childhood memory?
Going to a midnight launch of the newest Harry Potter book with my dad.

Your favourite place in the world and why?
New York. I went there when I was 15 and ever since then I've wanted to live there, everything about it is just amazing to me.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years time?
Hopefully married with kids and the owner of a great photography company.

A post you enjoyed writing the most?
I think it would have to be this post about Etsy as I love that website!

If you could meet any celebrity, who would it be?
Tough question, there's so many people! Probably either Taylor Swift or Rupert Grint.

Your most played song in iTunes?
I don't really use iTunes that much, so the top song I have is Better Than Revenge- Taylor Swift with 46 plays.

Favourite TV show?
Gilmore Girls, if you've never watched it I definitely recommend checking it out. 

One beauty product you could never live without?
Lip balm, I use Nivea Essential Care.

Your ideal meal?
Lasagne with garlic bread.

If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would buy?
A house.

One place you've always wanted to visit and why?
Japan. The culture, the technology, the fashion. Everything just looks so cool!

My 11 Questions to the Nominees

1. What is your dream job?
2. The best three items you bought in 2012?
3. Favourite film?
4. Best bargain you've purchased recently?
5. When you switch on your computer, what is the first thing you check on the internet?
6. If you could only eat one type of food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
7. You can have any animal as a pet- what would you choose?
8. A band that you'd love to see live?
9. Do you think you'll stick to your New Years Resolutions this year?
10. Do you have a nickname?
11. What are you looking forward to doing the most in 2013?

My nominees are:

Charlotte from Gin and Ginger

Kellie from Beauty Ever After

Lauren from Peachy Curves

Jordan from Snapbacks and Starbucks

Livi-Rose from Rose Reviews

Zoey from Zoey In Wonderland

Erinn from Erinn's Beauty Blog

Becky from Blue Belle Lovely

Tosin from Loud Lola Label

Natalia Barbara from Natalia Barbara

Hayley from Hayley Loves

Thanks guys!

Redecorating

As it's a new year I've decided now would be a good time to start changing things in my life, in this case just moving the furniture around in my bedroom. Now, this is where things get a little tricky. My room is by no means tiny but it's not exactly overflowing with extra space either so it's difficult to fit everything in when I move it all around from it's current layout.

When I need some inspiration, I always find myself going to Pinterest, so I thought I'd share a few of my favourite Bedroom ideas that I've found recently.

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Hope you're all having a great 2013 so far :)

Hello 2013

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The beginning of a new year, which means it's time to start thinking about those resolutions! This year I have quite a few, which I am going to try hard to stick to over the next 12 months. I know that gets said every year but I'm already certain that 2013 will be the year of change!

New Years Resolutions 2013

Be more positive, try not to get so jealous and don't let the little, insignificant things bother me

Get a job I enjoy

Save more money

Go on more holidays and have more adventures

Complete my Goodreads 2013 Reading Challenge of 40 books*

Redecorate my bedroom and make it a place I enjoy being in

Do more things I love

Work on my photography and save enough to buy a better camera

Blog more often

So those are my resolutions for this year. I'm thinking it would be an interesting idea to do a recap of these every few months to see how I'm getting on and whether I've stuck to any of them or not!

*If you have a Goodreads account, feel free to add me so if you are also participating in this challenge we can see how well we're doing :) my profile can be found HERE.

What are your resolutions for this year and will you be sticking to them?