Thursday, 9 May 2013

TV shows they should bring back!

  Hey Dudes!
ew. sorry.
 
I'm back with another edition of
 
Today I wanted to share with you..
TV shows I watched as a child that they should bring back!
Long title much?
 
Warning - I watched some freaky sh**!
 
Bonus points if  you remember any of them!
 
 
Wizadora!
 
HR Puffinstuf
 
Tales of Aesop
 
Tots TV
 
 I'm gonna stop there.
I'm freaking myself out a little.
And I completely change my mind.
PLEASE. DONT. REMAKE. THESE. SHOWS!
So creepy! What was I  thinking?!
 

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Time's Running Out!

 

 You've only got a few more days left to sign up for...
 

Off you pop! :)
Sign up now before it's too late! 
 

Monday, 6 May 2013

Spring Freebies!

 I love Spring!
Flowers & birds & pretty colours and plants growing!
Yaaay!
 
 
  Here's some  adorable free printables for you!
 
Cute Spring Decor
 
Happy Printables!

Cupcake Decorations
 
 
Spring Cleaning Checklist

 
Cute Notecards

To Do Lists
  Vintage Planting A Garden
 
Pretty Postcards
 
 
DIY Ice-Cream Parlour "Make your own Sundaes" Buffet
 
Printable Ice Cream Parlour!! SO CUTE!
 
 
Picnic Invitations


Garden Markers
Seed Markers
(Is is terrible that I LOVE these?!)
Mini Bunting
More Bunting! 
  
I love the colours of spring. So pretty! :)
 

Friday, 3 May 2013

Secrets

  Everyone has secrets.
Literally everyone
Some are little secrets, some are other people's secrets that you've been told.
Some are big secrets. 
Some are little secrets, but to you..they feel like big ones.
 
 
One of my favourite websites is called Post Secret.
You may have heard of it.
Anyone and everyone can send in postcards sharing their secrets with the world, totally anonymously.
I think it's a beautiful idea. 
It's a way of letting it out.
Explaining how you feel.
Telling the world who you are.
 
I've got a secret.
My secret, I think falls under the category 'little secrets, but to you they feel like big ones'.
 
To you, it'll probably sound ridiculous. You'll probably think I'm making a big deal out of nothing.
But it truly affects my life. I think about it everyday.
 
I used to think it was just a silly little secret, that nobody would know or  ever figure out.
People have recently started to notice. So what the heck I'll be honest..

I am terrified of eating in public. 
(see it sounds silly already right?)

source
 
It used to be a real struggle.
I would stay round my ex-boyfriends house, and I could never eat dinner with him and his family.
If I said I didn't want any, they would get grumpy and usually make me some anyway.
Then when it was finally dinnertime, I literally could not do it. I would burst into tears, stop being able to breathe problem, start feeling really dizzy. They got so angry every week when I did this.
I used to go a whole weekend, not having dinner, just so I didn't have to eat with them.

It happened at other times too. If my friends were having barbeques, parties etc, I used to have to make  up an excuse so I didn't have to go. 

I would literally go days barely eating anything so this wouldn't happen.

This was 3 years ago.

I sort of forgot about this problem for a while, I simply hadn't really been put in the situation, so I forgot about it. Last week me & the boyf were invited to our neighbours house for dinner. 
It hit me again. How could I possibly cope with that?
I don't want to sit in a room with people, watching me, judging me.
 
I freaked out.
I felt so sick about the thought of it, I couldn't stand. I had to lie down for a little while and think about what to do. In the end I managed to do it. With a lot of struggling and crying and shaking on the way.
The whole way through the dinner I was fidgeting and shaking and I couldn't stop.
But it was done. I got through it. 
 
The next day I was at college, and my friend offered to buy me lunch.
It was lovely of her, so I agreed and we went into the cafe and sat down ready to eat.
I looked around. The cafe was full of people. All I could think was;
 
Are they watching me? 
Are they looking at how I eat?
Are they judging what I'm eating?

I was sat at a small table with 6 of my friends, it was cramped.

I freaked out again. I started shaking, and I felt really nauseous.
"I CANT DO IT!" I thought.
So I just said I wasn't hungry. 
I felt so rude as my friend had bought the meal for me, but I couldn't eat it.

So I just sat there..watching them eat.
It should be ok right?
I'm not eating..I'm just surrounded by people who are eating.
NOPE.
I can't do it. I cant  deal with this.
 
I ran. I ran to the toilets and locked myself in. 
I ate the apple I had in my bag, where no one could see me.
 
So that's one of my secrets.
See it's silly. But it is truely affecting my life.
My boyfriend has noticed. My friends have noticed.
I'm sure everyone just thinks i'm being rude and impolite.
 
Apparently it's a real thing!
There are so many other people who have a phobia of eating in public, or eating in front of other people. I am looking into it.
 
 ALSO..Just incase any of you have a similar phobia or issue, feel free to contact me :)
I would love to hear from you.
Contact me - whimsicalmumblings(at)ymail(dot)com
 
 
 
Thanks for reading. 

Monday, 29 April 2013

Saving Money For College Students!

Hey you guys!
I've got something awesome to share with you today!
 
It's a fantastically brilliant way to make & save money! 
and you know how much I love writing about that! :P
is a fabulous website aimed at college students (but anyone can use it) 
where you can rent textbooks for a fraction of the cost of buying them!
Whats not to love about that!
 
PLUS;
* Free shipping to you and from you when you're done :)
 
*  The renting periods are very flexible and you can even set your own return date
 
* Up to 90% cheaper than buying!
 
* You can highlight, underline and write notes in the books as if they were your own!
 
* And for every textbook rented, a portion of the money is donated to the charity;
 
 How does it work you ask?
 Now thats how you can save money...but I did promise you could make money too right?

Now you can!
At College Book Rentals, they have a new program called Rentback.
It's a system that allows student to rent their textbooks to other students, again and again earning up to 4 times more money than they would just selling the book.

"We'll rent your book to another student...and another..and another..and another..
and everytime your book gets rented, you get paid!"

Interested? You should be!
Visit College Book Rentals today to save (& make!) money with your textbooks! :)

Friday, 26 April 2013

Spring Bucket List + Giveaway Winner!

Hey lovelies!
Hope you're well :)
 I've been suuuper busy with essays and working and housework and enjoying the sunshine


I wanted to share with you my spring bucket list!
All of my goals and plans for spring;

* Go for a picnic

* Plant some flowers/vegetables/herbs

* Fly a kite

* Go for a bike ride with someone

* Make a bird feeder

* Start a scrapbook/journal

* Spring Clean!

* Feed the ducks

* Read a book, whilst sunbathing :)

* Go on a nature walk with siblings

* Do a spring craft

* Relax by a river/lake

What's on your spring bucket list?
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And on another note..
CONGRATULATIONS Chloe

for winning these gorgeous toadstool earrings
I will contact you a.s.a.p! :)

Friday, 12 April 2013

Give A Little Love Project

Hey lovelies!

Some of you may have heard of this before.. :P

But sometimes..things happen 
and you lose track of what the hecks going on. Haha.


If you havent heard of Give A Little Love Project,
Here's a little catch up;


First of all, I wanna say, who doesn't love receiving exciting little packages in the post?
I know I do. I literally do a little dance every time I get something nice in the post. :)

The project that I've come up with is basically to 'give a little love' to someone.
Someone you've never met, someone who lives miles away from you.
And in return, they will give you a little love back.

Like I said, everyone loves receiving exciting things in the post, so the plan is for every person who participates, I will link them up with someone else and they will send each other a small package in the post!

The packages can include anything you want! A postcard from where you live, a recipe you love, something homemade, some lovely bits & bobs that you think the other person would enjoy!

Once all the packages have been sent and received, the plan is to do a link up so you can all show off the gifts you receive and say a big thank you to the person who sent them to you :)

If you would be interested in the 'Give A Little Love' Project, fill in the form below and I will link you up with  someone lovely :)


If this sounds like something you'd be super interested in, please sign up now!!
If not, your loss :P
If you signed up the last time, please do again!! :)