What I Got For Christmas 2017!

I had an amazing Christmas and festive period with my friends and family, and before the New Year rolls in, I wanted to do a final post about Christmas, in the form of a WIGFC post!

Disclaimer: I'm not trying to brag or show off, I just wanted to share these as I like to see what other people got themselves! So please link me you yours if you've done a similar post, so I can be nosey!

All of these are from Nicola! The Pandora charms are 'Best Friends' ones, so I can add that to my bracelet!

I think my friend Abbi knows I like Zoella products!

Jackie got me the Illuminate palette by Ashley Tisdale, and the other gifts are from Lauren!

My lovely boyfriend M bought me all of these! And YAY HARRY POTTER TOUR TICKETS!!!!!

All of these are from my lovely Mum! I'm super excited about the Studio mirror! And in the middle, are my Sibby Coupons from my sister, which she makes me each year!

All of the above is from my Dad! The Hogwarts box has a bunch of artwork, a canvas bag, a Diagon Alley Map, Runes chart, and a ticket for the Hogwarts Express and Knight Bus!

I was spoiled beyond belief and am so grateful for everything I received from my friends and family. I'll be using a lot of these beauty bits over the next few months, so will be reviewing them at some point!

What did you get for Christmas? Let me know on twitter on in the comments if you've done a post/vlog about your gifts! Hope you have a great day and keep safe :)


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Happy New Year & My 2018 Goals!

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all have a fab day, and that if you're hungover, hope the night was good! I have my family round for the day, as per tradition, so we're going to be playing a lot of games! As it's now 2018, I've got a few new goals for the year. I finished last year with my final review of 2017 goals, but this year I'm determined to work harder at them. Here they are! 

Personal Goals

1. Finish writing my book!
2. Lose 2 stone in weight
3. Keep doing the 52 Week Savings Challenge
4. See 6 films at the cinema
5. Visit somewhere new
6. Read two books
7. Do something off my 30 before 30 List
8. Start filming, and taking pictures more often
9. Stop complaining so much
10. Do two more fizzy drink bans for 30 days

Blog Goals

1. 1200 Bloglovin followers
2. 6500 Twitter followers 
3. 1100 Instagram followers 
4. 550 YouTube subscribers 
5. 400 Facebook page likes 
6. 350,000 total blog page views 
7. Post 3 times each week 
8. Allow myself 2 weeks off from blogging - twice this year 
9. Take part in more Twitter blog chats
10. Work with more brands this year

Happy new year, hope it;s good for you! What are your goals for this year? Let me know! Hope you have a great day and keep safe :)


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2017 Goals Review

Back at the start of the year I shared my 2017 goals with you all, and then done a little check in during the summer. As we saw from the check in, I hadn;t done super well, but had made some progress with it. So, as it's now the last post I'm doing of this year, I thought it was due time to do the final review!

Personal Goals

1. Read 4 books ✖
• I started to read a book, and then I gave up with it. I've just not been in a reading mood this year, sadly - will try again next year! 
2. Drive somewhere new ✔
• Though not completely new to me, I drove to a few nearby villages for outings this year, and even done the motorway once - yes once in a whole year! I can improve on this sooo much next year, so I class this as done!
3. Go to the cinema 15 times ✖
• I managed 7 trips this year, which although not 15, was difficult enough to do. With my new hours and odd shift patterns at work, it's been a bit tricky to go as often as I would have liked.
4. Start & uphold, the 52 Week Saving Challenge ✔
• I really thought I would fail this. The aim was to save £1378 by the end of the year, I managed to save this, plus an extra £150 on top of this! I'm so happy with this, as it means I finally have a good savings pot in case of emergencies or if anything bad happens to my car!
5. Get into a better sleeping routine ✖
• Nope. Not with finishing work at 10pm and then being back in at 6am the next morning. Hopeless task!
6. Lose some weight/tone up ✖ 
• I have lost about 4lbs in the year since January 1st. I had lost about a stone during Florida, but that's all come back with all the damn Christmas chocolates!
7. Carry on with the job search/get a new job ✖
• Nope
8. Organise my room better ✔
• Although not super organised, I've managed to sort a lot of it out. I'm going to do an overhaul of it all in the new year and see what happens.
9. Get into a better skin care routine ✔ 
• So happy to have finished this!
10. Eat less junk food and more fruit ✔ 
• Don't get me wrong, I'm still eating copious amounts of junk, but I've been having fruit pretty much everyday this year, which is a lot better than my once a month back in 2016.
11. Be smarter with my money ✔
• As I finished that saving challenge, I class this and done!
12. Start and finish writing a book ✖ 
• Wrote two chapters and then forgot.... 
13. Drink more water ✔ 
• I done a fizzy drink ban for a month, and have had water at my desk everyday! 
14. Purge possessions! ✔
• Managed to give 6 black sacks of clothes, bags, and shoes, to charities this year. I've also sold a few boxes worth of items as well.
15. Go out more often ✖✔
• Yes and no. I had a month of socializing, and then it dipped again. I could have done better, but I think that one month made up for the lack of it afterwards!

Blog Goals

1. 1200 Bloglovin followers  ✖
• Ended the year on 1080+!
2. 5500 Twitter followers ✔
1. Done! Managed this a few days before Christmas!
3. 1250 Instagram followers ✖
• Let's all collectively laugh at this one. That stupid new algorithm has made it sooo hard to get followers and to keep them this year. I've also purged the followers and blocked a load of bots, so I finished on 1060+
4. 400 YouTube subscribers ✔
• Finished on 460+!
5. 350 Facebook page likes ✖
1. Again, so close! I have 341 at the time of writing, so I'm not far off!
6. 200,000 total blog page views ✔
• I hit this at the end of July! Going to set a higher target for next year! 
7. Post 3 times each week ✔
• I managed this all year!
8. Allow myself 2 weeks off from blogging - twice this year ✖
• I only had a two week break while I was in Florida!
9. Start advertising on my blog again ✖
• I done this once this year. To be honest, I had little time to do this in 2017, so fail!
10. Take bulk photos for posts more often ✖
• I did this maybe 5 times during the year, but I ended up using stock pictures for a lot of posts... Oops!

How did you do with your personal and blog goals for this year? Let me know! Hope you have a great day and keep safe :) And happy new year for Monday!


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Fave Films Of 2017

2017 has been a year for some pretty amazing movies. Though I didn't see all of these in the cinema, I got the rest on DVD and I loved them! These are the films I've loved the most this year, and here's why!

WARNING: This post contains movie spoilers! 

Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol 2
This is probably one of my top films from this year. I saw the midnight screening of this, and it was amazing! I laughed, cried, cheered, and sat with my jaw open for most of the film. Plus, I think we can all agree, that Baby Groot is one of the cutest CGI beings we've ever seen!

Spider-Man: Homecoming
I was a bit dubious about this movie. I've not been a huge fan of the past two versions, but I felt Tom Holland had promise after his Civil War debut. I found this to be a really good version of Spider-Man, and he's quite like the comics! I really liked the opening where it was like Peter Parker was vlogging the whole Civil War fight.

Wonder Woman
I wanted nothing more than to get dressed up like a warrior and go kick ass after seeing this. Gal Gadot was perfect for this role. I loved her innocence, bravery, kind hearted soul, and her fight scenes. I cried like a baby at the end of this (I was't expecting Steve to die at all!!) I am also in love with Etta Candy, and really hope we might see more of her in flash backs in any future Wonder Woman movies.

Gifted
I had been wanting to see this Chris Evans movie since I heard it was in production. I'm a huge fan of Chris Evans, so I had to see this! It was such a feel-good movie, and had many sad moments too. I watched this on the plane, coming back from Florida - I was sat in my seat trying not to cry too loudly as it's a real tear jerker in places. If you want to see Evans in a non-action hero role, then this is great movie to see him in.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle
I went to see this not long after it came out for a date with M. I hadn't seen the first film at all - other than that awesome Church scene - so this was all new to me. I went home and watched the first one immediately after, and it was just as awesome. This second movie was so amazing. I loved Poppy as the villain, the whole thing with Elton John had me in hysterics, and I got so sad when Merlin sacrificed himself. Such a great movie, and can't wait to get this on Blue Ray so I can watch it again!

Thor: Ragnarok
This is the funniest film I've seen all year. I was actually hurting from laughing by the end of this. I bloody loved Cate Blanchett as Hela - it was soooo good to see her a baddie! The entire fight with Thor and Hulk was awesome, I loved the big battle at the end, and I want to know what Thor will be like, without his trusty hammer.

Star Wars, The Last Jedi
I really liked this movie. Yes, even with the partial nudity! I got to see this a few days before Christmas, so it's the last film I got to see of 2017! I don't see why so many fans don't like it - I thought the story was pretty decent, and I loved that final showdown between Kylo and ole Skywalker. How they're going to write out Leia from the next movie, I don't know, but I hope they do the General justice.


What were your fave movies of this year? Let me know - and tell me if we have any similar ones! Hope you have a great day and keep safe :)


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