The Used @ Camden KOKO

I am cream crackered today as I was up in London last night to see The Used play at KOKO in Camden. Jim got me the gig tickets for Christmas - I listened to their album 'In Love and Death' loads when it came out (11 years ago!). I didn't know much of their stuff after that album as I didn't listen to them a lot after that, so I wasn't sure how the gig was going to be. Let me tell you, it was brilliant! They are such a fab live band, bringing loads of energy to the stage and interacting with the crowd well. They even brought some girl on the stage from the crowd to film everyone on her phone from up there. They did a little acoustic song too which was lovely. They played a good mix of old and new songs and there were a lot I didn't expect. Brought back so many memories! Will definitely go and see them again.

Get in my ears

Frustrating Day

Argh had such a frustrating day today! I'm going to make these cookies and read about The Cribs new album.

5 Day Slim Down Prep

So it's only the 2nd week of the 2015 Love Your Body Challenge and I have been slacking the last couple of days. I can feel some extra weight around my stomach that wasn't there before Christmas, so I have decided to give the 5 Day Slim Down another go to try and shift it fast.

Tonight I will be food shopping and prepping some breakfast and lunches:

Banana Protein Pancakes

Recipe by Runs and Roses
LYB Cupid Oats
Tuna and bean salads
Avocade salad dressing
Peanut butter smoothies

Got to stop the slacking - my wedding is coming up in June! Speaking of my wedding, the invitations have now been sent out and the tin cans have started to be painted for the table decorations. We brought the cacti a couple of weeks ago, ready to repot into the tin cans.



This Sunday we have our menu tasting at the venue. I can't wait! We have chosen beef quesadillas as a starter, and chicken mole as a main. I will let you know how that goes!
I am also going to enroll on a Saturday workshop at my local college to learn how to make wedding bouquets, buttons holes and corsages, as we will be making all our floral stuff ourselves. Then I have to remember how to do it and teach my bridesmaids....!

Jumping on the bandwagon

Four names that people call me other than my real name:
Tone
That's it I think! It's a short name.

Four jobs I’ve had:
Sainsburys checkout assistant
Customer service/data entry job
Make-up artist jobs on the side
Project Support Coordinator at my current job

Four movies I’ve watched more than once:
Superbad
Bridesmaids
Garden State
Back to the Future trilogy

Four books I'd recommend:
The Secret of Crickley Hall - James Herbert
The Disaster Artist - Greg Sostero
The Otherside of the Story - Marian Keyes
Bridget Jones (of course!)

Four places I’ve lived:
Lived in Bracknell my whole life

Four places I’ve visited:
Riga, Latvia
Cortijo Grande, Spain
Brighton, England
San Antonio Bay, Ibiza

Four places I’d rather be right now:
In my bed
In Spain
In Brighton
In my car driving home

Four things I prefer not to eat:
Cauliflower
Oysters
Lettuce
Snails

Four of my favorite foods:
Mango
Peanut butter
Cheese
Chocolate

Four TV shows I watch:
True Blood (not finished yet!)
The Walking Dead (also not up to date!)
Modern Family
In The Flesh

Four things I’m looking forward to this year:
Christmas work do
Christmas eve
Christmas day
New Years Eve

Four things I’m always saying:
Eeeee (to anything cute)
What the fuck are you doing/was that? (when I am driving)
You're mad (to Jim)
What shall we have for dinner?

Etsy: Boygirlparty

Their stuff is pretty cute. Have a browse here

Writers block

My blogging mood didn't last for long! I always think of things at work but they include pictures so that takes too long.

Made sure I got out for walks every lunchtime this week while the weather is sunny. Was a bit blinded by the sun today though! Don't know where this so called 'storm bomb' has got to.

Oh, I've also had such an eBay obsession lately! I've brought 2 things that are too small though, so I will be selling those. If I remember later, I'll upload pictures! One is a jacket, the colour was different to what I thought would be and looks a bit too small when I zip it up, although the arms fit fine.

I upped some more weights at Body Pump last night - triceps, shoulders and biceps. I couldn't make it all the way through with shoulders and biceps, but I'm doing a hell of a lot better than when I first went back! Now I just need the traffic to be light on the way home on Thursday so I can actually make it to my class on time....That reminds me, people seem to have forgotten how to turn their headlights on this week, as well as indicate correctly. They either don't indicate at all, or indicate the wrong way. Thick or what?