Apologies for this post being super tardy...I've been on two holidays in one week! I honestly can't remember what I did the week before that except from walking around various shops with my Mum looking for purple bathroom accessories that had to be an exact shade of purple, only for her to then decide she wanted to go back to blue. Such fun.
On the Saturday morning before last we set off early in the morning to go over to the coast for four nights. We stayed in a lovely hotel owned by Gina and David who were so helpful and genuinely nice people. The room was nice and breakfast was scrummy so I can't fault them at all! We were really lucky with the weather and were sat on the beach every day, but we went to Scarborough on the (stupidly busy) train, and I spent all my money. I bought a book, the sequel to I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore and some make-up from Boots. The next day I bought a jacket in the sale and a Chinese lucky cat which has already stopped waving! The only bad point of the trip was when I woke up in the middle of the night feeling as though I was about to be sick, then finally managed to get back to sleep only to have a dream in which I got an E in all of my exams. Oh and I also sunburnt my feet to hell- I felt so annoyed with myself as I seem to get sunburnt every year and there was posters everywhere near the beach saying that sunburn doubles your risk of getting skin cancer. Shit.
We got back home on Wednesday morning, then went to my grandma's to tell her about our holiday. I unpacked all my things then had a nice cup of tea and some biscuits. We spent Thursday and Friday mostly at home then on Saturday morning we set off to Stratford-upon-Avon for the weekend with my Auntie. On the first day it took us almost four hours to get there so we went to some little villages in the Cotswolds. The first one was called Stow-on-the-Wold and it was your typical picture postcard kind of place. Most of the shops were overpriced, but my mum insists on going in charity shops to pick up a bargain. I think most of them smell strange and sell a load of crap but I buy a book or two occasionally. Anyway, this charity shop was posher than the average one and didn't smell funny; most things were from Laura Ashley, Next or those posh old-lady shops rather than Primark! There were some designer sandals that were originally worth £300 but I couldn't fit my wide feet into them unfortunately:(
The next village was called Bourton-on-the-Water but I didn't like it as much as the first village as it was packed full of annoying tourists (screaming kids and old people walking at the pace of a snail.) You couldn't swing a cat in most of the shops so I was just stressed out all of the time I was there. It was also really humid which didn't help matters, and the water was a tiny 'river' which was ankle deep. I'd say it was more of a stream.
We went back to our hotel after that and had our evening meal, then watched X-Factor. That Pink tribute act was a bit of a psycho, wasn't she? That's what happens when parents lie to their kids about how talented they are...Mel B was a bit of a bitch as well! I liked the hotel (Holiday Inn at Coventry) but I have three complaints: there was no Yorkshire Puddings as part of the carvery at dinner, the toasting machine left me with a choice of burnt toast or slightly warm bread and the wi-fi was overpriced. It was okay overall though.
The next day we went to Stratford-upon-Avon. It reminded of York- a mix between old and new. There was a little artists/craft market so we looked around there for a while and took a few pictures. We looked around some shops until we got to Shakespeare's birthplace. I took some photos of that then went mad in the Shakespeare gift shop. I'd spent all of my money so my mum bought me a gold quill pen (I will be the envy of all at school) and some Shakespearian insult badges! I'll show them to people at school when they're being prats, which is most of the time. It was another really warm and humid day but I didn't get sunburnt this time! We set off home at about half past three and got back for around seven. We ordered a pizza and I ate too much and felt as though I was going to be sick (again) but thankfully I wasn't.
Also, I have a music dilemma. I was running out of music to listen to on my iPod on the way home. Seriously, I have almost 500 songs and I like about 70 of them. I just sort of pick my two/three favourites from each album and never listen to the rest of it again. I've downloaded some albums over the past couple of weeks and found about five songs that I like from as many albums. My favourite song at the moment is Ayla by The Maccabees-give it a listen! I like sort of alternative/indie/rock music. If anyone can recommend something it would be much appreciated!
Eden x
P.S- It's Results Day take #1 on Thursday. Nervous doesn't even begin to cover it.
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