for you.

I love book dedications. 

I would happily read them for hours. 

The picture above is obviously from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. 

Another one I found which is beautiful is C. S Lewis's in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. 

Dedication: To Lucy Barfield

My Dear Lucy,I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand, a word you say, but I shall still be

your affectionate Godfather, C.S. Lewis

You may think it silly to love what is often just a couple of lines on a page but I do. 

Victoria x

photo: taken by me.

listennnnnn.

Yesterday was a little bit rubbish to be honest. Nothing really happened to make it rubbish, which makes me feel a little bit guilty because of lack of perspective, but some days just aren't great. I didn't sleep well, school was blah and the weather was blah, which I'm sure you all noticed. So, I went to Tesco with the mother and bought myself Look and Vogue to cheer myself up. Yes, I did only buy Vogue because I wanted to read the VB interview.   

Lighting is horrible, but it's dark outside and they're shiny. ha. 

Jokes aside though, I really did enjoy her interview. So many people don't like her because she never smiles or comes across moody or whatever. And to be honest, I used to think that, simply because everyone else did. Then when I started to be a little bit more interested in things other than Polly Pocket and Blue and started reading magazines and seeing interviews or snippets on television that VB was in, my own opinion began to form. The interview is quite straight talking, she's doesn't deny that she doesn't draw and that instead she hangs things on her and see's what works. She speaks quite down to earth, in my opinion anyway. 

Also, we share the same name and my birthday is the same as David Beckhams (2nd May ;] ) , so how could I not buy it, right? 

Also, I'm about to start reading Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts. It's the fourth and final instalment in a set called the Bride Quartet.  It follows four childhood friends who have formed a wedding planning service, through each of the books you see one more of them find love. I'm not going to lie, they are fairly predictable in the baseline of the story but each is different in its own way. And to be fair, they have all been so beautifully romantic and whimsical that is hasn't mattered and I can't see it being a problem with the fourth. I love them,  I've read them, my mum has read them and so has my grandma and her friend! 

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Also, Glee was back on in the UK last night. I am a little aprehensive about this season because I'm worried it's going to be all about getting the celebrities in and using new current songs. Don't get me wrong, a bit of that sounds good but I want to make sure they include some older songs because last season was so good and helped me discover some new music. But I enjoyed last nights, so hopefully I will the rest of the season too. Below is Charice who played Sunshine singing 'Listen' from Dreamgirls, my favourite song from the episode.
Did you see it? 

Hope you are all well?
Love Victoria xo 

Style like hers..

So my lovelies, I have purchased Lauren Conrad's newest book, also her first non-fiction book.

I'm not going to lie and write how new and original it is, because lets be honest a lot of celebrities have these kind of books, I myself own Coleen Rooney's, but that doesn't mean it isn't a good book.

There are three sections to this book, Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle. I haven't read it all yet, because I like to have a flick through the whole book first before I read it through. I did, however, stop at the hair section in the beauty part. Yes, yes I did want to find out how I can get those waves!

There are some absolutely gorgeous photos of Lauren throughout the book and there are several little side sections on some of the pages full of little anecdotes and personal little touches which I feel are quite nice. These types of things are needed in a book like this to make it more personal.

There is quite a lot of variety in this book, it ranges from the standard find the right jeans and the perfect liquid line to dying your hair at home and shopping using Ebay.

Despite not having read through the whole thing yet, I have already learnt a few things. For instance, rubbing a tumble dryer sheet over your hair to reduce and control static. Also, I've learnt how to do that ponytail where the hair is wrapped round so you cant see the hair tie

(I hope you get what I mean!) which I have always wanted to know. That seems the whole point of this book, and it's the feel I get from it, that She (Lauren) want to give out some tips, she wants to teach us those little tips and tricks that every girl loves.

I love The Hills. I don't mind if other people don't like it, it's a personal opinion after all but I love it. I saw the end of an episode the other day where Lauren and Whitney had to fix Lady Gaga's zip, my jaw literally dropped. The Hills gave me my first insight in to what the fashion industry is like and I've never looked back ;)

Thoughts?

Love V xo