Omg I've somehow managed to spend a tenner today.... Guess I'm making up for forgetting my purse yesterday, I've got about £2 left out of the tenner I cut into today, and I also have £1 that I put on my college card for later, so excluding the £1 headband I bought - I've spent £6 on food... whoops!
I finally went into the shop to buy my converses, but they didn't have them in my size, only a 6 and a half and they were way to big so I didn't get them. :(
I went to lush though because my mum wanted some soap so it was an excuse to buy one of the new freshers packs, I got so much stuff in it so I'm really happy! :)

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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Gah I forgot my purse today! I was really looking forward to getting my converses but I couldn't so I'll have to get them in my three hour lunch break tomorrow - Luci and Roz had better be in tomorrow (they weren't today - neither was Dan - what's wrong with people? I hope Dan's ok though this is the second day in a row he's been away...) I also had one of those' teenage mornings' when I was really depressed and pissed of for no reason (I hate hormones sometimes) so I thought a nice breakfast muffin would cheer me up - no money - zilch - not even 10p, and of course to complete it I left my headphones still plugged into my laptop so I couldn't listen to my i-pod to calm me down. :(
I went back to my old school today to collect somethings, what a faff just to get a few items.....
It was really weird being back there but I'm so glad I'm out - I didn't really how much some of the people there pissed me of - although it was great seeing my best friend again - even if she did ring me today in the middle of a lesson!
I will buy those converses tomorrow if it kills me!
Oh and I really hope the new lush times is out tomorrow - I've been waiting weeks to get it - and I want to buy one of their freshers packs - which of course I don't need!

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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Very uneventful day - Although I'm in stitches after watching all of the 'Potter puppet pals' vids on YouTube. I finally got around to watching 'The mysterious ticking noise' because Luci and Roz kept going on about it at college - it's one of the funniest things I've ever seen!
I'm getting my converses tomorrow! :)

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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Just spent the whole day playing Pokemon silver on my old game boy trying to complete it because when I save it and turn it off I keeps making me start a new game when I turn it back on, got so bored after about 7 hours of playing that I turned it of (it's a Sunday what else is there to do?) Anyway watched the end of Harry Potter 2, I'm defiantly going to vid it now, already posted a million vid ideas on my channel page, i've already got the song and basic idea for my first vid formed in my mind. I really need to finish my vids for AnarmiaSparrow's contest - I've only got about two days to finish them.

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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I'm so tired today, I couldn't physically get up this morning so I didn't get up till half 8! Anyway I was also meant to go to the gym today but I couldn't find it so instead I went shopping, of course I spent more money on lush because I walked in to look around but I couldn't leave without buying something, so...
I also went into a candle/scent shop and bought a few things as they all smelt sooo nice, so I'm defiantly going back there. I'm going to have no money left soon as the lush Halloween items are already out on the American site so they'll be over here soon, so I'll have to stock up, I already want to try EVERYTHING - and there are the new products that their releasing on top of that - although thankfully the only thing I want to try is under £2, and I'm STILL waiting for the new lush times to come out! Really really want my converses so I'll be getting them on Tuesday before I go back to school, I need to remember to return a few things to.

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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Wow - it's been another really long day - I haven't had the time to take pics/write about yesterdays lush swap, the digital camera is on holiday while my mum's away with friends and my phone cameras terrible so it may have to wait until she gets back, or I may just upload some crappy phone camera pics and replace them at a later date. I STILL haven't got my converses so I may buy them on Tuesday before I go back to school to pick up some stuff because I REALLY want them! :)
My college introduction fortnight is over so we'll be starting proper work on Monday which I'm looking forward to as I'm keen to start video editing and I also want to try out the other areas of media in more depth now that the course has begun. I'm also looking forward to seeing the article that me and Luci wrote for the college magazine when it's 'published' because I've never had an article published before (yer I don't want to go into journalism, and I know this isn't a real magazine, but it's still cool.) I've finally managed to watched Harry Potter five and there some some bits in it that I didn't remember at all, but I think I've only seen it once and that was years ago, but I really want to vid it now and I have two or three ideas that I'm beginning to form in my mind.
Went out for a meal today with my sister and her boyfriend, my friend was meant to come to but she canceled last minute - on the plus side a family friend came with us so I wasn't on my own! :)

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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Yay I got my lush swap today, it all came really well wrapped and I got a little note from my swapper to! (I'll be posting pics/full write up tomorrow when I have more time - atm I have tons of college work to finish that is in for tomorrow!) I found a candle shop down the road to my college (not quite Candles by Victoria - but the restraint of being British means I can never order her lovely candles :( Anyway there was some really nice scents but they were SO expensive so I only got two - fresh cotton and a coffee scented one in the smallest size available, still they'll last me a while.) I also bought a pair of £10 smart shoes as the shoe shop was closing down - I'll be getting those converses when I get my allowance out! :) I went back to my old school today to see my friend perform a drama play at the opening evening, it was so strange to be back even though it's only been two weeks, but I'm back there again on Tuesday to pick some stuff up so I'll be able to see everyone properly then, for now I've GOT to finish my college work that's in for tomorrow!

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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I've got such an obsession with Harry Potter lately, I really want to see the film now, so I'll borrow my dad's phone and drag Cheyenne to the next orange Wednesday, (typical a whole week away!) I'm buying some brown converses tomorrow, which is great as I've been wanting a pair for ages :) My lush swappee received her package today and she was pleased with it, so I'm glad about that, I'm just waiting for her package to arrive, which I think will be tomorrow, but I won't get back home till late tomorrow so I'll have to wait and see. I know these blog entries are getting smaller but I really haven't got much to write about atm, but I may post pics of stuff I buy tomorrow, I don't know.

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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Ok have 5 mins of battery life left so have to type this quick. Went shopping today got a necklace and a bag from a charity shop spent a fiver - bargain! :) Watched Harry Potter 4 (I'm gaining an obsession with it) may follow in AnamariaSparrow's footsteps and vid it - I'm feeling a doctor who crossover coming along! :)

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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Whoops, I was about to go to sleep when I realised I hadn't posted anything today. Today was ok, did more media work watched harry potter 3. Bought an old game boy colour game (Pokemon silver) which I'm currently playing - you can't beat the old Pokemon games! :)

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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Sundays are just so long and dull, I finally had a chance to do some more editing on my vid for AnamariaSparrow's/ImmortalSparrow's contest but my interest has just gone atm, but hopefully It'll come back before the contest ends and/or my Vegas pro 9 trail expires. I'm so near completing my first lush swap so I'll be posting about it in my new 'Lush' section of my blog when I get the package :)
It's five years today since my nan died, so I'm quite sad about that, but I was year 8 at the time and I didn't realise until today how many of my memories have faded, the photo didn't even look how I remembered her when I saw it today, growing up is strange sometimes, I feel sorry for my dad though (as it was his mum) so I hope he's ok.
Anyway to end on a lighter note my nan was one of the most generous people I know so it's not like I'm ever going to completely forget :)

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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Gah I've got the worse cold ever. Still that's what I get for not wanting to wear the same coat AND jumper to college that I'd worn the day before. (Damm nice clothes.) Lol, I've just left exactly the same comment on one of my YT friends channels!
Anyway, I'm so bunged up and I can barely even smell my nice lush stuff which sucks. My friend (Cheyenne) who stayed over yesterday went home today after we went into the village for a bit, I was so tired (cause I'm 'ill' - yer I don't class a cold as being ill - well ill enough to have a day of school/college anyway, unlike some of the pathetic SPOILT people at my old college - yer I'm pissed of at a certain spoilt brat who has a major case of 'only child syndrome' were she's just spoilt and unpleasant - not that all only children are, one of the nicest people I know is an only child :) - Anyway stupid bitch has pissed me of big time...), that I lay down on the bench in the park and probably looked a bit strange but oh well, I'm looking for a decent eye shadow pallet online that has loads of different shades of colours as I generally lack an eyeshadow pallet like that and I lOVE eye shadow :) I'm also looking for some nice new clothes as my mum's let me spend £100 of my bank balance, (excluding my £60 allowance for this month!) on clothes and I've already spent £40 on my coat, jumper, hat etc but even though I have a lot I'm still looking for the bargains so bring on Matalan - imagine the amount of £3 T-shirts I can get :) I'm also glad of my recent 'richness' as I heard on the lush forums today that the Christmas lush times has gone into printing so I'm so excited and am saving for all the new lovely lushness which is soon to hit the stores :)

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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I'm so glad it's the weekend - I've really enjoyed my first full week of college, but it's been so tiring so I'm thankful for the two day break.
I posted my lush swap today so I'm glad I've got that out of the way, I posted it second class and the postage didn't even come to £1.50 which I was really pleased about, I can't wait to get my swap! :)
I went with Luci to the other college campus today, (there are three campuses at my college, but I think that only two are for students), it was a fair walk away but it was still located within walking distant, the college was so fancy and I kinda wish i had a least one lesson there, but oh well. We went to arrange an interview for an article we were writing for our course, so i get to go back there on Monday which is a plus.
I invited my friend round today as my sister was going to a party with her boyfriend so she'd be out all night, so she's staying over and we're going to town tomorrow. I got a free latte from McDonald's today as i got a free voucher in the Metro, and I also used my voucher that i got with my bus ticket a few days ago, so the whole meal came to £1.99. (Bargain!) I also went to lush as I finished at 1.15 and had to decided to hang around town for a bit, and it was Friday, so.... I bought the 'vanilla in the mist' soap which i had first smelt on a trip to the lush at Liverpool street station, I didn't like it then, but when i smelt it at my local store today it was so nice and I could really smell the coffee so I HAD to buy it! I also got another creamy candy as I'd run out of mine and it's my favourite BBS! :)

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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Ooooh I'm getting really excited about the lush swap I'm doing. I'm posting my swap tomorrow because as if by fate I've discovered a small little post office down the lane to my college (I can't believe I only noticed it today - I keep noticing new things down that lane everyday, it's so cool!), so this means I won't have to trek into the village to post it at home or walk ages to the other post office that's located a fair walk away from college. I'm so happy to get my swap, and as my swapee isn't posting her swap to me till Monday, I can send it second class so we both get ours at the same time and I'll save a bit of cash. I also managed to find a way to get my fair money back from the whole mishap yesterday, so I've filled in a 'rail reclaim fund' form (or something like that anyway) which should let me get my fair back in the form of rail travel vouchers, which will come in handy when I need to buy single tickets after my season ticket expires and the half term holiday looms which means that I wouldn't be able to buy a monthly or a weekly because I'd lose part of the fair cutting into the holidays (hope that all makes sense!) Anyways, college was good today, I ended at 3.15 so I didn't have the extra hour draining my energy. I also had a chance to go in the college cafe today which is usually full, and it's sooo nice, it's like a mini Starbucks, which is going to be great for those one hour breaks when it's not enough time/point to get into town/back.
I also saw a girl who I know from school (old school) who gets the train the same time in the morning as me, anyhow she was in the train when the tree fell down yesterday, (turns out it fell onto the train, and not the tracks like i previously thought) so my first reaction was 'omg' (thankfully no one was hurt, i think it only really bumped the roof), anyhow, i asked her to tell me about it and she just shrugged and said 'the train just stopped' and ended the conversation at that, I'd wanted a full detailed analysis of the event, so i was a bit disappointed, oh well at least it was so minute she didn't feel the need to talk about it.

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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I hate being a girl sometimes.... Typical, my longest day of college and I get my 'visitor,' running to the shop was not fun. The women on the till was sympathetic though, saying 'men complain about how hard THEIR life is!' Yer bloody right. I was in a hurry to get to college so I ran a bit, gave up when I came to lush, stopped and breathed in the loveliness and then briskly walked (and made it) to college. I also met a new friend today so we went to Matalan in our (3 hour!) break and I bought a new coat, a new jumper, a £3 t-shirt and a £3 hat (all came to under £40 quid - the jumper was reduced because a belt 'loop' was missing, and I cut those of anyway so may as well have got the discount - long live the bargains!) I then went to lush while she drew some cash out (or checked her balance can't remember which) with the intention of buying H.I.W.T.K. (Honey I washed the kids soap for those of you who don't speak the lush lingo) but it still wasn't the nice yellow colour so I bought a £3 chunk of sultana of soap which I have been wanting to try for ages instead, it smells divine and looks really creamy so I'll be using that soon. I also asked for a sample of herbalism cleanser (I've only ever asked for one sample, and I generally feel rude asking for a sample if I've spent less that £10 - but I'm bored of my dark angels and I have a hench spot atm - the joys of being 17!), so the lovely sales lady gave me one, I also enquired about a job on offer, but unfortunately it was during college time so :(
Oh, speaking of college, I swear I saw a member of the weekend lush staff at college today, so if it's him I'm definitely saying 'hi!'
For the second day in a row the weather was pants, by this i mean, one minute it was excruciatingly hot - the next minute it was bloody freezing, the weather couldn't make it's mind up all day. Also the trains had problems again today, a tree had fallen on the track between my station and the station I was at (let's just say - my home and my college location) so both lines where severally delayed/canceled, so I had to then draw a tenner out of my account (baring in mind I'd already taken £40 out to buy clothes earlier) to get a bus home (that tenner is NOT counting as part of my allowance, I'm saving the change for future travel emergencies (excluding £2 which I'll explain why in a bit), anyway I was waiting for about 15 mins for the bus to arrive and when it did it was a tiny bus and loads of people wanted to get on (train users) so their was a massive cue/wait while we all got our tickets, delaying our journey further. So I didn't get home till around 6 o'clock and the ironic thing was I left college early so I was meant to be home before 5! Anyway the only good news of the journey home (excluding the fact there there was some really cheap chocolate which I bought to last me till the end of the week/worse of the stomach aches) was that the back of my ticket offered a medium meal (excluding drink) at McDonald's for £1.99, so I'll be using that tomorrow when I go there with my friends.
I also finalised a swap that I'm doing on the lush forum - I'll post more details tomorrow! :)
Wow - this was a really long entry today - but in fairness it was one hell of a long day! :)

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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Ok - I hate the English weather sometimes, it rained today whilst I was at college, so much so that my jeans (typical the one day I decided to wear my long length jeans) got soaked and muddy and as I was walking home (finished at 1.15, my sister didn't leave school till 3.30, I got the half 2 train, so it didn't seem fair to make my mum come out to pick us up twice in an hour, plus it's only a 45 minute walk home - half an hour if I'm lucky), my jeans got all muddy and icky so I immediately changed out of them and put on some shorts (comfiest things to hand) so I'm freezing atm, so I'm sitting with a scarf over my legs whist typing this. Oh and talking about freezing, there was a 45 minute delay on my train today so I ended up getting a train that was meant to arrive at 7.45 at 9 o'clock (my trains normally 8.16) so I was half an hour late to college, and it's only my first full week, and the station was not warm! There had better not be more delays tomorrow or I will scream. I did hear a mention of ANOTHER strike next week (grrrr) and I've just got a monthly season ticket that cost my parents nearly £70 (for only one stop as well!), so I'm not losing out on a weeks worth of travel which THEY paid for, I'll be demanding some sort of refund if that happens.
Anyway, on a slightly happier note, I got set two official media tasks which I'm keen to start, one is an interview, one is taking (and hopefully editing) photos related to certain things (I'll not go into the details), I'm more keen to start the photography project as I have no desire to go into journalism (although that doesn't mean I'll find the task dull), so I'm not 'excited' about the article task.
Oh and those of you who like me hate the rain, Millie's Cookies do yummy 'nice size' hot chocolate which loads of different toppings (I had one with cream and mini marshmallows - never a bad thing), for £1.20ish and it really helped me through my crappy day.

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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Just started my first official day of college, turns out we'll be having an introduction session for the next fortnight and then we can start the proper work. On the bright side, we get to go of campus and take photos and hopefully edit them, so I'm looking forward to that. We'll also be keeping a blog of our process on this site, (blogger) which i was glad to hear as I have recently started posted daily blogs. I hope we won't have to use our home emails though as mine is already tied up to this account, and I don't really want my lectures seeing my YouTube because fan made videos are not really professional editing (plus some of the shows I vid can be used against me!) Anyway I bought a season ticket today, (£65.30 for 1 stop!) which is valid for a month, so I can also use it on weekends and save money on travel. It's got my old passport photo though were I have blond hair (I'm now red/brown depending on how my hair feels that day), hopefully I'll still be recognisable in my photo so I can use my travel card, or else I'll have to pay to change the photo! Anyway that's it really.

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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Did more editing on my videos today, I'm looking forward to officially started my media course tomorrow, and hopefully using the macs soon :) Nothing to report today, usual boring dull Sunday, just watched a few old films on 5.

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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It's finally the weekend, which is great as I'm knackered! However I didn't go out today purely because I only have 8 pounds and the train fair costs nearly a fiver so 3 quid would not have got me lunch or lush or Starbucks - and also I'm so tired and I'll be in town again on Monday for college, (yay town!) I also get a lie in so I don't have to be at college till 11.15 which is sooo great especially as I cba on a Monday morning more so than usual. I do end at 4.30 though but oh well. I'm currently working on a doctor/Violet vid for AnamariaSparrow's/ImmortalSparrow's breathless contest and I'm going to spend ages on it to try and get my entry perfect, also it ends at the end of the month so I have plenty of time :)

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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Started my first full day at college (which is a lie as my timetable ended at 1) but we had no lessons today as it was spent showing us around the campus (seriously the media department has its own building!) and just general stuff which you do when you first join schools/colleges. Met a few new people who I like and had lunch with a few. Had to resist to go to lush, especially as I was broke and was starving so I got a McDonald's instead, thankfully the smell from lush was enough. Just found out from my tutor today that there is ANOTHER train strikes (grrrr) so I have to figure out the bus route for next week and I personally don't trust my local bus service for good time keeping. Anyhow, I also have that first day back tired feeling so I had a power nap (basically closed my eyes but didn't sleep) and am trying to finish my book I'm currently reading as I've been reading it for ages and I usually finish a book in 1 - 2 days.

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Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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Videos in progress

This is where I will be posting news about my newly finished/upcoming videos.

Currently working on/some previews:
Ok I am working on more vids than these, but these are the ones I'm focusing on atm so enjoy :)

I'm considering upgrading to the cheapest (so obviously oldest) version of Vegas that offers the masking tool, the 3D alpha bit on your video/image layers and that also has HD rendering.

Viddies:

Anna/Brendon - The Uninvited/Secret smile crossover vid
It has the Uninvited theme but Brendon basically takes on the role of Rachel (more or less) and a bit of the beginning plot to Secret smile is thrown in with Anna having a similar relationship with Brendon to Miranda. Yes, it does lack audio, that's because I uploaded this when I was still indecisive of a song.
Link to vid

Started my media course today

Didn't want anyone to know this until today but I left my last college about a week ago (not by choice) because my courses clashed so luckily I was able to find a new course really quickly and it's a media course which is a field I want to go into so I'm so excited to start - I have my first official day tomorrow and I had a mini (1 hour!) induction day today. I know a few people but my main friend at the college is in a different media group so hopefully I'll meet some cool new people tomorrow. Also the main town (including lush/Starbucks) are within walking distant so I am so excited about that as my last school was in my local area and the village (which only sixth form were allowed into at lunch) lacked EVERYTHING so I'm so happy to be close to 'civilisation' aka shops :) So yes I shall be very broke so I'll need to keep an eye on the cash. Of course being my first day at the college I went to lush and bought a bubble bar and then had a McDonald's with my friend. I also went with my mum to her physiotherapy before college so we went into town to and had a Starbucks (I only had a cake though) - Anyhow I'm hoping to keep this blog more regular - so i may make a post tomorrow! But at the moment I love the course and it has load of mac computers which I'm really excited to use, I'm going to watch a few youtube videos to learn some final cut techniques because who wouldn't if they had the chance to edit on a mac?

Much love
Natalie (aka Itunesbabe)
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