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Film: That Was The Movie Year 2014. My Personal End Of Year Report

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The last day of 2014 has come and in the last few remaining days of the year, I managed to catch up on some films. In total, I've seen 94 in 2014 at Cineworld. Given the fact that each movie had a running time of approximately 2h, I spent around 188h (around a week and a half) at the cinema (OMG I need a life!). Anyway, you can see all of my personal high- and lowlights of 2014 in today's post. |Highlights| Begin Again:  This romantic comedy stars the gorgeous Keira Knightly, Mark Ruffalo and Maroon 5 front man Adam Levine. It is a fantastic piece of an easy to watch film but at the same time, it encourages you to never give up and there's a second chance for everyone in life. Begin Again has charming characters, indie-pop music and a drama/comedy plot that you can watch over and over again. The Young And Prodigious T.S. Spivet:  I can't stress it often enough how much I love this film. I've only seen it once but it has ever since stayed with me with it's powerf

Film: My Top Three Christmas Movies

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Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the wonderful films that you can watch all over again to get into the festive mood. Ever since I moved out of my parents home, it is my very own tradition to watch a film on the evening of the 24th December (instead of unwrapping presents) and then celebrate Christmas in the morning of the 25th. Some of the films are mostly anime and cartoon-based as they remind me of my childhood and I feel that these movies bring back that special festive magic which I experienced as a child. I don't really like the modern, hyperactive American movies ala Home Alone ,  Miracle on 34th Street , Santa Claus or Jingle All Away . My ultimate all-time-classic Christmas movies are: 1. Anastasia (1997) In a dramatic night, the entire Russian tsar family Romanov is killed by the evil magician Rasputin. Only grandma Romanov and the youngest daughter Anastasia can survive the attack and flee, but are separated and Anastasia suffers from amnesia. Many years later

Lifestyle: The Bloggers Love Hub Blogger Event In London. Part 2

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I know this post comes a bit late but I only found some time now to write this one up. Every Monday in November, Danielle from Bloggers Love organised events for bloggers to meet brands and vice versa. I went to the  first Bloggers Love Hub Blogger event in London  and I enjoyed it so much, that I decided to return for the last one on the 24th November. This time, the event was held at Mahiki's sister club Kanola in the Holborn area and it took me a while to find the venue. The Blogger's Love events are very popular so when I arrived at 4pm, the club was already super busy! Kanola is as dark as Mahiki (sorry for the poor quality of pictures) but it is slightly bigger and more spacious, which I really enjoyed as there was so much to see and more brands to meet. However, I wished the club would have had a cloak room, as it was so hot in there and I felt desperate to take off my winter coat and leave my heavy Christmas shopping bags somewhere. As one of the first people I spoke to

Lifestyle: Ben & Jerry's Winter Editions. Ice Cream Review

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Even when it's cold and frosty outside, I like to enjoy some ice cream. In the UK, Ben & Jerry's have two special winter editions* on the market at the moment and it goes without saying that I HAD TO try and test the new flavours. Joy to the Swirled is a rich and creamy vanilla ice cream with oozy caramel and dark chocolate swirls and Minter Wonderland is a mint flavoured ice cream with big chunks of dark chocolate. Joy To The Swirled *: This vanilla ice cream comes with swirls of caramel and dark chocolate fudge and looks absolutely delicious. When I opened the lid, a stream of thick, oozy caramel drizzled out and just made me more excited to dig my spoon in. Once you get your first scoops out, the ice cream reveals layers of rich and creamy vanilla and chocolate ice cream with hidden 'veins' of caramel and chocolate. Once you hit these, the swirls are oozing and mix with the ice cream. It looks a bit like a mess but the taste is divine! Joy to the Swirled is so ri

Fashion: My Clothes Show Outfit #ootd

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I went to the Clothes Show last Friday (have you seen my  day out in Birmingham  post yet?) and here's what I wore. I bought this butterfly jumpsuit a while ago and found a great opportunity to finally wear it. I teamed it up with my MK Hamilton handbag and my signature boots from Clark. Let me know what you think of the outfit. I’m wearing: Butterfly Jumpsuit: Miss Selfridge (current winter season 2014, £45) Cognac Leather Boots: Clarks (winter season 2008/2009 £100) Hamilton Handbag: Michael Kors (bought 2014, £270) Watch: Olivia Burton (current season 2014, £69) Thank you so much for reading my blog today. Hope you enjoyed the post and the outfit. How would you style the jumpsuit? Did you go to the Clothes Show? xx CAZ xx | bloglovin  |  Twitter |

Lifestyle: A Day Out In Birmingham

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Happy Sunday everyone, hope you had a great weekend so far. I started mine with a fabulous day out in Birmingham on Friday including a visit to the famous Clothes Show with blogger friend Karen from  StyleSunrise . Since August (at least!) the blogosphere went mad over the Clothes Show. I've never been but heard it was supposed to be the second biggest fashion event after famous fashion fair Pure in London. A fashion event in the Midlands? Sounded great and I was pretty upset, when I was rejected a press pass to the Clothes Show (though I met their requirements but that's a different story). Anyway, luck had it, that I won two tickets for the show with Olympus over on Twitter, so I was definitely going which excited me a lot to not miss out on what seemed to be a great event for bloggers and fashion lovers. I asked Karen to join me, so we met at 8:30am to start the day early and got the most out of it. |The Clothes Show| I've been to a few fairs at the NEC before (the BBC

Lifestyle: Christmas At The Traditional German Markets

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Over the last few days I went home to Germany and it was the weekend celebrating the first advent, meaning there are only three more to go until it's Christmas Eve time. Germans love a taditional Christmas and for some, including me, the pre-period leading up to the 24th December is the most exciting time of the year. The first advent marks the opening of the famous Christmas Markets and for the next couple of weeks, people will come together to get into the festive mood and celebrate one of Germany's oldest religious traditions. Though I'm very happy to see that parts of my culture are taken over by other countries such as Belgium and the UK, I find that hardly nowhere are the markets as beautiful, magical and authentic as they are at home. Usually hold in medieval market squares surrounded by old churches, town halls and restored Renaissance houses, the markets give you that special feeling of Christmas. It is already frosty cold, most likely minus degrees, snow has cover