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For my final proper blogmas post (I know it's gone so quick!), I'm going to go through ten of the best things I've done/experienced in 2015. There's so many amazing things that I have completed and it was tough to pick just ten, although, I think they're the best ten!

1. I SAW TOM ODELL AND IMAGINE DRAGONS
As a Christmas present last year from my parents, I got tickets to go and see Tom Odell in concert. The best things about this was that the venue was a forest. We travelled to Sherwood Pines (up North a lil bit) and saw him perform there, outside! It was a incredible experience and I'm so grateful that I got to seem him live! More recently, Sam and I went to watch Imagine Dragons at the O2 in London. I saw them a few years ago but it was Sam's first time and we both loved it!

2. I WENT TO CORSICA
For out summer holiday this year, my family and I went to Corsica. It is honestly one of the most beautiful country's I've been to and I completely adore everything about it! I'm 100% certain that I will go back there in my lifetime and I can't wait already.

3. I'VE DOUBLED OVERALL IN PAGEVIEWS
I only discovered this the other day when it appeared on my TimeHop but this time last year I had just reached 4500 page views and I couldn't believe it. Right now, I'm just about on 9000 and it's insane how much this site has grown.

4. I STARTED WRITING FOR PRETTY52
At the start of June I emailed an article to Pretty52 just hoping to get featured for a one-off. Never did I think that I'd be asked to become a part of the external writing team. I love writing for these guys and am excited to see where it takes me over the next year. I still can't believe that I write for this popular site and love the external writer community!

5. I MADE BEAUTY AND YOUTUBE VIDEOS
A few months ago a lovely lady called Jacinta messaged me about a potential business opportunity. From that one message I started making beauty videos for a app called Soapbox. I never thought that I'd expand from just writing to making videos as well and am super excited to be a part of this group and creating for them! Since this, I also started my YouTube channel and can't wait to see how this progresses in the future!

6. I PASSED MY A LEVELS/SURVIVED COLLEGE
A huge chunk of my college life has gone over the past year and I have lived through the vast majority of it. I only have a few months and a few exams left and then I'm finished. It's sad to think that it'll all be over soon but we'll all be moving on to bigger and better things I'm sure!


7. I HELPED PROMOTE JERMEY LOOPS
About two months I decided to become a part of the Jeremy Loops Street Team. I'm a huge fan of Jeremy and his music and am super excited to be working with him and some others to get his name out there. You can listen to Jeremy here.

8. I MET SOME INCREDIBLE PEOPLE
Since I started college I've met some truly brilliant people and made some friendships that will probably last a lifetime. I've also been welcomed into all these little business communities and have made some fab business relationships too with people through our mutual love for creating.

9. I WENT TO MY FIRST BLOGGERS EVENT
In the summer, I was invited to my first bloggers event at LUSH in Basingstoke. It was two of my favourite things combined and insanely excited to go! I met some amazing people at the event - two of which have now started YouTube Channels as well (check out Hannah and Sophie) and I really enjoyed it as my first real event as a blogger.


10. I FOUND MYSELF
The biggest thing about this year is that I really found out who I want to be and how I'm going to become that person. I know what I want to do and I'm slowly beginning the process of doing it. I want to be creative and tell stories and that is probably my biggest passion right now and I can't wait to turn it into a career.


There we have it! That was my last post of 2015! I hope you've enjoyed reading my ramblings on this site over the past year and I hope that you continue to read into the new year. Thankyou so much for all the support and actually reading what I write - I never thought that I'd last two years! I'm slowly expanding my little empire and I can't wait to see what the future holds! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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For today, I thought that I'd do a little bit of a 'Winter Get Ready With Me' and give you all a little insight as to what I do in the mornings..

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This year I've, again, really enjoyed doing blogmas and learnt from the mistakes i made with it last year. Fun Fact: last year I didn't intend to do blogmas. I saw everyone else start doing it and decided that I'd start it on December 2nd so, essentially I was a whole day behind and in a sense, I technically didn't complete it as I only did 24 posts instead of 25. This time I start down and properly organised the whole thing and think that it has paid off! So here is a little insight into the 'behind the scenes' of how it has all happened..


I know what you're all thinking looking at that photo - 'You call that organised?!'. However, somehow in my head this is in perfect order. To start off with I wrote down days one to twenty-five and I already knew some of the things which we had planned that I wanted to write about, like days with family and events, so I filled those in next to the correct date. I then basically just worked my way down the days and filled in some of the ideas I had of what write.

Every couple of nights I would then sit and draft about four or five posts so I could simply hit upload on the day. In the notebook, I'd tick that I had written the post and then once I had uploaded I'd put another tick so that I know that I've done it. For some of the more lengthy posts I'd even start writing them down so that I'd have a rough idea of what to do when I came around to writing it.

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There are so many things that I have been loving this month and I haven't done a favourites post for a while so that brings me to today's post! I'm not normally someone who shows a lot of beauty products in my favourites but this month there have been a ton that I've been obsessed with..

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The other day I found a bunch of old photos of me and my family from Christmas when we were younger. Some of them were quite funny and others were just super cute, so today I'm going to show them to you! It's crazy how much we and our Christmases have changed; my Mum and I were talking this morning about the lack of presents that are on top of her wardrobe this year and how many there used to be when we were younger..

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Yesterday, two of my friends Sam and Tom came over and we swapped Christmas presents! We all go to college together and finished it on Thursday so, we met up yesterday probably for the last tine before Christmas!We all really liked the gifts that we gave each other and even attempted a game of chubby bunnies which failed miserably! Here are a few photos from the evening (sorry some are out of focus, Tom had the camera)!

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I was thinking today about all the different traditions and theories about Christmas around the world. I had a little look online and found some pretty cool facts so I've decided to share them with you today!

1. Norwegian scientists have a theory that Rudolph’s red nose is probably the result of a infection of his respiratory system.

2. According to the Guinness world records, the tallest Christmas tree ever cut was a 221-foot Douglas fir.

3. Alabama was the first state in the United States to officially recognize Christmas in 1836.

4. The chances of a white Christmas are just 1 in 10 for England and Wales, and 1 in 6 for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

5. The largest Christmas cracker was 45.72m long and 3.04m in diameter.

6. The Beatles hold the record for most Christmas number one singles, topping the charts in 1963, 65 and 67.

7. There are 364 gifts mentioned in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”.

8. Christmas Eve in Japan is a good day to eat fried chicken and strawberry shortcake.

9. Apparently you should eat one mince pie a day during the twelve days of Christmas for good luck.

10. Santa would have to visit 822 houses a second to make all of his deliveries on time.

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I was thinking today about what Christmas really means to me. I know that this will vary from person to person and we'll all have different views on what it really means but I thought that I'd tell you all what Christmas means to me.

I think that it's such a special time of year. And that's not because of, you know, getting presents and singing carols but because you're there. You're there with you family or friends or whoever it is that makes it feel special. This time of year isn't the way it is because of what's there but instead because of who's there. Now let me get deep and sentimental for a second (I don't get soppy on here often okay?)..

Two years ago we lost my Grandad at Christmas. He passed on the 27th and his birthday was on Christmas Day. I'm not going to go into details of how or why he passed although I will tell you how it has impacted us at Christmas. Last year was our first Christmas without him and I can tell you now that it was especially hard. It was something that I know we were all thinking about on the day but none of us really mentioned. We did however, raise a glass to him but that's really all that was said on the matter. It was difficult as he played such a huge role during Christmas, especially as it was his birthday as well. This year is our second without him and although it will still be hard, we have created new traditions to help us get through it this time.


I know what you're thinking. Katie, how does this link to what Christmas means to you?
Well, for me personally, this reminds me how precious life is and that family is so so important and spending time with them is vital. Because you never know when they may leave. Christmas means that you stop all the petty arguments and cherish each other, even if it is just for the day. Love and cherish the people you're with this Christmas because they're all so special.

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Seeing as my post about our Christmas decorations around the house went well I've decided to do one showing the decorations I have in my room! I went round the yesterday taking some photos of all my little lights and things to show you all..