April Favourites :)

The first thing that I did when I finished my second year of uni was to catch up on all the TV shows I watch; I may also have started to re-watch some as well. This is the reason that the majority of my favourites this month are television related.

The 100 is a show that my friend Laura introduced me to.The show is an American, post-apocalyptic drama that is set 97 years after a nuclear war wiped out the majority of life on Earth. The only know survivors are surviving in twelve space stations bound together; there are around 2500 people living in this ship. Resources are becoming limited so a decision is made to send the 'criminal delinquents' down to Earth in specially designed pods to see if Earth is habitable. The teenagers arrive on Earth and set up camp only to find out all communication with the other survivors in space have been compromised and also that not all humanity was wiped out because of the nuclear war and that Grounders, Mountain Men and Reapers survived the war. This show is amazing and if you watch The Walking Dead or Under The Dome you will absolutely love this show, the characters are so unique and different but you love them all. There is gore, romance, fighting, adventure and very attractive people, what more do you want in a show?

Okay so a huge volume of the population watch Coronation Street I know and I used to be one of those people until about a year ago when I stopped watching. Recently I started watching again because of leaked rumors of potential storylines and they sounded intense; from 13 years olds giving birth to old characters returning. I do have about a month of episodes lift to catch up with but because I have finished uni, I have a lot more time on my hands to spend relaxing and watching even more tv!

Desperate Housewives is another show that my friend Laura introduced me to a couple of years back and I became completely hooked on the show; watching all eight seasons in six weeks. Recently I managed to convince my mum (finally) how great a show it really was and how I thought she would really like it. She agreed to watch as long as I watched it with her. We have watched two and a half seasons in just over three weeks and I even think she has watched a few more episodes without me because she loves all the characters and storylines that much! I have definitely become re-addicted to Desperate Housewives.

My friend Laura is going to absolutely love this blog post since two of her favourite things ever have been mentioned; Desperate Housewives and now Harry Potter. I have all the Harry Potter books in their original, hardback cover printing but have only read the first four and a half books out of seven. I have been avoiding the last film for two years now until I read the last book. I have even managed to avoid all spoilers! This month I decided to re-read all the books and finally finish the entire series. I have read the first three books this month and I forgot how much I loved the series. Reading the books takes me back to my childhood when I first read the books. I will definitely finish the series once and for all this time.

I have two more April Favourites, including a pair of Jeans and an App. First I will talk about the jeans. I have never and probably will never pay full price for a pair of Topshop jeans because of how expensive they are but this month I managed to get a pair of acid wash leigh jeans for under £10 and I have been wearing them constantly. They have become my new staple, go to jeans. They are so incredibly soft and don't feel like denim at all, they look great with all styles and I definitely understand the huge popularity with the Topshop jeans. 

Vinted is an App similar to eBay and Amazon in the concept that you buy and sell items via the app, except Vinted is purely for clothing and jewellery. I absolutely love this App and have not only been able to sell a few items of my clothing, but also find some incredible bargains for myself. I would recommend this App to anybody and everybody that has too many clothes (which is most girls) because you can sell the unloved clothes from your wardrobe and find some great bargains as well.

I hope you liked reading my April Favourites and that I have possibly interested you in watching The 100 or Desperate Housewives if you have never seen them before because you will definitely have no regrets. I have lot's and lot's of blog post ideas and maybe even a video, so keep an eye out, thanks xxx

Easter Goodies & Lent Update :)

My family isn't religious, so for us, Easter is just a time to spend together and have fun. I am allergic to chocolate so over the last three years my mum has given me some sweets instead, however, this year she decided to do something different.

As kids get older, the anticipation and excitement of Easter fades. When I was younger, my brother and I could barely sleep the night before, knowing that in the morning there would be Easter eggs and an Easter egg hunt waiting for us. We would spend the day visiting family and friends ending the day with a takeaway dinner and watching a movie together. Since my brother turned about fourteen or fifteen (he is seventeen now) we have barely done any of the Easter activities we used too. This year my dad was working away and it would literally have been a case of wake up, see what goodies we where given and get on with our day. I didn't want that to happen this year. I went out and bought my mum a necklace and a giant Ferrero Rocher - as a change from the normal Easter egg - because she never really expects anything special for Easter. On Easter morning I came downstairs to the goodies shown above. My mum had definitely surprised me with Golden Cinnamon & Cherry Pop Tarts, a selection of the cutest, most adorable lollies ever, Haribo gummy sweets, heels from New Look and the outfit consisting of a pair of orange, brown and cream patterned, flowy, chiffon shorts and a cream crop top with subtle floral detailing, both from H&M. When my mum first told me that this Easter she was going to do something different, I told her not to spend much money, as it was only Easter. She has gotten good a the bargain finding because the shoes where £7 and the shorts and top where £5 each. I am very grateful for the gifts my mum purchased and I'm sure she liked the ones I picked for her because the Ferrero Rocher was demolished within a few days and she has worn the necklace on many occasions since. My brother didn't want to do anything the rest of the day so he stayed home whilst a lemon tea and minestrone soup was enjoyed by me and mum at a local cafe. 

I know some people don't understand why I participate in Lent if I am not religious in anyway and I don't mean to offend anybody as I just do it as a personal challenge. The past few years I have found the challenge easy despite giving up a substantial amount of things. This year I decided to give up bread in addition to other items. I have done a previous blog post explaining all about my challenge so if you want to know a little more you should read it. I would love to say that I found this years Lent a challenge, however, I did not. I found it pretty easy which might be surprising to some but I guess everybody is different. Maybe next year I will find something that will challenge me.

Thanks for reading about my Easter and how I got on with my Lent challenge. As I have said before, I am finished university until September now so I can and will be dedicating a lot more time to blogging so please follow my blog xxx