Today I picked up my Hey Cavey from the Post Office! Caveys are a new line of adorable plush toys from Holly at A Little Stranger. Mine is a Brown Bear Cavey, limited to just 10 of his kind, and I was lucky enough to just get the very last one!

I fell in love with the Brown Bear Cavey because his colouring makes him look just like the teddy bear I had as a child, Mr Ted. I will have to get a picture of them together some time! Brown Bear Cavey has been hanging out with me all day – hiding with Dan’s chilli plants, and enjoying the shade outside our house. I think I’m going to have some wonderful adventures with my new friend!

You can find out more about Cavey and future releases at the Hey Cavey website. Be sure to check out the Hey Cavey pool on Flickr too for more cuteness!

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