Day 2 - 10 Day YOU Challenge

Hello and welcome to day 2 of the 10 day you challenge and today is 9 loves.

1. My Family - They make me a stronger person
2. My beautiful boyfriend. He brings a smile to my face most days.
3. Handbags - I can't resist buying them.
4. My end of the month treat. My last treat was a dress from M & Co (it was reduced from £35 to £4.19.)
5. Hodge Twins - Any body building fanatics will know exactly who they are.
6. DVD'S- the cheesier the better.
7. Kirsty Taylor Jewellery - Kirsty is own of the most lovely people I know. She knows exactly what kind of jewellery I like. My latest acquisition is this beautiful piece with my birth stone inspired by Tanya Burr's silver bracelet
8. I like to treat my friends to surprise gifts. My all time favourite gift was a labour of love on my part - an ercol footstool that was re upholstered and cleaned up (pic here). This was given to my dad on Christmas Day there were tears on my part and lots of boasting to my grand parents. I am still surprised family still talk about this. 
9. Travelling to new places and just enjoying my time away from the monotony of work.

Day 1 -10 Day YOU Challenge

Hello and welcome to day 4 of the 10 day you challenge and today is 7 wants.

1. I have named my prospective children. They will be called Ethel & Albert.
2. I have written a diary for 10 years. This has been on and off but i write in it about anything and everything.
3. I love to cook. It is a shame I feel like my creative juices get poo pooed by my family as I don't follow a recipe.
4. I wish to be married in 5 years. I don't want to be married in front of my family I just want it to be myself and my partner.
5. I secretly wanted an older brother so that I didn't have to be the responsible eldest child.
6. I have always suffered from eczema. I have seen over 8 doctors and not one of them has prescribed me anything to stop the horrible itch.
7. I suffer badly with anxiety. I can be fine at work talking to strangers but put me in a room with strangers and i just clam up.
8. I don't drink, smoke or do drugs. sXe as they say.
9. I set aside money each month to buy something beautiful at the end of it to cheer myself up
10. I love listening to stories told by the older generation.

Chocolate...

'Chocolate'

The 1975

10 reasons why I love this song:

1. If there was one song that instantly puts a smile on my face it is this one.
2. My boyfriend and I sing this at the top of our lungs when we are driving places. 
3. I revert to dad dancing when itis on.
4. The singer sounds like he is singing it to me.
5. I have had it on repeat since last week.
6. It reminds me of the summer that we will be having soon (positive thinking)
7. You could have a BBQ and it would be great to have on in the background
8. You cannot beat a real good feel good, catchy song.
9. It is the first song I have ever searched out after just hearing the tune
10. The song reminds me of a certain family member. 

What songs do you recommend I listen to?


Caio x

Getting to know you..

11 Random Things

1. I was born cross eyed.
2. I still live with my parents
3. I am a blackberry owner
4. I can't walk in heels
5. I wish I could accept my body
6. I can't drink water it has to have cordial in it.
7. I work in a gallery
8. My younger sisters are both taller than me 
9. I want to own a beagle
10. I wear far to much black
11. I suffer terribly from panic attacks

My 11 Questions for the Bloggers Below:

1.  What is the last movie you’ve seen? What did you think of it?

It was Resident Evil 5. I found it confusing but once my boyf had explained it to me I got tyhe jist of it.

2.  What has been your fave holiday? 
 Rome with my mum when I was 15 we went for 3 days and it was the longest i had spent with my mum. We came back & I had a tan.

3.  Talking about holidays.. what is a place that you really want to visit? I hate flying so possibly on a boat to the South of France with my close friends. 

4.  Do you like to cook? What’s your ‘signature dish’?

I love to cook and prepare soup as you can chuck anything in I also love my Angel Delight Cake as a treat. 

5.  Have you tried online dating? Any success?

Yes. I was successful in making a prat of myself.

6.  Are you a phone person? Talking on the phone I mean?

I am very conscious that the other person is laughing at me I would rather send them an email or meet them face to face. 

7.  If you could only shop clothes from one store for the rest of your life, which one would you choose?

E of the Bay you can get EVERYTHING there and not worry :)

8.  Do you have many best friends or just one?

I don't consider myself to have a best friend but a series of close friends i go to for different things.

9.  Do you feel that you’re in your right career (or going towards one if you’re still studying)?

I do believe I am. I can be Creative & Business minded at the same time.

10.  Are you a creative person? How does this come across? (Painting, photography, music.. whatever.)

I use my work as a creative output. I like to create beautiful eye catching window displays. 

11.  Where is your happy place? Please describe it.

My happy place is when you are just drifting off to sleep aftering ticking off your mental to do list and I can finally have a restful nights sleep. 

 

Kathryn's 11 Questions

Kathryn changed it to the Roman Numeral: II

Why do you blog - has this motive changed since you began?
I blog to try and get my ideas and thoughts into a place I can understand them better. You can see I am blogging lists that I use to calm me down.
 

What do you read blogs for? Has this changed since you began?
I read them to understand people better and for relaxation purposes. 


My 11 Questions
  
 What is your favourite childhood toy?

How did you find my blog? What would you like to see more on it?

Tagging: Anyone who would like to answer my two questions.

 Sorry for the appalling pic but I was frozen and it was snowing.

There are five rules:
1. Post these rules
2. Post a photo of yourself and 11 random things
3. Answer the questions set for you in the original post
4. Create 11 new questions and tag people to answer them
5. Go to their blog/twitter and tell them you’ve tagged them

Picture: My work online photo - I was the only one to get a photo that was above waist, everyone else was shoulder and upwards!

100 Things I want to do.

I took this from another blogger called Carla I have followed her blog for a few months after neglecting mine :(

 

 It is a simple list of things I want to do.

1.Leave 10 positive anonymous messages around Corbridge.(stolen from Carla)

2. Read more books

3. Volunteer at a festival

4. Go to Amsterdam and visit all the markets.

5. Blog at least once a week

6. Go to Brighton with my BF

7. See my friend Smell more.

8. Wear more colour

9. Learn how to apply concealer properly.

10. Say yes to more things.

11. Purchase a Mulberry Bayswater.

12. Set up a tea party.

13. Go to Barter Books .

14. Wear more lipstick.(worn lipstick/stain everyday since i blogged this)

15. Move in with my bf.

16. Go down a dress size or two

17. Learn to walk in high heels

18. Get my hair cut vvv.short ( far to self conscious to even go there)

19. Send a letter to all the important people in my life telling them three things i love aboiut them

20. Take my mum to a spa for the weekend

21. do a car boot sale(selling all my bags collected over the years)

22.Go swing dancing to a lovely place called "swung eight" held at the World Headquarters in Newcastlee

23. Learn how to do Victory Rolls.

24. Get a manicure (only person i know to have never had fake nails)

25. Go to a comedy night

26. Take more care in my appearance.

27. Go to Italy again.

28. Do a swap  online.

29. Host a tea party..

30. Take some of my own advise.

31. Take the dog for a walk at least once a week. .

32. Start up a cake club in the local town.

33. offer to volunteer at the local RSPCA .

34. Learn to drive. .

35. Not have a panic attack when I get asked to do asomething outside my comfort zone.

36. Go to a gig in london

37. Take my grandad to the bakery called Paul & eat copious amounts of bread.

38. Go camping in River Dart Country Park.

39. Release my inner geek & watch all the TMNT .

40. Tie dye a dress

41. Have a picnic by the beach

42. knit a pair of socks

43. try & finish this list.

44. Try and dush my room weekly.

45. Write in my diary every day.

46. Write one positive from every day and put it in my positivity pot.

47. Try & Make MB laugh .

48. Give someone a bouquet of flowers.

49. Register as an organ donor.(good one carla)

50. Have another cooking lesson with Rob Stewart.

51. Have a weekend in my pj's . (NOROVIRUS is awful)

52. Go to a present wrapping class.

53. Read  100 free things to do and do 3 of them.

54. Take my bf's young neices to Beamish.

55. Make a material pin board.

56. Make a cake in the Aga.

57. Go to the Vintage festival in leeds.

58. See Les Mis .

59. Start a Vlog.

60. Don't buy anymore make up til mine has been used up. .

61. Spend more time with my sister

62. Hire a mansion for the weekend and play hide and seek.

63. Curb my Eating.

64. Buy a new nice set of underwear.

65. Go up on stage again.

66. Buy a dream dress and diet til i can fit in it .

67. Read all the books in my 'to read pile'

68. Make my own perfume.

69. Watch all the films I have in my un watched pile.

70. Eat more oranges.

71. Meet a fellow blogger I have looked up to for a long time .

72. Buy a Polaroid Camera & Use it.

73. Go to Edinburgh & Visit all the nic nac shops.

74. Go to the local charity shop & buy the naffest piece of clothing & customise it.

75. Make a 30th present for my beautiful cousin emily.

76. Go to Gibside for the day.

77.Make Houmous from scratch.

78. Watch All the friends boxset over a week..

79. go to the dermatologist & find out why my skin is so poop.

80. Drink Sake.

81. Go to Japan & sing Karaoke.

82. Buy  a bean bag.

83. Have a massage .

84. Walk around Fenwicks & Not get lost.

85. Visit more cafes .

86. Wear/own Vivienne Westwood shoes.

87. Go to a dance class and not stand at the back.

88. Buy a fur coat.

89. purchase a barbour coat (purchased at the barbour outlet in south shields - bedale)

90. Watch Babe


91. Visit the Tate Modern

92. Get  a rescue dog (preferably a beagle) and name it Barry .

93. Do the Lottery.

94. Hold a conversation with an academic

95. Sell myself more.

96. Save for an exotic holiday.

97. Make myself the biggest wooly jumper i cheated and bought one for £3.50

98. smile at the person who avoids your eye.

99. talk to the person who looks shy in the corner of the room

100. Save £1 for every completed task.(keeping this one in as I like it )

Purses

I was sent an email by a reader of this blog about my obsession with bags.


I am obsessed with Mulberry....

She asked me what purse do you use and why? It is a very goo question I have had small purses, medium purses but I function better with a larger style purse.

Here are a few pics of the one I am using at the moment.

Make: Dooney and BourkeMade of: Leather

The general feel of a purse is important to me. I only purchase leather purses. This is an all weather leather. The brand is American. They use good quality thick leather. 

As you can see I have far too many cards and I am a voucher fiend. I keep my money and vouchers separate. At the end of every week I clean my purse out. 

It has this area where I put bus passes and what not in. My mum thinks it was for a cheque book. It is to small for a cheque book (any ideas)

This is my favorite part of the purse as I know that it won't break. 

I bought this purse used from Ebay after researching the brand and can say that it has served me well. The only signs of wear are in the interior where it closes and the tan leather has marked but has a lovely colour that always get remarked on. 

I couldn't recommend Dooney and Bourke highly enough. The Mulberry purse I bought fell apart after about 5 weeks which isn't very good considering that people rave about them. 

HOPE TO BE BACK SOON. 

ETHEL 

XX 

Hadrians Wall

Am I MENTAL!!!!!!!

I must be I have been coerced into walking the wall with my other half.

Anyone think as a 22 year old female walking the wall fo five days with 6 men is abit insane. I have been assured that there will be lots of drinking along the way.

It sure will test our relationship. I am more worried about me secret fear - EATING baked beans bleurgh (which the OH doesn't see as a problem)

I feel a tad apprhensive as I am overweight and a stroppy cow when I don't sleep well. How am I meant to pee during the day I need a SHE WEE

Anyone fancy joining me along the way with cream cakes and cups of tea? They would be greatly appreciated. I am sure that the boys will love the company of another refreshing human being. I know I will.

How will you be spending a week off? Lets hope I am rewarded with a weekend in a spa with non smelly women.

Have a lovely weekend Bloggers & Bloggettes

Love
Ethel
 xx