Random stuff: asos haul, wedding cake, I heart my mum

Hi Guys,
So I've posted a few entries today so I hope I've been forgiven for my absence.

Before I go to bed (bed sweet bed!) I thought I'd quickly do a random post with some photo's I had on my phone, and then I think I'm up-to-date.

First photo shows my latest asos haul - first haul after my self-imposed ban. I had to get my Walk 10 outfit, and I had to order a lot to get my free next day delivery but I did send back quite a lot of the stuff shown.

When I did Walk 10 I wore a long white peacock t-shirt with leggings, and in my bag (prada across the body - the rucksack my brother lent me was just not cutting the mustard!!!) I had a blue festival poncho with the tags still on - it didn't rain so I've returned the poncho :) ...it wasn't really a poncho by the way, it was just like a normal lightweight waterproof but it had no fastenings, you put it on/off like a hoodie.


The next pic just made me laugh. Before I went to Cambridge my mum and brother came round to drop off a suitcase and stuff and bless my mum she had on these shoes and I had to take a pic to show you.












The last pic is of the gorgeous wedding cake L made for a mutual friends wedding. And L said she'd do one for me too.......so all I need now is someone to marry.....any offers?!

Challenge - Day 30: Walk 10!

Finally, let me tell you about the Walk 10 event I did on August 21st. Before I begin, let me be cheeky and say, my sponsorship page is open for 3 months so if you didn't sponsor me originally but wanted to, you haven't missed out, please go to:

www.justgiving.com/onepenny

So anyway, L, M, P and I walked 10k (6ish miles) around the beautiful Richmond park to raise money for the wonderful marie curie cancer care charity. We did it in just under 3 hours which is respectable and we did not finish last (thank god!!!)

It was tiring but totally worth it. I felt really proud of us for supporting such an amazing cause, especially since it was a real challenge for L and I, we're not quite the walk loads type!

Pictures speak louder than words, so here are some pics from the evening (we finished at 10pm).

Challlenge - Days 27-29

Hey Guys,

Finally reached the last few challenges for the 30 Day challenge, thank goodness! Some I found fun but some were a bit blah so I am happy I've (fianlly) reached the end.

Just to recap what I have left:

Day 27 — This month, in great detail
Day 28 — This year, in great detail
Day 29 — Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 — Whatever tickles your fancy

This is really cheeky, but I'm officially skipping days 27 and 28 because I really can't a) remember b) be bothered to talk about my month and year in 'great detail', so that leaves me to talk about my hopes, dreams and plans.

I just want to be ok, to be happy. To wake up and be happy that I made it through the night. It use to always annoy my mum that I didn't have mega aspirations but actually it has served me well. Instead of dreaming and wishing I've just solidly trudged away at life and I am happy enough with my lot now. Yes, I wish I earned sh*tloads of money and could eat caviar for breakfast but I'm lucky enough. I love my job and the people I work with. I don't have a ton of friends but the friends I have are worth more than their wight in gold (or even more than MY weight in gold!!!). I can't afford to turn on my heating but hey at least I have penny palace, and hey, I have tons of clothes to layer up in lol

Small dreams - I hope that my legs start looking better soon: hair-wise the epilator has worked wonders on my legs but I'm marked up like an abused donkey!

I want an iphone, or a fancy smartphone. Upgrade is in March 2011 so looks like this dream will not be coming true very soon, but I am patient.

.......yeah, that's about right: I want nicer legs and a fancy phone. Shallow - moi!?

xoxo

Challenge - Day 26: My week in great detail/Cambridge

So from 6-10 Sept I went to Cambridge for work. I was on a course of sorts. I can't go into the detail because of the nature of my work but I just wanted to share with you some photo's from my free time.

I had the most amazing time. The thing I was on was intense but also fun. I left with my mind, heart and tummy at maximum capacity!!


As you can see from my photo's Cambridge is a beautiful place, especially the college I was staying at (King's College). My days started at 6-6:30am and didn't end before 6pm and we had a free hour before dinner was served at 7:45pm so we never left the college grounds (we could have but everything was closed) but on the Thursday we had 2 free hours to prepare for a gala dinner so we spent a bit of time outside and I'm glad cos we all know how much I love to get snap happy.


(Actually I lied - I did leave the grounds on Wednesday - a friend (who is living in Cambridge) came to see me, but this was around 8:30pm so we were just walking around in the dark but it was fun though).

Apart from the stuff I learned, in the past week I met some lovely people and I ate the most amazing food I've ever eaten in my life. Dinner was 3 course silver service each evening; I took pictures of every dinner/every course, here are a few pics to whet your appetite :)



We stayed in college accomodation, as you can see it wasn't five star but it was very clean and totally fine for five nights.....really looking forward to sleeping in my own bed tonight though!!

The image below will be my legacy at the event. Basically we were all getting ready for our gala dinner. I had just showered and washed my hair and was in my room butt naked when the frigging fire alarm went off. I paused for a few minutes swearing very loudly and then I threw on the clothes I had been wearing in the day and ran out onto the lawn where everyone was assembled. I was embarrassed to be standing amongst 100 new professional acquaintances with a towel on my head but hey, at least I know now that I value my life more then I am vain!!!

A sneaky facilitator had also taken a photo of me unaware and at our closing lecture it was put up on screen for everyone to have a laugh at - I was mortified but the photo she took was a good angle thank god!!!

And finally, the shifty looking bunch below were my group, the best group ever. Aren't we a good looking bunch? :)

knock knock...

...It's me!!!

Hello blog babies!

Wow, my last post was on 22nd August *hangs head in shame* Did you miss me?

I've missed blogging. Have had an amazing week which I WILL blog about soon. My aim blog wise is to finish the 30 day challenge (which has taken me a bout 100 days LOL); to update you on my Walk 10, and to update you on what I've been up to the past week.

See you in a mo :)