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Showing posts with label presents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label presents. Show all posts

Friday, December 28, 2012

Christmas 2O12 & a Happy New Year...

Well Christmas 2O12 for me was marvellous ~ here I am going to show you a few of my favourite decorations, my Christmas pressies and a few things I bought myself in the sales...


Tree & Decorations!!!

~ our lovely Christmas tree...


Christmas Pressies!!!
(I was such a spoilt girly!!!)
(the best wrapping paper in the world!!!)
(Penguin themed presents too!!!








Sale Bargains!!!
...snuggly jumper from Quiz (not the best picture sorry!!!)
...tartan slipper booties from Edinburgh Woollen Mill :0)
...beautiful lacy sparkly shoes from Quiz
...spiral bracelet from Edinburgh Woollen Mill
...500GB external hard drive from Argos (in red!)
...The Borgias Season 2 from Sainsbury's

I just got some of the bits that I asked my Mum & Dad to get me for Christmas and didn't get in the end! However I was so lucky for Christmas and got far more than I ever thought I would!!! :0) I enjoyed treating myself a bit in the sales, but there wasn't anything I particularly "needed" this year...was there anything that you bought in the sales and thought you got a proper bargain??? (feel free to comment below and let me know!) 

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year if I don't post again before the New Year :0)
Thanks for reading my blog this year (if you have done so!) I shall hopefully be blogging more about different things in 2O13!!! Please stick with me and continue to read my blog posts...
Best wishes to you all and I hope 2O13 is everything you want it to be...
xXx

Sunday, December 09, 2012

Penguin Gloves and an Avon Argan Oil Review...

Well here's a picture to make you smile first of all...
Don't you just adore my penguin mittens ;0)...they are just a small part of my penguin obsession *note the penguin iPhone case too*

Now I am going to review something (which I don't usually do...but I have found a mixture of things which help my hair to not look so 'fluffy' and I'm so impressed that I must share this fact with you all!!!)

I use the Argan Oil Shampoo and Argan Oil Conditioner (both also from Avon) too religiously every time I wash my hair...

I have quite thick and 'fluffy' hair, which is very prone to reacting to humidity/dampness...I started using this stuff after coming back from the hairdressers one time and wondering how they managed to get my hair so silky and soft (something that I could not replicate)...I saw Argan Oil products advertised while flicking through the Avon catalogue and thought "oh I'll give that a go"...

I've never looked back!!! I order more Shampoo and Conditioner each time the Avon catalogue pops through my door. I am stock piling in case Avon decide to stop making this product (they have a tendency to withdraw products sometimes just as you're used to them/love them!)...my hair looks beautiful, silky soft and doesn't ever go frizzy due to the rain/humidity now :0) I feel that because I am using 3 compatible products that they work extra well because they are working together...even when my hair is needing a wash (I can go about a week between washes as my hair is not greasy at all) it still feels soft and silky!!! 

If you have an Avon rep near you then give these products a try if you suffer from fly away, dry, frizzy hair :0) I can almost guarantee you'll love them and never use anything else!!! They smell great too ~ my Mum always says that upstairs in my room after I've washed my hair it smells like a hairdressers ;0) 

So yes...that's my blog for this weekend...no soup has been made as I forgot to put my broth mix in to soak so I shall make soup tomorrow night...plus I am craving a sandwich tomorrow I think so I shall give into my bread craving just this once!!!

I hope that you've had a lovely weekend ~ they go way too quick don't they??? I need someone to give me a kick up the bum to get going with my Patchwork Santa again as I am working on the final little bit but it is a part of his coat that is almost the same colour as my fabric so I'm not motivated in the slightest...I think now that my Christmas cards are written, majority of Christmas presents wrapped and I am quite organised in regards to Christmas that I can relax of an evening now and crack on with Patchwork...wish me luck!!!


xXx

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Baby Blanket All Knitted Up & Sewn Together...

Yay...
All knitted up and sewn together...now for a crochet border which I am getting on with today with a bit of help from my Mum. Then we will back the main knitted bulk of the blanket with a fleecy material (it was an old bed sheet which now has a couple of holes - being thrifty & re-using what we've got laying around) and we'll be good to send it to my cousin!!!


I hope you like my blanket now it's all stitched together. Its been a real labour of love and I've enjoyed every moment of my project which is a bit different from the norm that I do!!!
xXx

Sunday, August 02, 2009

Long long time no post...

It has been ages since I have posted. Lots has gone on since then. I have stitched quite a bit more on my HAED Moon Glow, completed a free kit, made a few decoupage cards and stitched Winnie the Pooh for a baby sampler!

I am out of work at the moment due to my previous area manager not treating me as well as I think I could've been treated. She preferred my supervisor in my eyes and my supervisor got extra training days and went to stock takes etc that I did not even get invited to or consulted about. Things would be organised without me being considered and I would not find out about things until the day - for example I would expect to be working the day with my supervisor and I'd get in to find another one of my staff members there to work etc...ALSO I was put through meetings up to a disciplinary hearing about cash handling and banking (of which I did nothing wrong) I appealed against this and got the outcome (which was a verbal warning) overturned. So I left there on June the 5th and have been applying to various jobs since then with NO luck.I am hoping that this situation changes asap!!! Although in the mean time I have been doing odd bits of craft work (as detailed above...) please see pictures below - I hope you like them...
HAED progress 2/08/09:



Winnie the Pooh Birth Sampler:
(the coloured pen lines are washable ink!)


Crazy Flowers Free Kit:


Decoupage Cards:

Forever Friends...
For Kirsty...
Tatty Teddy...
For Niina...
Close Up...

That's all...
xXx