What A Lovely Surpirse! PART 2 - The Hunger Games.

When my Dad picked me up yesterday, I knew we were going to the post office, but I saw that he had two slips, not just one..

He told me that something had arrived at home for me too! Geez, I never get any mail, not even from the bank, but yesterday I got three things in one day! And they pretty good things, I must say.

So when Dad said that there was something at home for me and another thing at the post office, I knew what it was. Not too long ago, I won a competition on another blog (christinafarley.blogspot.com if you want to check it out), but I didn't know when it was going to arrive, so this was another great surprise.

Here is what I got..

A Hunger Games Lanyard! Perfect to put some keys on and show off to the world. Hehe.

The Hunger Games Official Movie Companion. This book is so good. It's like The Hunger Games DVD special features in book version, which I absolutely LOVE.
It delves deeper into the world in Panem, and has 159 pages of wonderful photos and information about the movie and where it all began.
I haven't yet finished reading through it, but I think it's just as hard to put down as The Hunger Games itself.

 And now for the pot of gold, drum roll please!..

Katniss' character poster! This would probably be the most exciting bit in my opinion. I absolutely love all of the character posters and I think they're all so gorgeous, especially Katniss' and Rue's.

I was super duper surprised at the size of this thing! It's actually really big, and it's double sided! I seriously love it and I'm so thankful.

I've got it sitting on our full sized table tennis table, and also, in the picture below, I've sat my Hunger Games book next to it to show you how big it really is!!

Thanks Christina for all of these amazing prizes, and make sure all of you check out her blog! christinafarley.blogspot.com.au.

UrbanNerd.xo

What A Lovely Surprise! PART 1 - Sportsgirl Fan Of The Month!

So, the other day, we got a slip in the mailbox saying that I had something at the post office that I needed to pick up! This was quite exciting in itself, I never get any mail!

So yesterday, after school, Dad and I headed down there and I got such a lovely surprise when I saw that it was a little parcel from Sportsgirl!! I knew that something from them would be coming soon, because I was fortunate enough to win Sportsgirl Fan Of The Month, but I also knew that something else was coming and I thought it was going to be that. You see, I only found out that I won their Fan Of The Month a few days ago, so I'd like to thanks Sportsgirl very much for the amazingly quick delivery!!

When I got home I ran excitedly into my room and started to excitedly open and unpack my little gift. Inside of the postage packaging was this super cute little bag that contained all of the goodies.

So I got a few little bits and pieces. There's a cute little Sportsgirl heart USB, which will be really handy for school next year. The was also a nail file, note pad, bag tag, iPhone cover, and some sunglasses. These sunnies are super cool and trendy. The frame is actually clear and the lenses are tinted blue, I really love them.

Now for the good stuff! Forgive me, I don't have the best camera, so the photo's aren't of the greatest quality, but if you want a better look at some of these items, check out Sportsgirl's website at www.sportsgirl.com.au

In my little pack there were two different types of eyeliner. Now, I don't really wear much make up at all, but I tried some of this stuff out last night, and I really like it.

So, the bottom eyeliner, To The Point, is a liquid eyeliner and it's probably my favourite. It has quite a thin tip so it makes application really easy. You can buy this from Sportsgirl for $9.95.

The top one is Draw The Line eyeliner. This one has a thicker tip and I just discovered that at the end it has a 'smudger' and a sharpener. I'll have to try and figure out how to use them, haha. The Draw The Line eyeliner is water resistant and sells also for $9.95.

Yeah, the photo below is pretty blurry, but it just shows you the different thicknesses of the two eyeliners.

The next thing is this yummy smelling body exfoliating scrub.

I actually bought this for my bestfriend for Christmas last year because I really liked it, so it was nice to get this in my pack. It's obviously gritty, but not so much that it hurts when you use it. It smells really good, a bit like musk or something, you can buy Scrub Up exfoliating scrub for $9.95.

Then there's this gorgeous Pout About It lipstick. I received the colour Fruit Tingle. It applies really easy and it's such a nice colour. It's a bit more pinky than in this picture but it is still a coral colour. I just read on the Sportsgirl website that this 'moisturises and protects' so that's a bit of a bonus. This one also retails for $9.95.

Next is this Give Some Lip lip gloss in Summer Holiday. It's a bit of a watermelon sort of colour and it smells like vanilla, yum. I was just testing a few of my things out and discovered that this gloss actually looks really nice on top of the Fruit Tingle lipstick. This sells for $8.95.

So that's what my wonderful Fan Of The Month goodie bag contained, thanks so much Sportsgirl!!

Check Sportsgirl out on twitter; @Sportsgirl.

-UrbanNerd.xo

Take Some Time To Smell The Roses

I know I have had a lot of adults tell me to 'take some time to smell the roses', and I have always just replied with a sarcastic 'yeah sure'. 

But today I discovered that this was completely true.

I was at my Grandpa's house, and I was sitting on the couch near the fireplace. The flames were flickering inside of the glass door and there I was, just staring. I think I was just in that sort of trance where you are deep in your thoughts, and when you suddenly come out you realise that you look kind of dead, not moving a single muscle, not blinking. So when I finally did arise from this hypnosis, I instantly saw the fire, and it was captivating. The way the flames were moving, how they were vanishing just as quickly as they were appearing, it was really fascinating. I was intrigued.

Then, when we were driving home, there was the most beautiful rainbow that I have ever, ever seen. It was so bright and vibrant, and it instantly brought a smile to my face. The colours in it were so magnificent, the thirty or so picture I took of it did not at all do it justice. For the whole trip home I didn't once take my eyes off of it.

When we finally did get home, I realised that all of these natural wonders were just amazing. I don't know why it took me this long to see that, sometimes, you really do need to take some time out to smell the roses.

UrbanNerd.xo

Try 27 Dresses On For Size..

Today I thought I would do a little review of my favourite move. Enjoy!

This review will discuss the wonderful film, 27 Dresses, directed by Anne Fletcher. This movie stars Katherine Heigle, as the main character, Jane Nichols, Malin Akerman as Tess Nichols, Edward Burns as George, and the high-spirited James Marsden as Kevin Doyle.

This film takes a funny look at a woman that is always a bridesmaid, and never the bride. There are a lot of twists and turns along the way that will keep you hooked until the very end.

Jane is a woman who loves weddings. She has been a bridesmaid twenty seven times, and she struggles to say no. At her latest wedding attendance, she meets Kevin Doyle, who is determined to meet her again.

When Jane’s sister, Tess, comes home from overseas, she goes to a work party with Jane and meets her dreamy boss, George. They instantly feel a connection, but the thing is, Jane is secretly in love with George.

With a shock proposal, near fatal car crash and a string of lies, will Jane make it down the aisle with her dream guy, or will she always just be a bridesmaid?

Jane has worked for George for many years, and in that time, she has fallen madly in love with him. She has never worked up the courage to tell him how she feels. Jane’s feelings are intensified and even more complicated when Tess comes home and falls for George, too.

Kevin Doyle is a writer for the local paper and he writes a weekly column about weddings. This, of course, is Jane’s favourite part of the paper. Jane and Kevin have a chance meeting at a wedding Jane is being a part of, and Jane instantly dislikes him. With Kevin’s determination to meet Jane again, could this develop in to something more, or will Kevin stay just as the person who writes the columns?

Tess Nichols is one character that I loved to hate in this movie. She was self-centred, and she didn’t care what lies she told, or who she hurt, as long as she got what she wanted. One of the worst things she did in the movie was to her mother’s wedding dress. Jane always wanted to have a wedding just like her mother’s and father’s, especially now that her mother had passed away. But when Tess is given her mother’s wedding dress, she takes it to a bridal shop to get it cut up, basically, and bits and pieces of it got put into a new dress. I thought this was an outrage, as it was such a sentimental piece to not only Jane, but her whole family.

The main idea that this movie is trying to convey is that you should be honest with the people that you care about, instead of trying to be someone that you’re not. It also points out that you should always have some time for yourself, if you can make yourself happy, you can make other people happy too.

This film is a ‘RomCom’. It takes a funny and quirky look at someone whose romantic life doesn’t always work out for her.

One of the highlights of the films was when Jane tried on all twenty seven of her bridesmaid dresses. The costumes were really well made, and they varied a lot in style. She had a cowgirl themed dress, a Hollywood themed, an underwater outfit, and many more. It was really funny and enjoyable seeing all the weird types of weddings people had.

Overall, I would rate this movie three and a half out of five stars, and I would definitely recommend it for someone who wants a bit of a giggle.

UrbanNerd.xo