| Things I Love | #2 Costa Coffee

This is my hot choc and ginger muffin :)

Bonjour ma petit treasures! Ok, so I love Costa Coffee. In fact, I am pretty sure nearly everyone who loves a hot beverage and a slice of cake love Costa Coffee. Well today, as it happened, I was thinking about this post and what I loved best, and well I was sitting in Costa enjoying a hot choc with cream and marshmallows. That is when it hit me- Costa Coffee! Just sitting in there (especially at this festive time of year) makes me realise how much I like it. I have to say though, the cake stand is my favourite... But who doesn't love cake? Now, of course, there are giant chocolate teacakes, giant bourbon and various other giant treats for you to try (I did not realise how bad that last phrase sounded until I actually wrote it!). All I will say is that if you haven't ever had a coffee or any drink for that matter in Costa, then a) you're crazy and b) you desperately need to go... Especially now that they have Christmas themed take out cups got your favourite drink to go in!

Here is the link for the online Costa Coffee Website: http://www.costa.co.uk/

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Hands off the purse!

Bonjour ma petite treasures! Now we all know that Christmas is looming upon us. This means that soon (personally I think that now is just a bit 'too' soon) we will be able to get out the decorations for the tree and the wreaths and fireplace decorations e.t.c. as well as preparing for all the food that you will eat so much of, that the traditional Boxing day leftovers, will become non-existent! While this excites me so much, ther is one small problem: oragnising who you are going to but for and what you are going to buy them. You have to decide who you will get the most, whether or not you get a joint present and, in the nicest way possible, you are not going to really bother with this year. For me, in the past few years, my present giving has not really been up to much. The problem was I had no pre-organisational skills, which now I realise was a very unwise mistake.
This year, though, I will do my best. For this, I have decided to put spending my money on self-indulgences, I will spend it ongetting the nicest things possible for my friends and family. This means main presents, fun presents and stocking fillers! I plan to treat all those, that I have 'present neglected' recently! Happy Christmas to my lovely readers! (By the way, I will probably be saying this a lot now, so I don't want you to think that I am just saying it in the middle of November!)

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| Things I Love | #1 Television

Bonjour ma petite treasures!Today's post was requested to me by the lovely Anna, who says that she is a big fan of my page. She emailed me asking me what I loved best in the world, and well, I just couldn't answer. I love lots of things (trying to stay positive and all) and so it's hard to just wittle it down to the one thing I love most... so guess what? I decided to go ahead and do a weekly themed post about something that I love. Usually it will be something that I have thought about  or been reminded of in the week. This brings me to the first thing that I chose to write about that I love: Television. Television and I do not really have a strong relationship. Although I like to watch a lot of different things (Don't get any ideas people!) the Television never shows what I want to watch when I want to watch it- apart from on Sunday night. On Sunday night, I LOVE Television! It is partly to do with the fact that Downton Abbey (If you are not addicted, then you should be ashamed) and The Paradise (another Downton Abbey style programme) are on. Better still, they are all on before ten o'clock... I do not like watching Television after then because I end up falling asleep when it is still on (therefore creating lots of high energy bills). So, as I am sitting here,  wrapped up warm, with a hot drink and watching the Television, think of me and how much I love TV!

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Bonfire Night!

I am so excited for this years bonfire celebration... I love fireworks! Mind you, I get excited about everything, so do not take my excitement literally, because actually while I love fireworks I never go outside to watch them. I like to stay in the comfort of my pjamas (or onesie if you prefer them.) with my favourite companion, a nice mug of hot chocolate sprinkled with icing sugar (not the crystalized sort, I do not want you to mistake for a builder!) with baby marshmallows on top. The problem for me is that I am way too sensitive to cold weather and at this time of year, especially this year, British weather is slowly decreasing. In fact, today's weather was so bad, I got this year's scarf out (for those 'hot rods' who never experience cold weather, a scarf is usually wool and goes around your neck to keep it warm...) and it still wasn't enough. Maybe it is just me that has these feelings towards sub 20 degrees, or maybe not. At the end of the day, I have grown to not be bothered if I am the only one wearing a bobble hat in the middle of August!

Now I have had my excuse for not fully enjoying bonfire night, I am going to tell you about some of my favourite things about bonfire night. Be warned, some of these things are completely random and just further outline my questionable sanity. 1. Fireworks. They are an obvious favourite to everyone because of how magical and beautiful they are. For me, they remind of the countdown to Christmas! 2. Sparklers. Although many people disagree with the concept (because of silly, over worrying adverts advertising them as a doorway to either amputation or DEATH!), I happen to love them. They are about the only thing that I venture outdoors for... 3. S'mores. What can I say? Thank you America for these heavenly treats. Lets just say they have marshmallows and so that it enough for me to think they are the best thing on the plant! Oh and I forget, they are food so you can eat them. Enough said. 4. Fireworks Wrappers. For me, this deserves it own little message (don't tell me that I didn't warn you.) because they are all so bright and colourful and I always get excited at the point that I first see them. 5. Friends and family. It is one of those things that I find special because no matter if you are in your pjamas (Or onesies) or not, you don't care because you can just be with the people that you care about, and most importantly, enjoy yourself!

I hope that you all enjoy yourself tonight or whenever it is bonfire night for you. Remember to post a comment telling me all about what you did to celebrate because I love to hear from all of you! Also don't forget to comment or email me about any future posts that you want me to do at thencame.eve.email@gmail.com!  

| Feel Good Friday | #1 Ikea and Halloween!

Wow, apart from this week being my lovely week off, where I can procrastinate with old movies and a snuggly blanket, I have a been rather busy body! I love having things to do because after a while (yes, I am admitting this), I get bored with doing nothing and have to make, write or go and visit something. Hence my first fun and exciting thing that I did this week; go to Ikea. Some of you may think that I am a complete weirdo, but Ikea is literally one of my favourite places to go on earth. In my family, we treat a trip to Ikea as a family day out... in fact agreeing on the squashiness of Ikea sofas is one of the only things we can all agree on. Well, this trip was special because we were taking one of my very lovely friends, Leah, who was an Ikea virgin and lets just say, she loved it. We don't go very often because we don't really live near an Ikea, and also because we try and make sure we have a check-list of things to get beforehand. One of the things we needed was a bedside table:

This bedside table matches the wardrobe I have and is great for lots of storage.

I decided to get some things that were not a neccesessity too, because when you are at Ikea, all the things that you don't need also look so appealing. I bought an artificial flower:

This may seem weird. It suits my desk now that its Autumn. (I had a very summery flower before.)

I also bought a dining mat:

This may also seem rather weird. I use this to put my laptop on so it doesn't mark my desk.

We also stocked up on gifts for christmas, (little bits and pieces for around the house.) and stoppped off for a cup of coffee half way round! I really enjoy days like this but, anyone who has been to Ikea will agree with me when I say this, it empties your pockets as fast as the fastest car in the world! (Sorry, I couldn't think of anything more imaginative to compare losing your money to...Oh well!)

The second thing that not only I enjoyed, but most of the world enjoyed
 was Halloween! I love halloween; it is the perfect excuse to dress up as an idiot (or maybe you looked cool in your outfit?) and eat so many sweets that you are sick or even worse, EXPLODE! Some people also take halloween for being a great excuse for a party, and that is right! Why not celebrate ancient ghoulish tales with your friends over a drink and some snacks! This year for Halloween, I dressed up and went round to my friend. Of course, she went all out in the costume department and came as a vampiress, whereas I just threw together a few 'back of the wardrobe' items and did some Halloweenesque make up (Dark lipstick and thick eyeliner.) and to be honest, looked a bit rubbish compared to her. My one lesson from this, is to pick up the competition next year and guess what... I WILL!
Do you have any good things that you have done this week? Or maybe a Halloween themed embarrassing moment? Feel free to post a comment! :)