Goodbye 2012 tag.

What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before?

Made my blog :)

Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't make any for 2012 but in 2013 I really want to lose weight.. Not like half my body weight but a couple of stone at least.

Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes, my little sister Ocean gave birth in October to her beautiful daughter, Skye.

A picture I took last month.

What countries did you visit?

We had a week away in Wales, didn't go abroad this year.

Betws-y-Coed

What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?
Motivation to lose weight! And a job, that would be good too!

What date from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory?
26th August probably as that's when we signed the tenancy agreement on our house :)

What was your biggest achievement of the year?
My blog I guess! To be fair I haven't done a lot else haha..

What was your biggest failure?
Still not having a job.. Although it's not my fault there isn't enough jobs cause the government don't wanna do anything about all the people coming into the country!!!! I will stop there before I rant.

Did you suffer illness or injury?

Just the usual cold and migraine.. Nothing exciting I'm afraid!

What was the best thing you bought?
My phone & phone case!

HTC phone, Rilakkuma bear case.

Where did most of your money go?
Towards things for the house.

What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Our kitties :) We saved them from our neighbour who didn't look after them, the night before he was going to take them to be put down. They're the cutest, they've settled in so well and as I write this one is sleeping on my legs and the other next to me on the arm of the sofa, aw :)

Curled up together on the sofa.

What song will always remind you of 2012?
Ooh I'm not sure on that one, I really love my music so it's way too hard to choose one song.

Compared to this time last year, are you:
Happier or sadder?

Way happier as we have our own place again!

Thinner or fatter?

Fatter :(

Richer or poorer?

Richer, Aaron is earning more on his own than we both earned where we worked together before.

What do you wish you’d done more of?
See friends.. It works both ways though..

What do you wish you’d done less of?
Eating stuff that's baaaddddd!

Who were your best friends?
Aaron is my best friend and my other half, we get on so well.

Weekend in Milton Keynes.

What thing did you do that was meaningful to others?
Moved out from Aarons parents, again.. Made us all happy cause we'd had enough of each other!!

What were your favorite TV programs?

Home and Away, Big Brother, Jamie and Jimmys Food Fight.

Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Yeah, Aarons brothers other half. I never liked her but now I hate the bitch. She doesn't like us (no idea why but she is very stuck up and an ignorant twat, she never spoke to me from the start despite me always trying to make an effort) and we tried to sort it out so we could all get on but she flipped out and stopped us seeing Aarons nieces. We were never allowed to take them for a day out though (the eldest told us "daddy said yes but mummy said no") but now she won't even take them to Aarons mums if she knows we'll be there.

What was the best book you read in 2012?
 I didn't do a lot of reading this year to be honest.. Nothing is standing out.

What was your greatest musical discovery?
Stooshe, I love them.

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What did you want and get?
To move out again.. So we did. Yayy :)

What did you want but did NOT get?
A job!! :(

What was your favorite film of this year?
Nothing is sticking out.. I could have said Twilight but Aaron never took me to see it :(

What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

Aaron took me out for a nice meal.. I turned 24.

What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Getting a job, without a doubt.

What kept you sane?
Moving out from Aarons parents!!

Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Jimmy Doherty from Jimmys Farm.. Witwoo! (He tweeted me the other week, was so chuffed!)

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What political issue stirred you the most?
Don't get me started..

Who did you miss?
My cousin, Stacy and her daughter, Mia. I can't get to her and she can't get to me in the week although I did invite them a few times on the weekend as they haven't even seen our new place yet but never saw her so..

Who was the best new person you met this year? 

My sisters little girl, Skye :) She is adorable. We looked after her yesterday for the day and it was brilliant!

Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012.

I don't think I learned a life lesson this year..

Tiffany + Aaron + 4 years = happy :)

Yesterday, 20th December, Aaron and I had been together 4 whole years! :O
I have no idea where the 4 years have gone but at the same time, I feel like I've always been with him.. Does that make any kind of sense to anyone?!

New years eve in London, 2008.

To celebrate, Aaron took me out for lunch to Beefeater as we love it there and I really wanted to go again :) Afterwards to went to Jimmys Farm and bought some yummy sausages... Which I tweeted about and Jimmy replied!!! (with a 'x'!!!!) Made my day that did :D

Soaked through at Thorpe Park, 2009.

4 and a half years ago, I was out clubbing on a Friday (like always) with my cousin and we drunkenly got talking to 2 blokes in the smoking area.. After that, every time we saw them when we were out, we'd end up spending the night chatting/having a laugh with them. I absolutely fancied the pants off Aaron straight away but for ages, although he flirted with me, he kept saying he didn't like me! After 6 months we started meeting up on our own (nothing like that!!) and after getting to know each other more, we booked a weekend away together and that's when he asked me if I wanted to be his girlfriend. Er, YES!!! I can remember I text EVERYONE cause I was soo happy!!

My favourite pic of him :) Ibiza, 2009.

I was worried at first about what my parents would say, they knew I fancied him cause I didn't shut up about him but he's 12 years older than me - I was 20 and he was 32 - they were really happy for me though and said if I'm happy, they're happy :) To be fair, I don't think Aaron looks his age and he certainly doesn't act it! Do you think we look like we have a 12 year age gap?

After a night out, 2010.

We're still going strong, we laugh every single day and tell each other we love each other every single day. I love how we can have a good laugh together but also talk for hours. I love how lucky I am to have him. He's pretty lucky too ;) hahaha..

We got engaged 2 years ago but we're in no real hurry to get married just yet, it's not a race is it! When we do tie the knot (probably in the next 2-3 years) it will be the happiest day of my life. Aaron asked my dads permission before he asked me and apparently mum walked in and then got super excited and found it hard to keep it secret! They love Aaron to bits and get on so well with him and his parents too which is such a bonus :)

A very sad day but I love this picture.. 2010.

Aaron took me away for a night in a very expensive hotel on Canary Warf, London for my 22nd Birthday and when I opened my card, it said "To my fiancee" and I was like OMGGGGGG!!!! I had absolutely no idea at all. It was perfect :) The ring he got me was very traditional, which he knew I'd wanted, it's beautiful.

Family meal, 2011.

I have no doubt at all that Aaron is "the one" and that we'll be together til we're old and wrinkley! We just get on so well. We have the same sense of humour and seem to know each other better than we know ourselves. We have the same morals and both want the same things in life, we just clicked, right from that first night.
I never take for granted the fact that the first man I fell in love with turned out to be the one I know I'll spend the rest of my life with or the fact that not many people are lucky enough to have found "the one" yet or that my family love him and his love me - because I know that not everyone has that and some people never will.

Weekend away, 2012.

4 years down, many, many more to go! :) If you ever read this, I love you chops :) xxxx
And my word this is a soppy post!!!

Soap & Glory - Fab Pore

I bought Soap & Glorys Fab Pore around 3 months ago now and have been using it on a regular basis since. I hadn't seen any reviews of this product in particular so took a bit of a gamble on a 3 for 2 offer in Boots. This and the other 2 products (can't remember which now!) were my first Soap & Glory purchases after hearing good things. I've nearly run out of it now so I thought I'd do a review for you.

When I first opened this product I thought it seemed quite small with not a great deal of product in it (compared to other brands and considering the price tag of 8.00) however when I used it, I soon realised that a little goes a long way and it lasts much longer than you'd expect.
Another thing I didn't realise until after I purchased it was that it doesn't peel off, despite having "facial peel" written on it. Maybe it's just me (?) but I bought it assuming it was a peel off face mask as that's what I usually prefer (cause I'm lazy) but suprisingly, that hasn't put me off.

This may sound weird but I really like the texture of the product! I just wanna keep poking about in it cause it feels unusual.. Yeah, weird! It is a thick clay with small blue beads which burst when you rub it on your face. It says to leave 5 minutes for a quick freshen or 15 minutes for a deeper clean.. Going back to what I said about being lazy, mine usually gets left on for around an hour! I like that it doesn't crack like most clay face masks, meaning I can talk (does anyone else not talk when they have a face mask on?!) and laugh (Aaron always makes me laugh so it cracks!) without flakey bits going everywhere.

I found this product relatively easy to wash off (I use quite warm water to wash it off then splash my face with cold water afterwards) and it left my skin noticeably cleaner and clearer even after the first use. Most importantly, it actually did make my pores look smaller (temporarily of course, it's not magic)! I have pretty large pores which drives me mad and I'm always looking for products that will minimise them and make them look as small as possible. I have naturally quite oily skin too (grrr) and after washing this product off, my face feels completely oil free but not to the point where it drys it out. If you're not jealous of my skin by now then I should also add that my skin can be sensitive sometimes too, however I've never had a problem with this product at all, unlike Peaches and Clean which I shall be reviewing sooooon.

LOL ;)

Overall, I'm super duper impressed with this and have since been buying lots more Soap & Glory products to try. It does what it says it will do, unlike many other brands/products I've tried in the past so it gets a massive thumbs up from me. If you have large pores/oily skin or if you're lucky like me and have both then I urge you to go and buy this, now! :)
You can purchase it from the Boots website, here or pop into your local store.

What is your favourite Soap & Glory product?

Our Christmas decs..

In my Winter/Christmas tag post I said I'd do another post showing you our Christmas decorations so this is that post.. All of the pics have been taken on my phone and edited with Instagram as my camera is broken :(
I'm completely obsessed with the jelly window stickers this year and have LOTS! However the cats have got hold of some of them so I'll have to get more next year! - We tend to add to our collect each year anyway :) Here goes - be warned, there are lots of pics..

Kitchen window (one of these on each window)

Kitchen wall.

Dining room window.

Close up of stars, they're glittery! :D

Hallway window sill.

Through room, before living room.

Living room wall (one either side of double doors)

Living room/conservatory doors.

Living room/conservatory door.

Living room/conservatory door.

Are window stickers meant to be put on so YOU can read them or so that anybody who passes them outside can read them?! I always make them so that people outside can read them.. If you get these, which do you do?
Oh and our tree has tinsel all the way round cause it's a crappy pop up one (we got it for where we lived before as it was a tiny house!) and it's mega gappy. We're getting a nice new one next year though, thankfully!

Our layout may look a little strange from these pics but it's cause we live in a 3 storey town house so we have 2 bedrooms and the bathroom at the top, the kitchen, dining room and a toilet on the middle floor then a through room, living room, utility room and toilet downstairs. The whole through room and one wall in the living room have wood covered walls which we really do not like (it feels like a log cabin!) but they were here when we moved in and we have a long list of things to do before we get rid of it so yeah.. Why would anyone do that?! It's horrible haha..

Once I have my new camera (Christmas) I'll hopefully be starting to make YouTube videos - I say hopefully because if I record one and absolutely cringe at it then I'll probably put it off a bit longer but I really am itching to start! Once I do, I plan on doing a house tour as I have been asked a couple of times and now we're getting the place sorted and looking how we want then I'll enjoy doing it :)

Tiffany xxx

Janina whitening toothpaste

I was contacted by James Todd, the marketing executive at One Dental Clinic in Birmingham about reviewing a tube of Janina Ultra White, whitening toothpaste for sensitive teeth and naturally, I jumped at the chance. Since giving up smoking (naughty naughty for even starting!) 3 years ago, I've tried numerous whitening toothpastes but none of them have amazed me enough to purchase them again.

The older I've become, the more important I've realised it is to look after your teeth and so far have been pretty lucky with them. I have quite straight/even teeth but because of smoking they can look a little yellow which I'm conscious of. I have, however bought a brilliant toothbrush recently (the new Oral B Trizone) so this teamed with a good toothpaste should lead to white teeth that 'ping!' when I smile, like in the movies right?! ;)

"Janina is a uniquely developed formula that contains the necessary natural ingredients to properly maintain your daily oral hygiene. Janina promotes faster non abrasive whitening through the patented Bromain Complex™ natural fruit enzymes, resulting in a more effective whitening result without any harm to the tooth’s enamel."

I have used the toothpaste for a little over a week now and I've got to say, I am impressed by it. I like that it is for sensitive teeth as mine can be sensitive sometimes and also that it can be used every day because I don't like ones where you're advised to use them 2-4 times a week as I just end up forgetting about them!

As you can see, the toothpaste looks white like most other toothpastes but one thing I did notice during the first use is that it has a kind of clinical taste to it (you know how your mouth tastes/feels after going to the dentist) and that it is very fresh. I actually really liked this about it because it seemed different to other whitening toothpastes I've used in the past so it actually felt cleaner and it leaves your breath fresher for longer too which is always a plus.

The tube tells you to use it twice daily and preferably for more than 3 minutes each time. It says that once brushing is complete, you spit out the excess and not to rinse your mouth with water as it allows the formulation to work for longer. I followed this to make sure I could give my honest opinion.

You only need to do a Google search to find all the other positive reviews on this product and I'm pleased to say that they were in fact spot on because I haven't been left disappointed, instead I have teeth that are visibly a couple of shades whiter than before I started using it and the toothpaste has done what it claims to do. I'm hoping with continuous use, they can look even better and should this be the case, I would definitely purchase this.

The RRP for this toothpaste is £9.69 which may seem expensive at first but if you add up the cost of all the ones I've tried and had no luck with then in my opinion it is well worth the money.

You can read about Janina whitening toothpaste via the One Dental Clinic website, here.
You can visit the Janina Ultrawhite website, here which also tell you where you can purchase it.

Have you tried this toothpaste before? - Will you now? Or have you found a different one that works for you? - Let me know! :)

*Please note: this product was sent to me for reviewing purposes.

And apologies again for the quality of pictures in this post, as I said a couple of posts back, my camera is broken so I cannot change any settings on it but I get my new one in 2 weeks so please bare with me!!