# Dear Santa...

It's that time of year again - yep, it's time for the Christmas wishlist! I've been a really good girl this year, and as such, I think I deserve the following items. Wrapped in pretty pink bows if you'd be so kind...

Marc Jacobs Daisy Watch
ASOS Sequin Bag


Disney Couture Tinkerbell Locket



Links Of London 'Sweetie' Charm Bracelet (and of course some cute charms!)




Perfume. My signature fragrance is Chanel Chance (that I'm out of) or Calvin Klein Euphoria (that I fancy a change from), so any of these would be fab!

Urban Decay 24/7 Super Stash Eyeliner


MAC Mini Pigment Sets - all 3!


Lush Christmas Candy Giftbox

**DISCLAIMER** This is just a bit of fun - Christmas is about giving yadda yadda yadda... In my dream world, Santa would bring me all of this and more. It's not my dream world though, and I'm happy enough to be eating yummy food, drinking yummy drinks and having lots of fun times with my loved ones. Anything else is a bonus :)

# Five good things

Evening all. I haven't been blogging as much as I'd like to recently, mainly because of my lack of camera. It's either been loaned out, had dead batteries or has been misplaced, but good news - it's back, it's charged, and it's found!

I've seen this on a few blogs tonight and thought it was such a cute and positive idea that I had to take part. Basically, no matter what's gone wrong during your day, or whatever has made you feel miserable, you pick five good things in your life right now :) Cute right? Okay...

1. Only 11 days until New Moon. Is it a bit sad that I'm counting down? Definitely, but I don't care! I really love the Twilight books (well not so much the last one) and although the movie doesn't quite live up to it, it's enjoyable all the same. Not that that's anything to do with a certain Mr. Pattinson... Oh nooooo, certainly not...

2. Tumblr. Hello, my name is Laura and I'm a Tumblrholic. There, admitting you have a problem is the first step, right? I can't help it - there are so many gorgeous pictures on there that have really inspired me. Looking for some fashion ideas? Check Tumblr. Want to redecorate your bedroom? Check Tumblr. Want a new hairstyle? Check Tumblr!

3. My fiance. I love him to teeny tiny bits, but now and again a routine sets in, and we sometimes forget the little things. I got woken up with a little cuddle instead of an alarm clock this morning, and he put my jimjams on the radiator to warm for me whilst I was in the shower last night. It's the little things :)

4. Using up things. I'm on somewhat of a spending ban until all of the Christmas presents are bought, which I hate because I constantly want, but I love the fact it's giving me the chance to use up my stash. I've rediscovered some favourites!

5. Clearer skin. And it's all down to water. I've been drinking more and I'm pleased to be seeing results other than weeing a lot!

And here's a cute picture for you:

We've all got five good things, so come and share yours! xx

# Tumblr

I've done it - I've made myself one... and guess what? I'm 100% addicted to it! There are some really amazing pictures on Tumblr. Where on earth people find them I don't know, but my laptop is jam packed with gorgeousness because of that addictive little blog site. Here I am if you want to have a look :) xx

Oh, P.S. Thank you all so much for the tags and blogs recently. I promise I'll do a post on them soon. I'm probably going to put them all together, so it'll be a pretty epic post that'll take some time to put together. Definitely look out for it within the next week though. Thank you again my lovelies, and hello, welcome and thank you too all of my new followers too xx

# In and Out

IN

- Hitting pan on my All That Glitters eyeshadow. I love the feeling you get when you see the little speck of silver at the bottom of the eyeshadow - it shows its not a waste of money if nothing else!

- Exciting new job prospects in the pipeline. It's all dependant on whether the company I work for gets a particular contract, but if it comes off I've got job security, which is something really hard to come by.

- Getting the results of my NVQ modules back - 3 A's and 2 B's! I'm so happy and was really not expecting to do so well.

- Tumblr. I don't have an account myself, but I love looking at other people's. My favourite one that I check about 5 times a day is Daisy's, found here. I don't know where she finds her pictures but they're gorgeous!!

- Those bloody addictive games on Facebook. Yes, I have a farm and a cafe, and I'm trying my best to make my brain bigger than my friends. Sad I know!

OUT

- Hitting pan on All That Glitters eyeshadow. It's my favourite eyeshadow ever and I'm going to have to buy a new one pretty sharpish.

- The clocks going back. I know it was last weekend and I know we gained an extra hour in bed, but I was out with the girls that Saturday and was either too pissed or asleep to benefit from the hour. Instead its pitch black when I'm leaving work, which makes me feel like the day is over and it's time for bed again. Aargh!

- Not buying make up. I'm not on a spending ban as such, but with Christmas coming up we can't afford to do it all. My wishlist is getting bigger by the day :(

- Starting year 2 of my NVQ. It's the final year so it'll all be over this time next year, but it looks so hard and confusing.

And because I don't like doing pictureless blogposts, how gorgeous is her make up?!!

# Halloween

Hope you all had a fab Halloween last night! I haven't celebrated the dressing up side of Halloween since I was about 13, because there is something better to celebrate in my life. That is my beautiful and amazing Mammy. It's her birthday on 31st October (you can imagine how much fun I've had telling people my Mother is a witch over the years!) so the family go out for a meal every year. It's normally an evening thing but since it was a Saturday this year, we went for a meal at our favourite restaurant in the early afternoon, then we went to spend all her birthday money haha. It was pretty subdued as the Mothership doesn't like a lot of fuss and attention, but it we had a fantastic time all the same. We were home in time for X Factor too - which I shouldn't really be pleased about but I was!

Here is an EOTD for you. My camera cut out on my before we went so this is all I could get, which I'm gutted about as my hair looked fab! All the ones of me in the restaurant are without flash so you can't see me, or it's too blurry to work out it's me haha.

I used:

Urban Decay Primer Potion
Benefit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow - Strut
MAC Eyeshadows - Smoke & Diamonds / Carbon / Blanc Type
Benefit Lust Duster - Snow Bunny
Collection 2000 Dazzle Me Pigment - 15 Angel
MAC Power Kohl Eyeliner - Feline
Max Factor Masterpiece Waterproof Mascara

You can't see but I used MAC's Sunbasque blush to warm the look up a little bit, with MAC's Creme d'Nude lipstick. Before we left, I smudged a little more Feline along my upper lashline too, just to add a bit more definition. And I did wipe away that speck of mascara by my brow. Oops!

Please excuse the clumpy mascara. I attempted to put false eyelashes on. I used the Girls Aloud Nadine ones and failed miserably, so there was glue residue left all over my lashes and lashline that I didn't have time to sort out. They didn't seem to fit the shape of my eye - no flexibility in them or something. That's the second time I've tried those lashes and the second time it didn't work. I'm by no means a pro when it comes to false lashes, but I never have this problem with MAC ones.

This is a look I normally wear at Christmas time, because it's smokey and glam with a little bit of shimmer, so I'm sure you'll get to see the full face of this soon :) xx