Leibster Blog Award

Hi guys!

I have been nominated by Katie of Katie's Beauty Blog for a Leibster blog award. This award is given to blogs with under 200 followers to help get them seen by the blogging community. Thank you Katie for this opportunity!

How it works...

1. Come up with 10 facts about yourself.

2. Answer the 10 questions given to you by the person who nominated you.

3. Nominate bloggers who have under 200 followers and link them below.

4. Leave 10 new questions for your nominees to answer.

5. Inform your nominees.

10 Facts About Me!

1. I am engaged.

2. I have a 2:1 Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in Children and Young Persons.

3. I always buy books and tell myself I'll read them and never end up doing it.

4. The same with nail polish!

5. I love nothing more than spending time with my nephew and nieces.

6. Diets last around 48 hours for me. 

7. I get so distracted trying to study.

8. I love my home town.

9. I am not normal...AT ALL!

10. I am obsessed with buying stationary. 

Katie asked me...

1. What is my favourite Disney movie?

I found this one tough!! 

- Classic: Beauty and the Beast. (I see so much of myself in Belle!)

- Modern: High School Musical

2. Which magazine would I grab off a shelf first?

New -  I love the celebrity gossip and shopping pages!

3. Which make-up item could I not live without?

Mascara.

4. Chinese or Indian?

NEITHER!!!

5. What is your favourite book to read?

Harry Potter 

6. Where do you see yourself in 10 years time?

- Aged 31! aaaaah!

- Married

- 3 Children (1 boy, 2 girls)

- Primary School Teacher

- Family Home & a VW Beetle or a Fiat 500.

- most of all....HAPPY!

7. What is your favourite quote?

- "Happiness can only be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light." Albus Dumbledore.

8. What is the last thing you bought?

Monsters Inc pyjama bottoms from Primark. (I'm a massive child!)

9. Why did you start blogging?

Well apart from the fact that Katie bugged me for ages to blog, everyone had said that I am opinionated so I thought I would share my thoughts with everyone and I love sharing with people what I have bought. 

10. Who is your favourite blogger?

well...I'll just nominate them because then they can do this too! 

- Lucee Loves 

- It's Amiieeism

My 10 questions

1. Do you have a large or small family?

2. Louis Vuitton or Chanel?

3. What is your favourite brand? (Fashion/Food/Beauty ect.)

4. What is your favourite scent or perfume?

5. Would you rather go out for a meal or go out clubbing?

6. In 5 years time, where do you see yourself?

7. If you were given £1,000,000 and you could only spend it on yourself what would you buy?

8. What is your most recent discovery that you love? (Fashion/Food/Beauty ect.)

9. High Street or High End?

10. If you could visit any country, where would you go?

Thank you for reading guys!

Sarah

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The Sibling Tag

Hi guys. 

For today's post I decided to do the Sibling Tag with one of my sisters.

She is not, however, my only sibling. I have 4 sisters, 1 half sister and a half brother. They all vary in ages from 17 to 39! 

So...let's get started. 

First off, of to introduce my sibling of choice for this post. 

Meet Claire, she is 19 years old, has red hair and is almost finished her first year of university. (well done you!)

1. Who is the oldest?
S: I am. 

C: Sarah is the oldest. 

2. Any nicknames?
S: Since we were little Claire has been called Claire Bear.

C: Sarah has had nicknames from our mum like Cruella but other than that we just shorten her name to Sez or Sar (pronounced S-air).

3. Funniest memories of each other?
S: When we were little Claire fell off the bunk beds we had in the room we shared and tried to grab a shelf to stop herself falling and then the shelf caved in and she fell onto the floor. It was painful for her but it was funny!

C: One time we had a family gathering in the back garden and the police emerged from the front of the house into the back and Sarah asked if they were here to join the party. That was pretty funny.

4. Most memorable argument?
C: I am not quite sure what we were arguing about but we went through a phase of like fighting each other with body lotions or liquids we could find as a means to "get" the other. 

S: Oh my goodness, yes! That was one memorable time. Well more than one time!

5. Most cherished memories?
C: We went to York for Halloween in 2012 and it was such a good weekend. Either that or Sarah's 21st.

S: My birthday was good but I agree, I think York was pretty amazing. Was nice to have sister time together.

6. Do you have any old photos of the two of you together?

This is when Claire was first born, our first picture together!

7. What is the last thing the two of you talked about?
S: Doing this blog post! I asked her how long Emmerdale had left on catch up! 

C: She asked me to do this then she said it had crashed!

8. Are you close?
S: Yeah, I'd say we're pretty close.

C: Yeah, to a certain extent I'd say we're quite close.

9. What annoys you the most about each other?
S: When your quite nasty to me.

C: Your whole attitude.

10. Do you hang out and do things together?
S: We do things like shopping and going for food together but the biggest thing we did was a three day stay in York together.

C: Sometimes, yeah we hang out.

11. Are you competitive with each other?
S: No I wouldn't say we are.

C: Yes, I think we are! 

12. Have you ever fancied any of your sibling's friends?
S: Not a chance! 

C: Nope. 

13. One thing you can do that your sibling can't?
S: Play the flute, I'm quite musical.

C: Swim.

14. Who is the best looking?
S: I'd say myself but I can guarantee Claire is going to say herself in the most excited self proclaimed tone!

C: ME!

15. Who is the most creative?
S: Me! I love doing arty things and DIY's and I love being creative!

C: Sarah, I am not creative at all.


I hope you have enjoyed this post and had fun learning a bit more about me and my sister. 

Thank you for reading.

Sarah Jane
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My 21st Birthday

I turned 21 in the month of July, on the 13th to be exact. I had the most amazing, special day and I was truly spoiled off my family and friends! 

Here are some pictures of my day! 

My dress is by Forever Unique, I bought it a little while before my birthday. I loved it and it made me feel very special.

This is an overview of the gifts I received from family and friends. I was so grateful for all the gifts I was given and so thankful and so lucky. 

Closer shot of the right side of the gifts. 

Left side close up shot. 

My make up was done by a lovely girl at MAC and my hair was done by a mobile hairdresser in my area (Michael David Hairdressing on Facebook!). They were treats paid for by my sister. 

My youngest sister got me this cookie for my birthday breakfast haha. 

My sister got me a personalised birthday banner. The cards are off my sisters and my mum and dad. Can you tell I like Me to You? XD 

My cake was made my someone very local to me. This was our very first cake from her and it was amazing. I was surprised with this cake in Frankie and Benny's all of the waiting staff cake over with the cake and sang happy birthday. 

Bunting decorations across my window. 

Champagne in the garden before we went out! 

I had a limo pick me up from my house and it took me down Newcastle Quayside before dropping us off at the restaurant. 

My sisters, my cousin and me on the Millennium Bridge on Newcastle Quayside. 

My picture in the restaurant window...thanks guys! 

I cried when they brought out my cake. 

My sister had organised a VIP section of a club n Newcastle to be reserved for us and we had a chocolate fountain with strawberries and marshmallows, champagne, a bottle of vodka, red bull cans, and teapot cocktails! 

Back of my dress. 

Front of my dress. 

My family from Warrington arranged this beautiful bouquet of flowers to be delivered to my house. It was a beautiful present. 

On my birthday I went to visit my in-laws and we had a small get together and a barbecue. It was a lovely evening and it was the most perfect way to top off the most amazing weekend. 

I hope you have enjoyed these pictures of my twenty first. Thank you for reading. 

London Haul

Hi guys, 

I have recently returned from a four day stay in the wonderful capital city that is London. The trip was a present from my wonderful other half, Andrew. Because I was celebrating my 21st this year he wanted to do something really special. 

The trip was utterly amazing and I absolutely love London. I was in awe at all of the amazing sights, scenery and attractions, the only downside to staying in the summer was the freak heatwave that hit the UK making our trip very warm and ourselves very sweaty! 

I wanted to share with you guys what I bought when I was there. I had saved up quite a bit to spend and then Andrew, my brother and my family gave me more money to spend as gifts. 

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Some pictures of our trip! 

The first place I visited was Forever 21. We don't have one up here in Newcastle so I was very, very excited to shop here. I picked up: 

• A green striped vest top
• A beige top with ruffle trim around the neckline
• A khaki t-shirt with studded pocket detail
• Silver bow earrings
• Two pack of bow hair bobbles

The next store is Victoria's Secret where I shopped the Pink range. 

• Love Pink hoody in a blue colour
• Coconut Passion Fragrance Mist
• Coconut Passion Body Lotion 
• Mango Temptation Fragrance Mist x2
• Pure Seduction Hand and Body Lotion

In Tiffany and Co. I picked up a simple classic sterling silver heart/lock necklace with the iconic 'Return to Tiffany' engraving but it has also a small key charm. I thought this was perfect for my twenty first as is tradition at twenty one you get a key to the door! 

I picked up one t-shirt in Jack Wills, I visited the Covent Garden store. I picked up the Eccleston T-Shirt in the colour plum. I have this same design t-shirt in a few colours now and I had my eye on this one so it was perfect to walk into the store and they had one left in the plum colour in my size! 

On Oxford Street as I was walking to find Forever 21 I discovered the most amazing Disney store in the whole world. I took some pictures but keep an eye out for that in a more personal non hauling post! Whilst in the store I picked up a beautiful London themed snow globe as a souvenir of the trip. I also found a beautiful Tinkerbelle notebook in A4 size which I'm going to use for my studies next year. 

In Westfield (Shepherds Bush) we visited a few stores, the first Juicy Couture. I found the most amazing bargain in there. I managed to pick up a Juicy Tee in the colour Pale Aquamarine. It was on sale for £30 down from £75. The sales assistant then told me the sale items were an additional 50% off making the t-shirt only £15! 

This is the carrier bag and tag from the T-shirt as it is currently in the wash! :( 

Also in Westfield I popped into Beauty Base as I had heard they sold cheap makeup and perfumes. I picked up a huge bottle of Micellar Water from an unknown brand and then three LA Colours jumbo eye pencils. I bought these to see if they could be a cheap dupe for NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils. The LA Colours ones were only 99p. (I will do another post with swatches and photos) 

Staying in Westfield we then went to Gilly Hicks which is a sister store to Abercrombie and Fitch and Hollister. I loved the front of the store and again keep an eye out for another post full of pictures but inside I picked out three tops. I was very surprised with the sizing because in Hollister the clothes seem to have a really small fitting where as Gilly Hicks seems to be very big fitting. I am unsure whether this is because I picked up layering tops but I am a 12-14 UK size and I could have done with a Small in all of the tops! 

I went into David and Goliath in Carnaby and picked up two London themed t-shirts (I know there's an awful lot of t-shirt action in this haul) some socks and these adorable gnome speakers for my iPad. 

They were on sale for £5 so I could not resist! 

I picked up presents in the M&M World store in Leicester Square including this little tin of sweets for myself! 

I also picked up the Yellow and Red M&M characters for my little sisters along with a fridge magnet. 

I picked up some touristy nicknacks such as a red phone box to hold my loose change, a travel mug for my dad, a candle in TKMaxx for my mum and then ashtray and lighter sets for my mum and my mother in law. 

I think that is all I can think of apart from a couple of pieces which I haven't got pictures of because I've eaten the, or they were gifts. 

I hope you have enjoyed this post. 

Thank you. 

Sarah Jane 

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A sneak peek at my week...

1. Ice cream I made at my Fiancé's house. This is how we do our ice cream. Sauce, sprinkles (of many varieties and chocolate chips!

2. I am obsessed with strawberry scented stuff. I bought these two recently, the handwash smells like strawberry laces!!!

3. This is the picture I took of my blog banner once I had finished with it. Crappy picture, I know, but that's what I get for using a Blackberry!

4. Rich Tea biscuits are my all time favourite biscuits.

5. I finalised everything for starting my PGCE in September! Very exciting.

6. A beach view from  this weekend's trip to Tynemouth Long Sands.

7. My brother-in-law did a barbecue on Saturday...it was delicious! Mmmmmm.

8. I wore Disney Christmas themed leggings on Sunday to laze about the house in.

9. My Fiancé and I like to be silly sometimes.

Thank you for reading. 

Sarah 

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Coming soon...

There are a lot of exciting things happening in my life very soon and of course I will be sharing them with all of you guys through the use of this amazing platform!

I am graduating from my Bachelor Honours Degree in Children and Young Persons with a 2:1 on 8th July 2013.

I am celebrating my birthday with all the amazing women in my family (and extended family) on the 12th July.

I turn 21 on the 13th July.

I plan to see Monsters Inc University, yes I am that much of a big kid, on the 14th July.

On the 16th July, my Fiancé and I are going to LONDON! 

For my family celebration I have the most gorgeous dress by the brand Forever Unique and as always I was very thrifty when thinking of the dress I wanted for my birthday celebrations as I knew Forever Unique is very expensive so I found a dress on eBay for a fraction of the price! 

It's very different, very girlie and very ME!

I bought some heels from Faith in Debenhams to go with the dress and you can buy them here where they are currently on offer for half price. 

I apologise for the stock photo. I need a new memory card for my camera and I haven't been out to get one as of yet. 

The shoes themselves are a very good fit and are really comfortable.

I have broad feet and generally find it difficult to find heels that fit comfortably and nice and these do just that.

I hope you enjoyed this little sneaky peek...

Thank you 

Sarah 

x x x

Something is a little different...

Hi guys, 

I decided my blog needed to grow up a little bit and that it needed a good old design overhaul. 

I created a new banner, all by myself may I add (I'm very proud) and I changed the background, fonts and colouring of pretty much everything. 

I kept the pale pink as I fell in love with the colour when it was a party of my old design. If you are wondering the code for this colour is #ffcccc it's the most gorgeous powder pink. 

The biggest change has to be the name. If you don't agree with changing the name of blog's then I apologise but I needed to change it because I wasn't feeling happy with it any more. The name Just Miss Sarah is my twitter name and I feel like it gives the reader (you guys!) the understanding that this is me, my thoughts and it's nothing different to what I am like away from the blogging world.

I hope you like the change, please let me know below.

All of my old posts are still available and I do plan to blog a whole bunch more as there are a lot of exciting things happening soon! 

Thank you again, 

Sarah 

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