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LIFESTYLE: GET YOUR HOME READY FOR HALLOWEEN WITH HOMESENSE



It finally feels like Autumn!! We went for a lovely stroll (check out my outfit pictures here)  in the park and picked conkers the other day and then came home and carved pumpkins. We've done it abit early this year as bubba is due early November but I feel like she might make an early entrance and I didn't wanna miss out carving my pumpkins. I did this spooky face, it was meant to be a cat but it just looks like a creepy face and Clint did a Wolf from Game of Thrones which I think looks really good. 

We love watching scary films, with a blanket over us and lots of sweets and snacks to enjoy? How do you get ready for Halloween?  

Homesense have got LOADS!! of really cool Halloween decorations and home bits so if your having a Halloween party or even just want a few decorations for your house you need to head down to Homesense. 

They also have a gorgeous selection of autumnal interiors and furnishings. I saw lots of beautiful throws and blankets in really lovely oranges and yellows. Also if you love a good candle then they have such a huge selection of autumn scents to choose from. I just picked up this little Cinnamon Orange candle jar as it was about £2 and smelled so good! I've got lots of candles so i'm trying to resist buying any new ones.  

The 'Trick' 'Treat' banner was also from Homesense they had a few different designs and they are really affordable. I think this one was about £4 and I think they look fab! You could save them and use them year after year too! 

I also got the Trick or Treat plaque from Homesense, it actually lights up and was only £4.99 and is a really nice little decoration that isn't too in your face. Again you can get this out year after year. They have so many bits and pieces to choose from. They have a gorgeous selection of ceramic pumpkins and some really creepy looking snow globes with ghosts and skeletons inside. 

How cute is this little Halloween mug, I couldn't leave it behind and I will use it for big hot chocolates with lots of cream and marshmellows! I went for the cat one as I'm a big cat person but they had lots of really nice designs to pick from. 

I think thats everything I got from Homesense this year, head down and check out their Halloween selection for this year as it's very impressive and they have so much to choose from, if you are having a party they have lots of different things and it's really affordable and unique so would really recommend checking them out. 

Our house is all ready for Halloween now i've also got out my little pumpkin and my skeleton bowl from last year and we've carved our pumpkins so we can just get the scary films out now and wait for this baby to make an appearance. 

I actually got the cute little pumpkin marshmellows from Homesense too, they were just too cute!!










* Homesense kindly sent me a voucher to go and pick out a few bits from their Halloween range. I have not been paid for this blog post and the post is honest and my own opinions. 
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LIFESTYLE: BEST HOLIDAY MOMENTS



We have been so lucky to have been on some really incredible holidays over the last 4 years. Today i'm sharing two of those holidays with you! These have been my favourite holiday memories! I have been very lucky and have been on a lot of holidays. My parents took us on holiday every year since I was young and since then i've pretty much gone away every year since. I've been all over really, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Cyprus, Florida and more. 

One of my favourite holiday memories was going to Ibiza, we went during September 2015 and it was one of the best holidays ever!! I had done research before we headed out on different bars and different trips we wanted to do but we were pretty open minded. We arrived mid-morning, early afternoon to our hotel and got settled and then we had a welcome meeting. We were staying in San Antonio so expected the hotel to get pretty loud and we wasn't sure if we would be doing many club nights and things like that. The welcome meeting was great! We booked loads of trips including a paint party, boat trip and club night at Amnesia. We had the best time! The paint party was soo good! I've never done anything like that before, everyone was so nice and it was so chilled. We got to listen to good music, outside in the warm and chuck powder paint everywhere!! We met some cool people, had some drinks and a really good time! The next day we chilled out and had a boat party in the evening, this again was so good! Everyone had a really good time and was just enjoying themselves. It was just the most amazing experience. The views and sunset was beautiful and we got to enjoy ourselves have a dance and meet some really lovely people. I loved Ibiza, the days are chilled and it's just such a beautiful place to be, the sunsets are amazing and the foods great! It's not all about raves and drinking but don't be put off we had such an amazing time!! 

One of my other favourite holiday moments has to be America!! We went to Orlando, Florida and it was incredible! I never went as a kid and as I got older and older I really wanted to go. We went for two weeks and got wristbands for Universal. We didn't do Disney as we felt this would have been too much for just two weeks and it would have been. We will do Disney in the future with our kids when they are older. It was two weeks jam packed with rides, food, waterparks and shopping! It was amazing! I need to go back soon!! We had the best time, it was crazy! It's not a holiday, you literally don't stop theres so much to do! We did all the rides and parks and had such a good time! I loved going shopping at the Florida Mall, the Sephora is massive!! I went abit crazy and brought back so much make up and Clint got loads of American sports clothing! We had such an amazing couple of weeks and we will do it all again! 


We always take sooo many photos when we go on holiday, on my phone and camera to remember the amazing times we have and it will be amazing to show our kids in the future. I always keep my holiday snaps backed up onto an external hard drive so I don't loose them as well as getting my faves printed out for our albums. It's so easy to get them printed out from websites like Truprint, you can upload your snaps from your computer or Facebook and Instagram making it super easy to get your photos printed out, they even have Photobooks which you can personalise, why not create a Photobook for each holiday!! 

What are your best holiday moments? Let me know using the #HolidayMoments hashtag!  
Do you get your holiday snaps printed? 









* This post is in collaboration with Truprint

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MY BIRTHDAY WISHLIST

Bardot Top: Topshop // Cami : Topshop // Hairdryer: Dyson // Sponge: Real Techniques // Choker: Johnny Loves Rosie // Becca Palette: Space NK // Birkenstocks : Jones Bootmaker // Watch: Johnny Loves Rosie

My birthday is fast approaching! I'm going to be turning 24, I don't know where the years are going it's just flying by. This is going to be my first birthday since we've had the flat so I don't think our budget will stretch to anything too expensive. I thought i'd put together a wishlist and share a few bits i'd love to get for my birthday this year. 

The Dyson hairdryer is out of our price range at just under £300 but would be such an amazing gift but very unrealistic. I love getting new clothes for my birthday, there's a couple of tops in Topshop that have caught my eye. I've wanted the stripe cami for a while now. I might go on a little shopping spree with my birthday money and pick up some new clothes. It would be nice to get some new clothes that actually fit, my wardrobe is full of clothes that are too big for me now. I watched a video about this new Real Techniques Diamond sponge today and it looks amazing. I've been thinking about picking up a make up sponge for a little while now so I might get one with my birthday money and give it ago. I already own a pair of Birkenstocks, i've been wearing them so much at work recently but I want to get a white pair, this pair from the Jones Bootmaker website would be perfect. As you know I went along to the Johnny Loves Rosie blogger event last week, you can read my blog post here. Since then i've been browsing their website as i'm loving their products. In particular  I love this watch, I spotted it at the event it's gorgeous and I really want a choker, I love how dainty this one is and it would be perfect with lots of outfits. The Becca Palette is gorgeous and I love how pretty this is. I use my Becca Champagne Pop highlighter every single day so I think this palette would be such a great addition to my collection. 

I love putting together wishlists and I know Clint always checks out my wishlists for some inspiration which I think is so cute. I always book a week off for my birthday and we usually go away on holiday but this year I think we are just going to chill together and do a few day trips etc maybe a weekend away so send over some ideas and whats on your wishlists right now? 






* In Collaboration with Jones Bootmaker

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TRAVEL : IBIZAAAAAA

***PICTURE HEAVY POST !!***


MONDAY - We've just got back from Ibiza, I thought i'd share a few things we did during our week in Ibiza. We got there on the monday morning. we had a little chill by the pool and then got ready for the Holi Garden Festival which is like a powder paint party. The music was amazing and it was so so much fun. The Dj was soo good and we met some lovely people and had such a good night!




TUESDAY - BOAT PARTYYY! we went on the Pukka Up boat party. It was so good, really chilled out. We sailed out into the middle of the sea and then the party started! The music was so good, ibiza is amazing! We met some really fab people and had such an amazing time, we headed back in land as the sun set, it was gorgeous. After the boat party, we had a cheeky burger king and then headed back to the hotel and got ready for Amnesia, Example and Pendulum were performing it was so good! The drinks were so expensive 31 euro for 2 drinks.





WEDNESDAY - OCEAN BEACH CLUB, it's a luxury vip style pool area. It's such a lovely day, we got a couple of sunbeds, and relaxed all day! The music is so good and was really chilled out. The pool is really nice and the drinks are good too! You could literally just chill on your lounger all day and they will bring over anything you need. I really enjoyed ocean beach, i'm so glad we went, as I had heard some mixed reviews.



THURSDAY - chilled by the pool and then went on a bar crawl, my favourite bar was Soulcity! They played some really good r'n'b music and it was a really good atmosphere. After the barcrawl we shared a KFC and went and sat on the beach front. Clint did a birthday shoutout in Soulcity and everyone sang happy birthday to me. 






FRIDAY - ITS MY BIRTHDAY!!
We had a chill day, went for lunch on the beach front. On the night we went to the Ibiza Rocks Hotel to watch What Hannah Wants. It was so good, we got 2 for 1 tickets aswell because it was my birthday. After the show we headed to the Ibiza Rocks bar on the beach as this is quite close to our hotel. We had a few drinks and I had a really nice birthday with Clint. 










SATURDAY - We got a water taxi over to Cala Bassa which is a gorgeous beach. It's really secluded theres nothing around just a small restaurant and the sea! We spent the day sunbathing and chilling out. We went back to the hotel and decided to get ready early so we could have dinner watching the sunset. We went to Kanya which is a restaurant just further along than Cafe Mambo and the sunset strip as this can be really expensive. We had a lovely meal and then had some frozen yoghurt and had some drinks at Cafe Mambo. 




SUNDAY - OUR LAST DAY BOO! We went to San Antonio beach and chilled out by Ibiza Rocks Bar. We had an amazing breakfast with pancakes mmmm and I had the most gorgeous frozen strawberry daiquiri on the beach. We had an amazing last day chilling and trying to top up our tans, We went to Tapas which you may have guessed is a Tapas restaurant. It was amazing. it just up a dark road opposite burger king on the main road by the beach. Its seriously amazing! It was so busy and they were fully booked up for the night. We managed to get a table though, the food was so tasty, it was the perfect end to our perfect week away!

I had such a great week and birthday! I didn't wanna come home and i'd go to Ibiza again, there is so so much to do! We had a great mixture of party and chilling out which was so perfect.




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GET PARTY READY WITH NEW LOOK


I'm working with New Look* this season on this feature to show you my favourite party looks. It's all about getting party ready  and making it stress free with some useful hints and tips. Here's a couple of outfits i've put together myself. The first one is this gorgeous dress, it's such a lovely burgundy strappy bodycon dress. I've picked out some Silver accessories, I love this long chain necklace, as the dress is plain I think this works well. The bracelet is gorgeous! I've picked out this Silver boyfriend style watch aswell. I'm loving chunky heels right now so went for these heels! They have a chunky heel which are embellished so again perfect for that party outfit. This is an outfit i'd wear over the Festive Season! We normally have a party on Boxing day and New Years Eve and this would be perfect.

For the next outfit i've picked out this longer dress, its embellished on the top. I love this dress and again think it would be suitable for so many occasions over Christmas. This is more classy, it would be great if your going out for Christmas Dinner, or again to a party. We've been talking about going out for our Christmas Dinner this year instead of the Traditional Dinner so a dress like this would be perfect. I've teamed it with this amazing clutch bag! Its embellished so its perfect for the party season. I love it so much. It works well with this gold necklace with its chunky flowers, I think this will pull the whole look together along with these gorgeous nude heels which I would wear time and time again, these are so practical and would look fab with just a pair of jeans and chunky jumper if your heading out shopping those boxing day sales.

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