Summer Lovin' #1

As promised, here is my first of 6 posts to document my summer holidays. This week was shorter due to only finishing work on Tuesday but I still made the most of it.

Wednesday- I went shopping and treated myself to an M&S falafel salad and a Dior bb creme. Then had a Domino's night in with the girls watching the Commonwealth games opening ceremony.

Thursday- Spent the day baking Oreo cupcakes (but made time for an ice cream) then went to a colleague's BBQ which was lovely.

Friday- I traveled to my parent's house and iced a cake my mum had baked, then spent the evening watching a boys movie with my Dad.

Saturday- Took my mum shopping and got two dresses then went to the pub with my parents for a few drinks and watched my friend on the open mic night (there was also a rainbow).

Sunday- went food shopping with my Mum today and got some posh puds in pastel ramekins then traveled back to the flat.

Home/Ikea Haul

This weekend me and my parents took a trip to Ikea. As it always takes us ages to look around so we don't miss anything, we stopped for a drink a couple of hours in. While in the cafe we sat by the window and watched the craziest storm ever. Then the lights went out. They came back on very quickly but we were then evacuated. The storm thankfully was passing then so we checked out the other shops on the retail park.

From next home sale I got this canvas for £6.

An hour and a half later we got back into Ikea and I was very pleased to purchase the bits and bobs that I'd put in the basket!

I fell in love with these glasses and they were only 50p each!

I also loved these plates, I didn't love the larger plate or bowls as much as the design was different but I got two of these side plates for £3 each.

Summer Goals

Schools out for summer!

As I finish for the summer after a very stressful year I'd really like to make the most of if! I'd like to set myself a challenge this summer to take a picture or write a note about something good I've done each day and document it on this blog. I also have a few things in mind that I'd like to do-

1. Exercise more- I'd like to do more walking, swimming and yoga.

3. Bake and cook lots- although I've always baked I'd like to try and make some news things and cook proper meals all the time. 

4. Sort and deep clean the flat- not very fun but it will be good to be de-cluttered and will make me feel better.

5. Spend some time away- I'm not going on holiday this year but I do have a weekend away and a trip to London planned. 

6. Spend lots of time with family and friends- that's a given!

7. Have lots of tea parties with my leaving presents from work.

I will post weekly 'summer lovin' posts and hopefully have something to report each day. 

Chorlton Cum Hardy

Yesterday, My parents and I decided to take a daytrip to Chorlton Cum Hardy. I'd never been but we'd seen a few vegetarian and vegan specialist places and a recycled art gallery online that we wanted to check out.

When we got there it was a beautiful day, the town is quaint with bunting and planters outside of the shops. The first thing we saw was a cafe called 'On The Corner' which serves vegetarian food with lots of vegan choices. The decor inside is very quirky and each table has Kilner water jugs with mint leaves in.

I went for baked eggs with spinach and cheese, I can also recommend the chickpea dahl and the red bean and sweet potato stew. All came with lovely walnut bread too.

 

Something that I cannot recommend enough is the cake at 'On The Corner'. I could smell the chocolate and mint cake as I was eating and just had to have some! We also shared a slice of peanut butter and chocolate cake and both were amazing and vegan.

 

 

With very satisfied tummies we then explored the shops, there were lots of quirky gift shops and a few lovely boutique shops and the bicycle and vintage camera prints really caught my eye in this one.

 

 

Next was the recycled art gallery which I was completely bowled over by. There was tree pieces made from recycled paper and beautiful recycled glass pieces. I ventured to the back of the gallery to find a beautiful outdoor garden which I fell in love with. My favourite bits were the motherboard and electronic sculptures, the glass pond and the tinkling noise that the slate and gravel made under your feet.

 

 





Later on in the day we found Unicorn- a fully vegan supermarket which was really interesting and we bought loads of goodies home to try. I would definitely recommend Chorlton for a lovely day out.