Showing posts with label florida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label florida. Show all posts

Sunday, 4 January 2015

What a year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Can't believe it's 2015 already feels like only yesterday it was the start of 2014! But 2014 has definitely been a great year I think it's actually been the best looking back now with all the things that have happened! It's been very busy & eventful, took ages to narrow down the photos to put them into a collage! This post is a little late I was planning on having it done for the 1st but it took longer than I thought!

FEBRUARY

Started off in February when Kelly came back from America for a couple of days for her cousin Graham & Kerry's wedding which me & Danielle were invited to the after party!


MARCH

 Then in March the Wing's had their own wedding with a new edition! Uncle Ray finally got married!


MAY

I finally handed my dissertation in after writing 10,000 words in 7 days!


JUNE

June was a fun filled one with a lot happening in the one month well it all happened in the 1 week actually! Hannah's premature 21st birthday night out as me & Kelly weren't going to be in Liverpool for it, I went to see the Lion King at the Empire with Danielle & Gabby, Gabby's 21st & then the day after I was off to Florida for the best 2 weeks ever! To see my cousin Gary get married to the lovely Kirsty for the 2nd Wing wedding of the year & the best holiday going to Unviersal Studios, Discovery Cove, SeaWorld & Busch Gardens!

I can also say I've seen Robin Thicke & Pitbull both live & in person. Can't say they were exactly highlights of the year or the holiday in Florida but they were an experience. Both were just as bad as each other but Pitbull wasn't actually a good sing along where as Robin Thicke we couldn't stay till the end as we were too jet lagged & hot to stay around!








JULY

July was another big month of events. It started off with the Gary & Kirsty's Chinese wedding party for everyone back at home to attend. Then it was the big one for me after 3 years of hell I finally graduated from the University of Liverpool with a 2:2 in Sociology. The start of the day didn't go well at all had a bit of a tantrum & break down as nothing was going right for me but then it actually turned out to be a really good day minus my feet being in agony after wearing heels all day & just walking around town! 

2 days later it was Danielle's 21st where we had a bbq at her house for it.

Liverpool had an eventful month with the giants returning for 3 days where I actually went to every day & followed them. Sounds sad but I loved it! I also got the chance to hear Malala speak the Pakistani girl who got shot in the head by the Taliban & Katie Piper as I won tickets to the World Merit Day event at the Echo Arena off the Echo!

Also had a really fun day out with Kelly walking to Sefton Park & renting the city bikes!








AUGUST

Another fun filled important month with seeing The Killers really unexpectedly as they decided to do an intimate gig in Liverpool the day before they were headlining V festival! I went on a last minute city break with my mum & Dad to Rome for 5 days & then my 21st birthday which I was dreading but turned out to be a lot better than expected! My surprise Hawaiian themed party at Kelly's was one of the best things ever was not expecting it at all especially not to see Holly & Gabby there as well as Danielle & Hannah!








DECEMBER - CHRISTMAS & NEW YEARS

December = Christmas + New Years family & friends time. Finally got to see David as he came home for Christmas! The last time I saw him was last Christmas so it was nice. We went for pizza in TriBeca & gave each other out secret Santa gifts. It wasn't really secret santa as we knew who we were buying for as Kelly did it wrong. It just ended up being me & Danielle buying for each other then Kelly & Hannah buying for each other on a £10 budget which we had to use every penny. 

I admit I'm the worst person when it comes to buying & wrapping presents. I tend to avoid both but I was actually really proud of myself with Danielle's presents. I forgot to take a photo of them before I gave them to her but I got her pug slippers from New Look, a colouring book, colouring pencils to go with the book, a diary & a milky bar polar bear. All wrapped too which I don't ever do I tend to just put them into a gift bag!
Danielle got me a clutch, an owl necklace & a bath & body works green hand gel.



Hoi Sin Duck Pizza



Danielle's boyfriend Matt's not very good photography





Christmas was short but sweet this year with my having to work & not going to see Sindy & Jess on Christmas day which was a strange as we go every year either on Christmas or Boxing Day. 

New Years Eve was unexpected & unplanned as well as I didn't spend it with the usual bunch I ended up going to a house party with Dan from work. He was going to have a house party but then was invited to his friends which he took me along too. It was eventful to say the least as we ended up going to save his friend who he didn't know was out in Liverpool who lost all her friends she was with! I also missed the countdown as I was in the toilet which was a bit awkward... Ooops







Hopefully 2015 is even better!
But so far I have nothing planned or anything to look forward to which means it hopefully spontaneous last minute plans !


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Wednesday, 2 July 2014

Florida

I apologise if you're sick of reading about America! We did so much & I took 1000 photos it was hard to put it into just 1 or 2 posts! Since I was away for that period of time without posting anything these 7 posts have made up for the 2 week drought! 

Date Night




It didn't actually rain luckily as we walked to Universal after giving up waiting for the I-Ride



Miso Soup




We got these cute bento boxes from Fusion Bistro Sushi & Sake Bar in Citywalk. Tracy got shrimp & I got crap I think, then you got a ball of rice, salad & chocolate cake which I actually liked even though I don't like chocolate! Tracy got extra salmon sushi.
It was really nice I do recommend you go there!

After we went to the cinema to see Maleficent which I didn't think was as good as I thought it would be with all the hype. This was the same for 22 Jump Street which we also went to see while we were there. I sound really critical but I'm not sure whether it's because I'm getting high expectations of films from all the hype about them that I'm disappointed when they don't meet it when I see them or that they really aren't that good?

American cinemas are pretty much the same as England only that they have butter popcorn, hot dogs but I think some places do? Lots of different sweets & drinks. Tracy & Laura got a fizzy grape fanta slushi which wasn't nice at all. The seats recline which make them comfier. When we saw Maleficent it was freezing cos the air con was on so low where as it was ok for 22 Jump Street. Tickets were $11.50 which is about £7 which is the same as here.




Dress - Mango, Bag - H&M

I wanted all these backpacks the Hedwig one was my favourite it was so cute! They were quite expensive though think they were like $30. 

The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon - Pitbull

The second week we were there The Tonight Show was filming in Universal. On the Monday night they had JLO performing, Tuesday - Jimmy Buffet, Wednesday - Fun (We missed) & Thursday - Pitbull.










Jimmy Fallon was making such a build about how amazing it was going to be, put your phones & camera's away it's going to be a party etc. Pitbull didn't even sing a full song! He sang parts of the rubbish world cup song he's got with JLO & Timber. Then that was it he was gone nothing else happened! Everyone was so disappointed it was like that it? 
Pitbull really is as rubbish & ugly as you see on TV but the fact we were there we were expecting him to be on for a while it was only 10 minutes! Tracy was so gutted to have missed Fun the night before cos they did a proper concert Laura & Ste went!


What I bought


Nike Store Orlando Premium Outlets - $75 (£45)

Comfiest shoes ever! Everyone should seriously invest in a pair of Nike Free Runs. They're so light & soft I just wore them for the whole holiday!
We don't have colours like this in England we just get stuck with all the dull boring ones, all the trainers are so colourful, loads of tie-dye, rainbow.



Vans in Orlando Premium Outlets - $47 (£28)

This wasn't outlet price as they're classics but they're cheaper than what they are here. They've gone up to £47!



Forever 21 - Orlando Premium Outlets - $14.80 (£9)



Forever 21 - Orlando Premium Outlets - $15.80 (£10)

I think these shorts were this price but I'm not too sure as I can't find the tag for it! These prices also aren't outlet prices the shop just happened to be in the outlet mall.
I think I only bought these for the sake of wanting to buy stuff as I hadn't bought anything about from my Nikes at the time.



I bought these sweets back they were only $1 where as they're like £3 here for a box!
I wanted to get Reese's cups but I was scared they'd melt & I never tried any while I was there but I probably wouldn't like them or be able to eat a full cup!

I've never had twizzers & we've only opened the strawberry ones, I'm not a fan since they taste of liquorice & I hate liquorice! I hope the mixed berry one is nicer. Also have no idea what runts are I just bought them.



If you go into any shop in Florida they have salt water taffy. My auntie bought so many of these Disney ones as gifts & bought some in other shops as well & gave me a bag. We've been given them as gifts before & can't remember what they taste like but my mum said we don't like them... So we haven't opened it yet!

And that's it for my Florida posts! I think I've covered everything in 7 posts. I don't think I'll be going back any time soon, with the amount it cost I'd much rather travel & see somewhere different since I could already tick off that I've been to Florida. Just need to see where my next adventure will be to, hopefully somewhere exotic!

 If you have any questions or want to know more please comment or message, tweet whatever & happily tell you more :)


Julie
XxX


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Some of the photos were taken on my Nikon 1 J2 camera while others were taken from my Nexus 4 phone & some from my cousin's iPhone 5 which is why the picture quality isn't consistent throughout this post.