ONE MONTH TIL CHRISTMAS!!

I had the most fantastic weekend :D
Chris had been teasing me all week saying he had bought me a present; so when he arrived I was ecstatic to find he had bought me a pink Christmas tree :) It all spurred from the fact that I was jealous of Sengagh, who went Christmas decoration shopping with her mum and I was complaining about feeling left out lol!

He also bought me a bunch of flowers :) They are gorgeous – he ended up getting two bunches combined to make them more special:

Smurf night was pretty good, bearing in mind it was a good change of pace and scenery. My home-made hats didn't stand up very well, but they were white and as we were blue I think it was pretty obvious that Chris and I were smurfs!
Unfortunately, very few people actually turned up and out of those who did, not many came in fancy dress. This was a real shame as the SU bar had put in so much effort trying to advertise it. Oh well :) It was fun, but we left early as it got a bit boring.


On Saturday, the university was holding a ‘Christmas Fayre’ which we went to, just to have a quick look. It was a bit rubbish, but I did finally manage to find bunting! It is awesome! 3 metres[ish] for £2.50, which is far cheaper than all the ones I have found online.


I also coerced Chris into making paper snowflakes with me for my bedroom window, to get further into the Christmas spirit :)


Over the weekend, we watched 'Jennifer's Body', 'Coraline' and 'Suckerpunch' :) I didn't realise how weird my taste in films is until I had seen them all! I jumped a few too many times at 'Jennifer's Body' [it was a scary film, okay?!] and we realised that the Other Mother in Coraline looks a little too much like Victoria Beckham for it to be a coincidence...

Suckerpunch was really good, but I did find it quite confusing [even after Chris told me the whole plot again!]

I tried to make an ‘almost’ roast dinner on Sunday night. It had the first roast potatoes since I’ve moved away to university, and I made my first ever honey-roast carrots – YUM!! I was very proud if I do say so myself ;)

I had a fantastic weekend, but I have 4 assignments due in three weeks, so going to be completely stressed during the weeks from here on. I am going home for my old babysitter's birthday party next weekend (I think she's going to be 80!) so really must focus during the daytime I  have available. I may have to unplug the internet for the next few days - just to ensure I don't get distracted!
It was amazing to just have a few days where I could just forget about everything else and relax a bit (and to have somebody happy to wash up for/with me!). Back to the real world now, then home for Christmas in 18 days :D
xx

Smurfs!

Tomorrow Chris is coming to visit me, and I am so excited! It’s ‘smurf’ night at my student union, so I have coerced him into coming to the fancy dress :) I didn't have anything to wear, so I had to buy something white :| We have a Primark in town so I had hoped that with any luck I would find something which wouldn't break the bank and would hopefully want to wear again at some point. This proved a lot more difficult than I had originally thought, as it is winter and therefore there is very little in the way of white clothing. I found a couple of dresses the right style but the wrong colour, and I found a white dress which was gorgeous. Unfortunately it was £20, and despite that being relatively reasonable, it was too nice to risk staining it with blue paint. In the end I bought an XL mens t-shirt for £2.50 from Primark, and watched this video so I should be okay, although I am a little concerned that the 'bow' that the girl in the video goes on about will just look like sleeves...
I have bought some blue paint, too - kind of had to, really, otherwise we would just be dressed in white!
I have made hats out of pillowcases, which was far easier and cheaper than I anticipated. I only bought a metre of elastic for 2 hats, though, so they're a little tight. Oh well, it's the thought that counts!!



I have even dusted and vacuum cleaned - that is how excited I am!
Eeep tomorrow!!
xx