The Little Things in Life

 Finally school is up (for a little bit anyway) and a week into the Easter holidays..I am pretty much bored sick.

Its not even that, just being in the same atmosphere everyday, waking up at the same time everyday, showering at the same time everyday and doing the same thing (everyday) just stresses me out. I have been revising everyday in the morning for a few hours for my mock exams but I just cant seem to concentrate.

Even my mum has notices and she just keeps telling me to CALM DOWN.

So I figures that I have to keep myself occupies and happy through the week and make those little things really count.

Drawing a mind map of 'Things I Love' really helps, I know what makes me happy (which are ideas to help me out when Im bored and well miserable :D )

So I made a list of 'Things That Have Made Me Happy This Week' :

Sunday: The sunshine, jogging in the park with my earphones on, having a baking contest with my sister (that I obviously won) and having grilled halloumi skewers for lunch and painting my nails mint green

Tuesday: WATCHING DIVERGENT with my friends (since I made them all read the book and have been excited for months!)...and then having pizza :) Wearing my new jewlery and top that I got for my birthday, getting all dressed up and having coffee in the morning #igottaslightaddiction

Thursday: Re-watching Catching Fire with my brother and sister (since its my favorite film as you might know!)

Friday: Walking to McDonald's to buy a cup O'coffee (well actually a latte) and a magazine

All week: Reading Allegiant (oh my goossh its so unexpected...)

I know this all sounds a little bit stupid but really it has been making a difference to my mood by just doing some little things for myself.

Hey anyway, WE'RE WORTH IT right?

Priyanka xx

Boots Birthday Haul!

If you are anything like me then you know how exciting going to boots can be! I mean seriously after constantly seeing bloggers and youtubers doing makeup hauls and favorites there are so many products that I seem to 'need' and have been adding up onto my wish list.

I finally convinced my mum to take me to boots because I had to get a ton of first aid things for my Duke of Edinburgh Award expedition and then treated my self to some beauty products because summer is not TOO far away and on Thursday (20th March) ITS MY BIRTHDAY!

I ended up buying:

-Maybelline Colour Tattoo in Eternal Gold

-Barry M Gelly Nail Paint in Green Berry

-Maybelline Dream Sun bronzer in Blonde

-Rimmel Stay Matte Powder

- Boots Oil Absorbing Sheets

-Max Factor Gloss Infinity in Angel Nails 

-Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

-Maybelline Baby Lips in Pink Punched (that I didn't put into the picture!)

I think that all of these things will look (and work) gorgeous during the summer months and I am so excited to try out all these products because I have heard so many good things about them!

Have you tried these before? Let me know!

Priyanka xx

Frosty Window...

This week, as I sat delighting in my beautiful pancakes and sipping on my mocha (urm, I have a BIT of a coffee obsession...) I was called upstairs by my little sister to see the window.

And wow I was shocked. Hopefully the camera has picked up the beautiful patterns that we created by the frost because I really couldnt belive something so intricate could be created naturally. I just thought it would be lovely to share because I have never seen something that I have been in awe of ...on a window.Well, I guess it was all down to Jack Frost!

Priyanka xx

Simple Sugar Free Pancakes

Recently I have trying my best to eat healthily...but that doesn't mean that I don't continuously crave chocolate and feel the need to satisfy my sweet tooth!

I found a recipe for pancakes and decided to try it out and was amazed by how simple and healthy (no sugar!) it was but how darn delicious it tastes.

Ingredients for 2 servings:
-Oats (I used 2 packs of Oats so Simple)
-1 egg
-1 Banana (chopped)
-Almond Milk...which I guesstimated (I used Alpro but any milk will do)

Toppings :
-Melted dark chocolate
-Coconut shavings

Bled the oats by itself so it resembles flour then add the banana (natural sweetener), egg and almond milk and blend it until it is a liquid pancake mixture. Cooked them like normal pancakes adding any wonderful type of toppings and then serve! Simples.

What are your favorite pancake toppings?

Priyanka xx

Valentine's Day 2014

This is basically my Valentine's Day in a nutshell... I had a beautiful Lush bubble bath (you need to do things for yourself sometimes!)  and then went out for dinner with my family in a Spanish restaurant. I have NEVER had Spanish before so some of the tastes we quite unusual but very tasty, we ended us spending a whopping £80 on food but it was all worth it! Has anyone ever told you how delicious hot, crispy churros are dipped in chocolate? Well darling im telling you now - you have got to try some!

I also spent some quality time with my date...Ben and Jerry.

What were your plans for Valentine's Day?

Taylor Swift RED Tour !! : 4th Feb 2014

As you would all know (especially if you read my last post !!) that on Tuesday 4th February 2014 at 7pm in the 02 Arena, London, England, UK, Earth, Milky Way, A Galaxy, Somewhere in this world I was at TAYLOR SWIFT RED TOUR CONCERT!!!! It was such an AMAZING night!! As well as that The Vamps were her opening act and she had invited Danny O'Donoghue from the Script to join her!!

My best friend and I are mega Swifties and we had been screaming about this for months, so when the day came you could presumably guess what screaming, annoying, fan girls we turned into! (You could ask anyone at school and they would know exactly how out day have been from beginning to end!)

After the prolonged school day had ended (what a rebel I am by going out on a school night?!) we rushed - no RAN- out of the gates and got ready for the night ahead. We did have to leave fast so that left us only some time to grab some snacks and drinks but when we arrived at Westfield Stratford Shopping Centre we had a lovely Mexican Burrito dinner and half a hot, chocolaty, crispy croissant!

Somehow, my friend's parents decided that is would be 'reasonable' to leave us alone for a while so when they had gone around the corner I whipped out my felt tips so we could write our favourite song lyrics down our arms!

 The train to the O2 Arena was packed full of Swifties wearing RED clothing and RED lipstick like Taylor (why didn't I think of that?) and it only finally started to sink in that we were actually going to see her live :O

If it wasn't obvious enough this was my first concert and it was INSANE! The Vamps, who are currently my new obsession, opened the show with some of their new songs from the debut album (that is out soon!)

We screaming for 3 hours straight and I could feel my throat straining and my ears bursting but it was ALL worth it! Taylor sang some of her songs from the RED album and some of her other famous songs, (like 'Mean') she is a real inspiration for me and some of the thing she said (that she had probably repeated and rehearsed a million times in her tours) were close to making me cry...in happiness!

The whole atmosphere was just so incredibly beautiful, like a 5 thousand little shinning lights were bringing the place to life (literally). 

When the concert had, unfortunately,  finishes (I could do all again a million times), we had to wait for a bus for nearly an hour in the pouring rain, since there was a tube strike and then make our way back home after my friend's dad had to use the lady's toilets because the men's were being cleaned !

With about 5 hours of sleep the next day it felt like having a hangover, which is weird since I have never had one but just expect it to feel like that from the movies. Living off coffee and the excitement, we let the whole world know about our evening (emphasising that whilst they were at home studying , we were with TAYLOR SWIFT AND THE VAMPS!) Surprisingly, my form tutor made the class sit and listen to me talk for 5 minutes ...yet I was not complaining !

I could not express further what a magical day I had.

Priyanka xx

TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT OUTFIT !!

So October came and after checking my email I found out that Taylor Swift Red Tour UK tickets were finally on sale (one day in advance for her fan club...yes which includes me!) With a LOT of persuading to my dearest father I got tickets!! They were a little pricy, like any concert, but I am sooo grateful I am going!! I seriously love Taylor Swift, she is my idol so I look up to her and her music is amazing! We bought 3 tickets for me, by best friend and her mum and (to prove that time flies by so quickly) the concert is on the 4th February 2014! If I've done my calculations right that's in...3 DAYS!!

Because of how sad I am, I planned my outfit last year and decided to bring it all together today to show the world.

You probably think I'm crazy (and by thinking so you would be correct), but I think shorts are the way to go since it might get hot in O2 Arena, even though its February and I live in London so its freezing. I have never been in the O2 so this is extremely exciting for me!

I am going to pair this with the classic converses since they are comfortable and go with pretty much everything!

- Levis Midi Shorts - (that I got from Macy's in LA! If you want to know all about my amazing time in LA you can read my blog post here !)
- Chuck Taylor Converses
- Calvin Klein Jeans Sunglasses- from TK MAXX

If your wondering why I would need sunglasses in a dark concert hall its because I want to embarrass my friend... personally I thought I was already embarrassing enough but go BIG or go home :)

 

 

 

 Obviously for the middle of winter I am taking my:
- Harvey and Jones Quilted Jacket 
- Infinity Scarf from Monsoon
- My sleeveless Olive and Oak top-which I got from Calgary, Canada. I love the delicate cut out designs at the bottom and the fact the peachy, pastel pink colour is so summery! 

In my Paul's Boutique Bag I am taking :
- Money (obviously I don't want to get stranded anywhere)
- Sharpies - because we decided we are going to write her lyrics down our arms to 'feel the part'
- Body Shop Lip Butter
- A ton of other things that I probably don't need but with take anyway to be on the safe side of things

WOW I AM SOO HYPED ABOUT TUESDAY!! Unfortunately, it is a school night so I will probably half asleep the next day, with no energy for about a week and no voice for about 5 days!

Have you ever been to the O2 Arena or any other concerts? Do you have any advice on what and what not to take? Let me know!

Priyanka xx