A night out

Outfit Of The Night :

Work Christmas  Party

Tuesday night I was invited to a lovely dinner out at a posh but quaint hotel. The main purpose was to bring a little present as we all contributed in doing secret Santa. I had a really great time chatting with the people I work with who all looked the part. I had not been out in a while so for me this was a real treat and has given me the confidence to do more outings at night. Dessert was the best they had to offer you cannot turn down a uber rich sticky toffee pudding with not to mention ginger bread ice-cream that complimented all the flavours exceptionally well.

One ingredient ICECREAM !!!!!!!!!!

Job hunting and a Recipe ..........

I cannot believe I have just one more week before I go back to college. These past few weeks have been a blur they have gone so quick. I am determined to get myself a part time job all my excuses are out of the window ,which means I am ready to start handing in cv's in hope I will be hired. Handed in 4 cv's so far will just have to be patient. focusing on driving again as it still  a struggle taking it one step further trying out the intensive course.

the first post I ever wrote I mention that I include  a few recipes occasionally. I have been meaning too for a while. I always plan at least 5 posts in advance. Switching things up; first ever recipe (well can hardly call it a recipe as it is so darn easy to make that is if you like bananas).

Step1. You will need at least 3 medium sized bananas.

step 2. Carefully break each banana into chunks then lay it on a flat surface in this case I used a    cookie tray.

step3. Place the banana chunks into a freezer for at least 3 hours until fully frozen.

step 4. Equipment needed is a food processor do not worry if you don't have one. A blender will work just fine or worst case scenario (just eat the frozen chunks still tastes good right ?) pulse on high for a few seconds at a time making sure you keep scraping the sides down estimated time : 5 minutes until the mixture is a nice creamy soft serve consistency.

Step 5.  For presentation I chose to put it in a teacup for a nice vintage touch.
Tastes really yummy and for added flavour add a drop of vanilla extract vanilla makes everything taste 1000 times better.

`Vacation Time

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Tuesday 30th July our adventure began at 9:50 pm ,was when my sister and I boarded the plane to the exotic location of Tenerife , Spain. Arrived at 2:50 am Wednesday morning at the airport ready to catch the shuttle to our Hotel. I could not help laughing at how the bus driver took us round and round in circles as he was completely lost and not to mention on the phone the whole time. First thought was  "great start to the Holiday" all will change. I was Simply exhausted and this is the first time with my 16 year old sister to go on a holiday by ourselves. Sometimes fear can give you the right push into becoming more independent, as let me tell you we are both wimps when it comes to pushing ourselves to the limit. Fell asleep pretty quickly except there was a strange annoying noise we could here that sounded like someone was snoring ; a little weird; it did stop thank goodness.
First proper day : All our food was inclusive meaning help yourself to as much as you want was the motto.

after breakfast the rest of the day was spent relaxing by the pool and hunted around for the best swimming pool which would definitely be this one. The cool thing was you had to use a card to access the pool each time.

  

Each night we would dress up for dinner and wore a variety of outfits , one great thing about being on a holiday is how much time you have to get ready and very little time thinking about all the stress left at home.

 

Day 2 Early start to the day ,as we planned to go downtown to get our bearings more familiar with Los Cristiano's a very quaint little town with a vibe that could almost be replicated to the times I spent in Florida. I think it must of been the palm trees that were the dead giveaway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 3 was back to the pool and in the afternoon ventured into the supermarkets  after a little siesta of course. Browsing all the food they had for offer which I spotted purple Fanta and well the ice creams speak for themselves except I forgot to take a photo. Night time was specifically targeted to the kids and ended up finishing at 9:45 which was right about the time the real entertainment started several included a magic show, acrobatics, opera singing are too name a few. Not necessarily our cup of tea but was pretty hilarious to watch.

 

Day 4 had to be the day I was most looking forward to as it was a little trip to the beach, as when I lived in Florida that was the number one hot spot. My whole family would go at the weekends ahhh those were the days. I will let these photos do the talking ( not literally ).

 

 

 

 

Day 5 was a trip to the market to see if we can buy some gifts to take back home with us and give to a few family members . At night I was happy to play a game of pool which I had completely forgot how to hold the stick  a little embarrassing to admit either way I won. My last hit was a epic  HIT landing my striped ball in the hole. I am aware these terms sound strange and if your familiar with the game I am sure it will make sense. (here I am hoping I don't sound weird at all )

 

Day 6 cannot believe we are nearly at the end of our vacation well after staying at the hotel we thought why not try something else. from pondering over the  different options. Best idea so we thought was to go to the Waterpark. Unfortunately the trip ended up in a disaster to say the least we bought only 12 euros on the bus and once we got there I realised you had to pay for your locker and most of the rides.  What was really disappointing was the dolphin show which I thought having paid in advance would cover the dolphin show as well boy was I wrong. Anyways we managed to go on a ride called wacky races which was a lot of fun but were worried the bus would only come at 5. Leaving us no choice but to get a taxi. You live and you learn is the saying I am going with here . to put a more positive outcome on the situation I liked feeling independent. The rest of the day was laying lazily at the pool.

 

The final day was full of excitement and a little sad to be leaving as it was really nice having time away from the parents and feeling more grown up than ever. The juicy gossip : I have left to the end as you will read in a minute why.  18is the legal age I can drink alcohol I tried one alcoholic drink a rum and coke which was revolting. Having to work  up the courage to meet and talk to people was a little daunting at first and luckily the last night before we left we met some really sweet guys a little younger but were hilarious to talk to. Lets be honest what holiday would be complete without food .......        response absolutely none. Cannot wait for the next trip away made a few mistakes saving the best one too last.  Leaving my purse on the flight back with all my cards and money inside is now gone forever. I was completely devastated no matter how tired you are always do a double check on the valuables. Believe it or not I did get a tan the proof is definitely not in the pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

I was very grateful for this chance to visit somewhere new :)

 

 

 

 

Did you go anywhere this summer? would love to know .

Wild shopping adventure

A Day Out In Birmingham

I woke up at 7 o clock in the morning to a pretty bad storm , believe it or not there was thunder and lightning unbelievable considering it is the day we decided to go shopping. Whilst we were on the bus the storm continued to  worsen and was unsure of whether we will be going anywhere at this rate. Finally arrived at the train station with my sister, ready to get on the train but due to the torrential rain, flooding occurred and was told the train is cancelled. Not surprised because there was reported damage that had already occurred on the train lines. Everyone who was boarding the train went to get a refund on their tickets then the intercom said not to worry the train has been reinstated with a 15 minute delay. From all this confusion we were both happy to just sit on the train  then Kayleigh needed the loo and she was certain the train would not leave for at least ten minutes. After humming and haring for a few minutes off she went and little did I know the train left ,with me still on the train with  our bags tickets and phones . I  could not believe what just happened I was rather confused at first leading me to  complete panic mode. How on earth will I be able to contact my sister  first time for everything I guess. I immediately got hold off my dad told him what had happened and he suggested I either go by myself or get the next train back . Luckily in the town we were in we knew someone who lived here and I thought to myself she might of gone to see her so I phoned the number and told my Godmother ,warning her my sister might arrive there soon and I was right; just as I was on the phone she arrived at the door. confirming what the next step was  should I wait for her to get the next train then meet her at a specific time as I could not phoning her would be hopeless. I Arrived at Birmingham an hour and a half later then went around a couple shops waiting for the time to pass on bye till it was time to meet up. Ten to 11 there she was standing waiting for her ticket. Now the fun can begin first stop was Miss Selfridge which we looked at a couple items but could not quite see anything that caught our eye.  I had a sudden horrible thought that I may of lost her camera which is the one I use to take the photos , not too mention if it got stolen how mad my sister would be at me. Thinking logically here I retraced my steps and remembered I must of left it in the Warehouse dressing room. I was right the kind lady picked it up and kept it at her desk ; few what a relief. A couple hours passed and we both decided to have lunch at the Mr Pretzel stand. Each got a lovely soft utterly delicious cinnamon pretzel I am what you call a cinnamon fiend "cant get enough of the stuff". Normally we  would got to our Eat which sells a variety of different foods ,your mouth will be watering just looking at all the different options. The purpose of the shopping trip was to find some clothes for our Holiday which is on Tuesday. There was so many sales happening in almost every store we went to. After a long day  we called it a day ,super happy with our purchases and Exhausted to the extreme but was worth the little adventure.

Have you ever had any weird shopping experiences ?