Lately it seems as though the whole country is addicted to Loom Bands. They're in all the shops including Poundland and The Works, selling for £1 per packet on average. The other day I saw two middle aged women fighting over the last packet of glow-in-the-dark bands. It was ridiculous!

Anyway, I was mooching around Poundland the other day when the moment took me and I decided to put a packet into my basket. I'll be honest, I didn't really know what I was getting myself into.

When I got home and opened the packet, I was a little confused. The instructions weren't very detailed and when I finished my first bracelet I kinda thought, is this is?

I was wrong though. I googled some different looming techniques and found an amazing website that features videos of how to make different designs. They're pretty complex actually, a big thumbs up to whoever thought up the designs! I made myself a fishtail bracelet. 

They're a little bit itchy though - in the same way that a hairband can be if you keep it on your wrist too long. I should imagine if you make the bands longer and therefore looser then they'll be more comfortable.

This week I've been reading 'A Walk To Remember' by Nicholas Sparks.

I'll be honest, when I first picked this book up, I had no idea what the story was about, and I also had no idea that it had already been made into a film! I had bought it purely because of it's thickness (or rather, lack of thickness!) I was after a light read this week because I had lots of plans lined up for the weekend.

At first I found the book to be quite slow - Sparks spends almost the whole of the first chapter describing the surroundings and setting the scene for the story, but after that, I was hooked and found myself really imagining the characters and relating to Langdon's, feelings about Jamie.

Without giving too much away, the story is written from the perspective of a 17 year old boy called Landon, who is rather unfortunately paired up with a girl called Jamie for a school Christmas play. Nobody at school likes Jamie as she is 'different', and Langdon is embarrassed to be seen with her, even more so when he has to walk her home after school. Eventually, as with most cases, Langdon gets to know Jamie and the pair fall in love, but there was a rather sad and unexpected twist at the end.  - Considering he wrote 'The Notebook' how did I NOT see a sad ending coming?!

The story was very emotional towards the end, and I almost didn't want to read anymore. I just wanted to shut the book and pretend that they both lived happily ever after, but regardless of the sad story, the book gave a very strong message about humanity and that we can all be better people.

My only criticism is that the book seemed to end so quickly. I wanted to read more, to find out what happened to Langdon after the story had ended, but there was nothing more. 

I have no idea what the film is like, but I really did enjoy the book and would recommend it.

Okay, so I haven't changed my name... I've changed the blog's name.

Closet-13 has been through a number of changes these past few years, but the truth is I think I've just grown out of it! When I first started blogging, I used to write about fashion and beauty, so the word 'Closet' seemed very apt. Now, however, I blog about myself and my everyday adventures.

This weekend I have been a busy little bee! 

On Sunday, we visited one of my school friends and her boyfriend, who now live in a flat in Clapham. They invited us round for dinner and told us that the Calling Festival was also taking place on the same weekend. When I found out that Jack Johnson, Paloma Faith and Stevie Wonder were all playing, I was there! 

Annoyingly tickets for the festival cost £70, which was a bit out of our price range, but my friend assured me that if we took a picnic blanket and sat outside the gates, we would still be able to see and hear everything.

When we left the house on our travels to Clapham, it was sunny, and I had dressed accordingly - jeans, pretty strappy summer top and flip flops.The second we got to Clapham common however, it poured - and I mean it absolutely POURED - down with rain. Even my umbrella wasn't enough to shield me from it. As the ground was too wet to sit down, we stood outside the gates and yes, we could see and hear pretty much everything! It was amazing! I can't believe people pay £70 to stand just the other side of the barrier and get the same view that we had... although I suppose half the fun is the atmosphere...

Jack Johnson played for about an hour before we got too cold and decided to walk back to the flat for a cup of tea and some Eton mess. I'm pretty sad that we didn't get to see Paloma Faith or Stevie Wonder, I could've stayed there all evening!