A whole lot of happenings in one little blog post!

So today I finally go back to Sixth Form College! I can't believe the summer is over and that I am now in upper sixth! I don't feel old enough to be in upper sixth! But I am ;)

Today is only my induction, where I get my time table (which I can't wait to see) etc.
Tomorrow I start my work experience which takes place every Friday for 10 weeks. I've enjoyed all of my other work placements so so much; but I must confess that I am a bit nervous about this one as some of my class mates who also took some experience here have said that it is not the best of placements. However, I am going to go in with positive thoughts and try to take care of the elderly as best as possible :)

As my mum is a textile artist, me and my dad went with her to her private view in Cambridge yesterday. I have never been to Cambridge before and wasn't really expecting much, but it is just lovely! The city is very old fashioned looking and the famous University covers so much of the ground. I really enjoyed looking through this historic place. My mum's work looked wonderful in the gallery. I am very proud of her work! :)

For this past week I have been so eager for the wonderful 'Amanda Atkins' picture to arrive. Every morning I have been going out to my mail box to see if there is any sign. This morning I went down stairs to look outside and I saw a rather large envelope sticking out of the post box. I was so excited I ran in doors and opened the envelope. Inside was the beautiful painting and some stickers and a card. I love receiving letters so much! Thank you so very much Amanda I completely love the picture and am going to get a frame for it as soon as possible! :)
For those of you who know Amanda or visit her blog you will know that she is a fantastic artist who I think one day will achieve real success, like she deserves. her pictures always make me smile and the 'Tattooed Lady' is one of my favourite pieces of hers.
Thank you so much Amanda! :)

I've realised recently that I have been doing a lot of film and programme reviews, I'm sorry about that. Its just I keep coming across new films everyday that I just have to write about :)
Yesterday I watched 'The Boat That Rocked'. I love this film! When I saw it in the cinema I just couldn't stop laughing. The actors are all splendid at their parts and Bill Nighy is just so so funny! :) The music is just great!

This morning whilst doing my hair I finished watching 'The Edge Of Love'. I must admit that I wanted to see this film in the cinema but never really got round to it. However on my rather delightful shopping trip with my friends, Madison suggested that she thought I would like it. So at the cost of £5.00, I bought it to see what I thought. The final conclusion is... BRILLIANT! It was so good. Its not a particularly happy film, but it is a real drama. There's quite a lot of tension in it to. Vera (Keira Knightly) and Caitlin (Sienna Miller) become best friends, however Dylan Thomas who is Vera's childhood sweetheart is now married to Caitlin. But it is through this marriage that Vera and Caitlin meet. There is always a connection between Vera and Dylan, but then Vera receives an admirer who is a solider, William. The couple become married but he is sent off to war. There's a shock though, something that I didn't really see coming... Vera is pregnant. Whilst William is away Dylan and Vera become closer only to make Caitlin feel very rejected. Caitlin starts having affairs but so does Dylan. Then William comes back from the war. He has changed a lot due to his horrific experiences and his growing jealousy of Dylan and Vera's close relationship causes even more depression to set in. In the end William believes that Rowan is his son and not Dylan's and becomes much closer to his family again. But Dylan and Vera fall out because of his treatment and lies against William. The ending is both sad and happy. Vera and Caitlin remain friends but Caitlin leaves the house next door with Dylan and her son to start a fresh new life.

I would definitely recommend this film although if you watch it be prepared to cry, so have some tissues at the ready! ;)

I'm watching the mini series of 'Land Girls' at the moment. It is one hundred percent one of the best programmes on T.V. and all of you vintage girls (and boys) out there would just love it. I'll write more about it once the series is over at the end of the week to give you a full review/report.

I hope everyone is having a fabulous week. Its quite cold here today so it looks like I may be wearing a long sleeved dress or top after all.

Have a lovely day everyone! :)

~ Kirsty x

Sunshine, Oxford Street and 'The Edge Of Love'...

What lovely weather it has been here in London today! Some friends and I went on a much needed shopping trip to Oxford Street today. I must say it was so much fun but I feel majorly tired!
I did buy quite a lot today. Our first stop was 'Topshop'. In Oxford street they have one of the biggest 'Topshops' on the planet! seriously it is huge! It has three floors, two just for clothes and one for accessories! :o. Madison loves her accessories! ;) I was so happy as well because they have obviously only recently started selling real vintage pieces, clothes and bags. I fell in love with a bag, it was navy and red and would go so well with my new jumper (sigh!) however, it was £65 and just slightly out of my budget! So it had to be put back.
I think everybody bought something in 'Topshop' today which was good. Madison bought a really nice nautical cardigan and some 'Foxy' socks as we like to call them, Sophie bought some rather funky socks, Ambra bought some more of her favourite tops and I bought a 1980s style jumper :)
After this we stopped off in 'H+M'. Sophie works in one near to where we live and we are always so appreciative of her discount (hehe thanks Soph! :) I got a much needed jumper dress which is for my winter wardrobe, Soph got ALOT of things from tops to dresses etc. Ambra was the good one and managed to resist the temptation and Madison bought some rather nice jeans.
By this time we were so hungry, we decided to go to get some lunch. As usual our destination for fine dining was 'Pizza Hut' (haha!) I opted for a nice pasta this time which was very nice I must say ;)

After chatting and eating lots of 'Jellybeans' we made our way to see if the new 'Nylon' issue had been released in 'Waterstones', but it hasn't been yet :( Hopefully soon though :)

Sophie's new obsession with 'Zara' allowed us to pop in there. I have never bought anything in 'Zara' before, but today I found the nicest bag I have ever seen! It has patch work all over and is so colourful! I loved it so I bought it! :)

After this we went into 'HMV'. At Madison's recommendation I bought 'The Edge Of Love'. I've just watched half of it and it is so good! I'm hoping to watch the next half tomorrow :) I'm really happy Madison suggested it because it is so good. Keira Knightly is brilliant like always and then Sienna Miller was also amazing! You go girls! ;) I will write a proper review once I have watched all of the film :)

Ambra was going to buy a lovely coat :s (haha!) but she opted not to. (She didn't really like it) Soph got a nice winter woolen jacket and Madz got a rather nice 'college' jumper as I called it :)

Then we went to the world known 'Selfridges'. We didn't buy anything because it was way too expensive! But it was so nice to browse and have a look.

'Primark' was the last place we went to but by this time Madi and I felt so tired so we just stood by a wall (lol) Sophie bought most of the shoes in 'Primark' (haha) and Ambra got a nice bag and some boots also.

At about 5:00pm, we decided to call our rather fabulous and long shopping trip a day and made our way home.

It was so much fun and we even got scouted on the streets of Oxford Street by 'Blackberry' for London Fashion Week (ahhhhh! :) They took our picture and then we were entered in a competition! You never know, but whoever the lucky winner is I hope they have a great time! :)

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week.

~ Kirsty x

So my dog likes 'The Beatles'!

Okay, so yesterday evening my house decided to have a 'Beatles' night. From about 8pm my T.V was devoted to the Beatles documentary that was on, their music and then their film 'Help!'. Last time I watched the film, I was about 15 so it was really good to see it again. At the start they all walk into what you think are their separate houses, but behind closed doors, their houses are all joined together. It is so funny! I must admit that recently I have really begun to love 'The Beatles' music! My dad has always been a big fan of their music and so the Cd's are definitely getting put onto my ipod! :)

When we were watching the programme my dog Teddy showed a real interest in 'The Beatles'. It was so funny! He jumped up at the screen and was watching them strum away at their guitars and sing their hearts out :) Then later he started to watch John Lennon singing. My dog is a strange little thing, but does have a good taste in music! :)

Have a lovely Sunday,

~ Kirsty x

Musical review: The Stripper (not what you think ;)

Well last night after my driving lesson (which didn't go as badly as last week) I went along with my parents to our local Theatre in the town's centre. I haven't been in the theatre for well over a year, and it is a shame because it is such a nice place. Full of lots of different plays from pantomime, comedy, romance, mystery and horror. The play I went to see was called 'The Stripper'. It was originally a book by Carter Brown and the actor Richard O'Brien (who created and starred in 'The Rocky Horror Show' and Richard Harley decided to develop the story into a musical production. I must say it was really very good. When I first heard about it I wasn't too sure to be honest. But I was wrong, it was hilariously funny but also a little bit sad.

The play was based in America in the 1960s. The story begins when a woman is killed but people aren't too sure who, or why the murder took place. The woman 'Patty' has a cousin in the American City as well, who the police lieutenant immediately question, she is a stripper named 'Deadpan Dolores'. It turns out that Patty went to a dating agency and came into contact with the two owners who are not what they seem, the owner of the club where Dolores dances and his assistant. Harvey stern who is the man who Patty has had a date with is the local florist and has come into contact with all of the above before. He was the funniest character I thought (He was in the West End version of 'Guys and Dolls', which I saw for my 14th/15th birthday with Patrick Swazee in it:) Harvey did not appreciate his date with Patty as he thought she was boring. However he phones the sheriffs office to confess what he knows but by the time Al Wheeler (The lieutenant) has arrived he has been killed. The song he sings at this point is so funny and the actor who plays Harvey 'Jack Edwards' is hilarious. This murder leads to yet more clues for Al Wheeler who with Dolores' help, is able to solve the case. It turns out it was the club owners assistant who did it, but all of the dating agency owners and the club owner all has a part to play in the crime.

The play was so good and is going on tour this year around England. Apparently if it does well it is going to be placed in a West End theatre :) I hope it does because it really is very good and funny.

The set of the play was amazing! It all interlocked with each other and had loads of different scenes based in different places. I like it when scenes have different sets because it gives you something different to analyse. The costumes were also brilliant and typical of the 1960s. I loved Dolores' hair. It was short and blonde like Marilyn Monroe's :) The men also wore suits and perfect vintage shoes. It was a brilliant vintage style play :)

The jazz band were really brilliant as well! The music they played set the scene and the era perfectly. They were amazing musicians! :)

In other news...

Today was my last day volunteering at the library :( I feel quite sad about it because it was such good fun and was a really nice past time to do. The people that worked at the library were lovely and so were the children. At least it gave me some experience and you never know they may have some more Saturday work for me to do at some time :)

At the moment I have an obsession with the song 'Breathe Me' by Sia :) I'm listening to it at the moment and just can't stop. It is a beautiful piece of music and she has such a lovely voice :)
I also can't wait for Amanda's art work to get here either :)

Anyway, I hope I haven't bored you with my rambling. I hope you're all having a fabulous weekend and have a lovely time next week :)

~ Kirsty x

Time Warp Wives

Last night I was flicking through the channels and saw a programme on 'More 4', which I thought looked really interesting. It was called 'Time Warp Wives'. The programme was about 4 women mainly who lived their lives as if they were back in the past. Most of the people had modern jobs, but liked to dress vintage and decorate their homes in vintage styles. However, there was one woman who actually lived her life as if she was in the 1950s. Her and her husband looked the part definitely and she even had a job as a 1950s style singer as well as her full time job as being a housewife.
My favourite person was a girl called Sammi (picture above). She dressed as though she was from the 1940s. Her makeup, hair and clothes were immaculate! They really were. She had a modern job but dreamed of becoming a housewife in the future. She wanted the world to have the same values as the 1940s did. I think this is really very true. Today's world is very different from the world that came from the past.

My friends and I were saying just the other day that in the '2000s' there is not a specific fashion like there were in the '1900s'. So it will be interesting to see how people will dress in the future to represent this time :)

I honestly can't wait until Monday when 'Land girls' starts! I really hope it is as good as it sounds and looks. I will post about it when I have watched an episode, to fill you all in. :)

Have a really wonderful Friday and weekend everyone! Enjoy the last of this years summer and lets get ready for autumn and winter! :)

~Kirsty x

Cinema Reviews and other news...

Last night I went to see '500 Days Of Summer'. One of my friends has wanted to see this film since about January, when she had first heard about the film. When we got there we didn't think that the cinema would be overly busy, even though it was the first night it had been showing. However it was pretty packed.
The film did not disappoint either! I really really enjoyed it. Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gorden Levitt were so good together. The clothes in the film were wonderful! I thought from the T.V adverts that the film was set in the past; but modern items like the 'WI Fit' kept popping up; so I think it was just their super cool fashion sense! :) They had such a vintage style and her hair was gorgeous!
Joseph Gorden Levitt also has a really good singing voice, which I did not know about until i saw this film. :)

The ending was so clever as well. But you'll have to see it to find out... he he.

I went to see another film at the start of last week. It was 'The Ugly Truth'. To be honest I wasn't too sure about this film. However once watching this in the O2, I completely changed my mind. It was one of those films which is just so hilarious. It made me laugh constantly and the characters were so funny. It also had a majorly cute little cat in it, which I fell in love with. :)

Anyway I would definitely recommend both films. They are both funny and so it just depends on the sort of story people fancy. I hope that other people have enjoyed these 2 films as much as I have! :)

In other news, I was so happy to log onto my account yesterday morning to see that I had won the blog-giveaway on Amanda's blog. I love her art work so much, it is so quirky and makes me smile, so when I got an email from her saying I had won the give away I was ecstatic! :) Thanks Amanda! I can't wait to receive the picture! :)

Today I have invited some friends over to have a girly day and a bit of a 'LOST' marathon! I'm very excited because I love it when friends come over and we just mess about!

Tomorrow I'm really quite nervous because I have a driving lesson and my last lesson didn't go as well as it could have :s I know the instructors have to shout but it makes you feel much more nervous... Anyway in the evening I'm off to see a play in my local theatre with my parents so that will be good and I will report back with much more information on the musical on Saturday!



There is also a new programme starting on BBC1 which I just can't wait to see. It's called 'Land Girls', and is about a group of girls and their lifes during the war. If you want to check this week long drama out it is over at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/06_june/04/landgirls.shtml



Have a wonderful Thursday everyone! :)



~ Kirsty x

Enjoying a nice trip to Center Parcs :)

As you probably know I went to Center Parcs in Elevedon Forest with my friend Madison from (http://www.blog-me-famous.blogspot.com/) and her parents- Tracy and Brynley, sister Brooke and sister's boyfriend, Paul. It was fabulous! I had such an amazing time. Me and Madison went on a Pedalo, horse and carriage ride, played crazy golf and went on a katacanoe. It was BRILLIANT! Our little villa/lodge was the cutest. It was really cozy and was right in the middle of the forest but was only a short bike ride away from village square, where the shops, sports plaza and activities are located. Me and Madison are not particularly sporty and so poodled around doing random activities. On our first night was managed to get lost in the forest on the bikes we hired (Named: Eddy and Ernie) :s. We even managed to act out a Lost scene and Twilight scene. It was such a laugh. Being able to go to such a fun pact holiday with a best friend is always lovely :). The swimming pool is the best! It has rapids, lots of slides, including the secret slide ;) that me and Madzy found. The place also has a perfect little sweet shop. I knew the candy shop had to be good because it sold my two favourite sweets: Pear drops and Sugar mice! Perfection ;)
Madi was happy with this shop because it sold foam bananas, which are also scrummy! :)

I had such a good time and am so happy that they offered to take me on this 4 day adventure. Thanks Madison and family! :D

(The second day...)

(The third day...)
The others! duh duh duh! ;)

Hope everyone has had a fab fab week! :)

~Kirsty x