What will 2009 bring??

I don't actually know anybody going 'out' out this New Year, in these credit crunching times who can afford it? If I was to go out in Chav central (Southend on Sea for those of you who are unaware) I reckon my night out could have cost £228.20-

Taxi there £20

Taxi Back £40

Club entry £25

Pre going out bottle of wine £6

Dress, Shoes, Bag, Accessories etc £130 maybe?

Full price drinks over the night £30 (and I'm not a huge drinker)

Cheesie chips £2.20

no thanks.

So not having that sort of cash, I like most am going to a house party/gathering. A few of my mates, some cheap bottles of wine and nibbles and a few sleeping bags and volia, not even £20 a person. Bargain. After all, the hyped up nights are always the worst aren't they, especially when you're recently split from your boyfriend (which I am).

So the likelihood of this evening is that I'll drink too much, take too many horrible pictures, cry far too much and probably be pretty miserable..... but I'll be £208.20 better off than if i went out.

Roll on 2009, although the prospects for the year aren't looking great really are they.

Back again :P Baby Names

So I've been pretty busy with deadlines, christmas and flu over the last month, but from today I'm starting up my blog again! Hurrah I hear you cry!.....deathly silence :S never mind

Anyway in keeping with my light hearted blog my first entry for a while is to be on a topic I and all my girl friends have given plenty of thought..... baby names.

According to UK parenting club Bounty the most popular UK names are Jack and Olivia. Jack I can completely understand it has been in poll position for the last 14 years.... but Olivia???? Seriously? Who names their child that?

The list also shows the British publics inability to think for itself, Ruby is now the 2nd most popular girls name (following the Birth of Charlotte Church's daughter) and Zac (presumably after Zac Efron) has now crept into the top 100.

So it seems that most children in the UK are called either Jack, Oliver, Grace or Ruby. How boring. Names are meant to be a mark of individuality, not a way to show how we all follow the crowd.

I fully intend to name my first born Humphfry-Heathcliff, maybe he'll be bullied, but a light taunting never did anyone any harm-and people will certainly remember him. And if people find that a mouthful-I'll just say his name is H, after H from Steps of course :P

Ho Ho Ho Christmas films

Stuck with what christmas films to watch over the festive period? Here's a list of my favourites.

The Santa Clause 1, 2 and 3. Tim Allen need I say more? I think I watched all three of these at least 3 times last year, (and I've already watched 3 once since the 1st of December)

The Holiday- Very similar to love actually in content, a christmas romance with an all star cast set in Britain

Love Actually-Very Similar to the Holiday in content, a Christmas romance with an all star cast set in Britain.

Nightmare before Christmas- a Tim Burton Genius, think Sleepy Hollow as a PG

Elf-whats not to love Will Ferrel AND Christmas "Buddy the elf what's your favourite colour?"

Home Alone 1 and 2 only!! With out Culkin these films have nothing

I'll be home for Christmas-actually I'd only recommend this to girls who used to fancy JTT in the Home Improvement days-for anyone else its a waste of 2 hours.

That's enough for now I'll watch some more over the next day or so :)

Holiday Inn- one of my absolute favourite films, the musical which preceded white christmas (it even includes the song)

Christmas on 34th street-original or new, it doesn't matter they're both good!

Americal Apparel, lovely in lycra or saggy in spandex?

So American Apparel has been voted top label of 2008 :)

But the thing is, whenever I ask people about this brand, the response i always get is 'eh?'

Other than fashionistas, not many people seem to have heard of it.

And then, when I try explaining that the clothes are a funky mix of spandex, Lycra and bold colours they go 'oh'.

Nobody seems that impressed with it to be honest :(

The thing is AA is a great brand, but only if you're 5 foot 10 and no larger than a size 10. If your lumps and bumps are all in the wrong places then,well, it's just not the brand for you.

AA is dance gear you can wear out. With pants that match the colours of the dresses :)

But as much as I love it, I don't think it should be label of the year, just because so few people can really wear it.

credit crunch crushes mr christmas' christmas!

I don't really know what is more pathetic here, a man that celebrates Christmas everyday, or a man that can no longer celebrate Christmas everyday due to the credit crunch.

Mad.

But Andy Park has apparently celebrated Christmas day every day for the past 14 years. According to the Metro he has eaten over 5,110 turkeys, 94,080 mince pies, 24,224 roast potatoes and pulled 204,400 crackers.

The has also watched the queens speech every day for the last 14 years-so he says.

I can't help but think that someones been telling mincey pies!

I love Christmas, but i really think this is going a little bit too far, i think you would be literally sick of Christmas if you ate all this everyday!

Telegraph Mr Christmas article

Stop showing catch ups!!!!! Please!!!!

I am a very obsessive person.

Today I have had lots of things to do yet have been unable to go out due to the fact I started watching the Gilmore Girls on E4.

Every Saturday they show the 5 episodes that were aired Monday through Friday. Obviously, since I'm at uni between the hours or 10 and midnight so during the week I can't watch it (except Thursdays when I spend my day off watching The OC, One Tree Hill, and Gilmore Girls in an endless American cycle).

But every Saturday morning I get up and think, 'I'll just watch the 1st episode-then I'll go out'.

5 hours later-I'm still in my pyjamas sitting in front of the TV. Go Figure.

Why am I so obsessive??? I EVEN REWATCHED THE EPISODE I SAW ON THURSDAY!!

And now I've wasted another Saturday day, just to move on to my next obsession-spending 3hours getting ready to go out. Grrrrrrrrr.

Lady in Red, the Domestic Goddess

So the Daily Mail is practically orgasming over  the dress Nigella Lawson wore to the NSPCC fund raising party last week.

Yes. It is a nice dress.

But I am not convinced that it really does look good on everyone.

In fact i don't even think it looks good on the four writers who tried it on. But then maybe that is because there is only so much magic a red dress can do,

They are right, it does look stunning on Nigella, but then for two and a half grand, it should! 

Also, Lawson could look stunning in a bin bag, yes she is curvaceous, but she's not fat. More importantly,  she's very beautiful. If she had mousy brown thin hair, a bland face and pasty skin, the dress would make no difference, she would still look drab, a bit like the 4 in the Mail who tried it on.

 Nigella wears clothes that make the best of her figure, the clothes take her from a 9 out of 10 to an 11. She knows her style and what works for her. The Mail are ridiculous for thinking that everyone should copy her and wear this dress. Most people cannot pull of red. And that's a fact.

Person style is important. Sometimes it doesn't work, but that's not the point. Fashion is about expressing yourself not conforming to what everyone else thinks is the must have for the season.

So for Nigella, the dress IS perfect. But everyone else.....not so much.