Last Wednesday I went galavanting around Manchester with my darling friend Hevs, and our Belgian Blythe sisters Iggy & Estée. My robot bunny Dunny of joy came too.

Yes, that IS an Oreo cupcake. Yes, it WAS delicious. The cakey part had chocolatey cookie flecks, the buttercream was to die for, and the Oreo was just… nom! Hevs had a vegan Jammy Dodger cake that looked (& I assume tasted) equally wonderful.

I tried bubble tea for the first time -

I had strawberry flavoured bubble tea – it was as sickly sweet as the colour may suggest. Strangely addictive, I’ve been looking around for tapioca pearls online since last week now, and aching to try more flavours. I still can’t get an accurate picture of my green fringe – it’s actually impossible.

We rounded the day off in Oklahoma, with more tea drinking and cake consumption. This is the (amazing!) vegan toffee cake I had.

Cake and tea and chatter with Hevs is something I have missed. It’s hard to believe that the last time we saw each other was in November 2008. We used to hang out and visit each other loads, but since we both finished university work has always gotten in the way, and trying to arrange to spend time together has been like trying to herd cats. Hopefully no more!

Anywho, today is my first proper day off in ages – nothing urgent to do, nowhere specific to go, and I am a happy bunny because of this. What do you like to do when you have, well, nothing to do?

Hello lovelies!

I got around to trying www.graze.com a couple of weeks back, with a free code from a friend of mine. I’m so glad I did, the Graze boxes are amazing! Basically they send you a box of tasty natural treats and nibbly bits through the post. This box had flapjacks, cherry juice soaked raisins,mixed  rice crackers and a nut mix with brazil nuts, almonds and pecans. DELICIOUS TIMES!

If anyone reading fancies a free box (and a second box half price) visit the link above and use the following code: 872WM2G - it’s such a good service, and I’m getting boxes sent every week now. Way more fun than a bag of crisps!

Me & Dan are enjoying the nice weather with frequent walks in the countryside. The picture of Berlin was taken a couple of nights ago whilst walking in Padley Gorge. It’s so beautiful down there, you can easily forget about the rest of the world. It’s also been a good excuse to become a little more familiar with the DSLR. Dan’s ever so patient with me, and super encouraging.

I have a horrible headache. I think there may well be a(nother) storm coming… urgh. I’m off for now! x

Argh, I have been so busy these last couple of weeks it’s unbelievable! It’s all a good kind of busy, thankfully, but I can’t say too much just yet. Let it be known that life is good and exciting right now – for me AND Dan.

Last weekend we went to Alton Towers (again!) and finally got a chance to ride Thi3teen. It was entirely worth the 80 minute queue – not as scary as all the promo hype had built it up to be, but still amazingly fun. I’d love to go again soon, but it’s already twice this year now! We are rollercoaster nerds though, heh. One day we’ll have the money to go on a crazy coaster holiday to the USA. One day…

Knitting has been put on hold for a bit – I have a sleeve to finish, then I can sew up the Blythe sweater I’ve been making. I’ve not done any crochet in a couple of weeks either, but I did make a set of hats with some tasty alpaca flavoured yarn. Last night was the first chance I’d had to take some pictures (ie. free time after work + nice weather = GO GO GO!) so Dan & I went to Graves Park for a little adventure.

I took literally dozens of pictures, and had a really hard time deciding which ones to upload. Click here to see the rest from this little excursion. Dan took the DSLR out with us, and I had a little play with it for the first time. I’m getting much more confident with it now, and I’m really pleased with how the pictures came out. This is one of the photos I took with the DSLR -

I’m in love with how dreamy it came out – I think it really works with the fuzzy little hats.

Right then. I suppose I’d better run away now, and get on with the million and one things I have to do. Hopefully it won’t be too long until my next update!