*Would You Rather Tag*

If you find this boring then blame Nicole as she made me publish this. I'm sorry that I don't blog often, but truth be told I don't really have a lot to say - but I will try to force myself to write more.

 

Check out Nicole's blog, she's brilliant and pretty much blogs everyday

 

[http://nicolespearlsofwisdom.blogspot.co.uk]

 

 

1. Would you rather walk around all day with your skirt tucked in your underwear or be seen wearing a really see through dress?

Nicole's Answer: My skirt tucked in my underwear!

This is quite the dilemma, because both are quite embarrassing. If your skirt was tucked in your underwear then that's an honest mistake, whereas if you were wearing a see through dress you would have known when you looked in the mirror before you left the house that you could see everything. Also, someone is more likely to tell you if they see that your skirt is tucked in your underwear, than if your dress is see through. So my final answer is that I'd rather have my skirt tucked in my underwear, someone would let you know and chances are you might never see that person again to relive the embarrassment in your head.

 

2. Would you rather have to sit all day or stand all day?

Nicole's Answer: I'd rather sit down all day!

Well in June 2009 I actually went to see the Script with Nicole and a few others and we were standing up from 5pm - 11pm and that killed my feet. At work I'm constantly sitting down, and at home all I do is browse the internet or watch TV, both sitting down and I'm fine with that. I'm also a pretty lazy person so my final answer is I'd rather sit down all day.

 

3. Would you rather forget to put mascara on one eye or forget blush on one side of your face?

Nicole's Answer: I'd rather forget blush on one side of my face!

I'm not massively into make up, and some days I can't be bothered to even put any on, and leave the house like that. Yet, when I do wear it I'm not one of these people who make their cheeks bright red or their mascara so thick that their eyelashes look like spiders legs. I don't even think make up makes that much difference to my face. So, either way I don't think it would make much difference but

I'd rather forget to put mascara on one eye.

 

4. Would you rather drink an entire bottle of ketchup or run into the guy who broke your heart on a bad hair day when your skin is freaking out?

Nicole's Answer: I'd rather drink an entire bottle of ketchup!

Not a huge fan of ketchup, give me some mayonnaise and this answer would have been easy. But the guy broke your heart, and even if you were looking amazing walking down the street and he wanted to get back together; whether I looked like death or a princess I'd say fuck off. So I think I'd rather run into the guy who broke my heart on a bad hair day when my skin is freaking out. I'd be sick drinking a whole bottle of ketchup eurgh.

5. Would you rather be able to date any celeb you wanted or wake up with perfect red carpet-worthy hair?

Nicole's Answer: I'd rather wake up with perfect red carpet-worthy hair!

I'm probably one of those lucky people who's hair doesn't dramatically change overnight. If I straightened my hair the night before it wouldn't take very long to get it back to that state. Even if I could date Danny O'Donoghue for 2 seconds, I'd take that any day over perfect hair. So

I'd rather date any celeb I wanted. *whispers Danny*

 

6. Would you rather be able to run at 100 miles per hour or fly at 10 miles per hour?

Nicole's Answer: I'd rather run at 100 miles per hour!

At the minute I can probably run about 1 mile per hour, and even then I'm sweating like a pig. Most of my friends live hours away, I even have sea between some of us, so if I could fly to Ireland without the need for a horrible, scary airplane, and the expense of one then great! So,

I'd rather be able to fly at 10miles per hour.

 

7. Would you rather be forgotten or hatefully remembered?

Nicole's Answer: I'd rather be forgotten!

Nobody wants to be hated, but then people don't want to be forgotten either. But as Nicole said in her blog, Adolf Hitler is a great example of somebody that has been hatefully remembered. So yes,

 I would also rather be forgotten - but then again I'm too amazing for EVERYONE to forget about me ;)

 

8. Would you rather be the most popular kid in school or the smartest kid in school?

Nicole's Answer: I'd rather be the smartest kid in school

I was never popular in school, and I wasn't the smartest, but I knew a few things. But what gets your further in life; being popular or being smart?

I'd rather be the smartest kid in school and get a better job than those popular bastards ;)

 

 

 

Hope you enjoyed this little blog, I'd be interested to know if anybody agreed with my answers and reasonings :) xx

A Little Trip Away

(None of these pictures stayed where the fuck they're meant to, so I apologise if the formatted is completely unreadable)

As some of my readers may know, or if I even have any readers, from the 7th - 10th April I was in Scotland with my 'twitter friends.' I actually have stayed in one of their houses, slept on their sofa, used their toilet and shower, spoken to her parents and stroked her dogs. Looking back on it now that seems so surreal seen as just over a year ago I never knew any of these wonderful people existed.




A quick selfie me & Becca took on the train

So it all started on the Monday. My alarm was set for the ridiculous time of five in the morning, allowing me a couple of hours to get to Euston station for my 7.30 train to Glasgow. I think I was a little loud getting ready to walk out of the door as I actually woke my mum up, but that was all good as she was adamant she was going to drop me to the train station. Half way there I realised I'd forgotten my hairbrush, meaning I would have to buy one. I did not expect the fucker to cost me £6.99 though.

Becca was going to stay with her friend in Scotland on the same day so we arranged it so that even though we weren't staying in Scotland together we could get the same train so we'd spend a couple of hours chatting and catching up. We were actually chatting about Lancaster, and wondering where things were situated and a man obviously heard us and insisted that Becca look at the map on his phone to help her understand the surroundings better so that was quite amusing. Our train got in at just gone mid day and we bidded farewell. We're seeing eachother in May for McBusted so that should be fun!

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Hazel.. you know the one that lives in Scotland... she thought that there was only one Glasgow airport... Guess what happened?

SHE ARRANGED TO MEET LAURA AND APRIL FROM THE AIRPORT AND WENT TO THE WRONG ONE. So that left me and Sam to make our way to Stirling so that all three of them could met us and Hazel's mum could take us 'home'



April cutting her cake :)

God, I've been in Hazel's car numerous times... just realised. We even made a little stop off to Tesco on the way back so that we could purchase a little birthday cake for April's 20th for later on in the evening. How she didn't know what we were up to I will never know. "Sammy can come in, April you have to stay here bye."

So after all the dramas, we got back to Hazel's house around 2.30ish and started to unpack and get settled in, even opening some presents that our friend from France, Krystel had sent us. Bless her :)

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I was shit.

I am labelled the organised one, so even though I had never been to Scotland in my life, and Hazel doesn't like deciding I actually made a plan of what we were going to do on Monday evening. I decided that even though we'd met before, we were all still a little shy and quiet then a game of bowling and a Chinese buffet would probably help us to get close again. Nothing beats a bit of friendly competition.

I was adamant that I was going to win...

I didn't win....

 



Laura enjoying her Chinese with her chopsticks

April... the twenty year old Irish girl who had never picked up, let alone threw a bowling ball in her life beat me. I decided that she was no longer my friend. I have never seen someone so close to actually hitting the skittles on the lane NEXT TO US, actually win a match.

 

Anyway, we were all in good spirits after the bowling, next stop was the Chinese buffet. I think Laura would chose a Chinese buffet over life if she had the choice.



 I've never seen a non-Asian person love the Chinese cuisine as much as this girl. Krystel had hilariously bought Laura some chopsticks, which she happened to take everywhere with her throughout the trip, constantly asking Sam "do you have my chopsticks?"

 



Scotland group photo

Side note: Every single thing we did on this trip, the chopsticks were there with us.

 

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We decided that we would have an early night seen as everybody had been up quite a number of hours, so we went home, lit April's birthday cake and ate some, and played a couple of card games and went to sleep ready for what tomorrow would bring.
 

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Me & April :)

Waiting to go in :)

We all woke up some what refreshed on Tuesday morning, still not overly sure what to do. After some debating and some amazing ham rolls courtesy of Allison,  we decided to go on a ghost hunting tour later that night, but sadly this was completely fully booked.  Therefore, in the end we opted to spend a day at the local safari park, booking our tickets online to save some money. In all honesty, I'm from London so nothing can really beat Colchester or London zoo, so I wasn't expecting much. But I was actually pleasantly surprised, they had animal shows, viewing platforms for the more dangerous animals, a little play area, food and drink stands and even little vans that take you around the safari bit if you didn't drive. Blair Drummonds Safari helped us bond even more, laughing with each other and taking lots of photos. Sammy even managed to almost fall into the boating lake, and we had to grab her to help her, that's a memory I'll never forget. We also saw a sea lion show, which although some people wouldn't agree with training a sea lion it's amazing how clever these animals are and the sea lion actually looked like she was enjoying herself splashing the audience and showing us what she can do.


Watching the sea lion :)

Boating lake :)



Me, Laura & Alpaca [James]









Hazel's mum was determined that we HAD to go to Lemur land. When she went last time she was surrounded by so many lemurs. We went to Lemur land... and saw four fucking lemurs. Four. We had more fun kicking a stone along the floor than spending time with the four lemurs.
 We also had some amazing doughnuts, although one of Laura's did end up on the floor.

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We didn't have anything planned for Tuesday night so we decided to just have a little walk around Hazel's home surroundings. Even if you hate tennis, you can't go to Dunblane and not go and see Andy Murray's postbox for when he won gold at the Olympics so we went to see that. We also went to a park, like the children we are and went on the swings, slides and a roundabout. Hazel got the Irish to try Irn Bru, and I still think the stuff is rank. All in all it was a great day and I thorough enjoyed myself. We finally got home about 11 and ate a jacket potato...


Me & Hazel :)

Post box :)


 



Swings :)

 

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We were woken up on Wednesday by quite loud barking dogs, quite early in the morning. But then again, it was our last full day together so we thought we'd make the most of it. We were planning to do mini/crazy/adventure golf, but every café we rang up didn't have a course. So in the end we ended up doing actual golf for some unknown reason... We ended up at Stirling University and a couple of times I heard London accents walk past me which was nice. It was actually a really nice university with lovely grounds and lots of buildings. So basically, we were shit, I don't think any of us completed a hole in less than 5 hits and I think my record was potting a ball in about 15... golf isn't my strong point. We took nice pictures though...



Sammy & April :)

Me & Sammy :)

Hazel juggling :)



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Hazel's mum cooked us a lovely curry for dinner (I had to awkwardly ask for no rice though, so I got a naan instead) and it was so, so nice. We then decided that we would do a very normal friend outing and go to the cinema together to see Divergent. The time we wanted was fully booked though, so we ended up booking one for an hour later and spending the next few minutes in McDonalds, eating McFlurrys. I tried the crème egg one, and it was so yummy. I actually want another one typing this.



Me & Laura in McD's

We took the sweets that Krystel bought us to the cinema, but they were eaten before the film had even started, so I ended up eating alot of April's popcorn. The film was good, although I didn't 100% understand it but the main male character was a SHIFT. I'd let him control me anyday...

When the film finished it was a very surreal experience. I actually looked across from me expecting to see Alice, Rachel and Nicole...

After the let down of the ghost experience the night before, it seemed a good idea to make our own ghost tour and walk around the local woods at midnight. Now yes I am 22, but I hate the dark, I never walk the streets later than about 10, so it was such a weird experience. I haven't even told my mum that we did this as she'd go mental. My boots were covered in mud, I was cold and I was being led down a very black alleyway... The girls are madzers.

This was our last day together and although everybody was tired we ended up being idiots and taking unattractive photos of us all on the floor and eating doritos at 2.30 in the morning...

Believe it or not this is the most decent one..

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 We all woke up Thursday relatively sad that our time together had come to an end so quickly. I honestly had such an amazing time in Scotland. Hazel's mum is one of the nicest people I've ever met. She told us that "Everything is yours, help yourself" and even said "please come back." The train station goodbye was horrible; there were tears and very long hugs, far more longer than the goodbyes at Blackpool.

The four and a half hour train journey was so worth it, because I got to spend an amazing few days with friends I truly believe I will have in my life for the foreseeable future. We may not live close, but we keep in contact constantly and Scotland is a memory I will never ever forget. I love you all and hopefully see you all in the summer!

Below are a few more random snaps:

Me & Sam



So Sociable.



Daisy & Freddie.

Sam

Laura unaware theres a chopstick in her hood.

Walking along

I love this photo.

Group selfie.

Asked a random stranger to take this..

Postbox has arms,

The dog whisperer



Wake up Irish

Snapchat...




Freddie ate too much

April & Her babe.

 







Hollie & The Hollyoakers.

Hollie At Hollyoaks!

[Side note - if you see 'Alys' written in this blog, please pronounce it as Ay-Liss in your head]

As some of you may know, I am a big fan of the British soap opera Hollyoaks, I've watched it every day since 2005 and have even met some of my best friends because of it. They film up in Liverpool and you can actually wait outside of the studios and hopefully talk or get a glimpse of your favourite actors. So me and Alys decided to go there for a couple of days.

We got to our new home on Wednesday night [A budget hotel which I shall say no more about]. The TV was actually hanging off of the wall haha! But it was cheap and we were only going to sleep there so it didn't overly matter what it looked like.

We got up bright and early on Thursday morning ready for the day ahead - the weather forcasted light rain showers and mostly sunshine - so all looked good.

I was fucking thankful I bought my first umbrella that I had ever purchased LOL

All in all, the cast seemed to be in a rush that day and we only ended up meeting one of the cast members; Lizzie Roper who plays Sam Lomax & we were hoping that Friday would be more successful. To drown our sorrows, we went and pigged out at the local pub - burgers, chips and onion rings!






We were much more optimistic for Friday - we knew for a fact that our favourite [Kieron Richardson] was going to stop for us, so that was a bonus. Of course we wanted to meet more people, but we came to the conclusion that if he was the only person we'd be okay with that as he's really the only one we really, really wanted to see again. Alys was freaking out after Kieron had DM'd her, telling her that he was finishing around 12.30 and it took her a while to compose herself enough to reply with something that she wouldn't cringe at later on in the day.

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 had already met Nikki Sanderson, who plays Maxine Minniver in July, but I didn't overly like that photo. This one is much better and her hat is cute :)

We met Joe Tracini who plays Dennis Savage. He got out of his taxi to take pictures with people and chat a little, even though his fare was slowly increasing. He was still unaware he'd just taken photos with two of the many people he'd blocked on twitter ;)

 
 

 

 

Jimmy McKenna who plays Jack Osbourne came out also. He was about to go for a run in his lunch break, so even though it was freezing cold he was in his shorts haha! He was lovely.

Sophie Austin aka Lindsay Butterfield also came out in her bright yellow car, posed for photos and also rang up one of her biggest fans to say Happy Birthday to her. Cute :)

 

 

 Kieron made an appearance about 1:10 just as I was desperate to use the loo - but no way on earth was I going to risk that. He was as lovely as he always is - giving me and Alys the biggest hugs possible. We gave him Marshmallows and made him promise to play Chubby Bunny on his radio show with Toby - so he better do that! He signed our Christmas Party photo, and chatted to everybody for a little while before having to leave. He's so down to earth; and it still seems surreal that he knows exactly who I am. As he was signing my photo I was about to tell him my name, but he obviously already knew it haha!

 

 

 

 

 

Fab Santino who plays Ziggy Roscoe also made an appearance, riding out on his bike haha! He was probably the shock of the day to be honest. I didn't think he was going to be horrible or anything, but he seemed more down to earth and funnier than I thought he'd be. He heard my accent and asked me where I was from - to which I replied London, as nobody really knows exactly where Surrey is. When he found out that I came from Surrey his exact words were "That ain't London! What you on about?!" He was great, and I love our photo :D

 

 

 

 

 

Charlie Wernham who plays Robbie  Roscoe had just woken up in this photo. LOL. One of the other girls at the studios loves him, and wanted to give him a personal letter she wrote; possibly risking her life by jumping infront of his car HA! It worked though - she could give him her letter and I got my photo :)

 Ashley Taylor Dawson who plays Darren Osbourne was in a rush, but he still stopped for the people freezing cold outside of the studios. This photo blurred like a bitch, but he's still smiling like he usually does :)

This photo of Charlie  Clapham [Freddie Roscoe] was taken at half 7 at night... and yes he's wearing shorts the mental man ha! He was doing that thing where you speak through gritted teeth - murmuring "I'm fucking freezing"

All in all, I had such an amazing 3 days in Alys' company, even if I did proper piss her off by accidentally calling her Alys' all the time. We had plenty of laughs, made loads of memories and even made some new friends who kept us sane and amused throughout the wind, rain and long waits. I already want to go back to Friday and relive the entire thing again. It also seems that Kieron's manager and Alys have talked me into going to Kieron's P.A in Brighton when I despise the entire Club atmosphere; but I'm sure I'll be fine once I have a few drinks in me.

I was supposed to be meeting Rhea for the first time too; but certain things happened, which I hope will become solved. Love you Rhea and see you in Brighton bitch!

 

The End.

Taylor Swift = Amazing

A normal fan, who is going to watch one of their favourite artists would download their new album beforehand right?

Not me.

 

Last night, I went to the o2 Arena in London with two of my friends to watch Taylor Swift, and I had barely heard of half of her songs. That said, I still enjoyed it - she was better live than I had anticipated and I would 100% see her again.

 

 

We agreed beforehand that we would go to Jimmy Spices for dinner, so all day I only had a sandwich so I could make the most of the buffet-style restaurant, and boy did we. I could barely even walk when we'd finished- my jeans were tight before - I must have looked like a sumo wrestler once I'd finished. Everything from noodles to pasta to pizza to chipatis to chips to poppadoms. I even had about 3 slices of cake and some ice cream. I felt sick.

 

The Vamps were the support act, an up and coming boyband, who have already had two hit singles (they're actually The Wanted's support act too in March.) They got the crowd pumped and more excited - but everybody just wanted Taylor.

 

(p.s - I didn't actually see it first hand but Conner from The Vamps actually fell off the stage - youtube it; it's funny)

 

 

Taylor eventually came on stage at 8:45pm and put on quite the show. Two of my personal favourites were '22' and 'You Belong with me.' The whole of the o2 were singing along so I can imagine how emotional the whole performance made Taylor feel. Standing on a stage watching thousands of people singing back a song that you wrote, must be an amazing feeling.

 

Taylor has had special guests throughout her other tour dates [Ed Sheeran and Danny O'Donoghue to name a couple] so we were looking forward to finding out who our night would be.

 

Just to let you know - Rachel hates Emeli  Sande - she irritates her, she hates her songs, she's everywhere you look.

 

EMELI SANDE WAS OUR SPECIAL GUEST.

Rachel's face was a picture.

 

Overall, it was a brilliant, fun night, and spending it with two of my best friend's was a bonus. Going to a concert is something I love doing, and even though it's a lot of money most of the time, it's memories you will never ever forget. 

 

Below are a selection of photos that I took - and the videos will probably be on Youtube within the next few weeks..months...years... depends how my internet connection wants to behave.

 

[Side Note - Taylor Swift's mum was hovering around us - some fans even bought her some biscuits - how cute.]

 

 

Me & Nicole

Me & Rachel



Red Tour Sign



Taylor!

Taylor Swift & Emeli Sande