So at the beginning of June, we spent a weekend celebrating our anniversary! (See previous post) we decided to do something a bit different this year. We usually opt for a night’s stay somewhere, but instead, we planned a ‘touristy’ day out in one of our favourite cities, London.
Here’s what we got up to!
First up – The Tower of London
Next up – A boat on the Thames
Third stop – The London Eye
Next up – Some Sightseeing
Next up – Dinner
Our final stop – A Comedy Club
We had a lovely time! It was quite fun doing lots of touristy things that we hadn’t done before! These are some of the things I’ve wanted to do for ages but never got around to seeing.
These days out in London are great if you can grab a ‘London Day Out’ train ticket too! Much more affordable (only £20 each, bargain!)
Me, my twin sister and her family, my husband, and a couple of our friends went to the Harry Potter Warner Bros Studio Tour in Watford. This place is BRILLIANT, a must for any Harry Potter fans, I love visiting there. They had the ‘Return to Azkaban’ event on celebrating 20 years of the 3rd film – it was an awesome day out, and great to see some new parts of the tour.We celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary on the 11th of June. Tim bought me some beautiful flowers, and we went out for a lovely meal at one of our favourite Italian restaurants. To celebrate our 8th Wedding Anniversary me and my husband spent a touristy day out together in London. We started off the day at the Tower of London, we then had a boat rode on the Thames, followed by the London Eye, sightseeing, and a comedy show in the evening. It was a brilliant and super fun day out. For Fathers Day, we went to Felixstowe for a day in the sunshine. We had a nice walk along the prom and a go on the ferris wheel with Dad.We enjoyed dinner at ours, a nice sunset walk and games with my mother in law.We celebrated my Dad’s 70th birthday with a family meal, with the cake I made for dessert… followed by a day on the Mid Norfolk railway 🛤
A few weeks ago it was mine and my twin sisters’ 33rd birthday – woohoo! It actually fell on a Sunday which was the day we were actually born.
Here is how we spent our birthday weekend…
Saturday
We started off the Saturday with a delicious lunch at Revs. The sun was shining big time.
Me & Sarah (along with my husband Tim) met our friend Dan there.
Me & Sarah shared some delicious picky bits. The tater tots with garlic & chilli butter were INSANE. I was really impressed with all of the food and I’d love to go back.
We also had a bit of fun taking some photos in the photobooth ✌🏼
Once Tim and Dan had gone home me and Sarah went to Boom Battle Bar. We had a round of Mini Golf and did a spot of basketball on the machines. We each had a frozen cocktail each to round off the afternoon.
We picked up some smaller picky bits on our way home from town and ate those before having a nap (because, sun ☀️) and then went to the cinema. We watched ‘Fall Guy’ (with Tim too!) It was really good.
Sunday
Sunday was our actual birthday, so we decided to meet up for a nice brunch and do our usual present exchange together. We went to this lovely brunch spot along the waterfront – again, the sun was shining beautifully (we got very lucky with the weather!!)
Delicious!
Once we had eaten, our respective families got together at our Mum and Dad’s to open our presents from them.
Me & Sarah also got a little spontaneous birthday present for ourselves (pic below) 🙃
In the evening we enjoyed a nice family meal together with our older Sister, Mum, Dad, Brother in laws, Nephews, and Niece.
Here’s to year 34! Let’s see what it will bring 🎈⭐️
An absolutely unbelievable weekend, one we’ll never forget.
I can’t wait for the football season to start up again!
Our Birthday!
We had a fun birthday weekend celebrating together. We grabbed lunch and spent the day hanging out together on Saturday. Delicious picky bits at Revs in the sunshine, mini golf, cocktails, and the cinema.
On our birthday, on the Sunday we had a delicious brunch together, exchanged our presents, spent time with family and had a birthday meal with cake to round off the weekend.
Oh… and we may have got a matching tattoo on our birthday as well 👀
We enjoyed a bottomless brunch in the sunshine 🌞 followed by some fun and games at a local bar, including interactive darts & karaoke.
A lovely family holiday to Norfolk.
We stayed in a lovely air bnb cottage in Norfolk. We went along with my mother in law, brother in law, my husbands Auntie, Cousin, and Grandad. We had a lovely time chilling out, cooking together, exploring nearby towns and Norwich City, walks (weather permitting), and we even hired a boat, which was a highlight!
& I saw some bats, which was epic.
Going to see Take That live!
I will always love seeing Take That live! No one does it better. I can’t believe that this was the 7th time I’ve seen them love!!
Another fun month! And we are almost halfway through the year!!! Madness.
I thought I would share some cool little bookish things that I recently bought.
They are just some fun, useful little bits that are perfect if you are a bookworm like me!
Let’s take a look!
A cute ‘Welcome to the library’ sign to go by the reading corner.A reading light that sits across the page of your book.Fun little reading lists to keep a track of the books you’ve read and your rating for each one.A coin that says ‘One more chapter’ on one side and ‘Go to bed’ on the otherside. I’m pretty sure it’s weightless to the ‘One more chapter side’ 🤣Some cute little book inspired stickers.
I met up with some friends from work/who I used to work with. We had a delicious Wagamamas.
I met up with another work friend for a delicious ‘Savoury Tea’, a Savoury version of a cream tea, a cheese scone, grated cheese, chutney & tea!
Fun on the farm with my two favourite boys and mum for their ‘Spring Carnival’ 🐮
A lovely meet-up with my bestie to meet her little one 💙
A fun family day out for my brother in laws birthday. We had a lovely lunch followed by a 5 mile walk along the coast.Lots of reading & some new books!
A fun board game day with my husband, Auntie & Cousin.
A fun afternoon at the ‘Murder trial: Live’ this was such an interesting experience being on a jury and deliberating over a case, making a verdict and seeing the outcome. There was a majority of 54% ‘Not Guilty’ but she was Guilty 😬 I went with my twin sister, and we had a great time.We celebrated my friends’ 30th birthday at work! We decorated, had a picky sharing lunch, and I made a yummy cake!
I took my nephew to the cinema a couple of times in March. They are my little cinema buddies after all. We watched Migration & Kung Fu Panda 4.I went to the football a few times this month. We go with my Dad and I share a season ticket with my sister. The bottom photo is from the women’s match, this was the first time they had played at the stadium, and it was a great game 5-0We celebrated ‘World Book Day’ at work – I dressed up as Harry Potter ⚡️We celebrated ‘Mothers Day’ with our traditional homemade afternoon tea. I made a Victoria Sponge, topped with buttercream and a Lemon Drizzle Loaf Cake! Me & Mum also went out for a nice lunch at a nearby cafe/garden centre.We celebrated my Uni friends’ baby shower this month, too!! It was lovely to celebrate and catch up.WE FINALLY HAVE NEW FLOORING AND WERE ABLE TO MOVE BACK INTO OUR HOME !!We enjoyed a fun (& delicious) Easter Sunday! With our traditional Chinese for dinner.
& finally,
We watched Mark Watson, the comedian in our hometown. I bought these tickets for my husband, for Christmas! He has seen Mark Watson a few times and really enjoys his comedy. I myself hadn’t seen him live before but he was very funny and I would definitely watch him live again. We got to meet him afterwards, too, and get a signed copy of his book.
I’ve always enjoyed doing a few ‘baking’ recipes on here, every now and then, particularly at Easter time.
All that delicious Easter chocolate in the shops or that you may receive can be put to good use by yourself or your small people – it’s super easy and great fun too!
So what is Easter Bark you say?
Well it’s shards of decorated chocolate.
And here’s how it’s done (by us anyway)
Ingredients
X2 large bars of Milk Chocolate
X2 large bars of white chocolate
Sprinkles
A selection of your favourite Easter chocolates to adorn
Recipe
Prep a baking tray with a lining of baking parchment, make sure it covers the sides of your baking tray a little too, not just the bottom.
Melt your different chocolates (we went for milk and white for the kids – dark would also be delicious) in separate bowls over water (or in the microwave)
When the chocolate that you wish to have as your base is ready (ours was milk), pour that into the baking sheet and spread out so it covers the bottom in an even layer. Don’t spread it too thin.
Drizzle over the other chocolate/s that you’ve melted (our white chocolate) either yourself or the children need a cocktail skewer to swirl the chocolate carefully to create the marbled effect.
Adorn with your sprinkles and chosen Easter Chocolate, trying to evenly distribute it throughout.
Pop into the fridge (or freezer if you are impatient like us!! 😂)
Once it is fully solidified, break it up into shards and ENJOY!
Super easy, fun & delicious! Perfect for occupying the kids this Easter hols – my nephews and niece loved it (especially the eating part!)
If like me, you can’t walk past a bookshop (or supermarket) without buying new books, or if you need some inspiration for what to read next, then this post is for you!
Here are some of the books that I’ve bought recently, from a variety of places!
Let’s take a look!
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Title: ‘No one saw a thing’
Author: Andrea Mars
Genre: Crime Thriller
Why I chose it: I love thrillers and the blurb sounded very intriguing.
Title: ‘None of this is true’
Author: Lisa Jewell
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Why I chose it: I am a big fan of Lisa Jewells thrillers!!
Title: ‘The Sisters’
Author: Claire Douglas
Genre: Thriller
Why I chose it: I live a thriller, and it mentioned twins (which I am), so my interest was piqued.
Title: Tale of Magic series
Author: Chris Colfer
Genre: Fantasy
Why I chose it: Chris Colfer writes truly magical fiction. His previous series,’The Land Of Stories’ was fantastic, so I had to get this one too.
Title: ‘The Wake Up Call’
Author: Beth O’Leary
Genre: Romance/Rom Com Fiction
Why I chose it: I am a fan of her other books and have read them all, plus they are very easy to read.
Title: ‘The Air Raid Book Club’
Author: Annie Lyons
Genre: Historical fiction
Why I chose it: Because it had ‘Book Club’ in the title and the blurb gave me ‘Goodnight Mr Tom’ vibes.
Roseanne Byford 