DAY #3 - LUSH CHRISTMAS WISHLIST

Who honestly doesn't love Lush's Christmas range? It may be one of the best things to happen each year. Since I haven't been able to go into Lush this year, and I don't have a Lush near me at home, this year's Lush Christmas post comes to you as a wishlist from the Lush website.

'Santasaurus' Bubble Bar
Like most (I assume), I base my product choices in  Lush on what they smell like. The Santasaurus bubble bar is so cute that I want it regardless of what it smells like.

'Snowie' Bubble Bar
As with the Santasaurus, I don't think I can resist a bubble bar that looks like a snowman David Bowie.

'Jester' Bubble Bar
Another adorable and orange-scented bubble bar. Basically, I want all the bubble bars.

'So White' Bath Bomb
A classic, I love apples.

'Shoot For The Stars' Bath Bomb
I can't resist any product with orange in it (as most of Lush's products seem to contain) and I also can't resist how stunning this bath bomb is.

'Golden Wonder' Bath Bomb
A classic Lush Christmas bath bomb.

'Butterbear' Bath Bomb
The Butterball is my absolute favourite Lush bathbomb, it smells beyond incredible, and every Chrismtas Lush rerelease it in the shape of an adorable bear.

'Snow Fairy' Shower Gel
The epitome of the Lush Christmas products and smells.

'Bubbly' Shower Gel
It's orange, I can't help myself.

'Reindeer Rock' Soap
It's blue, it looks like a reindeer carving on a cave wall, the reindeer is gold, it has a slightly different berry and floral scent, I want it.

'Santa's Postbox' Soap
It basically just smells really, really orangy.

'Shooting Stars' Soap
I couldn't decide between the orange scent of Santa's Postbox or the lemon and lime scent of Shooting Stars, so I've added both of them to the list.

'Sugar Plum Fairy' Lip Scrub and Lip Tint
Who doesn't love a Lush lip scrub? They always leave your lips feeling amazing, and I can't resist the gorgeous plum colour and orange scent of these two.

'Be Excellent To Each Other' Bag
I've been drooling over this tote bag with a quote from 'Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure' on it ever since I saw it a few months ago, and I think it's something that I  genuinely need in my life.

Rosie

Might have to go and place a massive Lush order now

WHAT'S ON MY CHRISTMAS LIST

I've never posted something like this before, but I thought in the spirit of Christmas I'd post the things on my Christmas list this year.

1. Fjallraven Kanken Classic Backpack
I love these rucksacks and my current college bag is literally falling apart so it's high time I got a new one. I just love the look and style of these bags and I've done my research so I know it'll definitely hold everything I need to carry; I'm now trying to decide between a black or navy blue one.

2. The U.S. Office DVD Boxset 
I was half-way through watching the U.S. Office on Netflix and I was loving it AND THEN NETFLIX REMOVED IT. I'm not going to lie and say that I wasn't completely heartbroken and I wasn't so furious that I debated cancelling my Netflix and switching to Amazon Prime instead (this was only stopped by the fact that my mum pointed out that she's the one paying for Netflix and we hadn't finished community yet). My family like to buy DVD boxsets and watch them together, and I need to the Office back in my life (more Jim pls). (It was a choice between this, the Parks and Recreation boxset or the Vicar of Dibley boxset, fantastic shows).

3. Scratch-Off World Map 
My brother has one of these (pictured below- from a company called 'Luckies') and they're just so cool. It's a map of the world covered in gold foil and you scratch off every country that you've been to. Each continent is a different colour, so a different colour appears under the gold when you scratch it off. So cool.

4. Chocolate Orange
The quintessential Christmas food. I once didn't get one of these in my stocking and I've never truly gotten over it.

5. Dot-to-Dot Book
My brother and I each got one of these in our stocking last year and it was one of the best things I've ever been given. We both completed them in under 2 days and we were just silent and happy for hours. Dot-to-dot books are one of the greatest things ever invented, and we both want another.

6. Amazon Voucher
Always essential, I shop far too much on Amazon, it's unhealthy, but everything is so cheap (as in books are cheap and cheap books make for a happy Rosie).

AUTUMN/WINTER WARDROBE WISH LIST

Autumn is one of my favourite times of the year and, now that it's October, I feel like I can finally start dressing all autumnal and enjoying scarves and hot drinks and just general autumn-ness again. I also really love October, it's just a great month, definitely autumn but not too cold. As I do love a good list, I've made a list below of my wardrobe wish list for the coming months.

1. Roll Neck Jumpers 
Also known as the humble turtle neck or polo neck, I've previously not been too much of a fan of high-necked clothing, until now. I'm really loving this style, I think it's really flattering, and I've already bought a black roll neck jumper but I'm eyeing up more in different colours.

2. Button-Down Skirts
I didn't know what to call this style of skirt so I've gone for the obvious. Literally just a skirt with buttons down the front. I want a denim one but I'm also thinking of getting a camel coloured cord material one, which I think would look great with my black roll neck jumper.

3. Stripes
I just love stripes. I want everything in my wardrobe to be stripey. T-shirts, jumpers, long sleeves, short sleeves, I want so many stripes.

4. T-Shirts 
Recently I've become really into plain or simply-patterned t-shirts and sleeveless tops. I want to introduce more into my wardrobe as they're so simple but effective.

5. Cardigans
There's a distinct lack of cardigans in my life and that needs to change. 

6. Fjallraven Kanken Rucksack 
I know I got a new rucksack recently and obviously I'm still absolutely in love with it, BUT it's more of my version of a handbag than anything else. It's just slightly too small to comfortably fit a pad of A4 paper, and definitely not big enough to carry a ring binder, and that's my defence for wanting to buy a new bag. I really love the Fjallraven Kanken bags, who doesn't? My best friend got one for her birthday and that made me love them even more. They can carry an A4 ringer binder and textbooks, which is perfect for college, and this is me just basically convincing myself that a £70 bag is worth it (I can use it for uni as well, yes). I might just put this on my Christmas list.

7. Jumpers 
It's no secret that I really love jumpers, and I'm bored of all my current ones so I want more.

8. Denim Jacket
The denim jacket is such a classic and flawless look and I want to take part in it. I'm more inclined to get a slightly over-sized one (or I might just borrow my brother's).

9. New Black Jeans 
My black jeans are basically grey so it's high time I got some new ones. I'm planning on getting exactly the same ones as before, which are the Topshop Jamie Jeans, my favourite jeans (as everyone knows by now- see previous post).

10. Tweed Shorts
If you go right back to September 2013 on this blog, you'll see that I wanted some tweed shorts. I still don't have any. I still want some. It's getting ridiculous now.

11. Trashy Christmas Jumper 
Yes, of course!? I want one that looks like an entire Christmas pudding, it's a wardrobe essential that I can't believe I don't own.

12. Waterproof Coat
I want a really nice waterproof coat, not a hiking one or a jack-in-a-pack, but I really nice, thick proper one. I have one ordered and it will be featured in a outfit of the day post, most likely in December. Watch this space.

WINTER WISHLIST

Wishlists are a new thing on here for me (I write them constantly in the notes section of my phone normally) and previously I had just been including them in my monthly goals-and-books posts. HOWEVER, seeing as autumn/winter is my favourite time of the year, I thought I'd make a whole post on it, just for fun, because this is fun for me.

-Tartan scarf; I like tartan a lot a lot and I like scarves a lot. Despite my main winter coat being tartan, a tartan scarf is a necessity for everyone and they're just so simple but so perfect. (I've said tartan too much already, it's become a stupid word).
-Tartan shorts; yes, still, two years on I am still searching for the perfect grey tartan shorts (grey is preferable) and I found more or less the best ones last year and I DIDN'T BUY THEM because I am stupid.
-Pinafore dress; more of something I quite want rather than really want, but they're just super cute.
-Cute ankle boots; this basically completes an outfit and everyone had them last year and I didn't but this year is my year and I am excited.
-Gloves; I don't actually own any so it would probably be a good idea if I did.
-Winter skirts; I love skirts all year round but especially in winter with thick tights and cute ankle boots. I'm thinking kilts, tartan, velvet, burgundy, dark grey, black pencil skirts. The whole shebang.
-Thick jumpers; I am already an avid collector of jumpers but I need more. I always need more. Jumpers are quite possibly my favourite item of clothing and I need all the thick, pretty jumpers. This year I think I need a staple black jumper as it is a key item in anyone's wardrobe and I am yet to own one (also maybe a dark green one this year too?).
-Mustard jumper; this deserved it's own separate point. I love the colour mustard and so a jumper in that colour is something I need. Mustard is perfect as it is so ugly it's nice and it's just a super cool colour and suits everyone.
-Black and white checked trousers; or a small dogtooth pattern. These are just the most perfect trousers that always always always look good with everything, they're just so effortlessly amazing and beautiful and quirky.
-Stripped t-shirt; specifically black and white with long sleeves. A wardrobe staple that looks effortlessly good without having to try too hard.
-Oversized checked shirt; back to the winter tartans, another item that can be dressed up or down and is super comfy.
-Another bobble hat; Accessorize is normally top notch when it comes to winter hats but they're suprisingly slacking this year. Miss Selfridge actually though is quite possibly the place to be this winter (aside from New Look- bet I will delve into that more another time). I love bobble hats but who doesn't really?
-Tunic/shitf/smock dresses; whatever you want to call them. These are perfect for the winter as they can be dressed up or down with tights, boots and accessories and they're so comfy and cosy and just easy.

SEPTEMBER GOALS

It's time again for another monthly goals post, especially important since September marks the beginning of another new school year. This year I thought I'd combine my normal goals and books-to-read with a new idea (for me) of a monthly wishlist. Autumn and Winter are my most favourite seasons by far and my notebook is literally chockablock with planned posts for September-December and I am super excited for it.

Goals:
-Get a good, fresh start at college; I'm not going to say much about this apart from I have decided to leave sixth form and move to college as A-Levels and school just haven't worked for me and so I'm starting again at college which I think will definitely be better for me in the long-run.
-My own happiness is a priority; this isn't so much a monthly goal as it is a goal for the next year. I haven't been truly happy a lot of the time this past school year so my main focus in this coming one is to ensure my own happiness and have a better year (September-September) than last year.
-Cook more. I love to cook and bake and there's so many things I always say I want to make but never do. Especially after my visit to Jamie Oliver's Big Feastival, I have been inspired to cook and bake more as it makes me happy and the end product is always great.
-Start redoing my bedroom and always keep my desk tidy. I was meant to repaint my room in Summer 2013 but that requires taking down all the childish posters from year seven and I'm lazy. Also, having a constantly clear desk is very, very satisfying.

Books to Read:
-Poldark Book One (Ross Poldark) by Winston Graham; my parent's favourite book series that they have been trying to get me to read for years, it's basically set in a Cornish village and books set in villages are my all-time favourite.
-Henry IV Part One by William Shakespeare
-We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
-The Taming of the Tights by Louise Rennison; a guilty pleasure of mine but it's the last in the series and I haven't read it yet and secretly who doesn't love a throwback to the early-teenage years. Shush, yes I am seventeen.

Wishlist:
-Makeup Bag (confessional time: I don't actually own one)
-Maybelline Colour Tattoos in Metallic Pomegranate, Permanent Taupe and On and On Bronze
-Sleek single blusher or Pink Lemonade blusher trio
-Rimmel Colour Rush Balm in Keep Mauving
-Next blue floral camisole top
-Another concealer brush
-Topshop Beguiled lipstick