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.
1. These little laser cut kitty earrings are SO cute - I might have a go at making them at work :-)
2. These shoes are gorgeous, I love the teal/duckegg blue colour at the moment and the floral pattern is so summery.... not sure I'd be any good at walking in the heels though :-/
3. Another teal/duckegg blue photograph. I'd love this kitchen - ours is so tiny, there's no room for a table and chairs.
4. Great idea for a BBQ, individual cheesecakes made in jars. The perfect portion
5. My, my, I really DO like the duckegg colour, don't I?! The key to my heart...
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.
Say hello to 'TBD', This Beautiful Daydream! The wide-eyed amongst you will notice that I haven't really changed much - the colours are still the same, as is the font, and that's because I don't really consider my blog to have changed. It's just evolving :-)
