Scrapbook 02 (birthday time)

1. University decisions taking over my life. 2. H&M order I got a couple weeks ago. 3. Textiles Revision 4. Cath Kidston present from my friend 5. Present from my brother because of the 'sista' part. obvs. 6.MY BIRTHDAY.

IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY. I'M 17 NOW. 

I literally had one of the best days ever. A week before my birthday I was so unexcited (it's a word?) but by the time it rolled around I was like a little kid. I had double textiles which was so cute because we're a really small class and we're quite close. My teacher bought a cake for us to have during the lesson! Love Life! ♥

My exams start really soon (sixteenth of may, fyi) and I'm feeling incredibly under prepared. I should be revising right now but instead I'm blogging, then showering, then tidying my room. Then, I will revise. 

I'm also trying to figure out which universities I want to go and look at as I need to be organised and take time off work if they're on the weekend or make sure one parents is around if they're in the week. I have very little idea of where I want to go or what I want to do. I have rough ideas but I keep second guessing myself. We'll see what happens! 

Finally, I'm actually addicted to tumblr. Help. Seriously though, there are so many pretty pictures on there. If you want to follow me, here is the link. If you have it, post your link I want to follow more people! 

Hope you are absolutely wonderful and enjoy your bank holiday! 

Victoria xx

Boux Avenue

Find Boux Avenue:

Website. Twitter. Facebook. Youtube.

Boux Avenue is a company that sells nightwear, swimwear and most importantly in my eyes, lingerie. 

They sell in a very wide range of sizes which is perfect for someone who once almost cried in Debenhams because no where stocks my bra size. They sell sizes 30A - 40H.

I have to head straight to the DD+ section and this can often mean that bras can be very expensive, in my eyes anyway. Boux Avenue seems to have steered away from this. Their lingerie is very affordable compared to some I have seen. However, I'm still always shocked at how expensive bras are, I think I'm stuck in my New Look bras mindset. 

Boux Avenue have excelled in their packaging. They give you an option of free gift wrap or no gift wrap (highlighting that this option is more environmentally friendly). I admit I chose the gift wrap, however this was only because I'd seen pictures on other blogs and seen how pretty it is. Next time I order from Boux Avenue I'll choose the environmentally friendly option. 

You recieve a box within a box. You recieve delicate tissue paper wrapping and cute 'Boux Avenue' stickers holding it together. Top all of this off with faux rose petals of course. They've made their packaging femenine and delicate which, I think, is exactly what it should be when shopping for lingerie as it kind of encapsulates the styles of the bras.

I ordered each bra in two sizes so I can keep the size that fits the best and send the others back. I also got a matching pair of £12 knickers for free! I ordered these on Thursday and they arrived on the Saturday. I was so impressed with how fast they got here. Kudos, Boux Avenue, kudos. 

I've yet to 'wear them in' so cannot completely comment on quality or support. From my first impressions I would say that I've had bras that do offer better support but I've also payed much more for that. However, like I said I haven't worn them properly yet so I can't comment fairly. 

Have you ordered from Boux Avenue before? 

Victoria x

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Harry Potter Studio Tours (Amazing!)

This is a picture heavy post but before you look I think you should play this youtube video while looking, just for the atmosphere and 'the laughs'. I tried to put it on here but it wouldn't play. Anyway, on we go.

little creepy, right?

what's that I'm drinking? BUTTER BEER PEOPLE. BUTTER BEER. 

It was so so so amazing! My family is such a little collective of Harry Potter nerds. Except my brother who said my dad and I ruined it for him by being too into it (haha) but we think we drew him back in on the tour. 

I took so many photos, literally way into the three hundreds. You could just look at my camera and you wouldn't even need the tour. But you should go if you can! My camera died near the end though so I spent the remainder swapping between my mums camera and my dads phone, both of which were on their last legs battery wise. 

What amazed me was the level of detail that goes into everything. I mean there are thousands of things created that aren't focused on or sometimes even shown in the films. The graphics section was the bit that highlighted this most. They'd created all the leaflets, books, posters and letters (like the letter from Lily to Sirius). But there is detail everywhere, literally. It was outstanding and the people who created it all need masses of credit and hi-5's and hugs and everything.

Did you know: 

- There was only a team of 20 make up artists for the whole cast. 

- The glue used to stick the wigs on was so strong that if pulled while drying or when dried (can't remember) it could rip the scalp. They had to do something magic special or something to fix this problem. 

- Snapes costume is the only costume never to change. 

- Neville wore a fat suit in a few of the films - this is on the DVD extras, not the tour but still. (I heart Matthew Lewis and Rupert Grint/Tom Felton/Dan Radcliffe/Them All)

Have you been to the tour - what did you think? 

If you haven't, would you go or is it not really your thing?

Hope your all wonderful,

Victoria xx

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(I meant to use one of my own pictures for this post but I left my camera at school, wahhh!, but I found this one and it fits so here we are)

JANUARY 13TH 2013. This is my UCAS deadline, I have a UCAS deadline. How did this happen?

I've been ordering prospectus' for like the last four years (keen) and now they are actually aimed at me. 

My year went to a university gala which basically had 170 something uni's crammed into two halls.  My aim was to get a prospectus from every single one, just for the challenge, but that wasn't realistically that feasible. I scouted out all the ones that do journalism and media courses and headed on a mission. In the end I picked up about 22 prospectus', 2 pens and one badge. 

I spent the whole of last night reading through them all, stalking the student room forum and generally freaking myself out. I got all excited about courses, then researched them and saw pages of people slamming that type of course or subject. I almost cried to my brother and then wailed 'HOW AM I MEANT TO KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO FOREVER, WHEN I'M SIXTEEN?!'. 

It's such a big decision to make, made bigger by the fact they've piled on an extra six grand a year. No pressure though. It's not the massive pile of debt or the moving away or having to clean the toilet myself (srsly though, the bleach smell makes me feel ill) that really really scares me. I don't want to have a job I don't love. That's the scariest thing for me.

In my state of constant future freak out today I spoke to a local journo in school and he said 'journalism is always going to be there'. He said it's always changing and that there are different ways into it and that the most valuable things to learn, you learn through doing it. You don't have to go right into it. This lessened my freak out as one of the things worrying me was not being certain it's what I want to do.

I also roped my friend into this freak out on the way home and realised I'm not the only one that the whole uni thing is getting on top of. We talked about how we're worried about picking the wrong degree, the wrong university, the debt, the amount of unemployment and actually getting the results to get in. We came to the conclusion that we need to study something that we enjoy. We can't see any point in spending all that money to study something that we don't think is exciting or something we're not interested in, even if we do end up getting our best grade in that.

I'm feeling so much calmer now about everything. It's cheesy and corny but I honestly believe everything will work itself out. You have to put some effort in but it will. I'm going to do what I enjoy and something I'm good at and stop worrying so much. I'm aware I might come across as being in some naive little bubble sparking off about doing things you enjoy, seemingly forgetting about money and everything and maybe I am, but i'll cross that bridge later. 

Any uni/course choosing tips? Or any uni tips in general? Or are you smack bang in the middle of the uni process too?

Victoria xx

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I haven't blogged in ages and I'm not going to write why because it isn't anything interesting. It's just the usual that little things in life get in the way. I love blogging but like most of us i think It's something I do for enjoyment and on the side of everything else in life. School should be prioritised, even though episodes of Brit Cops: Law and Disorder sometimes come on top (I'm watching it right now, one of the police officers is quite very pretty).

Even though I haven't actually been blogging lately, I have been thinking about my blog a lot and what I want to put on this blog. I want to 'branch out' as it were. I absolutely love reading posts on beauty and fashion, that's why I began blogging but now I need to start thinking about what I want to do in the future, I want to put some more 'wordy' posts together to practice, if you will. I'm still going to write the usual types of posts as well though. 

I like to write in blocks. I think I get more done when I just sit down and blast out several posts at one time. I haven't had chance to do that lately, however I've mentally set aside Sunday night to sit and write. We'll see how that goes. 

Right now I'm sat on the island of my bed amid the sea of mess that is literally my floor. I;m under my cofers with a bottle of orange juice and FYI I've moved onto Russell Howards Good News Extra. I'm all set. 

I hope you're wonderful 

Victoria xx