Christmas Decorating!

The time has come when myself and my flat mate have both had the time to actually decorate our flat for the festive season.

                                   

I am a massive kid when it comes to Christmas and so this makes me a very happy bunny! 

One of my lovely friends has passed her last tree down to us having purchased a new one herself, along with decs and lights which is very exciting! We are very grateful.

 First thing's first... the untangling of the lights which most people find stressful but I secretly enjoy... I think it's quite satisfying.

However, last night I was in a silly mood and ended up singing to Christmas songs and mucking about...

 

Then it got worse..........

        

When we finally got into it and started decorating, it all started to come together. We love the different colours of the decorations and know we would never have chosen them all to go together but they do and soooo well!

My favourite baubles are the sparkly rose gold ones and the black Harrods ones. As if we are posh!

I'm also loving the bows (top right hand corner) as I think they add a nice touch.

My mum brought me my silver angel for Christmas a couple of years ago and its a staple on my tree every year, no matter where I am. She's so cute.

Here we have the final product! I'm in love with it and am loving sitting in the dark with the twinkly fairy lights on the tree.

Have you put your Christmas tree up yet? Let me see!

Much Love,

T, x

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Day at Bluey

So after a 9 hour over night shift my brother and sister in law invited me to Bluewater Shopping Centre to have some lunch.

I don't know why I agreed after being at work from midnight until 9am but am glad I did as we had a lovely day :)

We generally mooched around the centre going into many shops and looking at all the things we hoped Santa might bring us... Including smelling every candle in the Yankee store... 

We stopped for a snack at one of mine and my sil faves and found out my brother was a virgin to the beloved place!!! 

Ohmegeeeeee! We love Krispy Kreme and have definitely brought my brother to the dark side!

Mine was the one in the bottom left have corner and was a caramel glaze with cookie crumble... Mmmm. My brother had the lemon meringue and the chocolate fudge and my sil had the festive treat. 

Here's mine up close (you want one now don't you... :) ) with my mocha frappe :)

Sone more mooching occurred including a lot of baby shops as my sil is ready to drop my next neice/nephew... I'm super excited!!! 

We then decided to have Mexican so we could get some hot food to help the bubba on its way! 

That's right! We went to Wahaca. Sooo good! 

Again my brother and my sil this time were both virgins so we sat in the vw bus to eat. 

This is the black bean dip they do which is amazing!!! 

We ate a lot of food and I definitely ended up with a food baby! 

I know this is a very foody post! But it was too good not to share :) 

Apologies! I have got a mini haul coming tomorrow. 

Much love 

T x

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I love getting post!

Hey guys!

So after a long week at work I came home today to find this!

I opened it and found this:

It is a sample of the La Roche Posay Effacalr Duo.

It's a skin treatment for redness and breakouts etc, and although I don't have bad skin I do get the occasion little friend as does every one, but I do find it hard to shift them. 

I am going to give it a go and see if this helps. I will do a review on it in a couple of weeks and let you know if it's any good. :) 

I'm sure it will be amazing as I have seen reviews in the past that rave about it so fingers crossed! 

Much love

T x

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Random favourites at the moment

Hey guys...

Just a small post of what I'm loving at the moment. 

Starbucks! Particularly the mochas. :) mmm... Yum! 

Gorgeous sunsets. 

Now that's it getting darker earlier, the sunsets seem to be amazing :) 

Nice hot bubble baths with candles... Lush! 

Passion fruit cider is definitely the way forward! It's really light so is even better. :) 

✖ Song - Lily Allen-Somewhere only we know. 

What are your random faves? 

Much Love T xx

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Christmas Is Nearly Here!!

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Just a quick one today...

I've just heard my first Christmas song on the radio whilst at work and got so excited I had to tell you all!
(Im a big kid when it comes to Christmas... :) )

Love this song!

What are your favourite Christmas songs?

Much Love,

T x

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Breakfast at F&B's

My grandma and I decided to have breakfast out and went to Frankie and Benny's.

It was such a nice autumnal day. Bright sunshine with a chill to the air.

I love trees in the autumn. :) 

I had a gingerbread cappuccino which was amazing! The little bit missing my 1yr old cousin decided to steal! Cheeky monkey!

Mmmmm... Pancakes! :) 

All in all a lush morning! 

Where do you like to go for breakfast? 

Much love T x

Twitter: @TkLou7

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Exciting news!

So I've just found out that Lush are opening a shop in my home town!

I am super excited for this and can't wait to a haul for you guys once it does! 

What are your favourite lush buys? Let me know in the comments below. 

Much love T x

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Autumnal Candles

As I was away last winter I didn't get to have the Christmas countdown and the autumnal season.

Big coats, scarves, gloves and candles!

I love candles. They are one of my favourite things and one of my favourite scents is the smell of a candle being blown out. 

I went to Ikea last weekend and found some new tea lights. 

They smell AMAZING! They don't last long so aren't great but the smell makes up for it! 

They are perfect autumnal colours too and look really pretty together. 

I love Ikea for scented tea light candles as although they aren't great for longevity, they look and smell great and are good value for money. 

http://m.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/art/30135328/

I've left the link above if you would like to have a look! 

Thanks guys and see you soon. 

Remember to follow me on twitter: TkLou7

Xxx

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NCIS Monday...

Hey guys,

So last night I ended up in hospital with kidney pain... Massive boo!  

However, it meant today was spent being a massive geek. 

I have a big love for NCIS, which is an American tv series about the Naval Criminal Investigative Services. 

They solve murders, and general crimes that involve navy personnel in some way.

It is an amazing series. It has everything you could want in a tv show, and for someone who doesn't watch much tv, that's all I need! 

It probably doesn't help that I have a (slightly unhealthy...) crush on the team leader Mark Harmon who plays Gibbs. He is an older gentlemen, but there is something about him... I am aware this a strange crush but he definitely falls into the same category as Phillip Schoefield does! 

Here is his team:

Ok... So big NCIS fans will also know that there is an LA version...

I had tried watching this a few times over the last couple of years and really struggled to get into it...

However, in the last few months, as virgin don't show the new season of the original I have been finding myself watching the LA version, and I have to say I am now hooked! 

I am not saying I like it or enjoy it more than Gibbs, however, I have been recording it to make sure I don't miss one! (Gibbs don't hate me!!!) 

I just wondered if anyone else has an unhealthy obsession for any TV shows like I do?! 

Comment below as I would love to hear about and discuss some other shows.

Much Love, Tk xxx

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Fireworks! :)

I was very lucky this year, and was invited to two firework evenings. 

The first was a family one which I didn't get any pictures of as the weather was horrendous! 

The second, was at my mums office. We had a BBQ that was lush and I managed to get a few pics! 

They aren't great pictures unfortunately... But better than nothing. I love fireworks and missed not having bonfire night last year when I was in Oz. 

Below is my firework night look. 

See you soon guys!

Much Love, Tk xx

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Halloweeeeen!

Halloween in England isn't as big as the States, but we do our best!

I work at a nightclub in my home town and this year, I have to say that all the bar staff went all out.

This year we had two Halloween parties, one on Saturday 26th and the second on Halloween itself.

We spent the Friday evening decorating the club which was a good laugh.


Dressing up took a bit longer! Who knew that Vampires took so long to get ready!

We weren't going to get contacts but I'm so glad we did because they definitely made the outfit.

Our fangs wouldn't stay in so we did have to get rid of them unfortunately!


                                    

The second night, actual Hallows Eve, I had 10 minutes to do something with my face! This was the result...

Hope you like my Halloween looks, let me see yours!

Much Love, Tk xx

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Yummy dinner!

Hey!

So, my grandma took me down to Hastings a few nights ago to go to one of our favourite restaurants.

We had a really nice time and took some pictures so you guys could see how yummy it is!!!

 

These were our starters... I had mozzarella and wild rice balls with a tomato sauce and my grandma had chicken liver pâté.

Main courses! Yum!!!

Grandma had beef stroganoff and rice and I had half a lobster in garlic butter with homemade chips.

It's a lovely little restaurant called Lathams... They do a really good lunch menu and are all really friendly!

If you fancy somewhere new to try here's the info below:

Much Love, Tk xx

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New Experiences... 

Since being in Australia I have had many new experiences...

I thought I would share some of them with you guys...


The first one is driving a UTE... Back home I only ever drove small cars... big cars scared me!

I was asked to go and pick up a bike (quad to you and me) by a regular in the pub I'm working in and jumped at the chance to get into civilisation for the day!
I actually really enjoyed driving it, whether that was because I was so stoked at driving again after being away for a few months or not I'm not sure! 

This was My Christmas Dinner... Prawns... Interesting eh?!
They were soooo nice... but was very strange not having a proper English Christmas roast!
I think it made me less homesick in a way though...
Plus, it was very hot that day... (38 degrees i think) so a roast would of been very hard to eat!

OK... wow! We climbed a tree.... not just any tree... the Dave Evan's Biccentential Tree. It is 75m above ground... and has 165 pegs to climb.
I have to admit... this was a very scary experience... but of the best experiences I've ever had! It took a lot of determination to get to the top!
I do have two vlogs of when we reached the top and one at the bottom... I will uploading these on my you tube account in the near future...

OK... sounds strange I know... but I am extremely fussy... and so trying Watermelon was a big thing for me... I have now discovered another fruit I like. Big Smiles! :)

Being in Australia...and in rural oz too... I see Roo's all the time... I got to hold a baby one! SO cute!

This makes me chuckle... We went down to the beach... Random UTE stuck in the sand... and the sea was twisting it and turning it over! 

We went to Margaret River in WA and decided to have a cave tour, we went for Jewel Cave as we had been advised it was the best! It was very interesting and I have lots of cool pictures from it.

Also in Margaret River, we went to Prevely Beach and went Snorkeling (also a new experience).
 This picture shows the section of water we decided to snorkel in... and a 1m Stingray swam underneath me! Best feeling ever! He was so close and it was amazing!
 

Last one is a bit strange... on Good Friday, we were invited to a couples house for dinner. They had been fishing during the day and had caught a few fish! I have never seen a fish this close up and this big before.
The dinner was amazing! Fresh fish tastes soooo good!

They are obviously only just a few... more to come hopefully!

Much Love, Tk xx

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