December catch up

I miss Pinkberry, Snog isn't the same. He would not get off, it became his 'happy place' for about 10 minutes. A christmas hat can turn anything festive, even a chinese. Turning a healthy salad into something not so healthy. Attractive bowling shoes. Wild work party. I will take 2nd place (even though my score was still rubbish). Tea and croissants make mornings bearable. It's the little things that count, treats from Jake after a rubbish day.

Terrible photo but a tasty sweet potato and goats cheese burger. Snapchat entertainment. Made Max a castle for his Birthday. Look at that face, adorbs! Mexican night with my chicas. Cute christmas lights in Covent Garden. Plus a massive christmas tree. Cocktails with my Mumma and Sister. Followed by salad to try to counteract the calories?

Doing the rounds with festive cupcakes. What else do you do on Christmas Eve with your friends? Mum upped her game with the table decoration this year. Completed with an enormous plate of food. The pets love their new beds. Christmas pud. He's smiling but he was secretly mad at me for going over the budget. Love this but, lame or cool? Boxing day fry-up, what more could you ever want. 

Hot choc in the new mugs (from me). This was such a good salad, well done Wahaca. She is the cutest doggy. Decided to try Hoops as well as Pole. Oh, and Silks-not sure I will have time for both these hobbies too. Received some very sad news about Skye just after Christmas. Fairly quiet NYE with one of my besties. Jake was also there to see in 2015 with me. Half price boots, do I really need to justify that?

Woah, between Work, Birthdays, Christmas and 2 weeks time off, December was a very busy month. I had so much fun celebrating Christmas with everybody I love and I couldn't wish to have had a better end to the year. 2014 was great, 2015 will be even better and I already have so much to look forward to, including 3 holidays, yipee. 

Lunch time recipe post coming next for you guys. Keep your eyes peeled!

xoxo

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The Breakfast Club

Well well well, The Breakfast Club have definitely won themselves another loving customer and I'm officially jealous of my sister and her boyfriend living 10 minutes from this wonderful place of all things yummy. They may possibly have earnt themselves a permanent weekend houseguest. I'm even willing to deal with sleeping on a sofa if it means I get to eat all sorts of brunch-y goodness the next day. 

After waking up a million times in the night (I wonder if my stomach knew what was coming.) I officially gave up on sleep at around 8:30am and awoke Lauren and Sean like it was Christmas morning, which well, it might as well have been. After a discussion about where my first London brunch experience should be, my mind was made up, The Breakfast Club it would be. Of course we got there at prime brunch eating time and Sean was not impressed at the prospect of queuing, so we sent him off to Borough Market in search of doughnuts, he failed! 25 minutes later we were in and taking note of all the items on the menu. After some serious deliberation we concluded that it was too difficult to choose between sweet and savoury, so we ordered a bit of both. A full English for me, which I have to say was incredible-the bacon was even perfectly crispy. A full american for Sean and Eggs Menadick for Lauren, yes it arrived shaped like a penis (It's a charity thing, honest.) 

Followed by a jaw droppingly delicious stack of pancakes and we were well and truly stuffed for the rest of the day. Thanks for having us breakfast club, we had a great time!

xoxo

P.S. We may have had a little look in an Oliver Bonas store on the way home and I officially want everything for Christmas HINT HINT

My chocolate workshop

Sunday 11th May was a particularly special day because my sister and I finally got to cash in our Christmas experience day from mumma. I admit, I didn't feel to confident about it on the way up, it wasn't in the nicest of places in Central London. However, they have certainly made their workshop space very welcoming, full of cute jars and stands and the strong smell of chocolate definitely helped to ease the nerves.
The night was full of activities and festivities; bubbles, crazy strong chocolate martini's, flavouring chocolate, making and dipping fudge and truffles and tasting chocolate from around the world.
3 hours of pure indulgence and fun. It helps that we had a very amusing Canadian instructor too. Being the biggest chocoholic I know, I have to tell you how much fun it was, and even better was that we got to bring a bag of goodies home to share (or eat ourselves, *stuffs face*) and I definitely recommend it to anyone with a sweet tooth.

xoxo

P.S you can find the website here

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Girls night in

On Saturday I was in need of some light hearted gossip and guilty snacks with my friends. I had a little browse on pinterest for inspiration and came across some seriously yummy looking fondues. I was sold, before I knew it I was off to Sainsburys in hunt of some crazy calorific treats. As I'm sure you all know, tasty food is always key for a successful night in.
Also, how cute are the tubs and bottles?! I am obsessed with the cutesy picnic type look and these mini bottles are too cute- not the most practical but still. I <3 the idea. Bottles full of appletiser and tubs full of treats, we were set to chat away for hours, and that we did. I have to admit, I went a little overboard with the food, there were only 3 of us haha! But it certainly didn't go to waste.

A long lay in didn't go a miss this morning and when I eventually dragged myself from the realms of semi consciousness I made the above. It was a perfect Sunday morning breakfast!

Megan xo

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Pancake day

Pancake day is for sure one of my favourite days of the year. I eat scotch pancakes every other week but I generally save the crêpes for today. Here are my top 4 toppings. Just for you guys ;)

Nutella and banana

Lemon and sugar

Banana and maple syrup

Nutella and strawberries

I hope you all feel twice the size you did at the start of the day!

Megan xo

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Insta catch up #1

The best mozzarella. Delicious cocktail I had never had before and will never have again as I have no idea what it was. Free vodka anyone? Does it need words. Ootd. This years wrapping. I can cook honest. Bath time. How strange does he look.

Cat cave. The fondant bit actually worked for once. Best breakfast. I hate this game. What life would be like in Chelsea. Hurr. I heart maxwells. Napsugar at lfw. Ong oaj at lfw.

Boy did good. Chilled Sunday. My first ever macaroons. FOTD at lfw. Bubbles. Cat selfie. Baking again. Pressies for my favourite twins. Munchies sundae.

A few snaps from the last couple of months. As much I love Instagram I don't have an interesting enough life to be able to do this sort of post weekly so I think it may be a monthly affair instead. As you can see, 90% of my photos are of food! and that probably won't change very much. I do love food. I do have some exciting plans coming up soon though, so the next couple of round ups should be a little more interesting!

Check back soon!

 

Megan xo

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Time out

I really think it is starting to feel like autumn this week. It's dark by the time I eventually get home from work and all I want to do is snuggle up in my PJ's. On that note - here is a post on what would make my perfect autumn night in!

You simply can't have a cosy night in without a burning fire and cuddly slippers. These slipper boots are from Matalan and I have a feeling I may buy these to replace my tatty old ones that I currently have.Cold nights in should always include comfort food, and my ultimate 'sit in front of the tv and do a whole lot of nothing' food is...m&m's. I will happily sit and eat them all evening - and I quite often do. Going on from these tasty morsels, what better way to eat them than in front of a rom-com? I haven't yet seen I give it a year, but I have ordered it ready for when I finally get around to having a night to myself. Painting my nails is one of the first things I think about doing when I have time to spare. I am obsessed with nail art and it is very rare that you'll spot me with just one plain ol' colour on. I don't actually have any clue what brand these are (the image is from google) but I thought it looked cool, and I wasn't going to waste any of my colours re-creating it!
What items make the perfect night in for you?

Megan xo

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August round up

Very small round up this month, not a lot has happened other than my holiday. Been earning the pennies!

Watermelon nails. Cream tea. New garden furniture. Jake on a homemade zip wire. Holiday nails. Double chocolate gateaux. Burgers at The Diner. Dirty Dancing future cinema. Date night in Southend.

I have a few things planned already for September so hopefully the next round up will have more pictures and be slightly more interesting for those of you who like these posts!

Have a good weekend guys :)

Megan xo

 

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Risotto recipe

I have a recipe post that isn't to do with baking today, crazy!

Last night I made risotto for Jake, he had never had it before so it was comforting to know that he wouldn't of had a clue if it went wrong. Fortunately, it didn't go terribly, I was actually quite proud.

Ingredients

As much chorizo as you like, I used about 150g, slice it thinly.

Risotto rice, 1/2 cup per person

1 large glass of white wine

Baby tomatoes

2 sweet potatoes

Vegetable stock

1 red onion

2 cloves garlic

Olive oil

Butter

Balsamic vinegar

You may notice a red pepper in there, I forgot to use it, oopsie, feel free to add it in though.

Pre heat your oven to 180 degrees, put your tomatoes and sweet potato chunks in a baking tray, cover in a generous amount of olive oil, season with salt and a little pepper and add a splash of balsamic vinegar, roast for about 25 minutes.

Put some oil in a deep pan, add the sliced garlic and onion and fry for roughly 5 minutes, add the chorizo and simmer for another 5 minutes. Add the rice, and after a couple of minutes on a medium heat, add the wine. Make sure it's hot enough for the wine to simmer. Add your stock cube to 500ml of boiling water and stir until completely dissolved. Start to add it to the rice, bit by bit, it should take 15-20 minutes to do this, don't rush it or your risotto could end up dry and stodgy.

Your sweet potato and tomatoes should be done by now, stir them in and add a knob of butter, stir and then leave to rest for a few minutes. Serve how you like, salad/bread works well, season to taste.

Enjoy!

Megan xo

 

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Sophisticated?

Hey guys!

So today I went for brunch with a friend who's back from uni for the weekend. Brunch to me sounds sophisticated. But believe me, we are far from it ha! She's one of my fave girlies and eating food is a favourite hobby of ours. Best way to bond!

This furry hat/headband thing from Accessorize was included in my latest haul post, and I have to admit. It's the best thing I have bought in ages, I am in love with it! It's so warm and snug and will be worn constantly during this cold weather. I decided not to do an OOTD as the top and jewellery I am wearing have already been featured in a quite recent one. I woke up late and was in a rush to meet her so my makeup is quite natural. I decided to go with a nude lip and I am wearing a Benefit lipstick in the shade 'Lady's choice' and you can find it here.

Giraffe is quickly becoming one on my favourite places to eat in Bluewater. The breakfast and brunch menu is heavenly! I settled for eggs and bacon on sourdough toast and chunky wedges. Next time I am going to have the Brioche french toast with apple compote and Greek yoghurt. NOM!

Natalie decided on eggs and bacon on Foccacia. We had already covered our food in ketchup and such when I remembered I needed photos, so I apologise for the not so pretty food pictures!

I got so excited by Lola's cupcakes opening nearby (that and I stood gawping at the cakes for about 20 minutes) that I had to buy one. A good old Red velvet settled my cupcake craving.

I couldn't leave without buying something that wasn't food. I bought more clothes on Thursday so it was time for a beauty product of some kind. Essie won the battle and I went for Sexy divide and Jamaica me crazy on the 'buy one get one half price' offer that Boots has currently got going on. I'm excited to use these, I'll let you know my thoughts!

After a final chat over a Costa hot chocolate it was time to say goodbye again until Christmas :(. Have you ever been to Giraffe? What's your favourite menu item?

 

Megan xo

 

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IT'S MY BIRTHDAY...well it was on Wednesday

Hey guys.

So, in case you didn't guess from the title. It was my birthday the other day! I thought I'd share my day with you because I was spoilt!

I was awoken at about 8 with cards and presents, and as you can see from the pictures, they were very good presents! My mum and dad got me an iPad (which I am currently writing this post on). Speaking of which. Do any if you guys blog on your iPads?
Lauren got me a new make-up bag.
Jake (the boyfriend) got me a purse, scarf/snood, necklace, giant Millie's cookie and has ordered me a case for my gorgeous iPad. I also got money and such from various family members and the boyfriends parents.
So all in all I was spoilt with pressies!
Because I'm extremely lazy, I spent the day lounging around with Jake and Lauren drinking tea and eating cookie.
In the evening we headed to the beefeater for dinner because I was in the mood for some massively unhealthy stuffed potato skins etc.
Now here's for the bit I like most. Pictures!

My malteser birthday cake that mummy Pearson made!

Have any of you guys just had birthdays?

Megan xo

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