Over the holidays I read Let It Snow by John Green, Lauren Myracle and Maureen Johnson the book is 3 festive styled stories that are linked together. The first story is called The Jubilee Express it is about a girl who has the unfortunate name of Jubilee she is named that because her parents are obsessed with these ornaments called Flobie and they are collectables that when you get all the pieces they form a town and the Town Hall is called Jubilee Hall anyway long story short her parents get arrested because they were part of "the Flobie 5" and spend Christmas in jail so she gets sent to her Grandparents but doesn't make it because of the worst storm in 50 years so she gets stuck at a Waffle House and a kind guy called Stuart takes her to his out of the cold, she breaks up with her boyfriend, Noah who is a first class noob and goes out with Stuart who is lovely and kind. The second story is called A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle which links back to the first story because on the train that got stranded in the storm with Jubilee on there were a group of cheerleaders on the train that also take refuge in the Waffle House and the cheerleaders want to play Twister but there is only room for one more group of people in the Waffle House so the acting assistant manager rings his friends up to bring Twister but they are in competition with 2 other groups of people and have to battle to the Waffle House. Finally the third story is called The Patron Saint Of Pigs which is about a girl who is hung up on her relationship with her boyfriend ending and she always talks about herself even her friends say she can be self centred and how much she doesn't do things for anyone else only for her own benefit. The girl has a friend who has an obsession with pigs and her parents wouldn't let her buy one because it would grow to be much bigger and heavier than her but then she discovers a species called a teacup pig and yes they do actually fit into a teacup! ^.^
Look how adorable they are awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Anyway the teacup pig get delivered to the pet shop which is near the Starbucks where the girl works so she picks it up for her friend but when she goes to get it its not there so she goes on a hunt to find it and finds that it was just a challenge to see if she would give up or not and at the end everyone from all the stories ends up in this Starbucks and its all happy and cute. Seen as it is a Wintery tale though I would only recommend reading it at Christmas time but I enjoyed it very much.
Mucho Love,
Amelia xo
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Today I went to go see Dumb and Dumber 2 and ohmydays I hadn't laughed like I did today in awhile I think it could possibly be even funnier than the first one I know there were definitely more gross jokes in it for example when the duo manage to sneak into the Ken Convention Lloyd asks the bartender how much drinks are and the pair not knowing what gratis mean decide to mix the dregs from other peoples drinks together and put their hands down their rear end knowing it smells and tells the woman to get them a new drink by making her smell their drinks but putting their hands over the top so they think its the drink that stinks. I liked how at the end of the film during the credits they played clips from the first one as well as this one and of course Carrey said his trademark line "I like it a lot" and there is a return of the famous van. In the film Lloyd plays a prank on Harry for 20 years pretending to be a mute and is in a nursing home so as pay back Harry pretends he needs a kidney transplant and Lloyd believes him so ends up getting his kidney cut out illegally in the back of a car in Mexico to give to Harry but it turns out in the cooler he is carrying what he thinks is his kidney is actually a lamb chop. My favourite scene is probably when they play what they think is a harmless joke on the guy they are travelling with but the prank involves setting off what they think is 'only a few fireworks' in his room but the room ends up setting on fire, the guy runs out the room and through the balcony and lands in the swimming pool and Harry and Lloyd find it hilarious and also the blind kid with the birds makes a return aha! Definitely would recommend this if you don't mind the gross jokes and enjoyed the first one I can't even rate it its so good, made my day aha.
Just a little list of my winter faves:
1)My official fourth Doctor scarf
2)Hot chocolates especially the brownie one and black forest one from costa with marshmallows and cream definitely worth £3.05 heaven in a cup!
3)My cute panda hat with pom-pom ears which is adorable plus I love pandas so win win any hat will do obviously but mine is better mwahaha
4)Also my matching panda mittens and panda hoodie ;P
5)I recently purchased Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle which is 3 stories intertwined and its wintery so it helps get you into the Christmas spirit
6)Duvet days
7)Getting to sing Fairytale Of New York (arguably the best Christmas song ever) at every given opportunity because its December and I genuinely believe its bad luck to sing Christmas songs when its not December so I have to make the most of it and sing it every day until December 25th
8)Warm mince pies
9)The heating being on when I get home from college, pure bliss!
10)The coke bottles with the names of the reindeer's on
11)Christmas decorations in town
Annnnnd I think that's about it
Mucho love,
Amelia xo
I recently purchased the pink nail art pen by Barry M as I nearly always have my nails painted because I weirdly feel kinda' naked without painted nails I don't know why but anyway I just want to share some cool ideas if you use nail art pens to make your nails look even prettier:
Basic hearts (like the ones shown in this pic)
Zig Zags
Spirals
Crosses
Checkers
Bows
Stars
Letters
Smiley faces
Polka dots
Now for the more artsy ones:
Leopard print
Aztec print
Day of the dead type skulls
S'all I can think of at the moment but have fun getting creative
Mucho love
Amelia xo
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I would like to start with apologising for not blogging in awhile inspiration has been running low lately but I'll try to blog a few more things before the new year :)
Today I went to go see Paddington with my friend now I know what you're thinking I must be the most immature 17 year old (18 in 1 month) in the world but I like to think Paddington has a little bit of British culture (after all he is named after Paddington Station in London) and who doesn't like a little cute bear who loves marmalade and wears a cute blue duffel coat.
I highly recommend seeing Paddington it stars Hugh Bonneville, Nicole Kidman, Peter Capaldi, Matt Lucas and Julie Walters and is heart warming fun for everyone and Capaldi is rather quite hilarious in it as he tries to win the affections of Kidman in humorous ways for example when he gives her withered flowers that he found tied to a lamp post and simply says "waste not want not". If you don't know about Paddington he is an orphan bear who lives with his Aunt Lucy and Uncle Pastuzo in darkest Peru, an explorer goes out to Peru and meets Aunt Lucy and Uncle Pastuzo and teaches the bears about London and gives them a taste of marmalade which the bears find out they love when the explorer leaves he gives Uncle Pastuzo his red hat which is passed down to Paddington and becomes his trademark look.
There is quite a gross bit in the film where the Brown family have taken him into their home and Mrs.Brown asks him if he wants to freshen up so he goes to the bathroom and thinks the toothbrushes are for his ears and then he licks his ear wax which made me cringe but it leads to hilarious consequences where he ends up getting his head stuck in the toilet and flooding the whole bathroom to the point where he is floating around in the bathroom just after Mr. Brown has phoned his house insurance company asking if the policy protects against damages done by bears.
However I do find the fact that nobody in the film bats an eyelid at a talking bear walking around on two legs in London. When Paddington arrives at the train station and the Brown family walk past him the father just says to his family "stranger danger just a bear probably trying to sell something" like its the norm, I do recommend this film 5 out of 5 though as its adorable and hilarious.
Mucho love
Amelia xo
I was so happy last week when I found Costa had put their festive food and drinks menu up I had a Brownie hot chocolate and a gingerbread snowman that come with a tube of icing and pack of smarties so you can decorate it yourself I was rather pleased with the end result I think it looked cute if I added a scar to it though it would have probably looked like Harry Potter aha. The brownie hot chocolate is so nice especially with the little brownie pieces that sink to the bottom (saving the best till last) they also do other seasonal hot chocolates like black forest gateau which I will have to try on my next visit which just happens to be tomorrow Wednesday is Costa Wednesdays :3. So if you fancy what they have to offer get yourself down to your closest Costa's :)
I haven't blogged for a couple of weeks because I've been feeling pretty crappy I've been tired all the time and just haven't been interested in doing much apart from being a potato today I got asked what I wanted for Christmas and I wanted to reply with "my dad back" but I didn't want to make my friend feel awkward so I just said nothing. On average 1 in 4 people will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year and 1 in 10 adults will suffer from depression at some point in their life. People need to learn that you can't just "snap out" of depression and it is a real mental illness and being depressed isn't when you just feel down for a day or so it is being in a state of basically feeling shit persistently for weeks, months maybe even years. I'm writing this blog just to give some advice on some helpful websites and to offer friendship to whoever may need it. Anyone who lives in or around Leeds can go to The Market Place who offer help on just about anything to 13-25 year old's http://www.themarketplaceleeds.org.uk/ you can drop in whenever its open or you can book an appointment. The NHS site offers brilliant advice on low moods, depression, stress, anxiety and just about anything http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/pages/low-mood-and-depression.aspx and another helpful site is ChildLine http://www.childline.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx which I have used many times in the past the counsellors on the one to one chat are really helpful and try their best to understand the situation and I personally always feel a little bit better after talking to them. If you talk to them through the sites one to one chat you don't even have to type you can choose an emoticon to represent how you're feeling and they'll understand or you can draw a picture or choose words from a word bank to show how you're feeling and of course you can call them or e-mail them too and everything is strictly confidential. Seeking help if you think your problem is getting worse should be nothing to worry about as there are a lot of resources that are free to young people and they are there to be used. Self harm is also linked to depression and there are many sites to help with that too self harm does not mean you are weak and there can be many reasons for doing it. I too have self harmed and if you feel the need you have to do it please make sure you clean the cuts and look after yourself I would just like to let everyone who reads this know they are beautiful and very very fabulous
Mucho love,
Amelia xo
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