A (Bank Holi)Day In Photos

Several of you said you liked this kind of post the last time I did one, so with a bank holiday to myself I set about recording this past Monday in photos.



It started with a cup of tea (actually, several cups of tea truth be told). And yes, my mug does match my tea cosy.




These mugs were both presents – anyone would think that I like shoes and shopping...




I was given this make up palette for my birthday and I absolutely love it! There will be a blog post on it at some point in the next few weeks.




#ootd




I curled my hair with my Babyliss curling wand – I find this clamp-less style of wand much easier to use than the traditional curling tongs.




It was actually a sunny day, so sunglasses were a must! (Amazon.co.uk)




I headed into Leeds to see what was happening. Millennium Square was pretty quiet but doesn’t the Civic Hall look lovely in the sunshine?




The Merrion Centre was 50 years old on Monday. There was a supposed to be a party going on but when I was there it was just a girl singing to a few passers-by.




I did get a free bun though, which is always a bonus!




The Merrion Centre freaks me out because behind that innocuous looking row of cash machines is the entrance to an abandoned cinema.




In a nice twist to the tale of the cinema, they have turned on of the vacant units into a mini cinema for the next month. They had just opened the door when I took this picture and there was no line so I probably could have gone in, but Mary Poppins is kind of long and it was the only nice day this week so I gave it a miss.




Apparently we’re getting a Byron Burger – does anyone know what that is?




I went into Waterstones and spent a little time browsing the books.




I walked back to my car past the new Leeds Arena. Dolly Parton is playing there next month and I’m very excited to be going to see her!




I got home and made myself some scrambled eggs and toasted bagels for lunch...




...followed by a cookie that I baked on Saturday.




I caught up with my favourite You Tubers over lunch (Tati)




Then it was time to catch up on some reading.




I did some ironing. I KNOW. So rock and roll.




I scheduled some blog posts.




Sausage, chips, baked beans and gravy for tea!




I rounded off the day by watching Made In Chelsea.

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A Walk To The Park

On Saturday I went for a walk in the sunshine to my local park and I thought it would be fun to bring you along with me via photographs. It’s May Day bank holiday here in the UK today so I hope you are enjoying the long weekend if you’re getting one.



A selfie just after I’d set off


The local Parish Church


Vapour trails in the blue sky


Bowls on the crown green


I loved the red colour of this tree


This little guy was coming towards me along the path


Canada geese on the lake...


...and a model speedboat!


I loved how the trees framed the lake as I entered the woodland area


Bluebells in the woods


The museum gardens at the top of the hill


A carpet of blossom


It got warm walking in the sun so I needed to take off my scarf – here’s a closer look at my necklace

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Sunday: The Day in Photos

A while back when I asked you what you’d like to see on the blog, someone said they’d like more lifestyle posts. Now I wasn’t quite sure what that would entail, but I decided to document my Sunday in a kind of photo diary to produce a different type of post.

We got up quite late and I put on my grey Next hoodie with my jeans whilst I decided what to wear.

I had a large mug of tea at breakfast. (I also had a bagel but I ate that before I thought to photograph it.) My mom got me that cup in a charity shop as she knows I like a lot of tea!

I did my makeup – here’s where I keep it all in the bathroom.

Here’s what I decided to wear.

I headed into town for a wander around in the sunshine. I listened to Ace of Base’s Flowers album in the car – it’s so summery and always makes me think of sunny days.

I parked at the university as it’s free on Sundays.

I tried on some expensive jeans in Harvey Nichols.

There was some kind of street market going on on Briggate (I think this might be a regular thing as it was there the other week when we went on the Leeds Wheel.)

The (outside) inside of Trinity Leeds.

I came home and had some lunch, then made some bread.

I also made another batch of chocolate truffle.

Here’s my apron – I’ve had that for years, since I was like 10 or something (the strings wrapped around me twice back then!).

Whilst the bread was making and the cake cooling I caught up on some reading.

Then the bread was ready.

I spent the evening writing and scheduling blog posts.

And sampled some of the chocolate truffle.