The Liebster Award part 2

I was nominated by the wonderful Lou's World (who you can see here) to do The Liebster Award part two. You can see my part one here. Thank you so much for the nomination, I loved writing this last time. 

Here are the rules:

1. Post the award on your blog
2. Thank the blogger(s) who nominated you and link back to their blog 
3. Write 11 random facts about yourself
4. Nominate 11 bloggers who you feel deserve the award and have less than 500 followers
5. Answer 11 questions posted by whoever nominated you and ask your nominees 11 questions 

November Shopping Haul

I'm not very big on shopping and I never tend to enjoy it but I received some money for my birthday that I thought I'd go and spend. Honestly I spent more money than I had hoped but I'm quite happy with what I bought so here we go:

First I bought a pair of Black skinny jeans from Primark (£11.00), a pair of thick black leggings from H and M (£7.99) and a plain black cardigan from Primark for £8.00 (not shown in picture). I only realised now how many black clothes I bought and already owned which may not be such a great thing.

 Three pairs of black ankle socks (£2.00). I had to buy these which are actually extra thick at the bottom because they're for exercise which is not something I'll be doing, I just had to buy socks with some way to know which belong to my sister and which are mine.

Next I bought this brown, small satchel bag from H and M for £19.99 . This was the only bag I found that I liked and I felt like a really needed a new bag because I've been carrying round a bright green, Adventure Time bag which isn't even slightly subtle.

 The last clothing things I bought were this red plaid shirt from H and M (£12.99) and a black dress with three quarter length sleeves (£12.99).

Finally I went into Waterstones which is probably the most important part of the day and I bought three books which are Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling, Grace's Guide by Grace Helbig and The Taming of the Tights by Louise Rennison. I am, quite obviously, very excited to read these books soon as I've wanted these three for a very long time.

That was my shopping haul from a few days ago. Comment below if you've read any of these books and let me know if they're good. That's all for now. Hope to see you next time, bye.

Birthday Haul

It was my Birthday last week and today I thought I would share with you some of the presents I got.

So starting with probably the main thing, I was given an Iphone 5c which was definitely something I needed as my old phone was barely even making calls anymore.

My Next presents are this toy dinosaur from my parents (toy dinosaurs have just become something they get me every year now), a Marvel comics advent calendar from my brother and a hand held mirror and drinking cup from Paperchase.

What I'd tell Erin this time last year

It was my birthday yesterday and I'd planned on writing this post then but didn't find the time. So here we are instead today and I thought I would share with you a few of things I would like to say to a year younger me. I'd like to tell younger Erin some of things I wish I had known or the things I wish I did differently.  


1. Don't work too hard towards the end of the school year. I know you felt like you needed to (and honestly you did) but it was completely draining and you will regret not letting yourself have a break. Of course working is important but it took over all your time because you were convinced everything was going to go badly. Just remember you can do the same amount of work if you concentrate more than if you worked all of the time.

2.  Do not eat the birthday cake. As much as you want to, it will make you feel like you can't breath because you just had your tonsils out and it affects how you can eat. So please just don't do it.

3. Say yes to more of the things people ask you. Go out as much as you can and be with people. Don't stay at home instead because you've nearly finished a season of Gossip Girl.

4. Try to talk to people more even though it's difficult because soon you're going to feel like you can't even try anymore. And trust me when I say that you will be happier in a years time if you do. 

5. Know that it doesn't get easier, if anything life gets a whole lot harder, but it also become more simple (if that makes sense). I'd like you to know that you do start talking about all the problems you have and it changes you but sadly I can't tell you if it's for the better just yet.

6. Be honest with your friends and all the other people that are asking questions because it's going to be a lot less complicated than you think. (And carrying on from that, stop telling people that "it's complicated" if they ask you whats been wrong. It's just annoying so stop doing it.)


Sorry if none of those life tips for me a year ago made any sense or if they were all just a little sad. But I hope you enjoyed them. I will be back soon with What I got for my Birthday and hopefully what I bought with the money from my birthday so this will probably become a very haul filled month (hope that's okay). That's all for now. Hope to see you next time, bye