Dear Mr Costa...

To the lovely manager of Costa,

I must humbly apologise for my reaction to your 'hello' today, for as you know I went all coy, bright red and only muttered a mere squeak. I understand I made the situation more awkward by fumbling in my purse, keeping my head down, looking at the counter and most embarrassingly recoiling as I accidentally touched your hand when we both went to grab my dropped Costa card.

Now, you probably thought I had a serious coffee addiction due to my trembling hand and sweated brow, but I must insist that this is not the case. Infact, I will now take this note down a more serious route because all of this trembling and nervousness, to put it bluntly, is your fault.

You may remember me from the other day. For one, I am the girl that comes in all the time in a hideous, over-sized, unflattering uniform. But maybe more memorably it was an extremely warm day (the warmest so far) and I asked for a raspberry fondant fancy to take away after sitting in the sun trap at the back of your coffee shop. So far there is nothing out of the ordinary, except one vital point. If you remember, Mr Costa, for some reason you gave said fancy to me for free, free Mr Costa.
From this point on, I fell in love.

...The white chocolate covering like your blonde and highlighted head of hair.
...The pink decoration embossed on the cake like your tattoo sleeve.
...The raspberry core like your kind hearted centre.

When we met today, you smiled and said hello like we were old friends and again I was so happy to see you although I was not impressed at my physical reactions. So, don't get me wrong Mr Costa, I am extremely grateful for your act last week, but I must let you know that my heart did not flutter for you this afternoon, but of the memory of that fine raspberry fondant. I must also insist that I do not want you to get too down heartened for I do love you, but to be honest if you give a fat girl free cake she'll love you forever.

Kindest Regards,
Victoria

PS. See you on Thursday  - I'll have a latte.

Hi Everyone!

Here's a little post for you on a few items I recently got to try out on hot days in summer. Enjoy!

I thought I'd start with a really vital product for me. I use it all the time and it is perfect for sunburn or dry skin. It's Aloe Vera gel which you can get from Holland and Barrett and if you have sunburn just pop this on. It's really cool, feels really nice and in the morning after I used it my sunburn was so much better! 


 I also invested in some pretty nail varnishes. They are the Maybelline New York Super Stay nail varnishes, which mimic gel nails and they will hopefully last a week with no chipping, but I haven't got round to using them yet, but I seriously can't wait to feel all summery and girly.



I just included this next photo so you knew the colours, but it hasn't come out very well so I bought Pink in the Park, which is number 21 and Mint for Life, number 615




I also treated myself to another Maybelline product, which I thought would be perfect for really hot days when I might get a bit hotter and shinier, plus it's waterproof so for hot sticky days it is going to be perfect! This is in ivory and I've used it once, but it's already really grubby! Why would you have an orange-y product in white packaging?!?


Oh, yeh I completely forgot about this product, but I absolutely love it! I've used it just the once, but I know that this is going to be bought again and again. It's another Maybelline product and I swear that this was not meant to be all about them, but it's an under the eye concealer and it is so perfect. You twist the product onto the sponge at the end and then once it has come through you dab it under your eye and it blends really nicely and is just great.


So there we have it, just a few new products that I bought recently for Summer. I hope you enjoyed this post and if you have any other products that you cannot live without over the hotter days please let me know :)

Thanks for reading guys!

Victoria x

Hi Everyone!

I am going to film a room tour video today, but my battery is dead and/or my camera is broken because it didn't turn on so the battery is charged and dependent on the lighting  I may film today or tomorrow.

I'm so excited!

Right so my room is mostly this light olive green and I have cream painted oak furniture so there is this country kitchen style mix of old and new which I absolutely love. I was lucky enough to choose what furniture I wanted in my room and the colours and everything so for me its perfect!

 I had so much jewellery stuck in my drawers so I decided to grab an old canvas and display some accessories so I could easily grab something to jazz up an outfit just before I'm leaving. There was also a gap on my wall so this was perfect for filling a space.


 My sister lives in Australia and she sent me this authentic boomerang for my birthday. It's so beautiful and these quirky items in my room make it a bit more personal. I recently threw away loads of extra bits and pieces that just cluttered the space, but some of the more sentimental and odd pieces just had to stay!

This owl is from London and he is made out of rubbish :)

A beautiful handmade box I found in a charity shop of all places

 This is my favourite arty piece in my room - I bought it recently from a interior design store for a fiver in the sale! I love this steam punk circus type style and I just love it
So, there's a little glimpse into my room. Have a little glance at my YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChixhio3LTQ7kwSMbNQhPZQ) for a full room tour if you fancy seeing a bit more or grabbing a few more ideas if you are decorating your room. I'd also love to see any of your ideas so post a comment if you fancy :)

Thanks for reading guys

Victoria x

Hi Everyone!

So if you didn't know I am obsessed with Pinterest... OBSESSED! Ahem... sorry about that. But I do absolutely love it and even though I haven't tried anything that I have seen on there I thought it was about time that I did and that's why I am writing this :)

I've seen so many cool things on that pesky site that I will soon need for my room and some really tasty looking treats that will definately ruin my diet, but one thing that I saw recently is the Listerine foot spa mix.
Now I just happened to have a litre bottle of Listerine hanging around my bathroom (I bought it once, but I've now decided that it just burns my mouth and yes it does make me feel extra clean, but the pain is not worth it) so this is the first thing that I thought I'd try.

I can't remember the actually name of the pin, but the Listerine Foot Spa (which I will now refer to as the LFS) claims to make the dry skin on your feet just wipe away...


...it doesn't. But, don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed experimenting and my feet are now rather quite soft even if they are also a little blue!

 To make the mix I added equal amounts of blue Listerine (I read that this was the best, but to be honest it was just what I had), vinegar (not gonna lie we used white wine vinegar because that's what we had, but I'm not really sure what you are meant to use - also vinegar makes it smell really gross!) and warm water, but I would've preferred hot water and then just dunk your feet in for 10mins or however long you want really - we watched some rubbish TV so I think I left my tootsies in for about 20 mins and then you're done! Your feet will be a little green and smell kinda fresh but after a little scrub and a once over with a pumice stone they were silky smooth :)

 This is what the mix looks like and as you can see I just used a washing up bowl to put it all in. Oh, I also only filled it up a little way so the mix just covered my soles and about a centimeter up my foot.

... sorry about being able to see my massive dinosaur feet!

So there you have it - If you've got some random Listerine about why not give this a go?

Thanks for reading!

Victoria x

Hi Everyone!

Today my mum and I were lucky enough to be off on the hottest day of the year so far! How good is that?! So, because mum was feeling pretty rubbish and we had to go out or be really quiet because dad was in bed (he works nights, he's not just really lazy) we decided to go to the beach!

I wore my favourite maxi dress and posed in-front of onlookers... embarrassing!

These glasses are from cosmopoliton as you may know if you have seen one of my previous posts and I was so excited to wear sunglasses again after weeks and weeks and weeks of no contacts!

 These flip flops in the picture below are so comfy and I know they look all grubby on the soles and everything, but that just shows how much I love them. When you wear them though they look really quite posh and they're are a nice silvery gold colour, which goes with everything. Also, I don't know how well you can see in the picture, but there is a knot like twist just above the thong part of the shoe and this makes them that little bit more upmarket and makes them look way more expensive than they were... especially as I bought them in a sale!

My trustee go to flip flops

My maxi dress has this butterfly wing, abstract print - love!

I sat on the beach with this book, which is one of my favourite note books - yes I'm one of those stationary people (as in pencils and folders, not the really still meaning) and buying a cute notebook to put lists and ideas and doodles in makes me rather quite happy :) So, today, I wrote a load of new blog and video ideas down and even though I was quite content and chilling I was also being quite productive I think


Victoria x