Hen Doo

Recently, I went on a wild weekend for my old housemate Doo's Hen Do.

She is soon to be marrying a marine so there were a few outdoor/army orientated activities.

It was one mass- uni- reunion of all my dearest uni lot from 

The weekend events took place in a beautiful barn conversion just outside of Oxford at Owl Barn. Sleeps up to 12 guests and perfect living area to host some serious pre- drinking and party games.

http://www.staycotswold.com/content.php?p=staycotswold_overview

Best thing about this picture (other than the fact none of us have their eyes shut) is my hot blue KG amelia heels.

London Girls...

Tea and dim sum...

My new favourite places in London dine has got to be ping pong.

If your a fan of green tea- you will love the tied green tea wrapped around jasmine blossoms. I was captivated by the gourmet natural tea selection that they have to offer with fresh flower buds that open up before your eyes.

www.pingpongdimsum.com/

Affordable prices and the restaurant fills up pretty quickly due to the high quality of food and service.

After a hard days shopping for summer dresses- finished the day with a beautiful blueberry and caramel expresso eclaire and a cocktail at sketch

It is worth a wonder to sketch for a quirky early evening cocktail- cream tea or evening meal.

http://www.sketch.uk.com/

Summer mad

As this weather is so incredibly hot, all I want to do is sit around eating calippo's and drinking smoothies. The best thing about summer is the summer fruit.

Mid morning smoothies are going down a treat.
Any fruit that I have in the fridge will do.
Today my smoothie choice was strawberry and raspberry. Any smoothie will need a banana just to thicken it up a bit and a fruit juice of your choice. Today I went for tropical.

Go summer smoothie mad.

1 banana,
a generous handful of chosen fruit,
a glass full of fruit juice
and a good blitz in the blender....

A love affair with cake

This recipe is a light Victoria sponge, filled with strawberry jam and cream.

All you will need to make this is:

Ingredients for a simply sponge cake

Double cream/whipping cream

Strawberry Jam

Fresh Strawberries

Icing sugar

The recipe I used for the sponge was a good old Delia Smith recipe.

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/sweet/victoria-sponge-cake.html 

While the cake is cooling, slice up some fresh strawberries into halves and mix up some chantilly cream. 

http://frenchfood.about.com/od/pastrycream/r/vanchantilly.htm

Once the cake is cool, evenly spread a layer of strawberry jam and cream in the middle.

For the top of the cake, pipe cream in a design of your choice and top with strawberries.

...A perfect summer- time cake.

Puggle Power

So adorable...
This lil fella is a pug/beagle cross. I am without a doubt getting myself one of these as I can't resist.

Take me away....

Bank holiday weekend I got whisked away to the Cedar Court Grand Hotel and Spa- York.

http://www.cedarcourtgrand.co.uk/ 

The hotel was stunning, beautiful high ceilings and dreamily-comfortable beds.

Even the bathroom made me feel like I was in a roman bath.

 

The restaurant served up some of the best lobster I have ever tasted...

 

Then there were the cocktails...

The cocktail menu was by far my favourite part of my stay...generally due to my cocktail obsession, that and the fact that the mojito's were to die for.

The raspberry mojito was killer.

and the mai tai and spicy tai were divine.

I was very impressed by my stay.

It was a very romantic getaway.

 

All in all, york is stunning and I would definitely go back for more...

 

Something for the eyes...

A little eye candy for the ladies...

Adam Senn...

What A Treat...

(the dot dot dot's represent how speechless I am...)

 

http://www.dolcegabbana.com/dg/perfumes/the-one-sport/man/

The dip dye revolution

This week I have definitely been tempted to join the 'dip- dye revolution.'

I am in love with Ashley Simpson's new look and have been debating doing this exact look with my hair.

It is also very similar to Drew Barrymore's gorgeous dip dye locks.

The rich brown and golden colours really compliment each other.

http://www.look.co.uk/pictures/hot-celebrity-hairstyle-trend-dip-dye-hair/drew-barrymore-hit-the-marni-for-hm-launch-with-her-infamous-dip-dye-hairsty

Or you could try a look like Lauren conrads' ombre side-swept curls for more of a summer look.
The colour suits her down to the ground. So simple and so beautiful....

Since the new dip dye craze has been made more and more popular, different celebs have been coming up with some crazy new styles. 

This rainbow hair styled by Made In Chelsea's Gabriella Ellis has got to be my favourite.

 

The joys of cleaning

Its that time again when my bedroom looks like a bomb has hit it....

I find myself doing anything and everything I can think of just so I don't have to participate in that painful act they call "cleaning."

A week of self- distracting myself by:- baking, dying my hair unnecessarily, painting my nails numerous times, window shopping, online shopping, daydreaming and generally going blog-mad... 

The time to clean has finally arrived, I have to attempt to tidy my pigsty of a room.

 

And we all know what really happens when girls clean...

Lesson to be learnt= hire a cleaner.