It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Hey guys,
So my plan of posting on Sunday failed but isn't it more fun this random day since it's a surprise the next time I post (yeah I've never been that good at lying...)

Hmm what have I done since I last posted, well I said I'd show you an updated version of our Christmas tree, so here it is!

So we got our tree from Stockeld Park like we always do and in their Christmas gift shop I saw a small cherry blossom tree but they only had either bright white lights or warm yellow ones.

Me being me (obsessed with a bit of colour everywhere) wanted the multicoloured lights on it as they had one with coloured lights but on a huge tree so it was ridiculously expensive.

But of course I could rely on Amazon so I ordered a small multi coloured tree and it looks so cool!

You just attach on the flowers itself and it was only like a tenner/£15, I can't remember because I didn't actually pay for it because my parents are sympathetic as I'm living that fun student life remember..

Just thought I'd show you the cute entrance to the section of the shop which basically was the christmas lights section, I loved it way too much. I also got a cool changing colour light up snowman which I'm so obsessed with (loving life being a big kid..me being an adult noo never)

So yeah I did actually buy something from the Christmas shop. Here's a sequence of pictures as an attempt to show you how it looks when it's on (still haven't worked out/don't know if you can upload videos on here oops)

Then on Saturday I went Christmas shopping in York with my mum and we went to Betty's as a special treat since we did that last year as well. Gotta keep the very special 1 year tradition going you know (yeah it's so not a thing but hey it happened)

The food was so good, I mean it fkin better be for the price you're aka my mum was paying! I got smoked salmon with prawns and prawn marie sauce on an open sandwich and my mum and I (yeah that's right only took me to be an english undergrad to remember to not say me and my mum..) shared a Christmas rosti.

So we ended up bumping into the moaning lisa (yep I actually meant to say that) so of course I took a picture as the guy looked so funny. 

We wanted to have a full on day of Christmas shopping so after we got to Leeds we stayed a bit before we went home and we went to the German Market. I don't think I've been to it before which is so weird since I've lived here all my life! I mean it was cool and everything but just so expensive so I didn't actually buy anything, doesn't help being on a student budget (who said being a student was fun..)






The Christmas lights were all so pretty though!

I also found a nice Christmas present for my brother from York which I really hope he likes, basically it's a lamp that lights up all different colours as it reflects the coloured mosaic on it. I swear if he doesn't like it I'm just gonna keep it (sounds like a good plan b for me)

Skipping back to more of what I got in York since I didn't actually buy anything for myself in Leeds, I just ended up buying my friend's christmas presents. 

So way back in a previous blog, I must've shown you the glass snowman I got so this year I had to get another little figure from my fave glass shop, of course I chose a santa (yep it has no legs but why not) So here are both of my cute little figures:

I just wanna leave you with the cutest cats like I don't even know what to call them but just look:

I hope you all enjoy the rest of your week and I especially hope you have the best Christmas ever and just relax, oh and happy new year as well!!

Probably won't be posting on sunday as it's christmas so talk again sometime next week!

Sophie

♥♥

Back From My Hiatus!!

Hey guys!
I can't believe it's been nearly 3 months since I've last posted on here, if you genuinely care aka like 2 of you then I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to leave it this long it's just been hectic these past few months what with starting uni and that.

So this is what I wrote when I broke up for reading week which is ages ago now but thought why not include it:

Wow okay so this is weird, I have missed blogging so much it's been weird not posting every Sunday! Basically I've been having a tough time at uni like I can't believe I've been there for so long it is so unreal, the time has gone so slow but also so fast (I know that doesn't even make sense but that's what it feels like)

So that was a fail but anyway fast forward like 5 weeks and I've finished term 1 and I'm back home for Christmas for over a month!! I'm so excited and happy to be back home, wow I have missed chilling on a sofa and watching tv so much, our kitchen chairs aren't exactly the comfiest..

But hey I'm back, hope you didn't miss me too much (joke you probably clicked on this by accident..) sorry about the font, my mac is messing up, life isn't perfect okay haha




So this was before uni but I got this in Leeds in a really cute cafe called  Mrs Atha's. 

They honestly were the best tasting pancakes I've ever had, they were so good. 

Throwback to the day I started uni, yep the car was packed full.
Ugh what a tough day that was, I was an emotional wreck even before I got to York!

I definitely didn't prepare for uni but then again how can you prepare for something like that?!

So above is what my bedroom looks like, I'm actually pretty happy with the size as me and my flatmates have been on a "flat tour' comparing rooms and mine is one of the biggest which is cool.

We all have ensuits which I didn't realise how much I needed until I had one, I don't think I could cope with shared so good on anyone out there who's braving sharing a bathroom with a load of randomers!

To the right is how I've decorated my shelves with fairy lights, pretty cool right?! I mean I tried

 

I was gonna show you my cool christmas costa cup drink but I'm sure you've already seen way too many posted online so I'll save you that.

Instead, look how pretty the glittery gold and rose gold marshmallows looked, it's the toasted marshmallow hot chocolate if you're wondering, just the best thing!









Yes that is a random really cute fluffy dog I took a picture of, I can explain. So basically I joined CatSoc aka Cat Society (it's cool I swear..better than taylor swift soc..) and our first meeting we went around York on the cat trail (yep it is a real thing and no we weren't looking for real cats)

They're all statues and are randomly placed around York city centre (I won't show you them all as there are loads) and we came across a random dog and of course I took a picture!

But it was fun and I made a friend from there who I now talk too and have been out with separate from our society which is cool.

This is what I usually get for breakfast if you wanna know, I'm catered so I get breakfasts and tea made for me. I don't regret it at all, I couldn't have coped with self catered given the best thing I can make is pasta...I have that at weekends when we make our own meals so I'm still living the great student life (such an experience..)

Amazing caramel waffles I had with my friend from CatSoc!

So only recently I've done up my room as I've either been stressed with work (I didn't know how intense my course would be!) or struggling with uni life, uni's been greeeatt...


At York's christmas market which I'd recommend if you're close, to go visit, I got this amazing smelling thing (could be a bauble on a christmas tree who knows?!)

Cool Christmas Tree in York

To the left is an update on my shelves, yeah I'm that sad person who kept both my costa cups because I thought they'd look cool.

Outside the uni library which I left to take this picture, work doesn't matter when there's a pretty sunset, right?!

Bet you didn't expect to see blood when you clicked on my post, I just love to surprise people..

Tip to everyone, please don't wear flats without socks even if they're just those tiny below ankle one, I recovered aha but it hurt like a bitch

SUCCESS!! If you have snapchat you'll understand the sense of triumph I'm feeling right now, gotta love snapchat

WARNING HERE IS ME BEING A COMPLETE POSER

it's because I got new clothes and I wanted to show my friends my uncle's cool mirror as I stayed there for a few nights to see my brother on his birthday

don't worry I'm not that vain, I'd never actually post this online somewhere..oh wait (eye rolls at myself)

Here's a break from pictures of me to show you my wreath that I'm actually quite proud I made

I went to my mum's art class (I live a cool life I know..) so we both made one but I added my special touch of my obsession with hearts made out of red coloured twigs because why the fuck not?!

ALERT ALERT...MORE POSING

this is gonna look so bad but like I said before, it's because I just got a load of new clothes, online shopping is so great!

all these clothes are from boohoo

So I went to Vipers in Harrogate last Saturday and met the legend Adam Thomas from I'm A Celeb

He honestly was exactly like he was on tv (if you watched I'm a celeb then you can imagine)

Just so funny and lovely and he even danced with me and my friends so yeah had a good night out as well!

FINALLY THIS IS THE LAST PICTURE I PROMISE

Well done if you made it this far!! You're killing it

So it looks pretty bare now but since this is a random mid week post as I couldn't get my act together to post on Sunday oops I'll do another post this Sunday and update you on our decorated christmas tree!

Dunno if you can tell from the picture but as we have fancy ass Victorian high ceilings, we can have 9ft trees I love it

Hope you've been having a good few months, hang on in there if you're like me and definitely didn't have the best start to uni but keep going, we got this!!

Talk soon, byeeeee
Sophie

♥♥

Friends Fest

Hey guys!
So I was gonna title this a week until uni but then I remembered about friends fest but anyway I start uni aka York uni in exactly a week today which is just so surreal to say. I don't know it just feels very weird, especially since I won't be living with my parents 24/7.

So hmm what did I do this last week. Honestly sometimes I feel like dory (you know finding dory) my memory is so bad. I forgot to mention it last week but I went to my friend's leaving uni party which was fun. It was in this pub which seemed so random as it was in a middle of a street of houses and then we went out for a few drinks but we didn't stay too long. If you remember from last week I was still feeling wary about drinking but I did have this super nice berry cocktail in Monteys in Harrogate.

On Wednesday I went to ikea with my mum to shop for more uni stuff and I got a decent amount which is good! I got cutlery, towels and plates etc (that was a random list but obviously I got other stuff too) Also, of course we had to get some of their famous meatballs with gravy, because that is a must right?!

NOW LET'S DIVE RIGHT IN TO THE GOOD STUFF..aka I went to Friends Fest on Thursday it was amazing!! So basically if you've been living under a rock and don't know what it is well it's basically just a celebration of everything Friends related. If anyone out there doesn't know what Friends is then wow I give up, I mean just the best show to ever exist. Seriously it will never go old because there's still repeats on tv and it aired on Netflix a bit ago so a new generation now watch it, it will forever live on in our hearts (can you tell I'm obsessed..)

So I got the bus there with 2 of my friends who both share my love for it and we didn't realise how much of a walk it was to get to Harewood House in Leeds where it was held. It was really foggy that morning but it didn't last long so that was good. *PREPARE TO BE SPAMMED WITH PICTURES*

Honestly I just wanted to include this because of how cool the snapchat filter is

I love how Friends title every episode beginning with the one with

Here is where I got pictures with my friends in wedding dresses based from the funny scene where spoiler alert (joking everyone must know) Ross & Rachel drunkenly got married

go to my insta "justsoph_x" if you wanna see because all my pics are with my friends so idk

I love this

Isn't smelly cat just the best song (it should be on iTunes;)

This was in the famous Central Perk of course (not the actual one..I wish but it did look so realistic)

Above is the stage where they showed the best clips of Friends and clips of other places where Friends Fest was held. Friends Fest came to about 6/7 other places so it makes me so happy that they chose to come to Leeds (normally we always get forgotten about..) There was also this presenter who played Bamboozled (well a much simpler version) with some people from the audience. Me and my friends were sat chilling on the front row just loving life in the comfy seats!

I LOVE THIS! This is of course a reference to Janice's famous catchphrase, the way she says it is just brilliant, I try to imitate her but I just fail, I'm no Janice (genuinely heartbroken..I'm sure if she was a real person who actually spoke like that I'd hate her but in Friends I love her, so funny!)

Here's me posing with Monica's Moondance Diner sign, I liked my outfit then and you can't tell but I was wearing my friends "central perk" jumper (I was so keen) but I saw so many people also wearing friends merch so it's all good. Although it was so sunny that day I was roasting, my bottom half was fine but I got very sweaty under my jumper (I know you really wanted to hear that..sorry)

How cool is this, I loved this episode where Joey ended up getting locked in here

Joey was just the best character











Here's me chilling in Joey & Chandler's chair

My friend wanted to see if it reclined back like they did in Friends but she was scared she'd break it ha

Love how realistic the set up is

I had to make this image super large because otherwise you couldn't read what's in the cocktails if you wanted too

I just loved all the names

I would've had one but I'm a student, how am I meant to afford a £7.50 cocktail..no chance

I'm gonna be forever poor at uni, may as well get used to missing out on stuff now
















Below is me standing next to the famous door in Monica and Rachel's apartment (to the right)

But before I couldn't resist if you could see anything through the peep hole (the answer is no)

Right that's probably enough pictures of the set up but honestly it was the best day ever, I ended up getting a "Central Perk" jumper, a notebook and a set of 4 coasters oops but I've already worn the jumper and it is so comfy.

On Friday I went to see Bridget Jones' Baby with 2 of my friends in the new everyman cinema in Harrogate. Yeah it was fkin expensive but we all got student discount so that was good. The film was so good, I was surprised by how much we all laughed, highly recommend it! We all got floats which I haven't had in ages and we got sweets & chocolates from poundworld before of course.

I said bye to one of my friends who is off to uni as well which is sad and then stayed in town and got a starbucks after but nope not a pumpkin latte (shock horror I don't like them)

Today I went to Golden Acre Park which I haven't been too since I was younger, it was nice! I got a hot chocolate which was amazing mmm, quite proud of this picture also yeah this was my snapchat story I couldn't resist;)

Now I should stop rambling on, that's it anyway apart from to say that I found out I finish on the 2nd December and I only start next Sunday how crazy! My friends don't finish until at least the 20th. Sorry for how late I'm posting this, my cousins and family have been at our house until quite late as my cousin is going to Leeds Trinity Uni all the way from Northern Ireland..and I thought my friend who's going to Lincoln was far.

Good luck with you all in school/uni/work/whatever!

Sophie

♥♥