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Welcome to a new series of blog posts. 'I love' will be a post every month highlighting the things I've loved for that month - so yeah, it's pretty much a favourites post I've just titled it something different. 

It will always include my top 4 favourite Instagram pics of the month plus my favourite song, anything else will be a bonus. This is really a post for myself to look back on in years to come and see the things that I once loved. Without further ado, here are the things I've loved in April ♥

Top 4 Instagram Snaps



Koala Mattress
I ordered and got my Koala Mattress during the month of April and it is the best damn mattress I've ever slept on. I literally come home from work and just want to lie down on my bed, forever. Sure, not going to lie, the first night I did have an uncomfortable sleep. But that's expected when you sleep on a new mattress for the first time. Since then I have only loved it more and more, it's like sleeping on a cloud...and yes, I'm sitting on it now while typing this, why wouldn't I be? I do love it after all.

Mermaid Inspired Nails
As featured first in my top Instagram snaps - my nails. I asked for mermaid nails and my nail tech did not disappoint. No really, how amazing are they! She is so talented and I can't thank her enough, it's going to be sad to see them go.

Big W Originals Collection
I had a whole blog post about how amazing this collection is and I spent far too much money but I don't care. All the pieces I bought were beautiful and I can't wait to wear them, especially that bomber jacket!

Song of the Month


Until We Go Down by Ruelle
I recently binged watched the entire first season of The Shannara Chronicles, and every time I heard the theme song I wanted to hear more. So I went searching for it and alas this popped up, such a good song with an epic drop, well in my opinion anyway.

What were you loving during the month of April? 

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It's happening - in 2017 I'm going back to Disney World and going on a Disney Cruise - that's two years in a row!

I'll be heading back to Florida in September/October - staying one night at Art of Animation (eeeek, Little Mermaid Room!!!), a 7-Night Halloween on the High Seas Western Caribbean Cruise and 13 nights at Caribbean Beach. I'm also going to snatch up some tickets for Universal's Halloween Horror Nights and of course Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. As someone from Australia who doesn't get to celebrate Halloween, I can't wait!! Bring on all the Halloween celebrations!

Keep a look out for more Disney related content to do with my holiday on my blog and my youtube channel. Feel free to leave a comment below if you have anything you want me to talk about.



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Oh my gosh, so Big W released their Disney Originals Collection this week and needless to say I went a bit overboard with shopping - but trust me, it was worth it. I truly love this range, from the pajama's to the jackets, to the jumpers to the shirts, this whole collection was just on point.

Check out all the awesome pieces I grabbed below. Did anyone else happen to snap up anything? Let me know in the comment below!

P.S I'll probably also film a haul for over on my YouTube channel, so keep a look out over there if you're interested.

Disney Mickey Mouse Dress

Mickey Mouse Pajama Set + Extra Singlet

Disney Bomber

Mickey Makes My Day Sweatshirt

Mickey Mouse Shhhh Tee

Disney Sweatshirt and Tracksuit Pants

Mickey Mouse Retro Tee

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Image Credit: Disney

 Wow. Breathtaking. Perfection.

In three words that is how I would describe this movie. I had such high expectations for it and it lived up to every expectation I had. So let's talk Beauty and the Beast, the live action.

Emma Watson was/is the perfect actor choice for Belle, come to think of it I have no idea who else could have played Belle she did it so well. Now I may be biased, I love Emma Watson, as a massive Harry Potter fan how could I not love her? But she truly did this role justice.

The scene I highly anticipated was the Be Our Guest scene, and boy did it deliver. I sat in the cinemas silently singing along trying not to cry at how perfect it was. It was my favourite song form the original, so I only prayed I would love it as much in this movie, and I did - if not more! The colours, the singing, man just the entire scene, words can't explain.

And I can't forget the ballroom scene, as pictured above, that was just breathtakingly beautiful. Whereas Be Our Guest was upbeat, funny and made you want to dance, The ballroom scene made you really fall in love with Belle and the Beast, if you didn't love them already. And her dress! Gosh, if only I could wear a dress like that one day to waltz in, absolutely stunning!

Josh Gad as Lafou...brilliant. I didn't take much notice of Lafou in the animation, he was there but he wasn't a big part of the film for me. In this movie, Lafou was everything. Hell, I loved Lafou more than I loved the Beast. His one liners had you in fits of laughter and just the way he held himself, man I just loved Lafou. Thank you Josh.

In the animation I hated Gaston, he was boring, up himself and I couldn't care less about him. But in the live action, I loved Gaston. He was hilarious, still up himself as you expect from Gaston, but man he was just on point. Another brilliant casting.

Lumiere was always my favourite between himself and Cogsworth in the animation, but in the live action Cogsworth stepped up. Many of his lines had me in fits of laughter, and I can't deny that Sir Ian McKellen is one of the greatest actors ever - so of course he played the part perfectly.

Overall it was a brilliant film with dazzling effects and amazing cinematography paired with an excellent cast - if you haven't seen it, what are doing? Watch it now!

Let me know in the comments below your thoughts on the movie, I'd love to know!


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Meet Celaena Sardothien. Beautiful. Deadly. Destined For Greatness.

In the dark, filthy salt mines of Endovier, an eighteen-year-old girl is serving a life sentence. She is a trained assassin, the best of her kind, but she made a fatal mistake. She got caught.

Young Captain Westfall offers her a deal: her freedom in return for one huge sacrifice. Celaena must represent the prince in a to-the-death tournament - fighting the most gifted thieves and assassins in the land. Live or die, Celaena will be free. Win or lose, she is about to discover her true destiny. But will her assassin's heart by mended?

This book was recommended to me ages ago by a friend, so I made sure I added it to my ever growing To Read book list. I was excited to read it as my friend, and other people (YouTubers/Bloggers), loved this book so much. I was even more excited to pick it up after reading A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, it was in that book series (man I can't wait for the third book!) that I really enjoyed her writing style and decided what the hell so bought the entire Throne of Glass series, well what was published anyway.

I dove into this series having so much hope for it, and then couldn't get through more than a few chapters at a time. The first 100 pages took me over 5 months to get through! I just couldn't get into it, but I kept reading, praying it would get better as everyone said it was amazing. This is always my biggest problem, I always give a book at least the first 100 pages to excite me, if it doesn't I don't read it anymore.

Thankfully it was around the 100 page mark this booked really picked up, and then I wasn't able to put it down and literally read the rest of it within 24 hours. Now if I can read a book (or at least the majority of it) in that short amount of time, it's a great book in my eyes. Sure I struggled through the first 100 pages not being able to get into it, but I can assure you if you have the same problem - keep reading!

This book had mystery, magic, humour and love all thrown into one. Celaena is such a badass warrior who has clearly gone through some terrible stuff in her life time, I love her attitude and love that she isn't just some young girl who wants to be saved, she knows what she wants and she goes for it. So if you're a lover of Fantasy/Young Adult fiction with a very strong female lead - read it!! I'm currently reading the second book and it's even better, plus no slow start.

If you've read the book let me know your thoughts in the comments below, I'd love to know what other people think about it.

I've left the link to Book Depository below so you can find the book, and no I'm not paid by them or anything, it's just the website I use to buy all my books. I've also left my Goodreads account link so we can be friends!

  • You can find Throne of Glass on Book Depository
  • My Goodreads account


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