lately.

Life has literally been non-stop for the past 2 weeks. Barely had time to blog, working all kinds of hours and been going through some life/family stuff so it's all just been a bit too much. I thought I would take the time to show you all what I've been doing with any of the spare time I have!

It was my brother's birthday at the weekend so we all went out for a meal at my friend's restaurant called Aperitivo. If you're ever in Aberdeen, visit this place! Amazing italian tapas and of course, the owners are fabulous! I had spent the entire day making a three layer black forest gateau as well. Apparently, the recipe states it's 859 calories per slice. Good God! There goes my diet!

On Saturday, I met up with my friend for some dim sum and then impromptu coffee at Starbucks. I love our chats over some noms! On Mothers' Day, I took my mum out into the town and did some window shopping and I was planning on treating her to something but she had money left over from Chinese New Year so she didn't want me spending my money on her. I ended up buying the food for dinner that night. M&S Dine in for 4 anyone?

On a side note, how cute is the stationery sections at Paperchase. I want to buy it all! Especially those small printed notebooks. Cute stationery call out to me!

I hope you're all doing well! It's almost the middle of March and I may have an exciting announcement to make in the next coming months also!

Vanessa

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day out: edinburgh edition

I never used to spend a lot of my time in Edinburgh but now because one of my oldest uni friend lives in Fife, we end up spending a lot of our time either in Aberdeen or Edinburgh. This time, it was my turn to make my way to Edinburgh. I booked a train ticket and on Monday, I rode the rail South!

The morning started off with a cheeky Starbucks and making myself comfortable on the train. A book and my iPod are my travel essentials!

I'm under the impression that most shops and tourist attractions like to close on a Monday! I came across Cuckoo's Bakery whilst surfing Instagram one day and lo and behold, it's in Edinburgh! Me and my friend walked all the way there and saw that it was closed. Fail. Then it started raining. Double fail!

My friend wanted to take me to the National Museum of Scotland because she knows I love museums. How beautiful is the interior? Can't believe it was free to go in as well! It was interactive and had lots of fun things to do inside. I was most in love with the astronomy and earth section. And I found out I weighed the same as a platypus. Time to go on that diet!

Jamie's Italian for lunch. This was the first half of our Jamie's Italian Feast. It was really good!

More eats came in the form of the Hard Rock Cafe. Best place for nachos but I'm pretty sure they changed the cheese because I had the most terrible nightmares when I was sleeping! I was one of those customers that bought the (non alcoholic) cocktail and took the glass home with me. No regrets. 

Don't take life too seriously. Make a face out of the salad. 

We shall meet again soon Edinburgh for I shall be back on the 12th February for a fleeting visit!

Vanessa

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