Wednesday 29 June 2011

Early birthday present

S came in and dropped off a present at work on Sunday. he seems to think that I might be too drunk at my party so it was better to give my present now. I'm not sure what he's talking about, but I was happy to receive a present:)


Last nights dinner

A very simple dinner that is healthy and quick.
Crack three eggs and add salt and pepper
Dice and slice. In this case feta cheese and tomatoes
Heat up some oil in the pan. Put in the eggs and after a while add the cheese and tomatoes.
Just before it's finished, add the spinach
And Voila! A feta, tomato and spinach omelet. Yum!

Tuesday 28 June 2011

Tuesday evening




It started off with a good cause film about feminism.
And ended up with a shallow high school film
I'm sure you've realised I'm a sucker for high school films by now though.
Now it's time for bed so I have the energy for a run in the morning.
Good Night!

Dinner

Right now

I had a few errands in Selfridges and ended up in the food hall. I love it there. So now I'm off home to do some cooking.

Monday 27 June 2011

Last night's party

A cute little boat on Albert Embankment
To be honest the inside was a bit bizarre and tacky, but with it being such a gorgeous night I only needed to go inside once, and that was to get fed. The buffet table was set and I was there right away.
Happy with a glass of Swedish cider.
And then we walked the Italian to Waterloo
And I kept cycling by the river
London is so beautiful:)

Sunday 26 June 2011

Sunday

Today is easily the hottest day this year. I wish I could've been lying in the sun all day but I think it might've been too hot even for me that usually loves the heat. I finished at four though and I'm now sitting in the sun waiting for the Italian and two friends. We were supposed to meet at 4.30. No one else is here yet...
We are going to a 30th birthday party on a boat. Should be good fun. I assume it's a boat that doesn't move and it's more like a bar, but it's still a bit different from the places you usually go to.

Tease

There's a big concert week going on in Hyde Park this week and a few days ago my favourites Kings of Leon was there. Somehow I had completely missed this and therefor obviously didn't go. The day after I came into work and heard all about how amazing it had been. I put on my grumpy face and told them that I wasn't interested.
Today someone brings me a souvenir... A four day old VIP pass. Thanks but no thanks....

Friday 24 June 2011

Speaking Italian



After speaking to the Italian last week about our next trip to Italy I realised that I need to stop lazying around about my Italian language learning.
Going to Italy is one of the most relaxing things to do, but I will off course enjoy it ten times more if I can actually communicate with people as well. Especially since I am a bit of a chatter box.
They might not like me as much if I get going, but that's a different matter.
I had an offer from Groupon that I couldn't resist, a 6 month course from Babbel for £5.

And yesterday I started, it's so much fun, and I rock. The Italian was next to me this morning as I continued on and he said that I will speak better Italian than him soon:)

I am so excited and can't wait to continue it tomorrow morning.
From now on I think we might have one day a week that is Italian speaking at home as well.
If there's any languages that you've thought about practising, Babbel is a great website, and whether you have a coupon or not the prices are really reasonable.

Last night's dinner

Last night the Italian and I jumped on the DLR and went to West India Quays to a restaurant called Dockmastershouse. It's a fine dining Indian Restaurant. We were only supposed to go to the bar, but by the time we got there I was absolutely starving so we ended up eating the kitchen as usual.
West India Quay was so beautiful, we'd never been before.
There is something about water that just puts me in a great mood every time, whether it's snowy or windy or rainy or sunny I love it in every condition.

Great night life as well, we both said that we'd love to live in a building with a cool bar downstairs. Every night you feel a bit thirsty you just nip downstairs to the cocktail bar.
We started off with some small platters in the bar, one vegetarian and one with sea food.



And quite a few cocktails as well.
And then we went for the full menu and ordered two main courses which was sent out with lots of extra side dishes and naan breads.
We practically licked the plates. It was really yummy.
After a few weeks of not much carbs and practically no sugar, I just went for all of it in one sitting.
It's interesting though I don't actually fancy sweets and chocolate anymore the way I used to.
Before I'd think of chocolate all day every day, I wouldn't eat it all day every day, but I'd think about it.
Now if someone mentions chocolate I'm like ah whatever almost.
But I'm still like a horse though, if anyone puts food or chocolate in front of me I'll eat it until it's finished.

Thursday 23 June 2011

DLR

I always feel like a child when I'm on the DLR it feels like I'm on a tram in Gothenburg and it gets me quite excited. We're going out for dinner.

Wednesday 22 June 2011

Work out at home

I decided to buy the zumba Wii on my way home today since I finished too late to catch body conditioning or spinning.
I didn't do the full thing tonight I just chose an easy 20 minute program to see what it was like. I love it. I feel a bit sorry for my neighbour downstairs so I don't think I can do it too late at night but if his flat looks the same as ours I should be able to do it in the morning since he probable doesn't sleep in his living room.
You get a waist strap as well to put the remote in.
I am planning to look like the girl on the cover by the end of the summer. A bit to go yet, but anything is possible.
Challenge accepted!!

Second round

After my success with the Tzatsiki last night, and I was allowed to stay in bed afterwards. I decided to make another garlic themed sauce tonight. Two ripe avocados, a table spoon of Greek yoghurt, garlic and lots of salt and pepper. Yum! And now I'm going to build up my appetite again with something I bought earlier. More about that in a minute.

Delivery

I love everything about net a porter. My dresses have already arrived at the office today.
Unfortunately it doesn't look like I'll keep any of the dresses. One has already been put to the side because it looked really tacky. I didn't even try it. It was Vivianne Westwood and I had high hopes. But the two Diane Von Furstenberg got to come home with me and after dinner I'll try them on. But they both look massive. We'll see. At least I know that if they don't fit it's the easiest thing in the world to send them back. Let's see how it goes.

I want to feel the wind in my hair

Going to Italy, and spend the day on Paolo's boat is one of my favourite things to do.
On Monday it's only two months left until I go to Italy and I can't wait.
15 meters of pure pleasure.
Seeing everybodys holiday photos on blogs, email,facebook at the moment made me look through some of our holiday snaps.
These are from Italy August 2009.

Two Favourites

Sometimes you forget how beautiful London is. It's easy to just look at all the grey and concrete.
But on my way to work I cycle by two of my favourite buildings in London.
The first on is the Royal Court of Justice.
I don't know what it is that I love so much with this building, but I find it absolutely gorgeous.
I've only been inside once, for the after party of the premiere of V for Vendetta.
I've looked for the photos to see if I had some good ones of what it looks like inside, but I can't for the life of me find them.
And the second one is St Paul's Cathedral.
I've never been inside properly, but last time when my parents came to visit we had a little peak through the door right at the entrance.
Here, but no further
I've always been fascinated my churches and cathedrals though and my dream is to convert and old church to my dream house one day.

Tonight

I hope that some of you have bought tickets for the party tonight.

I am not going to be able to make it unfortunately. When I first read about it I didn't know what I would be working today, and when I found out that I had the night off I was feeling a bit under the weather and wasn't sure how I'd be feeling by now.

I am feeling a bit better today, but as I understand it, it is now too late to buy tickets.

Back at work today and I have to say I still don't feel 100%.

The only symptom I have is a runny nose, but I feel weak and shaky at times.

Working all the way through until next Saturday now, so a long stretch to feel unwell.
Hopefully it'll go away soon.

I hope you are all feeling brilliant today though.

Tuesday 21 June 2011

Balcony

The film was sh*t so I moved out on the balcony with Vogue instead. It's getting a bit chilly now though so I think a cup of tea on the sofa will suit me better. Especially since I'm still not very well. At least I decided not to go to Zumba tonight. I think I'm going to buy the Wii one instead.
I've just spent money I don't have on three dresses though so maybe not this week...