Date night #1

Date night at Bill's

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Good evening Little ones! I've taken a little break, I've been with the family over the Christmas period, completing University work, and also writing my first ever book ... I think it's going OK so far; but I'm always sceptical about my work. I've just come home from a date with my boyfriend, and I thought that I would write a blog post on it, I always enjoy reading about my favourite bloggers personal life; makes me feel like I'm there with them. Any-who, if you want to know what I got up to this evening then have a read down below; enjoy :).

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I've been working a lot, so much in fact that I haven't really taken the time to breath. Having an evening out with my other half was the break I needed, it restored my energy and made me feel happier as a person. As most of you are aware, if you are put under so much pressure is really takes it out on you; emotionally and physically. Just to take a breather once in a while is fantastic, and especially with people you cherish.
Me and Christopher decided to head out to Bill's, somewhere we don't normally go because I'm a pasta gal, I love my Italian food, but we fancied something different; plus we've been to Bill's before and we LOVE their food!
It came to ordering, and I had a pink lemonade, I normally hate fizzy drinks; but this was rather refreshing, and it kept me awake! Whereas Chris had a Budweiser ... Jeez he was drunk near the end of the night, hilarious to witness; but tiring to get home. But it was time for our main meal to arrive! As you can see in the images above I decided to go with a fish pie. It was so delicious! The fish was so fresh and creamy, and the potato crunchy and delightful. It wasn't rich to begin with, but near the end my stomach was telling me to STOP! Just encase IBS hit, and I don't fancy that on a romantic date with my boyfriend. He then went with a manly meal ... Classic steak and chips. He devoured his in seconds, still stunned!
Like every main course, it has to finish with a desert ... I don't care how full I feel I always need something sweet after, it wouldn't feel right! Luckily Bill's had their famous chocolate brownie ... And yes I ate the hell out of it! I'm sorry there is no picture, I forgot to take one, and by the time I remembered I had already eaten it ... But it was delicious! If you go there at any point, GET THE BROWNIE! You'll love it!
Whereas Chris bought the salted caramel apple crumble, it looked fantastic on the menu, but when served it wasn't as great, and the taste (in my opinion) wasn't fantastic; but that's because I don't like walnuts ... Without those and I think it would have been great.
All in all it was a great evening, we had a great talk, laugh and some drinks together. I would say cherish the time you have with another person, they really do make you grow. Ever since I met Chris he has made me so much happier. He has given me so much more confidence, as I him.
I apologise that there aren't many pictures of us, but we do value our privacy, plus Chris is camera shy, he's awkward, and I respect that.
Oh side-note! I will be vlogging at the VERY end of this year! I am in the process of learning how to edit, and construct videos. I want to perfect it for you Little ones! But I will still be blogging if that answers any questions.
This is now the end of my blog post, I hope you enjoyed this evening out! I would highly recommend Bill's, if you have never been before; then try something new, I'm sure you will have the time of your life.
I love you all so very much, I will see you again soon! Merry Christmas!
Stay safe and stay tuned Little ones! :) x x x

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Book to recommend #1

The Lake House-Kate Morton

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Good afternoon Little ones! I'm currently curled up in bed, warm and toasty ... Just finished reading The Lake House by Kate Morton; and I'm so overwhelmed, but satisfied, that I've read another book. I thought that I would add something new to my blog, some sort of a book review? I'll do this ever so often, simply because my readers out there might want another book recommendation; so I'm here to save the day! Oh, and on the contrary, you could help me! Let me know what books you love, and I'll review them on here!
Anyhow, if you want to know more about this book then have a little wonder down below! Don't worry, I won't be giving ANY significant information away!

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After reading, The Lake House it gave me a different perspective of life itself ... I was so absorbed in the characters that when it came to resurfacing life itself I was left numb. Kate Morton has a style of writing which takes you on the journey, that;s when you know you are reading an exceptional novel. She's an incredible women, with a passion with words that take your breath away. From the minuscule detailing of her surroundings, for the unfolding relationships between each character. There were times when I had to take a breather, simply because my emotions had go the better of me ... It was choking. 

I felt that because she had studied Cornwall beforehand, she knew what she was writing to a tee. She nailed the salty air, and the windswept hair by the sea ... It had taken me back to the time when I had visited Cornwall ... Oh the beauty, it's utterly memorable. On the other hand, I loved the aspect of being in one era, and then another ... Books like that I adore, simply because everything comes together neatly at the end. Some people will disagree; but then everyone has a different reading and writing style; which makes book writing even more admirable. In regards to her story line it was perfection. T'was based on an abandoned home, where something heartbreaking had occurred, several people thought they were to blame for the incident ... But the answer was right in front of them. So many blot-twists, and shocking revelations. It pulls on your deepest emotion and takes you with them. You are there with the charters, you are in their minds, you can see and feel what they feel; and that's a blessing and a curse.
Kate Morton tied in several significant and triggering revelations in her book, WW1 and WW2, and what it was like for both men and women in those days.
I don't want to give any charter development away, simply because it would ruin your reading experience.
Therefore, if you adore mystery and having to guess what happens next, then you will fall in love with this book. It's my favourite out of her entire book collection, I would know since I've read the entirety of her books. But they have all left me speechless and wanting more.
Just like always I find it hard to pick up another book when I have been swaying with emotions, it'll be a few days until I can read again, just because I have fallen deeply in love with the book, and reading another wouldn't feel right ... Does anyone else feel like that? I hope that I'm not overly insane.

I must now love you and leave you. I hope that you enjoyed this short but sweet blog post! I enjoyed writing it! I promise you will love the book, and if you don't then that's fine; it's not the one for you.
Anyhow, if you do get the chance of picking up this book, please tell me what you think about it! I would love to know!
I'll leave a link below to where you can purchase this story, if you are still interested of course!
I love you all so very much, see you soon! Stay safe and stay tuned Little ones! :) x x x

If you wish to purchase the book, both paperback and hardback are listed below:

Paperback: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-lake-house/kate-morton/9781447200864

Hardback: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-lake-house/kate-morton/9780230759275

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Storytime-teacher lost my A-Level Photography coursework

Teacher lost my A-Level coursework

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Good evening Little ones, I've been working hard the past few days, but I miss you all so very much; so I'm here typing away. I thought that it was about time that I let you know me a little more, and by doing this, I thought that by telling you one of the most devastating stories would do the trick. Evidently, by the title of the blog post, most of you will understand why this was extremely stressful; and some of you may know how heartbreaking this situation is ... If one of you individuals have experienced this, I feel utterly sorry for you, because it breaks you down as a person.
Anyhow, I lived on and I'm now at University, if you want to know the details then have a wonder down below :).

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Background information:

First and foremost, I was in Sixth Form for three years. Not because I failed my first year but because I didn't want to carry on what I was studying in the first year. I walked out of first year with 2A's and a B ... In English, Business and Finance. SO many people have stated, "why did you change your subjects, your grades were amazing". The truth of the matter was, I wasn't happy with what I was studying, I was so depressed and lost with what I wanted to do with my life. School lead to you to believe that this was it ... What you do know embodies you into the person you will become, which in my mind meant,if you mess it up due to low grades and sluggish passion; you might as well be on the streets. The pressure and wanting to succeed lead me to pick the subjects I've always wanted to do ... And I did, even though it meant staying an extra two years in Secondary School.

I decided to go down the creative route, and selected: Photography, Media and Product Design. I adored the first year, apart from the fact that somebody destroyed my Product Design Final, which I had to drop in the end, (that'll be another Storytime). I finished the first year with an A and a B, which again, I was over the moon with, I thought my final year would be the same, but it wasn't and you'll find out why in the next section.

What happened?

Fundamentally, it was a new start to the year, in Photography we were given a topic, in this case it what surfaces, we had to find artists in which we thought used multiple surfaces in their work; it could literally be anything, as long as you could analyse and justify why and how it was relevant. I went with 4 different artists, as I could differentiate the variety of styles each photographer used; as it would give you higher marks. Being an analytical person, I thought I would do well in that aspect. We all had to find the photographers, analyse their work, respond to their work by taking images of your own, edit them and select your final pieces and analyse them. This process took several hours, and you had to do at least 3 photo-shoots, for each individual artists ... Estimations, you had to take at least 200-250 photographs for ONE artist ... And I had four. You can only imagine the amount of time I had spent on my work. 

But it wasn't about just taking the images, the way you edited your images and why was the most important factor, this is where all the marks came from. In my case I had an artist which hand embellished their photographs, just to let you know how long it took for me to edit ONE image ... 3 hours. I had to hand-sew sequins and string to an a2 piece of paper ... I had 4 of these as my final piece to one artist. After I had actually completed my work, which took 7 months it was time for our review.

This is where the teacher would modify and mark your work, I was being told from the amount of of effort I was putting in, it was worth "at least an A".

When it came to find out my predicted grade my teacher sat me down and gave me a yellow slip of paper. It stated "U". I thought that it was upside-down, or she was having a bad day, because from what they were saying, it was worth AT LEAST AN A. She then said, "Amy, I'm really sorry to inform you but your work has been misplaced, so I had to mark you down as Upgradeable".

I heart stopped beating, my hands were sweating, I went into a full panic attack ... And then stopped. So much was going through my mind, I had been working on this for 7 months, we were about to be set our exam work, we had no more time to go back to our coursework, which was worth 60% OF OUR FINAL GRADE. For once, I actually stood up to myself and swore at this teacher, I went on about how she incompetent and why this was wrong on so many levels. My work my A grade worthy and she had the nerve to not only downgrade me, but to LOOSE my work. She has always gone on about how she adored my inordinately, and how I was different from all the other students. She didn't "misplace" anyone else's work but mine ... In which I thought she kept it for herself; or she's just stupid enough that she can't track where she's kept A-LEVEL WORK!

I refused to re-start my entire project, as that meant staying up various nights ... So I cracked on with the exam work, and complained to my head of year and refused to re-do my coursework. There were threats of them kicking me out because I was being so rude to my teacher ... But come on?! She lost my work, she should lose her job! If she can't look after A-Level work then she shouldn't be a teacher, it's disgusting. I had other subjects to revise for, and this incident made my world tumble around me. 

Luckily enough my head of year reviewed my work, and said, "because it was worth an A that's what we will grade you". 

I remember walking in the last day, and stating to other students that this teacher couldn't be trusted ... With her right there. I held my head up high, and was proud when my results came in for both my A-levels, because I managed to achieve good grades, with the stress of this awful indecent. 

I now study Marketing, and I adore it. I should have just stayed studying business, but at that time in my life I wasn't interested, but now my entire life is focused on Business and Marketing. 

This is now the end of the blog post Little ones, if you have any further questions please let me know in the comment section down below! I have so many other stories to tell you about my School life! 

If any of you have gone though this, as mentioned previously I really do feel for you; but it does make you a stronger person.

I love you all so very much, see you again very soon! Merry Christmas Little ones! Stay safe and stay tuned! :) x x x 

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Non-vegan chicken stir-fry

Healthy Chicken Stir-try

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Good Morning Little ones! What are your plans for today? My bestfriend is coming over-can't wait to see her! Also running into town to get a few bits and pieces, then I need to double check if my glasses have arrived; because I can't see properly; I'm surprised I've been able to write clear blog posts.
Any how, it's not too long for Christmas! I'm so excited! Also have you seen the giveaway I'm hosting on my blog, if not then Click here! All you have to do is follow my blog and you are automatically entered! Now lets get on with the blog post :D.

Ingredients:

• 100 grams egg noodles;
• 1 red pepper;
• 1 squash;
• 1 precooked chicken leg;
• 3 plums;
• soy-sauce;
• oil.

STEPS ON HOW TO MAKE THIS:

1. Making the sauce: cut and skin the plums and put them into a blender, add the soy-sauce and blend, then put to one side.
2. Prepare your vegetables: cut the pepper into fine strips, and the squash into little squares; this way it cooks faster. 
3. Put oil into a pan and place the vegetables in there, wait until they are soft and then add the chicken;
4. after 3 minutes add the egg noodles and homemade plum sauce until steaming hot;
5. Plate up and enjoy! :D 

Why these ingredients?

Red pepper:
Red bell peppers contain several phytochemicals and carotenoids, particularly beta-carotene, which lavish you with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits. This strengths your immune system and helps fight infection due to the phytochemicals. 

Chicken:

Chicken:

Chicken as we all know contains an mass amount of protein, this repairs your muscles and insures that they won't rip or pull. This is crucial in your diet if you do weight-training or any form of sports. 

This is now the end of the blog post Little ones! I really enjoyed making this, it;s super quick and easy, and so handy of you are in a rush, or you have just come home and you're starving!
If you have any questions, or just want a general chat keep an eye out on my social media and I'll talk! :D
Remember I'm hosting a blog giveaway, all you have to do is follow my blog and you are automatically entered! I love you all so very much! See you soon, later on today in fact! Stay safe and stay tuned Little ones! :D  x x x

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The Body Shop Giveaway

Christmas Giveaway

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Good Morning Little ones! How are you today? I thought I'd start off the morning with a giveaway! How exciting! As you know Christmas is coming up. and I wanted to give to you; simply because you're wonderful; and it's Christmas-who wouldn't want a little gift?
Any how, all instructions and information will be below on how to enter, so if you are interested, then have a little read down below!
I love you Little ones! Enjoy! :D

Profoundly, as you can see in the images, I have purchased a special edition blueberry shower-gel, and body butter to match! I actually bought a second because I couldn't not have one ... It smells absolutely divine! Obviously, if you don't like blueberry I'm sorry ... This may not be for you, but there will be other giveaways soon! Not just for Christmas so don't worry about that!
When I set up my vlogging channel I'll be hosting giveaways over there as well! That should be the VERY beginning of January, as my new years resolution is to become more confident with myself; and there's no better way than filming and editing your own face :'). Plus it builds a better rapport with you Little ones, as you'll actually get to see me on a daily-ish basis, I won't be a little lady hiding behind a computer screen.

HOW TO ENTER:

In order to enter and have a chance of winning this giveaway, all you have to do is follow my blog. From that I will pick someone at random and exchange contact details to enable me to send them this Christmasy gift! But that's all you have to do! I will be sharing this on my social media platforms so no one can miss out! This give away is lasting for 2 whole weeks (20th December) so you have plenty of time to enter! 

But that's basically it Little ones! If you have any questions or quires please let me know on social media, or the comment section down below!
I love you all so very much, have a lovely Christmas! I will see you again later on today with a recipe! Stay safe and stay tuned! x x x :D 

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Non-vegan afternoon feast

Brunch banquet 

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Good evening Little ones! How have you been today? I've been planning essays, buying the last Christmas presents and chilling with my friends. As you can tell by the title I also had quite the feast, rather delicious I must say! Less about me, what did you do today? Please let me know I love talking to you:). 

Anyhow, if you want to see what we created then have a little look down below and enjoy, might give you some inspiration, (of just make you very hungry). 

There is going to be no structure for this blog post, hope you don't mind! This wasn't even meant to happen. There was a discussion between my boyfriend and our friend Levi that I've never had egg soldiers, (I have now); but they were ever so shocked. So we marched over to Marks and Spencer's just for eggs, but by the time we got to the till we had more than what we bargained for. We left with: bacon, sausages, bread, numerous spices, beans and mushrooms. I knew then that this wasn't going to be any lunch; it was going to be a feast, especially when Levi is in town.

We arrived in mine and Chris's apartment and our stomachs took over. Our kitchen turned into a full work station. It was like a cooking programme broke into our home! We were speedy and efficient. We put everything to practice and created a beautiful and tasty meal. As you can see there is a large amount of food, in which no one finished. It was a great laugh, a few friends nattering away, letting the day pass by.
I love being adventurous with food, as well as spontaneous plans, I never expected this, but knowing Levi, you have to expect the non-expected, (it's a good thing).
On the other hand, it was the first time that I had tried venison sausages, and at first I liked them, but taking several bites the flavour became too intense; but I'm not a massive meat eater in the first place, when I'm not being vegan I'm a chicken girl through and through.
Some people may not agree with my choice of eating, vegan some days and not, but it's the way I want to live now, there are days where I do intense gym training, and I need meat; tofu doesn't help me as much. But you will see some vegan recipes soon Little ones, so don't you worry!
I'm currently writing this, a little intoxicated since I've been drinking with my friends, but non the less I'm happy and healthy. Plus I'm cooking some good and healthy food, which will also be on the blog shortly! I'm sorry for rambling, but I love reading blog posts that are personal, I hope this has the same affect?
Oh something else I'd like to mention, is that I'm going to start vlogging this month! It will be just after Christmas! It will be on my YouTube channel, won't be anything speical, it'll be like my blogs, but in a video form. If any of you have any suggestions on what you want to see me do, then I'll do it; I don't mind I just want to make you happy, you are my Little ones, and I appreciate you do much; and that's NOT the drunk me talking.
Anyhow, I better rap this up, I've been trying to finish this for a while, but gaming came into play and I couldn't stop, so here I am now writing this at 10:30.
I love you all so very much! May not be the best content I've produced but it can't be the worst! I love you all so very much, I will see you soon with another blog post! Stay safe and stay tuned Little ones! :) x x x

Unboxing my Samsung S7 Edge

Samsung S7 edge

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Good evening Little ones! I’m back here today, waiting for a stupid headache to fade! Probably doesn’t help that I’m staring at a computer screen; but I’m bored lying in bed. Anyhow, I’ve had this phone for a few weeks now and I love it! I thought that I would show you what I’ve purchased, and my thoughts on this product.

If technology pleases you, and you are a fan of Samsung then you will love this :).

First impression:

First and foremost, I thought the box was stylish yet uninteresting. Sophisticated because the metallic writing was stunning and eye-catching, but that was it. The font was the star of the show, I know the main price is inside, but for such a beautiful product; why not showcase it in a better box? In addition to this, when it came to opening the box the magnetic feature was satisfying and clever. I thought this added a high-end aspect, which I would hope for since the phone is worth £500.
From working in a phone shop, I have seen many Samsung S7 edges, but I have never seen a pink gold one; until I unveiled mine. When I saw my phone, I was stunned! I know it’s just a phone, but this was going to be my baby for a while, (until the s8 comes out), but it’s still going to be mine as a work phone! Samsung really nailed the colours-schemes for the s7! See I’m not a fan of pink, but this isn’t IN YOUR FACE PINK. It’s delicate and captivating.
As I peeled the plastic sheets off the phone, I was met with a blinding shine! It’s rose gold heaven! And actually, ROSE GOLD! Not pink … Apple need to up their game in regards to their rose “rose gold” phone. In contrast to this, I thought the size was perfect, not too big and not too small. In compassion to my last phone, Sony Z5 premium it’s a walk in the park! I can actually hold this phone without my hand cramping. Also, I find the phone easier to hold because of the curve, with the Sony Z5 premium, it was so hard I thought I was going to drop it, and because I like taking pictures, it was near enough impossible unless you have gigantic hands. On the other hand, just like most phone companies, Samsung provides you with a charger and earphones. But not just any charger, a fast charger! Which I love! They also give you a usb adapter for transferring your old phone data to your new phone.
Last and certainly not least, I love that Samsung haven’t plastered their brand name all over the phone, it’s on the back of the phone, and on the top (but in very small font). I find that having the brand name all over the place in big letters … Tacky. Might sound silly, but that’s just my opinion.
Overall, I find that it looks like a beautiful phone, even before using it.  

Setting it up:

In regards to setting this phone up, it wasn’t hard in the slightest. If you are used to any Android phone, this will be simple for you. All you have to do is follow the prompts and insert the information they require. For example, a passcode and fingerprint set-up. Also in regards to unlocking your phone with the fingerprint, it’s very fast (when it works). There are times when it won’t recognise my finger, but that happens very rare; but that happens with so many other devices, Apple included… I would know I own an iPad Pro.
On the other hand, doing a data transfer is easy, Samsung actually provides you with a usb adapter which you plug into your own phone, and with that your contacts and pictures are on your new phone. In my perspective, I don’t like doing that, simply because if I have a new phone I want to start a fresh, plus there were people who had my previous number which I don’t want to have.
In conclusion, my first impression with this product is extremely high! I’ve now used the phone for a couple of weeks, as mentioned previously, and I love it very much. It’s super quick and easy to use. So much better than Apple.

This is now the end of the blog post, I hope you enjoyed reading it! If you are a tech person I’m sure you enjoyed this! Whereas if you’re not, but you like shiny things then hey-ho, I hope you liked it either way. I love you all so very much, and I will see you tomorrow with a non-vegan recipe! Sweet dreams! Stay safe and stay tuned Little ones! :D x x x 

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Advice on planning a Marketing essay

Planning a Marketing essay

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Good Morning Little ones (nearly the afternoon), just managed to get writing this, but I got my results back yesterday from my first exam; and I am more than happy with them! But this got me thinking, the only reason I manged to get such a high grade; was because I planned strategically hard. If you do Marketing, or if you struggle writing essays, then give this little blog post a read. I'm also going to interject some examples that the exam gave me.
Have a great day Little ones, I will also see you later on today as well! Can't wait!

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Analyse the question:

If you are anything like me, looking at the question time and time again can get rather frustrating. Appose to staring at it and hoping that it’ll give you the answers, take out the key words and put in your own words what it’s asking you to do. This way it’ll be easier to understand, and you won’t want to pull your hair. In my perspective, my exam asked me to, “Is there a fine line between persuading and manipulating customers into buying products/services. And does cooperate propaganda still exist?”.

First impressions were this is all over the place, immediately I thought that it would be best to find the definitions to manipulating and persuading. With this information, I was able to find techniques to both phrases, which I knew would help when analysing one of my points. I then thought that it would be best to find two companies that persuaded customers and one which manipulated them; this way I was able to differentiate between the wrong and right way to promote products to future consumers. On the other hand, the second aspect of the question was about propaganda, in my situation I found out the definition and applied the companies I had already researched, being Apple and Superdrug, and applied it to their advertising strategies.  

Apply the correct essay structure:

Fundamentally, having the correct essay structure is the foundation to a perfect essay. If you know what you are going to write about, and how to do it, it’ll be a walk in the park for you. Whereas if you struggle then this is the construction I would follow:

Point-have a strong and engaging point. This shows that you know what you are talking about from the beginning and will give you extra marks because of this. Keep it brief and to the point, I’ve made mistakes from this in the past; but I have learnt from those. 

In my exam, my first point was, “fundamentally, a company that successfully persuades their customers would be Apple. They give clear descriptions of the product offering, no hidden costs, and they are specific”. This gives a brief description about the company and how they work, as well as putting your own opinion across to the examiner.

Evidence- to make your point strong, you need to have factual evidence to support your point, or the examiner could think that you made this up. In my situation, I referenced the Apple advert for the iPhone 7 release. ALWAYS use evidence, whether it’s from moving image or print, always use it. 

Analyses- this is the most CRUCIAL part to the essay! This is what shows that you understand the question. When analysing you need to put forward your argument, you need to answer the questions, why they did it that way and how. If you constantly have the why and how in your mind; and you can answer that, that’ll give you high marks … 100% guaranteed. 

An example of my piece of work is as followed:

“Portrays and states “25% brighter retina display, longest iPhone battery ever”. This is a proper way of persuasion because they are not lying to their customers, otherwise it would be manipulation. By keeping it brief they are not boring their consumers, they are keeping their attention; which increases Apple’s chance of persuading their customers to buy the iPhone 7”.  

Reference- I can’t stress this enough! YOU NEED TO REFERENCE! You will lose marks! If you can’t state where you got the information from then you are in trouble! Also, when you are referencing, you have to do it in the Harvard style. For example, when it came to refencing the Apple advert I presented it like this: Apple, 16-09-2016, Apple-iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in 107 seconds, video, online ULR-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geoveidgym4. Lat moderated 7-09-16. 

Link-ALWAYS link back to the question. It always rounds up your original point and makes it neat and tidy. That way that point is officially closed and you can move on to your next point.

In contrast to this, the essay structure should look like this:

Introduction: define the keywords, input what you are going to be doing in this essay and apply any context information about the companies (if needed).

Point one: make your point, back it up using PEARL and repeat.

Point two: make your point, back it up using PEARL and repeat.

Point three: make your point, back it up using PEARL and repeat.

Conclusion: conclude what you have done, and say what you final opinion is and relate to certain points of the essay, and then link back to the question as a final round up.

Depending on how many words and how much time you need is dependent on how many points you can come up with. I managed to write 3 key points in the space of an hour with a clear introduction and conclusion.

Thank you for reading this blog post Little ones! It’s a shame that it’s now over, but I will be back later! I’ll be writing a blog post in the middle of LAN (gaming society that I help run at University). But I have missed you all so very much! See you VERY soon! 

Stay safe and stay tuned Little ones! :D  x x x

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Story-time: Slit my wrists

Cut my wrist open

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Good Morning Little ones! It's been a rather terrifying week, first with my kidney infection and now this event. I've been trying to relax for a few days, but I just needed to write about this. My life flashed before my eyes, literally still shocked. You may or may not already know that I was submitted to hospital yesterday, due to me falling over and landing on a shard of glass.
If you would like to know more about this then have a little read down below.
I'm also going to be interjecting pictures, so quick disclaimer: if you can't handle blood then don't look at the pictures below the blog post.
I hope you are all happy and healthy, love you all so very much :).

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What happened:

Profoundly, I had just finished my morning Marketing lecture, I was given a 1 hour lunch break, which was enough time for me to make and eat lunch. as well as read another chapter of, The Lake House-Kate Morton, (amazing book, would really recommend).
I arrived home and pasta came to mind, as well as a drink, because I was SO thirsty. I went to grab a pint glass, but knocked on the floor because the draining board was crowded with other dished. I had a smash. As I went to pick up the remains I fell over my feet ... Yes my own FEET, and landed on the floor. Knowing there was glass there I put my hands out to protect my face. I looked at my hands and I was petrified with what I saw. Blood was spurting out my wrist, instinct was to put as much pressure on my wrist as possible. I screamed, Chris tuned around and looked at me with alarming eyes. He called an ambulance and rushed me down the stairs. I was running as fast as I could, I felt faint while sprinting down the spiral stairs. I manged to fight the urge. I saw the front desk of the University in sight, and burst into a full blown panic attack. I could hear Chris shouting at the ambulance team, as they said they were going to be hours. The team on the front desk went into medical mode and tried to calm me down, I couldn't breath, everything around me was dimming. I remember a man holding my hand and trying to clean my cut and saying. "it's not that bad". He went to take a look, and to his horror he gasped and told me to get in his car as he was rushing me to hospital. At this point I was freaking out, Chris was holding my hand. I thought I was going to die.
I arrived at the hospital, they examined me and managed to control the bleeding.
The worst was over,  I was then put in the waiting room to get stitches. 5 hours it took. 5 hours in the waiting room and I finally was able to get my stitches.
I stumbled into the A&E department, bear in my I still hadn't eaten all day, and by this point it was 5pm. They examined my arm and was contemplating what to do, they said and I quote, "I have never seen anything like this, it's so deep, we are surprised you are still alive, you could have cut a major blood clot". As you can imagine I started crying at the thought I could have died. I could have died ... That was terrifying to me, I could have died and I didn't. I am so grateful. Words can't even describe.

So thankful for the people that stitched me up and calmed me down. So thankful for my boyfriend Chris holding my hand all the way through. He's my star. 

PICTURES ARE BELOW, DON'T LOOK IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE BLOOD!

Sorry if the images have lines in them, the light I was under distorted the image. The pictures don't justify how deep it was, but 5 entire stitches! This is the craziest thing that has happened! I have never broken a bone, but I would have rather broken something, than being told I could have died. 

I hope this was an entertaining blog post for you guys, now that I'm sitting down at my computer, I am so entirely grateful for what I have in life.
I love you all so very much, see you later with a phone unboxing! I love you all so very much!

Stay safe and stay tuned Little ones! :) x x x 

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Vegan Potato Mash

Spicy Sweet Potato Mash Recipe 

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Good morning Little ones! Long time so see on the vegan recipes! I'm back in action and creating so much more! It's autumn, and what's better to eat this time of year than steamy mash potato. Normally I would have gem-potatoes, simply because that's all I've ever had. I've never actually tried sweet potato mash; which shocks me as I love sweet potato.
Enough rambling, if you want to make this concoction then follow the simple instructions down below:).

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Ingredients:

• 3 sweet potatoes;
• vegan cream (Alpro);
• 1 birds-eye chilli-VERY HOT be warned;
• 2 spring onions;
• 2 carrots.

STEPS ON HOW TO MAKE THIS:

1. Prepare you vegetables: peel the carrots and potatoes. Chop the carrots into fine chunks and place them into a large pan, do the same with the sweet potato.
   Dice the chilli and spring onion and put to one side;
2. Put 2lts of water into the kettle and wait until boiled. Once boiled pour the water into the large pan, in which the carrots and potatoes are;
3. Leave to cook for 20 minutes (until soft);
4. When the carrots and potatoes are done mash them with a folk until fully combined. 
5. Add the Alpro cream and stir together. Once combined add the chilli and spring onion and stir again.
6. Plate up and ENJOY! :D 

WHY THESE INGREDIENTS? 

Spring onion:
Onions are a great antioxidant, they also contain low fat saturation, this won't clog up your arteries, as it reduces cholesterol, in comparison to a normal red or green onion, this is so much better for your mental and physical health.

Carrots:
This root vegetable is also a good source of antioxidant agents. Which simply means that they are detoxing your body, and making sure that bad bacteria stays away.

Sweet potato:
Sweet potato is enriched with beta-carotene. In the body, beta-carotene converts into vitamin A (retinol). We need vitamin A for good vision and eye health, for a strong immune system, and for healthy skin and 

This is now the end of the blog post! I hope you enjoy this tasty snack/meal. Eat it with whatever you want, I love it alone as an afternoon stack; especially when it's cold outside. I can place this into a bowl, get all snuggled in bed and eat :).
I hope you are all happy and healthy, I'm going out to London again today, and also getting my hair dyed! I can't wait to show you! Stay tuned and stay safe Little ones! I love you! x x x

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