Rachel Sarah XO

My little sister bought me these and I love them. I know it might come as a shock, but I do like things other than Disney (I know, how weird!) but I knew I was possibly going to be getting a lot of Disney stuff for Christmas so I asked her to get me the Mia Wallace Funko POP figure (Pulp Fiction is one of my favourite movies) and the Kick-Ass 3 Graphic Novel, I've read the previous 2 and the films are in my top 5 favourite movies ever. The Adventure Time colouring book was a bit of a surprise, I've been kind of into colouring a lot lately so that was a super sweet present.

I went over to my best friend, Shauna's house on the Sunday before Christmas and we exchanged presents. It was all neatly wrapped on red polka dot paper and in a gorgeous Disney Princess gift bag (yes, I'm saving that for next year.)

I didn't notice a theme until I'd opened them all up but I was very impressed. I'd spotted the Minnie mug and soft toy in the Disney store a while back but I couldn't bring myself to spend £15 at the time on a mug. But I loooove them. Thank you, Shauna! (She also got me a gorgeous blingy triangle necklace which will be in the jewellery section of this blog post, so look out for that.

The Magical Unicorn Poop shot glass and the 'How About A Nice Tall Glass Of Shut The Fuck Up' pint glass were gifts from my parents. They know me so well. And the Pinocchio DVD was from the money my grandparents gave me. I saw it in Primark, the same trip I saw the Bambi slippers on.

Oh god, do excuse this god awful photo. I couldn't get them all in frame or in focus apparently, sorry!

The Eeyore notebook and Minnie Mouse Gift Set were gifts from my auntie and uncle on my dad's side. We usually give them a rough idea of things we like and this year was 'just anything disney or makeuppy' The Eeyore notebook is just so pretty I never want to use it, it's got these cute Eeyore pictures on the corners of each page and gah I love me some Eeyore, but it's just too cute.. Hahaha. The Minnie Mouse toiletries set has a little perfume, a body lotion and a body wash (I think), the perfume smells really lovely (I haven't smelled the other ones yet, oops.) My auntie and uncle also got me the cutest necklace ever (again in the jewellery section of the blog post, look out for it) and cute little eyeshadow palette from New Look. The Anna and Olaf mug is from the Disney Store and is gift from my parents (I picked that one out also, oops)

Oooh, the popularly mentioned jewellery section. 

So, let's start with the gorgeous Ariel necklace, shall we. That was a gift from my auntie and uncle and funnily enough, I was going to buy a necklace very similar on payday but I stopped myself because I knew Christmas was soon, I absolutely adore it. The next two are gifts off my parents, the bracelet is a bit hard to see but it's an elasticated bracelet with pink blingy bits all over it, very cute. (I didn't even know about these ones!) and the last one is a present off my best friend, Shauna, she knows how much I love triangles. It's got 3 chains like 3 separate necklaces but there's a clasp connecting them all, so cute!

Okay so you see that Sleeping Beauty journal on the left? It's possibly the most perfect thing I've ever laid my eyes on. If I didn't get any other presents for Christmas, I'd be totally happy with just that. It was £12 from the Disney Store (yikes!) and it's from their Limited Edition Fairytale Collection, and it was also a gift from my parents. Thank you Mum and Dad, I love it!

The Minnie Mouse agenda on the right is a gift from my auntie and uncle on my Dad's side again, it super adorable. The whole book has a matte feel to it and you can enter your own dates on it! At the top of each page it says "Date:_____" NO MORE EMPTY PAGES. I hate that, when I get a daily journal/diary and it has set dates for each page. Like hello, maybe I don't want everybody to know I can't stick to writing in a diary? Hahaha.

These are both gifts from my parents (which I may or may not have picked out, as I said, hate surprises.) I found the Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark box set on Amazon! Unfortunately it's not the Stephen Gammell edition of the books like I thought originally but still great stories none-the-less! And of course, Red Dead Redemption for Xbox, I've wanted this game for ages now but just never got round to buying it. I haven't started it yet but it look pretty good from what I've seen (Let's Play's on YouTube are very helpful.)

These are presents from the Secret Santa we did at work. So there's a lady at work called Fatima and I call her my work mum. Ever since I started she's looked out for me and she's just so lovely. So I was her secret santa, I got her some cute earrings and an Along Came Betty gift set. And it turns out she was my secret santa also! The budget was £5 by the way. She also got me some Frozen chocolate lollies. So, the Frozen handwash, I bought this for myself at the weekend previously from Poundland and it smells so lovely so I was really pleased to get that, there's so much of it in the bottle too! She got me a more appropriate cup for work (all I drink at work is squash, and I ALWAYS smash the glasses at work, so a plastic cup works perfectly, and obviously, it has Minnie on it, so even more perfect). And then the gorgeous Disney tin with most of the Disney characters all around it, which was once filled with very yummy cookies that I may or may not have already eaten, oops!

You know your obsession is bad when everybody at work knows about it too, haha!

So these are all gifts from my parents (except the Pure Colour palette which is from my lovely auntie and uncle.)

So, I got the gorgeous Smokey Eye Palette from the Holiday Keepsakes Collection by MAC. LOOK AT THAT PACKAGING. I got a Paintpot by MAC in the shade 'Painterly' (cult classic?) I also got some Real Techniques brushes, the buffing brush I got with the core collection that I got for Christmas last year has completely fallen apart, bless it, so I got the expert face brush and the eye starter kit. I also got a MAC lipsick in 'Flat Out Fabulous'. My auntie's sister was wearing that lipstick at my auntie's wedding and it just looked gorgeous on and I've been lusting after it for ages now.

And finally, my auntie and uncle got me one of the eyeshadow palettes from New Look's new make up line, Pure Colour. I've been wanting to try these out for a while now, so now I have the perfect opportunity! The colours are lovely too.

So my 'main' present I suppose is from my auntie and uncle on my mum's side and my parents (I got this before Christmas with the money I was given by my auntie and uncle and my mum put a little bit towards it also.)

So the bag I'm using everyday for work is a Primark bag, I bought it in September, it was £10 and it's falling to bits so I desperately needed a new one. I spotted this ages ago in my local alternative/emo/goth shop when I was buying my polka dot 50's dress for the Christmas Masquerade Ball fundraiser for work. It's buy the brand, Banned, it was £30 and it's a gorgeous black faux leather bag with a big sugar skull on the front. I absolutely adore it.

I just want to say a huge thank you to anybody that bought me a present or gave me money. I'm so appreciative of everything I got and I love you all very much. :-)

I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas! Let me know what you got for Christmas in the comments below.

That's all for now,
Rachel. xo

New Look Waisted Skater Dresses

(1 - £14 2 - £14.99 3 - £14.99 4 - £14.99)

I cannot quite express my love for these dresses, I already own one of them in a different print and I loved it so much that I bought 4 more, oops. These are going to be perfect for my holiday this summer. I've noticed lots of dresses this Summer are red and blue, oooh.

Boohoo White Kimono - £20

I've been after a neutral coloured kimono to go over my printed dresses as I now have a couple of floral kimonos to go with my block coloured dresses. I was going to get a black one but I thought black wouldn't be very practical in blazing heat.

Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick in 'Coral in Gold' - £3.50

I've got such a mad obsession with coral/orange lipsticks at the moment. Orange lipsticks are definitely my summer staple, and when I google'd swatches of this lipstick I just completely fell in love with it.

Maybelline The Colossal Mascara - £7.15

This is just a repurchase, I usually alternate between this, The Falsies and Great Lash. It's one of my favourite drug store mascaras ever.

Rimmel Kate Moss Matte Lipstick in '107' - £5.49

I absolutely adore this lipstick, it's one of my favourites. This is again, another repurchase. I actually lost this lipstick and couldn't find it for a couple of months so I gave in and bought another one (two actually, oops)

Barry M Cor Balmy in 'Jam Tart' - £3.49
This lip balm is one of the best tinted lip balms I've ever tried, it's so pigmented and actually looks like a sheer red lipstick. It is kind of sticky but that doesn't really bother me considering it is tinted. It also has SPF15 protection.

River Island Oversized Straw Floppy Hat - £18
I've always been after a massive floppy hat, I just thought that I'd never wear one out in public, but since I'm going abroad this year I have the perfect excuse this time. Also the pink trim, yes!

That's all for now,
Rachel xo

Hey guys!

Well would you look at that, another haul?! Let me cut a long story short, I ended up selling my DSI XL and all of the games for it as it just sits in the corner of my room collection dust and I ended up getting £75 for it, so this is what I spent the majority of the money on.

(It would turn out I doubled up on numbers on the photo, oh dear, I do apologise!)

1. Birds Nest iPhone 4/4s Case from eBay- £0.99 (free shipping)

I've seen these sort of cases loads lately and I'm a sucker for anything pink and minimalist.

2. Coral Sleeveless Skater Dress from ASOS - £12.99 (free shipping)

I'm going on holiday to Fuerteventura in August and I've already started buying Summer clothes, oh. I'm trying my hardest to put a bit more colour in my wardrobe and I'm also trying to wear more dresses, so this happened.

3. Black and White Heart Print Skater Dress from ASOS- £14.99 (free shipping)

I bought this dress because I bought a rather 'out there' looking kimono a few weeks ago (for £5 reduced from £25 in New Look, might I add) and I wanted a subtly patterned dress with no bright colours on it so it didn't clash with the floral pattern of the kimono, I also bought this for my summer wardrobe.

4. Tartan Fleece Scarf from eBay- £4.99 (£2.50 shipping)

Bit late on the tartan bandwagon I suppose, but I really was not willing to spend more than £10 on a tartan scarf and as of yesterday all of the ones I'd seen lately ranged from £12-£18 and that's a bit overpriced for a scarf, plus it's made from fleece, so it's going to be so soft and warm.

5. Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick in 'Oxford St. Fuschia' from eBay - £2.25 (free shipping)

I don't own many light pink lipsticks and after seeing loads of swatches of this lipstick, I just fell in love with it. Plus it's not a matte lipstick, so that's good, got super chapped lips lately. :-(

6. Juno DVD from eBay- £1.20 (free shipping)

Unfortunately I bought the last DVD on the eBay listing, so the link above is the DVD listing on Amazon. I absolutely this movie, but I haven't got it in my DVD collection and I've been craving to watch it for ages but it hasn't been on TV in a while.

7. Oversized Round Sunglasses in Ombre Finish from ASOS - £10 (free shipping)

I was just browsing the sunglasses section of ASOS and omg I just fell in love with these, the weather's been pretty nice lately so I bought sunglasses, not much I can say about them really.

8. Black Faux Leather Chunky Cut Out Boots from eBay - £21.99 (£2.99 shipping)

Oh look! It's the infamous Jeffrey Campbell's Coltrane dupes! These were reduced from about £30-something so that's alright I suppose. I've been wanting a pair of these boots foreverrrr and I just can't wait for them to arrive.

9 & 10. Dumb and Dumber (£1.40) & Clerks II (£1.27) - eBay

Just movies that I adore that weren't in my movie collection so I felt the need to buy them basically.

11 & 12. Sex and The City: The Movie (£1.65) & Sex and The City 2 (£1.27) - eBay.

I've been so obsessed with the TV show lately and it's the only decent thing on TV from 12am - 5am in the morning (which seems to be my sleeping pattern lately) but I've never seen the movies so I thought now would be a good time to buy the movies.

What have you guys been buying lately? :-)

That's all for now,

Rachel. xo

Hey guys!

So last night I went on a bit of an online shopping spree, this time, I went a bit crazy on the DVD's.

There's this amazing seller on Amazon called 'zoverstocks' and they sell used DVD's on there for 1p with Amazon's standard £1.26 postage price.

Admittedly, the majority of these DVD's are ones I've owned previously and lost, like Mean Girls, or ones I've already since but don't own on DVD. (I'm trying to expand on my DVD collection.)

I also bought a few make up bits that I've been missing from my collection for quite some time.

1. Bride of Chucky: 1p (+£1.26 shipping)

Bride of Chucky has been one of my favourite films for a long long time, but I've never actually owned it on DVD, it's just always a film that if it's ever on Sky Movies, I will watch it every time. The Chucky franchise are my favourite films in general and I'm trying to get them all on DVD.

2. Mean Girls: 1p (+£1.26 shipping)

Mean Girls is everyone's favourite movie, let's be honest. I've owned it on DVD for years now but recently I lost the disc and I gave up looking, so I just bought it again and for £1.27, you can't really complain.

3. American Beauty: 1p (+£1.26 shipping)

I've never seen American Beauty before actually, but my mum's been recommending it to me for ages now, I did actually buy it for £2 from eBay a few months ago, before realising that I'd bought the Region 1 version which isn't playable on any UK bought device unless you hack your DVD player or whatever, so I bought it again, but this time I made sure it's Region 2.

4. A Bucket of Blood (1960) / House on Haunted Hill (1958) / The Ghoul (1933): 98p (+£1.26 shipping)

I absolutely adore black and white horror movies (well, I just love horror movies in general) but the awful make up and special effects just amuse me so much and I bought this purely for House on Haunted Hill, but it actually worked out more expensive to buy that by itself and then I found it in a boxset with two other black and white horror movies. I was in my element, haha! Plus, wasn't Vincent Price just gorgeous?

5. Fight Club: 1p (+£1.26 shipping)

I've only seen Fight Club a couple of time but it's basically a classic and it needs to be in my collection, so I bought it, that's all I can say really.

6. Drive (2012): 73p (+£1.26 shipping)

Drive is also one of my favourite films (I have a lot of favourites ok) and I own every other Ryan Gosling movie on DVD except for this one so I had to buy it when I saw how cheap it was.

7. Burt's Bees Pink Grapefruit Lip Balm: £2.49 (free shipping)

I've recently ran out of the Beeswax Lip Balm by Burt's Bees and it's safe to say that it's my favourite lip balm, I can never find Burts Bees lip balms in any of my local drugstores, so I resulted to ordering it online, turns out it's about £1 cheaper aswell! If I like the flavoured lip balms, I'll probably buy the mango flavoured one next.

8. Sleek Face Contour Kit in 'Light': £4.67 (free shipping)

I saw this has been reduced from £6.49 to £4.67 and I just had to buy it, I'd be eyeing up the face form kit for ages and I wasn't sure whether it was worth it, since I rarely wear blush, so when I ran out of the contour powder and highlighter, there'd be this little blush left in some huge pointless packaging, so I thought I'd buy the contour kit and the blush seperately. I'm excited to try it though.

9. Sleek Blush in 'Rose Gold': £3.23 (free shipping)

As I said in the above post about the contour kit, I bought this blush seperately as I adore the colour but I know I won't get as much use out of it as the contour kit and the packaging would be a problem if I bought the face form kit so. It's a gorgeous colour and from the reviews I've read, it's a perfect colour for pale people like myself.

Let me know any movies that you recommend, whether they're on DVD or Netflix. :-)

That's all for now,

Rachel. xo

Hi guys!

So as of late I haven't been in the best of moods so I decided, why not spend the small amount of money I've been saving for a few weeks and that's exactly what I did! Some of this stuff is definitely of an acquired taste and won't be everybody's cup of tea, but these are the types of things I like so, whatever.

1. Arctic Monkeys Tie Dye T-Shirt (link): £9.99 w/£1.99 shipping.

No, it's not an officially licensed Arctic Monkeys shirt, but I'd just been liking them so much lately and when I saw this on the 'tie dye t-shirt' search page on eBay I just had to grab it. It comes in many other colours aswell.

2. Pikachu Happy Face T-Shirt (link): £9.69 w/£2.95 shipping.

I saw this shirt and just fell in love, I was searching for logo/movie t-shirts and this one popped up and ugh JUST LOOK AT HIS LITTLE FACE. Adorable.

3. Doctor Who "University of Gallifrey: Time Lord Academy" T-Shirt (link): £9.99 w/£2 shipping.

Well, there's not much I can say about it besides LOOK HOW COOL IT IS?! I'm obsessed with Doctor Who, and I wish I would have find this last Summer before I went to the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff.

4. Disney Princess Silly Face iPhone 4/4S Case (link): £3.99.

Unfortunately I had bought the last phone case on that listing but I have linked one closest to the price of the one I have ordered, the one linked is £5.98 w/£0.98 shipping.

Well, Disney Princesses are my favourite things ever. Disney all together is my favourite thing ever, I've been eyeing up this phone case for aaages but I couldn't bring myself to do it because I have a phone case addiction basically, haha, but I did it! 

5. In The Buff Palette by W7 Make Up (link): £6.48.

So, it seems like since Christmas, every British beauty blogger has been raving about this palette and about how it's a better dupe for one of the Naked palettes than the MUA palettes are, so I went into town yesterday looking in every shop that I know sells W7 products, and there was no In The Buff Palette to be seen, I looked on normal beauty sites and it was sold out on every site, so I just went ahead and spent a couple of pounds more for one from eBay, I'm so desperate to try it, hahah.

EDIT:
Oh my gosh, I completely forgotten to mention my new 'smart' shoes. I've been after some new shoes that I can wear to a potential job or job interview and wanted them to have a bit of my general fashion sense about them, kind of edgy (god I hate that word) and grungy (hate that word too. I'm cringing so hard right now.)



Different Class Patent Shoes by Schuh (link): Reduced from £40 to £9.99.
As they are reduced, I'm not sure if they're reducing them to clear or if once all the sizes go out of stock, they'll put them back up to £40, but I absolutely adore them. I like how they have the look of creepers and loafers rolled into one.

I've been so MIA lately and I apologise for that, I promise I will do at least 3 blog posts this week, and if I don't then feel free to tweet me and have a go at me, haha! (My twitters are @anxiouschapter and @racheloverboard by the way ;o)

That's all for now,

Rachel. xo

Set contains: 5ml Moschino Pink Bouquet, 10ml Ghost Deep Night, 10ml Lipsy London, 5ml Ted Baker Sweet Treat Polly.

Long Personalised Hanging Calendar - Was £10, reduced to £3.

Again, this was bought for my sister as she wanted a Florence & The Machine calendar (which are impossible to find btw), so got her this so she can pick the photos herself and what not.

Personalised Photo 2014 Organizer - Was £10, reduced to £3.

Mum bought this for herself as she needed a diary for 2014 and she's an organized freak, hahaha.

Be Enchanted Starlight Shadows Colour Palette - Was £12, reduced to £3.60.

HOLY CRAP WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT PACKAGING OH MY GOODNESS. One pet peeve, it opens and closes like a book, no magnetic opening, nothing, so I'm going to get a piece of elastic and stick it to the back of the palette so eyeshadow doesn't get everywhere. The colours are very fairytaley.

Palette contains: 9x eyeshadows 9g, 4x lip glosses 2.8g, 3x brush applicators.

Gorjuss Pencil Case - Was £7, reduced to £2.10.

£7 FOR A PENCIL CASE?! HOW RIDICULOUS. But it is cute. Bought this for Hannah as she's been wanting something from Gorjuss for ages and this is the cheapest thing we've found, hahaha.

The total came to £28.85 and the total amount of money I saved was £67.56, yey!

Well that's it for this haul, I hope you enjoyed!
Let me know if you hit up the Boots sale and let me know what products you got!

That's all for now,

Rachel. xo

Hey guys!

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and ate lots of food and got lots of nice prezzies.
I will be putting a link to each item (or something similar) so you know where you can buy it from if you like it or whatever.

I shouldn't have to put a disclaimer on this but it looks like I'll have to. I am in no way bragging, these are all presents I received off my family and I'm appreciative of every single one of them.

Let's get to the haul!


24pc Make-up Brush Set.
I received this from my auntie Elaine and uncle Stewart. They asked me and my sister if we had any ideas for presents so we just send them the links to stuff we'd like and this was one of them. I will not be using these brushes with anything other than powder products as I found out yesterday, they soak up all of your cream/liquid products so I will probably just be using these for eyeshadow and bronzer/blusher/highlighter.

Stone Heart Plantpot.
Unfortunately I couldn't find this online, but my mum bought me this from The Range (I picked it out, haha) it was around £3.99 and she got me it to put those brushes in.


These are just a few bits from my stocking.

Haribo Starmix
I received these from my auntie Victoria and my uncle Steven. Me and Hannah may have done a swap since Hannah is madly in love with Haribo Tangfastics and I really like Starmix, haha!

Kinnerton Halloween Chocolates
In Norfolk is the huuuuge Kinnerton chocolate factory in Fakenham and next to that is a department store that sells loads of the Kinnerton chocolates super cheap, obviously the halloween ones were left over from when mum got me them but I like weird, creepy things so they're perfect! Taste good too.

Hello Kitty Plus Coin Purse
Not the exact same one as the one in the link (sorry I couldn't find the one in the photo) but again, mum bought it from the Kinnerton chocolate shop, yey! It's so cute and soft, it's like a little cushion.


Avon Orange and Ginger Shower Gel and Orange and Ginger Body Spray.
These are presents from my mum and dad and they know how much I love the scent of ginger, it's one of my favourites and I've never owned ginger scented shower gel so this should be a fun experience, haha!

Avon Cherry Blossom Shower Gel and Cherry Blossom body spray.
These are also presents from my mum and dad. (Obviously my mum picked all these out, hahaha) She knows how disappointed I was when The Body Shop discontinued their Japanese Cherry Blossom scent range and she found these on the Avon website, unfortunately these are now discontinued also :-( (hence the lack of links for this one)

Vanilla and Ginger Candle.
This was also from mum and dad and was also from The Range, I picked this candle out (seeing a ginger theme here?) although unfortunately they don't stock this on their website so no link, sorry! It was about £2.99-£3.99 I think. It just smells like Christmas in a jar, eeek.


Emily The Strange Bath and Body Gift Set with Wash Bag.
I received this from my auntie Victoria and uncle Steven, the funny thing about this gift is that on Christmas Eve I was so close to buying this from Boots as it was in the half price sale and I was like 'hm I might buy it with my Christmas money' and then when I unwrapped it on Christmas morning, I was so happy. It comes with a body lotion, bubble bath, shower gel and a gorgeous wash bag which I may use as my everyday make up bag now as my other one is getting a bit small (I own too much make up hahaha.)


Katy Perry 'Purr' Perfume: 50ml.
This is another gift that I'd sent my auntie Victoria and uncle Steven the link to and I was so pleased when I received it, it's so much prettier in person. LOOK AT THE BOTTLE, IT'S IN THE SHAPE OF A CAT. It smells gorgeous too! (The bottle isn't black, it's a really bright purple but the flash from the camera made it look black.)


I received all of the DVD's from my sister except the Lizzie McGuire Movie.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
My sister bought me this, she made me go into Tesco with her and pick a couple of DVD's out, obviously as she's only 12, she needed someone to go in with her so she could buy the DVD's that have a higher rating than 12, haha! This and Anastasia were on a 2 for £5 offer in Tesco.

Anastasia.
This DVD was my entire childhood, it was my favourite film, that and The Little Mermaid (notice the nostalgic DVD pattern? hahaha) Again, bought in Tesco on a 2 for £5 deal.

The Little Mermaid (Two Disc Special Edition)
I'm pretty sure Hannah got this from That's Entertainment but I'm not entirely sure. I'd been wanting this on DVD for aaaages, and only a few weeks ago, this was put on the Sky Disney channel so I was a bit annoyed that Hannah spent £10 on it when it's now on Sky Movies, bless her. She didn't let me watch it on Sky until I received the DVD on Christmas, aw!

The Lizzie McGuire Movie.
I received this from my auntie Victoria and uncle Steven, I asked them if they'd buy it used as the brand new version is pretty expensive for some reason, it's in basically perfect condition though! I absolutely adored this film when I was younger and I owned it on VHS but as I no longer have a VHS player, I felt like I needed the DVD version in my life, haha!


 The two Mario games came with the DSI XL console itself as a bundle offer. And all of these were from my mum and dad.

Mario Kart DS.
This game came with the DS in a bundle, was so pleased though because I absolutely adore Mario Kart for the Wii so that's fun!

Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.
I've been wanting a Zelda foreverrrr and was so pleased when I was able to find this.

New Super Mario Bros.
I'd been wanting this game for ages, my sister has it for the Wii but it's not the same as playing it on a handheld. One thing I hate about it is that if you go over your 5 lives you have to start from the very beginning of the game. :-(

Lego: Lord Of The Rings.
Lord of The Rings are some of my favourite films and them in game form sounded great at the time, whilst playing it, I noticed the graphics are awful and the storyline isn't thrilling. D:


Pokemon Nintendo DS Travel Case.
My sister bought me this lovely little travel case for my DS and my games. It's so cute, it even comes with a black and white large stylus and a Pokemon printed cleaning cloth. (Hannah didn't pay £32 for it as it says on Amazon though hahaha)

Wine Red DSI XL.
This was actually mostly bought by myself and my parents chipped in a bit but wouldn't let me have it until Christmas, haha! It's great. So glad I didn't get the 3DS, the games aren't that great yet and I can't see in 3D. :-(

Sonic Screwdriver DS Stylus.
This did actually come in a twin pack and me and Hannah split the price and I gave her one for her new 3DS XL and she gave me the other one. We're huge Doctor Who fans so it's just perfect really. :-)


Carpe Diem Journal.
I actually asked for this from my auntie Elaine and uncle Stewart, I saw that it's goal is to help you achieve goals and to give yourself goals for each day, there's also like 5 pages for writing down feelings and stuff.
I thought this might help with my anxiety.

£10 Debenhams Gift Card.
I received this from my auntie Victoria and Uncle Steven, along with £20 Christmas money which I'm so appreciative of. I've already spent the gift card along with £5 of my christmas money on a MAC lipstick in Candy Yum Yum, it was only £15 so. :-)


Fujitsu Lifebook AH512.
This was my main present this Christmas which I actually received in August a results present as I needed a laptop for when I started college in September as my other one was absolutely knackered. (and look how that turned out) I felt really bad taking a laptop off my mum and dad as I felt like I'd failed them by doing so badly and they just went 'consider it a pity present', hahaha. (Excuse the dirt, I haven't given it a proper clean since I received it.) It's specs are pretty good. 320GB hard drive and I also have a 320GB external hard drive aswell, 4GB RAM and 2.2GHZ Intel Pentium processor.

GUINEA PIGS.
No, you can't buy my guinea pigs anywhere. This is also my main present this year. I also got my guinea pigs as an early present, we saw someone advertising guinea pigs to a good home and £20 for the cage and I instantly fell in love with them, we collected them the same day in October and I've loved them ever since.

I also got £40 Christmas money and the £10 Debenhams Voucher, and I've already managed to spend all my money, haha! I'll include these in here but I'll also do a seperate haul on them.

• Sleek Vintage Romance Palette: £7.99
• Kick-Ass 2 DVD: £9.00
• Real Techniques Core Collection: £14.46
• The Knife Of Never Letting Go book: £2.81
• MUA Luxe Liquid Lipstick in Kooky: £3.00
• MAC Lipstick in 'Candy Yum Yum': £15 (+£3.99 shipping)

I'm so grateful for everything I received and I'd just like to thank my family for all the wonderful gifts!
I had a great day and I hope you all did too.

Comment below your favourite gift you got given and what your favourite part of Christmas is.

Thanks for reading,

Rachel. xo

Hey!

So I mentioned in my tag post last night that I'd be going out to town and raiding the charity shop for books. As my blog name suggests, I like books, hence the 'chapter'. I've just never really gotten round to talking about books and what not. So I took a list of books on Goodreads wishlist with me and found 4 of the books I've been wanting to read for aaaages. And then my little sister surprised me by going into Poundland by herself and finding a book for me. It was a weird experience being out of the house, admittedly I was only out for 45 minutes but I did and with no panic attacks! *yey*

The Pocket Book of Boosh - Poundland: £1.

Completely brand new book, retails for £10 in Waterstones (sorry what.) and whilst I was wondering round a charity shop, my sister went for a wander round Poundland and spotted this bad boy and bought it for me, bless her. I absolutely adore The Mighty Boosh and have recently gotten my sister into it, so yey!

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult - Sue Ryder (charity shop): £1.

So the condition of this book when you first see it is OMG IT LOOKS BRAND NEW, but the spine is slightly indented (I can get over it because the cover is still in pretty condition). It retails second hand for around £3.50, so a bargain! I absolutely adore the movie and I've been looking for this book forever.

RSVP by Helen Warner - Sue Ryder (charity shop): £1.

THIS BOOK LOOKS LIKE IT'S NEVER BEEN READ. SCORE. I've basically picked up a brand new HARDCOVER copy of this book that retails for £8.99 usually. Okay so it is a Chick-lit book but who cares? It's been on my wishlist for ages and I finally bought it!

Survivor: My Story - The Next Chapter by Sharon Osbourne - PACT (charity shop): 25p.

YES YOU DID JUST READ THAT RIGHT. 25P FOR A PRACTICALLY BRAND NEW HARDCOVER COPY OF THIS BOOK. OH I'M GETTING TO EXCITED ABOUT BOOKS AH.

It retails for about £4-£6 new so this is a bargain beyond belief. Sharon Osbourne is a goddess aswell so you know.

A Living Nightmare (#1 in Cirque Du Freak series) by Darren Shan - PACT (charity shop): 25p.

I've remember getting this book out from the library a while ago and never actually got round to reading it, it's quite a short book so it'll only take a day and a bit to read it. And for 25p you can't go wrong.

Sugar Crush Body Wash from Soap & Glory - Boots: £6.50.

I only went into town with £10 and I had money left over, so yeah, that happened. Sugar Crush is my `favourite scent ever so, I DON'T NEED TO EXPLAIN MYSELF, I HAVE A PROBLEM OK. :-(

I hope you enjoyed this haul! You may now realise my excitement over books and how much I love to read so yes.

That's all for now,

Rachel. xo

(L to R) Saw Quadrilogy (Saw, Saw II, Saw III and Saw IV), Mallrats, Let The Right One In, Let Me In, Happy Feet, American Dreamz, Aladdin, The Mighty Boosh Live, This Is England, The Shining, Tangled, Bioshock (Steel Tin Edition for Xbox 360), Bioshock 2 (Xbox 360), The Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo DS) and Lego Lord of The Rings (Nintendo DS).

Saw Quadrilogy - £6 from CEX.

I absolutely adore everything Saw, it's probably one of my most loved movie franchises. For £6 I thought this quadrilogy was an absolute steal.

Mallrats - 99p (+£1.20 for P+P) from eBay.

Jay and Silent Bob are basically my favourite characters ever. I've just adore all of the movies that they appear in and they just make the movies they're in like 50 times better. Mallrats is just hilarious and I highly recommend it.

Let The Right One In - £1.27 from eBay.

So I've been looking to get this DVD for ages but I was umming and ahhing about it for months because I wasn't sure I'd enjoy it and that's purely because of the subtitle situation (this film is in Swedish so), I haven't got round to watching it yet but I've heard good things. When I last went up to Essex to visit my friend Joe, he had LTROI and Let Me In on his DVD shelf and he told me they're both really good so why not.

Let Me In - £1.90 from eBay.

I knew as soon as I saw this film for under £2 that I was going to buy it. Chloe Moretz is one of my favourite actresses and she's in this film so there was no way I could not buy this. I'm really looking forward to watching this. This is the British-American remake of Let The Right One In so that means, Chloe Moretz and no subtitles, woo!

Happy Feet - £1 from eBay.

So I basically just bought this to replace my other version of this DVD which my sister decided to snap in half when she was in a mood with me, not cool, Hannah. Happy Feet is the cutest film ever if you're into singing and tap-dancing penguins, this is the film for you.

American Dreamz - £1 from eBay.

American Dreamz is a great film and I needed the DVD version of this film to complete my Hugh Grant collection (yes, I own every single one of his movies on DVD, don't judge.) All I'm going to say is, it's a comedy about a singing talent show and politics, if that hasn't intrigued you I don't know what will.

Aladdin (Music Masterpiece) - £5 from CEX.

Aladdin is my favourite Disney movie tied with The Little Mermaid and Tangled so when I saw this for £5 I had to grab it, which is such a great price considering it's the special edition musical masterpiece edition. I don't know what you're doing with your life if you've never seen Aladdin. I feel for you, I really do, haha.

The Mighty Boosh Live - 99p (+£1.10 P+P) from eBay.

Well, to start off with, the seller actually sent me the wrong DVD, they were meant to send me The Mighty Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour DVD but instead sent me the original 2006 live tour DVD, which I didn't mind so much considering it was only like £2, now if I'd have spent £6 on it brand new or something I probably would have complained, haha.

This Is England - £3.19 from eBay.

This Is England is up there in my favourite movies list, I've seen it on TV a few times but never got round to owning it on DVD and was rather disheartened when the day I ordered it, I look on US Netflix and it was on there. :-( So really, I probably didn't have to spend £3 on the film because I'm sure it's going to stay on Netflix for a while.

The Shining - £2.50 from CEX.

The Shining is my favourite book ever and the film version is just as good as the book, it hadn't been shown on Film4 or Sky Movies in a while and it wasn't on Netflix so I just had to buy this.

Tangled - £8 from CEX.

Okay, so kind of expensive considering it's pre-owned and you can get it on Amazon brand new for £7 but I mean I had £60 of store credit to use and I was basically desperate for this film on DVD so.

Bioshock (Steel Tin Edition for Xbox 360) - £5 from CEX.

Not a bad price considering CEX were selling the normal edition for £5 also, so why not spend the same amount on a prettier looking case, haha. This is another game that Joe had recommended to me, he's literally obsessed with anything Bioshock so I thought I'd buy Bioshock and Bioshock 2.

Bioshock 2 (For Xbox 360) - £4 from CEX.

£9 for both Bioshock games is not bad so I just had to buy them both. I can't wait to play them as I've heard so many good things about them and yey.

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (for Nintendo DS) - £12 from CEX.

Yet again, another incredibly overpriced item from CEX, I hesitated buying this because I could get it brand new for £12 elsewhere but as I said earlier, I had store credit that needed to be used up by 5th December so.

Lego Lord of The Rings (for Nintendo DS) - £10 from CEX.

I'm getting the feeling that CEX really like to overcharge people but hey ho, store credit right, haha.

Lord of The Rings are great films and a video game version in Lego form has to be good right?

That's all for my DVD and video game haul,

I hope you enjoyed it.

That's all for now,

Rachel. xo

So, this happened. 

Let's just say I probably shouldn't be allowed money.

Tresemme Luxurious Moisture Conditioner and Colour Fade Protection conditioner:

Boots - £3.89 each or 2 for £4

I was in need of some more conditioner and I usually use Tresemme conditioners anyway because they work best for my hair and their bottles are pretty big but it's usually around the £4 mark for one bottle of Tresemme conditioner so when I saw you could get two for £4 I was ecstatic, haha. The Luxurious Moisture conditioner is great if you have dry, chemically damaged hair (like mine) it really helps with keeping your hair moisturised without it looking greasy and the colour fade protection conditioner works great with dyed hair, specifically semi-permanent hair dyes, it just keeps the colour looking untouched and shiny after each wash.

Seventeen Miracle Matte Oil Free Loose Powder:

Boots - £5.49 or 3 for 2 on all make up.

I haven't actually got round to using this powder as of yet. I was just in need of some powder as I've been without it for a couple of months now and I prefer loose powder to pressed powder as pressed powder can often make my make up look cakey. Because I got a product for £8 and two other products for £5.49 one of them was going to be free so I thought why not give this a go instead of going straight for the Collection loose powder like I do every other time. I'm expecting good things from the reviews I've read though.

Seventeen Phwoarr Paint Heavy Duty Concealer:

Boots - £5.49 or 3 for 2 on all make up.

I don't want to give too much away about this product because I've already done a review of it on my blog already (take a sneaky peek here) and all I have to say is I absolutely adore this concealer.

Maybelline The Falsies Black Drama Mascara:

Boots - £7.49 or 3 for 2 on all make up.

This is by far one of my favourite mascaras. Funny how the only mascaras I will wear are Maybelline ones, haha. The original Falsies, Black Drama and the Colossal mascara are definitely my favourites. Not much I can say about this except I love it.

Vanilla & Gingerbread Glass Jar Candle:

The Range - £2.49.

This candle is basically just Christmas in a jar, it's perfect. For only £2.49 I couldn't resist it. It smells perfect and burns really nicely.

Rose Stone Plant Pot:

The Range - £3.99.

Well, I was watching Becca's - from voussontbeauetbelle - make up storage video the other day and I saw that she put her make up brushes in plant pots and I just thought that was such a good idea, I mean, plant pots are so much cheaper than actual make up brush holders, haha. It goes with the floral scheme of my bedroom aswell.

Festive Candle Holder:

The Range - £1.09.

If you saw my haul the other week where I bought two candle holders from Poundland, well, they were way too big to hold my Yankee Candle votive candles. So I found this cute little Christmas themed candle holder that's the perfect size to hold my candles.

That's all for now,

Rachel. xo

 I'll start off with this adorable Yankee Candle votive candle, so there's a privately run card and gift shop opposite the Superdrug in my town, so as I left Superdrug I noticed the rather large bookshelf filled with different shapes, sizes and scents of these lovely candles. I'd been wanting the Snowflake Cookie scent for a while but a lot of the votive candles had been sold out online when I went to buy them. (I hate how popular they are sometimes.)

For £1.80, how could I could not say yes? The votive candles are an absolute steal, get yourself a pretty votive candle holder for a couple of quid and a couple of these votive candles and you've spent about £6 on 30 hours of fragrance, two different scents and a pretty votive candle holder. Whereas if you bought one of their small jars it would cost you £8-£9 for around 30 hours of fragrance, you just get a boring glass jar with it and only one scent.


So that's a votive candle holder. Well, I initially went into Poundland to look for another candle and found this festive little thing. They had a range of colours, silver, blue and red. I went for red because it's Christmasy. So for £1 you get two of these little votive holders. I like the look of them because they look kind of vintage, and the way the glass is, it looks like there's tiny cracks in the glass (there isn't by the way, haha. I know it's from Poundland but hey.) I'm so impressed with this. I haven't had a play with it yet because I'm saving it until the week leading up to Christmas to use with my Snowflake Cookie Yankee Candle votive. I'm definitely not disappointed with this. This is by the same brand as the Mango and Papaya candle (see below.) I just hope it doesn't melt while the candle's burning or whatever, haha!

Prior to the Yankee Candle buying, I popped into Superdrug especially for this lipstick. It's the Collection limited edition Little Mix lipstick in shade 'Perrie'. Now, I adore Perrie Edwards, she's perfect and since I have purple/pink hair, I thought, why not true a purple lipstick? (Okay the picture doesn't do it justice, but on the lips it's a really pretty pink toned lilac colour.) For some people it may be a bit 'out there', but it's not too in ya' face. I struggled to find this at the Collection stand because all of the Little Mix collection was just spread about willy nilly, only complaint I have is - Sort your damn presentation skills, Superdrug. I won't go too in depth on this lipstick as there will be a full review coming soon. For £2.99, it's a great lipstick!

Noticing a theme yet? Now this find was from Poundland funnily enough, it's by the brand Coley and Gill (which honestly, I'd never heard of before.) Though I was drawn to it because of the scent, mango is one of my favourite scents. So anything mango and I'm straight to it. I was in Tesco the other week and was looking at their candle selection and I picked up one of the Jelly Belly tin candles in the mango scent, I actually smelt like puke. PUKE. Why puke? I don't know, the smell was absolutely pungent. I ended up leaving Tesco with the Jelly Belly tin candle in the scent 'Bubblegum', it actually smelled like bubble gum and it's great.

So this candle has a burning time of 20 hours. Now for a Poundland candle, I'm so impressed, you usually find candles from Poundland burn for about 8-10 hours. The frosted glass votive holder is so cute aswell, makes it look a lot more expensive than it actually is. It also came in a lavender scent and a french vanilla scent, they were both a bit strong though. For £1, I may stock up on these so I have enough to last me until next Christmas, haha!

Lastly, I went into Boots (for the pure fact that my Superdrug no longer stocks this colour, ugh.)

I bought these a month ago and they were on a 2 for £7 offer, I was disheartened to find out that that offer had ended and they were £4.50 each. As I need two boxes for my hair (I have really thick hair, it's awful) I wasn't going to leave the shop without this hair dye offer or no offer.

This in my opinion is the best semi-permanent hair dye I've tried. I've tried Directions by La Riche - washes out in like 3 washes. I've tried Manic Panic - washes out in like 4-5 washes. Where as this colour will stay in my hair for at least a month, even now my hair colour hasn't washed out but because I'm bleaching my roots on Saturday night, it'll fade the colour out so. My hair doesn't go the colour on the box because I've got purple colour build up from all the purple semi-permanent dyes I've tried. My aim is to get my hair a magenta/fuschia colour, I'm close to it! I don't think I'll ever go back to other semi-permanent dyes and I really hope Schwarzkopf don't discontinue this collection any time soon.

I hope you enjoyed this mini haul! Not bad for half an hour in town.

That's all for now,

Rachel. xo