Showing posts with label chilli-con-carnival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chilli-con-carnival. Show all posts

Monday, 6 August 2012

Birthday week!

Currently loving Birthday Week (yes, that's a real thing)! It was my birthday last Tuesday, but I'd been doing super fun things for the whole week surrounding it. It's just been a really lovely way of seeing friends & family (& a whole lotta food). 

It started with a trip to the children's zoo with my mum, brother & Adam
A pile of meerkats! Too cute.

 Adam inside a giraffe...

The the next day was tea at the Grand Hotel, followed a couple of days later with this b.e.a.uuutiful cake (one of two! Spoiled)

And then the aquarium
Jellies

Standing on sharks (sorta)!

And thennnn a lovely dinner date with Lyzz at Jamie's - totally yum! All the sorts of food your parents would make for you, but you wouldn't bother to make yourself (well, I probably wouldn't!)

Then the next day, it was time for Chilli Con Carnival!
Tequila, 5 types of chilli, pinatas, coronas, sombreros, marachai music & laughs :)  






And then to finish the week, we went to watch the Olympics in Hyde park! It was so much fun to watch Murray win gold along with a crowd of hundreds. Totally feels like a festival, but free & super fun! 

Oh, we also went to Cadbury world...

And had ice creams. 
Perfect.

Tuesday, 24 July 2012

7 things

7 things that are making me happy right now:

No. 1. 
My new flat
I love love love it! 
All the little novelties haven't worn off just yet - like having carpet, my 35 minute commute to work & the super cute building/location. 

The building looks like this: 


And it's really near this:


No.2
The weather that fully feels like summer (holiday)! 
This is a happy sight indeed ( & I'm choosing to see my slight sunburn as a brief english-summer momento)


No.3 
That Adam & I saw Rhys Darby last night - he's a funny man! We would highly recommend.


No. 4
Finding out I'm going to the Aquarium next week!!! (for my birthday)
This has pretty much made my life! 
A little excited, sure...


No. 5
Air-con & fans. A nice change of pace in this warmth :)

No. 6
Trying everyone's chillies at Chilli-con-carnival!
(and making/wearing sombreros, of course) 


No. 7
Having the internet in the new flat + catching up on Breaking Bad!
Haven't seen it in a while, but now the 5th season is out in the US I'm itching to catch up again.