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17.12.11

Saturday's Haul

So I bought a few bits and bobs quickly after work. Pretty dumb of me I know, seems it was unbelievably busy, I was literally squeezing past people.

I am off out for tea tomorrow night with my friends. Its a yearly dinner we always have and its great to catch up with everyone. Plus because I haven't seen everyone in a while its always good to look nice and buy a new outfit. So that's what I did.

I bought a new dress in the sale at Dorothy Perkins. It was meant to be £30, but I got it for £17. I also got new House of Holland Tights from River Island for £12. I plan on wearing both these with a back blazer, black leather waist belt, and black patent platform shoes. I think I'm going to mix it up a little by accompanying  it with red shoulder bag. I will obviously post pictures of what I wear later in the week.

I also got some hair dye, as I have awful roots. Its a new one that I haven't tried before so I will do a quick review of it later. Then I got my staple face-wipes and a cheap moisturiser, along with Boots own faketan, again I will do a review later.

Finally I bought my mother an extra couple of Christmas presents and a ring to complete my outfit.

Did anyone else have a good shop this past weekend?

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Diet Tips| Dinner Do's and Don't

After my article on "18 days to look fabulous" a few comments mentioned that they find the many dinners they share with family and friends the hardest part of trying to be healthy during the holidays.

So I am going to share a couple of tips I have picked up.

Make sure even when following these tips that you enjoy your dinners. Do not spend Christmas worrying about what you put in your mouth, still indulge, just don't over-indulge!

  • Fill up half your plate with vegetables or salad. These obviously are extremely good for you both on your waistline, but also your skin and hair. The more food you have on your plate that has less calories, the less you are going to eat over all. 
  • Try everything, don't panic about eating something that may have a high calorie count. Just make sure you only have a couple of bites. Mariah Carey followed this rule to lose weight for her world tour. It is called the Morsel Diet, named so, because you have a tiny portion/couple of bites of whatever food you want, but ONLY a couple of bites. (I'm not saying to follow this diet, just follow the rule for your big dinners)

  • Only have what is on your plate! Do not nibble before hand when preparing food, and do not take seconds. If you must, have more meat, more vegetables, not more potatoes. 
  • Ask for a smaller plate. If with your own family, this is a simple ask, if not do not worry. If you have a smaller plate, you can not fit as much on it, so will definitely eat less.

  • When at a buffet at a party or other event, follow the same rule. Have one plate only, fill it half with salad or vegetables, and have plenty of chicken legs (they always seem to have these at buffets) Just keep away form the carbs (pastry/ crisps etc) and stock up on protein (chicken, ham, sausages)

  • Do not nibble on sweets, crisps, nuts throughout the day! If you must have some then portion it, take a separate bowl and have a handful (one handful) and eat this portion and this portion alone. If you don't portion and instead nibble and graze, you do not realise how much you have eaten, and can over eat very easily.

  • For desert, have some!! (only if you want) But have a normal portion, not a huge one, you can always say you are full from dinner, so can not manage a large portion. The key with dessert is, if you can have it without cream, ice-cream etc; this can easily add another 200 calories.

It really is all about portion control, here's a picture to help you.



If you can not follow these tips, it does not matter! What you need to do is pick 3 or 4 big events, and have whatever you want during these dinners/parties, and just eat moderately and healthily for the rest of the time.

I hope these tips help you take control of your diet over the holidays. Let me know what your favourite portion control tip is. 
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16.12.11

Holiday style| What to wear at Christmas

With the arrival of the holidays, I'm sure everyone's calendar is rammed full of parties and events, I know mine is. So I'm going to share my ideas of outfits that can see you through the season.
First step pick a simple dress that you would be able to accessories and wear with different colours and fabrics, this will give you more scope for wearing it for multiple occasions.

The dress

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The Versatile Blogger Award

I woke up this morning with a huge smile on my face, as I have been nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award (my first award of any type, so super happy). It also makes it more special due to the fact I have only been writing this blog for a month, so to be admired and recognized this early on means a lot. Thanks

I was nominated by the lovely Natalie. Please check out her blog, she is a beautiful girl who does great reviews!


The Rules for this award are super simple: 
1. Thank the person who nominated you and give them a shout out on your blog with a link to their blog.
2. Share 7 random facts about yourself.
3. Send on the award to 15 other bloggers whose blogs that you appreciate and then let them know that they have won the award.



So here are the 7 random facts about me:

  1. I laugh way too much! I literally laugh when happy, nervous, excited, anything, but then a lot of the time I can't stop and end up in tears.
  2. I love animals. My mother used to work at an animal refuge, so a lot of the animals needed 24 hour care, meaning they would come home with her. So my house has always been full of many types of animals, such as baby hedgehogs, blind cats, reptiles, birds, 3 legged cats, and my favourite; a sheep (who used to think it was a dog, so would play fetch etc, and run around with my other dogs)
  3. I lived in France for half of this year, and it was the best time of my life. It had always been a dream of mine to live in France, so to actually do it was amazing!
  4. I am obsessed with France. I love all things French, and think I should of been born there.
  5. I speak 4 languages (some not very well, but I can understand them) English, French, Italian and Spanish.
  6. Christmas is my favourite time of year! I turn into an excitable child. I have had my decorations up since the 1st of December, and started my Christmas shopping in October.
  7. I have a very large family. Which is made even larger and more complicated due to my parents multiple marriages and divorces.
I nominate:


Thank-you again. I hope you learnt a bit more about me via my random facts.

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14.12.11

The Loch Ness Monster - Funny Joke

An atheist was spending a quiet day fishing when suddenly his boat was attacked by the Loch Ness Monster. In one easy flip, the beast tossed him and his boat high into the air. Then it opened its mouth to swallow both. As the man sailed head over heels, he cried out,

"Oh, my God! Please help me!"

At once, the ferocious attack scene froze in place, and as the atheist hung in mid-air, a booming voice came down from the clouds,

"I thought you didn't believe in me!"

"Come on God, give me a break!!," the man pleaded. "Two minutes ago I didn't believe in the Loch Ness Monster either!"
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