The ball.

So the ball was last night and it was absolutely amazing. The theme was James Bond, and although it is way over done, it turned out to be an amazing night.

Rather than paying for hair and make-up I had my sisters and aunties do it for me. All up I only spent
$375 for the entire night, which is less than the price a lot of girls dresses. I got my jewelry and clutch from pagani, which was really cheap but not tacky at all. I will definitely be shopping there again. I got the dress on etsy.com for $120 (NZD). I borrowed some hair pins that match my jewelry, but They haven't been put in in this picture.

We had poker chips  to vote for best dressed, but i just couldn't decide who to vote for because all everyone looked stunning the guys were dressed similarly (And half of them were wearing their school shirts). In the end I didn't vote at all.

I just wish that I went to more than one ball dancing lesson, so that I could have danced. I'm not much of
a dancer anyway.

All in all it was a perfect night full of elegance, with no drama at all. It was definitely worth all of the stress.

Rather than going to the after ball, my friends and I went to McDonald's because I really couldn't be bothered with all the extra effort.

Have an amazing week :)

The ball is now in five days. I have my jewellery, my dress and my shoes. So far it has cost me $300, and I still need to buy my ticket ( roughly $50). The sad thing is that I am doing it the cheap way, other girls are spending up to $1000. I'm saving by not getting a fake tan, having my sister do my make-up and doing my own hair and nails.

 I didn't end up finding a date, but I'm completely fine with that, three of my friends and I are group, which will be good because it means that I won't have pictures with a random that I don't even know.

Now all I need to do is learn how to dance after only going to one ball room lesson, and break in my shoes.

Have an amazing day:)

Does classical music really help with study?

I think that most high school students have heard that listening to classical music will help concentration and study. Today my English teacher was talking about it, so I decided to test the Theory.

How does this work?
Firstly there are different types of brain waves:
  -Alpha waves which are normally present just before you go to sleep or are really relaxed.
  -Beta waves which are generally associated with normal thinking.
  -Theta waves.
  -Delta waves.
  -Gamma waves.

People generally are more creative and focused when alpha waves are present.

The connection is that classical music encourages the presence of alpha waves, hence the theory of classical music being good for study. As I was writing this I listened to Clair De Lune and did not get distracted once, so maybe it will help with focus, but if it doesn't I'll just be more culturally aware, which would be a good thing.

Have an amazing day :)

Just really Creepy.

I was recently reading a list of  Creepy things that kids say on reddit.com and thought all of those kids must be really stuffed up to say these things, until I remembered that my mum told my mum that I said creepy things all the time when I was little. When I had just turned two I told my mum and one of my Aunties that my imaginary friend 'Nebulizer' (I was quite badly asthmatic until I was 14) had died in a fire in a red brick house and now she was my friend. Apparently I gave a lot of detail and really scared them.

I was reminded of this today when I was putting my two year old niece into her onesie pajamas and she told me "I want to take your eyeballs out Aunty" She then started talking about putting them on her ears. I was wearing pearl stud earrings and she couldn't find the right words to explain what she wanted. She just wanted to borrow my earrings even though her ears aren't pierced. It kind of creeped me out for the two seconds before she started to play with my earrings and I realised what she was talking about.

My sister has pet chickens and a couple of days ago she told me that she wanted to eat a chicken. For a split second I assumed that she wanted to eat her pet before I realised that we eat chicken all the time.

Shes still not as creepy as me, but I'm sure that in time she will get there.

Have an amazing day :)