and here....we.....go.

Here it is!! My first ever giveaway!

In honor of my 200th post. 

In which I shall announce the winner. 

This isn't the 200th yet. 

haha. :D 

LE PRIZES:
I'm going to have two sets of prizes so that I can have TWO winners for this giveaway.

Prize #1
"Keep Calm and Carry On" mug & Doctor Who themed socks.
(Dalek & "Bow ties are cool")

Prize #2
Wooden British flag themed box & metal TARDIS keyring

That's right. It's completely British/Doctor Who themed.

I know. It's the best giveaway ever.

anyhow! Rules!!

1) FOLLOW

*No other entries will qualify unless this first one is carried out* 

follow my blog, and leave a comment on this post! 

*anything after that will earn you extra entries for each step!*

2) SHARE

Share a link to this post on your blog, or if you follow but don't actually have a blog then sharing it on your G+ or Facebook will work. :) (leave the link to your post in a comment.)

3) PIN

Follow me on Pinterest and repin the fabulous pin below (Make sure to link it back to my blog!)!! (leave the link to the board you pinned it to in a comment)  

4) FOLLOW

Follow my Instagram (@Music_Nerd_95) and leave a comment on one of my photos mentioning my giveaway! 

5) TWEET

Tweet the link to this post and tag me in it! (@Defying_Stars)

there you go! You can earn up to FIVE entries! 

I plan to announce the winner in TWO weeks.
I'll be picking both names separately and completely at random and I'll let you know which prize you won!

:) I prolly won't be posting between now and then but I'll try to be responding to comments. :)

 Until later, then!
May the odds be ever in your favour.
;)
<3 xx <3

{Rachel}

Allow me to interrupt your Friday with an imprtant announcement:

Really fast wanna announce a giveaway that I'm *extremely* excited over. :D 

The Golden Road blog (epic blog! super adorable and full of BBC loveness. hehe) is hosting a BBC Sherlock blog party and giving away This stuff!!

Isn't that so awesome!? 

I can't wait. 

Why don't you check out that sweet bloggy up there and join us, all you fellow Sherlockians!! <3 <3 <3 

{xx}

source

So....I pretty much had the most amazing weekend ever. 

Photo from Noni

My gorgeous Bestie got to come visit from Wednesday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. We had the greatest time! Ice skating, caffeine, talking, shopping, orchestra, mall walking, people watching, laughing, gushing over our nephew, and plain ol' hanging out is what most of the weekend consisted of. It was so much fun. Seriously though, I'm not very good at ice skating. I prolly would've fallen a million times if Noni hadn't saved my life over and over. ehehe. :)
Anyways, She left Sunday afternoon, like I said. And I miss her like crazy. I can't wait for her to come back again (hopefully for my birthday in a month!).

Photo from Noni
^^Our Skating group!

Photo from Noni
^^ {Us and our pretty Nephew!}

Noni's  post is way better than mine and has more pictures. :) I only stole a few from her....I wish I had taken some. I usually do, but this time it didn't happen. Oh well. Her pictures are pretty, anyways and mine ususally stink. :D <3 

Photo from Noni
*Besties*

Have a fabulous week, people! <3 

{xx}

some fangirlishness and a happy birthday wish

once again, Thanks Sophie, who's blog I took this offfa. xD 

I'm so glad you all participated in this! I'm so excited to answer the questions you requested. 

I *love* Disney, Have for forever. Will continue to for just as long. :D So many of the Disney movies are so timeless. Manymany of them give me the craziest feeling of nostalgia and they bring back so many great memories. Anyways. To you Disney! *raises glass* 

There are a billion of these where I can't choose just one favorite, so bear with me. :D <3

Sophie:

1. I would have to say either Robin Hood the fox or Jack Sparrow. It's a toss up! 

2. Captain Hook!! :D definitely. 

7. Baloo the Bear or Mushu!  

13. Flynn and Rabpunzel are probably my favorite. :D They're SO cute. 

15. Flynn's. ehehe. Yes, His hair is adorable. girl hair: I've always loved Ariel's hair. :) So pretty. 

Caitria:

5. I've got an awful soft spot for Cinderella. My first ever Disney Princess movie. :D <3 I love her. 

9. Enchanted. ;) adorable.

18. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. yupyup. Disney's best movies ever. 

21. Uh, The Caribbean! as far as cartoons go, Neverland. <3

33. My Pirate Medallion that my bestie gave me for Christmas. Or my Captain Jack Sparrow action figure....

Lydia:

7. Oh! Second favorite(see above for first): Either Maximus from Tangled or Timothy Mouse from Dumbo. ^_^ 

15. again. Flynn takes first prize. 

18. Second favorite sequel (see above for first): Bambi II I think. It's precious. 

22. OH! Pirates of the Caribbean!! I have them all on my iPod and listen to them on a regular basis. They're so epic. 

Clair~:

2. Second Fave (see above for first): Cruella DeVille. oh yes. :D 

8. Kronk. Hands down. 

22. Still Pirates of the Caribbean. :D

36. Wonderland. Or the Caribbean.

and Treskie:
2. (Answered this one twice. :D haha)
10. PotC, Peter Pan, Jungle Book, Robin Hood the fox. :D The bestest.
 13. Second Fave (see above for first): Probably Lady and the Tramp. ^_^ <3
35. Any scene where Jack Sparrow is present. ;)
36. Second Fave (See above for first): . NEVERLAND!
37. haha....um...Well. Dory kind of reminds me of myself. :D
 39. That scene at the end of PotC: Dead Man's Chest.....The one where Jack dies...*sniffle* so sad. Plus, THe beginning of Up. And The first time I saw the end of Toy Story 2. ^_^ <3 I love Disney.

There ya have it! :D I thought about just answering them in order but I wanted you to be able to find the answers to the questions that *you* asked easily. :D
Thanks for goin' along with me here! I had so much fun with this one.
<3 <3 <3

Aaaaaaannndddddd
Last but not NEARLY or even close to least
*drum roll*

 Happy Birthday, Thomas William Hiddleston. <3 <3 <3 ^_^

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And with that. I shall leave you.
Have a fantastic remainder of the weekend!

{xx}

Beautiful Things...

There's beauty everywhere.

Don't ever be too busy not to notice it.

<3

{xx}

Stuffz I Love to death.

My Mum laughs at me a lot because I always use phrases like "Cutest I've ever seen, Comfiest I've ever worn, Handsomest In the world, Beautifulest ever made, awesomest on the planet, ect.," :D She's like, "you've seen three of the cutest things you've ever seen in the last 10 minutes." hehe. yeah. I'm like that. Anywho, Here are a few totally frivolous things that I "love absolutely to death" even though I never really would die for most of them. ;) lol.  enjoy! 

Coral Reefs. Never saw one with my own eyes in real life before, but I will. Someday. They're so stunning. I've been fascinated by them for as long as I can remember. 

(yes, I know that's not a real picture. but it's stunning anyways.) 

These movies. BEST EVER MADE!!!!!!! (only I'm not exaggerating here. I really love them more than any other movie ever.) Oh gosh. lol. I just adore them. We watch all of them every year on my birthday. It's been a tradition for....several years now. <3 <3  I'm in love with Captain Jack Sparrow.

pretty much all of that....'cept, I'm not fond of that shirt with this outfit. Maybe with the jacket over it...

mm-hm. Pretty much perfect! ^_^ <3 <3 

This is *so* pretty! I am in love with the idea. 

This picture...just 'cause. It's loverly. 

The Doctor, of course! :D lol. <3 That quote is fantastic too. 

Converse.com. It's amazing. I could spend prolly hours on that site. <3 

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There's zillions more things that I could list, but we won't today 'cause I wanna get some pictures edited and such before I have to get off this computer. <3 

What are some of your favorite things? 

xx

{Rinzlii}

{P.S. the weather today is so beyond gorgeous. I can't even believe it feels like this in AUGUST! it's 69 degrees out and all clouded over and breezy. It's amazing. we have all the a/c off and the windows and doors open. <3 <3 }

{P.P.S. I ws supposed to be off sugar today....but I'm sitting here with piles of pound cake topped with strawberries and cool whip. Could this day get any better??? <3}