I'm still here!

Argh I need to blog.

I have no photos.

I will get some soon.

Xxxx

Hello again!

Argh! I haven't blogged in nearly 2 weeks :( This makes me unhappy.

Basically, I've had no-one around to take pictures of my outfits, I have no tripod and I hate pics taken in the mirror! Hopefully I will get a friend and/or tripod soon, as I have an amazing studded leather skirt I can't wait to post about! It's a beauty :) I also got a leopard print old lady rain hood and I need to post about that too!!

So much to do - so little time!!

I got a new notebook.

Doesn't look much from the outside....

but open it up.....

It's little touches like this that I love! The brand is called teNeues. I found a load of their diarys and notebooks in a little shop nearby called Paper Plane. I must say I'm not a fan of the brands website - I don't think it does their products justice at all.....oh well!

Got loads more to write about over the next few days!

I won this dress!

This is the Motel dress I won from Memoirs of a Wardrobe a few weeks ago!! I finally have a pic of me wearing it!! I feel I look quite short in this pic but I don't mind. Adam thinks I look cute :)

I wore it with 120 denier maroon tights, and brown brogues from Topshop. I'm a bit of a slave to Topshop if I'm honest.

Gym session yesterday was good - lots of 20kg barbell walking lunges, 20kg bench press for 3 sets of 10 reps and lots of other things. Those are the 2 I'm feeling today though!!! Ouch! Spin and circuits classes tonight will sort me out though!

I'll hopefully get some pics with my new camera soon that are worth sharing, I'll just need to figure out how to upload them :/

Bye for now xx

Cameraaaaar!

I have a new camera!! No more pictures from my iPhone!! yay!

A beautiful Nikon D3000 is now mine!! I can't wait to learn how to use it and start taking awesome pictures!

Here is a picture of it taken from the Nikon website (I refuse to take another photo with my iPhone!)

Isn't it gorgeous??

On a side note - if you go here http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=261480587232660&id=111238052256915&ref=notif&notif_t=like there's a competition! All you have to do is like and share the status and you can win a 30% off voucher to use at www.urban-eclectic.co.uk.

Busy week!

When I decided to get into blogging I never actually realised how much time it can take up! That said I'm still doing it.

I haven't posted since Thursday :O I've been so so busy and should actually be doing work right now, but I'll call it a tea break.

So on Thursday night, Emma came over for dinner. I was going to cook something fancy but by the time we got to the shop we opted for pizza, garlic bread and mini waffles! Carb overload! But it was so good!

We found Copella Winter Warmer juice in Waitrose and decided we had to have it. It has apple juice and spices and it should be drunk hot. Then we discovered cinnamon men biscuits reduced to 3p each! So we had one of them each too. If you do ever come across Copella Winter Warmer juice, you have to buy it! It's so yummy!

On Friday I headed down to my Mom's house, to stop off en route to the Midlands for my Auntie Jean's birthday party.  It's about a 5 hour journey from her house and she was driving us there :) so myself and my mother (both quite small) and her man Vic and Adam (both very tall) squashed into the car and set off. I didn't get told off for talking too much like I usually do but it's probably only because I was concentrating on my knitting!!

 My friend Richard just moved down there too so we visited him for lunch and then had a drink in a beer garden - it was like a summers day down there for us! Lovely.

Then it was time to party! We had curry buffet (yum yum) and Jean had the most amazing cake. It had 'afternoon tea' on it. <3

I wore my dress that I won from Memoirs of a Wardrobe - don't have any pictures yet as only had my iPhone camera and the lighting was bad and none of anyone else's have showed up yet. 

Sunday was Nan and Gramps visiting day. They are both in hospital but due to get home very soon, they are ok though, just getting old.

Monday was personal trainer day. I squatted 30kg for 10 reps and am so proud of myself! Legs are still killing me though!

And lastly, yesterday I worked for 12 hours and did not much else.

Right now I'm quite cold and can't feel my feet.

I wonder if anyone actually bothered to read my ramblings. I might start to run competitions on here if I get more followers.

Claire xx

Moustache.

I came across this on Monday evening. It made me laugh and I like it lots.

I like Freddie Mercury. He had a fantastic moustache. Actually, I love Freddie Mercury. Perhaps too much. Oh well.

Waiting on Emmett (Emma) arriving so we can have soya vanilla lattes :) yum yum.

I'm going to Birmingham on Saturday. It's my Auntie's birthday so we're having a big family dinner and it'll be amazing :) I always get told off for talking too much in the car though. Apparently journeys should be peaceful. I can't help it if I get bored. And on a grammar note, I have not spelt auntie's wrong. I refer to one as auntie, so I'm not wrong, ha!

In Brummieland, I also get to visit my dear friend Richard. He moved there some months ago for one of those job things. Quite looking forward to seeing him too.

This post is ridiculously disjointed, but that's how it's flowing just now!

Claire xx

Sunday Stroll

I haven't blogged for a few days as I had a migraine on Thursday and Friday. Anyway, I wanted to share some photos of a walk Adam and I went on last Sunday at Drumlanrig Castle.

Today I went into town and bought a skirt from Topshop. I'm going to style it up over the next few days. I'm also dying to style up my new dress that I won from MOAW. I need new brown brogues to go with it though, as my feet have gone down a size and my old ones are too big now!

I've also just started knitting a cardigan for my Gramps. I hope I get it finished in time for Christmas!

General Rant

Why do buses have to be so manky? Is it just Glasgow buses? Is it just the number 23 in Glasgow? Or am I being to fussy? I'm pretty sure it's not the latter.

There always seems to be someone who is high or drunk regardless of the time of day on the bus. And there's always at least one person who seems to be unaware of the existence of showers. There's simply no need.

Just this morning a friend of mine reported seeing a man picking his nose and wiping it on the window. Again, no need.

Every morning and evening when I get on the bus I sit down, put my headphones in and think about the public transport in Amsterdam, Geneva and the wee bit in France that is by Geneva. For a start the buses are clean and smooth. There is no need for a sports bra on your journey to and from work. There are no junkies, drunks or neds threatening everybody or talking about who they've stabbed.

I sure am painting a nice picture of Glasgow!

On the other hand, Glasgow is filled with the most amazing little shop and bars. Please don't let this put you off Glasgow, just if you do visit, don't get the bus!

I won!

I entered a competition on Memoirs of a Wardrobe last week and I found out yesterday that I won it! What a lovely end to my weekend!

Can't wait to receive my lovely Motel Emilia dress and model it on here!

I doubt it'll look this good on me but I'll give it a go!

Tablet Making

I've made 2 batches of tablet today. The first one was what I call 'ruined tablet'. It's not ruined on purpose, just the first batch of the year never seems to work for me :/

The second one, however, was very tasty.

The thing with tablet is that you tell anyone you are making it and they all want some. So there probably won't be much left after I've given it out to everyone who wants some.

Oh well.

Adam's favourite is ruined tablet because I refuse to let anyone have it so he gets to eat it all!

I'm off to eat more now!!

Claire xx

My Friday

It's sunny! It's bloody freezing but it's sunny!!

I don't know what to have for lunch. I want either spicy pumpkin soup or a baked sweet potato but nowhere does that. And I missed out on some homemade butternut squash soup because there is no microwave in the shop :(

On a happier note - I am meeting the girls for dinner tonight. Karrotie (Karen) is back from Ireland for the weekend so it's a Frankie and Benny's trip for us. It'll be like old times <3

Then after dinner I'm going to visit my Mom for the weekend so that'll be a weekend of constant eating and being spolit! Good job I have my personal trainer appointment on Monday! Also I hope there are no weirdos on the train, but if there are, I hope they don't talk to me :/

I'll get to see Adam for a bit this weekend too :) It's only 5 days since I last saw him but it feels like ages :(


I'm off in search of some sort of root vegetable based lunch....

Stuffs about me.

Some stuffs about me:

I can't live without the gym. I go 3 times a week: Mondays 11am-12noon personal training session, Tuesdays 6.15-7pm Spin class, 7.15-8pm circuits, Thursdays 6.15-7pm Body Attack, 7.15-8pm Body Pump. Sometimes I go other days too if I have nothing else to do.

I have a boyfriend called Adam. We met at uni and have now been together for 4 and a half years.

My friends Avril and Karen call me Honkers. It's a silly story.

I do not like mushrooms or feet.

I love the rock chick trend that's going on just now. Makes it easier for me to find clothes I love.

Knitting and crochet are my 2 main hobbies. My current projects are a crochet blanket (made from 140 granny squares!) and I am about to start knitting a cardigan for my Gramps. I knitted myself a skull jumper last winter and I can't find it :(:(:(

My friend Megan and I are on a mission to bake everything in the world so I will do a fair few posts about food :)

I studied Physics at uni. It was hard.

I am lactose intolerant but eat way too much cheese.

That's probably about all you need to know :)

Claire xx

Hello!

New blog for Claire!

Having a total mind blank now :/

Check out my other blog at www.urban-eclectic.co.uk/blog. It's where I've been posting personal stuff up til now but it's really supposed to be for the shop so I've decided to make it so.

xx