Friday's Letters #22

I have not done this link up since January!!! That's 4 months ago! Where on earth does time go?!! So anyway I am linking up with the lovely Ashley from The Sweet Season!

Dear Weather, Will you let us at least have two days in a row of sunshine?!? It is May now, doesn't that mean it is nearly summer and that it should be getting a little warmer... Obviously it doesn't mean anything to you anymore!! Dear Readers, are you liking the new design?! I am absolutely loving it! It was the best thing ever for my blog! I am now sponsoring blogs too! This month I am sponsoring Robin from The Sunshine Diary (she is fab!!!) and also for the next 3 months I am sponsoring the lovely Mish from Mish Lovin' Life. So you will be able to see me there! How fun!! Dear Gossip Girl, I am currently watching series 3 after becoming addicted about a month ago after a friend recommended it to me! Oh my goodness, the crazy things that these people get up to! I am currently at the part when Chuck loses his hotel to his awful uncle and his mum runs away. Jenny has also just got a job (again) with  Eleanor, but I am sure something will go wrong there... Nobody tell me what happens next though! Dear Professor Layton, and yes I am talking about the Nintendo game (hehe!), I am just about to finish game one (The Curious Village) I played it once before with my old Nintendo DS (I now have a new one). So it has not been too hard, I have the next four games to play now, so we shall have to see how hard they get!! Hehe. Dear Instagram, I think I will try and upload a photo a day for the month of May! Fun times, come find me @jenstar_blonde its full of cats and fun!! Dear Malteaser Teaser Bars, you are yummy!

That is all!! Have a great weekend!

24 Things Before 24!

Hi girls!!

So as I turned 23 last Sunday, I want to create a list of goals for the next year! Some are big and some are just little, but still I am hopefully going to do them all!! If you want to see how I got on with my goals for last year then click here!

1. Buy our first home!! Robert and I are both still living with our parents and Robert mostly stays at my house. After 4 and a half years its about time we got our own place and I can't wait till we find one!!

2. I really want to try out some new foundations. I am very loyal when it comes to foundation, so this is definitely something I am going to change up a bit and find some new ones that give me a different look and feel! 

3. At the moment, after a friend recommended it to me, I have been watching Gossip Girl.   Obviously it was a huge tv show, but I never actually watched it once. So Since starting from the beginning, I am in love with it!! I can't wait to watch all the series and see what happens! This is the episode I have watched up to...

4. In May, Robert and I are finally going to the Warner Brother Studios to see Harry Potter Studio Tour!! I cannot wait!!

5. Robert and I are going to Silverstone at the end of June for the Formula One!! I got us tickets for Roberts Christmas, so he is very excited about it and so am I! 


6. I really need (and want) to learn how to cook. At the moment I don't cook at all and I can't wait till we get our own house and we can cook whatever we want! At the moment my mum and dad are getting a new kitchen put in, so I think it will be a good place to learn (if my mum lets me that is...)! Oh and also I cannot wait to be able to bake cakes and cookies, yummy!!

7. Moving on from number 6 I really need to try and eat more healthy foods, which will really be able to happen once I learn how to cook! I am such a fussy eater and almost have a fear of eating certain things so this will be a scary step, but I will try! Oh and looking at the photo above really does not help with the healthy eating goal, but hey ho!!

8. We are getting to take our nephew Robbie to Disneyland Paris!! Robert's sister is getting married in September and while they are on honeymoon, Robert and I get to take Robbie on an amazing adventure!! He will be so excited, as he will be three and a half by then. It is going to be all so magical to him, I can't wait to see his wee face!!

9. I have been feeling very content with life recently and I would love for this to continue and keep feeling happy!!

10. After getting loads of games for my new 3DS, I now have all 5 of the Professor Layton games (I love puzzles)! Three of them are brand new, so I want to play and complete all five of the Professor Layton games in order! I'm sure it will be easy.... I hope!

11. I really want to save money up this year, as well will need to be buying lots for when we get a house! Will definitely be doing this one and cut down with the buying of hings, not that I am too bad anyway!

12. By April next year I would love to reach 300 followers on my blog! Fingers crossed I can do this one!

13. After getting my hair cut really short in 2011 and keeping it that way for over a year, I have been really wanting to get my hair back to being long again! This quest started probably about June 2012 and it has grown quite a bit in that time!! My hair grows quite fast anyway, so its definitely getting there! I would love to have long hair again!

14. I would love to make some new friends, whether real life ones or bloggy ones,  I don't mind! Hehe!

15. As I work everyday I really need to try and make some time for myself  and relax! Don't know how I will do this, but I will try!!

16. I really want to get my clothes sorted and actually be able to see what I have in my wardrobe and drawers easily! This means a tidy up and sorting session!!

17. I need to start exercising, whether it be going back to horse riding, joining a gym or just going ot for long walks with Robert! I need to get myself fitter and in better shape!

18. I'm going to complete my new game, Pokemon White 2! I have hardly ever completed a Pokemon game, as much as I used to love playing the! This one though is going to be beaten!! And yes I love Pokemon!

19. Robert and I have not been to the cinema in 2013!! This is just completely crazy! We used to go to the cinema every two weeks!! To be honest there has not been anything so far that has caught our eye, but coming up there are loads of films so this will definitely change!! I miss the cinema!!

20. Ok I will keep this one simple.... Put a ring on it Robert!! Ok?! 

21. I really want to see my friends more and do lots of fun things with them! Its hard because everyone works and we hardly get a time when everyone is free. So this is going to change and I'm going to make loads more time for them!

22. I'm going to be sending out my Pay It Forward mail. I have got the months when I am sending it etc, still need to write the letters!

23. I want to make a scrapbook of Robert and I's memories of our holiday, I love the idea of scrapbooking, but as per usual ever have had a chance to look into it. This year I will make one!!

24. Last but not least and more likely just a dream, but I would love to go back to the USA!! Robert and I love it there and can't wait to go back!! Not sure what part, but probably Chicago! It looks like an amazing city!!

Photos (bar one) courtesy of weheartit.com!

And that is my 24 things!! So most of them are just little fun things, but hopefully I will have completed all of these by April 2014!! Wish me luck!!

Love, Jen x

Birthday Haul!

Hi girls!! 

Today I will show you the goodies I got for my Birthday!! I was so lucky getting what I got and please do not think I am trying to show off or anything, I just got some really interesting things, which means I obviously want to share them with you!!

So first up is the things that my lovely Robert got me! I would say about three years ago my Nintendo DS (the very very first one that came out!) broke, it was well loved and sadly the top half of the DS came off after a few accidental drops. I was desperate to get a new one and Robert bought me a Nintendo 3DS!! He picked the blue one, which is such a nice colour (sadly the 3DS does not come in pink!!? Why not Nintendo?!!) and he also got me the new Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask game, which is in 3D and the blue accessories pack, which comes with a case and lots of other goodies inside!

So yea this has been a bit of a distraction for me from my blog (which I spoke about here) in this past week! It is awesome though and the 3D effects are amazing!!

My lovely friends gave me a £30 Debenhams voucher, which I haven't spent yet and I can't wait to go buy some make up goodies!! Any one got any suggestions?!! They also got me a notebook and pencil from Paperchase, as one just opened in Glasgow city centre and I haven't been yet! This is a good thing though, as I have a thing for note books and would probably walk out of there with about 10!!! Haha! So lovely presents from my friends and very well though out!!

From my dad I got a £25 Nintendo card to spend on a game or two for my 3DS and he also gave me money to spend on what I liked (which you will see below). My mum bought me a pair of Dolce and Gabbana sunglasses!! Oh and I also got a big chocolate champagne bottle from Thortons, but Robert (being a chocolate fiend) could not resist it and had it opened and half eaten before I could get a photo of it! At least I did get a little bit of it!! 

Onto my sunglasses... They are gorgeous! Blue and silver speckles through the frame and the shape suits me really well! I had just got a pair of Ray Bans when I was on holiday, which I love so much, but I think it will be nice having a pair that are so different to them to switch around with! I am so ready for the sun (if it comes to Glasgow any time soon!!).

So as I said, my dad had gave me some money to go and buy some things for myself!! I picked up a new Fossil purse, I love Fossil and would love a leather bag from in thee, but I wanted to spend my money on other things too, so I picked up this lovely cobalt blue purse!! I do have another Fossil purse that I used everyday for over a year and it is still in amazing condition!! I know this one too will last me a long time! The leather is so soft too! 

The inside of my purse has all the space I need! The lining inside is cute too, I am in love! 

I also went to Game and bought myself some more games for my new 3DS! I have the first two Professor Layton games so I thought I would complete the set and buy the two I didn't have! I can't wait to get playing them! I absolutely love mind puzzles like the ones in these games!! Right now though I am preoccupied with playing Pokemon White 2, which I bought along with the guidebook! I know some of you girls out there will love Pokemon too! I used to play the older games with my Gameboy when I was younger and I do have Pokemon HeartGold for my old Nintendo DS! I have missed playing Pokemon so much! And yes I did turn 23 and not 12, but I don't care, hehe!!

So there we go! A bit of a different haul than most, I think! Let me know what you think of the sunglasses and also what you think I should buy with my Debenhams gift card... I'm obviously thinking make up here girls!!

Love, Jen x