Welcome 2014!

Hi guys!
As most of you are probably aware it is in fact New Year's eve today! In Britain that is...depending on where you are it could be January 1st 2014.....anyway wherever you are and whatever the day is Happy New Years!
Yes 2014 is swooping in and taking us all by surprise leaving us wondering where last year went! Even though it went crazy fast it has still been amazing but I recon that 2014 is going to be even better!
So here are my New Year resolutions for 2014!

Number 1!

Blog more!
Yes I am making this resolution and I am sticking to it! My aim it to blog at least once a week for a minimum of three weeks a month (so it's okay if I miss one week a month but I will try not to!) Right now I think that it will probably on a Thursday but that all depends on school and my drama classes and show rehearsals.
Talking of school...

Number 2!

Stop Procrastinating!
I need to stop putting things off and do them right away! That includes blogging, homework, course work ( I will be starting my GCSE corses in April) and learning lines! Procrastinating is a really bad habit that I have and I have to stop!!

Number 3!

Practise guitar and clarinet more!
I don't practise enough basically...that's it!

Number 4!

My final one! Stop Worrying!
I worry a lot about things that I really don't need to worry about and I sometimes worry to the point that I feel sick but I couldn't do anything to change the situation anyway whether I was worrying or not- so why worry?! In 2014 I want to stop worrying about things that I cant change, have fun, do well, and have an amazing year and I hope the rest of you have an awesome year ahead of you too!!

So those are my new years resolutions, what are some of yours? Tell me in the comments and if they still aren't working (I know I know I am trying to get it sorted I promise!) Then tweet me @AbbiDabs13 or use the hashtag #girlandherdog2014 and I'm sure to reply asap!

So thanks guys! And I hope that's your 2014 rocks!
Talk to you soon! Abbi xoxoxoxo

PS Hope you guys like the new background curtsy of Shabby Blogs.com :)

November Favourites!

Hi guys! Okay first off I would like to apologise for not blogging in ages but for some reason my blogger account hasn't been working properly and I am glad to be able to talk to you guys again!
I know this blog post is kind of late considering but this post is going to be all of my November favourites!!

Okay so I haven't really done a blog post like this in the past, the products have been spate but that's not what I want to do this time so I am going to put them all in one post for this month.

The first thing that I have been using CONTSANTLY this month is Maybelline Baby Lips lip balm and it is AMAZING! You can get 6 different ones in the UK, three of them have an SPF and a certain property, for example there is one that contains menthol and one that gives intensive hydration. The other three are tinted lip balms, so as well as being really hydrating, they also add a sheen of colour to your lips.

I own two, Cherry Kiss, which is a hydrating lip balm that adds a deep red sheen to the lips, and Instant Hydration, which -as the name suggest- gives and extra boost of hydration and contains an SPF of 20.

My next favourite of November is more of a fashion favourite and I have been using this ALL the time when I go out after school, on the weekend anytime I go out and I need a bag I use this baby!
This is kind of a bad picture but the best I took! Maybe I should work
on my photography skills.... Anyways!
I love basically everything about this bag! It's the perfect size, you can carry everything you need in it without it being too big and I love the style of it. The strap is adjustable so you can either wear it over the shoulder or ON your shoulder.
The design on it is awesome, I don't even really know how to describe it, it's basically vertical stripes of different patterned material within the same colour scheme and it also has s few stripes of leather in green and brown, it's just really nice!
I got this bag at Claire's on sale down from £22 to £8 so it was a real find!

Back to another beauty favourite now with the Waterproof Showtime Mascara from New York Colour. The reason that I've added this to my list of November favourites is because I got it half way through last month and I am really liking it. It adds a lot of volume to my lashes without being too over powering and I absolutely love the fact that it is water proof! When I get a mascara it has to be water proof, especially this time of the year and it's not because I cry a lot or anything! It's just because my eyes water easily with the wind and such so I am loving my new mascara right now!

And y'know we have to add some food to the mix and I really can't think of anything better than this!

                                                     

Oh yeah baby! It's a Wonka bar! When I saw this it was literally like a childhood dream come true and it is so delicious I can't even begin to describe it, this one is the Crème Brulee and it's vanilla cream with caramel and covered in milk chocolate and I have to say, I'm not much of a chocolate eater but I am in love with this chocolate bar!

And to finish off my musical favourite of the month is Emma Stevens' new album - Enchanted

I heard the song 'Riptide' on the radio and I just had to get the album! I love all of these songs and they all have a great feel good factor and I can't help singing and dancing along whenever the song comes on!

So that's all of my November Favourites! If you want me to d a separate review of any of these products or you would like a link to where you can get them then just tell me in the comments!
Thanks for reading!
Love Abbi x
P.S the comments should be working again now! Anything you want to tell me feel free to comment and I will reply as so as possible! Thanks guys!

Born Lippy!

Hello!

So I am back with more of my Autumn favourites, let's get started!


These are my second Autumn favourites and I am obsessed with them! They are amazing! As the weather is getting colder and lips get dry and chapped, this is literally your best friend in the whole world, it is like a miracle in a pot!

It keeps your lips really moisturised - which is perfect as the weather gets colder - and they add just a hint of colour that is perfect for school with out being really noticeable,

 

Watermelon = pale pink hint

Strawberry = red hint

Raspberry = deep pink hint

Passionberry = purple hint (it won't turn your lips dark purple just a slight hue of colour )

Satsuma Shimmer = orange shimmer hint

 

 

And did I mention how good they smell? They smell so fruity and delicious that I just want to eat them up!

And I still didn't tell you the best part! They are only £2! So let's give a quick recap :

 

• Smell Great
• Gorgeous colours
• Taste good
• Moisturises lips amazingly
• Great price!

What's not to love?! You can get them at your local Body Shop or online at www.thebodyshop.co.uk

 

 

As always if you have any comments, questions or requests then please post them down below and I WILL respond asap!

 

Love,

 

Abbi xxx

The mortal instruments!

Hi guys!
I haven't posted in a while and I am so sorry but with coming back to school and all the stuff I have to do I simply haven't had time but I will blog more I promise!

So, one of my favourite things thus Autumn ( fall for those reading from America :)) has been the book series 'The Mortal Instruments' the first book, 'The City Of Bones' has been recently made into a film and OhMyGosh you guys have just got to go and see it, it is honestly the best book based film I gave seen in a while so you should defiantly check that out.

But if you are a book person like me, or even if you aren't then I highly recommend the mortal instruments books. There are five books that follow the adventures Jace, Clary, Simon, Isabelle and Alec ( there are more main character but these are the main ones) At the beginning of the book Clary discovers that she us not just and ordinary teenage girl like she thought, but a shadowhunter.

Shadowhunters are a race of humans that basically kill demon and stop evil from destroying the world. This book had so many twists and turns that I could bot put it down and I read it in like a week- I am half way through the third book and I can not wait to find out what happens next!!

The author, Cassandra Clare, has also written another series of books about the mortal instruments character's ansectors. Kinda confusing but you should definitely check them out if you have read and enjoyed 'TMI' which I am sure you will!! 

I'll be back with more of my Autumn favourites soon!

Love Abbi xxx

DIY Bookmarks!

So as you may know I am a very crafty person and I don't tend to buy things if I can make them myself. And I am also quite a bookworm so I read ALOT! But I was reading the other day and I realised that I didn't own any real bookmarks, I read all the time but I normally just use something lying around, like a receipt, a piece of paper, or the dreaded folded corner (dun dun DUUUN) so I decided to make a bookmark so I looked around and found this awesome tutorial on www.punkyprincess.com and this is how it turned out;

 

 

To make it all you need is a length of ribbon, twice the length than you want to show over the top of the book, you need a colour sample card in your chosen colour (you can pick as many of these as you want for free in a diy store like b&q or homebase) and a pen!

 

All you need to do it use a hole puncher to punch one hole in the top of your colour card and tie the ribbon through it, if you want to add a charm like I have then either thread it onto the ribbon before you tie it, or if you can, clip it through the hole.

Then you just decorate each colour, you can draw little doodles, write your favourite quotes, you could glue sequins to it, if you are into the mortal instruments series you could draw your favourite runes on each colour. You could even glue different fabrics on to give it a patchwork effect- the choice is up to you!

 

If you do make one then post in the comments what you did and how it turned out! I would love to hear about it!

 

Happy reading! ;)

Abbi x

 

p.s. I have been told that some of the comments don't come through straight away so if I don't reply then it is just because the comment hasn't come through yet- not because I don't like you :)

Smile!

A smile is all it takes!

Hi!
So recently I read an article about a study that was done on human emotions and what can trigger them and, apparently because we smile when we are happy then even if we are in the worst of moods, smiling can actually make us feel happy! So even if you are in the downest of dumps or something has happened and you just feel like bursting out into tears then show the world that nothing that it can do will stop you from smiling ;

 

Enjoy your life because you can only live it once,

and when life gives you a million reasons to cry,

remember and show the world that you will ALWAYS have

two million reasons to

SMILE

:D

 

 

There is always something that you have to smile about, your friends, your family, your pet, your idol, just being here are all reasons to smile :) the hardest thing to do is to remember them when your feeling bad but I promise you there will always be a reason.

So my challenge to you is, the next time you are feeling sad, or mad or unhappy in any way, take a deep breath, count to ten and smile, REALLY smile, laugh, remember all that you have to feel happy and grateful for and just let go of all the bad, and just SMILE that's all it takes :)

 

Abbi x