BLOGMAS Day 5: My Christmas Wishlist...

What's Christmas without sharing a bit of what you fancy?! The only list I make for Christmas is for Si, he likes me to write one out so when he's shopping he has ideas of things that I'd like, to go with any surprises he gets for me. If people ask me what I'd like then I tell them something different or tell them something from that list, or they talk to Si about what I'd like that he hasn't already got.

I've asked for bits and bobs like CDs and DVDs but I thought I'd share with you a few of the main things that I would love to receive for Christmas this year. Let me know if you have asked for any of these items too!

1 - This Big Ben Wall Clock sticker set is something that I've had my eye on for a long time! I've just never got round to buying it to be honest so when I was writing up my list for Si, I popped this on there. I just love the concept of it, rather than having a normal wall clock. In our living room we have a feature wall and then the rest of the walls are magnolia so I think it'd be perfect in there. I already know exactly where it'd go! So, it basically comes as four vinyl wall stickers, which each have intricate cut out detailing to reveal the wall behind. It has a 3D clock face, with carved metal hands and an ultra quiet ticking motion. It is 132cm high and requires 1 AA battery. I just love how unique it is. Different sizes and styles are sold all over the Internet but you can get the one I've featured above at I Want One Of Those for £9.99.

2 - I love Lush products but this Turkish Delight Shower Smoothie is my favourite product that they do. It smells AMAZING! I can't even do the smell justice through a blog post, but it lingers, so I always come out of the shower smelling like roses! It contains rich cocoa butter and almond oil so it leaves my skin feeling so soft and supple and it does last. I'd buy this product all the time but the only thing that puts me off is the price. It's £16.95 for a 200g tub, but it's a great gift to ask for if someone wants to spend a little more and buy you something special. My sister said she was going to pick this up for me this year as she was meant to get it for me last year but just never got round to picking it up. So I'll be very grateful if she does :).

3 - I love playing The Sims, so as The Sims 4 PC game is now out, I thought this would be a good gift to ask my dad for. If I receive it, I'm looking forward to trying it out and seeing what's new with the game. Si got me The Sims 3 when it came out and I've had fun playing that. I'm hoping there's a lot more features to keep me interested with the new game as sometimes I can get a little bored after I've made a family, chosen a house and furnished it. I always have the best intentions of progressing with my family though, so it'll be good to start afresh with The Sims 4. You can get this from Argos for £40.99.

4 - Gucci Rush is one of my all time favourite perfumes. I first had it when I was 17/18 and I'm not sure if I bought it for myself or received it as a gift, but I've loved it ever since. My sister asked me what I'd like for Christmas and I mentioned that I've run out of nice perfumes. She knows that I love this perfume so said she'd get it for me. I haven't had it for so long, so I can't wait to wear it over Christmas :). It smells of a mix between florals and spices with notes of bergamot, peony, gardenia, violet, vanilla and patchouli. It is quite a deep, sensual fragrance, I'd definitely recommend giving it a smell next time you're in Boots :). You can get a range of sizes for different prices from Boots.

5 - This Real Techniques Blush Brush is another thing that I mentioned to my sister that I'd like. I only have three Real Techniques brushes, but they are my favourite type of make-up brush to use as they are so soft and provide a flawless finish. I'd love to own the whole collection but out of all the other brushes from the collection, I thought this is the one I'd love to own next. You can get this brush from Feel Unique for £9.99.

6 - I love this Prolex Ceramic Kettle and Teapot In One. It is like a regular kettle but in the shape of a teapot. This specific one is from B&M's for £14.99. This is the first ever design I saw of a teapot kettle and then more recently I saw a similar one in Next. I actually went to a B&M store with Si to purchase this and they didn't have it in stock at that branch but I'd seen it at another branch with my mom a month before, but decided to leave it until a month later as I'd already bought a lot of home furnishings that day. Typical, it's always the way! Anyway, Si said he'd look for one for me for Christmas, so it's on the list! I don't mind if it's this exact design, but I know if Si gets me one, he'll find a good one :). I think this would really stand out in our kitchen and will be something a little bit different, which I love!

What have you asked for this Christmas?

Have you asked for any of the same things as me?

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Thanks so much for reading lovelies!

Gem XxOo

Images courtesy of I Want One Of Those, B&M's, Boots, Feel Unique, Lush and Argos.

Pointless (The Travel Game)...

Me and my Fiance love watching the TV show Pointless. We always have a laugh playing along, so when I was offered the chance to review the Pointless travel game, I was like 'Yeahhh!'.

Courtesy of Wikipedia.

For those of you that aren't familiar with the BBC1 game show, it is hosted by Alexander Armstrong and the concept of the game is that you have to try and think of the most obscure answer rather than the best answer (scoring the most points) to each question you are asked (at some point before the show each question is asked to 100 people and they are given 100 seconds to come up with as many answers as they can - only correct answers are considered) and try to score the lowest number of points. Even better is to get a pointless answer which scores zero.

The full sized board game is also available to purchase, but I got to review the travel version. It is recommended for people of ages 10+ and for 2-4 players or teams. It contains 120 questions, 1 question card holder, 1 'Pointless' pencil, 1 answer and score sheet pad (30 sheets which are double sided) and 1 set of rules.

The game is similar to the TV show in terms of the whole concept of the show, so you have to try and find the lowest scoring answer for each question. The game has many differences to the TV show though in terms of the following:

- You can play with as little as two people if you want to. You don't have to play with solely four teams to start with like the TV show.

- In the TV show there are elimination rounds, before the final two teams with the best scores (the lowest scores) compete in the head to head and the winner of that gets to play in the final. In the travel game, there are no elimination rounds, everyone gets to play all the way through to the end, so no one gets knocked out during play. I suppose if you wanted to play like the TV show you could just adapt the rules.

- Each round is the same and the player or team with the lowest score of each round, gets to go first in the next round. When it comes to the end of the fifth round, the player or team with the most Pointless answers (scoring zero) gets to go first. At the end of the sixth round, the player or team with the overall lowest score wins the game.

- Answers are written down on an answer sheet rather than spoken out loud in turn. The scores (that your answers get) are also written down and recorded on your answer sheet.

- One player is to be chosen to be the question master, but can also play the game.

- The game isn't electronic, the questions and answers are on cards (they are also double sided) within a special card holder (which hides the scores from prying eyes ;)), so the questions and answers to choose from are on view and the scores are only revealed when each card is taken out of the card holder.

- All answers are on the cards to choose from, where as in some rounds on the TV show you have to think of some answers yourself.

Players are advised from the rules card that at least one of the answers could be false on both sets of answers on each card and at least one of the answers could be Pointless on each set. Players can't select an answer given by another player, hence the reasoning behind who goes first in each round. There are two sets of answers for each question, so each player or team gets the chance to answer the same question twice (similar to the TV show, where the two people on each team both get a chance to answer the same question).

The above points are the main ones about the travel game, but the rules card explains all :). You can read more about the TV show Pointless here.

There are a few errors within the travel game, on the game cards. I haven't gone through all the cards but whilst me and Si were playing, we noticed a few things. See if you can see what's wrong with the answer sections of both of these cards before finding out below...

Have you seen what's wrong?

On the first card, Nepal is named twice within the two answer sets. If someone answers Nepal from the first answer set and later the score of 10 is revealed, when the second answer set becomes available to choose from, no one is going to choose Nepal again knowing it isn't a Pointless answer and they will already know the score is 10. There is no point in it being there, so it's got to be an error.

On the second card, Estonia is there twice in the second answer set, the top one has a score of 2 and the one further down has a cross by it meaning that it is apparently an incorrect answer...this made us laugh when we saw it...go figure?! It didn't affect our game because there was only me and Si playing, so we just chose answers around the errors, but if there are a lot of you or a lot of teams then it might be different, especially if the error is on the second set of answers, when you have already answered from the first set. If the number of players or teams matches the amount of answers there is to choose from, then you will probably have to just re-start the round.

I kind of wish it was an electronic version as even the full sized board game isn't electronic. It's still great fun though!

You can buy the game from stockists such as: Argos, Amazon, Smyth's, The Entertainer and Tesco. I have also seen the game being sold on Ebay if you like shopping on there. Not all places sell both the travel game and the full sized game, so you will have to check what they have available. The travel game usually retails for under £10 and the full sized game for under £20. Prices vary for each stockist.

Do you watch Pointless? Is this game something you'd be interested in playing?

Let me know if you have any board games that are television shows!

Thanks for reading!

Gem XxOo

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