Welcome 2015!

Hello 2015!

Now I don't know about anyone else but for me 2014 seemed to fly by. I literally seemed to have blinked and now 2015 is here! Without sounding too depressing (lighten up Em) 2014 wasn't my best year - not because of anything particularly bad happening, but nothing particularly good did either. 

I don't feel as though in 2014 I really lived my life, I feel as though I just sort of existed haha. There were a couple of good events in 2014 such as booking my holiday to Florida for June this year (WAHOOOOOOO!!!) and my 21st birthday. I'm going to Orlando, Florida with my best friend to spend two weeks doing all things Disney, Universal and to swim with dolphins. To know that it is only 5 months away now is far too exciting!! My 21st was definitely a birthday to remember. I had a brilliant night with my friends and my brother - the day after proved so with a day of not moving from the sofa haha!

I'm so excited for 2015 to finally be here as I have so much to look forward too! In April, I am going to see The Vamps in concert (Bradley Simpson, I love you), in May I finish university forever :O, in June I go to Florida for 2 weeks and July is my graduation! I'm also thinking of taking another trip to London with my nan and hopefully get tickets to go and see One Direction towards the end of the year as I was very sad to miss out on them the morning they were released :( 

I'm also not one to ever stick to new year's resolutions, so I'm just gonna call these 'aims' and hope for the best.
I want to do more with my blog this year and also become more confident in myself (definitely hope for the best here Em haha).

But anyway, I hope you all have a fabulous 2015 and it brings everything that you want!
Here's to a happy 2015!

Love Em x

Casetify | Blogtober Day 22

A few months ago I got the iPhone 5C in pink and wanted a case for it to keep it in good condition. I got just the bog standard clear case so you could still see the colour of the phone, but it cracked and bits broke off so I went onto a website I heard about off lilmisschickas’ channel on youtube called ‘casetify’ or formerly known as castagram. You basically design your own phone case with different designs available for the amount of pictures that you want on there and you upload your pictures onto it to make your very own personalized phone case. It is an American website so it is priced in dollars, but amazingly they have free worldwide shipping so that was a bonus. I was also able to find a coupon code online to get some money off so I think it worked out at about £18 in total. I have some pictures of my dog, with friends and family and of course there had to be a bit of Disney on there too! I have not taken it off since I got it and I don’t plan on doing anytime soon! I love it!

Love Em x

Liverpool City Centre | Blogtober Day 10

Liverpool is my second home and has been for 2 years now and if there is one thing I love about Liverpool it's the city centre. They have an amazing centre for shopping, nights out and even sightseeing for tourists.

The shopping is incredible with literally every shop you can think of (except selfridges... I miss you selfridges) and is stupidly big with restaurants and things to do as well such as the cinema and mini golf. The nights out here are crazy and me and my friends always have a good time when we go out. There is also many places to do things for tourists including a big wheel like the London Eye, museums and the Albert Dock.

One of my personal favourite things I've discovered in Liverpool is Central Perk. As a crazy Friends fan, it was so exciting to go there. The coffee house is so similar to the one in the Friends TV show with a big screen playing Friends all day long every day - not to mention the food and drinks are awesome.

Love Em x

Blogtober Introduction & 21st Birthday! | Blogtober Day 1

So this year, as I have got more into blogging (I know not perfectly, but I'll get there haha) I thought I would give "blogtober" a try. It's just like "vlogtober" over on YouTube, however I am going post a blog post everyday throughout October. There's going to be a variety of different posts during the month including my every day life, to beauty, to baking! So, I hope you enjoy!

I'm going to start with my 21st birthday which took place in September and show you some of the presents which I was lucky enough to receive from my family and friends. My birthday landed on a Saturday, so on the Friday I went out for Tapas with my parents, my brother and my Nan and had a lovely meal and a few drinks to start the celebrations. My family came round to visit me during the day on the Saturday and to have some champagne with us. I received lots of amazing presents and money from everybody and was really happy with the thoughtful presents they had sent to me. 

When the night was drawing in, I got ready and had a few drinks at home with one of my best friends before going out to meet all the other boys and girls coming out to celebrate with me. I had an absolutely amazing day and night out and my 21st was literally the best birthday I have ever had. Here are some of the presents I was lucky enough to get... along with lots of dollars for my America fund! (249 days but I promise I'm not counting...)

My beautiful Pandora jewellery.. Top L-R: Fairytale book charm from one of my best friends, Chelsea; 21 charm from my Uncle and his girlfriend. Bottom L-R: Heart stack ring from my dog Cocoa (haha! She was saving up for a while..) & tiara ring from my parents. 

Viktor and Rolf Flowerbomb perfume (smells soooo good...)

Big thumbs up to Joey for this one!! 

My gorgeous doggy, Cocoa, giving me my lovely ring :)

Believe it or not, I don't really like cake... hence the individual ones. However this rather did impress me.

 I hope you've enjoyed seeing some of my presents from my 21st and hearing about what I got up to! I hope you stay throughout my blogtober posts!!
Love Em x

A Day Out in Liverpool with KissAndMakeup28!

One of my oldest friends, Leigh-Ann, came down to stay with me at university in Liverpool on the 7th of March to the 9th of March. We went into the town centre on the Saturday morning and headed over to, now one of my favourite places EVER, Central Perk!! I had never been here before, but friends of mine had, and it is a replica coffee house off the Friends TV show. As a MASSIVE Friends fan, I was very excited to go.

Outside of Central Perk

Central Perk Sign

Inside the coffee house

My delicious hot chocolate with marshmallows and whipped cream! Yummy!

Up on the wall signed by the stars of the Friends TV show

Enjoying my hot chocolate on the Friends sofa whilst watching the show on the TV in front!

Me and Leigh on our way out

I wasn't expecting Central Perk to look as similar to Friends as it did, but it was literally amazing. They had the famous orange sofa in front of a big TV playing Friends all day long. Even little touches, such as the 'service' sign pointing to the counter, made it feel even more like Friends. The food and drink were both incredibly tasty and the staff were so nice and friendly. I loved it there and will definitely be going back very soon!

After leaving Central Perk, we took a look inside the World Museum which was home to five floors - aquarium, bug house, dinosaurs, ancient Egypt and Space. I enjoyed my time in here, although found some of it to be quite boring. I felt like the building was humongous and there wasn't that much to look at on each floor, so I don't think I will be going back to this museum! 

Then, we headed down to Liverpool One shopping centre and had a look round the shops. A few purchases were made, but not too many, however there will be a mini haul to follow. I had a really good weekend and enjoyed every second of it with Leigh!

If you haven't already checked out Leigh's blog, I will leave a link at the end of the post, so make sure you head over.

I hope you enjoyed this post.

Love Em x

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