Merry Birthday

Merry Birthday? Well I received a lovely present of my Best Friend Jemma at the start of December and the label on it said Merry Birthday and I thought this was a good name for this post.

As I don't really buy Christmas presents for my best friends and only for they're birthdays this came as a kind mixed present as my Birthday was back in September as you will know hehe.

I love this website called Tofu Cute that sell really Kawaii items as well as different snacks, candies and drinks. To my surprised after feeling the present and not having a clue what was inside I opened it up to see it was a Tofu Cute Christmas goodie bag filled with plushes and snacks.

I have had one of these goodie bags before but just the blue snack version which was amazing and to see that they had done a special Christmas one was amazing. Even the red draw string bag had a special cute christmas picture.

Inside were 4 different snacks all of which I have had before due to having either buying them myself or that they came within my monthly Tokyo Treat boxes. Also it included 3 really cute soft toys which are all Amuse plush's as they are the official UK distributors and my I couldn't tell you which was my favourite because they are all super soft, cute and small.

Along with this she also put inside some retro sweet stickers from Paperchase which are amazing and this super tiny weeny plaque.

I absolutely love this as the quote it is very true about our friendship even though we don't see each other very much often we are always there for each other and always will be. Look how amazing those stickers are.

These goodie bags are still available on they're website and range from £24.99 to £59.99 and include such a good variety of items so go and check them out. Even the just Snack and just Plush bags are amazing.

Thank you Jem for my lovely present <3

What I Got For Christmas 2016

Wow I have been truly spoilt this Christmas with visiting Northern Ireland this year. Usually for me its only me and Joel that exchange gifts because me and my family do Secret Santa instead and concentrate on the children but this year I was showered with presents and whats great is they know me so well hehe.

From Joel's mum and dad I received the super cosy Sleepy lounge wear, Tangled Art Book, a lovely pink River Island purse, lots of sweets and chocolate and the most beautiful Silver Minnie Mouse Disney watch.

I have been looking for a watch for ages and I just haven't come across one that I really wanted so when I opened this I feel in love. Its smart, classy and beautiful not a watch I will be wearing to work thats for sure because I wouldn't want it to get ruined.

From Joel's sister and family I received the little golden Disney book and a new hat and scarf. From his brother I got the two Fantastic Beast books and the lovely Minnie socks which are really comfy which is something I like. 

When I got back from Northern Ireland me my mum and her partner exchanged gifts and I know I said above that we do Secret Santa but I always like to get them a little something anyways to show them how much I appreciate them and this year my mum got me something which usually wouldn't happen. I love this author called Jenny Colgan and she got me the last two books in one of her series ... I have so many books to read its so bad.

This year me and Joel did presents before we went over to NI because there was no point lugging them to and from Bristol and I cannot believe what he got me! This year they were all surprises rather than me giving him a list which made them even more special.

What I loved about these two tops are the fact that he got me the Chip and Dale Tee because he knows how much I love these cheeky chaps on my visits to Disneyland Paris and how happy they make me. With the 2nd top its because one its the most awesome design ever and the fact that I can't stop obsessing over the new movie. Along with this he also got me another Fantastic Beasts book which I have read half of so far.

I love socks and especially socks that have characters from my favourite movies on and usually they are always Disney so when he saw that they had finally done Ghibli socks they were a no brainer as a present. Whats great about these are that they are my 2 favourite movies.

I don't usually collect blind boxes because of not knowing who you will get inside but when I saw the Zootopia ones last summer and picked one up I decided that I would give this one a go and I am glad to say I now have 3 different ones although I am still waiting on Nick, Judy and the purple Elephant. 

Now this is one of my favourite presents from my boyfriend it is just beautiful and from another amazing Ghibli movie and favourite of mine. The attention to detail is amazing and it is so cute as well. Only issue is remembering to change the date ;) this photo was took on the 6th I haven't just forgot to change it haha.

Now from my dad he always gets us one of those All Four One Vouchers that the Post Office does which are really great as they can be used in a whole range of shops and changed to over vouchers. So far with mine I have changed part of it up to an Amazon voucher and purchased Finding Dory, Jungle Book, Pete's Dragon, Secret Life of Pets, Downton Abbey S6 and the Finale and then finally 2 Broke Girls S5. I still have a little bit of money left on there which I plan to spend in Primark as they now accept the vouchers.

I have been truly spoilt and I am so grateful for everything I have received this year. Getting all Joel's families presents home was a big struggle and my fault for packing to much haha.

Belfast, Dublin and Christmas 2016

Hey everyone sorry for my absence I failed to actually mention on here that I was spending my Christmas over in Northern Ireland with Joel's side of the family as he hasn't been home for Christmas in a while and I thought I would go with him as I haven't been over since 2014 which has flown by.

This for me was quite a big thing as this was the first time I have not spent time with my family over the Christmas break so I was a little worried about it at first but it turned out fine and I was made to feel super at home and was lovely to meet and spend a lot more time with his family and to meet some of his friends.

We arrived on the evening of Tuesday 20th and we stayed a whole week before returning on the Tuesday 27th on a flight around the same time. On our first day there we headed in to Belfast to do some Christmas shopping for Joel's family as we decided it would be easier to pick up some bits out there rather than bring it all over from Bristol.

Before we returned back home we ended up visiting the Christmas Markets which were amazing compared to the one back here. There was so much more variety of stalls and food plus the whole vibe was lot better which made it feel more like Christmas as I hadn't really been feeling in the festive spirt.

On the Friday before Christmas Eve we booked to go to Dublin for the day and I have to say at that moment in time we couldn't have picked a worse day to go as it was absolutely tipping it down and at one point we did get drenched right through but we didn't let that ruin our day because after lunch it was like a completely different day and the sun was shinning so we dyed out pretty quickly haha.

Dublin is so beautiful the cobbled streets, shops and pubs just all look so beautiful I have never seen so many shops in one area before and where ever you turned there was a little side street that looked beautiful full of shops and cafes. Some shops were your standard high street stores but then there were over quirky shops we hadn't seem before.

We took a tour of the Guinness Storehouse in the morning when we arrived and it was so worth the 20 euros it cost us to get in. At first Joel thought I had taken him to the wrong place because of where the location was and because I am bad at reading maps apparently.

The factory actually took a lot longer than we though to walk around as it is on lots of different levels starting at the bottom making your way up to the very top where there is an glass dome with 360 degree views of Dublin which would have been beautiful if it wasn't packed and raining outside.

There is loads of different sections of the museum from the making of it, history, tasting and advertising of the brand as well which was one of my favourite bits. At the end you could claim your free pint but with Joel not drinking and me not being a massive lover we decided to skip.

I would recommend taking a visit here even if you don't drink the stuff because its Dublin and very interesting to learn about the whole process.

By the time we had actually done the tour and had lunch in Eddie Rockets which was an amazing american dinner we only had two hours of our day left which was a shame because there was so much more to do and see so we headed around the shops popping in the Disney Store obviously before heading back to get our train. I think next time I shall come back in the Summer and stay for a few days.

On Christmas eve we went and visited on of Joel's best friends David and his girlfriend for lunch at this place called The Sassy Elephant which do all manner of foods, cakes, drinks and ice creams which all looked amazing. The sandwiches that me and Joel had were so yummy to the fact that we actually went back again after with his parents before we left to come home.

Now for Christmas woo by this time I was feeling in the festive spirt and was great to spend time with Joel's mum, dad, sister and her family on Christmas day. It was nice because I really felt like I fitted in and got on well with them all especially Joel's niece Tilly oh how cute she is and she really took a liking to us which was great. On boxing Day Joel's brother and his family came over for the afternoon so was nice to spend some more time with them as well and get to meet the children who were very sweet.

In the evening we ended up over Joel's best friends house for board games and chills as we still hadn't had a chance to meet up with them with it being such a busy week. I have met Jayne before but not his other friends so was nice to put faces to the names and have a great laugh making fools out of ourselves.

Until next time Northern Ireland which we are hoping will be sometime in March for a few days. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas? I am still lucky to have a few more days off so these will be enjoyed chilling out.

Disneyland Paris: Christmas Parades/Shows

I've nearly been back from Disney a month now and I have to say I haven't stopped singing "Toyland Toyland and Here comes Santa Claus here comes Santa clause right down Santa Claus lane" it probably doesn't help that I've been watching the parade on YouTube about 5 times (Disney Blues :()

During the Christmas season at Disney they do a range of festive parades and shows usually these replace the normal shows that run but this year they decided to keep Disney Magic on parade running as well.

Every year they do a Christmas Parade, Disney Dreams with a Christmas twist and this year they added Frozen Fever, Mickeys Tree Lighting and Royal Wishes. I watched all of these apart from Frozen Fever because I was nice enough to not let my partner sit through that one ha!

Disney's Christmas Parade:
I absolutely loved this parade, I could have easily watched it over and over again especially as they show this 3 times a day. The songs are so catchy and the dancers and characters are great fun, I had some interaction with Tinkerbell which is the only time you really get to see her during the parades which is a shame I wish I had filmed her and it was great!

Disney Dreams: Christmas Edition:
I just love love love Disney Dreams, when I went last year me and my best friend would watch this every night at park closing as its just so magical but its even better with the Christmas Twist!

What still gets me is why Anna speaks French and Olaf speaks English meaning you never hear the full story which is the same in the original with Wendy and Peter haha. I didn't take that many good photos of the Disney Dreams as I spent most of my time filming it.

Once again its a great story with such catchy songs!

Disney Royal Wishes:
Royal Wishes is new to Disney this year and is a bit like the Disney Villains show that they put on during the Halloween Season but the only difference is you can meet the Villains but you can't meet the princes and princess after this show they do a walk by.

Its the story of a Christmas gift given to a boy which then comes to life, the gift is a snow globe which has all the Disney Princes and Princess inside in which once he shakes it they all come to life and its the sweet story of them learning to do the royal dance for a ball.

I managed to get some amazing photos on my Camera of this and some Videos but they were mostly of Flynn and Rapunzel as shes my favorite out of all on stage.

I didn't watch Disney Magic on Parade this year because I had seen it 3 times last year and we decided that during this time we would go to the Studios to try and do the rides that had a long que time during the day. Also I was annoyed that they have cancelled Stars N Cars as this was such an amazing parade with the chance to meet characters at the end!

Now I've done Christmas I would love to try and do the Halloween and Swing In to Spring!