Busy, Busy, Busy!

So I found a job! It's in a café in a shopping centre in Nottingham and that's why I've not posted in over a month (!) as I've been a busy bee. It's nice to finally have a job and to know that I don't have to rely on Mario so much for money.

Speaking of Mario, we've started a new blog! We love eating out so decided to do something with that. We review restaurants in Nottingham and the meals we've eaten there. it's a lot of fun so far and it's been well received by our friends :) Check it out here!

Here's just a selection of the food we've reviewed so far :)

Matt, Mario and I spent one Saturday night playing Risk! I'd never played it before, and the game never officially finished as tiredness got the best of us... I was definitely in the lead though! Matt and I tweeted throughout the game what was happening and it was really funny at times!!

Lately, I have become obsessed with Cupcake Wars. I dunno why I have, but I just have. It's American so everyone is so dramatic, although $10,000 is the prize so I guess it's a lot to get dramatic about! I love to bake cupcakes myself and my last post highlighted some of my creations. 

I don't know if it's because I've watched too much Cupcake Wars, but I'm starting to change my mind on the tearoom idea to having a cupcake shop instead. I would still have tea and coffee but it would predominantly be a cupcake shop instead. It's still a while until anything like that is going to happen, but it's nice to have an idea about my future!!

In other news, I have updated my bracelet shop :) It took me about 3 hours to do it though! I think that's why I update my shop so rarely. It takes so long, I keep putting it off :P Here is a selection of some of the bracelets I have added to the shop!

Check out my website here :D

I'll try to update my blog more frequently and I'll definitely have a birthday post as it's my birthday soon! :D

Exploring the South West!

So some of you may know that I went to visit my boyfriend last week who's currently studying in Exeter, Devon. I got back yesterday after a wonderful week to find my house here in disarray so I'm writing this blog post to put off facing the mess the boys were kind enough to create while I was gone!

Anyway, you didn't come to this blog post to read my complaints, so let's get on with the week in pictures! Naturally I didn't take photos every day because I fail, but I got a lot of photos on one day so hopefully that'll do.

On Sunday we went to Dartington Food and Drink festival, which was a lot of fun. Had a delicious steak pasty for lunch (while in Devon...) and looked around all the different types of food Dartington had to offer. There were also animals there, which was just too cute! (Some of these photos are stolen from one of my friend's Facebook page.)

These were truly delicious. My pasty was warm too! Yum! Yeah, you can see that Mario and I appreciated them in the photo below, although my facial expression says otherwise...

The name of this tea made me laugh just a little too much probably! I wish I'd have bought it but it was hibiscus tea and I'm not such a fan :(

We had a barbecue that evening that the boyfriend was kind enough to cook for us. It was delicious! I won't include photos otherwise this post will be far too photo-heavy... But Mario's housemate did make a delicious Nutella cheesecake (recipe can be found here, good ol' Nigella) and I have to include a photo of that!!

(I'm clearly no food photographer...)

 We were blessed with gorgeous weather all week and I'm so grateful for that. We explored the coast a little on Monday and we went to Branscombe and Seaton, which are gorgeous seaside towns.

Seaton

Tuesday and Wednesday were quiet days. We went into town for a spot on Shopping on Tuesday and then went to a place called Trago Mills on Wednesday. Trago Mills is like a giant warehouse with literally everything in it and most of it is quite reduced in price! Mario was in his element.

Thursday was a very busy day. Mario originally wanted to go camping, but changed his mind halfway through the day. We did explore a lot of Cornwall though! First stop was Land's End. It was on Mario's list of things to do before he dies, so it was nice to tick one of them off! It's such a beautiful place and I may be spamming with pictures, but it is worth it; I think it is anyway!

Panoramic!

We then drove on a little way to the Minack Theatre. We did want to look round but after paying £5 to park at Land's End (!!!), we didn't really want to spend too much more money! We did walk down a little way and found a gorgeous cove that I have usefully forgotten the name of. Sorry :/ The sea was such a beautiful colour and the beach looked so sandy!

Cheeky shot of me, thanks Mario!

We then had lunch in Penzance. Delicious fish and chips on the seafront. It felt like I was truly on holiday! After a bit more driving around, we went to Hayle, which was another pretty town. In case you hadn't guessed it, there are many pretty towns in Cornwall. Definitely worth a visit if you have the opportunity!

We then went home after an exhausting day. Mario was worn out after driving all day so the next two days were lazy days. We stayed around Exeter and it was wonderful. Mario made biscotti and I attempted to make honeycomb, but I'm pretty sure the boyfriend ruined it :P We also made icecream, orange flavoured, but I left before I had a chance to try it. Hopefully it's tasty though!!

( recipe can be found here :) )

Yesterday I just spent the day travelling back to Nottingham and here I shall stay for the next 10 days or so until I go home. I'm going job hunting this afternoon, but the weather's nice so it shouldn't be too bad!

Sorry for spamming you with so many photos, but thank you for sticking it out until the end. Until next time!