Swallowfield Show

So today me, Hen, Heather and Bruno took a road trip to Swallowfield Show. This is a show I go to every year and has a horse show and dog show as well as other attractions. I went with no interest in entering the dog show as Bruno is 12 now and the last show I took him too he seemed a little nervous and didn't want to be there in the large crowds etc. So I took him along just so he could see if he liked the environment and too my surprise he didn't act nervous at all! So I did it, I entered him in the dog show having said no more dog shows for him. AND WE WON! Oh yes not only did we win the best veteran category (getting him a lovely rossett) but we went on to win best in show veteran getting another rossett and a rose plant haha. He has never won a best in show title before and so I am the most proud dog owner in the world. I think he is amazing for his age and it's just fabulous to see other people agree with me. Need to keep and eye on the website to see the photos that they took of us today, so excited. Anyway here it is, the photo of me and Bruno with our winnings.

RIP Iphone

Haven't blogged in a little while.

This post is dedicated to my old Iphone 4S who sadly went missing in the early hours of last Saturday morning. Ok, so it was in fact 100% my fault that I lost my beloved Iphone as I went out to Reading with some of my friends to say goodbye to a friend who is going abroad to study medicine at university. I managed to keep hold of my phone the whole night including in the taxi, yet somehow when it came to getting out of the taxi it seems it remained inside the car while I left. I then proceeded to go to bed and not realise the precious phone was missing until the next morning when all hell broke loose when I realised it was missing. Called O2, got my sim blocked, called police, got phone reported stolen (now the phone is practicaly useless so why would anyone want it?), called taxi company, got my taxi driver to call me back and after hours of hoping he was going to tell me he did in fact have my phone his response was 'darling you had the phone in your hand when you got out of the car'. NO I DIDN'T! If I had it in my hand then it would be in my house, it is not in my house so either Mr 'nice' taxi man was lying to me or he genuinely thought I had it in my hand and the people that got in the taxi after me found it and stole it! Either way I am not a happy bunny. Why wouldn't you hand it in if you found it? I loved that phone so much, so anyway RIP Iphone 4S and hello silly 3GS. Long story short I had to cope with my mums old Nokia phone for about 2 days (so old it had snake on it) until I came home to find she has bought an Iphone 3GS from a car boot sale for me to borrow until I can afford a new 4 (probably wont be able to get a 4S as they are too expensive but I didn't really use siri anyway) so at least I do have an Iphone again now but it just isn't the same as my old one which I am still living in hope will be found again (wishful thinking).

Moral of this story: 1.Don't get too drunk that you forget to pick up your phone
                              2. Don't take an expensive phone on a night out
     
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Profile Picture

So, changed my profile picture to the one I have also posted below. Took it the other day and rather like it (which is a very rare occurrence). It was taken by me on my iphone on my day off, so I had had a fair amount of time to sort my makeup and things out and obviously you can see it has been edited but I like it :) I know it's not pretty but it's one of the best photos I have of me so you don't need to tell me that I am not pretty or a model haha I know!

I haven't done too much recently apart from work (I am aware my blogs seem to be a bit boring atm as all I seem to do is go to work) but I am planning on cutting down to only 4 days a week and only have about 3 weeks left until I leave anyway so hopefully I will start having a few more interesting things to say then :)

Anyway, I have work at 10am tomorrow so going to bed now as I am super tired but don't forget if you are reading these don't be afraid to comment and/or follow me, the more the merrier and will always reply to any comments. Night bloggers

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Diet rant

I have never been one of those girls that feels they are beautiful. I have always been the 'chubby' one and even recently now that I have lost a fair amount of weight I am still not happy of confident in how I look at all. My friends, family and boyfriend all say that I am not fat and everything but however much they say it I just can't understand it. This is probably quite a depressed post but it's something I know a lot of girls out there will relate to. I know I am a very healthy weight for my height and am at the weight I always hoped I would get down to but now I am here I still want to lose another half stone and it just wont come off. I have cut out most junk food (with the exception of the odd treat) and go to the gym as many days as I can. I have a job that involves me being on the move all the time yet I just can't shift this last half stone and it's making me really self conscious. I suppose this post doesn't have much of a point other than to let other girls like me know that it's not just you, and I am still trying to get the body I want and will blog every so often with updates on how I am doing. Also, recently I have started to wonder if it's not actually the fact that I can't lose weight that's making me so self concious but I have started looking into Body Dismorphic Disorder and think I may have a mild case of it, I don't see how people can not think I am fat when all I see in the mirror is flubber, its hard to think that maybe when I look in the mirror what I see isn't actually what I look like. End of rant

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E.L.F make-up shop

So recently on a friend of mines blog I read about the website E.L.F and decided to take a look for myself. When I went on I was super excited at how cheap everything is, most make-up brushes are like £1.50 and things like that so I decided to get myself a few products to try out. First I got the clear lash/eyebrow mascara (haven't actually tried any of this yet so will blog again to let you know how it goes, second I got the eyebrow pencil and then eyebrow stencils (just too see what they are like but after having a look tbh I don't think I really like them but they were only £1.50 so it doesn't really matter). Then I got my 2 make-up brushes, a foundation brush and then a blusher brush. All of these things including postage came to just under £20 which I think is pretty good.

Will do another blog at some point once I have tried everything out to let you know how it goes. Other than this not much else to report, went bowling with mum, her bf and his son tonight then had KFC but that's all I have done today other than work of course.

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The Dark Knight Rises

So, on Sunday evening Nick and I went to the cinema to see the new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises. As I have never really been a Batman fan I decided I should do some catching up so on Friday and Saturday evening I watched the first and second of the films so I was all ready to watch the new one on Sunday. The first film I watched and didn't really find that amazing but then I watched the second and loved it so was really excited to see the new one which really didn't disappoint. Apart from the fact that it is a very long film it was soooo good and loved it I would defiantly recommend it to anyone that hasn't seen it yet but if I was you I would watch the first 2 first, I know it's a drag but the new one makes a lot more sense if you know the background.

Apart from the cinema I haven't really done that much, just working a lot and going to the gym so don't have anything else to post for now but will once I do :)

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Shopping Spree

So today I went with one of my best friends Heather shopping and in a bit I will tell you what I bought. But first I wanted to post a quick bit about my new perfume and the inspiration for my blog title.  So I was bought this as a present by my boyfriend and the first thing I noticed about it was the packaging. From the outside this perfume looks as if it is going to be quite a sickly sweet smelling one but as I am quite girly the packaging did appeal to me. Once I opened the packaging the bottle was far more appropriate to the market it is aimed at as it is not a cheap perfume by far at £45 for a 50ml bottle. As you can see the bottle itself is a dark purple heart shape, covered in sequin type things, these can be fairly annoying as they do tend to fall off and end up all over your hands. The lid is silver and in the shape of a crown with a silver ring with pink stones in under (this can be removed and worn as an actual ring). The smell of the perfume itself is really nice in my opinion. It isn't particularly sweet causing it to be a slightly more grown up smell (not for young girls more the older teen/adult). I really love mine and would recommend it to anyone wanting a good perfume. 

Vera Wang, Princess Night 50ml bottle

So, now onto my shopping. It wasn't as productive as I hoped and didn't find any clothes that I liked, but still found myself some treats to buy, so here they are.

First I found some Ugg style slippers that you can see on the left, I tried them on and just had to have them, they are so soft and snuggley and at only £6 were a real must I felt. Next I got my bag, its a largish bag in a sort of creamy/beige colour with a scarf round the handle. Not only did I think this was a cute bag so decided to get it but I need a slightly bigger bag to carry my books at uni (I know that I will buy another before then but good excuse) and it was only £12 so hardly going to break the bank. My third item is my pair of union jack knickers. As it is London 2012 at the moment I thought these were also a must so I can show my support! That's all I got today but when I came home I did some online shopping and have bought some new make up brushes etc so just got to wait for them to arrive now.

Apart from shopping today I haven't done terribly much but am planning on going to the gym in a little bit then I am back to work again tomorrow.

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New start

I have decided to start this new blog because my old one was just so full up with random blogs going back 2/3 years with me talking about stupid things that are no longer relevant so I decided to start again and this time I am giving myself blog rules;

1.No indirect blogging about people/friends (even if they have done something that has really got me angry)
2.No stupid use of initials when talking about people
3.Blogs must have a point not just random thoughts of mine relating to my current mood swing

Now for my goals;
1.Blog as often as possible so blogs don't become super long when I do eventually write them
2.Get 20 followers

If any of my friends have found this, then I should probably explain the name for you. Nick (the boyfriend) came back from holiday 2 days ago and brought me back a bottle of Vera Wang perfume called Princess Night, as I was naming the blog this is the first thing I looked at and so here it is.

For anyone who has found this and doesn't know me, I'm Alex, I'm 19 and live in Berkshire, England. I go to Oxford Brookes University and will be starting my second year in September studying Equine Science. I have a dog named Bruno, he's a Bearded Collie X and 12 years old. I like horse riding (but haven't done much in the past year due to having other things to do that are more important) and currently have a summer job in a restaurant at Legoland Windsor. My favourite colour is pink and I'm quite a typical girl and love seeing my friends etc.  I have a boyfriend called Nick and we have been going out for 8 months now and I still live at home with my mum and Bruno (when I'm not at uni) and see my dad as often as I can but he lives about an hour away. Think that's all the important things that I need to tell you as they are things I will be blogging about.

Will do my first proper blog soon as this was more just an introduction.

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