spoilt

Praline Latte

Cosmo, Sticky Toffee, Chocolate&Orange and Orea Cupcakes =)

My bags after 3 hours of shopping

Butterfly necklace - Accessorize

Hmm... don't really see the colour of lipstick used here...

the whole outfit for the night

My day off from work was a relaxing one, first up was a 15 minute back massage which was  required after a weekend of  achy shoulder/neck muscles. A bit of retail therapy followed afterwards and bought a few things for myself and the mister. I still can't decide what to get my person at work for secret santa...

granny squares & shopping

It's about time to do something about my crochet projects and I thought to share about my first 'granny square' that I have made. To my surprise it's quite easy after a few youtube videos and written instructions found in a magazine that I seem to have grown an interest in.It has given me some new stash to play about with and be a little bit more creative with my mini projects which should help me create something for myself.

Final piece put together

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Shopping has always been something I absolutely love doing when I have time but it's more enjoyable with friends. I met up with one today who is a fashionista who keeps telling me that I should buy this and that... I keep saying to myself I won't wear them. All I do is go to work and home. No time to go out to play or to chill. I seen so much that I just wanted to buy but I don't like the prices. Which leads me onto the following story about today.

I bought a pair of boots today. The original price was £36.99... My friend had a 25% friends and family voucher.. I thought cool so I would get roughly £10 off which is still a good price to pay. I went up to the till handed over the voucher so that I would get the discount on the boots. The sales assistant then told me how much it was. I inserted my card into the card reader to pay and thought maybe I heard the amount wrong. The amount showed up before I had to enter my pin number and thought, thats wrong... I wasn't going to question it and carried on with the transaction. The sales assistant handed over my goods and I walked out and said to my friend, I just been charged £13.86 for my boots. She was like REEEAALLY?! I answered I yes but lets check that once we get out of the store. I checked, yes it was correct. I thought the sales entered a wrong promotion code and gave me a 50% discount and a further 25%.  Nope, the sales assistant was right as i remembered from the store's app on my phone had such promotion going on.


I still have my £15 giftcard to use at a jewellers too... I think I will go back and treat myself as thats what this season is all about.. I have done my part to treat others as I posted the gifts today.

indian night and sweet baking

It was time to meet up with M again for dinner. She had the choice of where to go this time since I chose it the last time round. It was my my first time in going to an Indian for dinner and I must say it's a good experience. Enjoy!

Chicken Passanda and Mango Murgh

Mushroom Rice, Nan Bread and Steam Rice

 When the food arrived the waiter advised us that the Mango Murgh was really spicy, which wasn't mentioned in their menu.. I tasted a bit of it just to see and it wasn't even in the slightest. =)

We went home afterwards and I felt as though the meal wasn't 'complete'. Don't get me wrong I was full from the meal but there was something missing - a pudding! I had palnned to bake yesterday and I had the ingredients at home waiting for me already. 

Chocolate Cupcakes with Roses/M&M's

Red Roses

Rainbow M&M's

Thoroughly enjoyed making these last night. I can safely say that they are tasty and not too sweet. Do not be fooled by the flavours, it is just right.

a day away...

I spent 6 hours in Edinburgh and here are a few photos of the day. The most important thing about this trip was to meet and catch up with my dearest friend. =)

I knew I was going to be a bit bored on the train. Hence some black wool and a crochet hook....

8 legs to make a wee animal

This is what I had for lunch when I arrived... Chicken burger with Fries...

 Some cupcakes to round of our meal from Bibi's Bakery.

Vanilla and Malteaser (left) and Chocolate Cheesecake (right)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bibi's Bakery window display

 It was wind and rain when I left Aberdeen and Scotlands capital city welcomed me with blue and sunny sky with warmth. =)

Penny and I

Those cupcakes has inspired me to make some of my own very soon. Watch out for it in this space.

a weekend away...

To end my week of holidays I headed down south to see two friends. =) very relaxing but the driving around the city stressed me out. I think it's cos I don't know the roads that well and not used to going onto a motorway to get to one side of the city to the other. Anyways that is my rant... here are some photos..

A simple top from Primark....

Thanks C and V for a nice girly weekend. It was great to catch up with you both. =)

baking afternoon

Well after a nice evening in last night, why not have a nice day in too after running a few errands... I had to wait for an engineer to come along to fix the heating so I decided to use up some scrap to bake something yummy! 

 Just a few simple ingredients can turn into this

Doesn't look all that yummy just now... haha!!How about when it's in the oven?

I can't wait to try one once it's done.. 

There we are some very tasty looking chocolate biscuits there... It amazes me how little and simple of ingredients can turn into something that looks so indulgent. 

Please don't drool onto your keyboard. =) I won't be held responsible for that.

Now it's time to get ready to go out for a meal with M.

a day out....

This is my forth day of my holidays... I decided to have a very long lie in this morning... 12.30pm. =)

outfit for the day...

Went to do a bit of shopping and tried on a few things too.. not too sure if it's ok to take photos in fitting rooms but never mind I did it and haven't got into trouble yet...

pink lacy dress

After a shop around I took my friend home and headed to the supermarket to get some mushrooms and brussel sprouts for dinner tonight... Mushroom Risotto with Brussel Sprouts on the side. 

improvised mushroom risotto with brussel sprout

Thoroughly enjoyed my day out and a quiet evening in doing a bit of tidying up in the room and end up with 2 large bags full of clothes and toys...