Blogtober Day 31: Halloween outfit

Last day of Blogtober and its a good 'un if I say so myself. Being my birthday on Halloween we went out for the night and I'll show you want I wore.

It is a pure miracle I got my eyes looking like this I can never usually do it but I was super happy how they turned out.

By bestie sent me this lovely spider glow in the dark fake nails and they went perfectly with my outfit

Adding a bit of blood (lip gloss) and a heck of a lot of hairspray finished my look.

 On to my outfit and What I wore was a black dress I had in the wardrobe for awhile and over it, now get this its halairous but I found an outfit I wore when I was about eight or nine and I kept it because I loved it so much so I wore the top off it over my dress, adding witch tights I got off my mum for my birthday and some black wedges from Primark.. oh and I musn't forget the birthday banner, and my look was complete.

Blogtober Day 30: Birthday celebrations at the ISPCA

Today was by far one of the best days volunteering at the ISPCA not just because all the staff surprised me with a cake and a lovely card signed from them all, but because it was the busiest and most active day. I was on Cattery today, as I'm pretty sure  mentioned before, the new born puppies and foster puppies live in Cattery too so it aint just cats. Thirteen puppies, two mummy dogs and god knows how many cats equals a lot of mess and it was just endless today, the minute you clean up after one another's going in the corner. Cleaning took us up till break and the thing thats had a smile on my face all day. All the staff were in today which was unusual but made it brilliant so when I went up for tea they were all sitting down asking me how I was and everything, the thing that made me suspicious though was the biscuits and cake on the table that no one was eating, which isn't normal for this place its a help yourself kind of canteen. Then came in my volunteer coordinator with another bigger cake lit up with candles and everyone sang happy birthday and they gave me the card. While I dished up the cake ("I wouldn't have any left for myself the way I was going" according to one of the them) they all brought in extra chairs, being so many in there wasn't room for us all and we had a nice relaxing break with a scrumpsh cake.
Back to work and finishing off the last of the cleaning it was time for food, walks more cleaning, getting a bed set up for a new cat coming in, some more cleaning, picture taking and lastly.. You guessed it just a little bit more cleaning.
This brought us to lunch which was awfully quiet as most of them work through lunch so I had a good read of the Xpose Magazine. After lunch it was time to clean some kittens eyes, prepare all the cats foods for the evening, walk the mummy dogs, wash litter trays (as disgusting as it sounds), clean the rabbits hutch plus spoil them with some bunny biscuits and also clean out the Canary's cage.
By the time I had all this done it was clocking off time. After saying good bye to each of the puppies, mummy's and cats I went home full of joy at how kind everyone was and how much effort they put in to wish me a happy birthday. Volunteering here has deffo been one of my best choices and I will never forget how amazing it has been.. not even finished there yet so lots more to come.

Blogtober Day 29 Gap Year Adventures: Halloween camp Day two

On to day two and the final day of Halloween camp at the Youth Cafe and it was packed with loads of activities. To start off the kids decorated goodie bags we made from printed basket templates and stapled together along with cut out bats, ghosts and pumpkins. They were certainly creative and could beat any Stella McCarthy bags on the runway. After taking a break a lovely lady from Jumping Clay came to do some projects with the kids. If you haven't heard of Jumping Clay (like me) its an amazing little idea, basically like play dough but more durable, cleaner and easier to sculpt. It also is jasmine scented so perfect for creating a relaxing atmosphere. I really enjoyed watching the demonstration and I think Jumping Clay is an amazing product and a great little thing to keep kids (and adults) busy. After the Jumping Clay master pieces were made and left aside to dry the kids packed up all and we went to the park for a few minutes. After bundling them all on to the bus they headed off to the cinema and I had getting off early had a half day.
I super enjoyed this camp it was perfect timing to start volunteering when this was going on as I got more time to get to know the kids and an idea of the place. Back to Homework group next week, oh thee excitement I can't keep it in.

This is a similar Jumping Clay product to what the kids made.

You can find Jumping clay here: I highly recommend it for all age groups.