Happy 24th Birthday to ME!

I cannot believe that today is my 24th Birthday and that its already pretty much half way through September and I am off to Disneyland Paris on Saturday for my long awaited day trip.

I have been absolutely spoilt by my partner, family and best friends this year and I am so grateful! I was lucky enough to get my birthday off from work as we are a small company so took a long 4 day weekend.

This morning I woke up to presents and cards from everyone before we headed out for breakfast this was just my mum, Liz and my two sisters as Joel and my brother were working. We went to this place called Venue 35 which is a family run business and we all had a fry up a full monty in fact it was amazing one of the best fry ups I've had.

After breakfast I headed in to town to go shopping and spend some of my money and managed to get some black jeggings, new black heeled winter boots and 3 jumpers. My favourite by far was this Minnie/Mickey jumper.

Of my partner Joel he got me the Lumiere ornament to go with my Cogsworth clock and Chip mug along with some more Katy Perry's Mad Potion perfume and some of the best oreos ever Birthday Cake flavour.

These are the best tasting things ever! Who needs cake anyways ;)

 How cute do they look together? Chip doesn't quite fit in that DVD slot

I originally wasn't too excited when I saw she was releasing this as the bottle looked like it was childish but actually I am glad I got some more because it smells amazing!

My mum and Liz got me a copy of the rare Pocahontas art work book from 1995, after a seller let us down I was so over the moon when she managed to get me a copy that was in such amazing condition. Along with this she gave me money, a beautiful Cheshire Cat mug which is the original Lewis Carol version and a giant gummy fried egg haha!

 This book is something I thought I would never own and I am so glad to finally have a copy it is in incredible condition and just full of beautiful photos and drawings.

 This is the most brilliant thing I have been given and tastes amazing actually as I wasn't sure if it would!

Such a nice surprise present from my mum from the Alice and Wonderland Collection at Whittard's and the fact that its classic Alice and not the Disney version makes it even better.

My best friend Emma managed to get me the new first ever Pocahontas Disney tradition that came out earlier this week and she is just beautiful! I hope Jim releases more!

Samiee my best friend also got me tickets to see Breakfast At Tiffany's on Stage in my local hometown theatre and I am so excited as I LOVE the movie and the book so it will be great to see it on stage! She also showed up with the most kawaii Hello Kitty balloon and I've never been given one on my birthday before hehe.

Off my dad, sisters and brother I received money which some of it I have put towards some clothes and the rest of it I am going to keep for a while and not just waste it.

Time for a good ole Chinese takeway with my best friend and parter and watch my Disney Movie marathon movie for today. Thanks to everyone for the kind messages, presents and love today. Love you all Immy xxx

Disney Pre Day Trip Movie Marathon

With only a week to go until I am in Disneyland Paris again it is only fitting that on the run up Disney movies are watched as you might recall when I went on my holiday last December I did something like this before which you can read here.

As this is only a day trip I thought instead of doing a whole month of movies I would pick 6 Disney/Pixar movies and watch one an evening before I go. Now I say 6 because I won't be able to watch a movie on the Friday evening we go because I don't get home till 5pm and then I have to get ready and do some washing before we leave around 8:30pm.

So these are my 6 movies;

Saturday 10th September:

Good Dinosaur

Sunday 11th September:

Inside Out

Monday 12th September:

Tangled

Tuesday 13th September:

Zootopia

Wednesday 14th September:

Snow White

Thursday 15th September:

Jungle Book - Live Action

 (Purchasing with birthday money on the 13th)

Most of my movie choices apart from 2 of them are ones I haven't actually watched since they were out in the Cinema or I have only watched once since the DVD release. Snow White is on there because when I went to watch it during my last marathon I found out my DVD was broken so it had to be replaced.

Only a week to go and I'm back home!

The Harry Potter Tag

I probably don't mention it enough on here but I am a mad Potterhead and when I stumbled across this tag on here I had to take the opportunity to have a go myself as I haven't come across a Harry Potter tag before only lots of Disney ones!

What is your favourite book?
Hmm this is a tough one but I am going to say Harry Potter the Philosophers Stone because this is the book that started it all and welcomed us to the world of witch craft and wizardry. I love this book because it sets the scene of whats to come. My second favourite ;) is the Deathly Hallows.

What is your favourite film?
I think the first 4 films are my overall favourite and the reason being for this is because they follow the books all throughout the films where as the last ones don't really follow and I also found they missed so many bits out that should have been included. But if I had to pick my overall favourite I think it would the Deathly Hallows part 2 because I love the book so much and the scene with Snap always makes me cry!!! Reading and Watching!

What is your least favourite book?
So I know this isn't really a reason but I think it has to be the Goblet of Fire. It was one of the only books I didn't read before the film came out and to be honest I then over watched the movie so many times I still haven't been able to bring myself to read the book!

What is your least favourite film?
NONE

Parts of books/films that make you cry?
1. When Fred dies :(
2. When Dumbeldoor dies :(
3. The scene with Snape and Harry :(
4. When Snapes dies :(((((

If you could hook up with any character, who would it be?
Since the Goblet of Seanus Finnigan got quite attractive in my eyes and since then I have always had a little thing for him even though he isn't a massive main character

What is your favourite character?
Snape and Draco! I don't know what it is but I just love these two Snape especially because even though he has that tough exterior you know he is completely different on the inside. And I LOVE Alan Rickman may he rest in peace :(

What is your least favourite character?
DOLORES UMBRIDE! Need I say more?

What would your patronus be?
Pug, Pug, PUG!

If you could have a Resurrection Stone, Invisibility Cloak or Elder Wand, which would it be?
Invisibility Cloak for sure, think of all the sneaking around you could do if you had one of these!

Which house would you be in?
Slytherin

If you were in a Quidditch team, which position would you play?
I wouldn't haha I am so awful at sports but I would defiantly be cheering my house team along

Were you happy with the ending?
Yes I was happy with the way the book ended, it was also nice that JK Rowling did a so many years later section so that we could have an incite in to what happened next. I am also happy with the way the film portrayed the book as sometimes when they change the books in to films bits can be forgotten but because they did it in two parts it made it easier to tell the story and fit everything in

How much does Harry Potter mean to you?
A huge amount, its been a big part of my life for the last 17 years and when the final book was written it was OK cause we had the movies but once they had finished it finally hit me that that was it. Harry Potter will always live on! One day I will get my Hogwarts letter ;)

What I Got For Christmas!

Back at work now for 2 days so glad its only 2 days, I had such a lovely Christmas break from work which was great but getting up this morning was definitely a struggle I was looking forward to.

On Christmas Eve I went to my mums for our Christmas eve tradition of watching Scrogged and having a yummy hot chocolate.

Christmas was slightly different this year as me and my boyfriend cooked just for us both this year and for the 1st time ever cooking a giant Turkey but I have to say we did really well getting it cooked to perfection and getting everything cooked on time. We then went over to my mums to see the rest of the family and to do Secret Santa once the kids had open they're presents from me.

I was very spoilt this year got lots of amazing presents from my boyfriend and his family and then my Secret Santa and best friend.

I have been so lucky to receive such amazing presents everyone knows me so well, my dad just buys us a voucher so we can buy what ever we would like. With mine this year I spent it mostly on Box Sets I needed to catch up on,

I brought Downton Abbey season 5 and the Christmas Special, Our Girl, New Girl Season 4, an anime series called Clannad and Inside Out on DVD. I also got myself the new Sims 4 expansion pack Get Together and some Tsum Tsum.

I really enjoyed spending time with my family on Christmas Day and Boxing Day and next year it will be even more different with me going to Northern Ireland to stay at my Partners.

I hope you all had the most amazing Christmas and I wish you all a Happy New Year! Immy xoxox

Disneyland Paris: Food Glorious Food

I love food who doesn't love food? I am a foodie so its very important where eat well its not but it has to have something good on the menu.

As we all know Disneyland Paris isn't exactly cheap when it comes to eating but luckily most restaurants have a set menu. So here I will tell you a bit about what I ate and what I enjoyed most.

I didn't really take many photos of the food eaten.

Planet Hollywood (1st Night):

Now Planet Hollywood is one of the restaurants in Disney that doesn't have a set menu so were undecided if we were going to eat here because of the cost but before we left my dad gave us €70 to spend on a meal so we decided to choose here.

We made the mistake of deciding to eat after Disney Dreams when the park closed at 8pm so when we got there the que was out the door and down the stairs but to our surprise we were seated with in 10mins in the downstairs area ... which I didn't even know existed.

For our starter I was slightly disappointed even though it tasted really good the lack of it for the €9 we paid was a bit annoying. We ordered the potato skins which in most restaurants you would be given 4 but here we only got 2 and they were quite small.

We both had the same main which was the BBQ burger which I really enjoyed was cooked to perfection and came with a good amount of chips costing €16.90 each. Then for dessert we decided to share the Toblerone cheesecake which was nice but I wouldn't have it again as there wasn't much flavor and this cost us €8.

All together our meal cost about €60 once drinks were added, I do love the atmosphere in here and the service has always been good. This is my 2nd visit.

Steak House (2nd Night)

It took us ages to decided where we wanted to eat on our 2nd night we were stuck between Steak House, Rain forest Cafe and King Ludwig's but after looking at some menus and reviews we ended up in the Steak House.

We ordered from they're Jazz set menu which is either a starter and main or a main and dessert for €29.99.

For starter we both went for the Prawn Cocktail which was lovely then for my main I had the Angus Beef Shank which was incredible some of the best beef I have ever tasted and cooked to perfection.

My partner had the roast chicken which we also said was cooked to perfection and tasted amazing.

I would seriously recommend going here, the price has put me off to start with but that was before I saw the set menu.

Cafe Mickey:

Now this is my 2nd visit to Cafe Mickey and this has to be one of my favorite restaurants to eat in, the food is ok but its mostly for the character interaction than for the meal.

We did the 3 course meal for €45.99 as I wanted to spend as much time in the restaurant as I could so I could meet as many characters and with it being the Christmas season it was a lot busier than when I went last year in February.

For my starter I had the Fantasia mushrooms as I love them, this was actually better than when I had them last  year they were a lot bigger and came with bread and tomatoes.

Now for my main I was being a bit adventurous and went for the sea food pasta and I really wish I had just gone with the Pizza as my partners was amazing.

The fish in the pasta was lovely but the overall taste was horrible and the pasta wasn't very nice it only tasted better when I mixed it with some Mayo haha.

Dessert was my favorite the Mickey Mouse Cupcake <3

Everything about this cupcake was just amazing, it was all edible which surprised me it did take me a little while before I decided to eat the case as it felt like wax so wasn't convinced. It was a mixture of white chocolate and blueberries with apricot sauce on the plate and a vanilla drizzle to put on the cupcake.

I would probably say this visit I met less people due to the time of year we went but I still had the best time especially as Pinocchio made an appearance during dessert.

I was such a big kid screaming his name out loud and making everyone turn around, I then proceeded on to saying to my partner I wasn't eating my dessert until he had come to our table in which I think the coordinator heard and sent him around to our tables first!

I also met Minnie, Goofy, Tiger and Pluto. Mickey was out and about but he was down the other end when we left singing happy birthday to 3 different people.

(I look awful in this photo due to the angle!)

I hear Inventions is great! I think I will be trying here next time!

Earl of Sandwich:

First time ever eating in here as last time I didn't really eat lunch but with being here with my partner this time he wanted lunch so this is where he choose.

The service in here is brilliant so simple, pick a number get given a buzzer and then you go pay and wait for your buzzer to go off to collect your food. I went for a Philly Cheese Steak which was incredible the meat was cooked just right and partner had the number 8.

Stalls in the Village:

I love the Disney Village but even more so at Christmas Time as the atmosphere is just great all the decorations, the stalls, the smells from the stalls and everyone is in just a good mood.

We did buy somethings from a few off the stalls for lunch on one of the days I had a Nutella Crepe and my partner had a Nutella Waffle and these were the best we had ever tasted and could have gone back for 2nds but at €5 each we thought we best not ha!

We also got some lovely french Macaroons which were to die for and another one of my loves in life. The flavours were incredible especially the one called Frozen Vanilla.

Slowly making my way through my list of planned posts, hope you all have a lovely week!
Immy xoxoxox