ohgoshem

snowboarder, sailor, rum lover & amatur photographer!

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name:

Emma

location:

Leeds, UK

gear:

Canon 400d. Holga. Panasonic FX40. Fuji Mini Instax. HTC Hero Phone Cam. Canon 100f 35mm.

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Jim's been here since Thursday night, but he went home this morning. :(

Just as i went to get into bed i found a little note on one of my moo cards tucked inside my sheets. 

xoxo
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Flowers in the market.
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Tonight was dinner at Neon Cactus with Sarah. Ummmm. Burretos and gossip. 
Now I have to record my blog post for the experts meeting tomorrow. Not looking forwards to this!

Taken on my phone.
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The sun flare on the walk to work Friday morning. 

So, friday night was the office xmas do. One word - carnage. 
We had a murder mystery night in the Met hotel. I have no idea who won or who the murderer was, but i know i drank a load of wine and sambucca and woke up with the worst hangover on saturday! ugh. 

(taken on my phone cam)
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So, this is kind of cheating as i took this the other day, not saturday when 
There were some goths by the office throwing this umbrella about. I thought it looked kind of cool.


To be honest i was too hungover to get of bed until late on saturday, and then i had to rush clean the house and to get the train to Sheffield to see the boy. 
We ended up at the pub in the end, and i experienced my first lock-in. it was no where as much fun as i thought it would be. Maybe the <a href='http://open.spotify.com/track/4zFKDk0u78R6EiuFtiJcXA'>bluetones</a>
ruined it for me? I got so confused when at 2.30 we were locked in the pub.
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A sunday sans hangover (thanks to saturdays!) 
Up early to get back to Leeds to meet my parents. Then lunch at Arts Cafe, a wander round the christmas market, and visit to my house.
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Sunset over the Christmas lights. 

Jim stayed over tonight after working in York. We had loads of work to do though, so we emailed from bed and chilled out.
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Does it ever not rain?

Jim was over again, we were off out for  dinner, but they were giving out wan chai feri kits in town, so we had that instead, watched the f-word and flashforwards.
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I have been doing some arts and crafts for christmas. 
felt gingerbread men. 
Someone ate a little bit though.  

On a totally different note; took a super late lunch because of meetings and wandered past Ian Brown, Bez and Shaun Rider by the Corn Exchange. Random. So gutted that i didn't have my camera on me. :(
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It was Jim and my first anniversary, so he bought us some champers, then we headed into town for drinks at Plug. 
Fun times.
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Today i had a little trip into sheffield. Just to look. Maybe see if there was anything i should buy for gifts. 
On the christmas market i saw these.
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Back in to Sheffield for some of the gifts i ummmmed and arrrrrr'd about yesterday. 

There is this big wheel in the city centre. It looks so pretty at night when its all lit up - thats the next mission - night time shots! 

We also said goodbye to no 29, SVC - jonny moves out this weekend. Funtimes have been had there!
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Molly {my brothers dog} doesn't appear to be a huge fan of christmas! 
But this image is going to make the best Christmas card for my brother.
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My brother went to New York the other week. I asked for a few goodies - mostly Stila. 
Whilst he didn't get me everything i asked for (Abercrombie 8) he did pick up this super cute lipgloss set in Sephora.
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Wrapping is almost all done. There are just a few things I am waiting for from Amazon, and the obvious pile of gifts my brother will leave in my room for me to wrap for the parents. 

Its starting to feel more like Christmas......
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The merry-go-round at the german market on my way home.
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wooooooooohooooooooooo. 
we have snow. 
although, give it a few hrs and it'll all be slush. :(
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Sunrise over a snowy Leeds. 

Work, then a surprise 30th birthday party for Jim's friend in Sheffield. 
Fun night, although we were in the same room as some shocking christmas 'dos'. Lots of old man dancing.....
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More snow. 

A day of buying birthday cards for the joint birthdays of my mum and Lucie on the 22nd, and then over to Manchester for an early Christmas dinner with Jim's mum, and family. much fun had with delicious food, balloon hats and party games! Oh, and wine!
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More snow. 
This time the other side of the pennines, in Manchester. 
Woke up late, had breakfast with Jim's family and then headed to Didsbury to see Lucie for a little catch up. 
The snow didn't stop falling though and they shut all the roads back to sheffield, so we spent the night with a takeaway at Jim's sisters.
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After getting snowed in in Manchester we finally managed to get back to Sheffield. 
Jim wouldn't let me shoot and drive, so I gave him the camera -mostly to take his mind off my driving. 
You can see ther rest of the pics he took <a href=' http://www.flickr.com/photos/oh_gosh/sets/72157622921926579/ '>here</a>
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I made biscuits as little extra gifts for my friends. 

Packaged them in these cute white boxes and embellished with some ace little pieces I found and adapted from eat.drink.chic and bakers twine. 

Hoping they like them.
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Last day of work for 12 days today. 
Had a wonderful catch up with Katie this afternoon, before the obligatory trip to 'the banner'for christmas eve drinks. 
Took maybe the most random photo of 2009 - in the womans loos, on the windowledge, a pork pie! i know......
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Look what i arrived home to on Christmas morning......my dad built this reindeer....i love the little sprig for a tail!
Had a wonderful day at home with my parents, some lovely gifts, including a digital photoframe, some camera goodies, and a dancing ipod dock! And Jim bought me a beautiful Thomas Sabo bracelet. I love it.
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I bought Jim DJ Hero for christmas......a mistake you say? mmmmmm. maybe.
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I made a snowflake shaped filter for my camera - it works so much better with the fiddy then with a normal lens.
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Its been a christmas of going from glorious sunny, icy days and dull fogginess.
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We have been dog sitting our friends dog in sheffield, marley. 
He's a some what mental 2year old, but is uber cute.....
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The obligatory lift photo on the way to Tom's for the new years party.
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