Okay, so basically I haven't blogged in like quite a while so this post should hopefully like fill you in hahaha!  

Me, Amy and Lottie wearing moustaches at Amy's NYE party!

So... starting with Christmas and New Years Eve 2012 then! I had a lovely Christmas. I got lots of wonderful presents and generally had a fantastic time spent with my family! And on New Years Eve, me and a few friends went round to Amy's house to let 2013 in which was a brilliant night!

Me and Amy in the snow!

SNOW!

Okay next... SNOW! Snow snow snow snow snow snow snow. It snowed! Wahooo! And we got a day off of school (yay) so, naturally, that day was spent with my friends, Amy and Lottie, sledging and having fun in the snow!

Me, Lottie and Amy at my birthday meal!

Me and Lottie at my birthday meal!

Me, Mum and Callum in Lancaster!

January the 26th and my birthday now! So, I have (fairly) recently turned 17 and I did various things to celebrate my birthday! I went out with the girls (and also some guys) to the Ashley for a birthday meal on the 25th which was nice. Then on the 26th, after opening some fabulous presents, Mum and I set off to Lancaster to see Callum (who's birthday is the day before mine) at uni! We went out to a pub and had a meal out which was lovely and I got to look around a bit of Lancaster uni which was also very nice! 

Me and Poppy- top organisers hahaha!



Me, Emma, Eli (bday girl) and Poppy at Eli's surprise party!

Moving onto February now, and a couple of weeks ago Poppy, Emma and I threw a surprise 17th birthday party for our friend Eli! We very sneakily set up at her house whilst she was out that day and her reaction when she came through the door said it all- she was definitely surprised! It was a great night and I think Eli had fun too!

The absolutely amazing Paloma Faith!



Me and Poppy on the way to see Paloma Faith!

On the 11th of February, Poppy, Emma, Amie and I went to see Paloma Faith live at the O2 Academy in Sheffield. I've seen her before and she was definitely as fabulous as she was last time! I had a really nice time, listening to some brilliant music with some brilliant friends!

Trying on sunglasses in Manchester with Lottie and Amy!

Me and Lottie posing with some sphinxes in Trafford Centre!

And, in half term, Lottie, Amy and I went to Manchester for my birthday (they-including Lauren-got it me as a present)! We shopped and also went to see 'This is 40' at the cinemas which is a very funny film! I had a great couple of days filled with a lot of laughs shared with two amazing girls!

So there you have it, kind of brief, but at least I've kind of filled you in a bit more! Hahaha! Hope you enjoy reading and looking at the pictures! Xxx 

Presentation Night!

Last night was Dolphin's Presentation Night at North Notts Arena! :D I had a brilliant time with some amazing people! After collecting my awards and watching everyone else collect their awards (including my cousin Lara who won two 1st place trophies and 2nd place in her age group overall), the buffet opened and we hit the dance floor! The whole night was fantastic but a few highlights from the dancefloor for me have to be doing the Single Ladies routine with Alex, Elliott, James, Cjay and Lorna nott realising we were being videoed... Alex having a mini dance off with a little blonde haired boy who looked about 6... and dancing to some classics like Jumpin' all over the World, Now You're Gone, Mama do the Hump, Tragedy, Gangnam Style, Cha Cha Slide and many more! :D Overall, I had an absolutely amazing time and everyone looked really nice! Here are a few photos. xxx

Me and Lara

REEM TEAM!
 Me, Lara, Alex and James

Me and Elliott

CHEEKY!
Me, Cjay and Liam

The Girls!
Me, Cjay, Lorna and Carina

'Cos this is Thriller!

 I know it's like a week late, but last Saturday (3rd November 2012) I went to Emma's for her Halloween party! I had a great night and everyone looked really good in their costumes! I myself went as Little Red Riding Hood however, to make it a bit more Halloween-ified I put some fake blood on my forehead, backcombed my hair and basically made it look like the Big Bad Wolf had got Little Red! Poppy went as a 'lacey' black cat (view her blog to see some more pics and that), Emma went as a fallen angel, Eli a vampire, 3 of the boys as generally spooky type dark looking characters and, as for Jake and Ashley... I don't even know hahaha! Let's just say their costumes involved one of Eli's bras each... I'll let you see for yourself with the pictures! There was a game of get-the-apples-hanging-from-a-piece-of-string-from-the-ceiling-with-your-mouth, some top dancing from us girls and a lot of laughs during the night! So thank you to Emma for inviting me and thank you to everyone there for making it a very enjoyable night! :D xxx

The girls!



Little Red Riding Hood and a Lacey Cat!

Little Red Riding Hood and a Fallen Angel!

Little Red Riding Hood and a Vampire!

All of us!

Zombie Day at Post 16!

First things first...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Yes, that's right, it's the 31st October and therefore, Halloween! Ooooo! And yesterday at Post 16 it was Zombie Day, where most people dress up as a zombie or something Halloween related for the day and well... go to school hahaha! I myself dressed up as a zombie (although a couple of people said I looked like a vampire...) by slapping a bit of face paint on, backcombing my hair and cutting up a black top I had. All in all, it was quite fun dressing up and the money raised went to charity, so squirting fake blood all over myself in the changing rooms at Retford Leisure Centre yesterday morning was definitely worth it, if you ask me! Hahaha!

Tonight I'm going to Clumber with a few friends for the Halloween ghost story walk they do, so the wellies will probably be making an appearance along with a hat, gloves and a warm winter coat! Then on Saturday I'm going to a friend's Halloween party as a zombie doctor/nurse so I'll be putting my face painting skills to the test again!

Hope you have a spooktacular Halloween!

Meg xxx

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA IS HERE!

As a reward for my GCSE results (see previous post) my Mum bought me tickets to go and see the Phantom of the Opera at Leeds Grand Theatre on Friday the 14th September at 7:30pm.

                                   AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!



A month or so prior to that, my brother had put the DVD of the 25th anniversary performance of Phantom at the Royal Albert Hall on one night, and since then I have been totally in love with everything Phantom of the Opera! So, of course, when I opened my 'well done for your results' card from my Mum and two tickets to see the Phantom of the Opera dropped out of it, I was rather excited! (I also started crying a little lol)!

So, on Friday, we went to see it! It really was incredible! I don't think I can actually tell you just how brilliant it was, it was that incredible! The story is beautiful, the music it utterly fantastic and the way they performed it at Leeds was truly mesmerizing! And the staging! It was pure genius, I tell you! Especially during the song 'Phantom of the Opera'! It really was utterly brilliant and I thoroughly enjoyed it! So, thankyou to my Mum for taking me to see it!

I ordered the 25th anniversary performance soundtrack (for, quite frankly, an absolute bargain at £2.75 off of Amazon) which went on my iPod on Saturday, so I've been listening to that a lot! Plus, I've worn my Phantom of the Opera t-shirt and looked through my Phantom of the Opera brochure- both of which were purchased at the performance on Friday night!

I LOVE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Here are a few pictures from Friday night and a picture of my t-shirt too!

 






The Chandelier inside the theatre which Carlotta 'sings to bring down'!

My Phantom of the Opera ticket! 

Me wearing my Phantom of the Opera t-shirt (yes, I'm also listening to the Phantom of the Opera soundtrack)!

Me stood with the board telling you who plays who at Phantom of the Opera!





GCSE Results!

Yes that's right, we've got them! As of Thursday 23rd of August I now know my GCSE results along with my friends and other fellow year 11 (or kind of ex year 11 now since we've left school) students! I was very pleased with my results, although there was one small mishap with one of them, but hopefully that will soon be rectified! I would like to say a huge well done to all of my friends who received some truly amazing and well-earned results themselves also! I hope everyone else got the results they wished for too!

After receiving our results, my friends and I went out for a kind of celebratory spot of lunch at The Ashley, where we saw about 8 teachers hahaha! I had a tuna and cheese melt baguette with a side order of chips for the main part of my meal out, and then decided to indulge in a slice of chocolate fudge cake for pudding! I had a great time with my friends and even spoke to my Spanish teacher whilst we were there too!

All in all, I was extremely happy with how my results went and am very proud of all my friends for their brilliant results too!

                                                WELL DONE TO EVERYONE!

And on an extra little note, well done to my brother who got his A-level results the week before me and achieved the grades he needed to get into his first choice university! xxx

Outwood Academy Valley Prom 06-07-2012!





What a night! Yes, the 6th of July 2012 held a very special event for me, my friends and the rest of my school year... PROM! I really did have an absolutely brilliant night! It was great to spend such a wonderful evening with all my friends who looked stunning in their dresses and with their hair done up all fancy! The event itself was held at the West Retford Hotel which was a lovely venue with some big, quite scenic gardens which made some of our photographs look very picturesque! Highlights of the night have got to include most of Y11 on their feet and singing and dancing along to 'We Are Young' by Fun fairly early on in the night, travelling to prom on a big red London doubledecker bus, dancing to numerous, timeless songs like 'What Makes You Beautiful' and the 'YMCA' and, in general, just talking, dancing, singing, taking photos and sharing countless laughs with some truly amazing people! I'd like to say thank you to all the teachers at Valley for everything and good luck in the future to all my fellow students and all my friends! I had an unforgettable night which was full of some wonderful memories! Hope you enjoy some of the photos! Meg xxx








Me, Poppy, Emma and Lottie






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Me and Adam 

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Me and Lottie