My Week In Pictures

Hello you beautiful people out there, been a bit in limbo recently but just thought I'd share with you what I've been up to this week, and I'm pretty sure you'll quickly find out from the pics- not a lot! 

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One. Pictures are from the Royal Botanical Gardens in Glasgow. I went there to suss out its potential as a wedding reception venue (Note: I am not engaged or planning a wedding- this is just something I do!) as I have magical memories as a child going there in hot summer afternoons and being mesmerized by the exotic plants and the architecture of the gigantic glasshouses. Unfortunately, childhood does tend to leave rose tinted stains on my memory as it was neither mesmerizing nor gigantic. Definitely scrubbed off the possible wedding venue list that I have stored in my head. Nonetheless, it was a very dreich rainy day in Glasgow (surprise surprise) and the shelter and heat from the glasshouses made it a haven to explore and relive some childhood memories. They definitely came flooding back when I stumbled upon the disused spiral staircase as I can remember  thinking that it was a stairway to a parallel universe; think Jack and the Beanstalk. The photo of the staircase is from my hipstamatic app on my iphone. I love dreamy, lomographic photography and all going well with my bank balance I'm gonna get a Diana camera come next paycheck.

Two. I have been living a pretty nomadic lifestyle these past few weeks largely due to my lack of funds but also the weather and tbh its making me depressed. But nothing that a spot of Drew Barrymore and Justin Long can't sort out. I luuuuve this on/off couple on and off screen. But  in particular I hold a special spot for Drew as she's just thee ultimate girl! Girls wanna be her and guys wanna date her. I love that she has the balls to play such gutsy characters and picks films that have real gritty dialogue. If you have already watched it I am of course alluding to the "shut up and lick it" line [*blush*].  The dish that I made was my first attempt at bread and butter pudding a la Deborah in case you haven't quite made that out. I have never tasted it before and I also didn't know what it was meant to look like. We don't like marmalade so I substituted it for strawberry jam but I still felt it would be bland so I added extra cinnamon. Big mistake. That's all we could taste! Oh well, you live and learn. And just to try and ease my guilty conscious after all thus self- indulgence I thought I'd add photographic evidence that I have started back at the gym after many, many months absence.   


Three. And finally I'll end with a sweet tale on humanity. I found the above card halfway through a lousy ten hour shift at work. It was a card that had written on the front "To you, yes you!" and on the back "Open me". Inside the card contained two shiny sterling pounds and a sweet note explaining that they just wanted to pass on some joy to the anonymous finder. And that lucky finder was me! I can't tell you how much this cheered me up and especially as it looks like a child's handwriting it really restored my faith in humanity. Okay, that was a bit far but its something that I'm definitely going to think about and try to replicate. 


So thats my week so far. Tomorrow I finally going to get my eyebrows threaded and after being inspired by the pixiwoo video of DIY eyebrow tint I may attempt that as well. I'll let you know how I get on.

 Goodnight chickens. 

xxxx