23rd Birthday! (I've Never Eaten So Much Food!)

You may know, you may not know hehe that last weekend I turned 23 years old, I can honestly tell you I have no clue where the last year has gone. It has flown by in a flash.

In a post a few weeks back I originally didn't have any plans for my birthday which changed and all of a sudden I had a full 4 day weekend of plans.

(I don't own this photo)

The weekend before my birthday the beautiful Jem took me for an amazing afternoon tea at Patisserie Valarie which is an amazing Patisserie chain over the UK although I was unaware that they did lunch and dinner like burgers and chips which look incredible and I have to try.

The afternoon tea consisted of 5 different flavoured finger sandwiches being egg and cress, ham and mustard, salmon, cucumber and chicken. Then 4 scones, 2 pots of jam and clotted cream which was incredible some of the best scones ever. And to finish off there was 3 cakes and 2 eclairs.

It also came with a choice of hot drink which was nice as I am not a tea lover so it was a Hot chocolate with whipped cream for me <3

She got me the most amazing personalized Pocahontas wine glass, she is my favorite Disney Princess!

 

On the Friday of my Birthday weekend me and my boyfriend went out for some lovely food at burger place called "Burger Joint" in Bristol where you make and choose your own burgers and you can have anything from a tick sheet they provide you.

I had a Venison burger with Montgomery cheese, pulled pork and chorizo and my boyfriend had the wild Boar burger.

After this even though we were full to the brim we ended up in a dessert bar called "Kaspa's" where they serve waffles, sundaes, crepes, cakes and a range of ice cream. Its safe to say I didn't really need to eat this but I had Chocolate M&M based waffles with Nutella, white and milk chocolate sprinkles. It was amazing!!!!!!

We ended up going home and laying on the bed with food hang overs. On the Saturday I went to pick up my homemade chocolate orange cupcakes from "Hey Cupcakes" she is friend of a next door neighbor of mine who makes the most amazing cakes and cupcakes. This is my 3rd order from her now and she never fails to impress. My mum then got me a triple chocolate cake hehe talk about chocolate overload!

On my actually birthday I met up with my other bestie and went for a meal with my mum and Liz to the Harvesters (more food I know) where I had a mixed Grill and free birthday ice cream :P

Presents:

Now on to Presents, I love presents and Cards they're one of my favorite bits.

Its safe to say people who brought me cards this year know me very well hehe! Audrey, Hello Kitty, New York, Pugs, Alice In Wonderland and Cupcakes and cake hehe!

From my boyfriend he got me my first Disney Tradition which is Minnie Mouse which is adorable and I now want the matching Mickey. He got me a Groot Funko and OITNB Book, he also kindly paid for all my food when we went out.

My bestie in work Ali got me the cutest Eeyore Disney Tradition along with a beautiful Lush gift box.

My bestie Samiee got me two Tsum Tsums which I ended up having early and then she got me "Yoshi's Woolly World" AHHH I have been wanting this for ages and the game is incredible.

Of my Sister she got me a Happy Jackson wash bag, this brand is one of my new favorites as I have the Travel stuff wallet and over night bag although I really want to buy more now.

Off the rest of my family I received lots of money which I have used to go shopping and to put towards my Disneyland Paris fund.

I got lots of amazing presents/money for everyone, I am so grateful. Thanks to them all for making my weekend special.

Immii xoxox

Happy Jackson

So whilst in London yesterday I stumbled across a little shop in Leicester Square called "Cards Galore" it caught my eye because right by the door was this display of bright and colourful note books, cases, lunch boxes and nick knacks. 

I recognised a glasses case that my best friends brother had got her a while back which was so cute so was intrigued to have a look as i didn't know the brand.

After walking through the door I fell in Love with "Happy Jackson", the brand is so quirky and cute. Everything is bright and colourful with the most perfect sayings to match each item.

I purchased the most amazing travel wallet for my adventure to Disneyland Paris in November, its a coral orange colour with a zebra print lining and 3 pockets. One for your passport, travel documents and travel money. I couldn't resist especially as I am always losing my passport and documents while going through the airport somewhere in my hand luggage.

As it's my birthday in 10 days my sister was nice enough to get me the wash bag to take on my trip as I have a really small one at the moment which doesn't fit much stuff in so as this one has a big zip pocket, 2 small pockets and room for more stuff its perfect. Also the saying is so true "Girly Crap - Yes I Do Really Need It All"

After looking on the Happy Jackson website I've found so many more items I really want;

These are definitely going on my Christmas list, they're just all so cute!

Bucket List

Hey Guys!

After my last post I thought I might share my bucket list with you all J 

   

Bucket List:

01. Get married 

02. Have at least 2 children 

03. Own my own home

04. Own a mini 

05. Travel America

06. Travel Japan

07. Visit all the Disney Theme parks all over the world

08. Have my very own pug well pugs' (I want one that is brown and one that is black)

09. Visit New York at Christmas

10. Visit Disneyland at Christmas (Actually doing this one this year!)

11. See the Northern Lights

12. See Pompeii 

13. See a Super Bowl (NY Giants)

14. Do a colour run 

15. Visit the Hobbit huts in New Zealand

16. Visit the original Cake Boss shop

17. Ride a Gondola in Venice

18. Meet Katy Perry

19. See Selena Gomez in concert

20. Live in a different country for a year (New York, maybe Berlin)

21. Visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter

22. Visit the city of Love with my one and only

23. Learn Japanese

24. Go on a Disney Cruise

25. Hot Air Balloon trip

26. Take a photo every day for a whole year

27. Walk the Great Wall of China

28. Walk through Japans tunnel of lights

29. Ride a camel

30. Add a lock to love lock bridge

31. Eat Macaroons from Laduree

So far I have 31 things on my list, some of which will be done by the end of this year hopefully :D and so far I've managed to complete 19 of my original list of 50!

Completed Bucket List Items:

01. Visit New York

02. Visit Central Park Zoo

03. Ice Skate in Central Park

04. Visit Disneyland Paris

05. Visit Berlin

06. Eat Currywurst 

07. Learn to Drive

08. Move out

09. Find the love of my life

10. Spend New Years in London

11. Pass my driving test

12. Visit Times Square

13. Ride the London Eye

14. Travel to the top of the Empire State Building

15. Visit Ellen's Stardust Diner

16. Visit the Harry Potter Studio Tour

17. See Katy Perry in concert (3 times)

18. See Miley in concert

19. Meet Jenson Button 

Here are a few photos of my completed tasks :)

 

Whats on your Bucket List? xoxox

Disneyland Bucket List

Anyone who knows me knows that I love anything and everything Disney and one thing on my bucket list is my Disneyland Bucket List confusing it may sound but its not really hehe.

One thing I would love to do is visit the 6 parks and go on a Disney Cruise, this is something that will happen over time as it will cost a lot of money unless I win the lottery (we can all dream haha) then I could do them all in one go.

So there are the 6 Parks and in the order I would visit;
1. Disneyland Resort
2. Walt Disney World Resort
3. Tokyo Disney Resort
4. Hong Kong Disney Resort
5. Shanghai Disney Resort
6. Disneyland Paris
7. Disney at Christmas
8. Disney at Halloween
9. A special Disney celebration or anniversary
10. Disney Cruise

You Might ask why Disneyland Paris is number 6 on my list seeing as I would like to visit the others in order of creation (doubt it will happen that way) is because I've already visited DLP in February 2014 and I am taking another trip there in December for the Christmas season!

At the moment out of the 5 I haven't been to I am most excited to visit Tokyo Disney Resort because Japan is somewhere I am dying to visit and this is on my list along with Studio Ghibli Land and a Hello Kitty cafe :)

Reminiscing: Children's TV Shows

Been seeing a lot of those posts on Facebook which are like "Do you remember this?" about old TV shows, clothes, bands and books which has got me thinking back to when I was younger and what TV shows I always used to watch and would like to watch again.

On of my all time favourites was "The Worse Witch" which is what I think made me love the Harry Potter franchises so much. As I sit here writing this I am now singing the theme tune!

"My Parents Are Aliens" on ITV at 5pm after school was just brilliant, one of my after school favourites preferred it a lot more once they changed Sophie.

"The Story of Tracey Beaker" is still one of my favourite shows to this day and I've seen every episode including the spin of shows (my guilty pleasure) haha!

Cartoon Network always had some amazing shows would often spend my Sunday morning watch this station;

• The Cramp Twins
• Ed, Edd and Eddy
• Powerpuff Girls
• Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends
• Cow and Chicken
• Courage the Cowardly Dog 
• Top Cat
• Tom and Jerry
• The Flinstones

Nickelodeon as well had always the best shows;

• Sabrina
• Saved By The Bell
• Kenna and Kel
• The Amanda Show
• Rugrats
• Hey Arnold
• Fairly Odd Parents
• As Told By Ginger

I always wanted to go on "Jungle Run" and "50/50"

"Bodger and Badger" Everybody knows Bodger loves mash potato

Couldn't beat waking up to "Arthur" on a school morning!

Tbh there was probably tones more but I can't seem to find the names of them online but have an idea of what they were about haha!

What's your favourites?

My Week Off!

Last week I was lucky enough to book a week off work meaning with the weekends I had 9 days off which was pure bliss and my week ended up being pretty busy in the end considering I only had a few things planned.

I started my first few days off by spending the weekend up in Swindon where my dad now lives after selling his house and moving in with his partner last year. So was quite nice to go up there and have a nice catch up.

I wasn't really expecting to do much whilst I was up there but we ended up doing a fair bit. On the Friday we went to watch "The Case of Sherlock Holmes" in the air theatre at Lydiard Park which is only 5 minuets walk from they're home. For those who don't know its massive park and estate house which is beautiful.

The show its self was really good it was small cast of 6 people who was telling one of the case story's from Sherlock, was brilliant and we took a picnic because the weather was lovely.

On the Saturday we got up and headed over to the Cotswold's to Chedworth Roman Villa's which is a National Trust property as my dad and his partner are both members of. We ended up doing a guided tour which lasted an hour and half but I learnt so much about the different time periods of the people who lived here. I do love a bit of History.

Then on Sunday before my dad took me back home we went down to Bowood House and Gardens for a visit which is another estate and house not from from Swindon. Its incredible what is on your door step and you don't even know it. Was such another lovely day as well, they had a police dog show on as well which was interesting to watch how they train all the different service dogs.

On the Tuesday me, my sister, Liz and the kiddy winks went to Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in Bristol which is a massive Zoo which is run on a farm yard. I have to admit that this is defiantly better than Bristol Zoo by far so many more variety of Animals.

They have Lions, Tigers, Elephants, Giraffe, Rhinos, Monkeys ... I could go on its crazy good and so much additional stuff for the kids to do. We went on a tractor ride around the farm which was very bumpy and watched an animal show where at the end we fed the lambs.

Well so this is the bit where the title comes from, so on the Friday me and my best friend are taking a trip to London to visit the Audrey Hepburn; Portraits of an Icon Exhibition in the National Portrait Gallery.

We set of pretty early to make sure were in Bristol to catch our coach at 10:10 am which is going all fine and dandy until he says sorry its broken down meaning we have to wait an additional 20 minuets for the new coach to arrive ... ok cool that's fine we got plenty of time to get there for 14:30 pm.

We set off about 10:30 am and are on our merry way to London until we stop in stand still traffic at that moment I can deal with it we still have 3 hours to get to London it isn't until it dawns on that we aren't going to make it till 14:20 pm (I am going mad now haha) so i get my best friend to give them a call and all is good they don't mind us being late.

So we get to London at 14:10 pm and manage to make it to the exhibition at 14:50 pm which lucky enough they let us in. I am sweating it out at this moment with all the running around and being stuck on the underground.

The Exhibition its self was incredible we were lucky enough to get a walk around by Terrance Pepper who wrote the book alongside the exhibition. I made friends with him via Instagram and he was happy enough to come meet me to sign my book and have a chat. He is an incredible man and so generous I learnt so much more that day thanks to him.

It is a collection of photos of Audrey through out her life starting from a young child up to when she died in 1993. Some of the photos are incredible in which some of them have never been seen before.

After that we grabbed some food and did a bit of shopping before another travelling nightmare began!!!! Getting back to the train station should have take 5mins on the underground giving us time to grab some food, go to the toilet and walk back to the coach station.

Well that is how it should have gone but no the underground breaks down one stop before we need to get off (Face Palm Moment) this is at 6:25 pm got plenty of time to make it back it gets to 6:35 pm and I start to panic so we get off the underground and attempt to walk haha bad mistake so end up legging it back down to the underground just as the announcement says "This train is ready to leave" thank god we made it by this time were back at Victoria by 6:45 pm leaving us 15 minuets to run to the coach station making it to our coach with a minuet to spare!!!!

I have never had such a s stressful day travelling my life!!!!!!!!!!!!

So my week of was lovely and I managed to get up to lots of things :) Any one else been up to much?

Hope you all have a lovely weekend <3