The All Time Toughest Disney Tag!

I haven't done a tag on my blog for a very long time and after coming across this one over at Hollywood and Lime by Emily it was a must do especially with it being Disney. You can read hers here!

So different to usual tags this one has rules yes rules which makes it the toughest one EVER! So here are the rules;
1. You can only answer each question with ONE answer. For example no multiples so I couldn't answer Pocahontas and Tangled in the same question.
2. All answers must be Disney related obviously as this is a Disney tag! But you can choose items from franchises owned by Disney.
3. Once you're done copy and paste the questions and tag someone else to complete the challenge.
4. Extra Challenge: Time yourself and post the amount of time it took you to complete the tag.

So here we go ...

Q1. Who is your all time favourite Disney animator, and why?
Glen Keane for sure. He has animated some of my favourite Disney characters such as Pocahontas and Rapunzel.

Q2. What Disney era is your all favourite, and why?
90's Renaissance era because this was the era I grew up in so these movies hold a special place in my memories.

Q3. If Walt Disney were alive and you were allowed to asking him ONE question, but ONE question only, what would you ask him?
"Looking back at everything that has happened since your death is there anything that you wouldn't have done yourself"

Q4. Who is your all time favourite Disney director, and why?
Without really googling it and just thinking of the top of my head I am gonna say Byron Howard due to being involved with Tangled, Zootopia and Bolt.

Q5. What is your all time favourite Disney song, and why?
"Mother Knows Best" because I love the song, the words and that remember always listen to you mum she knows these kinda things.

Q6. If you were forced to erase ONE Disney movie from history, which would you pick and why?
Everyone will hate my answer and it has to be Hercules. I just cannot stand this film one bit I never liked it growing up and now I'm older I still don't!

Q7. Which Disney Park from around the world is your all time favourite, what makes it stand out from the others to you?
Disneyland Paris as this is the place I call home and the only park I have visited although this could all change next year hehe.

Q8. You have only 30 minuets to spend in Disneyland before you're magically whisked back home by a portal. What do you do in that time?
Tough one but it would be character meets. I love meeting characters and all the fun interactions that happen during your special time. I hope I never only have minuets in Disney I would cry!

Q9. You get to choose ONE Disney heroine to join the official line of Disney Princesses. Who do you choose and why?
There is too many to choose from but I am going to say Giselle from Enchanted she is just every princess rolled in to one!

Q10. Speaking of Disney Princesses ... One will need to be demoted from the franchise to replace with the new heroine. Which existing princess would you remove from the franchise, and why?
It's got to be Elsa and not because I don't like her because I really do but she isn't a princess? She is a Queen remember ;)

Q11. What is your all time favourite under-rated Disney movie, and why? ("Under-rated" meaning movies you don't see or hear about these days ... like ever)
The Great Mouse Detective like seriously could you get any more under rated? Its such a great movie with some amazing song in it as well yet nobody really ever talks about :(

Q12. Which Disney Villain do you feel is the most misunderstood, and why?
Honestly I am not 100% on who I would choose but because I have to choose one I'm gonna say Bellwether cause she has some underlying issues haha!

Q13. You can only choose ONE Disney animal to be your pet. Who do you choose, and why?
Meeko! He loves to eat everything and so do I plus hes loyal and follows you everywhere!

Q14. Who is the ONE Disney character you can relate to the most, and why?
Judy Hopps! Because no matter what life throws at her she just keeps on going!

Q15. Finally, the toughest question of all... What is your favourite Disney movie of all time, any why?
If you read my blog then you will all know this answer already! Pocahontas because this was the first ever Disney movie that I watched growing up and I love everything about it.

WOW that was a tough one to answer for sure but I managed to complete it in 28 minuets which isn't to bad I think.

So as I don't really have anyone to tag, I tag everyone who reads this post instead.

Finally I am off to Disney this weekend so speak to you soon. Over and out!

Disneyland Paris 12th February 2017: What I'm Wearing

I cannot believe that finally on Saturday me and my best friend Jem will be setting of for Disneyland Paris for the weekend!

We don't actually visit the parks until the Sunday as we opted out of buying tickets for the Saturday afternoon and decided that we would rather go and spend the afternoon in Paris as I have never been and Jemma knows her way about very well.

I thought I would do another what I am wearing post which is similar to my previous one for my September trip last year which you can read here. Bearing that in mind you will see similarities with my outfit choices here due to the time of the year and weather plus comfort as I won't have time to change clothes before getting on the coach to go home.

As you will see my trusty Alice backpack, purse and Vans have made a reappearance for this trip especially the Alice Vans as they are the most comfortable shoes I have walked around Disney in. If I am honest I am going with the same style as my September outfit apart from this time there is a change in ears, top, jumper and socks due to ultimate comfort here.

I am still going to be wearing leggings this time like I did in September because they are comfy and as I mentioned above I won't have time to really change again before we leave. With my leggings I have gone for my amazing Chip N Dale tee and a super cute Mickey and Minnie jumper which has a slight fleecy inside which will keep me extra warm.

Sooo I know I already have 3 pairs of custom ears but there is just something about taking new ones on every trip which is naughty I know but after being recommend these by Sabrina who made all my other ears I thought I would give them ago.

How cute is this print? Like it is the perfect material and has so many cute different doodles from the Disney Parks on it. The ears themselves are really good quality and so comfortable. When she had a shop open there were a few more that I wanted to purchase so maybe I will see if she can still make them for my next trip.

So this is what I shall be wearing for my trip to the parks on the weekend! I have decided that I wouldn't do a whats in my bag post this time around as it will be exactly the same as my last trip apart from the fact I have new amazing Instax film ;)

I can't wait to share my trip with you next week but if you want to keep up to date with my adventure then please follow me on my Instagram - @Forever_Dreaming_Of_Disneyland 

January: Books I've Read

So as I mentioned in my new years resolution post which you can read here. I said that I would try and read at least one book a month due to owning so many that I haven't got around to reading yet!

This month I actually managed to read books 3 altogether which I am really pleased about. Here are the books I managed to read this month/Finish off;

Christmas At Rosie Hopkins Sweet Shop by Jenny Colgan:

I have been a massive lover of Jenny Colgan's book ever since I was introduced to her and read "The Cupcake Cafe" followed by "Christmas At The Cupcake Cafe" in which I then went on to look at what other books she had written and purchased "Welcome to Rosie Hopkins Sweet Shop" and this book is the follow on story set not long after the first book during Christmas time.

What I love about Jenny's books is when reading them you really feel like you can relate to the characters and that you know them on this different level. As I am a slow reader it did take me the whole month to read it.

I do have the next book in this series ready to read but I think because once again its another Christmas themed book I shall save it for December hehe.

The Disney Book:

I have actually had this book since April 2016 when it was first released and over a few months I managed to get through half of the book before I stopped reading it altogether so I decided that I would finally finish it off as I can't stand having half finished books.

Although a lot of the stuff in the book I already knew there were a few things that I didn't and learnt about which was great. This book included a copy of an original cell from the movie Brave and I am so happy with the cell I got as each book has a different one.

The Case of Beasts: Explore The Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them:

Ever since the movie has came out I have been obsessed with this everything relating to the film its like Harry Potter all over again.

This again was another book that I was given just before Christmas as a present and started reading. I really enjoyed reading this book as it went in to a lot of detail about how bits were filmed, cast costumes, creature design and how the cast felt about each others characters.

The book even included lots of different pouches that included maps, wanted posters, game cards and other bits from the film which were really cool. I am actually hoping to get the wanted posters framed to go in the living room.

So here we are going in to February and I have so many books to choose from right now and 2 that need to be finished! So I am thinking I might use this month to finish these off before starting something new!

Disneyland Paris September 2017 Series!

I cannot believe me and my best friend Emma have had our holiday booked since June last year and now we are finally in 2017 and only 226 days away till our trip.

With it only being the end of January it's still a little early to plan everything that we want to do as the information for the 25th Anniversary celebrations that are on during our visit has not been released yet and wont be until March. But this hasn't stopped us planning rides we want to do, where we want to eat and characters we want to see.

So I thought on the lead up to our trip I would keep you posted every step of the way with a series of posts about all our plans. I have done a couple of posts about my trip prior to booking and once it was booked but I thought I would start a little series of posts.

So far I have the following post ideas;
1. General trip information
2. Rides we definitely want to do during our visit
3. Dinning plans
4. Characters we really want to meet
5. Parades/Shows that we really want to see
6. What I'm packing
7. What is in my parks bag
8. Day trip reports
9. Haul post

I think with my upcoming trip in 14 days it will be best to start this series off the at the beginning of March as when I come back I will be doing some posts on that trip and I don't want things to get muddled up.

Only 226 days and I will be celebrating my Birthday in DISNEYLAND!

Cream Egg Brownies

So with all the Easter goodies now in the shops as soon as January hit the thoughts of making cream egg brownies has now risen once again! After last years epic fail at making them with a packet mix this year I finally decided to take the plunge and cook them from scratch.

Me being me I hate cooking and baking a like but I keep seeing all these amazing treats that I want to make so thought why not just give it a go and why not blog post about it as well! I went and purchased myself an electric whisk as most of the recipes I have found online mentions one and a sieve as that is another thing I shockingly don't own (hides in shame hah).

Ingredients:

185g Unsalted Butter

185g Dark Chocolate

85g Plain Flour

40g Coco Powder

3 Large Eggs

275g Golden Caster Sugar

6 Cadbury Cream Eggs (Halved)

Steps:

1. The first thing that I did when making these brownies were to set my oven to 160c and line my baking tray with baking paper. The reason I decided to line my baking tray was to just make it easier to take the brownies out at the end.

2. After this I decided I would weigh out all of my ingredients so that they were all ready to be used as soon as I needed them.

3. In one bowl I added my 3 large eggs with my golden caster sugar and mixed with an electric whisk for 5 to 10 minuets until the mixture had doubled in size and become a pale, creamy thick mixture. During this I was also melting my butter and dark chocolate in a bow.

4.Once both of these step are complete and the chocolate mixture has cooled slightly this needs to be gently folded in to the creamy egg mixture.

5. After you need to sieve your flour and coco powder over the top of the mixture as evenly as you can before folding this gently in as well and making sure that when you are finished there is no flour or coco powder visible and it is mixed well.

6. Place your mixture in to your baking tin and cook for 15 minuets before placing your halved cream eggs evenly on the top. Then cook for another 5 to 10 minuets before removing from the oven and cooling for a few hours.

Tips:

1. Melt your chocolate and butter before making the creamy egg mixture because as I found out doing them at the same time might be clever but then you have to wait a while for the chocolate to cool before it can be added to the mixture as it can't be too hot other wise it will start cooking the egs.

2. For me I guess I probably could have cooked them slightly longer because they are crispy on the outside but they were a bit too gooey on the inside.

3. Rather than a knife test I found out online that toothpicks are a really good way to check. If you poke one in the brownie and its covered in brownie its not cooked, if there none on the stick its over done and if there is just a few bits of brownie then its just right.

Next time I give this a go I shall do the test and send some photos.

4. Another thing I learnt was that you need to leave them to cool for a good few hours at room temperature as this is really important for the process of baking them.

Review: January 2017 Tokyo Treat Box

Hi Everyone! I hope 2017 is treating you well so far even though we are only half way through January.

Here is my first review of many Tokyo Treat boxes to come this year and soon I would have been receiving these for nearly a year. What I am excited about is to see how they keep the variances going with these boxes and to keep the snacks different each month which I am sure won't be a problem considering the variety's they have in Japan!

This months theme is Happy New Year which is very fitting with it being the New Year!

As always here is the booklet which they always provide so you can see the full descriptions of the items along with my thoughts and comments below;

Items Received:

This time instead of writing in"Italic" what the products are as mentioned in the little book provided I will just give my own comments along with pictures and a rating out of 5 so here goes ...

Condensed Milk Choco Anpan (5/5)
These are soooo cute! I have been dying to try them since I missed them in a box I decided to skip last year so I was glad to see them making an appearance again. Looking at the packet they look like little bread buns filled with condensed milk and that is exactly what they were and so cute as well! 

Black Thunder - Kinako Flavour (0/5)
I have been wanting to try a Big Thunder bar for ages and when I saw this one was going to be included in the box I was very excited although once opening it and taking a bite I wasn't all that impressed I have to say. I think this could be because it wasn't an original and had a slightly off flavour because of the Kinako? But I wouldn't rush to buy one again.

Super Ottotto Savory Soy Sauce (3/5)
I love it when crisp are included in the boxes and these ones are really cute and shaped like different sea creatures with a soy sauce flavouring. I gave them a 3 because they're something I find quite over powering and not something that I would rush to eat the whole bag like I usually do.

Samurai Japan Chips (5/5)
Woo another bag of crisps included and nothing really exciting about these ones as they're just a simple plain ready salted flavour but tasted amazing all the same.

Sour Plum Fortune Candy (3/5)
After all the other Sour Plum stuff I have previously had from Tokyo Treat and didn't like I wasn't to sure if I was going to like these but the aim of the packet is to see what your fortune would be by choosing a sweet and hoping that you didn't get a super sour one. We have to say we ate 4/6 of the sweets and the sour ones weren't that bad not as bad as I thought they would be.

Pickachu Gummy (5/5)
Pikachu? Gummy? Grape? Win Win for me here, they were so cute as it was a mixture of tails, feet and Pikachu faces that all had different expressions. We got Sad, Angry, Normal and Surprised. 

Bonus Snack (5/5)

Who doesn't love a bonus snack? And for once actually one that I could do haha! The little packet include 3 different flavours and 3 different shaped gummy's, one was the bottom for the sushi and one was for the top in banana, strawberry and lemon flavours. The sushi toppers didn't actually stick very well to the bottoms but they tasted good anyways!

Nakayoshi Neru Neru Muscat Grape and Strawberry Flavour (5/5)
OK so I hate DIY candy kits and I can never usually do them so end up eating the contents and chucking the rest in the bin BUT this time I decided to give this one a proper go and I DID IT I MADE IT! And it actually tasted amazing the texture of the Neru Neru was so good and the flavours tasted amazing.

Sakupan Choco Monaka (5/5)
I have never had one of these big panda's before I have had the smaller biscuit ones before in Chocolate flavour so wasn't really sure what to expect with the bigger one and oh my it was amazing its not like a biscuit but like a wafer base with this chocolate moose type filling on the inside and it was so creamy I wanted more.

Fizzy Soft Candy Stick - Orange and Lemon Flavour (5/)
I loved this and its such a good idea. It is a simple chew bar which is half lemon and half orange flavour but when you take a bite and start chewing it and activate the fizzy foam that is inside it actually starts to taste like cola. As you can see from the image on the packaging. 

Frog Family Gummy (5/5)
Grape? Gummy? Cute Frog shapes? What is not to like here these super cute gummy'c come in the shapes of tadpoles, eggs and frogs and the little eggs even have a gooey grape centre and tasted amazing.

New Years Facial Art Mask (N/A)
I haven't actually done this one yet as I am not a massive face mask lover so I've left it to one side for the moment and maybe I will get around to doing it another day.

Rich Taste Calpis Soda (4/5)
So another rather interesting drink once again this month although not as interesting as the cream stew ramune that made want to gag. This months special drink is Calpis which a popular Japanese yogurt drink but this time they have released a limited edition Calpis Soad version.

So after reading it was originally a yogurt drink it put me off slightly after taking a look at the colour and giving it a smell I did take a sip and to my surprise I actually really liked it to start with I wasn't convinced but after a while it kind of tasted like a creamy lemonade flavour. 

Pokemon Stick Candy (5/5)
More Pokemon goodies! These kind of remind me of candy sticks here in the UK apart from they are more fizzy and kind of foam a little. They are classic Soda flavour which is one of my favourite tastes and the other is orange. 

Gilco Cultured Butter Pretz (N/A)
So the reason for my N/A rating is because I decided I wouldn't open these just yet as I still have the tomato ones open from December's box and I don't want them going stale.

One Piece Chocolate Wafer (5/5)
Simply a chocolate wafer with One Piece packaging nothing different about it shape wise just plain and simple but still tasted amazing.

Alfor Chocolate Biscuit - Red Bean Flavour (4/5)
I really wasn't sure what I was going to make of these when I picked them up out of the box due to the flavour being Red Bean which is really weird to me but these tasted amazing and the little biscuits that the chocolate was on top off tasted really yummy. I really liked the cute little ship design each one had on the chocolate.

If you would like to read any of my Tokyo Treat reviews from 2016 then please click on the "Tokyo Treat" or "2016" labels in the label column on the side.

Thanks for reading. I purchased this with my own money and I was NOT paid to review this by Tokyo Treats.

Officially 30 days till Disney!

It is officially 30 days till my weekend away in Paris and day trip to Disneyland Paris the first of two trips this year. I am extremely lucky to being on both of these trips and they will be my last until I get back from Tokyo next year.

Since I wrote my last post about my trip back in November a few things have changed with regards of what we want to try and do during our day in Disney. 

We decided to not book any restaurants as we are only going for the day and don't want to be to restricted to where we can eat although I think we will end up just dinning in a counter service restaurant. When we went in September on a Saturday it was really busy and as I have never been on a Sunday before I'm not sure how busy it is going to be.

So we have finally decided on the rides that we want to do whilst we are there as we will be restricted due to only being there one day but we have chosen to try and do;

• Tower of Terror
• Crush Coaster
• Ratatouille
• Rock N Roller Coaster
• Big Thunder Mountain but this really depends on the wait time as its been really busy recently
• Indian Jones Roller Coaster

Whilst we are there Space Mountain and Pirates of the Caribbean will be closed for refurbishment but not to worry because I am back in September so shall be able to experience these new updated rides then although I have rode them before. I am hoping to maybe squeeze a ride on Phantom Manor and Its A Small World but literally only if we have time.

Similar to my last trip there there will be a lot of travelling through the night :( but least this will be broken up with a nights stay in a hotel before spending the day in Disney and making our way back home.

We leave Bristol at 02:00 am to make our way down to the Dover to catch the morning Ferry over to Paris and we are set to arrive at our Hotel's around mid day although Check In isn't until 3pm which worry's me a little so I am hoping that maybe our rooms will be ready before then but who knows. 

Once we have checked in as mentioned before we will head off in to Paris central for the afternoon before spending the evening in the Disney Village doing probably 90% of our Disney shopping so we don't have to take it around the parks.

We are very lucky that the Disney Park is open until 21:00 pm and the Studios is open until 19:30 am during our visit so it means in total we will get a full 11 hours in the park so will be interesting to see what we manage to get done. 

When we are there it will be Season of The Force which will be amazing to see all the new shows and parades but also great to see Disney Dreams and Magic on Parade for the last time before they change over for the anniversary.

So here we have it all our plans so far for our Disney day along with taking loads of photos on our Instax ;) but before I go I will do a "What I'm Wearing" post followed by Trip Reports and Haul post once I am back!

Top Movies of 2016

I love looking back at the last 12 months deciding out of the many movies that were released in 2016 which of them will make my Top 10 for the year. Its hard because often I will write my list and then remember a movie that I had totally forgotten about whoops!

So here we go in no particular order my top 10 movies for 2016;

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

When I found out that JK was going to be doing another movie and she decided to base it off one of the school text books I was over the moon and so began the countdown to the release of the film. 

I instantly feel in love with this movie it was like being back in the magical world again but this time surrounded by new faces and places it was amazing. I am obsessed with the movie and cannot wait for it to come out on DVD. Plus Eddie was the perfect choice to play Newt.

Me Before You

I have never read the book before watching this and all I had heard was great things about the book so it is currently on my bookshelf waiting to be read but the film is incredible the one screen chemistry is just perfection. Yes at the same time its such a sad movie but it was very well done.

Zootopia

Although its name was changed for the UK release it will always be Zootopia to me. Disney have done it again with this movie that is doe sure full of meaning and moral stories about being able to do anything you want even if you are a bunny ;) I just love the characters, settings and the hidden Easter eggs in this animation.

Moana

I can honestly say its been an amazing year for Disney with both they're animation and live actions movies and the latest Princess instalment didn't disappoint. Just the whole movie had that feel good feeling with a cracking soundtrack that has been on repeat ever since!

Finding Dory
The long awaited Finding Nemo spin off did not disappoint! Who doesn't love Dory, Nemo and Marlin? And after 13 long years we finally had what everyone was waiting for and it was perfect and had such a great range of new characters! I love Gerald haha!

In my opinion I think it was actually better than Finding Nemo!!!

Captain America:Civil War

I LOVE Captain America he is one of my favourite superheros from the Marvel series and I have loved pretty much every Marvel movie but this one just tops it for me and is my favourite. What I love about they're movies are they aren't over the top serious and have so much comedy in them as well. Especially the scene at the airport where they are fighting Spiderman and Ant man just crack me up. 

Divergent Series: Allegiant
Best one out of the series so far in my opinion and just a great collection of movies that I could re watch over and over again and never get bored. I love how the dynamics change in this movie and how the story takes a different turn unlike the other movies. I cannot wait for part one of the final movie to come out although I'm not 100% sure if its this year or next?

I just love Tris and Four together!!!

Secret Lift of Pets

I have been waiting for this movie since I saw the original trailer way back in 2015 and have always wondered why it had taken them so long to show it in the cinemas but once it was released I was very excited to go and see it. Who doesn't love a movie about pets? And what they get up to when they're parents aren't home! I wonder if they will do a second one!

The BFG
This is just such a good feel film for any age and there is just something about watching this movie that makes me feel really happy and cheery. I loved reading Roald Dahl books as a Kid so when I found out they were releasing this as a live action movie I was over the moon. I loved how the BFG actually looked like the actor Mark Rylance he just looked so good.

The Conjuring 2
I absolutely love The Conjuring and I love a good horror movie as well so when I found out they were doing a Conjuring 2 with the same cast playing Ed and Lorraine Warren I couldn't wait and to then find out it was based on one of my favourite stories "The Enfield Haunting" and was going to be filmed in the UK it made it even better! Another movie where I actually think it was better than the first one and made me jump so many times in the cinema.

There are still so many movies that I loved in 2016 and that didn't make it in to my Top 10 list but this year these are some of my favourites, What movies have you seen this year that you really enjoyed?

Planning Tokyo: Rough Costs

Finally I can now say I am going to Tokyo next year without people going "well 2018 is a long way off but how exciting".

As it is Joel's 30th birthday next year we decided we wanted to do something extra special and what a better place to go than Tokyo considering its somewhere we have both wanted to go for a very long time. I managed to persuade him to let me have two days at Tokyo Disneyland so I could visit both the parks and cross another one off my bucket list.

We are planning to go in November 2018 for 10 nights with Joel's birthday falling nicely in the middle of our trip. So far with regards to planning we have only worked out the costs for our hotel, flights and park tickets.

Flights are going to be about £450 per person flying early in the morning from Birmingham Airport as this is the closet to us that fly's to Japan Tokyo without having to go all the way to London.

The hotel we are looking to stay at has been recommend by my lovey friend Sabrina and also a few other bloggers and what is great is the hotel does offer a free shuttle to Disney so I will have to make sure that we get that booked up as soon as we get there. The costs of the hotel is looking at £794 for the both of us which isn't to bad but prices could change.

Our park tickets we are buying in advance because it will make it a lot easier on the day to have e tickets than to wait in line to purchase them. Only annoying this is that with Tokyo Disney you cannot hop between the parks unless you have a 3 day ticket where as with the 2 day tickets you have to declare which park you want to do on each day. These are costing us £91.30 each!

Other than this we haven't got much else organised as cannot book certain things until later on in the year which will be the point where things really get exciting and the planning begins! So these are our rough costs at the moment and obviously me being me I have already got ideas of what I want to do when at Disney which I will post near to the time ;)

Happy New Year 2017: My Resolutions

Happy New Year EVERYONE!

Wow here we are already in 2017 and I just cannot believe how quick 2016 has zoomed by and it has been an amazing year with a few ups and downs but overall its been a good year. With it being the new year I thought I would start my first post of the year telling you what my goals are which I hope to achieve after failing massively at 2016 haha.

So here they are;

1. Fit back in to my size 10 clothes

I have to say this is probably one that I mentioned last year haha but I failed at it and it just got to the point in the last month when clothes shopping I realised how unhappy I was with the weight gain and that its time to do something about it.

2. Get back in to my gym routine

I have been going to the gym for the last 4 and half years at least 4 to 5 times a week and in October I just hit this brick wall where I wasn't bothered anymore and wasn't enjoying myself. It hit December and I just stopped going and decided that I wanted a break which I really appreciated because I went a few times at the end of December and I really enjoyed it! Now to get back in to the 5:20am alarm call (groans).

3. Read at least one book a month

I have a habit of buying books by my favourite authors and then not reading them or taking months to finish them. So my aim is to read one book a month and then to do a blog post about it. So you can expect to see my first book blog post at the end of January hopefully ha.

4. Post another 100 posts on my blog through 2017

When I starting writing this I noticed that during 2016 I managed to post 100 times which is amazing considering the lack of posts through 2015 and 2014. I want to keep this up through the next year.

5. Drink more water and cut out fizzy drinks and unhealthy foods

I think it says it all really hehe. I drink far to many fizzy drinks and not enough water along with all the unhealthy food and food portions I have it's time to cut back and change my habits.

What are your resolutions or goals?

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

Review: December Tokyo Treat Box

So after my November box turned up super late my December box actually turned up a week early but with it being Christmas and me going to my partners this year I haven't actually had time to write this review until now. After Novembers box being delayed I was worried about whether this box would show up but all faith is restored and here we are.

As mentioned in my November review the December boxes theme is CHRISTMAS and I was super excited to receive my box it was jam packed with special Christmas treats. By just looking at the contents included in this box you can see its filled with lots of special Christmas treats with a lot of chocolate and ramune flavours.

As always here is the booklet which they always provide so you can see the full descriptions of the items along with my thoughts and comments below;

Items Received:

This time instead of writing in"Italic" what the products are as mentioned in the little book provided I will just give my own comments along with pictures and a rating out of 5 so here goes ...

Christmas Edition Shimi Choco Corn (5/5)
We have actually had these before but not with the Christmas packaging and I am glad to see these again in another box because they are delicious. They are like chocolate corn snacks that feel like they have a layer of chocolate over the top as well even though they don't.

Christmas Edition White Milk Caramel Corn (+5/5)
Caramel Corn again? Put it in every box and I would be happy. Ever since I tried the peach flavour in my March box I have been obsessed and cannot wait to try more flavours. This one is the Christmas themed milk flavour which tasted very sweet and melted in your mouth.

Bireley's Soft Candy (5/5)
These were a small little round chewy candy that came in 4 different flavours although I don't think I had any of the peach flavour because I couldn't see that colour in the packet. My favourite out of the 4 is the grape flavour because I just love anything Grape.

Christmas Edition Chocolate Umaibo (5/5)
We have had these again before in another box but they only difference this month is the Christmas theme and just as tasty as last time.

Strawberry Roll Candy (5/5)
In the UK we have a thing called a Fruit Winder and this was essentially the same thing but with more of a strawberry kick which is a win win for me used to love them as a kid so brought back memories.

Christmas Fugashi (2/5)
This was like a soft rice puffed snack that had a harder outer shell. Well that's what it looked like when I was eating it anyways cause it was darker than the middle of the treat and it tasted nice and had a good texture but it was lacking flavour? Seemed a bit bland.

Puchi Puchi Art Gummy DIY (0/5)
Ugh is all I am going to say! I hate DIY kits haha!

Cocoa Flavour Chocobi Ramune (1/5)
Now you would think with me loving Ramune that I would have rated this a 5 and the main reason I didn't was because I was disappointed with how hard the candies were :( I was looking forward to a fizzy chocolate candy and it was solid and tasted powdery. The reason I gave this a one was because the packaging is super cute.

Komekko Scallop Flavour (2/5)
I still haven't actually finished these yet and that's because they're are nice but they aren't amazing. I like the taste of them because they are fishy but not the texture its kind of like a weird cracker biscuit that I don't like.

Christmas Edition Corn Potage Umaibo (5/5)
Ever since we had that little packet of Corn potage in a previous book I was super excited to see these in this months box. I love the christmas themed packaging and they still tasted as good as I remembered.

Tomato Pretz (3/5)
I'm not a massive lover of Pretz sticks and I prefer Pocky more because of the creamy coating they have but these tomato flavoured ones are actually really yummy which surprised me as I wasn't too sure in the flavour when I read the box.

Mokeke With Ball Chain (5/5)

Cream Stew Ramune (0/5)
When I saw this advertised the thought of it actually made me feel sick! And that it did when I opened it, it just didn't taste of anything nice and the fact that it was fizzy made it even worse!!! It was poured down the sink right away!

Hi Milk Chocolate CUBIE (5/5)
MMMMMMM these were amazing! They are like little cubes of chocolate that have a hard shiny outer coating and then a softer middle and just tasted of creamy milk chocolate.

Mini Choco Chips (5/5)
Cookies!!!!! These were so good, shame they were so tiny as I prefer bigger cookies and biscuits but these tasted really nice and were just a simple chocolate chip flavour.

Cola Ramune Candy (+5/5)
Ramune? Cola? Candy? Win Win! Since having these boxes I have become obsessed with anything Ramune flavour and I have to say these were not shared with anyone haha.

So my January box has been shipped and is on its way over from Japan as we speak, next months theme is New Year with it being January.

You can read my other Tokyo Treat box reviews for March, April, June, August, September, October and November here:)

Thanks for reading. I purchased this with my own money and I was NOT paid to review this by Tokyo Treats.