Saturday, 18 June 2011

Latest Beauty Tips for 2011

Heres a few beauty tips for you guys
first one great new body moisturiser from garnier
Garner body intensive 7 days £2,99 this is fab doesnt last seven days otherwise you would be a scruffy bugger and like everything it washes well apart from fake tan. If you have a shower at night put this on all the next day your skin is lovely and smooth it says dont use on face but that shows how strong it is and for hydrating moisturiser this is on of the best and didnt give my normal sensitive skin spots so a winner.

Next Im recommending Avon soft and glow gradual tan £5 but often half price, now if your like me any type of fakeness I put on goes orange or streaky if youve tried all of the fake ones intense to gradual and they just dont work then give this a go, it only took one application and I had a bit of colour by day 3 I was a nice golden brown.



last for now is rescue oil there are dearer versions but dont be fooled this is like a couple of quid from pound land or b&ms in the uk, I found this as when I came home from my holiday I had a couple of dry patches around my T zone nose and chin, so I thought I would buy baby oil but as this has lots of vitamins in it and its an oil I thought it would be better for my skin and when I put on my anti-wrinkle cream and leave it for say 30 mins to do its job I then put a very thin layer of this oil on and I state THINNN layer dont slap it on, make sure you do it before bed so it sinks in a bit dont want greasy face pillow!! This is good and the bottle will last you forever.

Fashion Alert tone ups-fit flops

I bought some sketcher tone ups before I went on my Honeymoon via my catalogue which I will be paying for the rest of my life as I keep forgetting my monthly payments for them ooops. They were £36.

I wore these religiously everyday when I was away, and I deffinitley noticed my legs were toner and a bit achy everyday but nothing horrible just a mild workout sort of feeling, I know this from my last holiday when I wore normal fitflops and felt nothing but sore feet from lack of support but these are great I would recommend them highly im sure all the the ranges work just as well.
They are ready to go away again on my next holiay as im keeping them for that, but be warned you have to do  quite a bit of walking for these to work but thats to be expected otherwise they wouldnt be called fitness type names.
Invest you wont regret it I bought the black ones without the toepost.

I do!!

Well I did it I got married woohoo, or crazy lady some may say, but Its been well over a month now and it went very well infact it has to go down as one of the best days of my life, Very nervous indeed was not the word I got up in the morning was very nervous my husband was there to I point blank refused for him or me to sleep else where what a crock I am very unsuspicious of stuff like that I even walk under ladders and put my brolly up in the house and I have been known to put my shoes on the table ooooohhhh naughty me!! Anyway  I started getting ready early and my friend turned up and she had a lovely bottle of bucks fizz with her which I added vodka to ooops to which my beloved wanted to get involved in the drinking as well of course, my friend bless did her best to keep us apart one in one bedroom and one in the other, but you just end up acting like a silly kid so did her or us no favours but was fun!! hehe.
Now the shitty bit was my beloved knew some guys who knew some bloke at a garage who was a taxi driver who had a jag car ( must take a breath...) now we just assumed we were booking this cab at normal rates but the bloke rang my beloved the day before and wanted £60 ehhhh!!! so my fella said I just assumed it was a normal taxi as errrr thats what you do your a taxi?? the bloke was like well its a wedding so its a bit different ( what the **** a taxi ride is a taxi ride) I swear to god you mention wedding and everything triples in price absolute rip off. Well not to worry we just rung a taxi and off we went to pick up my pa and we were on our way (And dont worry my intended did say I looked beautifull AAWWWRRR sweet)
Now here we were Me my intended my bested bud and pa the sun was shinning what more could I want.
We arrived at the registry office on time, my intended was shuffled off with his best man and I was taken away with my pops to cofirm details.
Once all legalities were out of the way off we went.
Pops led me through the back (theres a small isle leading up to the front) to Daniel Bedingfield song which is a song which was out when we first met.
It was so exciting I didnt feel nervous just bloody excited as hell, Dad asked me if I was 100% sure haha bit late in the day but I was sure.
There was my handsome itended in his suit looking fab and I couldnt stop smiling at him it was like no one else was there but me and him and that was a fact its weird how everything else just floats away at that moment in time.
The vows went so well and we were so smiley and happy, My mam cried his aunt cried we spoke clear and loud enough (so everyone said).
The pictures were a bit ropey at first I had asked my dad to be top photographer and lets say I err sacked him after 10 minutes of him staring around at everyone else then taking pics of the water with boats passing,(yes we were right next to water how nice Eh!)
My bbf took over and took some fab pics (well until she got mortal on wine later haha)
After getting pics with all the family it was time to go to the pub yehaaa.
They had balloons and separate seating area still in the pub just off to one side, buffet was lovely hot and cold food, nice cake, champagne, and friends and family what more could anyone ask for,
So thats pretty much it we left late and had to go on holiday next day but thats another story for another time.

Monday, 2 May 2011

click click snap snap does your mobile take good pics?

Its that time again when your mobile contract runs out
Im with Orange and have been so for 5 years now, I have had my ups and downs with them but they always do quite good deals, but alas this year they have fell flat on their orange backsides.
My 18 month contact has ran out I asked for a Blackberry bold 9780 in a lovely white
they didnt have it so I argued that If I went through a website online I could get it on orange
they said its not our stock, ???????
They dont have it, tough, end of contract goodbye
How lovely!! so hence I thought im not going to bother with them again, but well as i am a trier I thought im not giving up so I rang back and thought maybe Id haggle for an Iphone and basically got laughed at ( at £25 a month no chance) not to worry they can bugger off forever now.
I havent got a new one as yet so any ideas are welcome although I think im alone in this little blog of mine.
All deals are like 24 months which is alittle bit to long as it started at 12 then went to 18 now they want 24 well sorry I may even go on pay as u go until they all sort themselves out.
Still love that BB white phone though!!! Phones for u have a few deals at the min so who knows.
Oh and on my hen night I used my xperia mini to take pics My friends used their iphones my pics were far better I dont know much about iphones my beloved has one but still I take no notice but now I know there camera is poop and it doesnt have a flash I will not be getting an Iphone as the xperia mini is much cheaper phone and the Blackberry 9780 also has 5mega pixels with flash I didnt realise this so I must be drawn to good camera phones well a girl should always have a camera handy and the xperia mini is a fab little first android phone to get you started.

Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Shop till Ya Drop (yeah if you have the money these days!)

Is it me or is everything so expensive these days, I mean im not a cheap skate but the way fashion changes every month Im not going to pay fortunes for something thats hot one day and not the next! (plus I dont earn enough to do that)
I went shopping the other day there were lots of floaty tops out this future spring 2011 and I love the styles just not the prices, dont get me wrong I like primark otherwise known as primani to my crowd but after a few washes the stuff is a bit naff so you may as well pay a bit more in the likes of Peacocks, dorothy perkins, select, next,new look, I was in Wallis, Monsoon, Warehouse, Oasis and they are a lot more expensive these days, I know the Vat went up but gone are the days of a top, jeans bag and shoes for like under a 100 pound, it pays you to check out the money expert, or just type into google latest high st vouchers etc as if you hunt around you could end up buying the same outfit online with discount than buying from the shop, also when you buying from catalogues if it says free delivery over £60 and you only want one thing for like£30 then order extra get ur free delivery and return the other goods, Now I would have never have done that like 10 years ago but times change and things keep going up and up so put your hints and tips on here to save us girlies some cash (cos then we can buy a lippy or mascara with what we save!!!)

Monday, 21 February 2011

ZUMBA!!!

Tonight was the night I tried Zumba
I have heard a lot about this exercise and was very excited about giving it a try, it was on at our local college.
Everyone must have heard of this latest craze I had  but I must admit didnt really know what it entailed now I do and I must say it was better than I had expected. It was £3.50 which I think is a bargain as I had heard at other places it was £4.50 upwards.
I know its coming out on the Wii soon so I have pre-ordered it ( i am hoping it will help with the old IBS you know shake things up a bit haha, sorry!)
Its going to be £30+ for the Wii game so fingers crossed its as good as the classes as you know what its like your full of good intentions then after a few weeks you think oh I cant go this week then the following week you have have urgent other plans (you know the score!!)
Well I bought a pair of new joggy pants woohoo (they cost a sodden fortune) not the easiest thing to get when your 5ft 2 as they are all too long, so ended up at TKMax buying a designer pair but at a cheaper price, have to say they were worth it as 3/4 lengh and comfy which you need when your bouncing around.
So all ready and dressed for it I then met up with a few friends,
The class was in a basket ball court which was a huge. The class was brill the instructor was really nice and talked you throught the steps ( I still looked like I was swating flys though!)
It lasted an hour there were a few woman who just got in front of you and basically wouldnt move out your way even though they knew every bloody step and HELLO I didnt!! NEWBIE ALERT!!, but they didnt care and were arogant and I was knackered and would have happily just lay on the floor and had a little nap afterward but they prob would have stood on me , but sod it I was buzzing and will still go back, Its like funky dancing its hard to describe so best bet is to utube it and get an idea but give it a go one of my friends hated it and isnt going back so its not everyones cup of tea.
Tip take a bottle of water
wear comfy clothes

Try get infront of the mean girls
dont forget to breathe.
And most of all if you look like a complete tit who cares!!

Thursday, 17 February 2011

Run rabbit run rabbit run run run!!

It was valentines day on Monday
Me and my beloved decided not to buy presents (wedding and honeymoon to pay for) but we did buy cards after all they dont break the bank. (mind only to then later go out for coffee and you guessed it cake at our fav coffee shop Costa mmmmmmmmmmm love that coffee so much, I ended up at past-times with my beloved buying me a lovely black and enamel locket but he bought himself a nice thumb ring so wasnt all about me, (yeah right.)
We decided that we would go to the dogs for a night out it had to be the tuesday as its only open Mondays, Thursday and Sat night when we could have made it and Tuesday was nearest to the day of  love fiver to get in.  It used to be called Brough Park but for some reason I think its changed its name slightly, now the Dogs isnt for the posh or rich or fancy it is what it is pure fun for some serious dog racing for others for us it the fun factor.
My IBS was playing up as usual (I might get one normal week yet!) so my poor beloved took the car now lets here a big awwwwrrrrrrrr no alcoholic drinks for the designated driver.
It was quiet busy for a Tuesday as we go every year round about this time and its normally quiet, there were some students Polish or German I wasnt sure forgive my arrogance I have no idea of foreign languages, anyway they were really noisy and one of the girls said
OH MY GOD THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE
she either didnt speak good english or she was mortal drunk!! (I mean  its the dogs come onnnnn you havent won like the lottery!)
I won the first race and I thought yesssss come on this is going to be a good night oh how wrong I was.
In all we had 5 photo finishes where we could have been 1st five times and we werent it was ironic to say the least as the chances are out of 5 surely one would romp in 1st (oh and the so called rabbit is well now a lump covered in a mini Fluorescent  well coat I guess I would call it.)
It wasnt an expensive night really we only put a pound a race each and a bit more at the end, there was a moment when some of the student peops went out for rations and came back with loads of the best smelling food (just hot dogs and chips) why do things smell better than they taste whats that about!!!
My beloved offered to get me some but IBS once again stopped me who needs a diet just get that and u'll be nice and slim forever anyone out there whos a bit chubby with IBS?
The dogs were sweet with their nice little coats on but I do worry about the treatment of them you just never know what happens to the dogs when they leave the grounds. Theres adverts in their programme advertising for adoption for retired greyhounds and charity info to.
If you have ever pondered on going then try it just dont get dressed up (saturday night maybe more fancy) and theres a restaurant ajoining with a bit of a better view if you fancy a proper meal.
Watch where you sit as you may be a bit deaf when you leave what with the whoop whooping from newbies (awwrrr bless them) I must be simply be getting to old. (awwwrrr bless me!)


Manners are free and first impressions will always last!!!

I went to the Metrocentre yesterday, its a big shoping centre in Gateshead Newcastle, its a nice place full of the usual suspects (shops), I went to pick out a dress as im getting married in May and just want a nice dressy dress to wear (im not into all this flowing ivory diamante bling satin meringue stuff for gods sake I used to climb trees as a kid and was called George!!)
The thing I love about shoping is theres always cake involved somewhere and im lucky enough to have a man who likes it too.
It didnt take long before I had spotted a cafe and had coffee and cake in my hands, I had carrot cake if anyones interested, the cafe was in the little village looking place (not sure of the name) I think the actual name of the cafe was Sweat treats or near enough that when cakes involved my brain isnt, its the one with the water wheel that no longer works. Fab cakes recommended to everyone and my beloved happily agreed.
I didnt get a dress I think its the wrong season so I will wait, but my beloved did spot a nice potential suit, and also a pair of work pants this was in Debenhams, I had been given a voucher from a nice girl at work just incase I saw a dress, alas I didnt but my beloved did want those trousers, I tried to use the voucher but was sadly rebuffed by the cashier stating that it was a concession purchase and the voucher was only for Debenham items, I did say well which is which and she said you will have to ask, Now im not a genius but Debenhams mainly consists of Concessions am I not right?, you have an example
Coast
Topman
Jane norman
Wallis
so I didnt really have a chance did I what a con so everyone read your vouchers from top to the very small print that you may need a magnifying class to read I could have searched the shop high and low but who can be bothered with that so I went to good old Peacocks and bought some tops for my hooneymoon instead.
On the way back to our car I wanted a Kentucky I do love the chicken Ive never tasted it like that anywhere else nothing beats a nice toasted wrap (keeping off bread what with the IBS, cake doesnt count by the way not to me anyway)
As we got served a girl assistant asked to no one in particular does anyone want served, it was obvious we were but was it as she then shouted out
CAN PEOPLE NOT JUST SAY YES OR NO ITS NOT LIKE ITS ROCKET SCIENCE
nice or what I just looked away I thought OMG what a little cow my beloved chuckled he thought it quite amusing but also offensive

I think people are getting ruder and ruder I used to work in shops I remember being dragged off the shop floor and humiliated by my boss for eating chewing gum at work, I dont think men are much different (by that meaning ruder they dont seem to have changed) after all I remember a man holding a door for a lady with a box and she yelled at him
I CAN MANAGE IM NOT SOME WEAK LITTLE WOMAN YOU KNOW
god hark at her I thought just no need for it I bet the bloke now slams doors on women.
Another time was in M & S there was noone maning the changing rooms so I just walked in only to have a woman screaming
YOU CANT GO IN THERE WAIT WAIT!!!
I remember stoping and thinking ok calm down, the woman handed me the disc with how many clothes on it then decided to snatch it back and instead marched me to the dressing room and practically threw me in it I was like holy crap how rude and I think I muttered it to her but she was bigger than me so best not to make it worse I thought.
A cafe I was in I asked for two coffees and you would have think I had went to her house and crapped on her bed, the look was just frightening, I then went on to ask for two cakes the look was like I had killed her dog as well. during all this she never spoke a word to me or my beloved.
One of my pet hates is when you are looking for help and you find two assistants and they are chatting once in a Newlook shop I heard
DID YOU SCORE WITH THAT LAD LAST NEET
AYE HE WAS A MINGER WASNT HE
YOU WERE MORTAL LIKE
AYE TRUE FEEL LIKE SHIT TODAY LIKE CANT BE ARSED

shame isnt it to go on like that in changing rooms that were quite full.
A frequent one is also
HATE THIS SHITE JOB WANT ANOTHER ONE THE MANAGERS A WANKER/TOSSER/TWAT
most of us do but me personally just moan when im at home as in todays climate someone would happily take your job off you so remember guys its not cool to end up on someone elses blog.

Friday, 11 February 2011

IPL, skin creams, lighteners, eye gels, frownies, glycolic acid, OH MY!!!

I have to admit I love beauty products
I love doing a bit of research on the latest fads I will often sit for hours whilst waiting for my laxatives to kick in ho ho.  I have discovered that most of the uk products are pretty much crap and have not that many ingredients that work or penetrate past the first layer of skin (im not a skin specialist in any way shape or form I look up what they actually write)
I have had IPL (laser pen thing for small spider veins and sun damage) when I went for a skin treatment and the consultant noticed I had a bit of sun damage/spider veins she did suggest IPL which I thought yeah yeah bit of a sales pitch con, but as it was on special offer and I had a few pound burning a hole in my pocket £100 I thought why the hell not, I booked myself in and when I had the treatment (which did hurt im not sugar coating it anything for beauty that usually works does come with a price or in my cause a nice red face) I was worried as after 2 weeks I had little veins at the surface of my face looking angry and permanent, but after a month they went and I had really nice new skin and was well chuffed.
This give me a wake up call that yes the sun is dangerous and can damage your skin and sun beds are cancer torches that should be avoided as  ive actually known people to get skin cancer I assume from them as they did use them regularly.
So I can say IPL works great, just bit of advice do not go to a beauty salon for this treatment as I went a year later as I had a few more rogue freckles on my nose, their treatment didnt even turn my skin red and on further investigation I found out they are not licened for higher stronger treatments unlike transform etc who are proper plastic surgery practices, so dont be tempted by salon prices that will probably be cheaper.
I can also say Aldi creams are very good but alas they cause me to break out as they are quite perfumed
their synake cream is fab and for like £8 ish is worth a look.
Avon facial/eye creams arent very good although loving their cellulite cream doesnt get rid of it but does give a smooth and soft feel to legs. Youth code and olay are not very good and most the loreal stuff isnt that good either, ROC doesnt fair well and clarins hasnt got much in it to turn back time.
Theres  seller on ebay that sells great products Member ID the_tranquillity_zone their stuff has all the right ingredients in it my beloved uses their stuff and loves it and his skin is looking nice more of a preventative though than a cure.
Dermajuv is great but too expensive I cant seem to pick that up anywhere cheaper its american as most of the best ones are deffo grab this if you can see if for a good price.
Nadinola is a skin lightener which im using on a few freckles but cant see a difference yet it says if it doesnt work after 3 month then give it up, Ive been using it for 6 weeks so Ill keep going.
Tescos, sainsburys own makes have good reviews but they are perfumed so no good to me.
Frownies are all the rage in USA but to be honest they do as they say but then theres just another crease next to the frownie so seems a bit pointles unless you cover half your face in them (as i lie on my side with my face really scrunched in my pillow and I have a satin pillow case haha they dont work so dont waste ur money on satin covers or save my face pillows or the one with some sort of minerals built into the material they are all rubbish) They are also silly money prices.
I also sometimes use frownies if I first wake up and theres a crease you lick it and stick it over the crease mark as it pulls it out if left for half hour or so, but I  mainly use paper tape on the bottom half of my cheek next to my chin I cut a generous bit off clag it over twice (double it up) then I put a layer of pourous tape over to secure it all and it seems to be working, here in the uk the paper tape is like £1 and the pourous tape I usually buy off ebay for a couple of pound. I deffinatey have seen less of a dint in my lower cheek its where you smile and the lines start getting ingrained and  wont disapear when you stop smiling like they did in your 20's.
The cream that I really love (well for now) is ELite its from USA and I firstly tried the eyecream (gel) light and fragrance free was impressed but was expensive so i left it and bought similer ingredients in other creams which never really did it for me. I recieved an email with an offer for the Elite range where I got the eye, face and neck cream all for £68 which I thought was good, they arrived really quick and i started using them within a few weeks my skin looked nice and deffo the wrinkles around my eyes were a bit better I cant say its a miracle as I belive thats called Botox (nope not getting that it hurts!)
Im sure when that runs out I will have to reinvestigate a new cream for a good price but thats what I love about the internet that its full of alsorts of weird and wonderful things to try.
If you want a great facial experience then try Glycolic acid you can get it from http://www.bravuralondon.com/
start with the 30% I was a bit reluctant to try it I mean acid who wants to put acid on their face but I did a patch test and it was ok, did the treatment and it was ok did the second treatment and thought wow my skins feels great after 4 treatments I got a few compliments and was really chuffed, so give it a go (make sure you read the instructions as it prob wont be suitable for everyone)


I have also tried retinol 0.5 it can course redness and puffiness but once again great for some bad for others  Aldi creams have got rave reviews to but give me spots but worth checking out. If your in the Uk its deffo worth checking out B&M's as they are always getting new stuff in from Olay to unknown makes that the internet give quite good reviews, the list goes on and on and I will try to add on what I discover as someone out there may get some benefits from my advice. Beauty is skin deep but its still worth looking after what you have.

IBS

Anyone got IBS?
Ive had it for 14 years or so now its not very nice but its not the end of the world either.
You can go for months without a problem then wham your either stuck on the loo for days or you just cant go its a yo yo of yes a pain up the ass!
What have I done to improve it every dam thing in the world
kept a diary for months 
cut out lots of bad food even good food
been tested for intolerance things
tried loads of medicines fibre gell  (great for making you worse)
movical (makes you poo in tiny little lumps throughout the day which is a pain up yes the ass again
lactalose which you end up imune to after a few months
 fig juice prune juice, fresh orange, pints and pints of water, Fibre (which makes me curl up and scream for a while) fruit fruit and more fruit (which gives me a nice little shot of colic for an hour or so) the only thing that works is laxatives like entrolax the more hardcore  tablets which i take once a week for relief.
What fun!!!
I love getting up and not going like a normal person after their coffee
Ive been to hospital doctors many times
They need to get more help for this I am sick of people saying that its a bit of a grey area and they cant seem to do anything about it for gods sick its the 21st century
So here I am again friday night took my laxative  even after eating a healthy diet for the past month, one girl at work said just eat crap for a week maybe that will help it prob might but do I want to make it worse than it is!! I have a permanent fat gut the bloated look is so this season (not!) I even dragged my Wii fit out and dusted it down thinking maybe my bowel was getting to be a lazy git like me.
 I dont like sitting on the toilet crying cos I cant go its pathetic I havent got cancer I havent got leukemia but its still awful and if anyone out there is thinking I am feeling sorry for myself then Hell dam right I am it sucks!!!
I cant get used to it as it just mutates into going too much to normal again to not going at all, it bounces round to much and I wont accept it otherwise i may as well have no life so sod that I refuse to and I will fight this bastard thing until I die so fellow sufferers never everrr give up.
Ps the latest thing for me is stool softners 3 of and 1 senna every night for a week. so lets see if this crap treatment works I will keep you informed.

Well its been 5 days and Ive only been to the loo once, I have the worst trapped wind in the whole world (i never get wind ever!!) apparently its one of the side effects and you either continue the treatment and put up with this or you stop and put up with the other, so I am continuing and now on top of everything else im on windeze isnt life fun. so far not impressed.

Its Sat 19th the windy pains have seemed to passed but then they would considering Ive spent £4.50 on those bloody windeze and now dont seem to need them. There however was a slight improvement today but in my eyes not as much as it should be. Ill give it a another 5 days then may give this treatment up.
2 weeks after this treatment I went the oposite way, I lost time off work which didnt go down that well, and this lasted 2 weeks of never being far from a toilet Ive been misrable and in a bit of pain I stopped taking the tablets and now its the 15/03 and its going back the other way again this prob is one of the worst episodes everrrrr and theres nothing I can do ive tried everything so i just get up everyday at them minute and wonder what that day will bring pretty crap at the minute.

Sunday, 6 February 2011

Look into my eyes!!

Another weekend has come and gone I think someone nicked my weekend when I wasnt looking, I arranged for me and my beloved to go and see a hypnotist a comedy one of course nothing heavy or serious christ works serious enough!!
I wasnt sure what to expect as the last time I went was in the 80's and my beloved stated that it could'nt be like an 80's show surely.  HA! well it was exactly like that, the guy who did it was normally at Blackpool and did regular shows their but everytime I went to Blackpool I always missed it so when it arrived at my home town I was excited and booked up straight away.
Bit disapointed as there seemed to be a lot of info about him as when we first went in their were z celebs on a big tv above the stage giving tribute to the guy so it was like me me me!! wouldnt have minded if they had been uber famous but they were just other regulars who perform at blackpool so probably his bessy mates.
The show lasted too long (3.5 hrs) you know the type of longness where your arse acuallly goes numb!!
The first part was the guy doing tricks the type you've seen a million times mainly from your youth to be honest a bit like a cheap Derren Brown maybe ive been spoilt cos ive been to see him and Dam! he was good, guessing numbers and pictures pretending to read peoples minds.
So an hour of tricks that were ok!
The second half was the hypno stuff where 15 or so people volunteered to be stupid arses for a couple of hrs, there were a few people who my beloved said where probably stoodges and  as the show went on I believed this too as it was too staged and the gags from these so called every day public were to precise and like they had been done many times before (plus they didnt have our home town accent)  plus the obession from the moment we entered to leaving that in no way were we to film or take pics so makes you wonder!!
The show in all was quite funny to be honest he was probably a better comedian than performer.
A bit of updating is needed I think but maybe the hypno thing is better left back in the 80's they did the gay dancing thing and even bulls eye gameshow, shouting getting annoyed making them think they had girls name etc, dont think theres much room for that in the 21st centuary the fact the place was barely half full proves this too and the people in the place were mainly middle aged (apart from us of course)!!

Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Marmite love it or hate it!

I grew up with marmite the good old yeast extract that was pretty much a beefy paste I loved it I would add hot water and have it on a cold winters night or on toast
Welcome to the 21st century!!
Marmite chocolate
Marmite breakfast bars
Marmite breadsticks and someother kind of weird crisp
Marmite cashew nuts
I must live in a bubble as I only just found this information out, I discovered the chocolate when a girl who worked in IT said
"Paula you look like your game to try anything so have a taste of this"
Im not sure if im game or just stupid to be honest I mean yes when I was a  child I ate cat food for a dare and other disgusting things im sure a spider was involved and a worm at some point (ewwwwwwwwww) but moving very quickly on.....
The marmite chocolate was really nice you know when you taste something and expect to go ewwwwhhhh or gag I did neither it was just nice chocolate with that twang of marmite afterwards all very pleasant (mind the aftertaste did last like 3 hours)
The breadsticks are very hard very crunchy and make you very very thirsty I would say they are ok quite low fat but I would stick to crisps.
I havent tried the breakfast bars so i'll have to get back to you on them.
The cashew nuts well OMG they are fab, a girl at work had a bag (not for long) when she asked if we all wanted a taste haha like asking a pig if he fancied left over school dinners! I have to say they are the best thing ever next to Starbucks Marmite and cheese panini which are lush.

So just a tip if you like marmite then give this stuff a go its really nice and you can get it from your usual supermarket. Would be interesting other peoples verdicts.


One rant though its bloody pricey!!

added comment 11/2/11
the ceareal bars well i must say not keep they have the texture of a normal cereal bar you know that nutty soft texture but the salty taste makes it a bit wrong but as im more sweet than savoury then maybe thats why, still try them as they will no doubt be on offers at some point.

Monday, 31 January 2011

eeeeyorrreeeee

Today was a  bit boring was a typical work day, dont get me wrong I dont hate my job I just dont want to talk about it when im not their unless of course ive had a cack day then I just blag my beloved's head until I feel better and he has a bad head, So today was on a scale of one to ten I would prob say a 7 I dont think it ever gets any higher than that and if It did then I need to go see a doctor as Ive obviously gone insane, anyway I was talking to a few women at work last week and noticed one of them had a picture of a Donkey on her desk which I thought mmmm thats a bit odd so being to complete nosey cow I am I asked about it, the woman lets call her Mandy as I dont know any Mandys and I prefer not to name names to protect the inocent haha, well Mandy told me she had adopted this donkey via a Donkey sanctuary I was like oooooh how lush is that she told me another woman in the next office also had a donkey and that they had been to visit them and that it was all legit as lets face it you name a star you never get to bloody really see or visit it do you? I got the info and did a bit of investigation online.
You pay a one off fee of £16 for the full year for the adoption of your chosen donkey
Theres diff pics from diff areas in the uk and you can pick which one you want you dont have to be a uk residence
Money goes to great causes and you get info sent to you about ur new friend
Call me a sucker but I fell for it and as I have heard its legit then Im happy
Hes Called Toby and hes cute I doubt ill ever meet him as he'll prob bite me or nut me or something equally as bad but its nice to do something like this. I sent my sister a link and she too was hooked  hers is called cocoa, its harmless fun and didnt cost me like £100 a year.
Im not trying to sell you anything I think Im just chuffed I did something that didnt involve me a shop and another top i'll never wear!!!!
if your interested you can check out the website
http://www.elisabethsvendsentrust.org.uk/

Sunday, 30 January 2011

Music to my ears eventually!

Well another weekend is nearly over, just where does the time go and why does'nt it go that quick on a weekday!!! saying that if I was off on monday that would fly past as well,
I had it in my head to get myself a new Mp3 player well to be honest theres always something floating around in my head that once it gets in there theres no getting it out until whatever it is I want I have ( No im not spoilt im just a female that wants everything) So I make this decision on Friday as the MP3 I currently have is great theres no wires you just simply shove it in your ears and your away but the earphones are a bit larger than norm and do hurt after a while so since at work we can now listen to music I thought I need to check out whats hot out there in techno world, Im not sure if its the norm for a girl/woman but I love gadgets I would happily have every gadget you could think of but then I would need a huge mansion and thats not going to happen anytime soon unless the lotto wants to shine its luck on me ( its hasnt bloody so far Im one of those people that never even win a tenner) So where do I start well the local electrical shops always look good you know the ones comet, curries, hmv, argos etc im thinking this is going to be so easy theres bound to be loads of new ones on the market since I last bought one hahahahaha what a joke.
NONE of the electrical shops had say more than say 4 and they were either the really cheap ones or the ones for like £200, well I want something in the middle but unless I want an Ipod Im pretty much screwed, I even asked one shop assistant
"do you actually sell anything other than Ipods?"
"Ill go check" (would have thought he would have known its like asking someone in asda "do you sell apples?"
he arrives back " No sorry just ipods"
I think I must have stood there with my gob open looking a bit simple (not a new look for me really)
So its near the end of the day and im think bloody hell ive been to about 6 shops and theres nothing only Ipods everywhere I go no offence but I DONT WANT A IPOD the itunes thing just irritates me as been there done that and they shouldnt be stealing the market!!
Im sitting in the car with my beloved with a proper lip on now thinking what a crap day as went for pub lunch and the cake they served me was proper pants it was suposed to be a bakewell tart it was dry with no jam in but unlike me I just couldnt be bothered to moan and complain, I had to watch my beloved going mmm yum as apparently his Eaton mess was amazing but im not bitter (much!) good thing though I put the uneaten cake in my pocket (much to the shock of a woman sitting on the next table) and give it to two crows outside hanging around as birds do who at least enjoyed it more than me ( yes im a bit odd) anyway getting back on track, I went home looked at the supermarkets online and saw a little samsung one which was a reasonable price and was cheaper than argos who were selling the same one, but alas the usualy problem by the time you add on postage (even if you get it delivered to the shop which is a complete joke) it was level pegging with argo's prices,£34.99.  So sunday my delightful beloved trots off to get me it (im not lazy I just had a bit of a hangover and was delicate) I got my samsung Tictoc in pink and have to say its pretty cool and it charged in no time its tiny its 2gb (you can get 4gb  as well and also you can get it in blue) and I love it. So result Im happy for now until something else gets trapped in the want side of my brain, but no doubt you'll hear about it.

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

popcorn hotdogs big pricesssss

Went to the pictures the other week (god your probably thinking no wonder your fat and skint and always ranting!!) Anyway wanted to see Tron oooohhhh 3d imax how fab, I have to say I was excited (I dont get out much you know) With my cardi in hand as is'nt it drafty in the pictures even after like 20 years you still get a draft from somewhere, well at least you dont hear the pigeons cooing on the roof like the olden days not like im fifty before you cheeky sods get any ideas. Well in we go and im thinking hope its as good as the first Tron, My beloved  wants the gallery seats as he likes to pretend we are rich even when i'll prob be selling a thing or two on ebay next week! Well we finely get to the front of a big saturday afternoon cue and the girl serving is lovely and we explain what we want and then she says
"that will be £44 please"
"excuse me did you just say £44" gulp gulp splutter!!!!
"yes thats right Miss" (she didnt say miss thats just me wishfull thinking)
Im starting to sweat a bit now and my beloved has lost about 4 inches in height as hes slumped right down with disapointment/ horror, minutes pass (more like seconds but it was one of those slow motion moments you experience more and more in life were you extremely uncomfortable) the girls still beaming at us (prob thinking yes got me a couple of suckers here)
Before I can blink my beloved has his card out in a whooosh and its paid for £44 bang just like that OMG is that justifiable!
I shuffle away no longer quite as fluffy and bouncy as before and then the rants start directed towards my beloved who looks to shocked to actually hear me.
we do get free popcorn, diet coke, and some quality street but dont get excited most of them were bloody toffees (bet all the staff ate the best ones!)
The seats were fab and very comfortable and the film was amazing, but do yourself a favour save it for a special occasion, or like me u'll be trashing your house to find some stuff to sell on ebay just hope he doesnt miss the DS games I sold ooops.