***My Christmas***

Hi Beauts!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and got everything you wanted.

I thought I would share what I did over Christmas with you :)

Christmas Eve-For the past couple of years I have been going out with friends on Xmas eve, meaning I have been very hungover on Xmas day, which is no fun at all. But this year, my boyfriend asked me to go and help him do ALL his shopping. In typical man style, he had left absolutely all of it untill Christmas Eve. I was not amused! We went to Westfields in Stratford and it was MENTAL! He was working until 4 and it closed at 6 so the pressure was on to get everything done in about an hour, which we managed, hurrah! Apart from his present to me :( he was going to get me the ipad mini but of course they were sold out everywhere (who tries to buy an ipad on xmas eve?!),which was very disappointing, but hopefully I only have to wait a few days :) Then in the evening I went out to dinner with mum and my stepdad which was lovely. Then went home, wrapped the last of the presents and watched a few films.  

Christmas Day- I'm a big kid when it comes to the big day. I  still get everyone up early, whack on my Christmas Jumper and race downstairs and sort everyones presents into piles ready to be opened! So true to form, I forced everyone up at 7:30am. I didn't get loads of presents, I think as you get older it gets less and less. But I did get some lovely bits, some dresses which I'd wanted for a while, and some christmas reindeer pyjamas. I got some soap and glory products and Body Shop gift sets which smell gorgeous. A cute bracelet. Selfridges vouchers from my nan. and obviously I'm still waiting on the ipad!

Around lunchtime we all headed to my aunts house, it was so nice to see the family as I don't see them very often. The food was amazing, and too much wine and sherry was consumed, as you do. Then in the evening we play games like cluedo, bingo and monopoly before heading home.

Boxing Day- This is also my Nan's birthday so we had everyone over to us for yet more food + birthday cake, and alot of wine. After watching a film someone whacked out the Monopoly again, (as you can tell, we are a family of Monopoly enthusiasts). But as I have work today (*sad face* not quite ready to go back to reality yet!) and I know our Monopoly games continue for hours, I excused myself and got an early night.

Send me your links in the comments box for your christmassy posts so I can have a little nosey at what you all got up to! :)

Christmas #6|| Tis the season to be jolly...

 

Hi Ladies,

Happy Christmas Eve!!! How excited are we?!

So, as you all know, December is THE month for Christmas Parties. So I thought I would do a quick post to share just a few photos with you all from a couple of events i've been to over the course of the month :)

The first row of pics are at my work xmas party, which was at Penthouse in Leicester Square, it had a terrific view across London and there was a free bar, need I say more?! Great night.

 

The Second and third Row, is me and a few of my friends, we decided to go for a mini Christmas getaway in our neighbouring town of Chelmsford. This was also such a great weekend, which involved too much wine as per usual! In the first two pics on the second row, we are opening our Secret Santa pressies :)

 

 



 

 

Needless to say I have had a very eventful month! Shopping is finally completely finished and I am stupidly excited for Christmas Day now, to relax with my family and a few glasses of sherry ;) 

 

I hope you all have a great Christmas, and bring on the turkey!

 

Liebster Award!

 

 

I was nominated by the lovely Ceri Louise from Wardrobe Misfit for a Liebster award.(Go check out her awesome blog!) I had no idea what this was but after reading about it I am very grateful she chose to nominate me :) as I think it is a fab way for bloggers just starting out,(under 300 followers) to get some recognition and also to find new blogs to read.

 

The rules are:

1. Link back to the person who nominated you.
2. Write 11 random facts about yourself.
3. Answer 11 questions the person that nominated you sets.
4. Nominate another 11 bloggers.
5. Create 11 random questions for them to answer.
 

11 Random Facts about Me:

1. I am an only child.
2. I chose the name 'English Rose' for my blog due to the fact that everyone has always called me that, probably trying to make me feel better about my pale skin and inability to tan easily.
3. I only learnt how to boil an egg last year. (shocking for a 24 year old!)
4. I have a cat who thinks she is a human haha.
5. As much as I love buying things for myself, I actually hate the process of shopping!
6. My room always looks like there's been an explosion.
7. I am extremely impatient (although I'm trying to combat this!)
8. I LOVE to read.
9. I still play Super Mario all the time on my Nintendo DS.
10. I am obsessed with pink/glittery stuff.
11. I have a massive fear of heights.

 

My questions from Ceri Louise:

 

What is your favourite food ever?

I am a big foodie but if I had to pick one it would definately have to be a big roast dinner with all the trimmings!

 

Who's style inspires you the most? (family/friend/celeb)

I love the way Cheryl Cole dresses, I think she always looks stylish and classy these days.

 

What's your favourite perfume at the moment?

Victoria's Secret 'Angel' is one of the nicest fragrances I have smelt in a long time!

 

Do you have a favourite film of all time?

There's so many but one of my all time faves is The Hangover, it still never fails to crack me up!

 

Who was your favourite band as a teenager?

I did love my boybands, and my favourite was 'blue', I used to have a massive crush on Lee Ryan (and maybe still do haha!)

 

Where would you most like to visit?

New York! I'd actually love to travel around all the main states in America. I've never been there :(.

 

What's your favourite fashion trend at the moment?

I love anything Peplum! They are so flattering and can be dressed up or down.

 

What was the first blog you started reading?

Couture Girl by Kayleigh, I love it, I was actually trying to find a review on a product I was thinking of buying and her blog came up in the search and i've been reading it ever since!

 

What's the last book you read?

The White Queen by Philippa Gregory, I done a review on it which you can see here, and I am currently reading the second installment, 'The Red Queen'.

 

What's the most expensive fashion/beauty item you've ever bought?

My black Mulberry Bayswater bag, it retails at £595, eek! But I consider it an investment ;)

 

Do you have any pets?

I have one female cat called Bow. She is 1 and 1/2 years old, and a very spoilt princess haha. In January we are getting a playmate for her.

 

 

My Questions for my nominees:

 

1. What is your favourite thing about blogging?
2. What is your favourite colour?
3. If you had a choice, would you choose to be invisible or invincible for a week?
4. What is your best memory to date?
5. If you were stuck on an island and were only allowed 3 things, what would they be?
6. What's your favourite beauty product at the moment?
7. Do you have any siblings?
8. What is the best holiday you have been on so far?
9. What are your hobbies?
10. If you won the lottery, what would be the first thing you would do?
11. If you had to live without either hair products (including straightners!) or beauty products for the rest of your life, which would you choose?

I tag these lovely ladies :):

Nicola at Only On A Sunday
Anna at On The Dressing Table
Ember at Ember's Corner
Charlotte at Only Charlotte Sometimes
Rachael at Dreamer 46
Louise at Swirlicious Beauty
Cat at Cats Got Culture
Poppy at Lets Drive Far away
Jennifer at Beauty Confessions of a Big Girl
Daniella at All The Good Names Were Taken?
Laura at Shimmer Of Pink


Thanks again Ceri! I loved doing this :)

Not long to go before we leave the mince pies and milk out for Santa! Woo-hoo! :D

 

My Little Blog's Facelift!

Hi Ladies,

 

Just a quick post to say, as you can see, my wee blog has undergone a wonderful makeover. I am absolutely useless when it comes to anything technical so there was no way I could make it look the way I pictured it. I had the most simple boring layout before and was desperate to change it!

 

So after reading one of my fave blogs, Couture Girl, and loving her layout, she mentions a fab lady, Felicity who designed hers, so I then got in touch with her to see if she could help.

 

Turned out to be the best decision for me, she is very talented and a lovely person! She listened to exactly what I wanted, and it seems she took the picture from inside my head of how I wanted my blog to look and brought it to life.

 

I highly recommend checking out her website here if you are after a new design!

 

Have a great weekend everyone!