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Tag: NaNoWriMo

  • This Week…

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    Started reading The Scorch Trails – Day #87 – Frosty start to the morning – Day #88 – Outfit for Christmas do’ number #1 – Dinner at La Margaritas – Day #89 – Day #90 – Rainy platforms – Day #91 –  Winchester Christmas market – Christmas lights – My sister’s awesome new TARDIS hat – New foundation to try out – Broken necklace *boo* – 

    Soundtrack: Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses 

    Almost there! Still feeling very festive, especially after visiting Winchester Christmas market yesterday. If you’ve never been down, it definitely worth a visit if you’re ever in the area. There’s always lovely crafted goods and treats all in little wooden stalls plus sweet treats and mulled wine. I also had the first of my Christmas do’s this week at La Margarita’s, which was pretty fancy to be honest. Other than that it’s been good to get my Christmas shopping mostly done and start wrapping up everything work-wise before Christmas. 
    I’ve got a busy week ahead before I can relax though. I’m back at Uni tomorrow for a placement catch up before a last week of pre-Christmas/end of year bits and catch ups with old friends who are home for the holidays. Woop!

    In blogging news don’t forget to enter my giveaway! It ends on Friday and I’d love to see more of you entering :) Also don’t forget to check out the latest collab post written by myself, Lucy and Kath on Blogger’s Bookshelf about our NaNoWriMo experiences, not to mention all of our reviews on there! It’s still not too late to get involved as a guest blogger on there and we’d love to see some great reviews in the New Year. Just email Blogger’s Bookshelf if you’re interested! 
    Keep on wishing…
    R.xoxo

  • This Week… | 2 week round up

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    Day #80 – Day #81 – Cafe Nero Caramelate Nom – Unpacking the decorations – Christmas Tree! – Flailing over Glee #whatsnew –  Day #82 – Day #83 – Favourite Christmas song – Day #84 – Morning sky – Day #85 – Day #86 – Elle, Cosmo & Company for £6 = nice – Spidey on my TV instead of X Factor – 

    Soundtrack: Crazy 4 U by R5 
    A two week round up edition today. I managed to get sick in the last week of November and couldn’t get much else done other than lie in bed feeling sorry for myself and re-read a favourite fanfic of mine – don’t judge. So apart from resting up, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! 
    We got our decorations out in our house and at work and I’ve even done most of my Christmas shopping already this year! It’s really about to get busy the next few weeks with Christmas parties and prep for the end of the year, can any of you believe how time has flown? 

    The most exciting news of the week has definitely been my blog’s 2nd birthday! In celebration I opened up a giveaway yesterday, so make sure you check out the post and enter. The giveaway closes on the 22nd December, so be sure to get your entries in! 

    Other than that, Blogger’s Bookshelf is still going strong, I have a review coming tomorrow actually ;), and we’re looking for guest bloggers! Message me, Erin or Blogger’s Bookshelf with a review of your favourite book or tweet us if you want to get involved. 
    I’m also writing a NaNoWriMo round up post with Lucy and some other fellow WriMo’s, again message me if you want to get involved and share your experiences. Because of the crazy busy-ness of November I only hit 20k, but am still pretty chuffed I even managed to do that!

    Keep on wishing…
    R.xoxo

  • This Week…

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    – Day #61 – Currently reading – Day #62 – Bored at the train station (story of my life) – Title for this year’s NaNoWriMo novel – Day #63 – Halloweeeeen – Doodles for my sister’s bday card – Rainbows outside my work window – Day #64 – Cakes, cakes and more cakes! – Me & the not so little sister – Nandos with my New Look girlies – Day #65 – Road trip… – …to the Harry Potter Studio Tour  – Starbucks after a long day of fangirling – Hogwarts is real – Gorgeous set design pieces unf – Ravenclaw Pride – I has a wand now! – 

    Soundtrack: Love Is Easy by McFLY

    Another hectic week, again not only placement but so much other stuff a-happening! 
    I hope everyone had a lovely spooky Halloween, I personally sat inside in the warm and stuffed my face with sweets that were meant for trick or treaters before falling asleep for about 3 hours (rockstar life me!). November only means one thing to me…NANOWRIMO! After the disaster that was Camp Nano in August, I’m doing the really clever thing and writing again for NaNoWriMo. I won last year so there’s pressure to hit the 50k again, but I’m setting a personal target of 25k that I’ll be happy to hit. Speaking off books our run of Blogger’s Bookshelf reviews are now up and running. Go ahead and check out the site/my review, we’ve got some great reviews coming up too! We’ve already had some lovely feedback from it too :)
    My littles-or-not-so-little sister is now a teenager, she had her birthday on Friday during the day so I came home to a mountain of food and cupcakes in my house before heading out to Nandos for a work friend’s leaving do’. 
    And then the big thing! I visited the The Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour yesterday, which was just amazing and so worth a visit if you’re just thinking about going. I will do a proper post about it at some point this week – I have over 100 photos to sort through =S – so keep an eye out. I got a Ravenclaw (represent!) t-shirt and scarf, to wear at LeakyCon in August next year, and a wand! Nerd much :)
    I was also mentioned in this week’s Link A La Mode, the post will come tomorrow hopefully as the IFB office was hit pretty hard by Hurricane Sandy. I have relatives on the East Coast of the USA and I know a few followers are in that area too. I just wanna send my love to all of you and hope you’re all safe!

    Keep on wishing…
    R.xoxo