Insta-update. Again.

Hey folks!

So yet again I am sorry for my lack of presence lately, both from my own blog and from commenting on all of yours!!

I wish I could say it's because I've been really busy doing lots of amazing things. That's only half true. I've mostly been busy with work and although I've done some pretty cool stuff when I've found the time it's more a lack of motivation to write anything that's kept me away lately. Sorry.

However I do make a point now of taking as many photos as I can of all the things I do get up to seeing as the camera on my new Samsung Galaxy is pretty awesome and always with me!

So here's a little recap on some things I've been out and about at lately:

Eating obscene amounts of food on a recent visit to GBK at Westfield

Clare and I went to a private viewing at Angelika Studios - an art event worth going to in our relatively culture-less home town!!

I also went bowling one Saturday night with my sister, Oli and a couple of his friends. I was rubbish but not as rubbish as I thought I would be!!

The general ephemera in my room, for some reason my shelf looks incredibly wonky!!

New boots - I love them, they're really comfy and were a total bargain

Wrapped up warm ready for a day of manning the outdoor bar at my local rugby club

Bagels with pastrami, cheese, mustard, onion relish and dill pickles - amazing pick me up after a heavy night out

Hopefully I'll be back soon with plenty more to write about!!

Lx

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Tate-ing it up, going to Korea and turning Japanese

Hi there!!

So I had a very busy, fun-filled and exciting weekend.

On Saturday I went to watch my boyfriend play rugby, it was bitterly cold and wet despite me having tried to dress appropriately for the weather (boots, thick socks, jeans, vest, shirt, jumper and quilted jacked with hood). But his team had a very good win so it made my suffering worthwhile. Next time though I plan to arm myself with a thermos, a hip flask and a blanket!!

In the evening I went out for several cocktails with the rugby boys and my housemates, we danced a lot and I ended up wearing one of the boy's tweed blazers and a tie around my head rambo style, so evidently it was a messy night. Thankfully there are no photos of this!!

On Sunday myself and Clare went into London to meet the lovely David from GWH Photography for a day of arsty fun-ness, starting at the Tate Modern.

We met at St. Pauls...

It was grey and very cold but I always love London.

There is an exhibition at the Tate Modern currently which is free and called The Tanks: Art in Action. A fifteen week festival celebrating performance and installation art, more info here: http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tanks-art-action

It was really interesting walking in and out of all these enormous tanks and enjoying the interactive art installations in them.

We then wandered around the usual public galleries. This particular piece never fails to catch my attention so I thought I'd photograph it this time!

Clare looking completely awesome.

After all that culture we were hungry so David took us to a Korean restaurant in Central.

Kimchee, seaweed and pickled cucumber, mmmm

Gyoza obsessed, these were delicious!!

David's fantastic looking stone pot.

I had beef with glass noodles and tonnes of veggies.

David and I

Sabre tooth!

Or chopstick vampires....

Once we'd re-fuelled on Korean food David and Clare took me to the purikura photo booths at London Photo Sticker Club.

This was easily my favourite part of the day, using pre-set backgrounds and foregrounds and an array of mirror effects you can make the most amazing photos.

It's super fun, pretty cheap and certainly something different to do on a grey, wet and cold Sunday.

These are some of the results from our trip....

These purikura booths are the only ones in the UK, but getting to London is certainly easier than getting to Japan.

I'm definitely going to go again very soon, I think I could get addicted to it!!

Happy Halloween!

Themed post to come soon.

Bye for now,

Lx

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Photo post

Hi all,

Sorry for my lack of posting and commenting again recently, been uber busy but hoping to do some fun stuff in order to inspire more blog posts soon!!

For now here are a few recent photos to serve as a quick insight into life lately....

Thought I'd try a new recipe for a delicious home made brunch - avocado mashed up with creme fraiche and plenty of garlic spread on toast, topped with salsa, turkey bacon and fried or poached eggs. Surprisingly good when hungover.

Saw this chocolate bar in my local deli and was amused by the witty packaging - I am a packaging geek as it's what I do for a living!!

Myself and Oliver at his cousin's wedding the other weekend...

...the venue was a place in Essex called Layer Marney Tower, a magnificent Tudor building from the reign of Henry VIII and a stunning place to have a wedding. The food was top drawer too.

I've been on a health kick this week so plenty of exercise and yummy breakfasts that are good for me have been the order of the day.

Should be able to post a bit more soon!!

Lx

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