I think its important when you visit a different city or country you should go to an art gallery. You should see some art, wherever you go. While I was in Amsterdam I actually got to see quite a lot. Whether that was street art or visiting various galleries and museums.
My favourite was of course the gorgeous Van Gogh museum. This was actually one of the highlights of my trip. I was looking forward to visiting for quite some time. When I walked in the museum I did feel like a kid again. I know that sounds very strange, but Van Gogh is one of those artists that you learn about from an early age at school. So I do feel very connected with his work. Of course seeing the work in real life is completely different.
Wandering up and down the gallery looking at everyone enjoying his work is quite powerful. I really felt at home in that gallery, and very peaceful. Walking around looking at art work will always be one of my favourite past times. We had a coffee in the restaurant before we left. It really was a lovely morning in Amsterdam.
so its December...and Christmas is very very very close. mega excited for Christmas. putting the tree up tonight. we had to wait, because mum and dad are always like, 12 days before Christmas..and all that stuff. and i have been working weird shifts, and have been out recently, so finally doing to decorations tonight. i am currently eating apple pie and custard while i type this...its making me feel all warm and fuzzy....plus trying not to get custard on the keyboard, as dad will yell at me. 
the weather has been rather odd recently. i have given up hope of it snowing...it never will. maybe after Christmas, but never before. last night it rained so much. so much so, work flooded..and there was water everywhere. 
in other business, i have been surprised at work with an Xmas present from my old manager, wrote Christmas cards, had a lovely meal with close friends, exchanged some Christmas presents, watched movies, had dinner cooked by friends, watched HIMYM again from the start, wrapped presents, and have been listening to the Christmas song by the raveonettes. i am obsessed...its my new favourite Christmas song. 
ok my apple pie is cold now.
i stole this ring from my friend...i say stole..more just said, "oh, that's awesome, can i have that?" for him to turn around and say "...um, yeah...if you want."
as well as chilling out, i had lots of random adventures. these included, going swimming, going to walks, playing cards and board games..and other cute things. mum, Victoria and me went to paint pieces of pottery again this year. i was thinking of doing another plate, but i walked in, and there on the shelf was a dalek staring back at me...needless to say i grabbed that.
we also went to Longleat. i have not been there in a few years, but i was really looking forward to this little adventure. Longleat is such a wonderful place.
we walked through and looked at lots of cute animals including meerkats (which my grandad loves, so he had a great time). i also held this:
...its crazy, but i didn't feel scared at all. weird. i thought i would want to run away screaming...so if i spider appears in my room one night, i don't think i will be scared anymore after holding this one. we also went around the house, which as always was beautiful and made me want to live there, even though there are ghosts. we also ran into Lord Bath as he was taking his dogs out or in, and he said hello to us..that was pretty cool. i also went on a little tour to look at his murals, which were beautiful and gave you an insight to Lord Bath and his art. the whole place is just beautiful. the sun also came out that day for us. 
the rest of the holiday was spent laughing lots, drawing, taking photos, listening to my sister say the weirdest things in her sleep, playing lots of games of cards, drinking so much tea, eating so many sweets, watching glee while my family laugh at me for singing and squealing, watching tv late, all staying up until 3ish in the morning, talking to far away friends about up and coming plans next week, buying gifts for friends and just being me. its nice. i had such fun. 
i love making packages to send to my blogging friends. 
i got little gifts for my sister Victoria, and we also looked at local art as well. some of the art was really interesting, other pieces really didn't make me feel anything. we then went for lunch in the local pub. there are lots of books in this pub, and its nice to just grab one and flick though and see what random book you can find.
afterwards we went back to Charlotte's cute little flat in town where we watched scary movies with the curtains drawn...and it was like daylight outside. she has the cutest flat, which she shares with her boyfriend...its so awesome, and makes me want to move out even more...just wish i had the money to do so.
so this is what the sky looked like when i got in at 5am after work....nice.
went to visit my friend Claire this weekend for her birthday. my friend Laura also went. it was really nice to escape from life and just go away for the weekend.
we went shopping, out for lunch at this AWESOME burger place...they were super amazing and i had a giant milkshake too, went to an outside play in a lovely park with a picnic, had a BBQ with family and friends, just hung out, went bowling, took silly photos in a photo booth, and just had fun. its hard because i used to spend all my time with them, and i used to live with them, now we just have to meet up when we can. it still feels really odd.
so when i got back from my weekend away, a package was left waiting for me. it was my summer swap package from 
also, my starkid t-shirts came yesterday. i will be wearing these all the time now.
so its back to normal life again. work...work...and more work. its really nice being back and seeing everyone, although i now have double the amount of work to do at the moment, fun times. so i have an awesome time at Glastonbury this year. a very different vibe to last year. the first few days were rainy, cold, and cloudy. plus the whole field was just mud...and it was super hard to get about through the mud, people were getting stuck in the mud and losing their wellies!! but then after a few days, the day broke in the morning, the morning of the night of Coldplay the weather got better, the sun came out and i got super burnt. Coldplay were amazing, like, i was nearly in tears at how amazing and moving they were. other highlights including watching Mumford and sons in the rain...that was beautiful, dancing away at the silent disco, getting a temporary tattoo at the 
also, i went to see glee live. oh my goodness, it was awesome. 
i went with my friend Charlotte. we had glee-themed drinks when we got there. singing along all night. when lea came on stage...i wanted to cry! arrgggh, i love her voice so much. best night ever! 
