Easy Sunday: Easter 2013 in Hertfordshire

Hello my lovlies!

Hope you're having a wonderful Easter holiday :)

This yes I spent most of it at my sister's in Hertfordshire. 

Jake and I went there yesterday after noon and got home late afternoon today.

I took some pictures as we went bowling yesterday and we took the girls to the park this morning, it was so lovely to see them that it made me miss them even more when we got home.

Here's the pictures from bowling :)

Pic 1: my shoes were really strange and disheveled! 

2: Sneaky picture of Jake and I.

3: A rather blurry picture of the score board, my brother in law and their youngest girl ended up coming joint first! Even though I got two strikes! 

4. Me and the littlest girl, with Jake photobombing! This was before she got me to go on a tiny enclosed simulator thing which was not good for the claustrophobia, aha. The things us aunties do, eh! 

Pic 1: Jake, my sister and I hid the Easter eggs when the girls were in bed. This was too much fun! Jake found some of the most obscure places.. I.e in the door latch bit! 

2 & 3: We did crafts with the girls so I made a one eyed Easter chick and Jake attempted a chick which ended up looking more like an octopus! 

4: Us 4 at the park (Including a random bit of mad hair!) They had us running around the whole time which was pretty good as it was freezing! 

I hope you had as much fun for your Easter Bank holiday as we did, and got lots of chocolate too! 

Until next time

xoxo.

Easy Sunday: New Hobby?

Hello my lovlies :)

First off, happy St. Patrick's day! 

Hope you all are having a fabulous day and getting very merry!

We don't personally celebrate it in the Stevens' household.

In fact my parents don't celebrate much! Boooorrrring, ahahaa.

Today I thought I'd show you my sort of new hobby, knitting! 

Wow that cast on looks awful! The wool had been knitted before on my knitting attempt last year and made it kind of bleurgh.. That's my excuse anyway! Ahaha.

I know you are now probably thinking I just as boring! But I find it really sort of calming and therapeutic. It's taken me ages to get into it, my first square took me about 3 months on and off to complete, but I finally completed it last night :) 

I had tried sometime last year to get  into it but it just wasn't working. This year when the 'Knit & Stitch' magazine came out Jake's aunt bought me the first mag which came with a dvd which made it so much easier to understand! Admittedly I still need to practice loads, and I can only do the knit stitch as of yet.. But hopefully I will persevere with it and be a knitting whizz! 

(I only ever got the first mag, could never find any of the others and gave up in the end!)

However this is very unlikely because if you know me at all I like to learn lots of new things and get totally obsessed with it for a few months then drop it and learn a new thing.. It's awfully annoying! 

I often go through the same thing with baking too! I am just about to bake some cookies. :) 

Eventually if I do persevere I will make a ginormous patch work blanket and be very proud of myself! 

Do you have and hobbies?  I would love to know :)

Until next time! 

xoxox.

Easy Sunday/Monday: TV Audience for Jo Brand's Great Wall of Comedy

Hello my lovelies!

Sorry this post is a couple of days late, however I had a rather exciting day yesterday so I thought it would be better to do my 'Easy Sunday' post on that! 

I applied for tickets to be in the audience for 'Jo Brand's Great Wall of Comedy' in about late February, and then thought of nothing of it.

I then got an email on Sunday for a reminder about the show being filmed the next day, I hadn't even seen the ticket email! So I searched through and it turned I had actually got the tickets.

Our Wristbands :)

So yesterday, my dad, mum, Jake and I took a trip to Maidstone Studios, which is about half hour to an hour from my house depending on traffic.

It was all really exciting get directed to car park 3 and then being security checked and being taking into a small-ish tent and getting our wristbands. With these sorts of things it's best to get in early because they allocate tickets to more people in case people don't turn up. We got there half an hour early and we were in the 60's. They had to try and fit 200 people in this tent which was a little close for comfort! 

Inside the little tent thing :)

We then had to wait for about half and hour, and then in number groups we got called out about third, after the people with orange wristbands, and then the 50 and under wristbands, and then us the 60 and under wristbands. This was all rather mad because people were pushing their way when there was absolutely no need to and I got separated from our little group :(

The studio was actually rather small, and we got seated on the far right. When everyone was is the man says about there being a last chance to go to the toilet so then it's all a mad rush, again!

They had a 'warm up man' to chat to us all before the recording started and of course, because Jake decided not to be parted from his beanie he was pointed out and then I had to talk too! Everyone had to say hi to me it was rather fun :D 

When Jo Brand came on she told a few jokes before she sat down on set, and then Barry Cryer, Tony Robinson, Hugh Dennis and Rebecca Front came on, and Tony Robinsons gave out sweets from set to the front row, jealous! 

The recording was a good laugh, and at the end where they had to do a few retakes was even funnier, especially when they had to shoot bits for the advert and Hugh Dennis and Tony Robinson had to wave into separate cameras, and they kept misbehaving! At one point Tony Robinson actually took his trousers down and moonied! I was crying with laughter!

It was a great day out and I would definitely go again. As Maidstone Studios are our closest and it's easy to get to I reaaaally want to go again! 

I applied for tickets here at SRO Audiences, but there are a couple more websites you can apply for tickets at too.

Have you ever been in a TV audience? I'd love to know! 

xoxo.

Easy Sunday: Planning My Birthday Outfit!

Hello there my lovlies!

Soooo it's my birthday this week (woop!) so I've been planning my birthday outfit.

This dress is from Primark, it was £13 (I'm getting it as something to open on my birthday day. I love the colour! I think it compliments my pale skin :)

Here is a close up of the pretty pattern :)

These shoes are aamaaaazing. So comfortable! They were about £18 (here) on eBay, such a bargain considering I've seen similar shoes on Misguided for about £30! They don't feel like bad quality, so I'm pretty pleased! 

Time for the picture, sorry it's a bit awkward! My mum and dad's room has much better natural light than mine.

I'm wearing the Super Cosy tights from Primark, they are actually really warm! The are fleece lined, and feel amazing on. 

I *should* be posting a picture of my planned hair and make up for my birthday shinanigans, however this week is awfully busy! We're / I'm getting a new car (Double woop!) and my Grandpa is coming to stay from my actual birthday day, until he wants to go home, I'm sure I'll be able to fit it in somewhere though!  

Until next time! 

xoxo.

Easy Sunday: 25 Facts TAG

This tag isn't really beauty related so I've decided to add it to my easy sunday series :) I got the tag from over at Painted Pots, you can read her tag posts here.

Pretty picture from weheartit.com

1. I had to start it with this, I'm 19 in 17 days! Wooop! 

2. My boyfriend and I have been going out for 5 years tomorrow, that is actual madness! But fab at the same time. He's my bestfriend, I don't know what I'd do without him! 

3. My dogs are my world, I love them so much I just can't explain. They are my fur babies. 

4. Taking my driving lesssons were probably the hardest thing ever. I dreaded them, I'd get so agitated it was awful. When I changed driving instructor after my first test, they weren't so bad, and I passed on my 3rd go. Looking back now, learning to drive was probably one of the best things I've done for myself. If you are worried about learning, you really shouldn't be! Just make sure you are with an instructor you feel comfortable with. :)

5. I'm a self confessed hoarder. I especially like to keep boxes, bubble wrap and jiffy bags, which my parents often tell me that there is no use for, but then use my stash of them anyway! I also hate throwing away receipts.

6. Despite being nearly 19, I have 19 nieces and nephews, and 7 great nieces and nephews, plus one on the way. I regrettably haven't met all of the great nieces and nephews some of them live in Wales :(

7. (Related to 6) I have such a big family because my parents are a lot older than average for someone of my age (I am in the youngest in my family, and all of my brothers and sisters are from my parents' other marriages). My dad is 72 this year and my mum has just turned 61. However they don't really seem that old to me; when I was younger people always used to ask me 'was that your grandad that brought you to school?' it was quite upsetting then, but now it doesn't really bother me.

8. My first cuddly toy was a massive lion called Leo, I still have him now :)

9. I have never broken a bone.

10. I'm pretty over emotional, I cry so easily it's actually quite embarrassing  programmes on the telly, films, and seeing people cry are what set me off the most.

11.  I reallllly really really want to go to Disney Land so much, it's so annoying how expensive it is! 

12. Me and laptops do not mix, I don't know why it's not like I'm heavy handed or anything but I just slowly kill them, somehow! 

13. I'm a bit of a bookworm, at the moment I'm reading Da Vinci Code. It is such an amazing read! If you haven't read it, you must! Go go go! My favourite genre is Crime / Thriller though :).

14. I am obsessed with The Sims. I have collected so many of them through the years I've easily spent £££'s.  I can't help it though I just love it! 

15. My favourite dinner is Lasagne, especially home made, it's the bestest.

16. I procrastinate so much I actually annoy myself, I can't help it, I just put stuff off all the time, and then rush to do it after, which isn't a great thing when trying to write a blog.

17. I always say things wrong which causes people to laugh at me, but to me they sound right! People often say 'You're such a blonde' but I think I'm quite clever! My latest 'funny quote' was asking my dad; "Dad, do you think I'm a rather tall short person? Because I'm not the shortest short person, so I am quite tall then aren't I?" He just laughed at me :( but being about 5"3 I think that I am quite a tall short person! 

18. My legs are annoyingly short, I have to wear 'petite' trousers and midi-length dresses come to my ankles! It's so annoying when trying to buy clothes, petite clothing is quite often a bit more expensive too :( 

19. I have an addictive personality, I go through phases of being addicted to something then about a month later I move onto something else, I get obsessed over things just as easy too.

20. I share my mums car, which is a Vauxhall Agila. He is called Rolf (I named him :D) I love him lots even if he is a bit of an old people car, he's nice and roomy. I often sing to him when driving on my own :)

21. My favourite all time film is Neverending Story II. It is the besssst. I also love ELF, the Scary Movies, and the Toy Stories. 

22. Despite having, what I think is one of the most known names ever, people always get it wrong?! I get Marie, Maria, Marry?! It's so annoying! 

23.  My favourite author of all time is Beverly Barton. I was so sad when she died :( she was truly talented. If you ever see one of her crime books you must read them!

24. We used to keep chickens, they were ex-battery hens that got rescued. They were so beautiful once they got their feathers back and rather quite affectionate! If you have the ability to give a home to some, then you really should. Just make sure you close their coop door so the foxes don't get them! :( 

25. My blog is 3 years old this year, but I've put the most effort into it for about a year now, and so really it's only about a year old, in my mind. :) 

Max & Milo, Me & Jake at prom, and Mimi and Milo :) 

I hope you found this interesting, it was quite hard to write though! I hope you are all having a lovely Sunday.

Until next time 

xoxo.

Easy Sunday: A day in the snow!

I got inspired to do a series of easy sunday posts by Makeup Savvy. I thought it would be nice to do a post each week or two of things unrelated to beauty, whether it be baking, fashion, my week of instagram, anything! 

Today, I had a day out in the snow with my boyfriend and his friend, Oli. We had a good long walk for hours, everything looked beautiful, considering we live a stones throw from the M25/A2(Never quite sure which?!). Here are some pictures we took along the way.

The top picture of my boyfriend and I is rather funny! I took the picture just as Oli hit him in the face with a snow ball! Rather proud! Hehe.

Did you have a lot of snow where you are? If so, I hope you went out and enjoyed it! Snow makes everything look beautiful, it's my favourite weather, ever! 

Until next time,

xoxo.