CARDIFF PHOTO DIARY

Hello! So this time last week (sigh) I had just arrived in Cardiff for a short break with my mum. It was such a nice trip and I enjoyed it soooo much, I miss it already! As I enjoyed it so much I thought that I would share some of the pictures I took with you, enjoy!

 DAY ONE

On the first day we drove to Wales and arrived at about 5ish. Once we had checked into our hotel we decided to walk along to The Wharf Pub to have dinner - I had five bean chilli, mmm! After that we walked back along past this river/lake thing and it looked so pretty, especially with the dawning sunset.

DAY TWO

On the second day we spent around 9 hours shopping in the main city - oops! I found so many beautiful items but I didn't have enough money as I was saving up to get my foundation from MAC.

After we finished shopping we had dinner at Pizza Hut (so civilised) then headed back to our hotel.

Chunky Chelsea Boots from River Island.

Chunky Cleated Sole Sandals, also from River Island.

Black Lace Bra-let from H&M.

Some pictures from the MAC store, they have soooo many
gorgeous products, I am determined to
build up my collection!

 DAY 3

 On our third and final day we packed all of our stuff up into the car and drove down to bay, which is by far the most beautiful part of Cardiff. We wandered around for a bit then headed over to the Doctor Who Experience, (I'm secretly a huge nerd, haha). After it had finished we went and had lunch at the millennium centre then walked back along the bay and headed home.

Pictures from the Doctor Who Experience which was
very fun and also kind of sad seeing as it's shutting
down soon to redecorate for the new doctor.

Here a few photos of the Millennium Centre, which a massive building
with lots of different artwork displayed within it. There are also
cafes and gift shops.

I hope you enjoyed this post,

Megan 

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HAUL!

Hola! So I've meaning to do this since just after Christmas but as I'm still buying thing over a month later, I thought I'd wait until I had spent the majority of my money! This is a collection of all the things I have bought since Christmas with all of the money I received! If you're like me you'll enjoy being nosey!

(Thanks to Amy for modelling my clothes!)

Topshop Jeans - £5

New Look Dark Grey Jumper - £9.99

H&M Plain Black Leggings - £7.99

 

H&M Black Skater Skirt - £7.99

H&M Dark Grey Leggings - £7.99

Topshop Cream Frilly Socks - £3.50

Topshop Black Frilly Socks - £3.50

Zara Dark Grey Skinny Jeans - £9.99

River Island Green And Blue Tartan Scarf - £12

Topshop Boyfriend Style Popper Coat - £59.99

Topshop Velvet And Lace Playsuit - £10

New Look Black High Heeled Ankle Boot - 17.99

Chuck Taylor Black Converse - £45

So that's all I have bought recently! What are your recent buys?

Megan 

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BLOGMAS DAY FOURTEEN: CHRISTMAS HAUL!

SO THEN! WE GOT TO 1K! As you will all know if you read our previous post! After We posted that, we went to do the rest of our Christmas shopping (I STILL HAVE MORE!) I actually bought quite a lot, Megan didn't buy any thing I don't think... I've put them into categories, rather than separately, now that would take a while!

FOOD/DRINK:

This category was most probably the most filled! I can't even be bothered to count it!

2x Cadbury's Crispello - One bag is for Laurie (Megan's Sister) and one to fill my Sisters' Mugs! It's open as I had a sneaky one, yay! - £1 each, Poundland!
Cadbury's Milk Tray - For my Grandad! I'm a good Granddaughter! £2, Mc'Colls!
TESCO Everyday Value Butter - I'm not a weirdo, I'm baking Christmas cookies for my friends! 89p, TESCO!
TESCO Everyday Value Plain Flour, The same applies, KAY? 45p, TESCO
36 Mini Candy Canes - To put in my friends cards! yay! £1, Poundland!
Toblerone - Also for Laurie! £1, Poundland!
Galaxy Hot Chocolate, I FANCIED IT OKAY?! Also, I wanted to try it with a Candy Cane! yay! £1, Poundland
114g (little) Galaxy bar, Megan ate her one she bought for Louis, and I owed her money, so I bought another one instead! £1, Poundland!
200g (big) Galaxy Bar! This was also for Laurie! £2, Mc'colls!
1KG Silver Spoon Sugar, ALSO FOR BAKING! 94p, TESCO!
100g Dairy Milk Christmas Bar, I bought this for Louis! £1, Poundland!
Malteser Tube, For my Step Sister! £1, Superdrug!
Mini Rolo Tube, For my other Step Sister! £1, Superdrug!
1L Lucozade, For Dan, I STILL NEED TO GET HIM MORE! £1, Poundland!

Is that all? I think its all!

TOILETRIES:

This was also fairly big!

150 Cotton Pads - FOR MEEE! I really need these! £1, Poundland!
3 Massage Sponges - For my Dad, I'm Not a weirdo, what I'm doing is buying loads of bath things and putting it all in a basket! £1 Poundland!
Balis & Harding Spa Skin Set, This is for my Mam, and it smells soo good!! £4, Superdrug!
Lavendar set, This is for me Granny, I'm a qt! £2, Superdrug!
NIVEA Soft Set, This is for my Step mum, as she's got Seriasis? Is that how you spell it? ANYWAY! Yeah, she can use this on sensitive skin! £4, Savers!
NIVEA Daily Essentials Double Effect Eye Makeup Remover, Also for me! (that's why I have Cotton Pads!) £1.99, Savers!
CLEARASIL Perfecta Wash! THIS IS SOO COOL! It automatically dispenses the 'perect dose' of face wash! AND IT COMES WITH BATTERIES! £3 (BARGAIIIIN!) Savers!

MAKEUP!

This is all for me, apart from one thing

Rimmel Match Perfection in True Ivory, This is for me! I had this a few years ago, and I love it, so I though I'd try it again! £6.99, Boots!
Rimmel Stay Matte in Peach Glow, They didn't have any in translucent, ah well! I've heard A LOT of people rave about this! £3.99, Boots!
Rimmel Scandaleyes Retro Glam, This just looked cool! and I needed a new Mascara, this was at hand! £6.99, Boots!
The previous three were on 3 for 2! So I got my Stay Matte for freeee! SCORE!
Rimmel I heart Lasting Finish, This was meant to come free when you bought any three Rimmel products, but it wasn't, so I ended up paying £2.99 in the end! This is for my Stepsister, and is in 700, a Christmassy Green! £2.99, Boots!

RANDOM / HOME WARES:

There's only 2 items in this section... Hm..

TOLD YOU IT WAS RANDOM!
Fabreeze Apple and Spice Scented Candle, This is for Megan's Mum, I still need to get her more! £1.49, Savers!
A BASKET! We couldn't find any weaved ones, anywhere... So I got him this instead! Ha ha! £1 Poundland!
Oh! and I forgot something, some woolly tights! £3, Primark

SO THIS HAS BEEN MY HAUL! I still need to get some more stuff, like fore for Dan, Heroes for Megan's Mum, and another box of Chocolates for Elley's Mum and Step Dad!

Hope you enjoyed today's Blogmas, See you in a few Days! YAY!

+1 and Tweet, and Comment, and Tell everyone, yeah? THANKYOUUUU!

Amy

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THE GREATEST TIME OF ALL! (Amy)

Sup, for this post I wanted to fan girl a little about Christmas, over the the lifespan of this wee blog, you may have noticed a few things about us. One of them being that we get far too excited for Christmas, far too early! There is even a countdown widget on the side of our site! A weird one, but ah well, actually, do any of you know any simple Christmas countdowns?

ANYWAY! Back on track, I have always thought that the build up to Christmas is so much more exciting then THE 25th of December! not that I am being ungrateful or anything, don't get me wrong, I love Christmas Day, I love waking up in the morning to my siblings shaking me, I love taking my stocking into my Dad's room and all sitting on the far-too-small-for-6-full-grown-people-king-size-bed, and taking it in turns to unwrap presents, I love sitting around the tree with the music channels on whilst waiting for my parents to get out of bed, I love taking it in turns to open our tree gifts, I love the Christmas fry-up we have, I love when my Auntie comes around and we have Christmas dinner, and we pull crackers together, and tell the corny cracker-jokes, I love the puddings we eat at the end, I love the light dinners we eat later on, with the leftovers and crackers, and yes, I just love everything about Christmas!

Even after all of this, the build-up still over-powers the day.

The cold-days and early-darkness. The Christmas lights twinkling as you search for that special gift. The smiley faces and the happy families. The little kisses stolen as couples walk through the streets. The excited children gasping and pointing at the displays of their favourite toys. The omnibus' of old shows, and the happy Christmas specials. The time when there are a select-30-or-so songs that get repeated over again as you enter shops. The time when families set aside their differences and are happy. The time when you have to apply silly amounts of lip-balm and hand-lotion, just for them to keep safe. The time when people wrap up in thick coats, scarfs, hats and gloves. The time for cracking open a new Yankee Candle, with the latest scents. The time when you watch the Christmas-light-turn-on and are smiling for no apparent reason. The time when you can hear/see the word Christmas written/said around a hundred times a day. The time for snow ball fights and snow angels. The time for Bonfires and Hot-Chocolate. The time when it is socially acceptable to sing in the streets. The time when it is socially acceptable to be drinking at 11 o'clock in the morning (if you're legal.) The time for Home-Baking and warm scents. The time for sparkly nails, deep lips. The time when you have to re-arrange your room to 'keep warm' and 'look cosy'. The time for pink noses and rosy cheeks. The time for fatty foods. The  time for whipped-cream-topped Hot Chocolates. Last but NOT least. The Season To Be Jolly (falalalala-lelalala)

The last few paragraphs were incredibly cheesy, and I don't even care, you can't tell me that the last few paragraphs weren't true. Can you?

Can't think of many more Christmas-Cliches, got anymore? Tell us in the comments? Thanks Hun!

Amy

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EXETER HAUL!

HEY! We would just like to start off by saying a HUGE thank you, over 300 views! That might not     sound like avlot to you, but to us, it's amazing! We are going to start having target page views each month, this month was 200 and we exceeded it already! Let's see if we can get to 400 by November!

This weekend we went to Exeter, we also went with Elley, a mutual friend of ours as we all had a weekender at Megan's house! We bought a few (CHRISTMASSY) things and we decided to do our fist haul post! Tell us in the comments if you enjoyed it!

1-      MINI CHRISTMAS JAR CANDLES! These were actually extra gifts for my Mum and my Brother's Girlfriend, they are £1 each from Primark, they have a Firewood Fig scent and the are fabby! I want some for myself! They are adorable and are in a cute little glass jar, with a festive, shiny, red label!

2-      CHRISTMAS THROW! Elley bought this and it was also from Primark. It was £5 (amazing!), it's big, fluffy and Christmassy! We both love it and are planning to steal it from Elley *wink*.

3-      CHRISTMAS FLASKS! Megan and Elley bought these and guess where they were from? PRIMARK! We do love that store, especially at Christmas! Anyway, these were only £2.50, and are adorable, they are thick plastic cups with a rubber sleeve to keep your hands from burning. They have a really cute festive design and actually keep your drinks quite warm, they have a screw on  plastic red lid and a little hole to drink out of! Another good thing about them is that they keep your drinks very warm, Megan's coffee stayed warm all of Sunday morning whilst she was on the train. Elley also said she would buy me one for Christmas, it will be perfect for my car journey to my Mum's on boxing day!

4-      RIMMEL STAY MATTE POWDER! Everyone buzzes about this product, so Megan finally decided to buy it in translucent. It was £3.99 at boots and she loves it! It isn't Christmassy but ah well, it's a must!

5-      CHRISTMAS CANDLE HOLDERS! These are super cute and are only 99p for two (from the 99p store)! They had Red, Purple, (bit random) and silver ones, Megan opted for the red ones as well agreed that they were very the most Christmassy! They are amazing, they create a little red glow around them when holding a lit candle, and the cut out snowflakes are also projected around! One is a matte glassed holder and the other is a shiny glassed holder! I want some too! GO BUY THEM! Seriously, for 99p, you can't go wrong.

6-      FOOD! Megan and Elley bought loads of food, I didn’t as when it gets to this time of year, I solely devote my money to buying gifts. They bought a large bag of BBQ Rib Doritos, which are apparently really nice, I haven’t had any before. They also had a TESCO meal deal for £3, and some cans of PEPSI from poundland. In the evening, they had a bar of  Cadbury Crunchie, this was a big bar of Dairy Milk with small pieces of Crunchie! It looked lush, but I refused to eat anything that I didn't buy... The last thing they bought was a brownie mix! We baked them in the evening and had a stereotypical sleepover - brownies and a gossip!

7-   Christmas Catalogues, I love these and every one I see, I pick up! I got a TESCO one, I love this one as it was glossy and amazing! I then got a boots one, well I already had one but it got very tattered as I took it to school every day, my maths teacher even threatened to call my dad and Megan's mum to cancel Christmas if we didn't put it away! (That's how often I had it out...) I also got two John Lewis ones, one was a gift guide, the other was a decoration guide, they're both full of lovely ideas. I then picked up a Saisbury's one. Even though it was only food ideas, I love food and it said Christmas on the front, so I didn't mind! Lastly, I got a superdrug one, which was packed with gift sets and make up ideas! We're always looking for more christmas catalogues, so if you know of any shops that have them, please tell us in the comments below!

      So this was our Exeter haul, we hope you enjoyed it! Would you want us to do more hauls in the future Also, we would like to know what sort things you like to read about, and if you have any ideas for future posts, we will take all comments on board! Thank you for reading, see you on Thursday! 

 

      All of our buys!

     (From L-R) The candles, Elley's blanket, Christmas cups, Rimmel Stay Matte Powder, Candle holders and the Christmas catalogues!

     (From L-R) FOOD! Elley and Megan's food from throughout the day, our delicious pizza's and our amazing brownies!

  

    A selfie of Elley and Megan at the train station! 

 

      More train station fun! A picture of Me and Meg!

     Amy & Megan

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