Music speaks....

Music always has the power to speak to me, completely change the way my day is going.There are songs that I can link back to times in my life- happy and sad. 

So here's to two songs which have been going around my head today and which are speaking to me.

Pink always seems to do a brilliant job of showing us that we are beautiful, that we shouldn't believe the lies we tell ourselves. The message of this video is something I am passionate about- Every girl is perfect, we should be celebrating the differences that we have, no analysing each other and pulling our gender apart! One of my all time favourite quotes, from one of the best films ever is from A Little Princess  when the lead character Sara says 

"I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny, old attics; even if they dress in rags; even if they aren't pretty, or smart, or young. They're still princesses. All of us. Didn't you father ever tell you that? Didn't he?" 

This quote makes my life, it is soooo true- all girls are Princesses, whether they are warrior princesses or glittery fairy Princesses. We are daughters of our Daddy God in Heaven and He loves us all. He is the king and we are His princesses. 

Jessie J, what can I say, i think this song is awesome and it makes me smile 

I ♥ it when music speaks 

Hope you are all having a wonderful Monday 

♥ 'me'

thursday through sunday...

beautiful cupcakes

These cupcakes make my life- Thursday afternoon was spent listening to dissertation presentations and eating these beautiful things, before pub hangouts and and evening in. 

slightly barbie obsessed!

On the bus home from town I picked up the Metro and read that Barbie and Ken are trying to reunite after many years apart. Apparently Ken is trying to win Barbie back with flowers and cheesecake from the Magnolia Bakery....yes I do know that it is fiction but as a self confessed Barbie lover, I must say that this article made my friday. 

It looked better in real life

The clock tower in my town. It looked so pretty as I walked past it on saturday night that I took a photo. We were on the way to see the new disney (Tangled) which is a lovely film, full of little girls who i might add had amazingly long hair which fitted nicely in with the film. 

Today has been spent hanging out with friends and chilling at church and the pub. 

♥ Twinnings tea and the quotes that come with them. 

♥ starbucks afternoons 

♥ me 

Wednesday.....

♥ This has been sitting on my shelf for about a year waiting to be read. I brought it after seeing the trailer for the film, with good intentions of reading it before I watched the film....however it has only now made into my hands to be read. I loved the film so hopefully the book will be just as good. I definitely need a good book to get stuck into. I have tried to read a lot of books recently which just end discarded with bookmarks half way through. I need a book to capture my imaginations and make me never put it down. The last series that did that was 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' which were incredible, couldnotputdown, readeverysecond books. Hopefully Dear John will be the same and I can get back into a reading state of mine. 

this is a Vanilla Lime Yankee Candle which was incredible but has burnt out now

♥ so i have a slight obsession with candles, burning them throughout the night and day. I love the light they give and the smell. My favourite are Yankee Candles, there fragrances are incredible! I brought 3 medium sized ones in the January sales and wish I had more. They are quite expensive but so worth it. And just look how pretty it looks burning in front of the mirror. Happyness in a jar!
♥ so today was a good day of coffee (chai tea latte for me) dates, washing and pub trips. I truly need to get some work done in the next few days.

♥ 'me'

Tuesday...

So the photo I took for yesterday (Tuesday) is refusing to upload, which seems very apt for the type of day I am having... Oh well. 

Yesterday was a lovely day of watching films and drinking tea and generally spending time with my beautiful friends. We had fish and chips for dinner which were incredible and made me sooo happy. There is something about the smell of the paper which makes me smile. 

On a completely different note I was thinking a lot about how blessed I am to be in my life and how much I  have to enjoy. I always used to laugh when people told me to count my blessing but I really do think we should. I am so thankful for everything that God has given me and for the friendships and family that I have. He is so good and faithful. 

♥ 'me' 

Monday.....study day...

So i have decided that for the next year I am going to take at least 1 picture a day, documenting my life and therefore also getting regular use out of my little camera which I always leave forgotten on my desk.  

oh the days of dissertation writing: books, magazine articles, tea and open word documents... a picture that I fear will represent the majority of this coming year. 

On a brighter note, I have just watched the film Easy A and it has entered into my list of favourite films. It mad me happy which automatically makes it a winner 

So here's to more days of study, tea and early nights as I hit the sheets, (or more likely watching silent witness in the dark- somehow this has become a ritual of mine)

♥ 'me' 

a poem about life...

"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.

So love the people who treat you right, 

forgive the ones who don't and believe that 

everything happens for a reason. 

If you get a chance, take it. 

If it changes your life, let it.

Nobody said it would be easy, 

they just promised it would be worth it."

singledom...

I was reading Lizabellys blog earlier and found this, which seems to fit straight into my life for now

Singledom can suck sometimes, especially if you were with someone a long time. But it is a time to be yourself, find out what you like and what you want. It is a lovely time of being you and one day someone will come along, someone who likes you for you. 

Until then, just enjoy it. 

♥ me