Welcome 2013

Hello there!

I hope you all had an absolutely fabulous Christmas! Yet again it has been so long since I have blogged! Always surprises me how quick time goes.So 2013 is just around the corner and ladies it is going to be a good one! I have many a plan!

2013 is going to be the year that I:

Go skiing
Run a half marathon
get a new job
Go to two weddings and a hen do
move house (hopefully for the job!)
do an epic cycle
and go glamping in a safari park!


Do you know the best part of all this is 4 of them are booked and there are two job apps on my computer!

13 maybe unlucky for some but not for us!

xxxx

Follow me?

Good morning lovely people!

Hope you are all well and having a super weekend.

Now being a rather avid reader of blogs I am always in awe of bloggers who have 100s of followers...seriously how do they do it! Now I have had this blog for over a year and it has never been my intention to blog in order to get followers but we all know a little bit of attention is nice! So if I can get to ten followers I will do a blog giveaway.....bribery, much, well yes but never mind!

Fancy following me??

Gxxxx

Always look on the bright side....

Hi there!

Goodness time has flown! Don't know why I go so long without blogging! Hope everyone is well!

So I have had a mixed week, on the one hand I have had some super news on the other hand life especially my love life has been really hard so rather than dwell on the I thought i would tell you (and remind myself!) about some awesome things that have happened!

So I got a new phone after a fall out with o2

First ever Iphone! Iphone 4s, very excited! Down loaded loads of free apps :)

And I am going to San Francisco!

 

In February I am going to San Francisco with the school on the ski trip! Applied last year found out yesterday! Well chuffed! Never been skiing before so this is the perfect trial for me to see if I like it! Also haven't been to states for yearsd and never been to San Francisco!

 

Exciting times

 

xxx

A day in photos

Hello

Hope everybody has had a lovely weekend! My Sunday was a bit more exciting than I though when an old mate from London called and said did I want to meet up so he came down and we went for a lovely big Weatherspoons fry up. then popped out to do a bit of shopping

They are not the prettiest I have seen but I really wanted comfortable school shoes and they do the job, also my mate gave me a 20% off voucher for Clarks!

I also got this in a charity shop. So pleased its a Marian Keyes that has been re released and it was exactly what I went looking for!

you know when you find something in your wardrobe you love but had forgotten about....isn't that the best thing ever

I had forgotten about this lacey little number

 

So I paired it with my new favourite denim shirt from H&M

 

 

Love love love this shirt....may try it with a twist next time

 

 

Hope everyone has a great start to their week

 

xxx

Scandal

Good morning lovely people!

Hope you are all well and happy it is the weekend! It is gorgeous here hope the sun is shining where you are. so last night it being a Friday I came in, put joggers on and read the sun online (my secret vice) and saw the whole Kate Middleton topless scandal. I browsed through it and can understand why they are upset but the main thing that struck me about the article was her dress!

 

This Alice Temperly number is so beautiful! I want I want I want! (please)

 

So I think it is fair to say I am developing a crush, I even like the way Kate did her hair

 

 So elegant! I wish to be elegant!

 

Dear Mr Hair dresser and Mr Primark can you make me look like this please?

 

I remember this gown as well

 

 

Perfection!

 

So I may have not been concentrating on the point of the article but I have developed a new crush!

 

Ladylike chic is now what I am aiming for!

 

Who is your style crush?

 

xx

Day at the farm

Hello there

What a gorgeous day! My friend asked me in the week if I fancied meeting up in London and going to the Imperial War Museum, a place I love but when she heard how gorgeous the weather was going to be she found Bockeets Farm which is roughly in the middle of us (I'm in Reading shes in Kent) so with another mate I set off this morning.

Wearing

 

Denim shirt and stripey top - H&M

Leggings - New Look

Pumps - Primark

Then accessorised with this ring I got in coober Pedy is Australia

 



Its an opal, probably my favourite stone, I went to an actual opal mine and bought it there.

Bockets farm was lovely, of course we were the only people there who didn't have children but we really enjoyed. They have small animals like rabbits, Guinea pigs and mice

 

As well as larger animals like cows, alpacas, sheep, goats, horse and donkeys. My favourite though had to be the pigs

 

 

 

we were able to feed the animals, pat them and for younger ones there were pony rides etc. Although I am far too old it was a really nice way to spend a sunny day!

 

G xxx

Thai there

Hello

Hope you are all well, for me it is the last weekend of the holidays....eeeeeek! Back to school on Monday.

So while I was off back packing in Oz a very good friend of mine went to Thailand for a month. It sounded like she had an amazing time, rode elephants, patted tigers and her photos are just beautiful. So being a good friend she bought me some Thailand goodies back.

Pretty bag and notebook on the elephant scheme

 

thai pants! Also with elephants on them :)

 

Modelling-these are so comfy!

 

She then popped across to Paris (as you do!) and brought me back this

 

Er how wonderful I hear you say....she bought you a small bread stick

 

BUT NO

 

 

Its a pen, how cool will I look in meetings holding this with the lid on maming everyone else hungry.

 

Its funny I love the thai pants and would quite happily wear them when I was on holiday but not here. Have you got any clothes no matter how much you love them you wouldn't wear out of your home?

 

xxxx

 

 

Glayne springs to Alice

How you all doing? Well as my witty subject title suggests I am in Alice Springs, got here about 1.30pm today. Flew from Sydney took three hours didn't actually realise how far it was! So I have left Sydney for the time being, as you know I went to the bridge and the opera house and then booked one tour on Monday. On Tuesday I booked some more tours and accommodation, really nice travel agents, the bloke there (Eddy) who I thought was australian was actually from Essex got me a really good deal and invited me out that night...well it would have been rude not to after all his work so I dossed the rest of the day through exhaustion (really hard life) met some lovely people in the hostel and hung out with them before going out with Eddy and a load of other travellers, had good fun. Then yesterday as my last day in Sydney I headed off to Bondi Beach so have done the big three as it were. Absolutely beautiful beach but so cold! Apparently Australia have had an awful summer and haven't had a winter this cold for 5 years.....awesome!

Bondi

So now I am in ALice for two nights and it is a bit of a culture shock! The aborigines leave a hell of a lot to be desired...although as a horrible culture destroying brit I had better be careful on that one. Anyway I have just been to see the sunset on Anzac hill then tomorrow am off camel riding before being picked up by 'groovy grape tours' who I will be with for 5 days touring down to Adelaide, this involves Ayers rock, national park and kangaroo orphanage, we will be camping in 'swags' so no internet until I get to Adelaide on 9th. Im in Adelaide for 5 days, I go to Barossa valley (the wine region) on the 11th then have 3 more days, wasn't what I would have picked but just the way dates worked out, off t kangaroo island for one night and two days before one more day in Adelaide then a 3 day tour along the great ocean road....that is where the apostles are so cant wait. Will get into Melbourne on the 20th August

                                                                          Tour bus

Ready for adventures at the top of ANZAC hill in Alice Springs

 

G xxxx

G'day

Hello all!

Well it has been absolutely ages since I have blogged and not even sure why!

For the past month i have been in Australia which was absolutely amazing. completely not planned, booked a flight to Sydney in June and left in July so to bring you upto date here are some ramblings I shared with other people while I was away.



So here i am in Sydney now been here about 24 hours! Flight was good...if long. Flew with a company called Ethiad? Never head of them but they were very good, Virgin Australia it turns out are their 'sister comany' as are air Berlin which seemed quite strange since i was there a few weeks ago. Anyhoo good films 'Best exotic marigold hotel' in which I genuinely laughed out loud; best line, 'if I want your opinion I will tell you what it is' also watched 5 back to back episodes of Miranda which I like and listened to a few albums. Was well worried about using up batteries of kindle and ipod and being stuck twiddling my thumbs but only had the kindle on once in Abu Dhabi airport, in flight entertainment sorted me the rest of the time. Abu Dhabi was not overly exciting........was there for 15 hours, 20 on the way back..great stuff! Of course its Ramada as well so I felt a bit self conscious eating because I was surrounded by some very hungry people.


So got the the airport got let into the country and went to get the train which the lonely planet recommend only to be told there was no train but a free bus service! There were so apologetic I was like free.....hello! Hostel is about a 5 minute walk and clean and friendly enough. Did very little last night then woke up my time at 5.29am, forced myself to go back to sleep till 9ish then got up. Got a free breakfast from the nice girl on reception then she suggested doing a bit of walking to get myself acclimatised so walk I did, walked down to the harbour and opera house then into the Royal botanical gardens and across to the rocks, grabbed some lunch and headed back. popped into a backpacker travel place on the way back and booked a tour from Alice Springs to Adelaide which does the rock, bushwalking and you get to go to a kangaroo orphanage!!!!!

 

Glayne xxx

OMG!

How has it been over a month since i have blogged? My goodness hasn't time flown! So for me its half term! very excited, we broke up today and I am going to work tomorrow then off to Turkey on Sunday. Cannot wait, never been before so will try and get myself back into the spirit of blogging by doing a few outfit posts!

Hope everyone is well and enjoying the weather we've been having

Gxx

Birthday love

Hello all!

Guess what! Its muh birfday! Or it was yesterday.......29 years old! Whoop whoop!

And considering it was not a big birthday I got well spoilt!

You may have already seen my terrimundi pot and my ring from Butler and Wilson but I also got

Goodies! A new running top and chocolates from my best mate. a radley wallet and some shoes from my parents (as well as the money box and ring!) a bracelet and a Miss Selfridge voucher from two other friends!

Shoes from Clarks from my parents love these! Haven't bought from Clarks for agggggges!

Pretty bracelet from my friend which I think goes really nicely with my new ring

What do you think?

Bless her my mate brought my round a birthday cake last night

The today we booked a holiday to Turkey in half term! Can't wait!

If there are any other taureans celebrating their birthdays a huge HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you

much love

xxx

Harry Potter

Hello all

Brrrr what a cold and rainy weekend! I literally have not stepped foot outside the door. Been proper poorly all week (not good the first week back after a holiday) even got sent home from parents pm because I literally couldn't speak! Luckily the resting (and boredom) seems to have helped and I am almost feeling normal again!

When I was down in Swansea I went to the hair dressers to have my roots done and an inch or so off my hair. My hair dresser is a lovely girl and was bored so she asked if she could curl my hair, 'of course' says I and I loved it! She used a wand (see what I did there Harry Potter/wand?!!) and she made it look so easy so I popped off to Tesco and bought myself this

The Remington Pearl Wand, lots of good reviews, 25% off bargain! Except its not.......I just cannot use the blooming thing! I have watched countless you tube videos with girls using this particular wand, read blogs and studied the instructions........all my hair does is fall off the damn thing not even a wave!

Anyone got any spells out there that will give my beautiful curls???

xxx

OOTD

Hello

A gloomy day today, I wish the weather would decide what it wanted to do with itself!

Cardie - Red Herring

Cream top - Oasis

Skirt - Primark

Tights-Tescos

Shoes  - DPs

Close up of my shoes!

Believe it or not this is not a jumbles sale.....this is my epic fail of a New Years Resolution of buy one thing a month! From left to right........

Pink top - Oasis

Black and red dress - Tesco

Green jeans - Miss Selfridge

Cream scallop top - Oasis

Blue and green top - Matalan

Do you know the worst thing, I don't regret any of it!

xxx



Birthday bling

Hello

it is not actually my birthday until the end of April but since i have been home for part of the Easter Holidays my mum and dad gave me my presents then since it saves them posting them! I saw some jewellary from Butler and Wilson that I fancied so this is what I got........

Now believe it or not I am not usually a massive bling fan.............

And my friends have laughed at it...........

I accept it's not to everyones taste

But I adore it!

bling bling!!!!

xxxx

pot luck

Hello

Have you heard of Terrimundi pots before? They are money boxes that don't have stoppers in the bottom they are sealed so you have to smash them to get the money out.

I had this one a few years ago

and it got full......but I didn't want to smash it so my lovely dad drilled the bottom for me.......

and I got £130 out of it!!! Such as easy way to spend because I think of all that change I had I probably would have lost most of it otherwise. My parents knew it was ready to be emptied so they bought me a new one for my bday

Which I have already starred filling! My goal is £150 this time

 xxx

Easter treats

Hello all

Hope you all had a super duper Easter! I am down in Swansea still with the rents, not back in Reading until Sunday for back to school on Monday!


Since it is my birthday soon I have had all my present so will blog about them when I get back because I didn't bring my camera lead. I picked this up in Matalan for work

Really like the colours and print

xxx

New Years resolutions..........

Hello

My goodness where has the time gone! I haven't blogged for nearly a month. Mind you it has been a rather busy couple of weeks! Work has been absolutely mental and not always in a good way. Also last Sunday I completed the Reading half marathon relay, only three miles but I was really pleased and I have decided I am going to do the whole thing next year, will be just before I am 30 so something to aim for, also it is the 30th anniversary of the half marathon so I thought it would be quite nice!

Anyway it is now the Easter Holidays so I am off home today! Just thought I'd have a look at home my new years resolutions are going so far

Not to buy more than one thing a month-eeeeeek epic sale, when the going got tough G-Unit went shopping, and shopping and then did a bit more shopping.....will post about what I bought though cos i did get some lovely stuff

Baking, I didn't bake anything new in March but I made cupcakes two days ago and had my first go with a piping bag

Not bad, my next challenge is going to be chocolate beetroot cake

xx 

Some you lose.....

Good evening!

Well I have well and truly broken my one item of clothing a month New Years reservation in February and March, i will try and get back on it nex month but it was so worth it! :)

Oasis pink top

Another Oasis top, this one with the 29% off. Love the cut on this

And then good old Tesco came up with this little gem

For £7.00!

Happy days

xxx