Collective Toy Haul: Beauty and the Beast Pop! Vinyls

I have wanted Pop figures for so long, you guys, and recently I freaked out because I saw some from my favourite movie ever, Beauty and the Beast. They are just adorable and it would have been a crime to not have bought them, right? Right! I was also considering buying Wall-E (and deeply regret not buying him...a future purchase, for sure). I just want all the Disney pop figures, that would be awesome. Anyway, lets not ramble on too much, here they are!:

He even has his little arms on his waist in the sassy pose! He and Lumiere (my next purchase, probably) are my favourite together. I love the detail he has. The cute little 'hair'style, the little clock ticking moustache, I love him so much. His home, and Miss Potts and Chips home, is in my little library where I thought it was appropriate to put Beauty and the Beast characters. 

These two were a lot smaller then I thought they were going to be, even though on Amazon I was told that they were going to be smaller then they looked on the website, I thought it might have been a bigger edition because it was two but it wasn't. I still adore them, I actually think them being smaller really adds to the adorable. Little Chip is minute!

They're very sturdy, I feel like they won't break easily. They have so much little detail and colour added to them. I think my next is certainly going to be Wall-E and something else! Stay tuned!

Collective Toy Haul: Ever After High Dolls!

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*also, very picture-heavy, for which I apologize if that kind of thing bothers you*

I found these for £10 each in BHS which is awesome! I have wanted Madeline Hatter (right) for aggggges since I saw her in the store. I think I saw a slightly different version of this, she had a top hat and I found her on Amazon but she's so expensive so I'm not entirely sure about getting her (tempted though). Cerise Hood is the one on the right, based from Red Riding Hood. I wish I was still little because I would have loved playing with these as a kid but oh well!

Here are some close ups of these extremely beautiful dolls:

Cerise Hood (which I think looks a lot like CeCe Drake (her other name is a spoiler) from Pretty Little Liars

Cerise Hood
I really like her cloak design and the plaid shirt. 

Cerise Hood

Cerise Hood

Madeline Hatter

Madeline Hatter

Madeline Hatter
Isn't this cute little detail adorable?

Madeline Hatter
Teapot purse :3 

Then yesterday (the 15th, I'm not sure when this will be posted), I got my Madeline Hatter Legacy Day Ever After High doll in the mail! I like her, as she's more detailed and has more accessories and a bigger hat! My next Ever After High doll will probably be Cerise Hood Legacy Day, as I believe she has a fluffier hood and I think that will be adorable - won't be for a little bit, though!

 

I got this doll in a recent Amazon purchase (most, of which, are in these toy posts) as a last minute thing because it was in the BHS store for £13 and I currently only had £20 on me at the moment, enough for two dolls. I kind of regret not getting a Monster High Doll but I do love these guys, I can get a couple of Monster High dolls at a later date. I just really wanted her. 

She is a royal version of the Madeline Hatter doll I already have. She's very well made, you can bend her arms and legs and she (like the rest of the Ever After Dolls) is absolutely gorgeous, has gorgeous and unique hair and has the best styles that not only do I wish I owned in real life but I wish I could pull off and was acceptable to wear as casual clothing. 

Thank you so much, please let me know if you're enjoying my toy collectable series, I will talk to you soon!

Collective Toy Haul: Tsum Tsums #1

So I haven't really been collecting Tsum's for very long at all. As explained below, it started off when I heard from social media about these and I thought they were the cutest things I ever did see. I adore Disney, as you all should know by now, and I just needed them. My boyfriend got me Stitch and Winnie a few months ago and I fell in love with them. Unfortunately, because of a small child in the house, I have been hesitant to display them in case they were stolen or damaged, etc, but I do keep them beside my bed where they're very well looked after and cared for, I promise! 

I got the alien and the Red Queen/Queen of Hearts about a year ago...oh, wait, which means my boyfriend must have got them more then a year ago. Wow! Only collected six in over a year. All my money must have been going on food, obviously! Anyway, I went on a shopping trip for a few clothing items and came across them in the store and I just had to have them.

Bing Bong and Baymax were bought very recently when I went out to the same shopping centre, this time for college supplies (that haul is already up, shameless self promo). It was a hard choice, I wanted Cruella DeVil, Lucky, the ordinary dalmatian, and Anger (Inside Out). I might go back there a bit later on in the year but right now I have wasted too much money and am now on a strict finance plan! But these little guys were part of a great start to my year.  

So here they are! On the very top is Winnie from Winnie the Pooh and just underneath him to the left (ha) is Stitch from Lilo and Stitch who I got from my ex-boyfriend a few months ago, it's what really got me into the collection. Next to Stitch is one of the aliens which I probably should have got three but I didn't want to (waste of money, but it would be more accurate) from the Toy Story trilogy. Underneath it, from left to right, is Baymax from Big Hero 6 (a recent movie I watched and fucking loved), Red Queen/Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland (she has hearts on her undies!), and then Bing Bong from Inside Out. 

So yeah. I also recently learnt that Disney releases a new collection of Tsum Tsum's each month and I do wish my bank account would allow me to have them, but alas I can not! January's was The Lion King and they are oh so cute. I simply cannot wait for the Beauty and the Beast collection to come out. If they already have or you know when the date is, please let me know. Thank you for reading, I'll see you all next time. 

College Supply Haul

So last weekend, I went a little over-budget (although it doesn't look like it!) to get some supplies for my new college course. I technically haven't really finished, because I still need to get my lab coat and some steel-toed boots but once I got those I officially have everything I need. More or less. I hope. I'm kiiiiind of running out of money but...well, we don't need to talk about this. 

DOCTOR WHO BUTTONS/BADGES (£2.99)

I got these from in store at Waterstones, They, unfortunately, do not sell those online but they're really pretty. I really love the badges you can get at Waterstones, I have a couple on my college bag already. They're usually around £1 each so to get a pack of branded ones for £3 was really good...or that's how I rationalised it in my mind. 

(sorry for the poor quality, I should eventually invest in a better quality one at some point, this is just a phone camera)

RING BINDER (£2.49)

Again, this is store only and I don't usually buy cardboard ring binders but we don't really need it for anything but handouts because I have my paper kept in my notebook. I usually buy plastic, and I usually buy the kind you can bend so I don't break it quickly or have those annoying little...you know, those line things? I don't know if you know what I'm talking about, probably not. 

NU ERA NOTEBOOK (around £5)

I can't seem to find this online, either, but it's a realllllly cool notebook. It's split into five sections. The first section is just some lined paper, three-hundred pages I believe. After that, it has some math paper for the one hour math class I have per week. Then we have some plain paper, some study card sheets and then the last section is just a flappy little section for holding handouts and stuff.

DIVIDERS (75p) AND PUNCHED POCKETS

Pretty basic, really. The dividers matched the file pretty well, like they're the same colour, and obviously the punched pockets are to put work in that doesn't already have holes punched in them.

PAPER MATE COLOURED PENS

Usually, I would use these types of pens to write the most important parts I need to remember in colour for exams/tests/assignments, but we don't actually have any for my first year (Level 1), we only have exams in Level 2. But I just really prefer writing in colour instead of writing in boring black like school used to require us to do - one of the reasons why college is so much more fun.

CHEWIE PENCIL CASE

A very spur of the moment decision. Linked in the subtitle is the cheaper version, but I paid double somewhere because I was in a bit of a rush to get back to the train and I was very tired so I just wanted to rest for a bit. I found pencil cases I liked better, but it's so soft and has a ruler on the strap and I just really like Star Wars so hey who cares. Don't judge!

TSUM TSUM STICKERS

I am a huge fan of Tsum's. My ex-boyfriend got me my first two ever, Winnie from Winnie the Pooh and Stitch from Lilo and Stitch when I was notified that they existed as previously I didn't know. Yay, Internet! This was soon followed by four others, which I will show you in one of my next posts (a collective toy haul), I'm really exited to show them off, I just love them. These stickers were just so cute, I couldn't not get them. They weren't on my list of requirements but oh well.

ELEPHANT NOTEBOOK

Also not on my list of requirements, and a little self promo but I talk about this one in a blog where I post everyday in 2016. I got into a little bit of detail about my journal history and I hope to continue that now that I am back into blogging again. This journal is just so beautiful (which I'm sure you saw if you clicked on the subtitle link). Little expensive, but worth it. I just love journalling and I can't say I have ever really had a really pretty journal like this.

NORDIC NIGHTS COLLECTION

Unfortunately, the exact journal is not available online but you can purchase something from the collection (which I'm probably going to do and I'm trying hard not to do it. You already have something from it, Loz, hold back!). I'm probably going to use this as a journal because it's too beautiful to be anything but a source of document so I will always need it like I need all my previous journals but I'm not sure if I want it in the form of a journal or if I can use it to document things like my period (we all should do that, I think, so you can notice problems easier and such) or something but I'm not really sure. I'll find a use for it!

HIGHLIGHTERS. 

They are sooo cute. I couldn't find them on their website, I couldn't even find a lookalike, but they're little animal highlighters that are just too adorable for me to not own.

SATURN KEYCHAIN.

Again, I could not find on the website but again they do have some from the collection Retro Space, and Polka Planet (which is non-kiddie version). I love them both, though, never be ashamed to be a little kid like! As you can tell from my blog, I reaaaally love space. 

So I really hope you enjoyed my first actual blog post in a while, I hope you enjoy my future blog posts. I have reached a point in my life where I have found self-discovery, and I'm finding all these things about myself that make me really happy and I just want to share that with everyone because it's an exiting thing to come across. I'm hoping that swims out of the page!

- Loz. 

A Picture Everyday for 2016! (and some recap/resolutions).

Hey guys! Long time, no see! Well, today I am planning to take some pictures for my "What I Got for Christmas 2015" post and hopefully I will be able to get that written and posted for tomorrow afternoon, so I have very slowly but surely been getting back into the blogging spirit! Also, next weekend I am planning on going for a bit of shopping for college supplies, clothes, make-up, fun toys, I don't really know but you will see a post on that of what I came back with. Again, hopefully, I am starting college again on January and my life has been a bit wobbly on the emotional side so doing some tasks like this have really been on the bottom of my list but I need to learn that while I'm being an emotional mess my life won't wait up and I just need to get on in there. For this and many other reasons, I know 2016 is going to have many ups and downs but it mostly have downs. It's going to be a very difficult year for me, but if I succeed, a very important one too. 

If you would like to see my 2016 journey (and quite frankly, I need the encouragement), I made a blot for posting everyday in 2016 a picture. It won't be as long as my first post was, on the hard days it might just be a non-creative picture followed by a short amount of text explaining how I feel or maybe just some depressing quote out of a book but I am going to try my hardest to post everyday so that when 2017 comes around (eek!), I have something to recap on. You can find that post and more explanation about it here.

So, recap. 

Well, I finished my last year at school and joined Animal Care at community college. I met some great people and actually made friends with them. I visited my family a whole lot this year, which I'm obviously very happy about. I didn't read as much as I wanted to, my reading goal was never finished and is way below the belt. But I have got into more things, I'm finding myself more, I matured a lot (but not enough, I have had a few downfalls and dips). All in all, I never really did anything this year that was memorable or worth documenting at all. Just like everyone else, I want this year to be different but I know that this enthusiastic spirit won't last and my motivation to keep going will probably start to fade in just a couple of weeks. I need to keep creating things to look forward to (without wasting money!) and I should be okay.

Resolutions!

I don't usually create resolutions because I always fail them, but these are the things that I want to happen and will make an actual effort (a documented effort either on here on the blog I previously mentioned!) to achieve them and I will try my best not to quit or half-ass them. I want to be proud of myself, for once. And live a life worth living.

1. Lose weight.

A common one for many but I have been suffering with my weight since I was little. I used to be underweight in my kid years, due to an illness, and then when I could eat again I just gained the pounds like crazy. I was dealing with mental illness, a divorced family, moving to a different country and being bullied and the diagnosis of autism and it spiralled into an unhealthy eating habit I don't feel like I have control of. I'm 200 pounds and only 19 years of age, at a height of five foot seven. It's really bad, and I don't feel confident in my skin. At the very least, I want to make healthy changes to my diet to have a noticeable improvement come December.

2. Let out my creative side.

I have a craft box, I enjoy doing crafts and arts, but because I'm not good at it, I stopped, despite the fact that I really enjoy it. I don't like how society/media tell us that we have to stop doing something if we're not good at it and I don't like that so much. I want to pain and write and build and well, create. It's just fun and I don't want to have to not do it. 

3. Learn to play at least one song on my keyboard. 

I got the keyboard as a present from my mother months ago and I don't even know the keys! I've never even tried to learn the music sheets. That's certainly an aim. I'm not really sure how I'm going to go about it, I'm probably going to play a little bit everyday or study on it for maybe half an hour per day, and dedicate some time to crafts or gaming or doing coursework for college.

4. Improve myself.

I need to mature, become more independent/intelligent, learn how to handle situations I am thrown into better and become a less shitty person. I need to learn to take the right way into things and not the easy way. Among many flaws and faults in my person, I'm sure. I just want to be at least a little bit improved come December.

5. To learn to love myself, to conquer my demons and fears and to to let myself enjoy life.

Thank you ever so much for reading and I'll see you whenever my next post will be!