Show and Tell 2

Somehow I never got round to writing one of these last week so now I have two weeks of activities (because I do SO many things..........)

What a coincidence this was what my calendar said on the
day of my date !

One of the more out of my comfort zone things I did do in the last few weeks was go on a coffee date ! It doesn't happen very often that I would go on anything at all resembling a date like ever  EVER but I had been chatting to him for a while on Tinder (nifty little app if you're single and want to see who's about) but I went and while the date wasn't the best thing (you won't be hearing any wedding bells from
me..........for a long time) and the coffee was probab....no definitely the best part (the cookie and cream desert in Cafe Depeche is also class), Even though it wasn't the most  successful adventure I was still happy out that I did it.




After the date I visited my brothers and I amused myself ordering a Dominoes pizza using the app (One of the worst things about moving from a big town to a small town is the lack of Dolminoes, Pizza hut and McDonalds... #firstworldproblems)

My friends, the frog and myself before the 'frog attack'

My lovely friend Sarah is moving Allll the way to Dublin so I've been trying to hang out with her as much as I can, we've been friends our whole lives, and are third generation friends (our fathers and grandfathers were all friends too). So last Friday we headed off to the cinema and decided we'd see The Wolf of Wallstreet. I thought it was a really really good film and if anyone else has seen it can we agree the Country club scene (don't want to spoil anything so I'll just say Country Club scene) was one of the funniest scenes I've ever seen! I don't know if Mr Leo will win an Oscar but we shall see!


This week she also had a night out in Cork City. It was a Thu so  we headed to The Voodoo Rooms because its 21s so I didn't feel very old so that's always good. Saying that the super sized Jenga and Connect four and The animal balloon man were highly entertaining. We had a balloon frog....until someone bit it and we were all heartbroken!!


I have half started doing yoga too. I was running and all of a sudden my back starts aching and got worse and worse over two days, so I youtubed Yoga for beginners and, really enjoyed it. I've to look into Yoga classes near me but so far the youtube tutorials are doing just fine for the moment. Being more flexible is not going to do me any harm at the very least :)




My most recent discovery is Orphan Black!! OH my, its some show!!! It only has one season so far so I am not allowing myself marathon it. It follows the story of Sarah Manning who on just returning to NYC witnesses the suicide of a woman who looks exactly like her. Its so quick paced and I'm actually addicted. If you're like me and you have to IMDB everything before you watch it. hold back on IMDBing it until you get to the 3rd episode, just trust me :)





Oh also I finished my cross stitch of the panda!
My panda looks slightly more evil than the one in the picture but I'm happy out with it :)







That has been my RIVETING two weeks. I think I may start doing outfit posts so you can see what I wear on Boy Dates and Girl Dates etc. I'm off now to go for a run and head to more going away drinks. Its so ironic when I come back to my home town after 4 years, my three best friends are all leaving.... have a nice week :)

Christmas Time

Belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The last week has really flown and tomorrow is the last day of the year, I'm ready to leave this year and the things that went wrong behind and I am looking forward to 2014 and the adventures it will be.This year def had it good bits, visiting Paris and my Nursing Ball spring to mind.

To help me get into the Christmas Spirit I gallivanted up to Dublin and Dundalk to see some people and hear the music students of my old college sing a few lovely Christmas carols.

My first stop was Dublin and after a quick Burger and catch up with my friend I headed for Grafton street to see the windows in Brown Thomas (best way to describe it is to say it's the Irish Harrods) and I was not dissapointed. 

They had dressed the windows with Costumes from the nearby Gaiety Theatre and it was very Gatsby-esque). 

Bewleys Cafe had set up a Christmas party with puppets and there was even crowd sounds which all added to the party atmosphere.

Grafton Street definitely helped get me into the holiday mood. Christmas songs played by a saxophone and only the slightest bit of rain, there was a bit of swaying by myself.

 Next I headed up to Dundalk. I hadn't told mu friends I was arriving that day so hopefully it was a nice surprise for them. They have to wear ballgowns for their concert hence I had to dress up aswell, not ball gown attire but still, an attempt just the same. The carols were lovely, one of my housemates actually arranged one of the songs so the day was a lovely time indeed. There was also a drink or two involved in celebration of the success and the college librarian said she liked my hair!!

Myself and the Dolls

The normal christmas traditions occured in my house which involves new pajamas (and a christmas jumper for myself) reading the night before Christmas, waiting on the stairs until the door to the sitting room was unlocked (incase the 23, 21 and 14 year old decided to wake up even earlier than normal). We had 10 people for breakfast and bucks fizz before heading to the Christmas swim (I watched and applauded and that was as close to swimming as I got). We had a quiet lunch with just the five of us and then a nap may have been involved.......showing my age I guess...... and then all the family headed for Our grandmothers for sandwiches and lots of tea. It was the first time in about 6 years all 17 grandchildren were together so after a lot of coercing we all fitted into a photo.

A few Lovely presents included Season two of Game of Thrones, a mouse onesie, a scarf, an urban dictionary calender a  a thirty euro voucher for New Look which went on a lovely navy mac (down from sixty euro to eighteen) and a pair of jeggings, and a voucher for a local pharmacy which went towards a La Roche Posay Cleanser which I am excited to get using. My big present is Car Insurance and Lessons.  I had a provisional license when I was 18  but then I had exams and college so I never got round to putting the head down and learned to drive. That should be changing soon.

That was my Christmas! A bit more quiet now I'm working and dancing away behind a bar instead of infront of it, but a lovely time was had all the same. I hope you had a Lovely Christmas and I'll see ye all in 2014