The house in LA was pretty cool and I was incredibly happy to be in LA, I'd been looking forward to is the whole trip.
Pretty self explanatory right?
We were staying in Santa Monica, right in between of Santa Monica Pier & Venice Beach.
That night, we celebrated my A-level grades with the most amazing sushi at Hama Sushi in Venice Beach.
We shared Salmon Sashimi and I opted for 'Strawberry Roll' -Shrimp tempura, cucumber and avocado topped snow crab and strawberries. Topped with a sweet sauce and sesame seeds.
After a whole plate of it, it was a little sickly, as I'm definitely someone who likes a little bit of everything, but it was delicious!
Our first full day was spent lazying on the beach, topping up the tan, splashing in the sea and roaming around Venice Beach, all topped off with a BBQ and some champers. (We were really dragging out those A-level result celebrations)
Venice Beach is crazy.
It's like Camden on a hell of a lot of drugs.
Crazy people, fantastic artwork, quirky shops, skaters zooming past you and zipping up and down ramps and in and out of bowls, just everything going on.
The next day we had another beach day, then headed to a view point to see that iconic Hollywood sign.
Our next stop that night was The Grove. I'd seen it on The Hills and been told to go, but I have to stay I was a little bit disappointed with the selection of shops there.
But I didn't let it spoil anything. I picked up the bits I wanted to from Anthropologie and we had a fantastic Greek Dinner in a lovely little restaurant there.
We headed back to the villa to catch some Zzz's for the big day to follow.
IT WAS DISNEYLAND DAY!
I had begged for us to go to an iHop during our trip, so we went to one just around the corner from Disneyland in Anaheim.
The Red Velvet pancakes were super yummy, but the service wasn't as great as Denny's, I have to say!
Full up on pancakes, teas, coffees and sausages we got on a shuttle headed for Disney!
Entering a world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy sounded perfect to me.
It's so magical in Disneyland. I'd been to Disneyworld, Florida before, but not the original Disney in LA.
You just enter this world were fantasy is reality.
The characters you loved and felt you know as you grew up are roaming around with you.
I was on the hunt for some Minnie Ears, but I could only find sequinned/glittery ones. I wasn't settling for those, so I ran half way across the park to get the original ones.
Minnie ears on my head and a smile on my face we hopped on to some rides!
Ethan's Stars Wars obsession being fulfilled!
I felt like a big kid the whole day!
Due to the inane-ness of 'It's a small world' my dad and I decided we had to go on it.
Ethan asked 'Is it fun? and Is it fast?' Both answers being no, so he declined the offer and went off to look for something slightly more thrilling!
The sun started to set and the streets started to fill with excited Disney-goers getting ready for the fireworks.
Ice cream and cameras in hand (which is actually quite a tricky thing to multi-task may I add...)
The fireworks, the music, the flying Tinkerbell & Dumbo and the beautifully lit castle made me feel quite emotional.
This is one of my favourite photos from the trip.
All excited (and feeling slightly sick from a very sickly ice cream choice. Note to self: Don't opt for hot fudge sauce on to next time. Bleurghh.) we decided to go on Space Mountain one last time.
Don't do it kids, just don't do it.
After a long journey home of feeling very, very sick, It wad bed time!
It was our last full day in America and I spent the morning exhausting my purse strings.
I discovered Brandy Melville, fell in love with it, spent the last of my money and admired (and still admire) the items I purchased.
Have a little look at a few things I purchased here in my America Haul!
The shopping in Santa Monica is great, every shop you could want is there. So we returned there that evening for even more shopping and the best dinner at Blue Plate Oysterette, near Santa Monica Pier.
Our last day of the holiday, we lunched in Venice Beach, we swam in Santa Monica & we headed to LAX to fly home, first class.
Flying first class was such a luxury and definitely something I could get used to...
11 hours later, we were home!
It was the best trip, unforgettable, amazing, incredible.
I really hope you enjoyed reading about my adventures!
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Hey!
So, I'm not ready to film a video haul yet, but I thought my blog would be a great place to talk about the things I bought whilst on a road-trip in America! (Blog post about my holiday to follow!)
Who goes to Disneyland and doesn't purchase Minnie or Mickey ears? I certainly don't, but, surprisingly, these weren't easy to find! The place was filled with sequinned minnie ears but I was adamant to get the normal ones. After running from one end of the park to the other, I found them! Picked up some cute key rings too!
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My Mum gave me a dark navy Nars eyeliner a few months ago, it was amazing and I was gutted when it ran out! When I saw this beauty in 'Via Veneto' (black) in Sephora for $25 I couldn't resist treating myself. It's very highly pigmented and really is a 'long-wear eyeliner'. Despite the price tag, I'd definitely recommend this to anyone wanting a strong and long lasting eye-liner.
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After admiring this mug on the Anthropologie website for months, I finally got it! Although the letter 'G' wasn't my favourite of the colours, compared to the other mugs, it's my initial so there wasn't much I could do. But despite that, I absolutely love it and I can't wait to have tea in it when I move to my student house in September! (eek!)
I think this Umbrella Ring Holder is super cute. This is also from Anthropologie and will be going in my new bedroom. The two rings were from a lovely shop I went to in Colorado and I thought they'd be a nice addition to my collection!
I didn't do a lot of clothes shopping in the US, but did pick up two items. I got a light weight floral print kimono from Brandy Melville. It's a gorgeous shop with very 'tumblr-esque' clothes (if that's a thing...haha!). I could of shopped there for hours! I also got a loose fitting black jumper with silver studs on the shoulders from Forever 21. Warm, cosy and great to just sling on over jeans.
Obviously I had to get my hands on sweets that aren't available in the UK. These are so yummy, especially as I love watermelon! I also picked up Reece's Miniature Cups and three Trader Joe's 'Dark Chocolate, Caramel with Black Sea Salt' chocolate bars. To be quite honest this chocolate is indescribable and possibly the best chocolate ever. Get yourself to Trader Joe's to try this!
My bag of nail varnish may be overflowing... but I can't resist new exciting nail varnishes! The American Apparel Silver Glitter was free for signing up to thier newsletter, love a freebie! The other two were from a shop in Colorado called 'Del Sol', a shop crammed full of colour changing clothes and accessories. In full sunlight, 'Pretty In Pink', the shimmery white, turns to a bright barbie pink and 'Confetti', the purple glitter, turns to a navy blue glitter. I'd never seen anything like this before so I had to buy some when I saw it!
This phone case was also from Brandy Melville and I absolutely love it. I seem to collect phone cases and I'm always chopping and changing them. I'd seen designs like the Brandy Melville ones online, but not in any shops in the UK.
So, There you go! those were some of my purchases from America! This is my first 'haul' blog post and I definitely enjoyed writing it! Hope you liked it!
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