I wish I wish

Happy Thursday my pretties :) I am so extremely happy it is Thursday eve, I like this time of the week. Have had a pretty bland/stressful week this far, consisting of editing my portfolio website and applying for jobs. Still no luck with the latter.

This leads me on to Day 11 of my 30 day challenge - What you want more than anything right now.

I am currently wishing for a job that I am passionate about, in London. I don't think this is too big a wish, its achievable so I just need to push that little bit harder. I am hoping that I will look back at this blog post in October and be happy living and working in London.

There are many other things I could wish for that I would love, like a new car or a super dooper holiday, but for now a job will do :)

As a pick me up, Jody took me to a lovely restaurant this evening in Milton Keynes called Turtle Bay. I was a bit hesitant at first as there was a Nando's right next door, usually I wouldn't dare cheat on my beloved peri peri peri chicken. Tonight I did, for some beautiful jerk chicken.

Turtle Bay is a caribbean restaurant where they aim to 'capture the Caribbean island vibe by serving up exceptional, authentic dishes in an environment inspired by the love of laid-back living'. Ooooo it was so tasty. Jerk chicken with sweet potato mash and coleslaw, and then chocolate pie with ice cream for desert. I could eat it all again nom nom. I think there are only a handful of the restaurants around, but you must check it out if you pass one, I will most definitely be returning.

 Much loves

Stranger...

Haven't been on here for quite awhile, have a lot going on that has left me with no energy ..emotionally and physically, but power through I will. My mum has been going through a hard time recently, her mum (my nana) has been very ill so have been staying with her for awhile. This made Mothers day on Sunday quite a difficult time. We went out for lunch but were all very emotional so as a little brightener I made my mum some little cupcakes..I know they are only cupcakes, but any way to brighten up her day...

There are much prettier cupcakes out there, but believe it or not, this was my first time making cakes. I have never been that keen on cooking as I'm a bit of a disaster in the kitchen. But, I have decided to start learning. I have lived away from home for 5 years, I can cook, but nothing brilliant. Anyone know of any good cook books/recipes out there!?

Moving on to happier times..

I returned to my flat last night after some time away to find a lovely package waiting for me. As I mentioned in the post before this, I won Dee's 12+ giveaway :) You can find her on Twitter and also check out her blog. It came with a lovely little note, Im a big lover of notes, little personal touches.. Doesn't take a lot of effort, but the thought goes a long way in my eyes..

Girlz only  'Party Nights' Dry Shampoo
Creightons 'Perfect Red' Extra Moisturising Shampoo
Essence 'Glossy Lipgloss' in Berry Sorbet
Essence Black and White Nail Fashion Stickers
Catrice Mineral Soft Powder Rouge in 130 Light Burgundy
Essence Colour and Go in 27 No More Drama
Essence Colour and Go in 26 Break Through

So far I have yet to try anything but the dry shampoo, which has come at a perfect time.. I have been all over the place in the past week so it has come in handy :) I look forward to trying everything else as soon as I have time, especially the lipgloss which smells good enough to eat.

Thank you again Dee :)

Also thinking of doing a small giveaway when I hit 25 followers, have seen some great ones on other peoples blogs and would really like to give something back.




Much love

Wonderful Weekend

Hello therreeee :) Can't believe its the end of the weekend already, but what a weekend its been!!!

Friday

It all started with a lovely evening out with the boy and some friends on Friday. This began at Nandos, which you will come to learn is my favourite eatery :) There are three Nandos in Nottingham and I try to alternate to hide how many times I actually go, but all of the staff recognise me... bad sign?  We then went on to see the film 'Paul' with which we made a serious mistake in regards to timing. Due to the film being out for a few weeks we thought it would be safe to go into the film a few minutes late, to allow for trailers, wrong move!! We were sat two rows from the front, so no surprise that we all left the cinema with bad necks and sore eyes...but good film :)

Saturday

First thing Saturday we drove to the Nottingham Belfry hotel for a spa weekend (my belated birthday pressie from the boy :D ). We had our treatments as soon as we arrived, a facial and back/neck massage... A MMMAAAAAZZZZINGGG!!! The lady used so many different products on my face that left it feeling so soft and fresh that I enquired about prices, at £58+ an item I decided to have a think about it.

I could definitely get used to spa treatments, I didn't want it to end! We then had lunch at the hotel which was home-made mushroom soup and then chicken wraps...scrummy!! Was a litte shocked to see it was two courses (three if you paid a little extra) but I managed to fit it all in. It was then around 2 o'clock so we were allowed to check into our room, or shall I say suite. With our very own living room, four poster bed, TV in the bathroom and two sinks... I could of lived there!

Cracked open the wine and had a glass whilst watching a bit of TV and then it was off to the Spa. The spa had a gym, jacuzzi, steam room, sauna and swimming pool. After spending a couple of hours in the spa it was back to the suite to get ready for our evening meal (also managed to fit in a glass of wine whilst watching American Idol :) ) Is it me or can everyone on that programme sing better than anyone we have had on XFactor?!?

Dinner was immense, it tasted so good and the presentation was perfect!! I again had home-made soup to start, this time of the tomato variety. For my main I had Cajun chicken with salsa, sour cream, rocket and new potatoes... served on a slate, but still tasted awesome. Desert was treacle tart with fresh fruit but check out Jody's desert.. 'Egg and soldiers' - Pana cotta and shortbread fingers. They even had lion stamps on the eggs to make them look realistic... very odd but very cool.

I soooo did not want to leave the hotel this morning :( But as of 11 it was indeed back to reality.

Got home, had my car washed and now its One Tree Hill, a few glasses of wine and Revels :)

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend