Skate Along!

This past weekend, I hopped on a train and traveled down to visit my uni friend Hannah, and we decided to have a fun-filled day out in the beautiful capital that is London.

We decided to do all the tourist-y things that we never do when we're in London, so we headed over to the South Bank and said 'Good Morning!' to this gorgeous sight.

I mean. Look at that!

It's days like that, that make me think, God, I do love in a pretty damn spectacualr country.

We then headed in to the Sea Life Aquarium and visitied all the little fishies, including Nemo and his friends!

I also got to see my favourites of jellyfish, sea horses and penguins!

In the Antartic section of the aquarium, there was a wall made out of ice, where you got to leave your mark and write your own message.

After swimming with the sea creatures, we hoped on the tube and headed over to King's Cross to do some roller-skating!

I read about the Skate King's Cross pop-up roller disco over on The Londoner's blog, and ever since you posted about it, I've been dying to go. So, with my bestie in tow, we head over, tied up our boots, and glided onto the dancefloor.

I was like Bambi on ice for a good deal of the beginning, grabbing onto the side for my dear life! Whereas Hannah just got straight into it! I think she's missed her calling in life! After a while, I got the hang of it, and with the music pumping, I had so much fun I cannot explain.

After all that hard work, skating along, we headed over to the Disco Bistro, and had literally, the best and tastiest burger my mouth has ever tasted. No joke.

Not exactly the most elegant thing to eat though! There was juices dripping and I must've used more than my fair share of napkins, but, my god, it was good. My mouth is watering just typing about it!

Going to the pop-up skating definitely made me think to do more things like this that I normally wouldn't do, because even though I wasn't that great at it, it was such a laugh that it didn't even matter!

What do you guys do when you take a trip to visit the big capital? 

Hope you're all well,

Speak soon,

A.x

Lemon Sorbet

After extra weeks of long hours in the sewing room and beyond, leading up to GFW, my housemate Michaela and I decided to cook a little 3 course meal for some of our friends while they chilled out and relaxed for the first time in a while.

After spending the afternoon prepping the food, we ran up and got ready before our very special guests arrived, and with my sunny disposition and the cheery weather,what better way to reflect this but to zip up into a little swoshy yellow number.

dress: Asos, wedges: Carvela, belt: old, necklace: Accessorize 

Yellow is one of my favourite colours, and the intricate cut-out detail across the chest is just gorgeous. The fit is perfect as well, swishing around gracefully with every moment.

We decided to make a starter of roasted butternut squash with toasted pinenuts and pancetta...

Followed by a main of parmesan chicken with hassleback potatoes, and a salad of spinach and pease...

And to finish off, we made The Londoner' s 100 calorie brownie...sinfully indulgent without all of the guilt!

Our friend Iyesha provided the drinks and bought jugs of Pimms with her, so she's welcome back again at anytime!

I love cooking and trying new food and new tastes, and I wish I had more ooportunities to think of, plan, and cook meals like this, but honestly, most often than not, it's a bowl of pasta or salad, so it's great to have the day to plan, prepare and cook a proper 3-course meal.

Do you like these posts which are a bit more cooking/food orientated? Should I do carry on and do some more?

Hope you're all well,

Speak soon,

A.x

You steal my sunshine

As I'm sat here writing this post, it's currently pouring it down with rain outside. You'd hardly believe that these photos were from yesterday...who stole all the sunshine?! That's British weather for you though! So to make the most of Mr.Sunshine, I headed out to the park to smell the flowers and gobble down a 99'..

As much as I love snuggling up by a warm fire, drinking a hot cup of tea in the winter, I am a summer bunny deep down, through and through, so when the sun starts making an appearance and saying hello, it just projects a smile on my face from ear to ear.

top: Asos, shorts: Topshop, necklace: Topshop, wedges: Kurt Geiger, bag: Accesorize

The sun just makes me happier, and being such a girly girl, I love the playful nature of spring/summer fashion and clothing.

These shorts are an existing, long-time resident in my wardrobe for a while, but their loose-fitting comfort and pretty Hawaiian-vibe just lure me back to them every summer. 

I love kitsch summery prints, and I suppose these are slightly less flamboyant (however, I would still love to get a cheeky lil' Hawaiian shirt in my life!)

I've also recently been head over heels in love with the combination of candy blue and pink, so these wedges I've own have just been screaming out for me to take them out for a walk, and this bag I've recently acquired just goes perfectly with it.

It was love at first sight when I saw this necklace. If you know me, then you'll know that daisies are my favourite flowers, and this is so bright, colourful and fun, I just couldn't resist!

I love this top as well, as simple as it is, I think the style and the cut of off-the-shoulder looks really flattering and a bit different to your standard tank top. When I bought it, I actually was trying on some disco pants at the time, so I think I was channeling Sandy's iconic look from Grease, if only I looked as sexy as that!

Now that I've got a bit more time on my hands, I've been enjoying spending more time and thought into my cooking. I love my food and really enjoy cooking and trying out new flavours and recipes, and with the time leading up to my deadline being so stressful and busy, I didn't really have the time or energy to make what I wanted to eat, so I'm ashamed to say, a lot of rubbish food was consumed...my dad would be so disgusted!

So I'm more than happy and excited to be cooking again and having the time to work-out more, and hopefully I won't be as conscious of exposing my mid-riff again.

Speaking of cooking and healthy eating though, I've recently discovered and have been loving a new blog, The Londoner, who writes food, fashion and lifestyles posts that are charismatic and friendly, and has beautiful photographs to go along with them. She made a post that really interested me, so if you're looking for something to change your way of thinking when it comes to eating and losing weight, then definitely go have a look at her post on the Anti-Diet.

Are you more of a summer bunny or a winter bear? Are you enjoying these glimpses of summer we've been getting?  

I hope this is just the start of the good weather to come, I've got a few things lined up that I'm really looking forward to this summer, and I hope you all have to!

Hope you're all well,

Speak soon,

A.x