Skiing trip!

Hey guys, 

As you know, i was skiing a few weeks a go and so i would love to share with you my week!
As i have found it a little tough settling back in to my normal routine, after such an amazing week, with a hefty workload, i haven't gotten round to doing this sooner so i apologise LOADS for that! But finally here it is! 

So there you go! If you're following my sister then I'm sure you've seen some of these pictures before so i apologise for that too aha
I'm sorry this isn't much and that it took soo long! I don't feel that the pictures need explaining but as you can tell i had an AMAZING week and it was just great to escape from things for a week and just have fun! 
I only had one real fall the whole week (i sort of was going 50mph went over a hidden jump in the slope, got air but couldn't land.. oops) and hurt my thumb but i think that counts as a success :)
Sorry again, hopefully my One Direction will be up soon, so talk to you soon 
Hope you enjoyed this or something ahaa :D
Love you all 
xx

Sorry!!

Hey guys,

I'm sorry i had planned to do a post about our skiing trip but just been snowed under (ahaa get it ;) because i was skiing ahaa ohh dear aha) with homework and other things and this weekend I'm going to Cardiff to see One Direction (which i am so so so so excited about!!! 
So i promise when i get back i will have two lovely posts for you, one all about skiing and one all about One Direction. For now I'll leave you with these pictures: 

I hope you all have an amazing rest of the week and the weekend and I'll speak to you soon (post-concert!) 

love you all :)
xxx

Beautiful people

The other week me and my sister went to the gym and after we had finished and we were just about to leave i noticed a little envelope in one of the lockers.

On it, it said 'to whoever finds this' so (as i found it ahaa) i opened it.
Inside was this little beautiful card.

Curiously, we opened the card. Inside it read...

''We learn something from everyone who passes through our lives. Some lessons are painful, some are painless. But all are priceless'' -Anonymous

Firstly i thought this is such a good quote as it is so true, everyone you meet will have an influence on your life and you as a person. If they end up leaving you it will be for a reason, either as a lesson or to make room for someone else, if they continue to be in your life, again they're there for a reason :)

Secondly, i thought this was such a good idea, leaving nice little messages for strangers to find, to make their days, to cheer them up or whatever. I just really liked this idea :)

It actually made me feel really happy so THANK YOU to whoever it was who left that little card for me ahaa

Hope you enjoyed this or found it interesting or something ahaa

Inspirational Tuesday

I'm just going to write and not plan for this post and I'm not sure how its going to go, it may be a bit deep so i apologise in advance ahaa

For as long as i can remember i have hated my body, i remember being a child (cant remember exactly how old, perhaps around 5) and doing ballet in a leotard and looking around at all the skinny girls and wishing i could be that thin. 
I've never been 'fat' but I've never been 'thin' and I've just never been comfortable with how i looked.

For such a long time I've been yo-yoing on and off diets, before a holiday, before a party or whatever, and i know that's not good for me but i felt like it helped.
I guess it was around September last year when i got really bad, first i stopped eating breakfast, i thought it didn't really matter, so what if it's meant to be the most important meal of the day, does that make it true or does that mean if i skip it i will get thinner? Then i started skipping lunch too, not eating breakfast wasn't getting me fast enough results, then i stopped eating full dinners. At this point i was literally just eating part of my dinner each day. I felt in control. Or i felt like i felt like i was in control (if you get what i mean) but actually it was in control. I was like this for a while, i got pretty thin, i was weak, i had no energy and i couldn't concentrate properly.

Since around January time, i decided to change my ways, I've been eating more healthily and rarely ever skipping meals, and you know what, I've been happier, much happier.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that you just have to learn to accept your body for the way that it is because that's the way it's meant to be and it's beautiful no matter what you think. Starving yourself, skipping meals, going on a diet, it's not going to change anything, yes you may get thinner, but the chances of you actually being happy about it when you can't eat what you want or accept your body are very thin.

If you don't have a thigh gap, that's not because you're fat or not beautiful, its because your body isn't built that way. If you have a bit of fat on your body, you're still gorgeous, that's just how your body is. If you eat a bit more than you should, IT DOESN'T MATTER! That's okay, accept that you did and move on, YOU'RE STILL BEAUTIFUL!

Yes it may be hard to learn to accept your body for how it is, but believe me, you will be much much happier if you do, or try to, than you will be if you starve or diet or whatever.

Just remember, Stay Strong because you are all gorgeous no matter what your size is, if you feel you're too thin, fat, tall, short, whatever, you're still all absolutely stunning <3

All these images were found on tumblr so credit to the owners of them (the gif of me obviously i made myself) ahaa

I hope you found this post helpful or interesting or something :) <3

Skiing

Hello my beautiful followers and anyone else who stumbles upon my blog,

Tomorrow (Sunday) me and my family are going skiing for a week so i will not be here to read your amazing posts and reply to comments and whatever.
I have scheduled some posts for you while we're away. (one im a little nervous about so be kind :) ahaa)
I will be back next Sunday.
Hope you all have amazing weeks and speak to you soon

love you all :)
xx

Graze Box Review

My first Graze box arrived! I have them delivered on Tuesdays so this one came last Tuesday, as i ate one 'punnet' a day i have only just got round to reviewing it!

It comes with two cute little booklets and has a different pretty picture on the top of the inside of each box.

Inside my box was 'herby bread basket', 'tropic sundae', 'jaffa cake' and 'omega booster seeds'. I will talk about them in the order of my favourites. This little booklet has all the nutrition information which is really helpful :)

First up: 'Jaffa Cake' 

The 'jaffa cake' punnet included Belgian Dark Chocolate coins, orange raisins and roasted hazelnuts. The Belgian dark chocolate coins were very yummy, but i love all chocolate so this was no surprise. The orange raisins were amazing, they were so good, in my opinion, them alone tasted like jaffa cakes ahaa. The roasted hazelnuts were alright, but im not really that much of a fan of hazelnuts. Overall, it was really good, and actually tasted like jaffa cakes! ahaa 

Nutrition Information (per punnet)

208 Kcal

19g carbs

18.3g carbs (sugars)

3g protein

13.5g fats

3.5g fats (saturates)

2.6g fibre

11.5mg sodium

Next up the 'tropical sundae'

This included dried pineapple pieces, dried mango, dried banana coins (ascorbic acid and citric acid). The dried pineapple was very delicious and tasted great, the dried mango was a bit chewy but still tasted nice, the dried banana tasted quite interesting but was still yummy. Overall was very enjoyable and was one of your 5 a day so added bonus!

Nutritional information
77.6 Kcal
18.4g carbs
15.5g carbs (sugars
0.8g protein
0.3g fats
0.1g fats (saturates)
2g fibre
7.7mg sodium

My next favourite was the 'herby bread basket'

This included mini garlic croutons, mini basil breadsticks and oregano rice crackers. The mini basil breadsticks were the best think in the punnet and were very yummy, the mini garlic croutons were also very nice and the oregano rice crackers were alright but weren't that great in my opinion. Overall, was satisfying and with only 83 calories per punnet, can't really complain ahaa.

Nutritional information
83.1Kcal
10.5g carbs
0.9g carbs (saturates)
1,6g protein
5.2g fats
1.8g fats (saturates)
0.5g fibre
44.8mg sodium

Finally, the 'omega booster seeds'

 The omega booster seeds included sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and golden linseeds. As i am not an expert on seeds and they were all mixed together i couldn't really tell the difference between them (my bad ahaa). If you're like me and not really a fan of seeds i would suggest going in with an open mind as they weren't as bad as i expected, they were actually quite nice, just a little dry. However, they actually have lots of healthy benefits, they include: Omega 3, Copper, Vitamins B1, B6, B9 & E, Magnesium and Zinc.

Nutritional information
189 Kcal
5.6g carbs
0.7g carbs (saturated)
7.6g protein
16.5g fats
1.7g fats (saturates)
3.8g fibre
4.1mg sodium

Overall, i'm really glad I ordered this and will continue to order them each week. Can't wait to see what i get in this week!
Go to Graze to get more information, but i would recommend it. If you want to try it for free (come on it's free food ahaa) I got a 'feed your friends code' which you can use: WKD4XKTD I will keep the code at the side of my blog so if you ever want to use it just look over there >>> 

Hope you found this interesting or enjoyed it or something ahaa 
Let me know if you use the code or if you get graze boxes, let me know if you like them :)

Liebster Award

Hey guys,

I have been tagged by Farah for the Liebster Blog Award which i think is a great way to find out about other bloggers who also have fewer than 200 followers, so thank you for tagging me!


The rules are:

1. Each person must post 11 things about themselves.
2. Answer the questions that the tagger set for you, plus create 11 questions for the people you've tagged to answer.
3.Tag other bloggers.
4. Go to their page and tell them.
5. No tag backs!

 LET'S DO THIS !

My 11 things

1- My birthday is in the summer, making it my favourite season, closely followed by winter- CHRISTMAS!

2- This summer i am planning to dip-dye my hair light purple or pink :)

3- My favourite colour is purple 

4- My favourite shop is New Look (could you have guessed ;) ahaa) closely followed by Hollister

5- I really want to go travelling to all the places I've never been, especially America!

6- My favourite books are Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Hunger Games

7- My favourite bands/artists are One Direction, Maroon 5, Demi Lovato, Marina and the Diamonds and Ed Sheeran

8- I love to dance (and perform) but I'm really shy

9- I've never had a proper relationship (yep get me, forever alone ahaa)

10- I love finding new music/people to listen to, especially if they're not well known or 'famous' (i mean like properly famous and 'big') like Sam Tsui and The Vamps (thank you Zoella for introducing the vamps to me!)

11- I really want a tattoo but pretty sure my mum would kill me if i got one (ahh well she can't stop me when I'm 18) :p

My answers

1.What's the worst movie you've ever seen?

Probably Mean Girls 2, shameful attempt of trying to make a sequel to the amazing Mean Girls, I apologise if you liked it! ahaa

2.what does your name mean?

Apparently the name Emily has a Latin origin and has several meanings: Rival, Eager, Flatterer, Ambitious. I looked on several websites and they nearly all said something different so those are some of what they said.

3.What's the first thing you notice when you meet someone for the first time?

Their eyes and their smile

4.What's your most hated food?

Parsnips! eeewwww

5.Name 3 pet peeves

Noisy eaters, people who read over your shoulder, when people say 'less people' instead of 'fewer people' (an example) IF YOU CAN COUNT IT THEN IT'S FEWER!

6.If you could have one super power what would it be?

To be able to fly!

7.what's your biggest fear?

Probably heights, but like really high not just like 2nd floor ahaa

8.What's the most expensive thing you own?

Either my Laptop or my IPhone (not sure which ahaa but i do want a camera which would be more expensive, shame i can't afford it :( ahaa)

9.Would you rather find true love or travel around the world?

Travel the world, then find true love, or find true love whilst I'm travelling the world ahaa

10.Describe yourself in 3 words

Awkward, Creative, Friendly

11.Are you a morning person or a night owl ?

Definitely a night owl ahaa

all images found on google images

My 11 questions

1- What's your favourite quote? 

2- What's biggest dream?

3- Who's your favourite author?

4- What's your favourite TV programme?

5- Tea, Coffee or Hot Chocolate?

6- Where would you most like to travel?

7- What's your favourite animal?

8- Fashion, Beauty or Lifestyle?

9- Favourite shop?

10- One thing in your make up bag that you can't live without? 

11- How would you describe yourself?

I tag...

thelittlethingblog

forevermissvanity

thestellarskin

ivyandgoldxoxo

annanuttall

meganshaelyn

pisceandoll

Now you guys have a go and you can say that i tagged you, keep the chain going :)

Hope you enjoy this :)