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.

Week Recap

Yet another foodie week- of course!

 



 

 

Mid-week I had an after-school craving for yoghurt and granola that I had to satisfy. I also had a go at 'overnight oats' but with granola which was super tasty the next day.

A hard day resulted in my first 'Papa John's' which was yummy.

A Saturday shopping trip with a T-shirt theme. I love this 'happy' one from Primark but not as much as I LOVE the vintage ice cream one.

I also got a polka dot shirt from New Look and an adorable giraffe T-shirt.

 

In an attempt to be more organised I got this meal planner and shopping list set from the Paperchase sale.

 

I topped my shopping trip off with a trip to Pret and a yummy Avocado and herb wrap with pine nuts and parmasan in!

Sun-less-summer

So an update on my summer so far, which contains very little sun!
My parents had a week off last week so we had a few day trips out. We went to Chester when there was a carnival on. Sorry the pictures are rubbish but there was pirate ships, devils and angels.

Then we went to an amazing french restaurant where I found a new love for chicken liver pate and sea bass! I also tried some of my Dad's flourless chocolate pudding, soo good!

I had an experiment with bento boxes and made this. It didn't look beautiful and dainty but was very tasty.

We also went on a day trip to Liverpool, I very much enjoyed the Rolf Harris art exhibition. We also went to Albert Dock and I had my first trip to Wagamama. I liked the lambananas too.

I recurring theme is that I love lots of things in the shops but lack money. Here are some lovely things....

 Although I did get some 50p tulips- Bargain!

Oh, and we have a new pudding at work : Brownie Sundae.The little things cheer me up.

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer/ looking forward to it.

Sun-less-summer

So an update on my summer so far, which contains very little sun!
My parents had a week off last week so we had a few day trips out. We went to Chester when there was a carnival on. Sorry the pictures are rubbish but there was pirate ships, devils and angels.

Then we went to an amazing french restaurant where I found a new love for chicken liver pate and sea bass! I also tried some of my Dad's flourless chocolate pudding, soo good!

I had an experiment with bento boxes and made this. It didn't look beautiful and dainty but was very tasty.

We also went on a day trip to Liverpool, I very much enjoyed the Rolf Harris art exhibition. We also went to Albert Dock and I had my first trip to Wagamama. I liked the lambananas too.

I recurring theme is that I love lots of things in the shops but lack money. Here are some lovely things....

 Although I did get some 50p tulips- Bargain!

Oh, and we have a new pudding at work : Brownie Sundae.The little things cheer me up.

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer/ looking forward to it.

Birthday Celebrations!

This post is a bit early because it is actually my birthday tomorrow but I celebrated it at home this weekend and let me tell you, I was SO spoilt!

On Friday me and mum went shopping and I picked out some presents and we had a nice lunch. Then I went to work (the pub) for some drinks with friends.

Yesterday we had a lazy 'Big Bang' day and then Grandma arrived and Mum presented me with this amazing cake....

....which was really tasty! Then we went for a gorgeous meal at a local pub and came home for pink champagne.

 Today I went shopping with Grandma to pick out presents and was spoilt, yet again, in Pandora.

We then came home and I opened more presents and  had a lovely tea party prepared by Mum with yet more cake. Here is just some of the awesome gifts I received.

The tea party!

Lovely cupcakes

All my presents. They were presented in gorgeous bird storage boxes. The biggest contained two cocktail glasses, a bottle of vodka, a bottle of Martini Asti and cocktail mixes. The medium contained a netbook (spoilt!). I also got a Kath Kidston mug and bracelet from one of Mum's friends, and a manicure voucher to use in my uni town from a neighbour (brilliant!). I think Mum's intention was to get me 21 presents but she got carried away!

The awesome £21 man from another of Mum's friends!

New editions to the Pandora on the left, the bird and teapot from Grandma and the flower charm from a  lovely friend.

The handbag I picked from Grandma and you can also see my 'Keep Calm You're 21' mug.

Gorgeous 'Liquid Silver' pendent from Grandma.

Benefit perfume, make up and make up bag I picked from Mum and Dad.

And this isn't even everything! I am also going to be in constant supply of Lush bath bombs for a while with my gift card and lots of other things I haven't mentioned.

I cannot thank my family enough (especially Mum for putting in all the effort with the food/cake) and I cannot believe how lucky I am. It's not even my Birthday yet, I'm going out for a meal tomorrow and a night out on Friday so I'll have to give you an update.

This has been the best weekend ever.