#MusicMonday : Winter Song - Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson

Its music monday christmas song countdown, one more after this, and christmas seems so close, its scary.  I work in retail Christmas music and somehow the bad stuff always gets played. Like there are better renditions of songs why play the worst version.  Then they put the Michael Buble album on and all is well with the world for a little while.

I have yet to get sick of the Christmas tunes this year, I'm actually able to tune it out for the most part, what annoys me is that every other customer mentions how much I must be hating it.  Like I didn't notice it until you pointed it out thanks very much. SMH

This weeks Music Monday is Winter Song - Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson the first time I heard this song it was a cover by Collen Ballinger and Evynne Hollens, which is also beautiful and worth the listen and a watch as they are two different versions and both music videos are beautifully shot.  

I absoloutly adore this song, lyrically its absolutely gorgeous. A beautiful blend of the female voices and piano. 

Monthly Motivation : Its Ok to feel...

Well November ended with a bang,  it was like for a moment, a fleeting moment, my life might actually be alright and something good was happening. The month was filled with catching up with old friends, spending time with new ones, things at work weren’t great but the people made up for that, things that had been on hold for months were finally going forward. It seemed like life was finally moving. Then it didn’t and it really hurt more than I care to admit. 

Here’s the thing with life sometimes, the bad can greatly overshadow the good. It eclipses it, you know that the light is there but it seems so little.  Thats life. And yeah you should be thankful about the good and focus on positivity. 

Sometimes you just need a moment, be sad about it. Your allowed to hurt, your allowed to be angry or frustrated and not see the glass as half full. Your allowed to be tired.  

I felt all these things, I felt so much anger and I continue to find it hard to let go of all of it, such a short time has passed and the cut its still raw.  I’m hurt and thats the one that I don’t want to resurrect to the surface I don’t want people to see me hurt, and thats silly its a human emotion, It's what I feel, but its  like its too much for people to see that. I’m frustrated I'm in the same old state of life I’ve always been in and I so desperately want my life to be moving forward. And I’m so, so tired of everything being a fight. And yeah I want to give up.  

And its ok to feel that. 

But know its time to take those feelings and use them, they can’t stay inside and eat you alive because then you lose. And in moments like these you can’t lose. You can’t give up.  

Every time you fall down, every time life knocks you down. You need to pick yourself back up and continue. 

You need to tell life your not done yet.  That this can’t be the path for you and your off to find another road that will lead you to your goal. 

Because whats for you will not go by you. 

And yeah you may take a minute cause yeah sometimes this shit that life throws and you gets a bit heavy and you just need a second to breath.  

Just a second, because life is happening and you’ve just got to keep on keeping on. 

Look around in your life and see the people who are good for you lean on them for a second go out for a drink, have a chat, grab a waffle and a hot chocolate, go to the pub quiz. Know 

that in the bad you don't have to be alone that the burden is not yours and yours alone. 

Don't let life setbacks to completely eclipse everything brilliant that is going on around you. 

October / November Favourites

Water Colour Paints : I just picked up a cheap set from my local supermarket, very good to embellish notes/journals.

Paperchase Notepad : I love that this opens differently. I also love that its not lined I feel more free when I'm trying to be creative when theres nothing to tell me what to do. A blank page is the best. I'm a notepad addict I have millions strewn about my house unfinished.

NYX Colour Corrector : I've recently ventured into the weird wonderful world of colour correction.  I'm loving it so far. Adds a little time to my routine but worth it.

Plum Quad, Kat Von D : I got this as unexpected surprise from my Gran, I've admired a lot of Kat Von D's make-up collection but never bought anything, This little quad is amazing the colours are beautiful and well pigmented and I just love how they look.

Buffalo Offering, Bethany Joy Lenz w/Stillnest : I adore this necklace (the whole range is beautiful) I got the longer length as I like how that sits, and the Rose Gold is just beautiful.

#MusicMonday : You'll Freeze if You Go - Hazel Hayes & Tom Rosenthal

I'm trying very much this year to remain festive, and the same tunes are played constantly on repeat when I'm at work which is why songs like this are very much a welcomed rest... but still on season. 

"You'll Freeze If You Go" is a beautiful different kinda take on the sentiment behind "Baby it's cold outside" It's lovers(?) during Winter Time lamenting that its cold outside and therefore its better to be together.  

Hayes and Rosenthal talk about troubles but "its Christmas and everything's fine" which is a feeling all to real at this time of year. It's easy to relate to this catchy song, it will get stuck in your head but not in a bad way.