Christmas Gifts for Under £20

Hey Guys:) As the holiday season draws ever nearer it slowly dawned on me that I really should start my Christmas shopping, so after trolling the internet and a quick trip to the shops I feel I've really got going and I have great ideas for everyone else whom I have not yet bought for! yay^.^ However, whilst out at the shops I realized everything decent is soooooo expensive, and I'm at that sort of age where I don't have enough money to spent lots and lots on peoples presents, but I did find a few brilliant gifts that were under £20. That got me thinking, wouldn't it be great if I could have been given some ideas for nice yet affordable gifts? So that's what I'm sharing with you today (The titles will have links if the items can be found on websites)........

1.Retro Etch-A-Sketch Necklace- £13

I saw this on TruffleShuffle.co.uk and thought it was so cool and quirky! I think you could give this to anyone and they would appreciate it as it is something different that they weren't expecting. 

2. Fairisle Hot Water Bottle- £12

I saw this in Top Shop and thought it was an easy gift idea if you don't know what to get someone. It's not the most personal present, but it shows you've thought about someone and made an effort. This is very cute and christmassy themed, and I'd certainly be very happy if I received one:)

3. Baylis & Harding Geometric Slipper Gift Set- £15

This is slippers AND lotion AND soap AND body wash AND bath salts. What more could you want from one gift set? Plus its all for £15. I personally love it when anyone gets me slippers because I wear them so much and they always break on me, so the more the better! I found this in BHS, but if your not from the UK I found them online, so you can also get them there (link is in the title ^^) 

 

4. Nintendo All Over Print Knee Socks- £10

These again are from TruffleShuffle.co.uk and I thought they are so cool! They may be a little pricey for one pair of socks, but I just HAD to include them:P

5. David and Goliath Mr Monocle Flash Drive Key Chain- £15

I found this online at chicksrule.co.uk and fell in love. It's only 2GB, but for a fun Christmas present anyone would love it. I absolutely love David and Goliath products as they're always good quality.

6. Christmas Wrapping Paper Jumper- £19.99

I found this jumper in New Look and thought it was perfect. New Look have such an amazing range of Christmas Jumpers this year, some a little more expensive than this, and some a little cheaper (I really liked a brown robin hoodie also). Christmas jumpers are very popular this year and are always a firm favourite of mine! 

7. Home For Christmas LUSH Gift Set- £16.50

Okay, so we all know Lush can be pretty pricey, so at £16.50 this is very reasonable. It includes The Olive Branch shower gel, Snowcake soap, Gold FUN, and Dream Cream body lotion, which are all good sellers. 

8. F in Exams: Best Test Paper Blunders- £5.99

This book looks so funny to read, it's all about the silly things people put as their answers to exam questions that aren't exactly right, but still answers the question in a funny way^-^ I think anyone would appreciate this, but especially if you have any friends still in education. I found this book in Debenhams, and you can order online there by using my link, but I'm pretty sure you can find it in most book retailers. If you hurry at the moment it's on offer for £4.79!

So there are a few affordable ideas for your Christmas shopping:) I'm pretty sure if you search any of the websites these products are found on then you'll find some other amazing things to give to your friends and family. Got any good ideas for presents, I'm still looking for more, so your input is always valuable:P Good luck with your Christmas shopping, and until next week, byeeeeeee:)

MY FIRST...

Hey Guys:) So on YouTube a while back there was the My First tag, so I though I'd do my own My First post right here on Katie's Little Bit of Fun. I have taken all the ones that were on the YouTube tag and explained them all for you:).........

1. My first word:
Okay, so according to the book my mum kept when I was a child, my first word was 'LaLa', as in the yellow one from the Teletubies. I'm not quite sure this counts as it's not really a word, but I've asked my mum and she says she doesn't know what it was, so I guess we're just going to have to stick with 'LaLa'.

2. My first teddy:
The first teddy I can really remember having was a brown bear with a pink dress that I called Lucy. She was from the Bear Factory (that's what Build-A-Bear used to be called) and I used to love her so much. My sister and I used to have fights over whose bear was better, mine or hers, Mr. Beary (original name right there xD)

3. My first friend:
My first friend was a girl named Claire. We were best friends when we were in nursery but I haven't spoken to her for years now because when we had to start school I had to move away from all my nursery friends to a school which was closer to my home:(

4. My first crush:
I used to have a major crush on a boy called James who was in my year a school when I was younger. It was really weird, I remember once kissing him on the hand for a dare and everyone went crazy, and we once had a pretend wedding on the little hill at school where all my friends were my bridesmaids. Cute, right?:S

5. My first kiss:
When I was in year one my sister and her friend got her friends brother and me into a corner on the playground and put a hoop around us and through petals over us (like confetti) and we kissed each other on the lips. It was kind of forced, and really weird of our sisters to make us do it, but I guess it still counts!

6. My first celebrity crush:
I used to have a proper crush on Matt Willis from Busted and Orlando Bloom. I'm not quite sure which one I liked first, but I used to print pictures off (which used to annoy my dad because it was very expensive!) and stick love hearts around them and put them up on my wall. Wow.

7. My First Job:
Okay, so I've never really had a proper job and I'm 17. I know that is bad but it is certainly not for lack of trying. I do however help out at children's groups twice a week to give back to the community, so I guess you could count them as jobs.

8. My first CD:
The first CD I ever bought with my own money was S-Club 7: S-Club. I used to love all their songs and was really obsessed, my favourite member was Rachel Stevens and I basically wanted to be her when I grew up. I would sits there with my massive CD player and plug in my big headphones so no one else could hear it and listen to it on repeat.

9. My first car:
So I've been 17 for a couple of months now, and over here in the UK that is the legal age to drive. I got my provisional licence for my birthday, meaning I can have lessons whenever I get around to booking them (but I'm so unorganized that could be ages away!). When I can drive I will be able to use my sister/dad's joint car, which is a Citroen C2, so I suppose that will be my first car.

10. My first Facebook & Twitter posts:
My first Facebook post was on August 23 2009 and it said 'Leg Reely Hurts From Falling In Those Nettles Yesterday!'. I used to always start every word with a capitals letter, which looking back is stupid, and the way I have said 'Reely' is quite annoying. I don't remember falling in those nettles, but it must have been notable for me to Facebook about it as I hardly ever update my status. I was a very late to the Twitter bandwagon, with my first tweet being on June 18th 2012: 'Clearing your way through mounds of unread e-mails just to get out of revision...' , I'm such a cool kid;)

11. My first holiday:
My first holiday was down south in Britain to Swannage, Dorset. I was about two, so I don't remember it, but have seen a picture of me sat in the sea with my nappie on:P


And that's it for the 'My First' post. I hope you enjoyed it^.^ Why not leave a comment saying some of your first times, I'd love to hear about them. Until next time, byeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:))

WHAT TO DO AT A PARTY

Hey Guys:) So last month it was my birthday, and to celebrate I threw my own Cocktail Party. It was a really good night and everyone had lots of fun! The concept of the party was that everyone brought the ingredients for a cocktail and then made it for everyone else so we would have a classy, relaxed time. 

From L-R: Michaela, Charli, Me.

Just in case you are interested the cocktail Michaela is holding contains Orange Juice, Grenadine, Gin and Golden syrup, and the cocktail I'm holding contains Cranberry Juice, Orange Juice, Vodka and Grenadine, and was very nice!

So today I thought I'd share with you a few things we did and a few other good ideas that you can do at parties, so you'll never struggle again if you need to entertain some guests:)

1. Put the music on really loudly and sing at the tops of your voices.

Okay, so granted this isn't very imaginative, but trust me, put on a good old catchy tune, sing along and get people to join in, and you're onto a winner. No one can resist belting out a song at the top of their voices, and when you're all doing it together everyone has fun:P

2. The Sandwich Game.

Okay, so this wasn't something we did at my party, but when I was younger I used to love playing this at parties, and I don't see why older people can't play it either. How it works is: You take two slices of bread, everyone takes it in turns to choose something to put onto the sandwich (bearing in mind you may have to eat it), and when you feel like it is too horrible to even take a bite out of you say 'I'm out'. The game continues until everyone has said I'm out, and the last person still 'in' is the winner IF they can take a bite of the sandwich and swallow it.

3. Card Games.

Now when someone says card games most people say yawn! But I absolutely love them, however, I'm not the best at them. So I like to play games where it is down to luck rather than skill. For the game we played you have to pick a card off the pack and the person to your right has to guess it. If they get it wrong you tell them higher or lower, and if they get it wrong again they have to take gulps of their drink that is the difference between the number they guessed and the number on the card (I hope that made sense!) However, if they guess it right on the first go, you have to drink the amount that is on the card, and if they get it right on the second go you have to take 2 drinks. See, no skill at all is needed.

4. Charades.

Ahhh, the classic party game. I find charades great because no matter who you are you get competitive. Depending on the party size I always think its best to split up into teams, and to make life easier I would write out the different things onto pieces of paper before hand, and put them into a bowl so people can pick them at random.

5. Two Secrets and a Lie.

Sit in a circle and get everyone to think of two truths and a lie (that is believable), and then you have to guess which one is the lie. It's a great way to find out loads of funny secrets about people that you didn't know before.

6. The Party Awards.

Before the party you need to set out a load of categories that people can then nominate people for. During the party you can take all the nominations and people can vote for a winner. It may not sound like the funnest game, but at the end of the day everyone will love thinking of people at the party for each category, and people will find it hilarious when they find out what they have won and what people think of them. (Just remember, it's all in good spirit!)

7. Who Am I? 

Pick a famous person, character or thing and write it on a post-it note. Stick the note onto someone's forehead, and using Yes or No questions only, the person has to guess who they are. 

8. Take funny selfies with your friends.

Why not? Post them on Facebook or Twitter the next day so everyone else can laugh along as well.

So there we go, a few ideas to help you out when you are next planning a little get together. Why not leave a comment with ideas you have for a party? I'm always looking for things to do! Thankyou for reading my blog:)) Until next time, byeeeeeeeee:)

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All you need to do is click on the link at the top of this post (I'll even leave a link at the bottom as well to minimize the amount of scrolling you need to do) and click Follow, and bam, you're done. It would mean a lot to me if you all did follow me, as I find it a great way to keep in touch with everything that bloggers you like are posting. I absolutely LOVE blogging, and I hope to keep it up for a very long time and to keep on posting things that people hopefully like to read, so if you could follow me I'd be eternally greatful:))

Anyway, that's all for now, stay tuned for a new interesting post on Monday! 
Byeeeeeeeee:)

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Things I Believed When I Was Younger

Hey Guys:) I don't know about you but when I was a child I believed a lot of really weird things that turned out not to be true. I don't know whether my parents just made things up to keep me quiet because they couldn't be bothered to explain things to me, or whether I was just really gullible and believed everything I heard. Anyway, here are a few of the odd things I thought to be true......

1. If I wished so every night before I went to bed, I would become a wizard.

What can I say, I was so desperate to get my letter from Hogwarts that I would believe anything. Alas, it never happened, and I am still very upset:(

2. If I went onto the beach without my mum's permission I would sink into the sand.

I think my mum made this one up so I didn't run onto the beach when she wasn't looking, but I distinctly remember her telling me that the beach was sinking sand, and if I went on without her telling me to it would suck me into it.

3. If I opened my eyes when Santa was in my room he would take all my presents away again.

This one was actually very cunning of my parents. I guess they told it to me so I wouldn't look and realize it was them putting presents into my room. I'll always remember hearing Santa in my bedroom the night before Christmas one year, and squeezing my eyes shut and burying my head into my pillow so Santa wouldn't see I was awake and take my presents away. I feel so stupid now looking back at this!

4. If I even glanced at the sun I would go blind.

I must have got the wrong end of the stick onetime when someone was talking about being blinded by the sun. I tried my hardest to never even glance at the sun because I thought even that small amount of time would blind me. I remember one time I was on the monkey bars and I accidentally looked at the sun and I panicked so much and made mum take me home from the park. Sad times:(

5. If I dug a hole deep enough I could get to Australia.

I know a lot of people also used to think this until they learnt how the earth was actually structured. I think people just told kids this to keep them quiet for ages digging away. In primary school there was a mud pit, and because my parents worked late I had to stay at school for ages until someone could come and pick me up, so I spent a lot of time trying to get to Australia.

6. If I squeezed hard enough, I could lay an egg.

When I was reaaaaally young my dad told me to tense up and squeeze (like I was pooing but not) and he would get an egg and pretend it had come out of me. I must have been the most gullible person ever because I still had my clothes on, and the eggs had a best before date printed on them, so it was really quite unbelievable. I eventually realized how stupid I had been when I got a bit older. 

7. Cattle grids were temporarily installed for a festival.

Here in the UK we have cattle grids (basically bars over a hole which your legs can fall down) to stop cows escaping from their fields. It used to be part of the road on my way to nursery which we would drive over, and it would make us bump up and down, and I always used to ask mum what it was. Mum probably tried to explain it was due to foot and mouth disease or something like that, or about the cows escaping, but I somehow got it into my head that they were for a national festival and they would be removed soon when it was over... honestly, the weird things kids make up:P

8. You had to swallow peas whole.

My sister used to hate peas, and so when she was made to eat them she would just swallow them whole. This led me to believe that you HAD to eat them that way, so I always did, and it was not until I threw up one time and mum asked me why there was whole peas in there that I realized I didn't have to eat them that way.  

So that's all for now, there are plenty of other things I can think of that I used to believe when I was younger, but I feel the post is getting too long, so maybe I'll do a part two sometime in the future. There are also many other things that my parents used to trick me into doing when I was little, for instance my dad used to get me and my sister to race and say whoever gets there first is the 'sissy', so we used to race and whoever won would shout 'I'm the sissy, I'm the sissy'. When we found out what sissy actually meant we were so annoyed/embarassed, but now we just find it absolutely hilarious! 

Thankyou for reading, why not leave a comment saying what you used to believe in when you were little. oooo, I feel so sentimental now from looking back:') Anyway, until next time, byeeeeeeee:)