So every week I pop off to the cinema with my Cineworld Unlimited card with my boyfriend. I have decided to try and write a review of the films I see as I have seen so many over the last year with my card!

So this Saturday we went and saw Ex Machina. To be honest I wasn't sure what to expect. I felt like the trailer made it seem quite surreal and weird.

I was partly right. The film is full of twists and turns all through from the start to the end. It keeps you focused and is really quite enjoyable, but does require your attention to watch. It is a more heavy film, so not for you if you are in a ‘let’s watch something light hearted and fun’.

I did really enjoy it; the atmosphere gives a feeling of danger and keeps you on your toes. Throughout the whole story you know something isn't right and something bad is afoot.

It starts with a young coder (Caleb) who wins a competition to go and spend time in a completely secluded woodland area with the Nathan (an excelled programmer himself) who owns the company Caleb works for. He is thrown right in and Nathan shows and explains that he has been working breakthrough experiment and as built a female A.I. who has human qualities and Caleb is now part of this experiment.

The film is gripping at times and always trying to keep you guessing, with several twists and turns in the story. I thought it was exciting to watch and the CGI 

and artwork in the film with flawless and breath-taking.

The acting was great; you got to know the characters straight off, which helped with the build-up of tension and suspense. The characters were believable and a good balance of good vs evil.

I would recommend this film if you enjoy sci-fi and futuristic films. It keeps you glued to the screen and keeps you thinking and guessing.You will leave full of questions and a great discussion point with people who have seen it too! 

I would give it 4 stars out of 5. I feel the ending perhaps let it down a little. With all the build-up, it wasn't what I was expecting and I personally didn’t like it as much as the rest of the film! But it will be a bit of a shock to you!

Next week I should be off to see Mortdecai!

Have a fab week

January blues!

So January blues are 110% in now.! I am feeling very meh.. The joy of Christmas is long gone and January is taking SOO long to get through. Not to mention i'm not 100% well at the moment. Its an annoying problem that I suffered from a lot at Uni and I haven't had it in about 6 years or so. I thought the issue was in my head but apparently not so I spent 2-4 weeks suffering and last week it got too much and I went to the doctors and I now have antibiotics. However I can't actually tell if it is getting any better which is super frustrating. With the first week of January being such a massive downer and then this week not being 100% well I have failed with the eating well and losing the weight that I put on.... It isn't good excuses but January's are just terrible.

On to more upbeat things I am trying so hard to focus on at the moment, and that is moving house! We are months away from moving out now. In March me and Matt will celebrate our 9 year anniversary! NINE FREAKING YEARS.... Holy heck I can't even tell you where the time has gone. 

A year or so ago Matt got us a Kettle and Toaster and also a Microwave with some points from work, so we knew we wanted a purple theme. Last weekend we went shopping for house bits. We got plates, glasses, a chopping board and towels from Wilksons. We have a real theme coming along and we also were offered a sofa from a friend at work and a hoover from my Grandma :D

So last weekend got me even more excited about moving! 

I love the theme we have going along here, and so far we have most of the basics. Perhaps a we would also like to get a new duvet soon too and some house bits to make it more like home.

By March I should have enough money to pay off the last of my debt! Then hopefully within 2 months we will have enough saved for a deposit and to move out! It is very exciting now and I really hope by June/July we should look at moving into our first place together! 

So I am very much saving saving saving at the moment, which means no spending money on things we don't need. We waste a lot on food and such at times, and also on days out shopping or other places due to boredom. However it my wish list of things I would like to get isn't much smaller haha!

Although i am avoiding online shopping at the moment, and some of these have been on my list for a while now.

1. Dr Who Scarf 

2. Hell Bunny Dress (not available yet) 

3.Chameleon Necklace  

4. Into the woods Disaster design bag

 5. Turtle Tee T-shirt

 6. Voodoo Vixen dress 

7. Louche Coat

I may order the t-shirt as I do have some Christmas money left over, and I also may order the Hell Bunny dress too when it comes out because how could I not!! 

But all the rest will stay on my wish list. It is scary to think but my birthday will come around soon enough! EEEP! My spending is really improved so much, it is so much easier to save when we are so close to moving! Now I just remind myself that I really don't need it and it isn't hard to leave behind!

Lets hope the next 6 months fly by and I will be cozy in my new flat witting up a post about it all!

2015 and what i hope it will bring!

2015 is now here properly! We are 5 days in and I am back at work much to my dismay!

Although part of me wishes I could rewind time by 3 weeks and it would be the 15^th December, my 16 days off would be coming up and Christmas would still be here and the room wouldn’t feel so naked without the decorations and lights! I am however excited to move forward into this year because I think this year will be a BIG BIG year or change.

I saw this image earlier and it really stood out to me. 2013 was my first year of working, 2014 was the year where I started to get my shit together. I started to plan for the future and I started to save money and then 2015 will be the year I pay off my debt and start some savings and the year where I move out and get my own space and I really cannot wait!

I haven’t really got any resolutions this year. Usually every year it is lose weight lose weight, but I hit well below my target weight back in November so what I want is to maintain my weight and keep at the gym.

The main things I want to work on are:

Loving myself. 

My confidence is non-existent. I still feel exactly as I did 2 years ago before I lost weight. I put myself down and hold myself back because I feel down about my appearance. I don’t like photos of myself because I look so much smaller in them than what I see in the mirror. And this is sad and not right and I need to work on this mentally. I want to just be happy…. I want to just feel like a million dollars every day and I know it will be hard because I got confidence boosts from losing weight. Now I need to find it within myself.

Working on my design work

I want to work on some new designs and get perhaps some more greetings card made up and sold. This is something I want to work on but there are a few bigger things I want to concentrate on this year and that I will have to save my money up for!

Debt, 

this is my next big one. I have paid off around £6,000 last year and a bit the year before. I have just over £3,000 to go and I already have about a quarter to towards this! Once we have paid all this off we will be on track to moving out, which is my next big thing.

Having my own home!

We have been working on moving out for the last few years and 2014 we were really focused. We can afford to move but I want to do it debt free so I am going to pay all my debt off and save enough money to pay for my deposit. I have started collecting bits in the sales (bought all my Christmas decorations haha priorities first huh?).

So I am excited for this year to move forward and I can’t wait to spend next Christmas in my own place! Just me and Matt.

I hope 2015 is full of joy for everyone and I hope it is the year for me and Matt!