Showing posts with label Monday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monday. Show all posts

The Oscars!!

Monday, March 03, 2014

A very loyal reader asked me on twitter yesterday if I was going to do an Oscars post and I couldn't say no, it would be wrong on so many levels! The Oscars are my Superbowl, I mean I like the Superbowl and I stayed up until 3am to watch that too BUT The Oscars is so much better. It combines movies and dresses and Jennifer Lawrence which are by far three of my favourite things :-).

I intended to live tweet the Oscars red carpet but SKY's coverage was an hour behind the US and thus my tweets would have made no sense whatsoever, I did end up practically live tweeting the actual ceremony on my personal twitter but that was completely unintentional and thus not very coherent. For my blog post I figured the best thing to do would be a round of of my BEST DRESSED OF THE OSCARS 2014. 

Angelina Jolie in Elie Saab- a little bit different than we expect from Ms. Jolie but no less stunning.

The Divine Miss M in Reem Acra. I swear my jaw dropped when I saw this queen saunter down the red carpet, this dress is so pretty and so age appropriate. The dress she wore later in her (they kept that bloody quiet) performance was gorgeous too!

Idina Menzel in Vera Wang. Elphaba is that you?? 

Jenna Dewan-Tatum in Reem Acra- last year Jenna rocked a gorgeous baby bump and this year Channing Tatum's wife nailed it again with this gorgeous frothy gown. 


E! News correspondent and Fashion Swan Kelly Osbourne looked amazing in this Badgley Mischka frock, she's come a long way since pink and black bowl cuts and skater cut-offs.

My award for Hottest Baby Mama on the red carpet goes to Kerry Washington in Jason Wu. Just LOOK at her!!

Best Newcomer was a given if you've seen Lupita Nyong'o on the red carpet at all this season, and she did not disappoint last night. This gorgeous custom Prada gown made her look fun and fancy, and the colour "Nairobi Blue" is the sweetest thing I've seen ever.

Best Dressed Couple goes to Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis, in Valentino and Prada respectively. They are just beautiful. A few men wore navy on the red carpet last night but Jason was by far my favourite.

Sandra Bullock in Alexander McQueen is just a goddess. She doesn't buy into trends, she knows what suits her and she nails it time and time again! I'm biased because she is my favourite actress but she really does look beautiful here.
AND FINALLY my Best Dressed of the Night Overall goes to Kate Hudson in Versace! Old school glamour, plunging neckline and a very modern 3/4 cape makes this my favourite look of the night. 

Did your favourite make my list?

Much Love
AJ
xx

Music Monday 3

Some of you may know that I like a good go on the karaoke, I mean yeah I have horrible, sometimes debilitating stage-fright, and yes I shake uncontrollably when I have to stand up in front of a crowd and sing BUT put a few drinks in me and give me a crowd that actually seems to appreciate it and I'll have a grand old time. 
I get asked all the time why I've not gone on the X Factor etc and the answer is always the same...I have! The audition process is shocking, and in all honesty if I had to sing for a job I wouldn't like it anymore, so i'll stick to a few bars at the karaoke club and annoying Damian by singing around the house ALL THE TIME! 

I guess the point of telling you this is that this weeks Music Monday will be me sharing my go to karaoke songs :-)...Please share your favourite song to belt out, whether that's at home or in a crowded bar full of drunks.


I'll admit I prefer the original versions of this song...and the Imogen Heep version that is playing while *SPOILER ALERT* Marrisa lies dying in The OC, but this version is the most popular in karaoke books, and this is one of those songs that if you sing it well once people will still be asking you to sing it 5 years later!!

Honesty time...I first sang this song because I was in a bitchy mood and the skank the guy I was dating slept with was in MY BAR! Lol how shocking does that sentence read! Anyhow I was young, I got cheated on I lashed out in the best way I know how...with talent :-p. That's better than shouting, punching and breaking things right?

An oldie and a goodie!! I grew up singing this song in little "bands" I started with friends at school. We used to perform it at old folk's homes-minus the costumes of course!! It became a sort of running joke between us that if we were going to karaoke I should just dress up as Cher, (and then an ever supportive group of friends formed the Cherettes-because they THOUGHT they were funny- I'm looking at you Craig, Dave and Dave!)

This is one of the more recent additions to my repertoire. It's a true 90s/early 00s dance tune and it's actually one of Damian and I's songs, that we sing to each other all the time (feel free to make vomiting noises here). It's probably going to be the first dance at our wedding too. 

I know this probably sounds like a weird song for karaoke but it had been stuck in my head for almost a week and I kind of just walked around the house singing it on repeat. When we went into town last week Damian snuck off to the DJ and put me up to sing this, and it was actually a lot of fun...so it earns a space in my list.

There are many more but these are the favourites. Do feel free to share yours AND remember you can now follow me on Bloglovin, Tumblr, Twitter and Instagram.

Much Love
AJ
xx



Music Monday 2

Monday, February 24, 2014

Evening folks, It's seems that it is already Monday again (how did that happen?) which means it is time for round two of Music Monday's. 

Gonna keep it really short and sweet tonight folks because I am so very sleepy *yawn* so here we go.

So i'm guessing I'm not alone in having certain songs I listen to depending on the mood i'm in or the mood I am heading towards. I have all these little playlists set up on Youtube that are organised by mood, I mean hello it's me even my mood music is organised by theme!!

Tonight i'll give you one from each and you can have a listen if the mood takes you :-).

Tugs at the ol' heart strings- or feeling soppy


You're a Dick- or the ultimate angry playlist


Girls, Girls, Girls- or getting ready to party


One of those moods-we all have "those moods" this is what I play during that time


and finally

A Little Bit Country-not really an explanation sometimes I just want to hear some country :-).


And that's it for tonight, next Monday I'm gonna tell you all about one of my favourite artists...just haven't decided which one yet.

Much Love
AJ
xx





Music Mondays 1

Monday, February 17, 2014

I love music, although my tastes may be considered by some to be daggy, or weird or even *shudder* uncool I stand by my choices and hope you'll give them a chance before you write them off completely. 

For my first Music Monday I figured I would share with you my list of most played songs on my iPhone but it turns out that I've just been listening to Little Mix on repeat far too often so every song on my Top 25 is by them and that would be a pretty boring blog post! So instead I guess I'll give you the top 5 songs on my iPhone that aren't in the official most played list :).

1) Flying Machine by Everly- Great band, great songs, so sadly unrecognised in the wider world.

2) Towers by Little Mix- There had to be one mention, this album track from LM's 2nd album is one of my favourites. The lyrics are perfect and the tune is pretty good too.

3) Chariot by Gavin Degraw- This song is just anthemic in a very unappreciated way. Gavin's voice is so raw and pretty I regularly play this one on repeat. 

4) Four Seasons Spring Concerto by Vivaldi- I loathe to call this a song as it is actually a masterpiece of classical music. This never fails to put me in a good mood if I need it or to lull me to sleep if I'm in a typical insomnia ridden state. 

5) I Won't Give Up by Jason Mraz- I love this song so much. I discovered it back in August when I was at my lowest point and it really made me appreciate the best parts of my life. The lyrics should sum up every loved up person's feelings about their other half.

And that's it for the first one, I hope you'll give them a try (if you want to just click the titles and they'll take you right there). Please share your most played songs with me in the comments, or you can now tweet me @LOVEandOAS :-). 

Much Love
AJ
xx

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