The return

Hello!
Happy September!
I'm back, yay yay woo.
Well, actually, I have been back since Thursday very very very early morning.
Anyway!
I feel far too lazy to post every tiny detail of my vacation BUT I will post about it anyway.
Sadly, I don't have any photos that I can put on the blog.
The flight was cool, obviously I was a bit scared on take-off and landing but hey, I survived, right?
We landed at around 6-7pm (I think) and arrived at my grandma's house at about 11pm.
While I stayed at my grandma's house, I went to the city a lot, bought things, bought lots of candy and made my own box out of a shoebox for storing all those delicious little gems. Plenty of fun, we saw many things including a multimedia fountain :D
And... we relocated to a place nearer the wedding on the 4th of September. The journey was quite long, but we did it eventually. The apartment we stayed in was great. The wedding was from the 6th-7th, and that was plenty of fun too! I fell asleep at around 3am, and had to wake up at around 10-11am. I was very tired on the 7th though, and barely had any energy. Life lesson learnt; when invited to a wedding, it's best if I don't attend the second day if there is one because trust me, lack of sleep=awful me.
There were loads of fun things we did- I went in a cable car up a mountain, visited some amazing restaurants, bought funky souvenirs from the town centre, visited a mine (it was a guided tour),a park of miniature figures and even went on a bobsled twice! o3o
The journey back was extremely long, and tiring. I have to say that Germany is one of the worst countries I have ever traveled through end-to-end because of HOW LONG IT TAKES! And no, I don't see any of this;

Instead, it's just this;

We just about made it on time to board the ferry, which was cool,too. I ate a fruit salad and cornflakes.

DON'T JUDGE ME DUDE

I was tempted by a muffin, but then I noticed it was one of those big ones and had over 500 calories and things like that right before bed  make it harder for me to fall asleep O-o I was like; mkay then, never mind because then I won't be able to fall asleep T^T

HERE ARE MY MOST NOTABLE PURCHASES FROM VACATION! :D

• A beautiful blue nesting doll.

  

  Meet the family. Address- Plain Road,Dull City,Northern Desk.

• A sand picture. It's like sand and coloured water in a frame and when you turn the frame around, the sand goes from the top to bottom. It's very relaxing :O
• A mug. WITH THIS FACE.

• A lot of awesome key rings, one with my name on it! o3o Four are meme key rings, one has a cute mini purple nesting doll (which can't be opened sadly),one has a cute fluffy thing on it,one has a gemstone. Yeah, I think that's it.
• A nyan cat label for my bedroom door!!! :D
• A tiny blue glass swan.
• A 'lucky tree'. A small rock with gold metal twisted so it looks like twigs. On the 'branches' are small turquoise gemstones.
• LOTS AND LOTS OF CANDY
• A small fountain for my room. It's going to come in a parcel from my gran, but it's awesome! It cost me the equivalent of around £16.40, but I'm too lazy to work out the exactly exact cost. From what I remember, there's a little basin and you pour water into it (you can add essential oils for a nice smell circulating around your room. I already got Rosemary but I plan to buy Peppermint, Lavender and others). On top of it is a cover to hide the basin. There is a model of an angel on a clam shell, and inside the clam shell is a glass ball to signify a pearl. When the fountain is plugged into electricity, the water circulates around and also the glass ball spins. It is also illuminated by colour-changing light!
• That's all I remember. I probably missed some though. OH WELL XD

I CAN RETURN TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, THE 15th OF SEPTEMBER.

HMM.

I WONDER HOW IT WILL GO O-O

My day :O

Hey! ~(◕◡◕)~
This is a description of my day today, thankfully I have made it more exciting for you. Aren't I so abnormally nice?
So, I woke up at around 10-ish BECAUSE BECAUSE BECAUSE I couldn't fall asleep last night! ◕◠◕
This has been happening to me for quite a while now and it's getting on my nerves. I don't want this to happen when I return to school!
This is what I had for breakfast. Note I didn't take a photo of my breakfast so this is somebody else's bowl but I had it too if you get what I mean.
DON'T JUDGE >:O

Om nom nom ♥○♥

Yummy yummy for my tummyyy! ♥

Refreshing.

My mum was away so I decided to work on my sequin art. But I couldn't get the first pin in because my finger hurt so much! So then I got round to writing in my journal.

Nothing exciting happened today, except the fact my mum bought me 3 Nākd bars! YAY!

She bought me;

Yay! Love the crunch ones! :D

More crunch!

Never tried those until today!

I then went to a shop. A shop which buys and sells entertainment, and stuff. Mum gave me £5 to spend on new DS games, especially for the flight.

Guess how many games I got for £5? THREE!

Oh, the joys of second-hand stuff. 

I tested them, and they are in excellent condition. WIN! Definitely going there again :D

There was a second-hand game for £35, though O_O

But the more popular games (Zelda,Pokemon, etc.) are the more expensive ones, and since I prefer most of the less popular stuff it's good for me cost-wise! :D

Anyway, the games I got are;

>Dr.Kawashima's Brain Training (£0.75)

>Big Brain Academy (£1.50)

>Planet Rescue Endangered Island (£2.50)

That should keep me occupied for the flight, especially since I also have a bunch of other games, my Kindle and a book.

On the bus home, I tried the Pecan Pie bar. I can say it's yummy! :D

And... I can say that's all I have to say for today.

Apologies!

-Lilac

My adventures in central London

Hello everyone!

On Saturday, my mum suggested we should take random buses to random places and see where we end up. Because I like buses, exploring and I really needed to go somewhere, I also saw the opportunity to perhaps buy myself a little something and eagerly accepted the idea. So, I decided I'm going to lead everyone off to Central London >:D When we got out of the house (my two sisters, me and my mum) we discussed which bus we should take first. We settled for route 77. When we waited for the 77, it suddenly came off the bus timetable! So, we waited for the next one and hopped on. The route was rather long, but it was fun seeing some new bus stops. It was fairly boring and quiet for quite a lot of the journey, but then it started to get more busy. We got off at Waterloo, the last stop. It was busy! It was so crowded, buses were EVERYWHERE, shops, traffic... wow. We searched for another bus stop and my sister decided we should take the number 4 next. We took it, and went a few stops. We went on so many buses, I don't even remember all of them XD I know we went on the 73,25,8,4,11... there might have been a few others I forgot about. Central London is huge! When we got off the 4, we saw that the 11 stops at the bus stop we were on! I always wanted to take the 11, so I was really glad. First, though, we went to McDonald's- my sister did, anyway. She got herself a happy meal and then we went to a Sainsbury's- I bought myself some pineapple chunks. We waited for the 11, and I ate my pineapple. When the 11 arrived, I just about managed to stop myself jumping into the bus. I eagerly pressed my Oyster card on the card reader and was quite amazed- the bus was so different from your average London bus! It wasn't like my school bus, it wasn't like an ordinary route such as the 270 or the 264.It was... INCREDIBLE. Anyone who takes this bus to work should consider themselves lucky x3 There are so many tourist attractions it passes through! After we went on the 11, our day consisted of looking around shops (I saw a loom kit that cost £20 in a shop where everything was quite expensive, so despite some pretty cool things there I didn't buy anything) and deciding which bus to go on next. It was so much fun! I only bought myself one thing- a Warrior Cats book (Into the Wild). I never read that series, so I will start it once I get through my school library books and two other books I bought earlier. I know I didn't buy much, so next time we do something like this I'm going to buy more things. After going on buses,looking around loads of shops and buying things,we were eventually quite tired, so we decided to come back home. I had no idea how, until I saw a 73 that went to Victoria. I quickly figured that if we could get to Victoria, we can catch the 44 back. So, I told my mum and hopped on the next 73 that we saw which went to Victoria. I checked on my phone and noticed there weren't too many bus stops left. We got off at Victoria, and waited 12 minutes for the 44. Eventually, it came and we sat down. The traffic was rather bad, but eventually we got out of Central London and the rest of the way was better. We then went home, and it was a great day! I'm hoping to do something like this again, as I really like central London. My mum says we might, so I'm looking forward to that. Vacation is drawing closer and closer, and I can say I'm busy enough! The time is going quite quickly now. I took quite a lot of photos- you can see some of them below. I'm going to updated the London Buses page after I finish this post, though I didn't manage to photograph EVERY BUS I SAW. However, I can do that next time, right? ^-^
Tomorrow, I'm going to post about my day yesterday, which was a LOT of fun too! I didn't take my phone though, so no photos :(( Maybe my dad can send me a few?
I will see XD

This is the 77, not the one we took though. I took this photo when I was waiting for the 77 to Waterloo.

A 270 from the bus stop we were waiting at.

The 264 bus!

Here's a 44, not the one we took. 

The 333 from the bus stop were waiting at.

More photos in my next post, which has some exclusive photos of the interior of the 11! XD

-Queen Pickle

Yet another amazing day

Hey!
So, I had another pretty fun day today.
I woke up a little bit late, it was almost 9am! I ate breakfast, and my mum had to go somewhere. I cleared out my bag in the meantime, and then when it was nearing 11am, my mum, sisters and I set off to do some shopping. We started by catching a bus, and then we went around a few shops. My mum continued her search for a dress, and I didn't buy anything though there were a few things that caught my eye. I still couldn't find any keyrings anywhere,or any cheap watches or anything. So, we wandered around, then took another three buses to do a little more shopping. I still didn't find anything, but I did enjoy looking around. It was full of restaurants over there!
Then, we took another bunch of buses, and did some more shopping.We went to McDonald's- I don't really like their food but my sister ordered a happy meal and my mum decided to eat a salad with chicken.Then, we went to the shops- my mum looked around for a dress, while I dashed off to the health food store. I was a bit frustrated with myself for not buying anything so far, and I was all like- WELL, COME ON, BUY YOURSELF SOMETHING BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE! YOU DON'T COME HERE EVERY DAY, WOMAN.
So, I got two Nākd bars- one apple crunch which I never tried before and then a Caffé Mocha, which I never tried before because I never saw it being sold elsewhere! I felt like I needed to buy myself a bit more, but then looked around the neighbouring health food store, walked out empty-handed, then proceeded to the WHSmith, most of my hopes kind of drained away by then. I didn't really find anything, but I didn't look so carefully, either. Most likely because I was worried I spent a bit too much time in the shop, so I checked on my mum who was still looking. My sister decided to come with me, as I returned to the health food store to buy some more. I got myself some of those energy-ball things, which were dates,raisins and sunflower seeds blended together into cute little balls, topped off with some coconut. I got my sister some sugar-free candies sweetened with xylitol, since she really liked those. She really likes the taste of them! Finally, I bought myself a banana and walnut muffin, then my mum called me and I had to rush off. So... I'm still looking for things, but I'm sure I will find them ^-^
We then finally came home, fairly exhausted, but I spent some time relaxing, and that's where I am, now- posting about my day. Tomorrow, I am going to the park, and I think I will post about that. Once I have some quieter days, I will post about some other fun Summer topics, so don't worry!
Have a gorgeous day everyone, and see you tomorrow for yet another post!
P.s- If the blog looks a little different- don't fret! I'm just experimenting with several themes :D
-Queen Pickle

Endoscopy?!

Hey people of the world!
How is everyone today? I would imagine my fellow human beings are having a rather day-like day today, and today's post is going to be about my rather interesting day today! :D
I woke up just a little earlier than usual, perhaps around the time I usually used to wake up for school. I went over to my mum's friend's house because my mum did some work there, and then after around 2-3 hours we got out and got the bus to do some more back-to-school shopping.
It was generally rather small, just to kind of... finish off shopping for school. Kind of. We did most of it on Sunday, and we got a voucher so we decided to spend it. I got some HB pencils I needed, some highlighters to use when my current ones run out (my current ones are the ones I have been using a bit last academic year too,so they are due to run out any time soon) and also a pack of really good coloured pencils I wanted for a while. They were normally quite expensive, but there was a sale for back-to-school stuff and they were 30% off, so I just couldn't resist *o*
We did more shopping, walking around all sorts of random shops. Some were random shops my mum wanted to check out, since she still needs a dress to wear to the wedding, and others were shops I wanted to visit too. You know, a few random stores and stuff ^-^ I still need to find a shop to buy keyrings and charms from, because I think that they would be rather cool to have for next academic year. I also want to buy a few more loom bands, because they are quite a fun and interesting thing to do when I'm bored in the summer. I'm hoping to buy one of those things called 'Looms' at some point, because almost all tutorials require one and IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!

Then, we took another bus as I had a hospital appointment today, too. We had quite a lot of time so I checked the Costa store, expecting my favourite Millionaire's Shortbread to be there. Guess what, though? IT WASN'T THERE! :(
I was HEARTBROKEN. Alright, not quite heartbroken, but I was definitely disappointed to some extent. I looked at the other store but didn't really find anything I wanted, so I went into the lift with my mum, got off and tried to find where we were meant to go. I'm going to be totally honest with you, we weren't the best when it came to navigation -^o^-
We waited in the waiting room, waited waited waited.
Waited some more.
...
...
...
Some nurse measured my height and weight, which I won't tell you >:D
Why? Well, it can *kinda* give away my age :T I don't want people judging me, either, but all I can tell you is that I'm at a healthy weight, no need to worry ^-^
We waited even more, and another nurse saw me to explain why on earth I had this appointment.
Okay, so sometimes, liver disease also comes with some sort of gut disease. Because of this correlation, they need to check if I have something wrong with my gut too, just to be sure. So, I'm going to have an endoscopy T^T I'm not sure when exactly just yet, but I was told they were also going to take samples from organs in my GI tract or something... I think so, yup. I'm a bit clueless about some points, really.
Oh yes, not everyone knows what an endoscopy is!
It's where a camera is inserted into your body (in my case, around my intestines) to see what's going on. I was told I will be put to sleep, and the procedure takes up to an hour. I will need to stay in hospital for a few hours until I feel comfortable,and I should be able to go home on the same day.

Then, I went to the hospital shops again (and returned with nothing!), and we then took the bus again a few stops to do some more shopping. I have never done shopping in that area, and I have to say there was quite a wide range. Didn't find anything at first, but then went to a Sainsbury's and I settled for a Danish Cinnamon Whirl (I was getting REALLY hungry!!), I also bought some bagels. Then, we took another bus,  but got off again after several stops because my mum wanted to buy herself a skirt she saw before we went to the appointment. So, we did, then checked when our bus was going to come.
You know what the timetable said?
11 MINUTES
My mum decided we were better off walking, so we walked the distance. I was really tired by then, but once we got home, I stuffed my face with grapes and had some of my mum's homemade cake, waited (rather impatiently!) for some homemade spaghetti (I LOVE MY MUM'S SPAGHETTI), shoved it in my mouth... yum yum yum.... it was about 8pm by the time that was done and I noticed I still haven't posted on here.
So, I took a chocolate croissant (honestly, it was only because if I didn't eat it today, it would be spoiled by tomorrow and nobody wants to waste croissants), sat down in front of the computer, munched on my croissant and started to deal with my extremely interesting blogs.
I have to admit, I suppose I can relax Operation-banish-summer-boredom for now because it almost seems like there are TOO MANY things now, and I'm forgetting some of them actually.
So the plan is, just carry on with life and if you happen to run out of activities, just get yourself out of the house and buy some big fat books from a charity shop (but books you will actually read!) or something. Or, just go shopping- the shopping KILLS time and so does the fancy new stuff you get. The more fancy new stuff you get, the better! :D
I'm always on the lookout for loom bands, a  (good!) loom,charms,keyrings,books and other fancy schnazz that will keep me occupied, and perhaps liven up the upcoming academic year. I'm thinking of getting a plastic wallet, too.

Have a nice Summer everyone, and see you in tomorrow's post!
It might be a fun craft post, or a post about my extremely thrilling day tomorrow.
I love all my pickles! :D