Easter Holidays || Birthday, Walk and Beaches

So last week I went on my annual Easter Holiday with my Mum's side of the family.  We go to either Devon or Cornwall and this year we went to Cornwall.  We always stay in a house/cottage thing and this time we went back to our all time favourite that we went to 4 and 5 years ago, so it was are third time there. The house is pretty big with decent sized rooms, a balcony and one of the best things is that at the end of the garden there are steps down to the beach! Yes literally at the end of the garden is the beach!

Anyway this year I had to revise for my AS Level exams in May so I didn't do too much but I do want to write about my Mum's birthday because we did a beautiful walk from Talland Bay to Polperro which we have done before and loved. It is going to be a more photo based post because the views were just stunning, so here are some of the photos I took:

   

we were diverted up to the top of the cliff instead of going up a 1/4 of the
way and going round due to erosion but the view was amazing
even the the hill was insanely steep!

ooh a cheecky peace sign selfie! :P

& here we have the sweet village of Polperro :D

Once we got to Polperro we went straight to get food, myself and Mum had a homemade vegetable Cornish pasty from the bakery and everyone else went tot he fish and chip shop and got chips, pies or whatever.  Mum, Dad and I went for a little walk around for a bit, Mum got fudge and I got rock for my friends, who goes to Cornwall and doesn't buy rock?!

central perk top (which I procrastinated doing revision and cut the
sleeves of and turned it into a tank top that morning!)
Got two compliments from strangers in the beach cafe at Talland Bay for this top:)

had an ice-cream at the beach cafe at Talland Bay

thought these beach huts were cute and they were
converted to seating areas for a bit of shelter for the cafe!

After one of my favourite walks, we just went back home, I did revision (boring I know) and then we went out to the pub down the road of where we were staying called "In at the Shore" the food was nice and so were the staff but the wait for the food was a little bit silly, we were there for 3 hours for starters and mains! But over all Mum's birthday was brilliant, she enjoyed herself and so did everyone else.

the view from our table in the pub/restaurant place

Hope everyone had a good Easter and school/college/univeristy/work/whatever isn't too bad:)

literally my reaction to sixth form, exams and my work load

Georgie

xx

Tag #3 || 25 Question Tag

I wanted to do another tag type blog post because I love answer questions, except for exams obviously, so I decided to the 25 Question Tag (credits to owner)

1. Do you have any pets? 

Yes, I have two cats, well now only one because one of our cats (Danny) went missing back in January and he hasn't came back, we think, because he is really interested in vehicles as he is always around one or trying to get into one, he might of got into a back of a delivery van or truck and it set off without knowing there was a cat in the back and he became lost. I just hope he is okay but our other cat Ruby isn't lost!!

 2. Name 3 things that are physically close to you.

Bed, phone and laptop:) sums me up pretty well

3. What's the weather like right now? 

Sunny, for once; it is usually quite hit and miss around this time of year:)

4. Do you drive? If so have you crashed? 

I do drive, I am getting driving lessons and have been for about a month now.  I haven't crashed yet *touch wood* but I have nearly crashed into a lamp post on my first lesson when turning onto another road.  It is now known as Georgie's Lamppost by my driving instructor and I!

5. What time did you wake up this morning? 

8am urghhh

6. When was the last time you showered? 

This morning

7. What was the last movie you saw? 

In the cinema it was Insurgent but I watched a movie yesterday called A Fall From Grace on Netflix which was actually quite good

8. What does your last text message say? 

someone texted me: 'wait your not my grandma. sorry' Idk why because he didn't actually send anything before hand that wasn't apart of our other conversation so that was quite weird and I still need to replay when I get signal

the last text I sent was to my mum, I know I am miss popular, saying 'haha I am about to leave now xxx' after Izzy's extremely late birthday thing on Friday (her birthday was mid January) because my Mum wanted tea as she was starving:)

9. What's your ringtone? 

It's on vibrate

10. Have you ever been to a different country? 

Yeah I have been to, Iceland, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and Wales

11. Do you like sushi? 

I have tried it from M&S in February and I liked it but I think it was vegetarian so wasn't actually raw fish

12. Where do you buy your groceries? 

No

13. Have you ever taken medication to help you fall asleep faster? 

No

14. How many siblings do you have? 

1

15. Do you have a desktop computer or a laptop? 

Laptop

16. How old will you be turning on your next birthday? 

18, Jesus that's scary actually

17. Do you wear contacts or glasses? 

both

18. Do you colour your hair? 

brunette 

19. Tell me something you are planning to do today. 

Have a BBQ, eat chocolate and also finish revision (I went out for a walk on the beach to lunch)

20. When was the last time you cried?

the other day; either yesterday or friday

21. What is your perfect pizza topping? 

vegetables but I also just love the classic margaritta 

22. Which do you prefer-hamburgers or cheeseburgers? 

I'm a vegetarian....

23. Have you ever had an all-nighter? 

yess, way too many times

24. What is your eye colour?

blue

25. Can you taste the difference between Pepsi and Coke? 

Not really but I haven't had either of them for ages now actually

I tag Izzy:)  Hope you are all having a good Easter and eating loads of chocolate :D

 

Georgie

xx

March Favourites

So here we are again, another monthly favourites post.  Because it is me and because I had mocks from the 9th-16th March most of my favourites are music and there aren't many photos unfortunately, but lets get cracking;

MUSIC

Kids in the Dark - ATL

Of course I would not have a music favourite without All Time Low.  I always seem to have a song of there's in my favourites, so if I were you I would check them out if you haven't already.  Can I just say I freaking LOVE this song.  It is my favourite song at the moment; it is off their new album which is coming out ON THE 3RD people! I cannot wait (if you couldn't already tell...)

Even My Dad does Sometimes - Ed Sheeran

This is on Ed's duluxe album of "X" and it is one of my favourite Ed songs, especially to revise to because it is slow and relaxing.  I love the lyrics, of course because Ed's lyrics are always amazing, but if you haven't heard it yet I would check it out soon!
   

Goodnight Moon - Go Radio
I rediscovered this song earlier this month.  It was a song one of my friends from school had recommended for me a last year as it is her favourite song so I did and I fell in love with it the first time I heard it.  I have to say I forgot about it once new albums came out in November last year but I fell in love with it all over again and I am glad I found it again.

Busted, McFly and McBusted
If you didn't see my last post, you won't know I went to see McBusted on Saturday.  So of course I have been listening to their new and old music, even though I do every month I have been listening to them more.  Especailly their older songs like Year 3000, Thunderbirds A Go and Star Girl.  Busted and McFly were two bands I grew up with as a child so for them to become McBusted was amazing and to see them live was phenomenal!

Hey Violet

So if you are a fan of 5SOS, like I am, you probably know about their own record label called Hi or Hey Records and they finally signed their first band (other than themselves) to their label who is Hey Violet.  This band consists of 3 girls and 1 boy called Rena, Miranda, Nia and Casey.  They only have one original song out, called This Is Why, and I am obsessed!  They have also posted covers and short video diaries on their youtube channel.  When 5SOS told everyone about them I listened to their song and covers and soon I knew all their names, what each person plays, subscribed to their youtube channel (which was only just over 2,000 now its over 45,000 which is insane!) and have watched all their videos at least once. They also announced last night that they are supporting 5SOS on their ROWYSO tour this year which I think will be amazing, but quite a lot of people don't like Hey Violet, which I don't get!  Anyway, so for the rambling, but if you couldn't tell I think you should check them out:)

Words Don't Come So Easily - Lower than Atlantis
So for the last couple of days I have listened to LTA a lot and the first song of there's I heard was Words Don't Come So Easily and I fell in love.  I absolutely love this osng so much, the chorus is my favourite part and think the lyrics are cool.  I also love 'Emily' which is another song of theirs.  Go check them out because you won't regret it.

MOVIES

Mulan
Okay, I never actual watched this Disney movie when I was a kid, and one of my friends loves this movie, it might even be her favourite disney movie so obviously she wanted me to watch.  I saw it was on netflix so I decided to have a bit of chill time after my mocks and I decided to watch it.  AND OMG HOW AMAZING IS THIS FILM?! I absolutely love the women power and songs and just everything.

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty has always been one of my favourite Disney Princess movies, I even had the Barbie version to play on the computer when I was little.  The songs are so cute and I love the story of it.  Aurora has got to be one of my favourite princesses and it is just a great movie to throw on and just chill out whilst watching it (and singing along obviously!)

Insurgent
I only got time to finally go and see Insurgent yesterday evening with Izzy.  And OMG was it fantastic, one of my favourite actors is Ansel Elgort and I also love Shailene Woodley, Theo James and Kate Winslet. Keiynan Lonsdale is in a few parts of it as well who is also on a TV series I previously said I loved last month, Dance Academy.  Anyway I don't want to say any spoilers but it is action packed and some parts are really unexpected but I would go again to watch it, absolutely loved it.

BEAUTY

Seventeen Lipstick

Now because I have been stuck in the house most days, I haven't really been wearing much make-up but when I do, my 'go to lipstick' of this month has been a browny, red litpsick by seventeen but it doesn't come out too brown.  It is in the shade 'Found Farewell' from the 'Stay Pout' range.  It lasts quite a long time and wasn't too expensive, around the £5 or £6 marker. I wear it to add a little something to a natural looking make-up look,

TV SHOWS

PLL

OMG OMG OMG!!!!!! If you are watching Pretty Little Liars and you are up to date you will understand, I won't spill any spoilers  but I just want to say I found the last episode of season 5 was amazing.  I knew we weren't 100% going to know who A actually was because we have another 2 seasons to go but I found the episode creepy and just amazing.  I know loads of people are mad and disappointed because they wanted to know who A actual was but we have another 2 seasons to go. But I don't know whether I can wait till June for the next episode!

Waterloo Road

In the UK, and maybe Ireland, there has been a TV drama series on the BBC for 9 years now and I started watching about 5ish years ago.  It had its last episode ever air on March 9th and it is weird that every week I won't be watching Waterloo Rd anymore.  I t had started to get worse after a couple of years but the last series I loved Dale, Lenny, Kenzie, Maggie, Justin and Leo.  But to be fair, overall the series was brilliant, otherwise I wouldn't put it in my favourites obviously!  My favourites from past series were Grantly, Barry, Kevin, Denisty, Tom (Mr) Clarkson, Ronan, Jodie (aka 'Scout') and Casey. It was just a great drama series to grow up with through secondary school:)

I hope March wasn't too bad for you, my March was jam packed with things, and it feels like I haven't stopped due to driving lessons, mocks, revision, more revision, homework oh and more revision!  Anyway, Happy April not long until Easter now!:)

Georgie
xx

MCBUSTED CONCERT

So last night myself and two other friends went to the McBusted concert and it is fair to say it blew me away.  The stage was awesome as it was set out as a giant working arcade game.  I have never seen McBusted, McFly or Busted live before and I have been wanting to go for so long, so last night was extra special.

McBusted mean a lot to me. Why? Well back when they were seperate bands as Busted and McFly and I was a young child I would listen to them a lot, even my Grandma remembers them!  Anyway our school and birthday discos would consist of both of the bands songs such as Year 3000,  Crashed the Wedding, Obviously and Star Girl.  And to get the chance to see them (minus a Busted member, Charlie) performing live was weird but seriously amazing and I will treasure the memeory of that night forever.  It was so weird when they all came on stage from under the stage and to see the bands I grew up with play together as one superband, not gonna lie, I did have a few tears in my eyes!!

They started off with Air Guitar, the first McBusted single.  The energy and atmosphere in the arena was immense and insane.  Everyone was singing alone, jumping up and down and screaming.  And then it hit me how I was actually watching McBusted live on stage!

I liked how they sung some of their classics from Busted and McFly along with their new songs from the album which I am still obsessed with! Obviously they had to play Year 3000, Thunderbirds Are Go, What I go to School For, Crashed the Wedding, Star Girl, Five Colours in Her Hair, Obviously and All About You.  But of course I loved the other songs as well but it was just weird hearing them singing the songs of my childhood!

Even though I knew what was coming, I got to say Crashed the Wedding was one of my favourites from last night.  Harry was dressed as a shirtless vicar, Dougie was dressed as the bride, Matt as the groom, Tom was the flower girl and James and Danny were in little bridesmaid dresses.  They all walked through the crowd onto the stage.  It was just hilarious and creative:)

Matt and Dougie...I mean the groom and bride!:)

the flower girl (tom) and the bridesmaids (danny and james)

I have loved every concert I have been to, but McBusted was just something different; they played on the giant arcade game which was actually the stage, a wedding happened, we recorded a part of Ant and Dec's Saturday Takeaway which was pretty cool and there was a flying car.

All in all, I absolutely loved the concert and cannot recommend it enough.  Here are some more photos I took there;

So the start of my Easter Holidays (more like study leave but oh well) started off amazing, I hope everyone else are having a good Easter holiday or had a great weekend:)

Georgie
xx   

Life Update || Mocks, Sixth Form and Driving

So the reason I haven't posted a blog post for a good while is because our sixth form had mock week which actually went on for a week and a half...Anyway I had pretty much no spare time due to revision and the exams until Tuesday so here's just a general short post, to catch everything up over the past month:)

pretty much how my revision and exams went...

Revision for these mocks was dragging and everything was evolving around revision for 3 weeks which I absolutely hated! Now they are over I am giving myself a short break of no revision this weekend but to do homework teachers have already set even though we only went back to Sixth Form after study leave on Thursday! 

My life doesn't get much more exciting either as tomorrow I am going away with my geography class to Wales to measure a river...yep you read that right, we are measuring a river! It is all in aid for our second exam paper for our AS level so it is kinda compulsory.

However yesterday was the solar eclipse in the UK which from our school didn't seem like much and I was disappointed because I had been looking forward to it for ages.  I did have to just walk out of my class to go out and look at it as my teacher wasn't keen on letting people out even though the rest of the school was! Anyway I was glad I came out to just experience it but it wasn't spectacular at all.  

Today I had my third driving lesson and it went really good, I went on main roads and through places where my parents would normally drive me which was weird.  I didn't stall as much as the previous lessons as getting started after stopping for me is the hardest part!

So yeah, that is my life at the moment, nothing much but next week Izzy, myself and another friend are going to see the only and one McBusted!  I seriously cannot wait because Busted and McFly were bands I listened to, especially McFly, even my Grandma remembers that I loved them haha!

Anyway I should probably get a start on the pile of homework my teachers generously gave me to do.  I hope you all have a good weekend and I will be posting more interesting stuff soon:)

 

pretty much sums this blog post up! 

Georgie

xx

February Favourites

I have a feeling this is going to be a long post because I have had a lot of favourites in February:)

MUSIC

All Time Low - Something Gotta Give
When this song came out I insistently fell in love with it and replayed it for ages.  ATL is one of my favourite bands and I seriously can't wait for their new album coming out in April.  The music video is amazing as well.  If you haven't heard it yet, you are missing out.

Shawn Mendes - A Little Too Much

I have got to admit that Shawn is one of my guilty pleasures {I hate using that phrase but I couldn't think of another way to put it).  I first watched him on vine, when I used to watch vines, and I really liked him so I subscribed to his YouTube channel.  When he realised the song Show You I loved it and when he uploaded the audio to A Little Too Much onto YouTube I feel in love with it and felt the song is probably relatable for pretty much everyone no matter what events are happening in your life.

McBusted

I have been listening to McBusted's album on Spotify but finally I got the CD for my birthday from my Nan.  I've seriously been listening it everywhere and anywhere.  On the journey down to London , around London, during revision, when I'm relaxing, basically I just love it so much.  I couldn't say I have a top song because I love all of them.

Fall Out Boy
FOB is another one of my favourite bands and their new album American Beauty/American Psycho is another Album I have been listening on Spotify since it's been out so I couldn't just missed it out.  One of my favourites is Immortals, which is also in the Big Hero 6 movie and I also love The Kids Aren't Alright and Novocaine.

Acceptance 

I am holding all blame for this band that I have not stopped listening to from 19th February to the one and only Michael Clifford.  He tweeted a screenshot of his Spofity with a song "In Too Far" by Acceptance saying everyone should listen to the band.  I went to Spotify and listened to the album he was playing "Phantom" and I was hooked.  I played the album throughout the whole whilst revising and the next and the next...They are a fairly old band since they've been going since 1998 and the latest album was out in 2005 but I got a hint from Michael they are bringing new stuff out which I cannot wait to hear.  One of my favourite songs is So Contagious. So basically Michael has got me to like yet another band....

MOVIES

Big Hero 6
I went to see this Disney movie on 7th February with my old secondary school group for my birthday.  Myself and most of my other friend who came along new that Dan and Phil (YouTubers) were playing Technician 1 and Technician 2.  Anyway, I was blown away by Dan's and Phil's 45 second performance and I did really love the film more than I thought I would.

Little Mermaid
Okay so I went 17 years without watching the Little Mermaid but I played the Play Station game with one of my best friend at "After School Club" when I was younger and I know all the lyrics to most of the songs.  I guess when my Mum was showing me all the Disney movies she didn't realise that Little Mermaid was a MAJOR one.  And so, I asked for it for my birthday and my Auntie bought it for me and I watched it on my birthday after sixth form for the first time.  I have got to say I really did love it, a lot!

FASHION

Denim Jacket
I haven't exactly got a winter coat which I am in love with this year but I am in love with this denim jacket.  I have been wanting one of these for ages, especially a slightly oversized one which goes down further than my waist.  I love the ripped and tattered detail it has and the colour of the denim is just right. I tend to wear it with leggings but sometimes I wear it with a skirt, which also looks cute.

Black Rucksack
I first got this at the end of September but I hadn't used it all that much, but when I was in London I used it for my handbag as I had to put more in it than what could fit in my smaller bag.  I love the detail of a slight checkered pattern but it isn't absolutely obvious as it is black.  It is just the right size for a day bag or just an normal handbag.

BEAUTY

No Make-up Make-up Look
Recently, I have been wearing not that make-up as I am loving it.  I like that is it just a natural look, which isn't too over the top.  I tend to wear concealer, foundation, stay matte powder, some mascara and lip balm.

Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara

I picked this up on an impulse buy because I knew it was new and I had heard that it was good so I thought why not?  It is amazing mascara for volume and length and doesn't really clump your eyelashes either.

TV SHOWS

Dance Academy
Another guilty pleasure of mine is this Australian {pre}teen drama on Netlfix about a group of friends who attend a dance academy surprisingly!  I don't know what it is about it but I am addicted and once I watch one episode I have to keep going until I am about to fall asleep!  I have stopped half way through season 2 out of 3 because of my mock revision but believe me when they are over you won't see me for days and not because I will be revising for my real exams...

Pretty Little Liars

THANK YOU NETFLIX!!  Finally Netflix got the picture and put Pretty Little Lairs on, I found out about this in the Christmas holidays as a friend told me.  It meant I could finally watch PLL when each episode comes out the day after it was aired in America.  This set of episodes are seriously amazing, I can't honestly tell you how much I love it but if you aren't watching it, go do yourself a favour and binge watch the first couple of episodes because it gets a lot better after them!  I have even got some of my friends addicted:)

RANDOM

Baths
At the moment, it is an extremely busy time of the year; mock exams, real exams in 2 months, revision, homework, sixth form etc and it stresses me out far too much to say the least.  The most relaxing thing I find is to have a bath in dim lighting with candles and play music and maybe scroll through social media or read.  I use Lush bath bombs and bubble bars and the scent are amazing.  Having a bath seriously relaxes me so I try my best to have one every week but the past couple of weeks I just haven't found the time! But they are my favourite thing to do at the moment.

unicorn bubble bar | Lush

Healthy Food/Whole Foods {the shop!}
Okay, so my friends would probably say to you that I try my best to be healthy and for Lent I have given up chocolate and sweets again, I have done it for the last 2 years so I can do it for the third time.  I am not doing for the religious aspect of it as I am not Christian but I am doing it as I feel a lot better not having junk food and I always try not to eat unhealthily but usually at Sixth Form where everyone is eating chocolate it gets the better of me!  However, I tend to always stick to my guts when I give it up for Lent so that's why I started it for Lent and hopefully it will go on longer for 40 days and 40 nights:) Oh and WholeFoods is my next new favourite place, we visited it in London as many YouTubers rave about it and I picked up some really nice products:)

Hope you have all had a good month and March will be even better!  But I should probably go back to revising for my mocks:(

Georgie
xx