Birthday Time!

Hi all!

It was my birthday last weekend so posts the last week have been a little thin on the ground...it was lovely to have a long weekend for it and I had something planned every day which was really nice.

It was overall quite a quiet weekend but to be honest I'm getting to the age where using a long weekend to see friends and catch up on sleep and good food is the best kind of weekend!

First me and M had an afternoon tea session at Celtic Manor which was amazing as you would expect. It was the Chocolate Afternoon Tea which is available until the 19th of June - we will definitely be writing a full post on this as it is beautiful! Here's a few snaps to show you how amazing:

After that we just about made it through the front door, and had a girly evening in with face masks, tan and some prosecco to celebrate! It was a lovely evening, and M even made some Captain America cookies for me, how cute and clever are these??

After this we had a very civilised night out with yummy cocktails and a cheeky McDonalds which was really nice as we haven't been out for a while.

I also had a lovely meal with my family at Wahaca, me and my dad shared the Wahaca Selection which was lush to try so many different things and I washed it down with a Mexican hot chocolate which is dairy free. It was an interesting taste and I'd order it again but it's quite bitter so hard to finish the whole thing.

I had some amazing gifts from friends and family. My brother bought me a sushi making kit which I can't wait to try out and also a selection box from T2 tea who have some crazy loose leaf tea flavours such as Caramel Brownie and Choc Chip Chai.

M got me a lush Origins set with my favourite products in and a pre order of the Harry Potter and the Cursed child - who isn't excited for that!!
I also had another Barnes and Noble classic book to add to my book shelf. I'm getting quite a collection together now and can't wait to get as many as I can!

I also had some vouchers so I went shopping on the weekend and bought the Naked 2 palette which I have wanted for ages and also some stuff from Lush too!

It was a really nice weekend and it was a shock to go back to work last week!

I've been struggling ever since and now I'm away with work so am feeling all over the place, looking forward to getting back to normality and joining my new gym permanently when I get back.

What have you been up to lately? I have so many posts to catch up on and so much to share with you!

L xxx

Saturday Night In

As I'm currently still writing my dissertation (almost finished woo!) me and M decided to have a girly night in and pig out.

M is the master baker and I pride myself on my ability to eat large amounts of cake, so was SO excited when she suggested she'd make us an Oreo cupcake.

Just look at this!

It was amazing, and covered in Oreo flavoured whipped cream....yum!

We also decided to get a bit creative and have a go at making sushi...I thought it was going to be a bit disastrous but actually it wasn't too bad.

First you boil the rice for 10 minutes and leave to cool for 30 mins before adding the vinegar.

Then you spread it out over the seaweed and place on your fillings before rolling it:

This one is tuna and red peppers and the one below is salmon, cream cheese and red peppers!

This is what they looked like sliced up...the ends were not quite so easy to keep in one piece though!

We think a sharper knife would have made it a bit easier.

Then as always we proceeded to paint our nails and watch X factor (standard Saturday night viewing!)

I borrowed one of M's indigo coloured No7 nail polishes and then applied my new Technic nail polish, the one that's a dupe for OPI Rainbow Connection.

Here's what they turned out like:

One coat above, and two coats below:

I love how glittery it is!! 

Some of you may be thinking that sushi and a bit of cake isn't really a pig out night.

This is a picture of the table where the rest of the food we ate was:

Hahaaaaaa! Cheese, bread, olives, tortilla chips, dips.....yummyyyyyyy!!

I was loving it last night and ate my body weight in food but today I feel hungover as I'm not used to eating fatty stuff with being on a health kick.

Was a great night but I'm currently not appreciating how much I ate!

How do you spend your Saturday nights in? 

M also gave me a mini fashion show as we're having a BIG night out next week, I'm sure there will be a post with our hair/makeup/clothes that we wear!

Do you enjoy these kind of posts?

We love being nosy into other peoples weekend antics!

L and M xxx