my life in lists #11: things to do when you're bored

1. listen to your favourite song on a loop
2. pretend you're in a music video whilst singing said song
3. create a scrapbook of obscurity
4. go to the nearest play park and swing as high as you can
5. be sentimental
6. be a troll on youtube - just to annoy the beliebers
7. discover something you never knew (aka watch a shit load of QI)
8. bake cakes and, naturally, eat them all
9. create a recipe/cocktail ideas book - complete with illustrations
10. take advantage of the free resources in your local area
11. go for a long walk accompanied by a long think
12. dress up without reason
13. try and walk as much of your local area as poss (see Jamie)
14. draw your surroundings
15. be indulgent
16. go for lunch with a friend and not give thought to the bill
17. make some ridiculous prank calls and laugh til you cry
18. call someone
19. make rules...and break them
20. search for photos of cats - you'll be occupied for hours
21. write a piece of fiction
22. watch movies back to back - only stopping to fill the bowl with more popcorn
23. count your freckles
24. write letters to loved ones and old friends
25. start walking and don't stop til you've found somewhere new and exciting
26. plan a holiday
27. send friends mixed cd's
28. pour a hot bubble bath
29. treat yourself to breakfast/all day in bed
30. take photographs of the littlest details
31. shy away from technology
32. watch the sunrise
33. watch the sunset
34. pick some flowers and put them all around the house
35. smile
36. be different
37. do some sponatenous exercise
38. take the train to a new place
39. have a walk in the woods
40. volunteer
41. put on a stupid accent for a day
42. visit a gallery
43. get tipsy at lunchtime and spend the afternoon giggling
44. take a cooking class
45. leave little notes in library books
46. create a wall collage
47. clear your phone book of people you shouldn't call again
48. go to the theatre
49. spend some time alone
50. surround yourself with people
51. dance terribly
52. attend a pub quiz
53. design!
54. draw the things that you'd put in a time capsule
55. list your favourite things
56. take photographs of the things you'd save in a house fire
57. write a blog post
58. collect your favourite quotes
59. people watch from a coffee shop window
60. go charity shopping and buy the ugliest dress you find
61. drag out your old cd's and embrace the 90's once more
62. do some colouring in on your boring uni notes - guilty as charged
63. write a love letter
64. order takeaway
65. watch all of river cottage on 4od - been there, done that ;)
66. write a story using a flashback
67. sew
68. explore
69. play a drinking game
70. film a VLOG about your passions - saucy.
71. spring clean
72. go for a nap and wake up not knowing what the time is
73. create a bucket list
74. create an inspiration board
75. try on your whole wardrobe and style yourself
76. do some fun diy on your clothes/furniture
77. try out some new nail art
78. sort out your bookmarks!
79. have a pamper session
80. hide your underwear in your partner's make-up bag (that's something Luke does....)

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I thought I'd publish another of my lists from my book of scribbles. It's Luke's birthday today so we've been celebrating by gorging on triple choc cookies. He's ventured off to play video games with the lads so I'm struggling to keep myself away from the Hotel Chocolat goodies I bought him as part of his prezzies! We are off out for a right old knees up tonight which will probably end in us coming home at 12 because we are too drunk for the club. I'm looking forward to it!

For those that are interested, the South West Christmas Blogger meet is still very much going ahead! I've got a lot of exciting details about it that I'm not yet allowed to spill but when I can...you'll be the first to know! Is anyone else stupidly excited for Christmas yet? They're building the ice rink outside my flat as I type - that surely means it's not wrong of me to be a little giddy! I'm off to grab a nice shower before chaos resumes. Have fun!

h is for happy: things that make me happy #50

Sweet lord alive, talk about life in the fast lane! I've finally finished reading the epic poem for tomorrow's 9am start. It's taken me days! Am I the only one that likes to write a billion notes as I go along? I'm massively missing the blogosphere but I've got the end of the week to revel in such delights and I may even get to see the gorgeous Lyzi so it's not all doom and gloom. I'm hell bent on going out and exploring once all my work is done so I'll hopefully have a mass of photographs for you all pretty soon.

I had my first ~proper~ lecture today complete with bearded lecturer, dumfounded moments and literary arrogance galore. It was great fun even though I felt slightly out of my depth when people were throwing extremely complex literary devices around the room as if they were commonplace in everyday conversation. I'm sure I'll become a little more confident soon! I'm going to have to be because I'm writing my first piece of prose this week before relaying it to my classmates. Good lord alive, time to get the creative juices flowing. I'm fully aware that not much of this is comprehensible but I'm on a tight schedule and I still need to tart myself for this evening's frivolity. I apologise greatly.

I'm off to nom a beany cheesey jacket potato before heading off to a UV club night. Don't you just love fluro colours and insane drunken idiots? Thank the lord for cider, that's all I can say! Here's a load of things that've been keeping me happy lately....

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What's been making you happy lately? 

my life in lists #10: current observations #2

1. vodka will always be kind to you
2. always take your key with you - the emergency man doesn't like 2am calls
3. freshers week will be the death of you
4. you make terrible first impressions - rectify them now!
5. freshers are 90% tosspots
6. celebrity masterchef will never fail to make you laugh
7. little miss la-de-da will never be friendly
8. smirnoff ice is like drinking lemonade
9. grandma + skype = winning combination
10. never go to a club sober
11. leaflets make good coasters
12. don't listen to drunken idiots
13. lose some tub
14. dubstep is terrible and you look stupid when you dance to it
15. don't try and phone your kebabby back home - they won't do delivery 2 hours away at 3am
16. some english students are terribly annoying. don't try to kill them.
17. induction week is boring but it gives you great people watching opportunities
18. anticipating starbucks' christmas coffees will never get old
19. dancing like carlton from fresh prince in a club is always going to be hilarious
20. you need to get your camera out and get snap happy
21. tuna pasta bake will always taste amazing. always.
22. falling asleep for an hour whilst you read doesn't count towards time spent reading
23. you look awful in geek glasses
24. apparently it's uncool to know all the 5ive lyrics..including the raps

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Hello! I'm just about alive. I'm terribly sorry that I've abandoned little V of late but life is pretty hectic right now. I'm knee deep in Freshers Week and my days have been taken up with boring chats and horrendously annoying English students. You know those people that take something from a poem and try and turn it into this big overarching idea without any clear evidence? Yeah, they really get on my tits.

This week has consisted of so many different things. I've been out and about, drinking far too much, disliking far too many people and rather enjoying myself all the same. I'm going to attempt to finish reading one of my texts for next week today but I know that there's far too many distractions to actually make me behave for more than five minutes. I don't really have many wild Freshers Week stories as of yet to be honest. Apart from: getting locked out at 2am, wacking out some dad dancing on the dancefloor and a shit load of drinking games. I'm going to try and dedicate some time this weekend to sitting down and sorting out the blog and hopefully wacking up some good posts for you all. What are people interested in? Wanna see my new hometown/abode/uni stuff? I was thinking of posting meals up or something? We've been creating bakes, stir frys and curries galore lately! That probably explains why my thighs are wobbling a whole lot more recently. I seriously need to get shredding.

I'd best go bury my head between the pages of The Odyssey! Hope you're all well. Little V will be back up and running properly very soon. I promise ;)

P.S If you head over to My Label you can use '10MYLABEL' at the checkout to get a cheeky 10% discount. If that isn't an incentive, I don't know what is!

my life in lists #9: current observations

- addicted to my fisheye flat peephole!


1. life is pretty awesome
2. men will try to dance with you until you point out your boyfriend. don't feel bad for them!
3. the disco room will always be the best bet - even if it means you have to dance alone
4. if you can't style it, get it refunded! bye bye high waisted shorts
5. charm really is dead
6. the 'no swearing' rule within the international drinking rules will end up making you consume a lot of alcohol
7. it's shit living near beeping traffic lights
8. people watching is a free educational past time to enjoy and not be ashamed of
9. sausages for lunch will always hit the spot
10. even though you feel you need to, don't tell buskers where they're going wrong
11. the amnesty international man doesn't want to help you find the postbox
12. 24 hours without Internet feels like torture these days
13. my family will never grasp how to have a nice normal skype conversation
14. wherever you go, there's always some z-list celeb to gawp at - michael collings from BGT, ahoy!
15. simply owning a vagina will let you off such things as the beer bong and monkey chug
16. you will sit through a whole load of shit films in your lifetime. don't let it get you down!
17. sorting out your itunes library isn't the sort of productivity you're after
18. living with a boy isn't that bad...once you get past the toilet issues, trips to GAME and xbox time.
19. never spill your drink...drinking out of a sweaty shoe really isn't worth it
20. never use your knowledge of Westlife lyrics to impress people

It's that time of the year where the hours zoom past without warning and the teabags start declining rapidly due to my incurable need for a nice mug of tea. I'm happy as that Larry bloke people talk about right now. The flat feels like home and I think I've already made new mates. I had my first night out last night which was eventful. I will always fail at Ring of Fire and I will always find myself drawn to the disco room despite the fact all my mates consider themselves way too cool for that! I think all this change is exactly what I've been needing. I feel me again. I feel like making a song and dance out of everything (:

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I hope you've enjoyed my little list today. I thought it was the best way of catching you up on things that've been happening to me lately/things I've been thinking about! My best friend, Nibs, is down tomorrow so we are gunna have a bit of fun before gracing a house party for beer pong and frivolity. I'm feeling on top of the world. I'll see you Sunday for another Snap Happy - although, at the moment, the majority of the photos on my camera are of Luke's rather badly stubbed toe!

h is for happy {w49}: things that make me happy

This is a scheduled post because I'm currently enduring a car journey with my mother and her interesting radio station preference aka Sad FM. Thanks for all your lovely comments on my last post! I read through them all and found them extremely comforting. Today is all about moving in, buying food, shooting zombies, buying cushions and having a film night with my man friend! I'm pretty darn excited for it. We really want to make the flat a 'home' so we'll no doubt be filling it with quirky items/anything superhero related. Yes, we have mature taste. Mamabear is piling us off with a huuuuge swag bag of snacks because she knows that I can't be truly happy without a stash of Pringles and some Jammie Dodgers in my belly. I'm high maintenance, shoot me! Here's your weekly dose of happy:

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my life in lists #8: things i'll miss about home

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P.S Do you remember my Clippy bag design?! Clippy are running a little competition with all the bloggers who designed their own bag and if mine gets enough 'likes' I'll win a cool 30% discount for you lot to use on their site. Does this sound tempting? Well, they'll also pick one winner from all the 'likes' in the album to win a bag of their choice! So, quick...go and get voting for my bag design! The competition is running til Monday so get a scoot on! Go here to vote!

h is for happy {w47}: things that make me happy

I'm a terrible blogger, I know. On the other hand, I'm winning at life at the moment! Winning means getting tiddly, smashing up your 'good' knee and waking up hurting in places you never knew you could hurt, right!? I attended my first hen night over the weekend and was amazed at what goes on during such events. If I ever get married, I just want a quiet night in with a bottle of vodka and a handshake for bagging a man that willingly wants to spend the rest of his life with me.

I had a lovely week last week full of quality sibling time, film nights and noodle dishes. I've come back down to reality recently and realised just how many weeks it is until I'm moving out! I'm not overly upset yet but I know this time in a couple of weeks I'll be caressing the bath and reminiscing about all the good times we've had together. Ah, all those cosy winter nights immersed underneath it's bubbly goodness. I'm hoping to change things around with the blog soon so keep your beady eyes peeled. Until then, here's a few more things that make me happy:

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h is for happy {w46}: things that make me happy

Writing this post was just what I needed after a productive morning of being angry at things. It really annoys me when people are careless so I've been scowling at the staff of my local bank for messing up my new account. I'm feeling a little more at peace now! For those of you that are interested, Lyzi and I are already organising the next blogger meet up and it's scheduled for December. If we can get it all organised quickly we'll have a killer venue and the perfect party night for us and our blogger friends to let our hair down and flaunt our Christmas party dresses. Does that take your fancy?! We'll be looking into cheap hotels and transport etc in hope that some of you further north can come and be a part of it. It promises to be awesome! Would people be able to make a weekday if they booked the time off now? We are frantically checking dates.

In other news, I'm also going to be getting a blog sale going this week because the thought of living off a pound for another month actually makes me want to cry. There'll be some nice affordable stuff for you all to take a peek at. I've got to dash back to Luke's now for more film marathons but I hope you all have a lovely rest of the day! Do you agree with my picks?



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By writing my blog address on the images I am in NO way taking credit for them or the idea of this list. All credit goes to their respective authors. 

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my life in lists #7: things i would like in my life right this second

This is a cheeky little scheduled post because as you read this I'm rubbing shoulders with some of the South West's blogging finest! I'm a lucky lady, indeed. It almost didn't go ahead because of the pathetic rioters that have been gracing our news screens lately. I'm disgusted by their behaviour and I hope they all suffer the consequences of their ill-judged actions. I don't know why people can't have a bit of decorum and respect. I also don't know why they can't have a bit of taste - Sports Direct?! Oh dear. Thankfully, it seems the country is slowly returning back to its former riot-free state.

In cheerier news, my mate Hugh has decided to set up a River Cottage canteen in Plymouth - my future hometown! You have no idea how many fan girl squeals I made when I read such glorious news. Yeah, I'm middle aged. I'm a Fearnely-Whittingstall fanatic and I don't care who knows it! I'm hoping Lyzi and my best friend Ebony will be able to make the opening day and catch a glimpse of the beaut with me. I'm going to be holding a little blog sale over here at Little V within the next few days so keep your eyes peeled for bargains. I desperately need some dollar for uni so I'm hoping it'll be fruitful! Here's a few things that I'd quite like that I jotted down in my notebook recently:

1. restored peace within the UK/a ban on politicians conspiring/a ban on Ed Milliband's voice
2. more blonde highlights
3. nice eyebrows
4. shockwaves curl and wave mousse
5. breton. you can never have too much
6. a warm mug of tea with milk and two sugars
7. a dinner date
8. a tartan scarf
9. a shoe rack full of espadrilles and brogues
10. a facial at the spa
11. a cure for many a fatal illness
12. onesies/kigus for every day of the week
13. a river cottage-esque lifestyle
14. a dress for every day of the year
15. mismatched plates
16. fresh flowers
17. billowing jars of coloured pencils and pens
18. pretty letter paper
19. painted nails
20. a euro road trip
21. a dreamcatcher above my bed
22. city breaks
23. a venue that'd play my favourite songs
24. a dancefloor so i could skip around to aforementioned songs
25. stacks of moleskins full to the brim with ideas
26. him
27. bicycle rides
28. natural light
29. the comfiest pair of skinny jeans in the world
30. fluency in a range of languages
31. to write more letters to people
32. nostalgic photo albums
33. a full bookcase
34. photograph wall with mismatched frames
35. slouchy jersey t-shirts
36. un-shrunk mittens
37. the colour plum
38. fleecey loungey bottoms
39. comforting homecooked food
40. smiling faces
41. disposable income
42. disposable photographs
43. creativity
44. agreeable opinions
45. a term or two at hogwarts
46. a family of cats
47. a shelf of kilner jars
48. colourful storage boxes
49. art
50. published work
51. walks in the best of places
52. floral prints
53. balance
54. pretty perfume bottles
55. travel
56. a fancy firework display
57. chinese takeout
58. a jukebox of every song i've ever liked
59. an hour with lost loved ones
60. a good old fashioned cuddle

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I'm off to go spend the day with lovely ladies, eat some good food, pose and enjoy!

h is for happy {w45}: things that make me happy

Vivatramp is now a self-proclaimed 'lifestyle blog with a smile' and what a better way to illustrate that fact than with another of my posts on how to be happy! Readers often tell me that they swoop by little V every Monday for their weekly dose of happiness and that's extremely humbling. It's amazing to know that this list helps others as well as myself. For thirty minutes or so a week I can let my mind wander and think of the nicer, and more often than not, simpler things in life and that's a habit that I never want to tire of. I'd love to find out what makes my readers happy so if you've got a little list please pop it in the comments box!

In other news, Luke is back from his brother's stag do today; it'll be interesting to see whether he comes back in one piece or not! (edit - he has!) I'm off to go and prance about in a Breton stripe and sort out university dribble. Why not look through the 'H is for Happy' series here ♡


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By writing my blog address on the images I am in NO way taking credit for them or the idea of this list. All credit goes to their respective authors. 

It's merely to protect my little 'H is for Happy' series.

my life in lists #6: things i could win medals for (things i'm good at)

(hai camera smudge above my eye)

I've got that Friday feeling! Last night was unbelievably strange. You know when you find yourself on a really spontaneous trip out with your friends and you basically end up having the weirdest time?! Yeah, that. We bought wine and scrounged lifts off boy racer types to get a much needed MaccyD's. I'm upper class. I found a note in my bag written on a serviette that says: NOTE TO SELF! Form tribute band to ACDC about various Obsessive Compulsive Disorders called 'OCDC'. I've gotta hand it to myself, I'm a witty drunk with fierce aspirations. Luke's venturing off down south for his brother's stag do this weekend so I'm home alone and planning chaos! He's turning his phone off for the weekend so my drunken 'I LUFF YOO SO MUCH BBZ' texts will go unread til he comes home nursing a terrible head.

I'm having one of those really-can't-be-bothered days today. So much so that I'm currently wearing a top and pants around the house. Count yourselves lucky that I'm not a fashion blogger! Just seven days to go before I'm chilling out with some of the loveliest ladies in the country! I am so so excited. Typically, I'm stressing over what to wear :/ Anyway, I'm gunna go chill out with my book in the sun! I'll be back on Sunday with a pictoral run down of my week. Keep smiling!

1. locking myself in and out of places
2. publically embarassing myself through the medium of dance
3. my music quiz knowledge
4. insane double jointed arms
5. eating my weight in various foods
6. song writing
7. ability to know all the lonely island lyrics off by heart
8. spending days watching cookery shows
9. googling everything under the sun through the early hours of the morning
10. being the weepy girl at the party
11. unbelievable wit (ha!)
12. finding nothing to wear in my full wardrobe daily
13. reading a book a day
14. making poor decisions for myself
15. quoting films in awkward moments
16. dancing in the mirror when everyone is out
17. crying my eyes out at sob stories
18. being horrendously clumsy
19. dodgy facial expressions in photographs
20. talking too much when under pressure (the #swbloggermeet girls will vouch for that!)

h is for happy week 45: things that make me happy

August 1st?! I'm not appreciating how time seems to be slipping through my fingers of late! I'm definitely going to write up a master plan later today of things I wish to get done so that I don't find myself continually wondering where the time has gone! I didn't post yesterday as I was horrendously tired and slightly hungover. I woke up smelling like vodka, shame and the 3am portion of chips. Classy. I'm really horrendously inspired at the moment. I just want to take my life in a new direction and I'm trying to work out how. Anyway, enough of my shit! Here's a selection of even more things that make me happy.

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By writing my blog address on the images I am in NO way taking credit for them or the idea of this list. All credit goes to their respective authors. 

It's merely to protect my little 'H is for Happy' series.

my life in lists #5: things i'd rather do/experience than go through the ebay listing process EVER AGAIN

A small but extremely topical list for you today! I've spent the whole of my day photographing things, editing things and listing things for Ebay and its got to the point where I'm verging on insanity. With this in mind, I thought I'd give you guys a little insight into the things I'd rather have to endure than the tedium of the Ebay listing process. Yes, some are extreme but I genuinely don't want to ever have to list anything EVER AGAIN the way I feel right now! Oh, white girl problems! If you'd like to be the best person in the world you can check out the clothes that have taken me all day to list HERE. Thank you! I'm off to go and see Luke and try and forget my traumatic Ebay experience. LOLZ!

1. gauge my eyeballs out with a spoon
2. listen to cher lloyd on repeat all day, every day
3. host a dinner party and invite the go compare man to sing
4. drink a bollock and penis smoothie
5. sit at a family gathering and talk to my uncle about his work in the concrete industry
6. read the bible backwards
7. go skinny dipping in a piranha tank
8. recite the contents of the dictionary
9. actually just get a job that pays well so i don't have to sell things in the first place
10. sit in a room full of clowns and swans  (HATE THEM!)
11. watch 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' all the way through - biggest phobia
12. marry the most boring man in the world and talk to him all day long
13. sit through a double maths lesson weekly for the rest of my life
14. get sat on by a morbidly obese naked woman
15. listen to Chris Evans on the radio for 24 hours straight
16. get my hands shut in a door
17. wear a dog shit facemask
18. bathe in water at 100c
19. eat plain rice for the rest of my life
20. swap my whole friends group for a bunch of hipsters

h is for happy week 44: things that make me happy

It's amazing when you think about just how many things in this world that can put a smile on your face and amend terrible days/broken hearts. I've listed 215 things so far and I'm far from struggling for ideas. I can't preach enough just how heartwarming it is to write a list like this; I'd definitely recommend it to anyone! My head is full of little improvements I wish to make with regards to myself and my future. I'm definitely going to spend this week journalling each of these thoughts and drawing up plans! Does anyone else do any life plans like that? Maybe I'm just a tad odd :/ Quick reminder: If you're interested in the South West Blogger Meet please could you email me if you haven't already done so: rebeccaalicestevenson@googlemail.com

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It's merely to protect my little 'H is for Happy' series.

my life in lists #4: favourite things to do on a rainy day

1. engross myself in a good book
2. bake cakes and eat them whilst they're still warm
3. wear mother's/grandma's jumpers
4. pour a hot bath for myself and refuse to get out until i'm wrinkly
5. eat thick comforting soup
6. watch marathons of embarrassing tv shows
7. fashion a hot water bottle out of my cat (minus the hot water, obvs)
8. dance in the living room mirror to the music channels sad act
9. put blankets in the tumble dryer and snuggle in them until they get cold again
10. drink copious cups of tea
11. write a whole load of lists
12. journal various things
13. get all nostalgic and hunt down the photo albums
14. re-acquaint myself with old guilty pleasures
15. perform old dance routines to things like steps, n*sync, backstreet boys, 5ive etc sadville
16. doodle on anything i can get my hands on
17. write short bits of prose
18. sing my heart out in the bathroom *love the acoustics!
19. share anecdotes with loved ones
20. watch the rain from my window
21. take a nap covered completely in my double duvet
22. tidy my possessions
23. settle down with a good selection of dvds and snacks
24. raid the cupboards for food
25. have a mega re-blogging session
26. unplug myself from technology completely and just lay down quietly
27. shoot the living shit out of zombies
28. plan for the future
29. read a shed load of blogs
30. play BOGGLE!
31. put together scrapbooks/photo albums
32. listen to beautiful albums
33. eat comfort food
34. compile my bucket list
35. drive my mother completely insane with pranks/banter
36. have a beauty/pamper session with my sister
37. prank call people whilst shamelessly laughing down the phone at my own stupidity
38. people watch from the comfort of a nice café
39. sit around a hot fire toasting marshmallows
40. snuggle up to my boyfriend BARF!

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British summertime is, quite frankly, a bit of a half-hearted joke. Having said that, I'm quite enjoying the faux winter atmosphere. Cups of tea, solemn playlists and heavy duvets work wonders for the heart. I also think that there's nothing better than listening to the heavy rain from the comfort of indoors. Some people struggle to keep themselves busy when restricted by the weather but for some reason it just seems to inspire me further. With this in mind, I thought I'd dedicate this week's list to my favourite things to do on a rainy day. I hope you enjoy! What sort of things do you like to do when the rain hits? Naked sprinting, perhaps?!

I'm not entirely sure what today holds for me as of yet but I can pretty much guarantee it'll involve reading my book and drinking hot drinks. I had a nice catch up with my best friends today which ended up with us taking naps on the display beds in the local department store. I came home to find my mother as pissed as a fart bouncing around on my stepdad's new space hopper. She managed to hop her way into an ant's nest, fall over and graze her arm. From the amount of moaning she did you'd have thought she'd have broken a few limbs. I have video evidence of her antics that I am now using to blackmail my mother with. Ha, evil genius! I'm off to go and relax and do some serious planning. Enjoy!

my life in lists #3: things that remind me of childhood

rocking polka dots extremely well / south west coast beats / secret garden / yeah, bitches. i had a motherfucking plane!

It wasn't the easiest of times for myself and my family but I do look back on my childhood with warmth and a great sense of happiness. I wasn't a very demanding child at all. If you gave me a sand pit and a song to sing I'd be eternally grateful. The only thing I really demanded was that my Mother watch the same old shows with me every waking hour of the day. I can't thank her enough for sitting through the billionth sitting of Watch with Mother and various other shows of the same ilk. Childhood also reminds me of how amazing my grandparents are. It saddens me that my Grandad and Grandpa aren't here anymore to see just how much has changed and how much I wish to make them proud because they gave me some of the best times of my life. There are a billion things that fill me with childhood nostalgia but I thought I'd just stick to the first twenty things that came to mind. Growing up and being serious about things is one of the scariest things to deal with so I'm so grateful that within seconds I can think back to a much more carefree/less stressful time. To some extent, I was a very lucky child indeed. I'm off to go do a last minute shop for holiday goods! What reminds you of your childhood? 

1. going bat shit crazy and running around screaming 'SHEPPY PIE' whenever we had it for dinner
2. performing spice girl songs (complete with official dance routines) in the playground
3. gingham dresses
4. believing everything i was told
5. standing up on stage in front of the whole village and revealing my knickers to them all
6. sand pit fun
7. sticker earrings
8. mother's diedre from corrie glasses and horrendous perm
9. daisy print shoes from clarks
10. picking apples from the orchard with grandad
11. reciting the italian 1-10 over breakfast everyday
12. treating gel pen swaps like it was drug dealing
13. shouting 'UMMM IM TELLING MISS' when shit was about to go down
14. disinfectant tasting recorders in recorder class. bleugh!
15. country dancing               don't judge me
16. demanding that i watch mary poppins and the aristocats on a daily basis
17. wearing grandma's jumpers for comfort
18. falling asleep to the same old stories but loving them all the same
19. time with grandparents - the best times ever
20. beautiful carefree natures

h is for happy week 43: things that make me happy

Hello ladies and gents, welcome to the 43rd (really?!) installment of my 'H is for Happy' series. I've been an extremely lucky birthday girl and currently have a billion reasons to be happy! I'll blog about all that on Wednesday but if you can't wait to have it confirmed...the baboons reached my expectations within 10 seconds of intense viewing. I had such a lovely day and threw as many birthday diva strops as I could! I ordered the wrong takeaway dish and literally reacted like I was about to punch a wall. Alas, today is just another day so I am back to my normal idiotic behaviour. Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday. Did anyone else notice that yesterday's scheduled post went up completely unfinished? Woopsie! Today has been a complete scorcher! I ran my errands up town looking like a complete hot mess and then retired to the comfort of my leather sofa which incidentally I became stuck to. Sexy ;) This time next week I'll be sunning myself on a Greek island wandering why I over packed and why I'm not living out my days like it's one big holiday everyday! I've been compiling all my guest holiday posts today so it's safe to say I'm beyond excited. Anyway, I'll stop rambling and come back with a big update post on Wednesday! P.S I'm getting my hair done on Wednesday. Should I go for a blondey honey/LA coloured version of some sort of long bob or stick with THIS or just have long hair in either colour?! HELP ME!

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