Weekly Update!

Bargains and Black Forest Eton Mess!

Weekdays this week were a little slow. I had lunch at Costa on Monday with the girls, and then worked at the pub in the evening where I had my usual pad thai noodles. I got to finish a little earlier than normal as we were really quiet, which was a bonus as I was so tired from the weekend! I didn't do anything on Tuesday, and on Wednesday I was babysitting until 10pm so slept pretty much as soon as I came in. On Thursday I went for a quick coffee at Abi's while Aum played football after school, and then had a nice chilled evening which included a deep hot bath now it's getting so cold during the days!

On Friday I went shopping in Altrincham with my mum, I got some amazing bargains! I got a knitted houndstooth check dress for £10, and a sheer houndstooth check sleeveless blouse dress for £15, both in the River Island sale. In the evening I had my eyebrows dyed again - it's been a revelation! Then I went to a gig and for a night in Manchester (see previous post). 

On Saturday I worked at the pub - my last Saturday shift ever, woop! - and then I went shopping at the Trafford Centre with my mum. I was looking for a nice formal winter coat from somewhere like Karen Millen or French Connection, but I couldn't find one that I really liked. I settled for a pair of citrine coloured skinny jeans from Forever 21 - they are definitely a statement! We had tea at Spud-u-like as we weren't feeling hungry enough for a full meal, and then went home at about half nine as we were both dead on our feet. It is the first Saturday night I'd had in for absolutely ages, but it was actually really nice to just veg out in front of the TV and have an early night - I'm clearly getting old!

Today when I woke up I didn't have anything planned so lay in until 11am, but then I got a text from Tasha asking if I fancied lunch, so I got ready and we drove to the Alderley Grill. 

Although we didn't intend to, we had a full three course meal and wine, and ended up staying for over two hours having a good chatter which was fun. I had asparagus with hollandaise sauce and a poached egg for starter, followed by smoked haddock risotto and then a Black Forest Eton mess which was amazing. It had brownies at the bottom, topped with alcohol soaked cherries, meringue balls, cream, chocolate ice cream and chocolate covered popping candy! Considering I normally end up in bed all day on Sundays with a hangover, it was a pleasant change to get out of the house and enjoy some social interaction!

Weekly Update!

Chatter, Platters and 90s Dancing!

Because I had so much to do after New York I decided to take a full 2 week break from blogging, so there are some things at the back end of last week that I haven't been able to include. Nothing substantial to report, apart from the fact that I now have a lovely new boyfriend (the guy who I went on a date with just before my holiday) and therefore this week my social life has perked up slightly more than usual and been a good mixed bag of pursuits!

The beginning of the week (Mon-Weds) was fairly quiet, I went for coffee and cake with Hannah and Natasha on Monday at Gastronomy in Hale, a lovely little cafe/ wine bar that was much bigger than I expected from the outside. The rest of the time was spent working out, running errands, the usual. I did get chance to dye my hair though, and to pick up a dress that I had the zip mended on ready for a wedding on Saturday.

On Thursday I went with Sam to a pub for a few drinks to celebrate his friends birthday. It was the Sale Sharks rugby team end of season night out, so there were some very interesting fancy dress costumes to look at to keep me entertained! On Friday I went to Emily and Smeed's for a catch up, as it had been ages since I saw either of them. It was nice just to chat and fill them in on what we'd been upto in New York, and the latest on my love life! Afterwards I headed into Hale to meet up with Lydia and Sam for some drinks once she'd finished work. As usual (the three of us are clearly a bad influence on each other) we stayed out until 2am, got horrendously drunk, and ended up back at mine drinking Baileys until silly o'clock in the morning. It was a really fun and spontaneous night though, which is always good fun.

The following morning I obviously felt awful, but somehow managed to get through a six hour shift before getting ready in a massive rush and going to Sam's to go to the wedding of one of his friends. It was certainly a very quiet one, but the group of us that went made it a fun night anyway by getting slightly tipsy and requesting 90s dance routine songs that us girls then performed for the room. We were home at just gone midnight, goosed from the previous nights antics!

Today I've had a really lovely time actually. We met up with Jen and Simmo (the couple we were out with last night) and went for lunch at The Alderley Grill which was really nice. We shared a Mezze platter that had pitta bread, olives, houmous, tzatziki stuffed peppers, vine leaves and other little nibbley bits between the four of us, and then I had a cobb salad with chicken, bacon and blue cheese. Apart from the bacon being a little too crispy for my liking, it was all delicious, and gave us some shelter from the horrible rain that kept up all day. This evening we went to Jen and Simmo's and watched both Kung Fu Panda films, which I really enjoyed having never seen them before. Simmo made us all a lasagne, which we somehow managed to eat despite still being stuffed from lunch and then we went home at ten ready to start another week!