Revenge Christmas 2025 #2

 Hi Darlings,

I hope you are having a good week so far!

I am really looking forward to a break I must admit. I am getting a train to Cornwall to see my family once I have broken up from work next Wednesday.

Festive Day Out

My friend and I had a festive day out in LDN for his birthday (planned by me). We went to Battersea Power Station Ice Rink, although we were late, we got completely lost walking from Victoria station- literally the time to get there had passed and we were still on the other side of the river which was a painful experience 😅

It was such a nice atmosphere, really vibey. It had been raining really heavily alll morning and big puddles of water were on the ice- falling over was not an option this time. Luckily weather was clear when we were skating.

We had a look round the power station in a few shops and grabbed a drink. We then walked to King's Road and we went to a pub for dinner (The Surprise). I went for a vegetarian roast which was sort of a treat because, I normally don't eat roasts (only once a year at Christmas). It was such a nice atmosphere.

My partner also unwrapped his gifts: a Muhle double edge razor and some chocolate.

Yeah it was such a lovely day and he had a lovely time.

Late Night Shopping

I have been going on a few late night shopping outings recently and it has really got me in the Christmas spirit. I went and did some damage at Glossier a few weeks ago where I got some bits for various people. They were really sweet and helpful in there helping me choose what to get, and they gift wrapped everything which is really convenient.

My sister said she wanted a Boo Basket for Christmas so I picked out a lip balm for her boo basket and I got my mum a fragrance gift set (I went on Black Friday week so everything was 30% off).

I have also been meeting up with my dad once a week, as he works in the central London so we have been going for dinner, typically a Chinese in China Town although we did recently go to a noodle bar and canteen called Marugame Udon which I would actually recommend (I got a Katsu pumpkin Udon dish). 

Going shopping after work in London guarantees to bring up my festivity levels.

Love

Happy hippo x

Revenge Christmas: Craft sesh and Revenge Christmas announcement

 Hello Darlings

This is the first Revenge Christmas blogpost. I have a few ideas but definitely let me know if you have any ideas on anything you want me to do a blogpost section on. I apologise it is being posted late; I have recently started a new job and it has been a bit busy. Then I recently passed my driving theory (one step closer to getting my Porsche). So yeah I am working on my 2025 revenge life. 

I have been watching some good things on TV at the moment. I have been watching Wolf Hall and also Slow Horses. I recommend both. 

Craft Sesh

I made these really cute pyjama shorts last weekend. I made them for my sister in gingham with cute little heart buttons; my sister loves gingham so I think she will appreciate them. The PDF pattern The Darcy Boxers, is a pay what you can pattern (link for it here). It has variations for male and female. Instructions were really clear; I had never sewn a fly before but it turned out really neat. I am really pleased with these.

This was one of the fabrics I wanted to use up, so I am really pleased I have managed to make something from it. 

Revenge Thursday

I had to go shopping because I have a new job and I needed to buy some trousers and work shoes. I had never done much online shopping but I decided that I would buy some trousers off Asos; I purchased four and they were all.... abysmal. I returned them all. I just thought it would be easier to order them online rather than crying in a changing room but obviously not. 

I was at Victoria Station 5 minutes and some weird man had come up to me and started threatening me- completely unprovoked. It was really unpleasant and I just wasn't in the mood for shopping after that but I needed trousers. I brought a grey pinstripe pair from Mango which I am really pleased with. Then a really boring pair of black trousers from Zara. After shopping I met my friend for dinner in Peckham which was really good.

As you can see from my face I’m fucking thrilled with these.

Okay I will chat again on Friday (probably) and yeah I have a few ideas for Revenge Christmas blogposts. 

Love

Happy hippo x

Happy New Year 2024

 Hey darlings,

I hope you have had a lovely start to the New Year. I have been away so this post is a little bit late. I was in France which was really nice. 

New Years Eve

I was in Nice for New Years which is where my sister resides. For New Years Eve we had a raclette, which if you don't know what that is it is like a melted cheese and we had it with potatoes, veggie hot dogs, broccoli and mushrooms. My sister has a snazzy like raclette machine where you cook the vegetables on the top and then the cheese gets heated on little dishes underneath. So that was really nice.

Then later we went to watch the fireworks on the promenade, there was not like an official display but people on the beach were letting them off and yeah it was really good fun. 

The on New Years day we went for a walk in a small Village called Luceram and during Christmas they host 'circuit des creches' which is where they put up nativity scenes (creches). They have a few hundred of them. It was quite quaint. Such a pretty town. Then we had a picnic.

Style setter?

Look at this! This photo was taken in 2020 and observe what I am wearing! I am wearing ballet flats and lacey patterned tights. I was actually 3 years ahead of everyone. I wore ballet flats in a cool grungy way when people saw them as being quite uncool- I actually made them cool. Yes I do actually take credit for bringing them back lol. I am joking however you cannot deny I was actually quite ahead of my time. 

People laughed at me for wearing ballet flats, they're not laughing now.

I actually think fashion is really nice at the moment I feel very inspired and I feel people are so creative and stylish. 

My New Years Resolutions

I am sort of note really doing New Years resolutions. I feel like things like that come organically whatever the time of year. However there are a few things that I am planning for this year. 

-Spend less time on my phone- not a year goes by where I don't have this goal. I have quite bad anxiety and I definitely sort of go on my phone to sort of block out my anxious thoughts. It is not productive and it is such a waste of life.

-I was gifted a small amount of money by my work and I was sort of thinking of putting it towards learning something like attending a one-day course (some lessons in grace and decorum jk) -maybe a floristry lesson or maybe something more practical like a first-aid course.

-I have been trying to learn French in the last few months. I have always dabbled a bit with learning French in the past but I think this time I am coming in with a strong action plan. I won’t say anymore but maybe the end of next year I tell you how I am getting on ;)

Anyway, I will chat with you soon. I have actually had loads of thoughts for blogposts so I am excited to get writing.

Love,

Happy hippo x

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Revenge Christmas part 3- Things to do at twixmas

Hello bunnies x

I hope you had a fabulous Christmas. My Christmas was really nice; I spent it at my grandmas for the first time in several years. I thought in this blogpost I would give some ideas of what to do between Christmas and New Year. Even though Christmas is over there were still like some festive things I didn't get round to doing, like I didn't even have a glass of mulled wine and I sort of fancied going ice skating. I just think think that time between Christmas and New Year is just nice to spend some time to myself and sort of re-organise my life because Christmas is quite unsettling and chaotic. 

Things to do between Christmas and New Year

🎄Go for a wintery walk

🎄Start planning your New Years resolutions and goals (most of mine are like fun things)

🎄Enjoy some mulled wine, roast chestnuts, ice skating and any other fun festive things that you fancied doing but maybe did not get around to doing

🎄Tidy your house- my bedroom was turned upside down when I was packing to go to my Grandma's house so I defo want to reorganise it

🎄Watch some box sets and films

🎄Start putting your Christmas gifts to use- I received some Lavender drawer liners as a jokey present but I will definitely make time to put them in my drawers and I also got a new purse and so I want to organiser that too. Or if you received a fun Lego set you can start assembling it.

I ended up cleaning out my handbags and my cards case while I was organising my new purse (the red one with the eyes). Not my favourite job but it is nice when you have a crumb-free handbag. 

Things I have been watching and podcast

I finished Beef which was soo good. I highly recommend.

I have also been watching a comedy which is on BBC called Ghosts and it is about a couple who go to live in like a house which has like a dozen or so ghosts that live there. It is actually really sweet. I had not watched it before I watched the last episode of the series which aired on Christmas Eve (I think) and I enjoyed it so much that my parents and I have decided to watch it from the beginning. The characters are very likeable and the series is very warm. 

A podcast I have been listening to at the moment it is called Gangster (series 3) and is about John Palmer who was a gangster. He was basically involved in the Brink's-Mat Gold Robbery, not in the actual robbery but involved in melting down the gold and I guess sort of trying to legitimise it. So he was a gold dealer but then sort of got involved with timeshares in Tenerife. It is really interesting. I definitely recommend you listening to this podcast but before you do you should watch The Gold (BBC)- it is such a good TV series and it is also about the Brink's-Mat Robbery.

What I got for Christmas

My partner brought me a dip fountain pen which is really cool and such a sweet gift. I guess I need to buy some ink but I don't know if I have anything in my brain that sort of warrants writing down with the pen. My sister got me some really gorgeous silk pyjamas. I feel very bouji.

I will chat again soon! I have a bit of a New Years themed blogpost- now Christmas is out of the way I feel slightly rejuvenated.

Love, 

Happy hippo x

Revenge Christmas Part 2

 Hello darlings x

I hope you are enjoying the run up to Christmas. Sorry I have been a bit late posting, I am starting to get a bit busy. I don't have a plan for this, it is just going to be a bit chatty.

Chit Chat

I watched quite a good documentary one night last week called Squaring the circle it is on Netflix and it is about Hipgnosis which was a design group and they sort of specialised in designing album covers. They designed covers for like Pink Floyd. Really interesting and sort of inspiring.

I have also been watching a really good TV show on Netflix (I am up to episode 8) and it is called Beef. It is about two people who have a road rage incident and then they sort of just cause chaos in each others life. It is very funny and gripping and quite clever. I defo reccomend.

I have been really enjoying going to some independent cafes in Catford. I never like to be late for work and so I often end up arriving like half an hour early. Buses can just be very unreliable and sometimes they come quickly and sometimes they just do not. I am the if you're early you are on time and if you are on time you are late type person. Because it is so cold at the moment it has been nice to go to a cafe before work if I am early and yeah grab a chai latte.

I brought this coat last last weekend from Zara and I am so relieved I brought it because I was just getting so chilly on my way to work and while at work. I was hesitant to buy it because... you know my thing with Zara.

Revenge Friday 8th

On Revenge Friday I went to a Christmas party which was really fun. I actually don't think I have ever been to a Christmas party. I was there to sort of help my dad pick up after but I had loads of fun and there was lots of dancing. This is what I wore...

Revenge Friday 15th

I met my dad in town for Lunch and we went to Rose's Thai which was really yummy. Then I had a browse around Marylebone and basically I walked to Covent garden. I was sort of needing to buy Christmas gifts but like nothing was speaking to me. I am sort of a bit fatigued with Christmas shopping. I need to buy for my sister and maybe another small gift for my mum. Anyway, I didn't buy anything which is now a bit stressful. Town was pleasant and actually it was so nice and Christmassy. I popped in for a hot chocolate at Bar Italia which I hadn't been to in years.

Then in the evening my friend came round and we watched The Holiday and we ordered a pizza. It is actually a really sweet film- I am glad my friend wanted to watch it with me.

Despite my lack of shopping it was still a nice day.

Love

Happy hippo x

Little Catch Up- what I got for Christmas and New Year Planning

 Hello sweeties, 

Btw this was written ages ago, this is not up to date. I hope you have had a productive start to the new year. 

What I got for Christmas from my sis

My sister got me some really cute accessories for Christmas. She got me a Miffy pencil or make up case- which is handy because I was after a pencil case for uni. She got me Mario Badescu spray, lip mask and sponge- we weren’t sure if this is for the bathroom or the kitchen but it’s cute. I think it’s for the kitchen so it's my new washing up buddy. I also got some Miffy post-it notes which are gonna look cute but unhinged during exam season when they are all stuck up on my wall.

Then some bits for Berlin. My dad got me like a guide to the architecture of Berlin Stations which looks very interesting. This was purchased when they thought I was going to Berlin on my own and thought I would get bored but my sis is now joining me for a few days. But yeah on some of the days I will be on my own so I think I can have a dorky day to myself looking at Berlin stations. My sis also got me some leg warmers which are soo cosy and also a headband which I have worn loads.

I was spoilt. My sis loved the presents I got her <3

Planning for the New Year

I want to continue running when the weather warms up, I did do some running but stopped when it got really cold. I will start again.

I want to eat healthier. My uni kitchen is so grim and cold that I never fancied cooking anything exciting because I would liek to minimise the time spent in there. The girls in my flat sent me a snap of the mould behind the sofa and it was like totally black with mould it was gross. I almost can’t believe what I saw because what I recall seeing it was almost as if someone had literally painted the walls with black paint. But yeah when it warms up I will actually start cooking more exciting meals. 

I am trying to work on being a more authoritative person. I remember once in my media class, years ago now but we were working in groups making a poster or like a PowerPoint, and it was two boys and myself. Anyway they were very engrossed in the poster we were making, and I was sat sort of awkwardly behind them (because they would not make fucking space for me). It was like I was invisible- they just did not listen to me at all, my ideas weren’t acknowledge, I wasn’t acknowledged like they didn't acknowledge my presence. I know my idea were not at fault because I was hepeated. It got really weird, it was like I was being messed with. It is a vivid memory of mine just because of how bizarre it was. But yeah it would be great to improve at influencing people, so maybe I should read up on it. Although in terms of that situation I don’t think I could have done anything, literally feels like that there was some sort of glitch in the matrix and I was actually invisible for 45 minutes. If anyone has any like good recommendations for like resources or books on this- let me know x

Vinted Purchases

I am going to Berlin and I know it will be really chilly and they are quite edgy in Berlin, so I went on vinted to update my wardrobe for hols.  I have been slightly inspired by Bella Hadid's wardrobe I think her style is really nice. She dresses a bit sexy, demure and dorky- very me. But she also does athleisure really well and athleisure terrifies me. So anyway I am taking a bit of inspo from Bella. I will do a blogpost when my purchases turn up.

What I have been watching

I have not really been watching much actually because its exam season. I did watch The Breakfast Club (Netflix) which is good but it has aged really badly. There was one really uncomfortable scene where a boy sort of upskirts a girl and it is uneasy watching. There are other things off with the film. It does work if you fancy watching something spirited and youthful. I also watched a documentary called Evelyn (Netflix) and it follows a family as they go on walk in Scotland in memory of their brother who had died. It was very sad actually, but sort of beautiful too. I also watched The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker (Netflix), which is a documentary about a hitchiker called Kai who gained internet fame when he rescued a person, but there is something unnerving and volatile about Kai. This is a interesting story. There is a part after he has gone viral online where the TV producers are trying to get him to do interviews, sign contracts ect and it is just such a bad idea.

Revenge Week

So I had planned a revenge week after I completed my exams however, I got caught up with helping my parents with things and some exam work I was still doing. So unfortunately, it ended up being a revenge day and 1/2 a day. I worked till 9 in the morning on something, went to bed for a few hours. When I woke up it was too late to do anything really so  I decided to go to the cinema on my own. I went to see The Menu which was really good. It’s sort of like a thriller and it’s a satire of a high end restaurant. It’s really chilling actually. Then I went to Nando’s. When I got home I watched Blade Runner, which was really great. I watched Blade Runner 2049 at the cinema a few years ago but it was very lost on me. However, I now want to go and re-watch it. 

Then on Friday I went on a revenge field trip to Hampstead. It was lovely to be in Hampstead again. Last time was like three years ago when I went to the Freud Museum. This time I was visiting Keat’s House. I was really happy with myself because I got out of the house quite early. Keats House is like a small museum about Keat’s life, it’s quite a sweet museum, it’s quite small. I did feel like I learnt more about his life. It’s actually too sad. We so would have been friends. Then after I decided, because it was still early in the day, I would go to another museum, Burgh House. It was free entry and it was quite sweet. I went to the café for lunch and had some avocado on toast. I looked round some boutiques and then I decided to walk to Camden, it’s like a half an hour walk.

Excuse the terrible photo

Then I took the train home. I had such a nice day. It was the day before I went on hols and I did slightly overdo myself with walking. My parents did a self-guided architecture tour round Hampstead which sounds really interesting and I fancied doing it too but they couldn’t find the walking guide leaflet because it’s in a cardboard box somewhere. However, when they find it, I look forward to doing the walk.

Anyway, see you soon 

Happy Hippo x