Birthday weekend in London - Day #1

So, I'm now 21!

Wow, where is time going!? When I was a little girl imagining my life, 21 seemed like such a long way away and such an old age. In my head I would be married with a job and a house and a baby by the time I was 21 and here I actually am, still having to ask my flat mate to help me iron some of my more difficult dresses! It's crazy that I'm in my final year of university and I'm thinking about whats going to happen next, what I'm going to do with the rest of my life but that I'm still staying up till 2 am singing Steps hits with my best friend and having play fights with my boyfriend. Its scary, thinking about the rest of my life and my career and everything, but I'm also still having a stupid amount of fun. And, to be honest I was really worrying about becoming 21 way more then I should have been. However, it is kind of depressing that my next mile stone birthday is 30 :(

Anyway, for the big 2 1 my mom and dad paid for me and my boyfriend to spend a few nights in London. I love London as I've mentioned once or twice or twelve times, but I'd never spent the night there before, so it was such a wonderful present and I had the best time.

I'm going to do three separate blog posts about my trip to London as they are going to all be pretty picture and word heavy so I'll split them up into different days so it's easier for any one to read and easier for me when I want to pop back here and reminisce about the trip :)

So day 1 was Friday 20th September.

I didn't get too many photo's from this day. We arrived in London at about 1 o'clock and went looking for our hotel. Once we'd checked in, unpacked and spruced ourselves up we headed out to Camden Market. After perusing the stalls, scoffing salt and pepper chicken and rice from our favorite food stall and a quick pit stop back at the hotel to get changed, we headed over to The Lord Raglan pub where were met by Richard Jones to begin our London Ghost walk.

This was the first ghost tour we'd ever been on and it was amazing. Richard was such a good story teller, he was funny and passionate, engaging and interesting and, most importantly to us, truthful. He didn't just tell scary stories, he told stories of fake ghosts who were foiled by Samuel Johnson and showed us famous places for example, where Braveheart was hanged drawn and quartered, the graveyard where the "She - Wolfe" Queen Isabelle is buried, a walk around the wall that the Romans built when they first created their city Londinium and, for Sherlock fans, the hospital where Benedict Cumberbatch jumped from the roof in the last episode. Also, probably my favorite of all, was the stop off at the beautiful St Bartholomew the Great Church, which has been used in many famous films, such as Four Weddings and a Funeral (the church where Hugh Grants marriage that doesn't actually happen is set to take place). Every stop was beautiful and fascinating and after every story Adam and I turned to each other and said "wow!". We were so impressed and for a mere £9 each it was one of the best experiences of  the weekend. Next time we head to London we're going to check out some of Richards other tours of London, I'm particularly interested in the Jack the Ripper tour.

After the hour and 40 minute tour, to settle our grumbling tummy's, we took the tube to London Bridge and made our way to the Garrison Pub for a gorgeous meal. And when I say gorgeous meal, I mean the best meal either of us have ever eaten. Ever. The pub had a wonderful atmosphere, it was loud and buzzing with happy people laughing and chatting away and it was really nice to be surrounded by everyone. But we were also in our own little corner and could still enjoy our own conversations. I'm not sure if that makes sense or if its everyone's cup of tea but we loved it. And the food! It tasted so good neither of us wanted to ever finish what was on our plate. To start we had the the crab (me) and the chicken (Adam) followed by the cod (Adam) and the veal (me) for mains.Just thinking about the food now is making my mouth water and my stomach moan. So I speak for both of us when I say we would definitely recommend the Garrison and would definitely go back again. The staff were super friendly, the atmosphere was great, the food was amazing and the decoration and little touches were so cute. 

What I wore:

Choies dress | Boohoo boots | Topshop socks | Ebay jacket | Charity shop bag

Tiptoe through the tulips with me

Hello guys!

The sun was out, the air was warm and for me that meant one thing... long rambles in the country side with the dogs! Hopefully this isn't the last we see of the sun, it looks like England has finally realised it's spring time and the weather is getting its act into gear.

Firstly on Saturday me and Adam took his dog Lenny for a long walk through the fields and by the river and then on Saturday my family and I took our beautiful border collie Shay to Kingsbury Water Park for the afternoon. I loved both days, especially Sunday. Kingsbury Water Park is a lovely place, particularly on a warm weekend as it is full of families with young children, old couples and dog owners and just has a really wonderful atmosphere, perfect day out when you bring a picnic along!  Unfortunately Shay hurt his leg towards the end of the walk and has been hobbling about on it ever since which, although a little bit funny, is so sad to watch. It should have sorted itself out by tomorrow we're hoping and it doesn't seem to be anything series but the poor little mite has been in the wars a bit recently :( 

Saturday night was also quiz night at the cricket club in the village where Adam lives so Adam, myself, his mom, dad and sister all set up a team. We didn't do too badly, coming a respectable 9th out of 13th (made more respectable by the fact that there was joint seventh, fifth and third meaning we was technically only five spaces behind the winners) but it was a lot of fun and after all it is the taking part that counts not the winning... although if someone could please tell that to my incredibly competitive boyfriend I'd be grateful ;)

I've had a lovely weekend and I hope you all did too! What did you guys get up to?

Song Title | Tiny Tim - Tiptoe Through the Tulips

snap - urday #5: There's a war in my heart getting tired of fighting

 Foundation | MAC Face and Body Bronzer | Benefit Hoola Powder | Calvin Klein Pressed Powder in Camal
 Eyebrows | Natural Collection duo eye shadow in Mocha/Latte  Mascara | Soap and Glory Thick and Fast
Lipstick | MUA shade 2

Shirt | vintage via eBay
Levi's | Cow 

This post is my first ever face of the day! Nothing special, I'm really not very gifted when it comes to make up, but this is my every day look that I go for. I like it because it looks quite natural apart from the lips, which is a look I really like, and its simple and quick to do. Takes me about 20 minutes to get ready in the mornings which is perfect as it means I can roll out of bed as late as possible :)

So this weekend has been pretty meh. I've been so tired. Friday night I didn't sleep at all. I'm trying so hard to sort my sleeping pattern out and I thought having no sleep for 24 hours would result in an early night on Saturday and thus an early morning on Sunday. I was wrong. Whilst I was tired all day Saturday I didn't manage to get to sleep until midnight (early for me but not what I was hoping for) and didn't wake up until half 1! Which meant the plans me and my boyfriend had for visiting Oystermouth Castle went out the window. Hopefully if the weathers nice on Wednesday we'll go then instead. 

On Saturday I had a pretty productive morning, I tidied my room, took photos for a few upcoming blog posts, sorted some things out for Adam's birthday and actually made an effort with my hair, make up and outfit! Me and Adam then went to the Diner I mentioned in this valentines post (our new favourite place to eat), had a pretty huge and filling meal and shuffled back to mine to watch some football. We was both too tired to do anything else so just stayed snuggled in bed listening to my favourite songs (I was being selfish and hogging YouTube).

Today is shaping up to be pretty boring. I'm Skyping my family tonight so I'm really looking forward to that but until then I'm just going to be bored and lonely. All of my friends are either busy with work or at home for the weekend and Adam is playing football. 

This was a pretty moany post but I'm so fed up of being too tired to enjoy things. I just am so desperate to sort my sleeping pattern out and hopefully this month will be the month I finally do it! If anyone has any suggestions please please please let me know!

Also, I'm sorry for the dodgy face photo. I feel so uncomfortable taking photos of my self, I'm really not used to it! The quality of the outfit snap isn't the best either as I had to take it on my iPhone as I've left my camera charger back home in Birmingham.

Title Song | Cider Sky - Where to now