Sweet Peas and Shoes: Review/OOTD The Making of Harry Potter

Sometimes you need a little break.

Exam season hit us all pretty hard at the beginning of January, and I was desperate for some time off. Originally I'd planned to just have a meal out with Dan, maybe a little movie evening at his, and then we had a conversation about something we'd planned to do when we first met: do the Warner Brothers Studio Tour.

After a little googling we found a guy on eBay who was selling two tickets for a date that suited us both, and found cheap advance tickets that would get us to Watford and back, so we decided why not. Tickets and travel for us both under £30 can't be bad?!

As a big Harry Potter fan I've been to the studios before but this was Dan's first time so I made sure to drag him round to all my favourite bits. We spent a veeeeery long time in the Great Hall for example, and I was in the queue for butterbeer before he'd even registered we'd got to that part of the tour! Some parts were new though, for example the recently-installed Malfoy Manor set, as featured in The Deathly Hallows Part 1.

It was also technically still Christmas at the Studios - one helpful staff member informed us that they had received so many complaints last year when their Hogwarts in the Snow feature closed after Christmas they decided to run it this year until 1st February - so we also got to experience the Hogwarts Castle model covered in a dusting of snow, which was just beautiful.

Yes, it was a long day but it was worth it, especially for the price we paid - I really do recommend scouting eBay and Gumtree if the price is a little out of your reach, but it would have been more than worth the actual ticket price. A real must for any Harry Potter fan.

Part of my New Year's Resolution this year was to love my body more and so I also filmed a little OOTD to show you exactly what I wore - I opted for my lovely green Slytherin scarf and a snake ring for a little house pride, while keeping the rest of my outfit in monotone black to make my accessories stand out that little bit more. As it was cold I opted for my favourite H&M coat which I found over the summer in a popup vintage store in Brighton - while I wanted the green of my scarf to contrast with my mainly monotone outfit while there, you do tend to get a few odd looks when travelling with a bright Harry Potter scarf so I went with my lovely camel coat to just neutralize the green on the way there and back.