good girls deserve treats

today was a wonderful day.

i discovered i had more money in my account than i’d thought

so, naturally, i spent it.

to be fair i’ve spent the majority of the day doing absolutely nothing.

cooked myself a hairy biker’s breakfast, watched gordon ramsay shows, had a fritatta and tidied my bedroom a teeny tiny little bit.

i was meant to walk into town but i just couldn’t be arsed. i drove instead at 3pm.

i’ve been pretty productive though. i had a list of things i wanted to do in town and i managed to do all of them except pay a cheque in. which means i’m going to have to force myself to walk/bike into town tomorrow. #healthkick

number one on the list was to get my iphone fixed. i may have accidentally dropped it in the toilet at a recent wedding and up until today i haven’t had the time/funds to fix it. but things are looking up!

then i wandered into town to replace the eyebrow pencil i’ve run out of and get my eyebrows done.

let me just say i love a good bargain in boots.

they had a half price sale on real techniques brushes and i’ve been lusting after them for a while. so i decided after my hectic week of work i definitely deserved them.

i’d initially just gone in for the eyebrow pencil i’m in love with. it’s the soap and glory archery pencil. i’m no mua, i know pretty much nothing about make up, but this eyebrow pencil is the love of my life. the colour matches my eyebrows perfectly, it draws on so gently and softly, and it blends so well. honestly this is one of my desert island products.

but of course soap and glory had a buy one get on half price deal on, and i’m a sucker for a bargain. i’ve recently bought the 5th avenude nude lipstick and fallen in love. not only is it utterly gorgeous but it smells of fucking icing! i know! it is delicious.

the last time i went into boots i tried on of the soap and glory plumping lip glosses so guess what i bought today? and it fucking smells of chocolate! i don’t know how they do it but any product that can make me look good and smell scrummy is a big tick in my book. i went for the shade pink-out-loud and i’m already starting to love it. the tube is nice and chunky, the colour is fab and it does that wonderfully addictive tingly thing on your lips. mamma likey!

the last thing i bought from boots was an own brand beauty blender. i haven’t got one yet and i’m all about that hype so we shall see how it goes.

but guess what bellend forgot her boots card 😦 thank god for on-receipt points.

 

right outside boots is an eyebrow bar, so i got mine threaded straight after. thank god for very big sunglasses to hide the classic redness. forward thinking thank you very much.

finally i treated myself to some nose studs. i had to change one the other week for work and ended up washing it down the sink because i am an idiot. the tattoo parlour in town does 3 nose studs for £2 so i treated myself. one boring filler for if i need to hide it at work, and two pretty ones. right now i’m rocking my floral stud and loving it.

check those fresh browz

so that was my day today. i’m going back to town tomorrow and i’m scared i might get over-excited in boots again. but what’s the point of grafting if you can’t treat yourself once in a while?!

over and out

x

 

cambridge ‘treat day’

the best thing about being home is most definitely having my best friend a ten minute walk away.

life is so much better when you can pester her 24/7.

today was gorgeous.

a couple days ago over lunch, tash and i decided we’d have a shopping day in cambridge.

today was that day, she stayed round last night and we had a sleepover like the good old days, so we could get up nice and early and have the whole day of shopping.

we got up at 8am (ew) and had a lovely relaxed morning. for breakfast we made a huge veggie frittata with potatoes, onions, tomatoes, leeks and obviously lots of cheese and eggs. it was genuinely so filling and a lot tastier than i was expecting. dad had some too and there was even some left over (hello tomorrow’s breakfast!)

we had arranged to leave at 9, but after our chilled breakfast we ended up leaving just before 10. by the time we’d gotten there, got on the park and ride and got into town it was nearing midday and our tummies were rumbling. fortunately, we knew where to go.

tash is veggie and i love veg so we asked our pal aaron (who lives there) for some recommendations. he told us about rainbow cafe and he absolutely delivered.

the cafe is in a gorgeous location – just opposite king’s college so it’s a stunning view. it’s the sort of place you would walk by if you didn’t know it was there – the entrance is tiny and it’s all downstairs – but once inside you’re so glad you discovered it!

on the walk down you’re surrounded by rainbow fairy lights – at this point i knew i was in my element!

it’s gorgeous and adorable in there and so homely. there were so many fantastic dishes on the menu it took us ages to decide, but eventually tash had the sheperdess pie and i had the vegetable tagine. they were both delicious.

we paid £12 each including a lovely raspberry lemonade and the portions were so big and lovely we couldn’t finish them. i wish we’d shared a meal because they had an amazing looking desert menu –  but that just means we’ll have to go back again!

fortunately, we still had room for ice cream and found a gorgeous little shop nearby called chocolat chocolat where we had gorgeous ice creams. i had a strawberry sorbet (not quite ice cream) but tash had pistachio ice cream and they were absolutely lovely. after all, it was treat yourself day!

the next few hours we spent wandering round browsing. and then got all sorts of carried away in lush. i mean it’s hard not too.

and of course i ended up spending money. for years now i’ve been using the raining men shower gel. it’s the most delicious honey scented product i’ve ever used. it feels amazing and soft in the shower but it stays on your skin for hours and hours after using. i wish i could live in that scent it’s amazing. and today i found out not only do they do that scent but also do it as a shampoo!

so, cleeearly i had to buy it! it’s hairwashing day tomorrow and i am so excited to use it. i genuinely cannot wait i am gonna smell even more delicious than usual!

i also convinced tash to buy ‘big shampoo’ which is another one of my all time favourites.

lush we love you!

after a desperate dash to the toilets in john lewis we noticed there was an urban decay clearance! soooo guess who has a new limited edition lipstick and liner. this bitch!

i am so impressed too – i did a colour swatch of the liner on my hand and it still hasn’t properly washed off. i’m so excited to properly use them.

i think it might be a new favourite shade too – it’s the gwen stefani rock steady shade and it is gorgeous. i could swim in that shade!

the last thing i bought (apart from chocolate milk) was a gorgeous wine-red skirt in white stuff. i’m really getting into big a line skirts at the moment and this bad boy was £22 down from £46 and the perfect shade to match my lipstick. and since trying it on at home it’s actually a little big – success!

so that concludes my fantastic cambridge shopping trip.

my calves hurt, but i have new lipstick and i’m currently snuggled in bed with the most recent lush magazine.

(also i got three compliments on the skirt i wore today! winning!)

life is good.

ciao