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This dog is so beautiful! Basset hounds are so fat and brilliantly lazy so they are my ultimate dog - and sometimes they sing! Saw this calendar while out shopping with Auntie Jayne, Holly and Grace. We had a lovely lunch and then a tea break (from our very early Christmas shopping) of chocolate-based goods. I had a lovely caramel shortbread and a dark chocolate and cherry milkshake. Yum Yum. I think I love food too much.
What an amazing painting! Good old Justin Lee Collins, immortalised in paint forever, not that I have to say who it is because it's so fantastic. My cousin Holly was showing me her art homework and this was the last entry. Such good attention to detail and it is just so brilliant. Well done, Holly!
I used to hate it but I am now addicted! Can't wait for Cheryl to perform in a minute - much better than old crackhead Whitney. John and Edward need to go tonight as they murdered Britney Spears last night...... Not literally but her song. They can't dance or sing and they have bad hair. People need to stop voting for them for fun!
We're at the Diwali celebrations in Leicester and this is the Hindu temple on Belgrave Road. Such amazing lights and the fireworks are about to start! We started off with some traditional vegetarian food with curries, chilli paneer, rice and ice-cream for afters to cool our mouths! Vick bought us some 'fun snaps' and sparklers and her and Laura bought magic Diwali cards. Brilliant!
What an excellent mixture of a restaurant atmosphere and a fast food outlet. People love chicken. Today we had a meal platter which consists of a whole chicken (which is massive), large chips and bottomless soft drinks. I went with the Italy addiction of Fanta! Nearly forgot to upload today's picture because we went to the cinema to see 'Couples Retreat' - not the best film but it is worth seeing for the brilliant kid in it!
Due to mucho illness, me and Hannah didn't make it to the library to finish Monday's presentation and our lecture was cancelled because Simon has come down with it too. That means most people I know in Leicester have been knocked for six by this flu which is maybe even of the swine variety. So instead of being in uni for six hours, I opted for reading. I think this selection of texts are a good reflection of me (if you replace the Twilight with Harry Potter): Elle magazine, Peter Kay's second autobiography and a nice bit of art historical Plato.
After spending our vouchers and well earned loans, we left with our rubbish goodie bags and many a lovely item. Dunc only wanted to spend £30 but ended up spending double, Han bought her first ever pair of blue jeans, Katie got a variety of lovely pink tops and I bought a sort of blue tartan jacket and some amazing individual stud earrings. One of these earring is a cross like Elton John - brilliant! I'm going to rock that look with some huge comedy glasses......
Planning to go as Poison Ivy for Han's Halloween and Primark is always good for outfit staples. Last year it was white trousers for Alex from 'A Clockwork Orange' and this year it's a sequinned snakeskin t-shirt that the Marge is going to cleverly make into boob tube. Or maybe I'll hack into it with some scissors, adapt with safety pins and attach some fake ivy. Inspired!
Round Allie and Katie's house for pre-night drinks before our visit to Liquid for Allie's 21st birthday! She is looking very pretty in her lovely new party dress. We swappe birthday presents: Allie got a knicker bag, sweets, a necklace, hair bands with bows on, a beret and lovely socks, Hannah got a Pre-Raphaelite colouring book, also a knicker bag and a New York guide and I got earrings and a beaut necklace. Katie bought all three of us an amazing print from Paris! Gotta love some good presents - thank you, girls!
Bloody John and Edward! How did they get through? Blogging while watching X Factor - who the hell is voting for them?! There's nothing like an Indian takeaway with X Factor, especially when Neil can put the whole thing on his expenses and we got £5 off. Yummy. It's been a good day (apart from John and Edward) with food, excellent tv and we watched 'Notorious' - such an amazing film! Fo'sho, mofos.....
I think I want to live here: not only is it a pub in a boat but you can get a beer and a burger or a cider and a curry for £3.95. Mint. And their desserts are brilliant - I think I'm going for a banana split! Yummy Yum
You can always rely on New Walk Museum for an exhibit on mummies in movies. Not exactly Oscar winners either. The museum has an exhibition coming up on German Expressionism which I think is just their normal art collection with the gallery walls painted! We had a lovely afternoon buying old school vinyl and drinking over priced goods from Starbucks. Wonderful!
I still enjoy Rage Against the Quiz Machine..... But as Brooke loves Christina Aguilera, we chose that. This is possibly the darkest picture in the whole world but this is our quiz team: Alex, Brooke, Vick & Neil and obviously me. So far, so good. We are doing well, especially as the boy with the answers has taken a shine to us..... This pub also has a pet cat and a regular visiting dog called Blue who is possibly the longest dog in the world!
To be cultural and experience the delights that Leicester has to offer, we decided to go to Abbey Park. We trekked across town and nearly got a bus 200m to the park because we didn't know where it was. Bad times. The signs also said it was 1/3 mile for at least a whole mile. Needlest to say, we got the bus home but only after seeing the abbey ruins and the amazing petting zoo! They had some beaut goats (see above) which Vick fed polos and caused a fight to break out but also lovely rabbits and a really pregnant guinea pig!
It's what all the cool kids are doing these days: decorate and label their note pads. Step One: buy the cheapest notebooks you can find from Tescos. Step Two: buy some immense Crayola metallic pens. Step Three: Get a tad bored while trying to write a presentation and allocate a module per book. It's almost Prada, to be honest......
We do have work! We spent this afternoon in the library as we have dissertation proposals due on Friday and then me and Han have presentations to prepare for Monday. Annoying but at least it gets them out of the way! I'm writing this as me, Laura and Vick are round Brooke & Alex's house and we've drunk a lot of Sainsbury's Basics rose which is also known as 'for the table, not the cellar'. Don't judge us: we're students, this is what we're supposed to do!
Me & James went for a lovely walk in the RSPB. Luckily, there weren't many birds around but we saw lots of squirrels, including two really small baby ones! I wanted one like that girl from the 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' remake. We went to look at the fish in the pond and some naughty child dropped their fruit shoot into the water so it is now apple and blackcurrent flavour or something.....
Finally the day has come for Laura to move into her new flat in London town! We loaded all her things into the van, including a massive fridge and a lovely but precious coffee table. I was very excited because I got to ride in the van with the Checked Shirts Club! We had our snacks from Gunns Bakery (bacon and cheese turnover) and we were ready to go......
Normally, my blood tests don't hurt but this one has bruised a bit. Hopefully they will give a conclusion of why I'm so tired again and it'll almost definately be lack of iron. The doctors will let me know the results within the week, either by letter or by text. That's what the NHS spend their money on: their weekly phone credit or one hell of a Vodafone contract.....
They are so lovely! They are called Alfie & Esmie as they were the alternative names for Holly & Grace when they were born. Only fifteen weeks old but they're very well behaved - although the net curtains are ripped to bits!
