Six for Sunday

Six lovely things for this fine Sunday morning. 

This would’ve been lovely and alliterative, but I got to five and could find nothing else I was bothered writing about. Alliteration isn’t my number one concern in life, you know. *lie*

Also, for those of you expressing delight at my return to the blogosphere, I love you and wish I could courier over some cake to you right now. But knowing Ireland’s courier service, some lucky Botswana native would receive your very gone-off cake in mid-2013, after fielding 23 phone calls to direct Dave through the African desert.

Getting on with the lovely things…

Lovely

1. Jade the Gorgeous

Here’s me, in the Merrion Penthouse, gabbing about beauty products and life in general with Jade Thompson (@JadeLThompson), winner of Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model. It’s in black and white so as to somewhat disguise my rotten-average-person-ness beside the *official* best looking model in Britain and Ireland. I love my job! Oh, please excuse the ridiculousness of my hair. It was windy out, okay??!

2. Jedward’s Tweets

An odd one, I know. But the things these two lads tweet never fail to bring a smile to my face. They’re 19, and tweet the mental and incoherent ramblings of a drunk toddler. Here’s a couple I retweeted the other day. Hilarious because you know it’s not put-on – they’re just THAT simple.

3. Chanel Rouge Noir

I impulse bought a bottle the other day and have been staring at my fingernails constantly since and making many unnecessary hand gestures in people’s faces. If you’re not feeling very ladylike or very womanly and you need a quick fix that will make you feel like the love-child of Princess Grace and Audrey Hepburn (quite impossible but ya know what I mean), go buy a bottle and get to feeling feminine and a little bit posh.

In the interest of full disclosure: These aren’t *my* nails.

4. Beyonce is preggers

I know this is old news (and I mentioned it in my last post) but if I’m to stand a chance at Godmothership (?) I need to publicise the crap outta this kid. I reckon I’m in with a good shot but if I’m seen to be supporting it when it’s still in the womb, I should definitely get picked over Kelly/Solange/Gwyneth. Right?

5. HOLD THE LINE!!! Love isn’t ALWAYS on time!! (choooon)

À bientôt

Tags: Beyonce, beyonce baby bump, beyonce pregnant, BINTM, chooooon, hold the line toto, jade thompson, jade winner BINTM, jedward

*Insert typical ‘guess who’s back’ style title here*

Hello there, remember me?

I’m that blogger you once read, the one who kept you mildly entertained all those months ago with my posts about nothing in particular.

Well, don’t get too excited. I’m not exactly BACK, per se. I’m just letting you know why I dropped off the face of the planet and am only clawing my way back now.

As you will know, if you are a TWYL regular, (hey Dad!) I like lists. So what more fitting way to regale you all with my tales of woe and WOAH than with a few lists?

I was…

A happy little blogger
Freelancing (a little)
Living in a lovely apartment…
…with my lovely boyfriend
Spending lots of time online, dossing
Enjoying the blogging community
Not very monied, but okay with that
Inspired daily to post on this here blog

I am now…

A happy little employee…
…at U Magazine! *wihoo*
Tired, constantly
Single
Back living with my parents
Not very monied, but still okay with it
Angry at tax
Rage-filled, more regularly than before
Commuting *pauses to cry a river of tears*
Tired, constantly
Watching a lot of West Wing to relax
Not having time to scratch myself
Tired. Have I mentioned that?

So, if you analyse both lists, you’ll see things sure have changed here on Walton’s mountain Aisling’s blog.

Some other points of note…

I would like to say THANKS A BUNCH to all the people who emailed and tweeted and facebooked and whateveryou’rehavinyourself’d me to say they miss the blog and that they want me to get back to it. It made my sad little heart do a smile.

I’d also like to say to those of you that check every day to see if something new is posted (I know who you are – in the most non-stalkery way possible), thanks for liking TWYL that much :)

And I will finish with this…

I might not be back to daily blogging as I was before, but I’m going to do my best for you, okay?! G’bye kids, until next time.

PS: Beyonce’s kid, boy or girl, is going to be called Aisling. I have it on good authority. Aisling Z. It has a nice ring to it. 

Could it be YOU?!

OOH! Did you win?! 

Just before I tell you who did win, here’s a recap of the prizes. HUGE thank you to the wonderful people at Vita Liberata, Bourjois, Rockstar Tan and Shavata Brows for giving me the super duper prizes.

A spray tan in a salon near you from Vita Liberata

A hamper worth €100 from Rockstar Tan’s new Fame range

A selection of goodies from Bourjois’ new So Laque range

An eyebrow shape and thread from Shavata in Harvey Nichols, Dundrum

Now… for the winners!

(I’m using the names you left the comment as – if there’s more than one of your name I’ll specify)

The Vita Liberata Spray Tan goes to…

Roisin Flanagan

The Bourjois nail polish collection goes to…

Stacey

The Rockstar Tan Fame Hamper goes to…

Lady Peach

And the Shavata threading session goes to…

SJ

AND… Keep reading…

Because I LOVE my readers so much, I’ve picked 4 RUNNERS UP who will get goody bags filled with mixed deadly stuff :) They are:

Karin

Jenny Quigley

Deirdre 

Sinead Babs Reilly

CONGRATULATIONS!!

***WINNERS: Mail me your full name and address at thinkwhatyoulikeblog (at) gmail (dot) com – I won’t share any details with anyone but myself & the prize brand PR peeps.***

If you didn’t win, try not to cry. And I wish I could give you all prizes/hugs, because you are all smashing and I value your reading lots. But there can only be… eh, eight winners.

Thank you so much to everyone who entered! :)

And don’t worry… there’ll be more competitions. Soon, even. *ooh*

Tags: beauty, beauty prizes, competition, I love my readers I do, thank you, winners

Last Chance Saloon

Later today, I’ll be picking the winners of the AWESOME giveaway I’ve been going on about since the dawn of time last week.

With such amazing prizes, there have been tonnes of entries, but if you want to enter, today is your last chance! I’m picking the winners at random at 5pm.

Here’s a little funny to keep you reading at lunchtime… Writers or wordy types will get a kick out of this. Enjoy! 

Tags: awesome giveaway, how to write good, lunchtime reading, prizes, WIN

Beyoncé at Glastonbury

You’d think that with my all-consuming love for Beyoncé that this would be the longest post in the history of Think What You Like. 

But even though I’m a writer and THE biggest (and probably one of the longest standing – hear me, bandwagon jumpers?) Beyoncé fan ever, I just don’t think there’s a way to describe her performance at Glastonbury or how it made me feel.

For one of the first times ever, there are NO WORDS. 

During it, I couldn’t tweet because that meant tearing my eyes away from the TV. (I wasn’t THERE because they didn’t announce she was headlining until all the tickets were gone – why would I have bothered going otherwise? To see Tinie Tempah? Nah.) At many points, I let out screams, almost had panic attacks (from the overwhelming joy) and I was on the verge of tears for the whole thing.

Now, anyone reading this who’s thinking “Jeessssus what a loser. Get over it.” I fully agree with you. I am a loser. I am on the wrong side of fangirl when it comes to Beyoncé. I did go to her ‘I Am…’ tour twice – once alone because no one would come with me. 

But I don’t care!

*breaks into Crazy in Love dance routine*

Three things before I depart:

1. My life’s mission to meet Beyoncé is 100% renewed since last night

2. Beyoncé or not, I wanna go to Glastonbury next year

3. Zane Lowe? You’re on my list. And not the good one.

Tags: beyonce at glasto 2011, beyonce at glastonbury, beyonce is my hero, glastonbury 2011, headliner, who run the world?, zane lowe beyonce

Five for Friday :)

Here’s another super five things making my awesome list this week.

 Must thank The Anti Room for recommending this book. I bought it as soon as I read their review and even though I’ve just started it, I love it already and can tell it’s a great book. Here’s a quote from it -

Caitlin Moran on having children: “In many ways, it’s the easy option for a woman. Why? Because, if you have children, at least people won’t keep asking you when you’re going to have children.”

On wardrobe despair: “When a woman says, ‘I have nothing to wear!’, what she really means is, ‘There’s nothing here for who I’m supposed to be today’.”

So yeah, if you’re stuck for a new book for your reading list, check this one out.

OMG. I went to Harvey Nichols the other day for a look around all the counters, and I picked up a tub of Eve Lom Cleanser, THE skincare cult product to see what all the fuss was about. I DISCOVERED what the fuss is about. My god, my skin was glowing and as soft as silk after one use. It’s seriously pricey… €115 quid to be precise, but when something works…

There are no words for the sheer joy Ben & Jerry’s Caramel Chew Chew brings me. Oh, what my waistline doesn’t know won’t hurt it. Maybe.

Whoever find this HILARIOUS typo first gets a kiss off me next time I see them. Except my sister and Fiona McGuirk. They already found it. If I was a fan of the abbreviation LOL, I *might* use it here.

This I dedicate to Laura and Susie, the ULTIMATE car buddies. This is THE driving song, and reminds me of college and fun with the girls. Love ya, Timbaland. Aiiiiiiight.

Don’t forget to check out the AMAZING GIVEAWAY I’m having. See Tuesday’s post for details… :)

Tags: antiroom, ben and jerry's caramel chew chew, caitlin moran book, eve lom cleanser, five for friday, the way I are, Timbaland