Grateful.

 

Last week I spent time in Oxford & London with some of my favourite people.

Today I walked through a pretty village in Kent, got my boots nibbled by 8 little piglets & found time to read.

This weekend I will be celebrating one of my best friend's birthdays & finishing my Christmas shopping.

All Alone On Christmas || Last Minute Gift Guide

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Track of the day: All Alone On Christmas - Slow Club

Tremors || Botanic Garden - Oxford Part 1

Track of the day : Tremors - Sohn

20th Century Fix (Warm Weather) || Midweek Musings #2

Currently...

..feeling sleepy after a long day at work

...watching the season 3 finale of Homeland which had me in tears

...listening to Mirror Signal

...reading Game of Thrones

...eating carrot sticks with sweet chilli hummus

...drinking out of my Christmas mug

...anticipating Christmas, of course

...enjoying yoga and running (!)

...appreciating good friends to offload to

...missing other friends scattered around the country/world

Track of the day: 20th Century Fix - Mirror Signal

Film || Animal Kingdom

Because film recommendations from Tom are always recommendations to take on board.

Pictures In The Dark || Liverpool Festival Gardens

Liverpool Festival Gardens - June 2014

Track of the day: Pictures In The Dark - Lane 8 Remix - Josh Record

Take Me To Church || Instagram # 3

The last one of these I did was a whole year ago! So here's a little selection of pics from the last 12 months...

♦ Developed a summer smoothie addiction ♦ Westgate-on-sea ♦

♦ Best money I ever spent ♦ Summer fun with the family ♦


♦ Bowling and Sefton Park in the September sun ♦

♦ Card making ♦ Cheeriest umbrella ♦ Siblings ♦ Best breakfast ♦

♦ Home for the weekend in November ♦

♦ Photo wall ♦ Kirsty came to visit ♦ Finding time to read before uni ♦ Dyed my hair brown! ♦

♦ Rooftop adventures ♦

♦ It's been a delight watching this little one grow this year ♦ London Grammar ♦ Parents' new toy ♦ Favourite flowers ♦

♦ Home for the weekend in February ♦

♦ I want a tortoise ♦ Cousin's beautiful mare ♦ Favourite little human ♦ Mama Feelgoods ♦

♦ Fun on the farm ♦ Stepped straight out of the 90's ♦

♦ Brightening up my desk during revision ♦ Sunlight ♦ Marshmallows ♦ Summer ball ♦

Track of the day: Take Me To Church - Hozier

Where Does The Good Go || Summer Ball

Freedom! Had my last (ever?!) exam yesterday morning so we celebrated last night by having everyone round before summer ball. Definitely going to miss this bunch!

 

Now I'm looking forward to spending my last 3 weeks in Liverpool before moving back home for good, starting with a birthday tonight. Best be getting ready!

Track of the day: Where Does The Good Go - Tegan And Sara (so many Grey's Anatomy feels)

Horsefeathers.

I have had a wonderful Saturday, in spite of the miserable weather. Family time ft. my favourite 1st cousin once removed (mouthful) and my first horse riding lesson on a 16.3 hands tall horse who does not like the rain.

Now time for dinner and the Hunger Games: Catching Fire back at my aunt’s house. Bliss.

Hope you’re all having an equally lovely weekend.

Listen to Horsefeathers here: & here.

On Repeat || Rae Morris

Currently featuring on Bombay Bicycle Club's latest single Luna, Rae Morris is a young singer-songwriter from Blackpool.

She has her own single out now, Skin, which is available for free download from her website and is set to support Bombay Bicycle Club on their upcoming tour.

Also available for free download are her blueprint demos so you have no excuse not to check her out. 

Rae Morris can be found at the following places:

• Website
• Spotify
• Soundcloud
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Youtube

Midweek Musings #1

Currently...

...feeling homesick, in spite of only being back in Liverpool for 2 weeks.

...watching all the programmes I neglected over exams, there's a lot to catch up on.

...listening to James Vincent McMorrow's latest album, Post Tropical.

...reading The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult.

...eating the chocolate orange cookies I made at the weekend.

...drinking hot chocolate made with almond milk.

...loving my new Ikea boxes, which don't seem to be on the website.

...anticipating belated birthday celebrations tonight!

...enjoying exams being over.

...wishing for my ability to sleep to return.

Mello Mello

I spied this little restaurant whilst en route to the bike shop one day and after a quick google thought it sounded like a place worth a visit, especially as Conor is a vegetarian. 

As exams are over (for now), I figured this weekend just gone was the perfect time to head out for a meal.

The restaurant-come-bar (-come-music studio; in the basement, of course), serves delicious, extremely cheap, food and has a great selection of  board games to keep you entertained. 

I had the lasagna which was insanely good and we played a couple of games of super mastermind - definitely forgot how stressful mastermind was!

By the looks of things it's host to a number of music events which is right up my street so a return visit will no doubt be made.

Mello Mello's website can be found here. If you ever find yourself in Liverpool, I would highly recommend them.

P.S. Apologies for the blurry pictures, the lighting was rather poor!

Barnesy Bakes || Brown Sugar Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is my third time in 4 months baking these and my 2nd time using chocolate orange. I made this particular batch on request, as they went down so well last time!

The recipe can be found on my sister's blog - here. I used about half chocolate orange and made up the rest of the 250g with white and plain cooking chocolate.

I definitely recommend giving these a go, they are 100% worth it.