Bristol Zoo Times

Last Saturday me and the boy went to Bristol Zoo! I've always wanted to go to the Zoo and now I finally have! I mean, I have gone when I was younger, and apparently to Bristol Zoo but I don't remember. I only remember bits and pieces from a trip to Longleat and I've been to Folly Farm in Wales but its not a zoo, it's a farm, albeit it has Giraffes though I think! We basically spent all day travelling to and from there and only about three hours in the zoo, and part of it was when we stopped to have lunch.

We just missed our train to Cardiff, and had to wait half an hour for another so I had a Costa hot chocolate, and then when we got to Bristol there was a Gay Pride festival on so all the buses were extremely late, about 40 minutes. Last time we went on a trip to explore Castles, there was a March on in Cardiff and all the buses were late then too! I think we're destined for transport to never go our way haha. When we left the zoo the buses were still late and it started raining, so we were soaked despite umbrellas and coats waiting at the bus stop, and then we just missed the train back to Cardiff so had to wait 20 minutes. Then we we finally got to Cardiff we had to change trains to Swansea and got on the wrong train heading back the way we'd just come! And then! The next train going to Swansea was going all the way to Llanelli first and then we had to change there and head back to Swansea. Oh. Em. Gee! It took us hours and hours and we were about two hours late returning back when we were meant to go to a BBQ. I don't even want to add up how long we spent travelling/or waiting for transport, it'll hurt my head. Anyway enough of the transport rant! Now onto the animals!

It was awesome! We didn't get to see everything we wanted, and skipped some animals since there were too many people around, but we did manage to see the penguins and sea lions getting fed, which was really cool, and funny. The animals all seem to know when it's feeding time, which is the same time every day. I took a cute video of the penguins all forming a line heading down a rock to show my nana who loves penguins. We saw a lot of fighting or stealing of fish during that, poor penguins. Then for the Sea lions or seals (I can't remember the difference oops) we saw them getting fed, and doing tricks. The one above was called Artex I think (Is that from The neverending story?) and he was doing all these neat little tricks, and there was a baby sea lion who kept having a temper tantrum since they were going to feed him last and kept making the funniest of nosies. He also kept close to his mother, keeping his face on her tail, even while she was 'walking', sooo cute!

We saw loads of animals, including a dog on the train. He was gorgeous, and reminds me of my dog from when I was younger, and he was a guide dog. We looked after him while the owner went to the toilet and so many people petted him as he walked past, I really wish I had a dog, I'm not allowed to have any pets, not even a hamster or fish! We saw a baby lemer being washed by his parents above, he was so tiny you can't really see him in any of the pictures I took since they were sheilding him from view. And one of the cutest animals there was a little deer, called a Pudu which was so adorable, I really want one as a pet. And Bristol Zoo even had dinosaurs roaming around! Okay, well not real dinosaurs, and they weren't roaming around but were fun the see. I took so many photos of the animals that my phone actually died even though I'd charged it up in the morning, and missed out on a lot of animals, but I still think I took about 300 photos! Yeeesh I think I have a problem haha.

All in all it was a really fun trip, and you should definitely check it out if you want to go to the Zoo. We also had two for one tickets using our student cards (there's no date on it so we can still use them!) if we showed we travelled by train, but tickets are only about £12 anyways. The next Zoo I want to go to now though is the one in London next time I'm up there. Has anyone been there before?

Giveaway winner

And the winner to my first bloggiversary giveaway is Angie! Which is kinda fitting since I awarded her along with two other bloggers a Liebster Award in my last post. I hope you enjoy it Angie I'll email you now. And thanks for everyone who entered, all six of you! I really enjoyed doing it, and want to do more, so might to a giveaway whenever I create my online shop, and if I ever get to 50 followers I probably would do one again, any excuse to do a giveaway! Hardly any of my friends have birthdays coming up and Christmas is too far away and I really like giving people presents. Is that a bit weird?

Anyways thanks everyone for reading and entering! I've just been for a Graduation meal for my brother, we went to the same place we did last year for mine, The Harvester, and I'm reminded that I should probably just get dessert since I never really like the vegetarian options. I also might be going out for a work friends leaving do, he's already had one but is properly leaving this time! But the point was I should probably get off my laptop and get ready! 

P.s I've updated my blog a bit. I was fed up of all the pink so muted it down with grey. I was actually going to go with white and aqua, but somehow matched my bloglovin' badge instead! I'm not sure on the banner, I may change it but can't find any fonts that I love just yet. And I deleted a few posts, but would like to clean up some more, but I have a hard time letting go (even of the terrible posts!).

Liebster Blog Award

Hey guess what? I've been nominated for my first ever blog award! Craaazy right? But I'm super happy, yay! Natasha over at The Tyrannosaur nominated me for it :) You should check out her blog since it has a) A cool name, b) she posts DIYs, c) pictures of pretty clothes and d) her paintings are good which make me very jealous! 

Now the Liebster Blog Award is given to your favourite blogs with less than 200 followers, which is a pretty sweet idea for us small bloggers. I'd never heard of the Liebster Blog Award until now, but I've always seen these type of awards and wished I had one, and now I do! What you have to do for is to list 11 facts about yourself, answer 11 questions and ask 11 questions which the rules below will explain in more depth. 

Rules

1. You must link back to the person who gave the award to you!

2. Post eleven things about yourself.

3. Answer the questions the person giving you the award has set for you.

4. Create 11 questions for the people to answer that you have given the award to.

5. Choose people to give the award to and link them in your post. 

6. Go to their blog and tell them

7. You can't give the award back to the blogger who gave it you you!

11 (boring) facts about me

1. I graduated uni last year and I'm still looking for jobs in schools!

2. I never watched TV when I was younger (just films) until I was about ten, so whenever people go on about well known shows from their childhood I usually don't have a clue what they are.

3. I have three brothers! They drive me crazy but I couldn't imagine having only one or two or none!

4. I've broken my left wrist three times and sprained it twice, so now I've learnt NOT to fall on it. 

5. I really want to join my local roller skating derby but I'm a bit too chicken to go just yet! Plus I'm really clumsy.

6. I work at a cinema, which means I get to see films for free!

 7. I'm super clumsy, in fact I won the award for that in work. People actually voted for me out of 30 people to win it, proudest day of my life! Joke...

8. My boyfriends moving to Portugal in September so depending on the job front here, or there, I might be moving sometime after Christmas. 

9. I'm in the process of making an etsy shop but I want to have loads of stock for it first.

10. I'm addicted to exclamation marks!!!

11. I'm a bookworm. I like to read books in one go if I can. However if I put it down more than 3 times then it actually takes me months to pick it up again.  

The Questions I have to answer

1. What was the first film you ever saw?

I can't really remember, this is probably wrong but I think it was The Land Before Time. They filled up a lot of my early childhood along with Disney.

2. Flats or heels?

Flats! I rarely wear heels, although I lust after them all the time but my feet thank me for it. Plus my boyfriends the same height as me and I don't like being taller than him!

3. Who is your fictional crush?

Oh I don't know, I tend to fall in love with characters easily! Hmm I might have to go with Peeta from The Hunger games because he is just all kinds of aww. 

4. What is your favourite pudding?

Angel delight, or chocolate mississippi mud pie.

5. What is your favourite quote?

It's hard to pick, but one I'll always remember is from when I studied King Lear in college. "It is the stars, the stars above us, govern our conditions".

6. If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Egg fried rice, with sesame seeds adding in, yum!

7. Why did you start blogging/what keeps you blogging?

I've been blogging on and off since I was about 13 on various sites so I don't really know why I just always sort of have done. However they've mainly just been online diaries, so maybe they don't count. I love reading other peoples blogs and wanted to join in I guess? What keeps me blogging this time around is the social side of it which I never really had before. 

8. Do you have a party trick or secret talent?

Not really, but I suppose this might count.  You know how some people can bend their thumbs forward to their wrists? I can do that, but I can also bend it backwards so its parallel to my arm. Apparently that's a bit weird and freaks people out. 

9. What is the most expensive item in your wardrobe?

No clue,  I usually buy my clothes from Primark, H&M, Dorothy Perkins and New Look. Oh wait, maybe my prom dress? 

10. What is the biggest bargain in your wardrobe?

I bought a dress from Debenhams for £5 but it originally cost £85. 

11. What is your favourite social networking site?

Does Instagram count? I <3 Instagram! 

Questions for you to answer!

1. What did you want to be when you grew up?

2. What item of clothing (or shoes) is at the top of your wishlist?

3. What features do you like to read on blogs? I.e Wishlists, Instagram posts, Outfit posts etc

4. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? 

5. What's your best beauty tip?

6. Where would you go on Holiday if money wasn't an issue?

7. What celebrity would you love to meet?

8. What was one of the first blogs you started to read/follow?

9. What made you start blogging?

10. Do you prefer books or films?

11. If you could have any super hero power, what would it be? And no, you can't have multi powers or the ability to use other peoples powers. 

I'm not sure how many people I have to tag, so I'll copy Natasha and tag three people. I'm tagging Samantha, Jen, and Angie. I love reading their blogs, they all have regular features I like to read and are lovely people, so check them out pretty please :)

P.S My giveaway ends at Midnight tonight so check it out if you want to enter! 

Week in Instagram

DIY shorts disaster. Watching Charlie St.Cloud. Mini sales shopping Haul. Rabbit ring.
He loves me/he loves me not necklace. Flowers from the boy. Tea Time. New pink dress.
Tried new eye make up and hair style. My view. She Said Beauty Box. The Grape and Olive tower.
Waiting for new tyres in my car. Jelly baby cocktail! My favourite aisle in B&Q. New bag.

Just a quick Instagram post, I've got work soon (I'm closing :( ) and tomorrow I should either be going to Bristol Zoo or ice skating depending on the weather, and if I remember my rail card which last time I did not! I've already posted about the DIY disasters here, and my mini sales shopping haul here, but I'm still including them in my Week in Instagram post. Do you find it hard to represent what you've actually done over the week? I think I take a lot of photos, but then sometimes I think I don't take nearly enough, or forget to. Oh well .

I actually had a nice four days off work, no holidays or anything it just worked out that way so I've spent the time relaxing and doing fun things, or things that I've needed to done. I've had a few film nights with my boyfriend (watching Charlie St.Cloud, not usually a fan of Zac Efron but wow I kinda love him in this) going for walks by the marina, beach (it rained), having cocktails etc. Or I've been practising hair and make up styles from The Beauty Department, lots of fun, been buying pretty new things, getting my tyres done finally and going to B&Q and walking down my favourite aisle, with all the lights. The weathers been mostly sucky so I've had lots of tea whilst watching Lost, and see the odd patch of sunlight occasionally. I've also seen my friends but didn't take any pictures but had a few catch up drinks, where we're all poor and buy the refillable ones from The Cockle Shell! So all in all, a nice quiet week, but I think I need next week to be a bit busier!

P.s hope you all have a lucky Friday the 13th! And don't forget to enter my giveaway, only two days left!

DIY Disasters

Oh my days I am having some problems with spray paint! I thought it would be easy, turns out its not! I bought some spray paint off ebay thinking I could do some American type shorts, plain stars and Union jack shorts but there were lots of problems. With the cans, the problem was that the second time I went to use them above, the blue ran out! That's how much I got on the shorts, it's ridiculous! I had used them on the shorts below (and a bit on paper to keep the pressure even) but that is such a stupid small amount for almost £7! Now the shorts are kinda ruined unless I find some fabric paint as dyeing them with dylon wash dye won't really work. I definitely wouldn't recommend the sprays I linked to! I know they're meant for kids but I thought I'd at least get a few goes out of them. I'm too scared to use the red in case that runs out too since I used more of that the first time. And I spent ages cutting out stars and making sure none of the spray would go where I wouldn't because of the disaster below, and it was all for nothing.

As for the pair above, that was my own fault. I used cardboard for the stars which worked perfectly, and for the stripes I just used clear tape. But my table was on a bit of a slant, and the red paint was really runny and so my stripes were aweful, and barely there and such a mess. So I decided to just spray the whole half of it red and maybe try to work it out later (I haven't touched them since though), and the red bled through to the back of the shorts since it ran so much, and that's why the first photo there was cardboard everywhere! Sigh.  They look okay from the front, but the back has a small patch and the sides over the seam. Anyway, I thought I'd share a few of my DIY disasters with DIYing shorts, as I seem to can't get these right!

I'd also like to say thanks to all my new followers, I now have 20! I know its such a small number compared to other blogs, but to me it feels like loads, so thanks for following me! :) Also, as another thanks don't forget to enter my giveaway. Only five people have entered so the odds for winning are really high! And on another note, I'm slowly catching up with blog reading and general internet life, it's taking forever! Every time I think I've nearly caught up on my blog reading, there's a whole new batch of them to read! Does anyone else have that problem?