Happy belated Christmas and goodbye 2013

So Christmas is nearly over it is New Years Eve now!..... I say nearly as I personally make Christmas between the 24th to the 31st so only 2 hours left!! I did rather have an enjoyable christmas though.

I will start with my nails. Every year throughout December I painted my nails with red barry m glitter. I didn't fail this year a per usual, however I got a little creative and with thanks to onenailtorulethemall I painted them with Santas which I think looked damn good and they were exceptionally easy to do, hence why I did them on two nails on each hand rather than 1. 

I got rather a lot of compliments and people shocked that i had painted them myself which was nice 

Sunday me and Matt had dinner with Luke and Ruxandra and I got some lovely hair products.

I  had to work Monday as I started my new job (I will make a whole new posted on that but for now I wish not to bring down my Christmas festivities) 

Then I had the 24th to the 2nd of Jan off wooo!! 

Christmas eve was spent being lazy and sorting some bits out. I watched a LOT of Walking Dead. In actual fact that is what got me through my first week at my new job, coming home and watching lots of Walking Dead being curled up in bed with Matt :)

And then Christmas day came around and Matt's mum was away so I got up rather early (6:45am i'm still like a child Christmas morning) and we opened our presents. I was soo pleased with what he got me, they were complete surprises and really lovely and thoughtful too! I was really really chuffed!

Then I headed over to my Mum and Dad's and I opened the rest of my gifts with everyone at home as I do every year :D

Me and my sister got matching blankets and thus a picture of us wrapped up in them!

I got some really nice surprises and also I asked for some lovely gifts too!

Matt got me: Ice watch, Fat Rabbit Farm book, Chocolate Pizza, WALL-E figure and Gunther figure.

I also got a headband, scarf and glove set, tartan skirt, cat bugler t-shirt, tartan dress, dr who toy, fox bag, mustache blanket, nail polishes, Penguin PJ's, Loki Figure, Purse, I pad case, shoes, travel mug lots of socks!! The list is really rather HUGE this year! 

Then after present opening we had a nap and headed over to my Grandma's where we ate like kings and Christmas dinner was DELICIOUS!

The Heath family went up in their full Christmas get up! I wore my Christmas jumper that sang songs over my new dress!

I felt rather festive!

With our bellies full and catching up with family me and Matt headed home where we started our rather large Doctor Who marathon which is still going on! (nearly done and alas we missed the xmas special because we weren't up to date!)

The boxing day we had another rather lazy day and we went out for dinner with Matt's Dad and Julie which I really enjoyed!

And when we got back i played with the hair chalk Ruxandra had got me! I think it looks damn awesome and washes out in pretty much one wash!

I will be getting some more colours in the future for sure! I think I will try a purple!

So in between we have been quite lazy really. We popped shopping on Friday, more to get out the house than anything. To be honest i've lost my joy for shopping which is good because I really need to save money. But I did get this bag in the sale £45 reduced to £32.

I've had my eye on it for a while now and I needed a new work bag!

I've also been naughty and ordered some bits on ASOS, although i think some will have to go back as I can't afford them all!

So it's New Years eve now and me and Matt just ate too much Chinese food and watched some Walking Dead!  Now will wait to bring the New Year in together and enjoy our last final day off together.

I hope anyone reading this had a lovely Christmas and I wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

2 Days 45 minutes

So there are only 2 days and 45 minutes left at WDR for me. Then Friday will be my first day at my new job! I am nervous and it doesn’t even feel real at the moment!

I have a few things. In this post but I will start with my weekend. Gutted it’s over and went past at around 200mph. Usually when you have a full pack in weekend it goes to quickly and you are left at the end of it on Sunday evening tucking yourself up into bed going, HUH? Where did the weekend go, and that is exactly what happened.

I picked Matt up as usual on Friday and we headed home, I had a couple of bits and pieces to do like hanging up washing etc, then we packed our bags and headed off in the car to Nottingham. I planned o leaving at 7 to be there by 10pm, but in a Matt and Toria style we left around 7:30pm. We stopped off for mccy d’s to try the festive menu, didn’t rate it much but LOVED the festive pie been waiting 2 years for them to bring that back! It was a long drive and was a bit much after being so tired all day and being at work but it was worth it!

I got to spend the whole weekend with my best friend who I never really see anymore :(

Her wife Sammi has to work a lot of the weekend which sucked balls, but we got to go for dinner with her and spend some time with her on Saturday afternoon and evening! Plus it meant Matt and Sammi didn’t get dragged through Primark! We were in there for a very long time I got a lovely scarf and a new jumper that was in the sale. I didn’t realise at the time and when I got to the front to pay it was a nice surprise. I will have to put up some pictures it’s a lovely jumper, purple with gold thread running through it!

So Saturday we got up had breakfast went into the town centre and did a bit of shopping. I would of liked to look round more but it was unbearably busy so we didn’t do too many shops. Then we stopped off for a drink and that’s where we meet up with Sammi and then we did Primark and then New look (got a lovely leather look skirt for £10) and then headed to Annie’s burger shack.

Annie’s burger shack is pretty cool we went there for Laura’s hen do. I didn’t rate it that highly last time and I think that’s cause I played it safe with a bacon and cheese burger, this time I got something different and adventurous, and although it burnt my face off it was delicious! I am getting better with hot spicy food :D

Then we stopped off at the orange tree and had a cocktail which was a delicious as I remember from laura’s hen do and then headed home where we watched the first ep of The Walking Dead which was really good! I wanted to watch more. Sunday much to my dismay Sammi had to go to work by midday so me Laura and Matt headed off to a pub and had REALLY CHEAP REALLY YUMMY lunch! And then it was time to leave :(

I really enjoyed spending the weekend with Laura, although it reminds me how much I miss her. I don’t have many loyal close friends in my life so it sucks balls that her and Sammi live so damn far away! She is down on Monday so fingers crossed we might be able to go for a drink but if not it might not be until March again as I need to talk her into going to get a photo with the cast from Red Dwarf. 

The next thing I guess is illustration wise. I have finished my avatar illustration, created a new snowflake wallpaper and updated my cover page on my website, blog and facebook page for Me Toria Designs.

So I have been more productive on the design side, and it’s given me some motivation so get 2-3 Christmas ones done this weekend!

So I am pretty pleased with those. I hope to update next week with more designs done and exciting news on my new job! :D

Wednesday Blues!

So I have discovered blog lovin! Its great I can add all my favourite blogs in one place! I’m sure people may be going PFFT get with the times Toria!!!

So I am stuck at work again and I am really struggling at the moment. I am doing a project that I really really hate doing and then when mixed with the fact that it will be a week tomorrow until I leave makes it even harder to pull my finger out my ass and do what I have to do. I am also falling asleep today.

We went to gym again yesterday; we had a meeting with the trainer who set us up last week! He seemed exceptionally pleased with what I’ve done so far, which gave me a massive confidence boost, which in turn got me to work twice as hard last night. That made me feel good until today when I’m now feeling INSANELY tired. I could just dooze off right here in my chair to be perfectly honest with you. Oh well let’s keep focused! Or a least try only 1 and a half hours left!

I’m super excited for Friday as me and Matt will be heading home, but then we will be heading up to Nottingham :) I’m really looking forward to that. I can’t wait to spend some actual time with Laura rather than a hour or two when she happens to be down and of course it will be lovely to Sammi too!

So I added some more bits on to my Christmas list. These are from Topshop, the whole lot was more than I would spend on myself but when it’s a gift I think you are meant to get the things you wouldn’t usually buy! I can’t wait to match! It goes soo well with my fluffy coat and matches really nicely with my navy blue parka!

This week/weekend has shocked me with the exceptionally low prices! Everyone and everywhere had some sort of sale, and some were massive sales like 50% off. As I am being good I didn’t give into temptation well just one thing and I blame Matt. We popped to Tesco on Saturday to get the food shopping. I had planned on doubling my club cards but it didn’t work and Matt insisted I got it anyhoo. It’s just the loveliest dress and it had 25% off and I also got some adorable PJ’s

Oh that reminds me too I invested in this at Primark. One thing I do love about Primark is they make some really unusual things and they start some big trends like the onesie! Matt said it was hideous and he calls it a raggedy rug because he claims it looks like a carpet but I highly disagree! It is seriously the most comfortable thing I have ever worn and its long enough I can wear it without PJ bottoms on! I LOVE IT and I’m obsessed at the thought of getting into after work.

To round this off I will just say WOOO CHRISTMAS. We are now officially into December Christmas has begun and I have started opening my Advent Calendar! I cannot wait for Christmas and a bit of time off I am exhausted I truly am.

And in the spirit of things as I DO EVERY YEAR I pulled out my red Barry M glitter nail polish and this will pretty much be what my nails will look like for the next 4 weeks :D I even got daring and added some hand drawn snowflakes on, don’t think it looked too bad!

I have consumed a few mince pies, I have my Christmas songs on in the car and tonight I plan to start to wrap some gifts! Christmas is VERY MUCH in the air for me!