Hayley Louisa Elliott

So it is 9 days until Christmas and I still haven't done a christmasy post so here we have the Christmas tag, Have a good one!

1. What is your favorite Christmas film?

My favourite Christmas film is probably elf, the grinch (I love doctor seuss) or a recent favourite 'A royal Christmas' with Lacey Chabert (Gretchen Wieners in mean girls). I much prefer Christmas specials of TV shows especially the Gavin and Stacey ones!

2. Have you ever had a White Christmas?

Yeah a few times, there have been times where it actually snows on Christmas, and others where it's been snowing a few days before Christmas. As many people will know the weather in the UK is very unpredictable, so much so that people place bets on whether there'll be a white Christmas or not, I'm not sure if that's a thing in other countries so let me know, but I just find it funny!

3. Where do you usually spend your holiday?

Most years it will start off with my mum and dad at home and then we go to my nana's or auntie's and we'll have dinner and spend the rest of the day there.

4. What is your favorite Christmas song?

I love Leona Lewis' 'one more sleep' but I like 'All I want for christmas' by mariah carey too.. I like all of the classics too like 'do they know it's christmas' by band aids 20 and 30 and 'simply having a wonderful christmas time' by paul mccartney. I love most christmas songs to be honest

5. Do you open any presents on Christmas Eve?

No, I never have actually, I used to beg my mum to after hearing her stories about how she used to open one because my nannie worked in a pub on the late shift on christmas eve but because mum didn't I wasn't ever allowed to!

6. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer?

There is rudolph, dasher, prancer, cupid, donner, vixen, blitzen, comet is that it? I feel like there's 8 but I'm not checking cause I don't want to cheat.. If anyone would like to you can verify it for me in the comments haha!

7. What holiday traditions are you looking forward to most this year?

I'm not even sure if we have a tradition but I'm excited for the food cause it's my fave! I'm not even lying, I love sprouts!

8. Is your Christmas tree real or fake?

Sadly it's fake, mum doesn't want all the needles everywhere but its still pretty, its white and all the decorations are in a sort of monochrome theme

9. What is your all-time favorite holiday food/sweet treat?

Food would have to be the sprouts but for sweet treats, im not a sweet person like I have to be in the mood to eat sweets so I just like the quality streets!

10. Be honest: do you like giving gifts or receiving gifts better?

A bit of both because I love seeing the thought people have put into my presents and there is always something satisfying about ripping the paper off of the gifts but I do love going shopping and putting thought into other peoples presents and seeing there faces when they open it! Both make me really happy!

11. What is the best Christmas gift you’ve ever received?

Ooh I'm not sure, I always like everything I get so this is hard to decide, I think it might have been last year when I got my DSI XL and to be honest its not the DSI that I was happy about it was the fact that I used to have one before and it got stolen and I could hear my mum and dad talking about it without me knowing what it was and the excitement in their voices was just too much so them being so happy about it and that they made the effort to replace it made it a really good present!

12. What would be your dream place to visit for the holiday season?

You know what I'm not going to say New York like lots of other people would, I honestly think it would be horrible and crowded and ridculous and I don't think I'd enjoy it at all, I would however like to go somewhere like Paris or even Lapland but I'd be just as happy going to Scarborough to see my Nannie!

13. Are you a pro-present wrapper, or do you fail miserably?

It depends on the shape of the gift, if its just a normal square/rectangle box I can do it and it's fine but jumpers or any other thing I can't do at all!

14. Most memorable Holiday moment?

There are 2 both when I was really little, the first one was when my mum had gotten me and my brother the same stationary set but gender specific like mine was barbie I think and my brothers was tarzan but when she wrapped them she clearly forgot which one was which and when I opened it I had a tarzan one and I don't think I was too pleased and had to wait until I got to my nannies to swap it with jamie's. The second one I think was the year after and on christmas eve I was looking through the argos catalogue and found barbie switchboard and I really wanted it, I'd never mentioned it to my mum at all until christmas eve and I begged and begged her to get me it and to my suprise when I woke up there it was, I think I must've been the happiest child ever!

15. What made you realize the truth about Santa?

I'm not even sure, I think it was just around the age when there are 'rumours' about it or it might have even been my brother, I feel like he would do something like that!

16. Do you make New Years resolutions? Do you stick to them?

I do all the time, I constantly make the typical weightloss one and never ever stick to it to be honest I don't stick to any of the resolutions I make its very annoying actually!

17. What makes the holidays special for you?

Just spending time with my family and us all having a really nice day together which is always cute and lovely!

I hope you enjoyed this post and it got you into the festive spirit because it got me into it! There'll be another christmasy post next monday but I hope you all have a wonderful christmas and that you have a nice time whatever you are doing!

Hayl xo

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So this weeks blog is a bit similar to last weeks, it's just about getting to know me, I've had a bit of writers block and couldn't think of anything and pretty much left it to last minute so sorry if its a bit naff but hey, so lets get into it...

1: Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?
I broke the handle on my door and I can't close it fully so it's sort of ajar I guess

2:Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel?
Nope

3:Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?
My Bed is against a wall so I keep the sheets tucked in at the wall side but not on the other side

4:Have you ever stolen a street sign before?
No, I can't imagine I ever will either haha

5:Do you like to use post-it notes?
It depends what for, I like to use them to leave my mum a quick note but if its for me I play with them and they lose their sticky

6:Do you cut out coupons but then never use them?
nope, I don't even cut any out, I have ones on bus tickets that'll never be used though haha

7:Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of a bees?
I think a big bear because I can get it away by throwing sweets or something and then run away but bees are like relentless little things -.-

8:Do you have freckles?
waaaay too many, I have some freckles all year round but when it gets to summer my face gets covered in them and no nice amount of foundation will cover that up

9:Do you always smile for pictures?
I guess so yeah, actually it depends I pout for some photos and like pull funny faces sometimes not no not really all the time

10:What is your biggest pet peeve?
Oooh that's a hard question, I mentioned in my last blog my suspected misophonia so the sound of some people eating is probably the biggest, some others though are like I keep most things in a specific order and I cant deal with things being out of their order. Dirty makeup containers annoy me too, I clean all of my makeup a lot.

11:Do you ever count your steps when you walk?
I sometimes count when I go up the stairs, a few months ago I was trying to track calories burned too so I was using the pedometer on my ipod but I gave up

12:Have you ever peed in the woods?
Yeah, a few times when I've been camping or whatever

13:What about pooped in the woods?
oh god no!

14:Do you ever dance even if there’s no music playing?
Yeah, if I have a song stuck in my head when I'm making food I start dancing around if I'm waiting for the microwave to ping or something

15:Do you chew your pens and pencils?
I don't know, I think so, sometimes

16:How many people have you slept with this week? None

17:What size is your bed?
Double

18:What is your Song of the week?
Act my age - Hoodie Allen or Cocoa Butter Kisses - Chance the rapper

19:Is it okay for guys to wear pink?
It depends, a pale pink looks nice as a suit shirt and sometimes polo necks

20:Do you still watch cartoons?
Not really, I did watch spongebob this morning though

21:Whats your least favorite movie?
Im not sure, there aren't many films I've watched and not wanted to watch again, the only one I can think of is the exorcist because I just couldnt get into it cause it took a long time to get to anything so we just turned it off.

22:Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some?
I don't know a cave maybe

23:What do you drink with dinner?
Most of the time I drink like cola or maybe orange juice

24:What do you dip a chicken nugget in?
tomato sauce

25:What is your favorite food?
erm, I like spaghetti bolognese or chicken and vegetable pies or tomato soup

26:What movies could you watch over and over and still love?
The rocky horror picture show, east is east, the inbetweeners, beauty and the beast, angus thongs and perfect snogging, all of the harry potters, anything with leonardo dicaprio in, etc

27:Last person you kissed/kissed you?
erm.. some random on a night out.. whoopsies

28:Were you ever a boy/girl scout?
Nope, I wanted to be one though

29:Would you ever strip or pose nude in a magazine?
No definitely not

30:When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper?
When I was like 13 I think

31:Can you change the oil on a car?
No I dont think so

32:Ever gotten a speeding ticket?
I do not drive so no.

33:Ever ran out of gas?
I do not drive so no.

34:Favorite kind of sandwich?
Cheese savoury, tuna mayo or chicken mayo but im not really a sandwich person

35:Best thing to eat for breakfast?
Pop tarts or dippy eggs and soldiers

36:What is your usual bedtime?
I get into bed about 10/10:30 and then watch tv or videos on youtube until I fall asleep but thats usually way too late

37:Are you lazy?
I only moved from bed today to get my dinner and go to the toilet so...

38:When you were a kid, what did you dress up as for Halloween?
A witch - Every year! last year I was a hill billy though so yeah

39:What is your Chinese astrological sign?
Rat

40:How many languages can you speak?
Fluently.. 1 but I learned french throughout school so I can speak small bits

41:Do you have any magazine subscriptions?
Nope

42:Which are better legos or lincoln logs?
Im not sure what this even means like legos as in the bricks, what even are lincoln logs?

43:Are you stubborn?
For a bit and then I give in

44:Who is better…Leno or Letterman?
Ellen

45:Ever watch soap operas?
Hollyoaks and thats it

46:Are you afraid of heights?
Sort of

47:Do you sing in the car?
It depends who im in the car with

48:Do you sing in the shower?
Yeah, all the time

49:Do you dance in the car?
It depends what mood im in

50:Ever used a gun?
Like a potato gun, not a real one

51:Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer?
In a club on a night out

52:Do you think musicals are cheesy?
Sometimes, I still love them though.

53:Is Christmas stressful?
Only when deciding what to get people but no not really.

54:Ever eat a pierogi?
A what?

55:Favorite type of fruit pie?
Apple, Im not keen on fruit pie but I love a good apple pie at christmas

56:Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid?
A firewoman, a police officer, a beauty therapist and a forensic scientist

57:Do you believe in ghosts?
Yes, definitley

58:Ever have a Deja-vu feeling?
Who doesn’t?

59:Take a vitamin daily?
No I don't really see the point

60:Wear slippers?
Rarely, my dad goes mad at me about it

61:Wear a bath robe?
not after a bath, I prefer my towel, but when i've been in the bath and Im getting ready for a party, I dont get dressed until im ready to go so I get dry and put my dressing gown on

62:What do you wear to bed?
pj's

63:First concert?
I haven't been to one yet

64:Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart?
we don't have those in england but I guess walmart cause its the american version of asda

65:Nike or Adidas?
Nike

66:Cheetos Or Fritos?
cheetos even though they aren't sold in england any more #90skids

67:Peanuts or Sunflower seeds?
peanuts, any day!

68:Ever hear of the group Tres Bien?
Nope, I guess they're from france though

69:Ever take dance lessons?
Yes, it was one of my GCSE options

70:Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing? nope they can do whatever they want

71:Can you curl your tongue?
I'm not sure to be honest, I don't think so though

72:Ever won a spelling bee?
Nope, again we dont have them in england

73:Have you ever cried because you were so happy?
Yes, all the time, at prom when I got a trophy, when really happy things happen in a film, when I talk about chocolate chip frappes

74:Own any record albums?
Nope my mum used to

75:Own a record player?
Nope my mum used to

76:Regularly burn incense? No, I burn candles though

77:Ever been in love?
I'm not sure - at times I might have thought I was but I dont know

78:Who would you like to see in concert?
Hoodie Allen, one direction omg just sooo many people

79:What was the last concert you saw?
I havent been to one yet:( unless the people that perform on bonfire night count

80:Hot tea or cold tea?
hot tea

81:Tea or coffee?
coffee

82:Sugar or snickerdoodles?
Sugar, because I dont know what a snickerdoodle is

83:Can you swim well?
I think so

84:Can you hold your breath without holding your nose?
Yeah

85:Are you patient?
most of the time yeah

86:DJ or band, at a wedding?
I'm not sure, maybe both like an acoustic band for the service and then a dj for the reception idk

87:Ever won a contest?
I was voted most likely to be famous at prom, does that count

88:Ever have plastic surgery?
Nope

89:Which are better black or green olives?
I've never tried an olive, they dont look nice though

90:Can you knit or crochet?
Nope, I used to have a knitting machine though, it was wonderful:')

91:Best room for a fireplace?
the front room

92:Do you want to get married?
when im older and if I find the right person, of course I do

93:If married, how long have you been married?
I'm not married haha

94:Who was your HS crush?
I think I had too many to mention:')

95:Do you cry and throw a fit until you get your own way?
Sometimes

96:Do you have kids?
Nope, ~~my dog acts like a baby though~~ I treat my dog like a baby

97:Do you want kids?
Same as getting married, when im older and if I find the right person

98:Whats your favorite color?
Mint green, lilac, a certain blue that I dont know the name of and reddy-pink

99:Do you miss anyone right now? I have most of the people I need, but I do miss my nannie (grandma) and brother

So thats it for this week, I hope you enjoyed the post, I know its not that intersting but as I said, I've had a bit of writers block and had no idea what to write so yeah! thanks if you read this and if you want to use the questions go for it and link it in the comments, if you have any ideas for another post don't be afraid to leave it in the comments :)