Aloha! Sorry I've been rather quiet the last couple of weeks! Last weekend was so busy I just couldn't find the time to write up any posts! Here is what I've been up to for the last 2 weeks!

Last weekend we had an afternoon out in Edinburgh which we hadn't done for ages! It wouldn't be a trip into Edinburgh without a Pinto so we had to stop in there for lunch! I got my usual spicy shredded beef burrito and 2 margaritas! If you've never been to Pinto before you are 100% missing out!

Sunday was Mother's Day so we spent the day visiting both of our mums. We had Chinese takeaway at my mum's house and I got to spend time with my baby Smudge! I'm looking forward to Smudge moving in with me for a month at the end of the year when my family go to Australia! Mikey will be in the spare room ha ha!

This week was very busy at work and was full of meetings for some reason! I've hardly been at my desk! I was off on Friday but we had a department night out so I went into Edinburgh to meet everyone for that! It was actually a really good night! We went to a little cocktail bar which I hadn't been to before where I got this cocktail served in a lightbulb! It was a cross between a whiskey and a margarita and it was really good!

Yesterday we had another date night! We went and played crazy golf (review coming up this week), then went to pizza express for a tasty meal! This honeycomb cream slice was so tasty!

Today is going to be spent cleaning, cooking and catching up on everything I've neglected the last few weeks! 

Have a fab week!

xxxx

Lifestyle | TheSundayPost - 14th February

Aloha & Happy Valentines Day!

I hope you've all been spoilt by your significant others today.

Of course, love should be expressed every day, not just today!

As usual, here is what I've been up to this week through my iphone camera!

I decided to try some different recipes this week because we've been eating the same meals for the last few weeks and it was getting a bit boring! I started the week by making these chicken schnitzels! They were pretty yummy and got a big thumbs up from Mikey!

I'll share the recipe on here soon!

Tuesday was pancake day! We try not to eat too much junk Monday to Friday so I tried to make semi healthy pancakes. I obviously made my own batter from scratch! None of your betty crocker shaker bottles here thank you very much! I then sliced bananas and sprinkled some blueberries, sugar and a drizzle of syrup. They were delicious!

I was off work on Friday as I had a hospital appointment in the morning. Thankfully my knee is not as serious as first thought. It turns out my knee cap is away off centre. I'm going to start a course of physio to see if it improves. Because I don't need an operation (yet), Mikey and I had a couple of drinks after he finished work. 

Then I met up with the girls from my work as one of them was having a leaving do. It was a good night. I've not been out in town for ages as I have to drive to work and it's a pain to take the car home then go back out on a Friday night!

On Saturday, Mikey had an all day class at uni so I spent the day cooking up a storm in the kitchen! I made this tasty beef keema which went down great! 

I also made these red velvet macaroons as a valentine's treat! They didn't last long! Let me know in the comments below if you'd like me to post the recipe! 

Today was valentine's day and we spent it in our PJ's watching rubbish on Netflix and eating! We ordered a chinese as a treat. I don't think we've had a takeaway since October!

Finally, this was in my fortune cookie from the Chinese. I can dream right?!

Have a fabulous week! I'm counting down to the weekend already!

xxxx

TheSundayPost - 10th January 2016

Aloha! Wow, it's the 10th January already!

This post is a little late going up this week. It's been a crazy busy week, unfortunately containing nothing fun!

Here is what I've been up to!

On Tuesday I went back to work after a lovely Christmas break! Monday was the all important extra Scottish bank holiday so I spent it wisely (sale shopping!) Work has been crazy this week as I've now got only 3 weeks to get all my client's tax returns complete and submitted. It's gonna be a long haul!

On Friday night we saw our first proper snow of the winter! It was totally unexpected!

Mikey was out so I spent the night in my cosy PJ's, eating chocolate and colour coding my work to-do list. Wild!

On Saturday we went for a little walk as I had not been feeling too great in the morning (probably the chocolate!) I took this picture looking over from our street to Bathgate town centre. It wasn't until I looked twice that I noticed the swan in the bottom right of the picture! It was doing a good job of blending in with the snow! We stopped for a coffee on our way back, and bought some tasty treats from the butcher (including some Stornoway black pudding, which is apparently now a super food!)

Sorry there wasn't very many posts from me this week.

You can see what I got in my blogger secret santa HERE. 

Things are likely to be quite quiet here throughout the month of January, as work is expected to be manic. I do have some posts scheduled for next week though so hopefully I'll manage to blog at least once a week!

Have a great week!

xxxx

TheSundayPost | 3rd January 2016

Aloha! Welcome to my first Sunday Post of 2016!

You might have noticed that my blog has had a little makeover to freshen it up for the new year!

This week has been quite busy as my uncle and cousin were here from Norwich so we've been out and about a lot more than usual! Here's what we've been up to!

1 & 2 - We went into Edinburgh and spent a day wandering around the winter wonderland! I finally got a shot on the big wheel and the star flyer! Just as well I'm not scared of heights! Afterwards, we went to Tony Macaroni for lunch. It's well worth a visit! I had shared a Hawaiian pizza and a spaghetti carbonara with my mum and it was delicious!

3 - We had a day's shopping in Livingston where I managed to get my hands on the first of many bags of mini eggs! These are my weakness at this time of year. I could eat them all day!

4 - I baked some yummy salted caramel and peanut butter brownies. It was a test run for my stand mixer, which I have to say, performed very well! I'll share the recipe on here soon!

5 - I got me some new bed sheets for the new year! I had some vouchers for Primark for Christmas (haul coming soon), and decided I needed to get some fresh bedding. This tartan duvet cover set was only £13 for a king size set and it goes really well with my bedroom theme!

6 - The new year has begun! We didn't do anything this hogmanay, except sit in, have a nice meal, and enjoy some alcoholic beverages! Someone was setting off these fireworks in the park opposite our house as the clock struck 12! 

7 - Smudge was my first footer (kind of). Because face-timing a cat is normal.

8 - I met my auntie's new puppy! He's a cross between a Chinese puffball and a shitzu and he is just adorable! His name is Frankie because he arrived at my auntie's house right in the middle of Storm Frank! I need one!

So that has been about it for this week! 

Here's some posts you might have missed this week:

What I got for Christmas

Boxing Day Sale Haul

My Year in Review | 2015

Hello 2016!

xxxx

TheSundayPost - 29th November

Aloha! Wow it's the end of November already! I know I say this all the time, but I have no idea where this year has gone!

Here is what I've been up to this week!

1 - Drinking hot chocolate and scheduling posts! I'm going to be taking part in Blogmas this year so I've been super busy thinking up ideas for posts! This will be a huge challenge for me as I am not the most regular of bloggers and I find it hard to blog when I'm working full time too!

2 - I don't get paid until tomorrow so money has been pretty tight this week! Of course, that also meant I couldn't full embrace the Black Friday sales. I did manage to pick up a few things which Mikey kindly lent me the money for!

3 - I had been going on all week about really wanting a burrito from a local Mexican street food place called Pinto. (I blogged about it here.) Mikey surprised me on Friday night by bringing one home for me! It was soooo good!

4 - I bought allll the wedding magazines. I genuinely think I have an obsession with them. I have to buy one whenever a new issue comes out! I've been cutting out all the pictures I like and adding them to my scrapbook, which I'm going to blog about soon!

So that is about it for this week! I'm away to put up my Christmas tree now! I know it's not quite December yet, but there's nothing wrong with spreading some christmas cheer!

xxxx

TheSundayPost - 22nd November

Aloha! Another week over, another week closer to Christmas! I can't believe it's now less than 5 weeks away!

Here's my summary of this week!

1 - The weather has been so miserable this week. It's been cold, wet and windy almost all week! Coupled with it being dark by 4pm, I've not been outside much!

2 - Cuddles with Smudge have been had. I'm starting to notice him ageing a lot more recently. He's not able to jump up on the sofa as easy anymore. Sad times :( 

3 - My dad is away to Florida on a golfing trip for his brother's 50th birthday so on Thursday night he took us out for a bite to eat at Pizza Express. I tried their new christmas starter, smoked salmon rillette. It was delicious! Then I had my usual choice of pizza, the pollo ad astra on a romana base!

My dad has been sent to Florida with a shopping list for christmas presents so hopefully he manages to find the things I've asked for!

4 - Saturday night, the weather was rubbish again so we decided to have a night in with telly and food. We got some steaks from the local butcher and I made a spicy chipotle sauce to go with them. Then afterwards we toasted marshmallows and enjoyed a few beers whilst watching X Factor, I'm a Celebrity and The Jonathan Ross Show. Sometimes it's nice to just relax at home rather than go out in the cold!

That's it for this week. Now we go into the last full week in November! Scary stuff!

xxxx

TheSundayPost - 18th October

Aloha! I can't believe it's Sunday evening already! Where has this weekend gone?!

So here is what I've been up to this week.

1 - This picture sums up this week pretty well. I've been dreaming of better things most of this week, mostly wedding related. Things are slowly but surely coming along on the wedding front. We viewed another venue on Saturday, which I'm pretty enthusiastic about. Hopefully we will settle on a venue soon!

2 & 3 - This week we celebrated 11 years of happiness and purrs with my little furbaby Smudge. It's crazy to think it was so long ago that we took him home with us after he had been abandoned in a forest. To celebrate his 11th adoptiversary, I bought him his favourite food and special cat milk, and wrapped them up for him. Needless to say he's scoffed the lot now! 

4 - I just love Autumn time. The colours are just my favourite. And the fact I can get my layers and cosy boots out again makes me very happy. 

So that's about it for this week! Now it's time to get prepared for another work week. I'm pretty sure I'm in need of a week off now!

Have a fabulous week!

xxxx

TheSundayPost - 16th August

Aloha! As usual here is my roundup of what I've been up to this week!

1 - I went to Home Bargains again...I'm loving how easy it's becoming to get hold of American candy! I've had an obsession with it for years!

2 - As it's the Edinburgh Festival, lots of my English family have been up visiting! This photo was taken on Thursday when we all met up at the apartment they were renting for the week!

3 - On Saturday I decided to bake a lemon drizzle cake instead of tidying my house. I feel I made the better choice.

4 - I also had my hair darkened down a bit! The blonde was becoming too high maintenance!

1 - We treated ourselves to our first takeaway in ages this weekend! It was gooood!

2 - And for the first time in many years, I got a fortune cookie with my meal!

3 - Mikey bought me presents! Of course they were Yankee related! And cakes. I love cakes!

4 - And because it was such a lovely day, we went for a lovely walk today. I saw my swan friends. The babies are getting so big!

That's been it for this week! Next week will probably be rather quiet! 

Have a lovely week everyone!

TheSundayPost - 2nd August

Aloha! It's that time of the week again - Sunday Post time! 

Here is what I've been up to this week! 

1 - I nipped into Primark to buy 'a few new things for work'. £45 later and I had a full bag, including these amazing Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Pj's! I've been after short Pj's for ages as my bedroom is so hot! (I think it's because the hot water tank is in the cupboard through the wall). 

2 & 3 - I received my first muscle food order this week! So far I've really enjoyed everything! If you don't know who Muscle Food are, go check them out. They sell lean meats delivered to your door for amazing prices. Full blog post coming soon on this! 

4 - It was my mum's birthday on Wednesday, so this called for another Cuckoo's Bakery cake! This time a retro sweetie cupcake. It was delicious, as always! 

5 & 6 - Friday was my last day at my job, before I move on to my trainee accounts job tomorrow! This called for a gallon of cocktails at lunch, obviously. I also received some wonderful presents from my colleagues, which I am super grateful for!

1 - Just a picture of a Yankee Candle car jar. Obviously. 

2 - On Saturday, I finally got a keratin blow dry on my overpowering mane of hair! So far it's been amazing. My hair is silky smooth! 

3 - It wouldn't be me without instagramming some food! This was my peri peri chicken and stir fried noodles, made using my Muscle Food chicken breasts! Look how big they are! 

4 - This was part of my leaving present! My colleagues know me well!

5 & 6 - And finally, today I was attending an amazing blogger event in Glasgow, hosted by the amazing Charlotte at Colours & Carousels! I had a great time, full blog post to come! 

So now the Sunday dread has begun as I prepare to get ready for the working week again! Only this week, it's really Sunday nerves as I start something completely new tomorrow! Fingers crossed I settle in well! 

Have a wonderful week everyone! 

xxxx 

TheSundayPost - 26th July

Aloha! Once again it's time for a Sunday Post! Where do the weeks go?! 

This week has actually been quite busy! So here is what I've been up to!

1- Monday brought the usual dread of having to go to work after a lazy weekend! Honestly, I don't think I'll ever enjoy Mondays! 

2- I got these flowers for a bargain 13p on Monday night though! I love a Tesco bargain!

3- On Tuesday it was my 23rd Birthday! Unfortunately I was at work, but I still had a nice day (once I left work haha!)

4- Meet Eric! He's my sponsor cat which Mikey set up for my birthday! We can't have a cat in our flat until we buy our own place so I'm paying for Eric's place in a shelter until he finds a forever home! #goodkarma

5 & 6 - Mmmm Cuckoo's Bakery! My mum bought me this banana and salted caramel cupcake as my birthday cake! It was hands down the best cake I've ever had. If you live in Edinburgh, you will find Cuckoo's on Dundas Street & in their new shop in Bruntsfield!

1- Birthday dinner! My birthday decided to fall before payday (helpful) so we had an austerity dinner and made our own Nando's! I have to say it was pretty authentic! 

2 - On Wednesday night I decided to go spend some of my birthday money! I was in desperate need of some new make up and decided to try the benefit counter! After a mini makeover, I decided to take the plunge and buy Porefessional & Hello Flawless! 

3- The rest of the week was a bit uneventful, so I was glad to see Friday (who doesn't love Friday?!)

4 - I was in Tesco (again) after work on Friday, and spied these in the frozen aisle! Who else remembers Maxibons! I was so delighted I bought 2 boxes which between the 2 of us we have demolished over the weekend! 

5 - Yup, more chocolate. This is a Reese's peanut butter Krispy Kreme doughnut! It was pretty delicious. 

6 - And finally, yesterday was National Tequila Day! We all know how obsessed with Mexico I am, so I had to celebrate with a bottle of tequila flavoured beer (or 4)! 

And now it's Sunday, the weekend is almost over and I'm preparing to go back to work tomorrow for my final week before I move on to my new challenge! 

Have a wonderful week! 

xxxx

TheSundayPost - 18th July

Aloha! I've been rather quiet again this week, for some reason I feel exhausted! Anyway, here is what I've been up to this week! 

I've been at work all week (boring!), so I treated myself to this hugeeee slice of chocolate tray bake. I'm not sure I'm cut out for this working full time malarkey! 

It is my birthday next week, but I'm working on the day so we've been celebrating this weekend! On Saturday we went to my all time favourite place, Pinto! I got an absolute feast! It was sooooo good! It's a must visit if you are in Edinburgh or Glasgow!

After our afternoon out in town, we went back to my mums house where she was having a few people over for drinks. Here is Smudge protecting his bottle of prosecco from any unwanted paws! 

Today I am nursing a slight hangover! Mikey is away golfing so I'm chilling out in Costa with a coffee, magazine, and a huge bit of carrot cake! I'm currently trying to build a short list of venues for our wedding, so if you know of anywhere good in Central Scotland give me a shout! 

Have a great week everyone! 

Xxx