June

our first Ben Howard gig - my obvious other half, kiss kiss | playing with watercolour | fish and chips from Harry Ramsdens | me and my precious - her first visit to the big city | Shropshire countryside - the place I call home | wearing cigarettes | mouth | we love a picnic | don't touch my ice-cream | birthday shopping | kopparberg drinking | of course there'd be a Matthew - 1/12 apostle dur | pout | iced lemonades at Costa - hubba hubba | a beautiful mess app | feeding time at the zoo | legs 11 and Once Upon A Time catch-up | reminiscing on a drive back home | Blackpool tower | ombre watercolour lovin' | shabby chic | admiring an old (now abandoned) grocers and place a family would of called home | birthday celebrations | taking diy to another level | a diy chest of drawers stole my heart | trying new stuff | praline is my god | a beautiful bedroom I wished I owned | decorating with yellow | pizza date night | bed making taken too serious since '09 | cox and cox stunning new accessories collection

and thats it. June in a handy pint size post, full of random and magical memories. Same time, same place but in a months time, August is my month yo. 

Busy Bee

The past few weeks have been emotionally and physically draining to say the least, so during my week off I'm on a little quest to make some posts, catch up on sleep, bake mini cheesecakes and play in the sun, but until then I thought I'd put a post together in photo form (of course) of the past 4 weeks..

My culinary skills just continue to grow as I cooked the boy and I fruity noodles and chicken, red pepper and pineapple skewers | These alphabetic stamps I bought from Paperchase are the only thing I need at the moment - perfect for cards, posters and (like above) those must needed lists us organised, geeks love to make | Payday can only mean one thing - lets spend it all before the days over; H&M top and necklace and new music | For hair purposes only - TIGI Bed Head shampoo & conditioner is a hair savour | I tried my hand at making homemade cheese burgers, which if you must know - were delicious and so juicy | After a crappy weekend the boyfriend surprised me with a shirt Ive wanted for weeks and the whole Twilight Saga *scream* | A small DIY which I managed to turn into a complicated DIY *smiles* | Honeycomb ice-cream at Frederick's | Breakfast date 

Chicken Caesar salad with smoked bacon croutons - I know how to treat myself | My first Cath Kidston purchase | Monochrome jacket | BLUE SKIES! | Our first visit to TGI's and OH MY was it good -  incredible service, lots of birthday celebration singing and hundreds of calories.. It's a once a year kind of treat | Finally got my new boots, it's definitely love and I sooo 'need' the red ones | Drinks in Manchester to end a lovely day | My favourite thing this year so far is this original photo booth at Fred Aldous (Northern Quarter) | Manchester's new attraction - Skyride 

My first time trying stuffed mushrooms, yumyumyum | Cocktails with friends | Getting geeky with my new alphabetic stamp set | A piece I clearly must have in my future house - a neon yellow Ferris wheel | Facetime with my princess, LOOK AT THAT FACE! | My ideal bedroom (photo via Design Sponge) | My way of testing out lipsticks.. afterall they're never the actual colour they say they are | Mochas at Costa make my face happy | I've waited months for this album, fan since '05 

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Hope you're enjoying your weekend.. ttfn!