tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67768952392846695522024-03-04T23:32:28.913-08:00Gracefully ChaoticSiobhan Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16522835893559629308noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776895239284669552.post-42402626876412499052015-01-02T03:04:00.000-08:002015-01-02T03:04:55.387-08:00Lifestyle // *My Goals for 2015*<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And so 2015 begins and what a year I am hoping it will be! But before I rush ahead of myself let's see how I got on in 2014!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead of making ridiculous resolutions for 2014 that I would not keep (you know diet/keep fit etc), I decided to set myself Goals for 2014, these goals were; <em>pay of the remainder of my overdraft/open a savings account, save money towards a house, get onto a teaching course and pass theory/driving test.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I do say so myself I didn't do too bad with these goals; I managed to pay of all but a third of my overdraft which I kept to help me out over the Christmas period, I opened a savings account, we are looking into sorting out how much we can borrow for a mortgage, I got onto the Early Years Initial Teacher Training Programme at Derby University and I passed my driving test in May! Woo a good year all round, so after goals like these what do I plan for 2015? Well here goes...</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Be comfortable financially, budget appropriately.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Buy my first house with my partner.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pass my EYITT and become an Early Years Teacher.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plan and maybe start preparing for a family.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember if you set yourself goals! Be realistic, don't attempt more than you know you can handle! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, I found this to fill in for my year....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>A destination I'd like to visit...</strong> My partner and I are in talks about hopefully visiting Amsterdam this year! I do hope it happens! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I'm going to work harder at...</strong> Passing my EYITT! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>A project I'd like to finish...</strong> For Christmas my younger siblings bought me a Life Journal, so I am going to do my best to fill that in this year!</span><br />
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<br />Siobhan Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16522835893559629308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776895239284669552.post-716163257256320872014-12-29T07:18:00.001-08:002015-01-01T13:10:21.939-08:00Theatre // *The Sound of Music @ Curve Theatre Leicester*<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few weeks back my mum, sister, aunt, great aunt, grandma, granddad and myself went to the fantastic <em>The Sound of Music</em> directed by Paul Kerryson (a fantastic director that has just been awarded an MBE). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The highlight of the show for me were certainly the children playing the roles of Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta and Gretl, all children from the community. I recognised some of the children from the Curves recent community production Annie. The children are flawless in their renditions of <em>"Do-Re-Mi",</em> <em>"The Lonely Goatherd"</em> and <em>"So Long, Farewell"</em> and worked fantastically alongside, the beautiful <strong>Laura Pitt-Pulford</strong> as Maria. A wonderful actress that previously appeared in a supporting role, alongside the fabulous Janie Dee, in <em>Hello Dolly</em> ( Dec 2012). Pitt-Pulford plays a fantastic Maria, and makes the character completely her own and WOW! what a voice she has! My final highlight of the show is definitely<strong> Lucy Schaufer</strong> as Mother Abbess' incredible rendition of <em>"Climb Ev'ry Mountain"</em> so beautiful, it gave me goosebumps!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you get the chance, and live nearby to Leicester, I would definitely suggest you get yourself tickets to see <em>The Sound of Music</em>, the run ends Saturday 17th January!</span></div>
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Siobhan Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16522835893559629308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776895239284669552.post-12896162191971865682014-12-02T07:36:00.003-08:002014-12-29T07:13:34.387-08:00Lifestyle // *The Christmas Tag & an Apology*<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First of all I would like to apologise for the hefty absence from blogging! I've been awfully busy at the moment, but I am going to try and make more of an effort for those of you that take the time to look at my blog!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So here we go the Christmas Tag! Christmas certainly make up for the lack of sunshine in these wintery months doesn't it?!</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">What's your favourite Christmas Movie(s)?</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My all time favourite has to be "Miracle on 34th Street" staring the late Richard Attenborough! I owned this film on VHS as a child and watched it every year from as long as I can remember! I also now own it on DVD and shall be watching it in the next few weeks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Other favourites include:- "Arthur Christmas", "Father Christmas", "The Snowman", "Belle's Enchanted Christmas" (Disney freak alert!) and "Love Actually". I love a lot of Christmas films and have done very well to narrow that down phew!</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Do you open presents on Christmas morning or Christmas evening?</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Always on Christmas morning. Although I am lucky to have a large family so we are exchanging gifts constantly throughout the day. This year we (my partner and I) are spending Christmas morning with my family, from there we move to my Grandmother's and then we will return home to Luke's parents house. So it's a busy, busy day for us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Every year new, lovely memories are made! I used to love (and still do) going to Christmas fetes, Christmas markets, going on Christmas outings with work colleagues and friends. I am particularly enjoying Christmas at work this year (I am a trainee Early Years teacher), we are making lots of Christmassy goodies for the children to take home to their parents (some of which I will be sharing on my new blog <a href="http://www.happyfeetandhappyhands.blogspot.com/">http://www.happyfeetandhappyhands.blogspot.com</a> - sorry shameless blog plug ha) and they are all ever so excited about Santa paying them a visit!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Pigs in Blankets are my favourite thing about Christmas Dinner! I could easily pig (excuse the pun) out on them all Christmas Day! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I couldn't possibly choose! Over the years there's always been that one gift that has been very much loved and appreciated so I will choose one from Christmas 2013. I received the Coco Mademoiselle EDP by Chanel and I absolutely love it! It is a smell you just cannot tire of!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Christmas is my favourite time of the year to buy candles as there are some amazing smells available! My all time favourites have to be Cinnamon and Gingerbread! Another smell I love is Christmas dinner being cooked, it's amazing and is always the best meal of the year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Not particularly. The last two years I have worked Christmas Eve at the Theatre I work in (yes I still have two jobs!) which is lovely, especially when you see all the over-excited children and we always get to dress up! After work I will usually go meet Luke and we'll have a drink or two with his family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">At my parent's house it's a fibre optic Angel which my mum has had for years! At Luke's parent's its an home-made Angel that his older brother made when he was in primary school!</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">As a child, what was the one (crazy, extravagant) gift you wanted but never got?</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Gosh, I probably asked for a horse on more than one occasion. Although what I would have done with a horse I don't know, seeing as I am not at all a horse-rider.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Family is most definitely the best part of Christmas. That one day a year you spend together just being happy! </span></div>
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Siobhan Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16522835893559629308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776895239284669552.post-18699429592929439732014-06-21T07:13:00.000-07:002014-12-29T07:26:41.551-08:00Theatre // *Birdsong @ Curve Theatre Leicester*<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few weeks back I had the pleasure of going to see Sebastian Faulk's Birdsong at Curve Theatre, Leicester. The tickets had been purchased for me by my Grandparents for my 23rd birthday so I had been looking forward to seeing this play since April! It certainly did not disappoint! I found myself completely absorbed into what was happening on stage, I laughed and I cried, it was honestly one of the best pieces of theatre I have seen in a long time!</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In pre-war France, young Englishman Stephen Wraysford embarks on a passionate and dangerous affair with the beautiful Isabelle Azaire that turns their world upside down.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the war breaks out over the idyll of his former life, Stephen must lead his men through the carnage of the Battle of the Somme and through the sprawling tunnels that lie deep underground. Faced with the unprecedented horror of the war, Stephen clings to the memory of Isabelle as his world explodes around him."</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I have always loved anything to do with the Great War in particular literary. During Year 9 of high school we studied the Great War in our History lessons. We got the opportunity to go to Belgium and it was wonderful, we visited trenches, museums and burial grounds. Whilst I was an A-Level English Literature student I studied First World War poetry and the works of Siegfried Sassoon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Anyway back to Birdsong, the play is an adaptation of the book by Sebastian Faulk (which is on my to read list!) and was written by Rachel Wagstaff. This adaptation was directed by Alastair Whatley. It truly was amazing, if it is on at a theatre near you, I very much recommend going to see it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Curve is a fabulous theatre with plenty of innovative work to see. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Some musicals and plays I would recommend going to see to finish this season are - </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Curve's community production of <em>Annie </em>(I already have my tickets!) 26 July - 10 August.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Curve's community production of <em>Rent </em>(very excited to see this one!) 31 July - 7 August.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span>Thanks for reading xoxo<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span>Siobhan Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16522835893559629308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776895239284669552.post-84280131427224821272014-06-04T14:56:00.000-07:002014-12-29T07:14:25.190-08:00Lifestyle // *My New Year Goals: Six Months On....*<span lang=""></span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span lang=""><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are now halfway through the first week of June and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to review my new year goals for 2014! First off I set myself four personal goals for 2014, they were <i>Pay off the remainder of my overdraft/open a savings account, save money towards house/car, get onto a pgce, pass theory and driving test. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well I haven't done too bad with the personal goals I have still yet to pay off the remainder of my overdraft, but I have opened a savings account. I have yet to start putting any money aside for a house, but I have borrowed some money in order to purchase a car. I didn't get onto a PGCE specifically but I have got onto a course called Early Years Initial Teacher Training that I will be starting in September. I did also pass my theory test in March and my practical driving test 2 weeks ago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So all in all, I would say I've done pretty well this year and with six months still too go I am hoping I can cross of the remainder of my yearly goals.</span></div>
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</span><br />Siobhan Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16522835893559629308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776895239284669552.post-75954281906668009562014-06-01T06:06:00.000-07:002014-12-29T07:14:59.613-08:00Lifestyle // *100 Days of Happy (A Review)*<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So if you follow my instagram (find it </span><a href="http://instagram.com/siobhan_graceee" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here!)</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> you will know that I took part in the 100 Days of Happy hashtag that had been going around. I thought that today I would share with you the things that made me happy (minus the pictures, if you want to see them feel free to pop over to my instagram </span><a href="http://instagram.com/siobhan_graceee" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some of the things that made me happy from the end of February through to midway through May according to 100 Days of Happy:-</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Dance show week.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Tea.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Percy Pigs.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Passing my driving test.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Washing my hair.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Wedding invite.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>New shoes.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Snaps.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Chocolate.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Having a good day.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Baths.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Playing with Dylan.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Flowers.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>My bed.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Pokémon</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Penguins</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Perfume</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>My blog</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Call the midwife</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Fleetwood mac.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Theatre.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Joni Jeans.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Frozen</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Cocktails</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Spending time with family.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Turtle Bay.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Lipstick.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Spending time with friends.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>New pyjamas.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Chocolate.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Feel positive.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>McBusted.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Harry Potter World.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Luke.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Toby.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Disney films.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Novelty gifts.</em></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Some of these things are materialistic but they made me happy so who cares!</span><br />
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<br />Siobhan Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16522835893559629308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776895239284669552.post-2858404700882830942014-05-29T12:57:00.004-07:002014-12-29T07:15:23.473-08:00Music // *Miley Cyrus @ Birmingham NIA*<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So a few weeks ago, I went to see Miley Cyrus' Bangerz tour at Birmingam NIA with a good friend from work. I was fully expecting it to a massive spectacle, but I was not prepared for what I did witness!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had read a lot about Miley's Bangerz tour in the media and although they exaggerated a lot (it wasn't as bad as they made it out to be) it was amazing! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As my friend says, I was apparently staring at the stage with my mouth open for a good 10 minutes. I was in absolute awe 1) because of how mental the stage was, and 2) because of how amazing Miley looked on stage! (serious woman crush on Miley!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were numerous costume changes, which each only took a few minutes (another thing I was in awe of). One of my personal favourites <em>#GETITRIGHT </em>featured Miley on a giant bed in which throughout the song, each dancer appeared climbing through the bed. The song ended looking very much like an orgy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She ended the show with the twerk-tastic <em>We Can't Stop, </em>followed by an amazing rendition of <em>Wrecking Ball </em>and finally finished with the classic <em>Party in the USA </em>in which it very much seemed as though Miley was taking the mickey out of her old persona. </span></div>
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</span><br />Siobhan Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16522835893559629308noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776895239284669552.post-53640544493160567262014-05-14T07:17:00.000-07:002014-12-29T07:15:42.064-08:00Lifestyle // *The Disney Tag* <h2 style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As soon as I saw this tag I new I had to take part, I found it thanks to Kirstie at </span><a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/frame?post=2791573449&group=0&frame_type=l&blog=2391639&frame=1&click=0&user=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>A Yellow Brick Blog.</em></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have so many favourites this one is difficult! I do have a current top five though. <strong><em>Frozen</em></strong> is definitely my current favourite I watch it constantly! Followed closely by my long time fave <em>The Little Mermaid</em>, then <em>Alice in Wonderland</em>, <em>Peter Pan</em> and <em>The Fox & The Hound</em>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favourite Disney character of all time has to be <strong><em>Tinkerbell</em></strong>. Followed by <em>Olaf (Frozen)</em>, <em>Jessie (Toy Story 2), Sully (Monsters Inc.), Boo (Monsters Inc.)</em> & <em>Genie (Aladdin)</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My current fave is <strong><em>Ariel (The Little Mermaid)</em></strong> closely followed by <em>Elsa (Frozen), Anna (Frozen), Merida (Brave)</em> and<em> Belle (Beauty and the Beast).</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Definitely <em><strong>Hercules</strong></em>, I love that film!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><em>Raven Baxter,</em></strong> she has awesome powers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Currently it is <em><strong>Let It Go! (Frozen)</strong></em> but I also love <em>Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid), Just Can't Wait to Be King (The Lion King), I Won't Say I'm In Love (Hercules)</em> and <em>Almost There (The Princess and the Frog)</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">There was a bit of everything back to the future theme, spaceships, pyrotechnics, giant inflatable balls and inflatable triple boobs! And to make it even more exciting Fearne Cotton was there filming Fearne and McBusted! I have previously been to see Busted once when I was 13 and McFly last year and both groups are both born performers but together it was even more a spectacle! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">They started of the show with the 2005 Busted press conference of when Busted announced there split, from there Matt and James head back to 2014 back to the future style (in an actual Delorean entering the stage!) to join McFly. Matt and James emerge from the Delorean, to deafening screams filling the arena and then out jump the members of McFly from the stage and the opening chords of Air Hostess! It was a great start to the show and adrenaline was pumping throughout.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">They continued to play comfortably as a group, singing it each others songs with vocals spread equally, including Five Colours in her Hair, Obviously, Sleeping with the Light on and Shine a Light. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The amazing set got even better when halfway through the show the supergroup descended from the roof of the arena on a spaceship! Busting out Stargirl (one of my personal favourites) the arena went wild! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tom's wedding speech was shown as a banter filled version in which Matt and James hi-jack Tom and then burst into Crashed the Wedding which included A LOT of running around the stage and Matt Willis in a wedding dress!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The concert ended with All About You in which a majority of the crowd sang and ended with a very energetic Year 3000 (another of my personal faves).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As many people may know I have seen countless musicals, plays, dance pieces performed at the Curve Theatre in Leicester, but I can say honestly that Paul Kerryson's <em>Hairspray</em> is the best I have seen yet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On this occasion I didn't get to see the show until it was in it's final week, as we were going for my mother's birthday. <em>Hairspray </em>had a five weeks run from Friday 28th February through until Saturday 5th April. It is an infectious and heart-warming musical that was fun for everyone and it is a huge shame it is over now!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the outside Hairspray is a fun-filled musical, but the underneath issues of segregation and racism are touched upon in this show wonderfully. From the get go of the first few chords of "Good Morning Baltimore" sang by lead protagonist Tracey Turnblad by Rebecca Craven (Waterloo Road), I had the biggest grin on my face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The highlights of the show for me personally include the duet between Tracey's parents Edna and Wilbur played by the lovely Damian Williams and John Barr, each seemed to have a real passion and enjoyment of what they were doing. Claudia Kariuki as Motormouth Maybelle had me an emotional wreck during her rendition of "I know where I've been" and of course the finale song "You Can't Stop the Beat" I loved having the excuse to get up and dance when the cast egged the audience on!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a whole the cast performed brilliantly; Zizi Strallen as Penny Pingleton had me in stitches the entire way through, Tyrone Huntley as Seaweed worked some magic on that stage and David Witts as Link Larkin didn't entirely do it for me, maybe he was a bit too sweet for me (I don't really do pretty boys ha). But on the whole I was captivated by this show and have been singing the songs continuously since especially "Mama I'm a big girl now".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Upcoming reviews will include McBusted @ NEC, Miley Cyrus @ NEC & Birdsong @ Curve.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Hello everyone, sorry for being absent for the last two weeks, I have been mentally busy with both my jobs, volunteering and being ill (had a terrible cold!). I'm going to a short update of what I have been up to!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Two Saturdays ago myself and Luke went a wedding reception of one of Luke's friends. I struggled finding something nice to wear because of every shop being full of rejected sale clothes (I don't do sales, only online!). I came across this lovely red dress in New Look (see it <a href="http://www.newlook.com/shop/womens/dresses/red-floral-print-smock-dress_303968469">here</a>) and thought it would be perfect! I paired with a pair of suede heels from New Look, my H&M leather jacket and some Primark black frilly socks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also during this week it was Luke's 24th birthday. I unfortunately had to work all day but we went for a nice family meal at a local pub to celebrate. I treated him to some money towards headphones he wanted and two Adventure Time comic Volume 2 and Volume 3 (I got him Volume 1 for Christmas).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The following weekend I had a mini haul in Primark where I purchased this super cute fluffy polo jumper for just £10, I couldn't resist. I think I'm going through a pastel phase. I also bought myself a cute water bottle with pink and blue owls on it for £2 and an amazing smelling candle, sweet vanilla and coconut, for £2. I'm a fiend for a candle.</span></div>
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Siobhan Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16522835893559629308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776895239284669552.post-7240521234821480892014-01-03T05:49:00.001-08:002014-12-29T07:17:21.539-08:00Lifestyle // *New Year Goals*<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Start saving money to go towards a house and car.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Hopefully get onto a PGCE.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Pass my driving and theory test.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Have at least one cup of green tea a day.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Eat more fruit and veg.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Be more sensible with alcohol! No binges.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cut down on the crap.. chocolate, crisps, takeaways, fizzy pop.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I am also going to try and keep healthy this year. I work a lot so always feel groggy and tired, so hopefully eating better and exercising will help.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Hope everyone celebrating seeing off 2013 in style.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I certainly did my attending the New Years Eve matinee performance of <em>Chicago</em> at Curve Theatre in Leicester. Directed by Curve's own Paul Kerryson it was a spectacular show. Anyone that has seen the West End touring version like myself (I saw it back in 2007 at Milton Keynes Theatre) can expect a completely different approach. Think extremely camp performers and minimalist set! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Chicago</em> is one of my favourite musicals (closely followed by <em>The Lion King</em> &<em> Phantom of the Opera</em>) and this version certainly did not disappoint. The set design was very minimalist but that is usually the way it is with the shows produced at Curve. The costumes were very well designed and suited this uber camped up show to a tee! You cannot find any words to fault the dancers, all in sync and amazingly flexible, which is what you like to see in a show like Chicago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My highlights of the show were Sandra Marvin stealing the stage as Mama Morton, especially with a spectacular finishing note to <em>When You're Good To Mama,</em> still now it is one of the things that stands out from the production; Gemma Sutton dazzled as Roxie Hart and her rendition of <em>Funny Honey</em> was brilliant, also Mama Morton and Velma Kelly (performed by Verity Rushworth) singing <em>Class</em> with beautifully in sync voices. Anyway I am basically saying you should go see <em>Chicago</em> at Curve! It's running until the 18th January and definitely worth a watch! </span></div>
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Siobhan Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16522835893559629308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776895239284669552.post-10323673786644701102013-12-29T11:02:00.001-08:002014-12-29T07:18:25.961-08:00Lifestyle // *First Post & What I Got For Christmas*<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here it is my first post on my fresh, new blog. I've decided to show you the lovely gifts I received for Christmas this year! I'm a bit of a beauty product and make-up hoarder and received quite a few gifts of this nature.</span></div>
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<span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkngW57bnh-g0beLVDzhcWka47FJcC15dpHiOOI0PFYho95wPWbA2iWBJZT1WV008VHOuKSENXMPvucYEHb0fp-hZVpRhI70IsiBJqFKlRazwIWB2F2Gffec_M3S_wOwCr23JGZrxzqYw/s400/20131227_115357.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Within this massive haul you will find Soap and Glory's Yule Monty Vanity Box! Cannot wait to try all the bits in there, I am a massive fan of Soap & Glory products. Perfumes included Coco Mademoiselle by Chanel, Honey by Marc Jacobs and Kate Moss. Some lovely scents I've had my eye on for a while. I received three lovely jumpers a New Look daisy patterned, a H&M Dalmations, and a sequined penguin one. Lots of slipper socks, a pair of slippers, two pairs of pjs and a penguin night time poncho. Lots of make-up. The Little Mermaid, Bambi & Despicable Me 2 on DVD. Ear muffs, chocolates and bracelets. Lots of penguin cuddlies and hot water bottles. Some new black Converse! Benefit Real Techniques mascara! Two lovely make-up bags! A new watch. My Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 (boyf spoilt me!) and Hungry Hungry Hippos & Penguin Pile Up which we are yet to play!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I want to take the opportunity to thank all my family and friends for the wonderful gifts I received this Christmas! I love you all!</span></div>
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