Versatile Blogger Award

I have been extremely lucky to have been awarded two blog awards recently. Thanks girls I am very honoured! This was the first one.

The lovely Dani tagged me in this a few days ago. As always there are some rules, they are:

1.Thank and link back to who gave you the award.

2.Share 7 things about yourself.

3.Pass it on to 7 beauty blogs you've recently discovered and enjoy.

4.Leave your recipient a note, telling them about the award.

Now i'm going to have to think up some things that might make me sound interesting!

1. I am a fully qualified brownie leader, much to my boyfriends disbelief. He seems to think that Girlguiding is Hitler Youth. I have been volunteering since I was 15 when I first started my Duke of Edinburgh award. It can be hard work at times, 7-10 year olds can be very demanding but I love it. I hope one day to open my own brownie pack.

2. I am grade seven in the clarinet and had music lessons for 11 years. I have hardly picked the instrument up for nearly four years so I may not even be grade one level now haha!

3. I am celebrating my four year anniversary with the boyfriend next week. Time flies when your having fun eh?

4. I have wanted to be a journalist since I was 11 and am now just months away from completely a degree in it. Its mad to think my dream will be coming true. Hopefully!

5. I have an obsession with buying books, I dont even have the time to read them. But everytime I wander in a charity shop I come out with an handful. My mum has started putting them in the loft without asking me haha!

6. My favourite food is cheese and sour cream. Not always together. I love to smoother everything in sour cream and I can sit and eat a block on cheese in one sitting. I dread to think how many calories my homemade nachos have haha!

7. When I was 18 I went on weightwatchers and ended up losing three stone in about four months. It was such hard work but im so proud of myself. I stopped dieting when I got pulled into my head of sixth form's office and asked if I had problems at home haha! Ive now put about a stone of it back but am mostly happy with the way I look.

So now to tag people! I choose these seven lovely people:

Daisy loves Lipgloss

Away with the fairies..

Effies makeup box

Emy loves

Flaws and all

Lyd's Blonde Thoughts ...

Leanne Marie

I am on work experience all next week in the city so may not be able to blog very much. I should imagine I will spend all my time sleeping when I finally get home!

On another note, thank to everyone who is reading this! I cannot really believe im on 39 followers :) I think im going to organise a little giveaway at 50 to say thank you to everyone. It means so much to me that you read this!

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Wild horses

Outfit:

Horse shoe print nude blouse: Primark

Black camisole worn under blouse: Primark

Black pleated skirt: Primark

Black leather satchal: Charity Shop

Leopard print collar coat: Topshop

Black faux suede wedges: New Look

Brooch: Primark

Ring: Mothers

Nail Varnish: Savile Row Nails Inc

Red watch: Toywatch

A bit of a Primark themed outfit today, never realised until I listed everything!

The reason why the details shots are outside is because I took, or rather my mum did, outside for a change of scenery. But they came out far too dark so I just kept the detail ones. Have to put up with my door again, sorry!

The ring was the first thing my dad ever brought my mum for christmas as a sort of engagement ring so it has a lot of sentimental value. She gave it to me as she prefers silver jewellery to me. I love it, i'm not really keen on diamond rings and would much prefer a ring like this for my own engagement ring if anyone ever decided to propse to me haha! I got the brooch for christmas and had been wondering what to do it, I think it compliments the coat quite well! Ive thrown my trusty black wedges on, I seem to wear them with everything recently. So easy to walk in!

Im off out to an Indian tonight for my boyfriends sister 19th birthday. The scary thing is that ive known her since she was 15 so im feeling old at the minute haha! Im not sure whether to have my usual curry or to be adventurous and try something new.

Do you prefer the larger pictures?

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Hello Mulberry

I was an extremely lucky girl on Sunday and became the owner of something Mulberry thanks to my generous and handsome boyfriend.

I have been lusting over Mulberry for as long as I remember and its my dream to own a black patent Mulberry Bayswater. Many people find the design boring and as there are so many lookalikes over the high street, pointless to spend all that money on one. But to me it is the epitome of a girl who works in the city. I have done numerous work experience placements all over London and its my dream to work in the big city as a journalist. I want to be one of those girls I see communting on the tube with her trainers on and with her heels stashed in her Bayswater ready to be put on as soon as she is in front of the office. I want to power dress everyday for work and visit Selfridges in my lunch hour to lust over the shoe galleries.

I actually squealed like a pig when I opened the gift box and spyed the Mulberry tree staring at me. I was almost too afraid to open it! It was wrapped so beautifully, it seemed a shame to ruin it.

Its actually an IPhone case but it has a few compartments in it that I can stash some money and cards in. So Im going to use it everyday as a phone case but use it as a purse for when I go out in the evenings and dont need to carry a bulky purse with me.

My boyfriend remembered that I wanted a patent Bayswater so he got me it to match it. As he is currently training to become a surveyor, I always joke that he can get me a Mulberry bag when he finally qualifies to help celebrate

I keep getting it out of my bag and staring at it, unable to believe that its mine! It is so beautiful and now my most prized pocession. He even paid for a little note to be put in it, isn't he a romantic?

I really don't know how he is going to top this next year!

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