Victoria's Secret Bag and a Sleepover

Last night (as I am writing this) my best friend Amanda had a group of friends to her house for a chill night and invited me to stay over at her house. This gave me the idea to show you all what bag I use as an overnight bag or if I go away for the weekend somewhere.

I use this big Victoria's Secret bag that Jack bought me in Hawaii last year. It's been super handy and I've used it a lot.

Since then, I have become obsessed with Victoria's Secret and am constantly picking out things that I want to buy!

There is plenty of room in this bag for numerous changes of clothes, a wash bag, a make up bag and many more!

This is Amanda and I just being freaks (as usual). We watched Wayne's World while our friends were round and played card games and ate a lot of food.

When they left, we were very anti-social and both just sat on our phones and maybe talked occasionally to each other. It was so good to have a catch up with her as although we had seen quite a lot of each other over summer, we didn't really have time with just us two to talk!

Hope you enjoy this super quick post!

Much love,

Ellen xo

7TEEN

Hey guys!

So on the 14th August I turned 17 and I had such a great birthday! The day began with me opening my presents! I'm actually writing separate blog posts on some of the presents I got which is why they won't be included in this blog! I also opened all of my cards!

I got a big 17 birthday badge which was massive! I was far far too embarrassed to wear it out!

My sisters and I went with my mum and my auntie to the Coffee Yard where us three got hot chocolates. Unfortunately my dad was working - boo!

My birthday outfit consisted of this blue Jack Wills shirt which only arrived in the post on the morning of my birthday - convenient!

I wore my Jack Wills coat with it as it was horrible weather! This coat is super comfy and super warm!

I also wore my Topshop white skinny jeans which I love.

When I came home from being out for coffee, I met Jack and the two of us went up to Belfast on the train. We did a bit of shopping (will appear in future blog posts) and then went for dinner in Chiquito. We got popcorn for starters which was pretty random! 

I thought that the door to the bathroom was pretty cute.

Although it was a Mexican restaurant, all I wanted was a massive burger! It was delicious.

Jack then took me to the cinema to see a movie that we both really wanted to see!

We ate some Randoms which were sweet n sour flavour. I wasn't too sure if I was going to like them but I ended up loving them!

The movie we went to see was the Inbetweeners 2. We had both watched all the episodes and the first movie so we were really excited when the second one was released. Although I think that the first movie was a lot better than the second - but it still was very funny though!

I also had a big massive chocolate cake to eat and it was just perfect!

Once Jack and I came home from Belfast we went to his house where I opened the presents from him and his family which were all so generous. We spent the rest of the night chilling together.

To conclude, my birthday was such a blast. My presents were so cute and I appreciate them all so so much! There will be individual blog posts up soon where I will group together a few of my presents and talk about them individually so look out for them soon!

I hope you enjoyed knowing what I got up to on my birthday!

Love y'all,

Ellen xo

A Week in...Wales

Hey guys!

As I have said before, I just recently spent a week in Wales with an organisation called YoungLife International. At this camp, we stayed in tents, and did activities such as canoeing, airsoft and raft building. All of my friends went and we had such a great time! This was actually at the end of July and I've had this blog post done for ages and I completely forgot to post it!!!!!

Here are some photos that will help me describe the week!

As soon as we arrived, we were thrown right into a games afternoon! We wore baby nappies and wore glasses with talc in our hair!

We played airsoft one afternoon!

My hoodie: Hollister

My sweats: Jack Wills

Getting my game on!

The best airsoft team ever!

This was the "Blob" which was on the lake that we went to every day! It was a 30 second walk from our tents and was so pretty! One person climbs to the far side of the blob and someone who was heavier jumped off the tower onto the blob and the person at the end of the blob flew into the air and landed in the water!

Rodeo dancing! Spot me with my arm in the air haha!

Water sports day!

My boyfriend Jack and I!

Elleana and I at the watersports.

Jordana and I.

Rock and Roll day! Rocking the purple lipstick.

Another rock and roll picture - how neat is our tent?!

Banquet evening! Jordana and I!

My athletics gals!

Jordana and I.

My lovely leader Brigette! Please don't go back to America!

Amanda and I.

Sarah and I. She's cute with her eyes closed.

Close up pic.

Jack and I - awww. My dress was from Exhibit!

The girls I shared a massive cabin/tent with! Team Castaway!

Aimee, Amanda and I.

My beautiful table.

This was such a great week of summer because we got up to so so much and were always doing somethin exciting! The highlight of my week was when we were told at midnight that we had to be up at 7am for canoeing BEFORE breakfast...and it was only our tent!! We all freaked out and were screaming about getting up so early then we realised how ridiculous we were being so we eventually agreed to going and it was such a beautiful morning!

I hope you enjoyed all these photos!

Much love, 

Ellen xo

A Weekend at... The Giant's Causeway

Hello lovelies!

Last weekend I went on a family get-away to the beautiful Giant's Causeway, which is only a 1-2 hour drive from where I live! We've done it every summer for around ten years and it is just so refreshing!

I took a lot of pictures so I could take you through what we did throughout the weekend!

After our car journey, we stopped at a lovely place called Ballintoy for lunch.

I wore my Jack Wills Skinny Sweats and my navy Hollister flip flops - so comfy!

Ballintoy was such a pretty little place.

Katie and I taking a selfie. 

We both were wearing Abercrombie zippy's and Jack Wills gilets.

We then travelled to the Giant's Causeway and walked down to the famous stones.

The hotel from the outside where we would later be inside for our dinner.

After a long walk, I decided to treat myself to hot chocolate and a bun!

We went to the Ground Espresso Bar in Bushmills.

The coffee shop building used to be a bank so the vault door was still there, so we ate inside the old vault!

After being out all afternoon, I decided to redo my makeup for the evening.

I realised I wanted more coverage than just BB Cream and I forgot my foundation.

Luckily there was a Chanel sample in my magazine!

Katie and I at dinner.

My dress is from Jack Wills and I love it so much!

Auntie Linda and I.

Thought that this looked super cute!

I wore matching Jack Wills flip flops to dinner.

I got an extremely unhealthy but tasty burger and chips!

Selfie before going inside our B and B.

Mother and daughter.

We spent the night in Barry's Amusement's on the 2p machines and winning tickets!

Having lots of fun!

The Big Dipper (the sign wasn't broken - it was flashing).

Got a few treats with the tickets we won!

Then to finish the night in bed with a big glass of milk and a chocolate bar!

The next morning was bad weather - boo!

We spent the morning in the same coffee shop as yesterday, waiting for the weather to pick up.

I wasn't that hungry after having a large Ulster Fry, so I went with a bag of popcorn and coke.

The view of the Causeway from high up.

The numerous steps down to the Causeway.

The Giant's Causeway.

For my lunch, I had a lovely bacon buttie and a glass of coke.

We had our lunch in a beautiful place in Bushmills called the Copper Kettle.

A chandelier made from glasses.

We went for dinner in Morelli's and my sister got an incredible ice-cream for dessert!

We went to the Donut Tree to get some treats!

Some sweeties for the journey home.

Some more - oopsies!

The final view before leaving this beautiful place.

I hope you all enjoyed getting a little insight to my weekend. This must have been the most I've eaten in one weekend and I feel super unhealthy now but I am going for a pre season fitness session tomorrow night so hopefully that will make up for it!!

See you all soon, 

Ellen xo