Night out with the cousins

Have you ever realised that you often have the best nights out when you haven't planned anything and it's completely spontaneous. 

Tonight my cousins came over with their parents, just for a nice chit chat - as families often do. So me and my cousins suddenly decided since were all here, we might aswell go out. Me and my brother, and her and her brother decide to get in the car and go for a drive and find somewhere to go. We finally decide to go to a sheesha place and have a few drinks. 

We had a great night, we had some food, drank a few drinks and gossiped over sheesha. Us girls had a good old giggle, the guys sat and watched match of the day on their phones. Overall a great night out, which made me feel like we need to hang out more often. 

Normally I do have the tendency to keep to myself and forget to socialise with others amd keep in contact, but these cousins the more time I spend with them the more I feel like we're on the same wave length and get along with them really well. 

Sometimes the best night are the ones you don't plan.

Ps. On a seperate note I finally got round to tidying up my room, you can actually see the floor now. My clothes still needs to be organised but atleast I've got over the hard part.

Lots of love

MLP

Organize my life

I've been trying to sort out my room for ages and just keep putting it off. 

I'm either too tired, not at home, or stuck in bed because I'm ill.

I've done a bit of clearing and found the cable for my electric keyboard. I plugged it in and played a few of the simple bits and bobs I remembered from school and I keep wondering if this is the hobby I've been looking for. 

The plan is to download some sheet music and keep myself busy. I also plan to organize my room, I've been looking at IKEA for wardrobes and drawers that I want to get for my room for ages. My thought is to get it done before new years, possibly as part of my new years resolution.

I keep thinking that if I have an organised room I will have a more organised life. Finding my feet hasn't quite happened this year but my hope is that next year will bring me better luck and a fresh start. I want to make the most of my time and hopefully I can keep myself motivated to achieve all these things.

Lots of love

MLP

It's Christmas!!!

It's here... Its's christmas and that can only mean one thing.....

Christmas food!!! 

Theres gonna ne turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, brussel sprouts, parsnips, carrots, a christmas pudding. 

Unfortunately I have just come down with a cold so stuck in bed this Christmas.

If I'm being honest I don't mind since I get to lie in bed waching all the christmassy films and disney cartoons that are on over the holidays.

Since it's christmas there's not long to go until new years. So being stuck in bed has bot me thinking about my new years resolution. I feel like Christmas I get soo much and I want to give a little bit back. There's this befriending scheme for children and those with autism to help them in society. The application process seems to be a bit on the long side but once the holidays are over I'm going to apply. 

Will let you know know how it goes. In the meantime I hope you all enjoy your Christmas amd boxing day.

Lots of love

MLP

Baking failure

I tried to do a bit of baking today. It was an absolute failure!!!

Since it's not long til christmas I thought it would be nice to bake a christmassy cake. I had loads of ideas. I was going to make cake pops, and to make it more christmassy I thought having them covered in coconut would make it look like snowballs. I even thought of doing little chocolate balls drizzled with icing with holy on top so they look like christmas pudding pops. 

All these great ideas but I just couldn't get them to bake properly. 

While the cupcakes were in the oven I tried to make little star biscuits. My first mistake was not putting enough cocoa and sugar in the mix.

Then once I put the biscuits in the oven the were too thin and burned. So I gave up on those and tried to make buttercake. Only problem was its been in the oven for ages and it hasn't cooked in the middle. So now I have no snowballs, no cupcakes, no biscuits.

Baking was an absolute failure!! Tomorrow there's nothing to take to work and share with the guys. I guess I need to prospone cake day til friday. I wish it went but not much that can be done now. Fingers crossed next time will be better.

Lots of love

MLP

Secret santa

It's that time of year again....

Christmas!!!

In the office everything is getting christmassy, secret santas have been picked, christmas trees are decked with tinsel, and everyone cant stop talking about the christmas party.

I've yet to decorate my desk, but as it gets closer to the day my baahumbug spirit is leaving me and I'm slowly being swept away by all the christmas. 

My secret santa is bought wrapped and just needs to be put amongst the other secret santa presents. Now I'm looking forward to the Christmas dinner we're having on wednesday. Everyone on the kidwear team is getting together for dinner and to hand out the secret santa presents....I'm looking forward to seeing if my secret santa is a good one and if they have got me something thats so me,and I hope my secret santa like her present. Really looking forward to it all. 


Lots of love

MLP
 


  

 

In the west end

Today I got out of bed made my breakfast and went straight to the west end. I did a bit of window shopping and went to see the christmas lights.

This year the christmas theme is Marmite. "You either love it or you hate it". There were a few different lights, there was santa turning green at the smell of Marmite, elves puking into stockings, and fairies that looked like they were quite enjoying Marmite on toast.

Marmite for those of you who haven't heard of, or tasted is a spread that's made from yeast extract,which is pretty salty, often spread on toast. Marmite is a very British product that you either love or hate.

The christmas lights weren't mind blowing, they were pretty dull in my opinion. I feel like the window displays were more much more interesting, which is a shame really because oxford street usually inspresses and inspires. 

The window display for Selfridges was quite nice, this one was nutcracker inspired and looked quire nice, the doll on the right was turning like a pretty ballerina. 

I thought this was a pretty good window display. A nice little bit of glamping(glam camping) meets childhood experience of having a make shift tent in the middle of the living room.


Once me and mum did out shopping and walked the whole of Oxford street I decided since were so close we might aswell go full on christmassy and go winterwonderland aswell. Winter Wonderland comes around every year, its like a chritmas themed funfair/carnival. With the big wheel, bauble ride and the sled rollercoaster. 

I've been there every year since it first started and it's a nice place to be when the weather gets a bit chilly and you've got your bobble hat and mittens on. It's a place where you get a touch ofchristmas spirit.


Today taking out my camera with me was great and I think I will most definately be keeping it in my bag from now on to capture all the great places I go and all the interesting things I see. I hope you guys liked the pictures and if you're in the UK I would deinately recommend visiting Winter Wonderland and Oxford street. I never got round to going to Harrods, so I'm going to save that for another weekend.


Lots of love

MLP     
 

  

 

Window shopping

The west end is an amazing to go. It's one of my favourite places to go, I go there so often and yet I've barely scratched the surface. Every time I go there I find somewhere new. Whether it's a new place to eat, a new coffee shop where I can stop and rest my feet, or a new shop that seems perfect for me. 

I don't always go there to shop, sometimes I like to go there just to window shop and tomorrow I plan to do just that. Whether I go there with friends or by myself I know I'm going to have a nice day out getting lost in the westend.

Tomorrow I plan to go see the window display at Harrods. This year they have gone all Disney fairytale princess. Harrods has got world renowned designers to recreate the Disney princess dresses. I've seen a few articles on the display and I cant wait to go there are see it myself.

I just might take my camera along with me and take a few pictures. 



Lots of love

MLP 
  

Special delivery

I have to admit I'm a little bit of a shopaholic. No matter what reason I get on the laptop for or what site I'm on I always manage to find myself on a clothing site. Don't get me wring I'm not always buying things, somethimes I just like to browse. Look at the different colours, the shapes, the prices and the looks and combinations they sometimes come up with.

Today my delivery of dresses came. 

Since the christmas party is coming up I thought it would be nice to turn up in something they haven't seen me in before. So I went online found a few deals and got it free delivery too. 

One is a rather simple skater dress in a deep red burgundy colour, that goes great with dolly shoes a pair of boots with tights or with bare leg. Something really versatile I can dress up or down. 

The other is a bit more sparkly and detailed, a one shoulder dip hem dress with ansequined bodice and chiffon skirt thats short at the front and long at the back. Perfect to go with either a pair of plain black heels or sparkly silver ones.

I've tried them on and I like them so pretty happy with my buy. Now I look forward to getting to getting the chance to wear them.



Lots of love

MLP

A few more sketches

 I'm glad to say it's been quite a good week, work hasn't been too bad, and I got the results for the 3 month test I told you all about....

I got 90%, which is great!! 
 

I came 2nd in the class. The people in my department have noticed that I did well and I'm doing well at my job, something I hope will be reflected in my review at the end of the year.

This week has been pretty good and I've decided to end it with a nice lazy weekend of lounging around and doing very little.

So far I've spent most of the weekend asleep and in bed watching TV. I've tidied my room a bit, and organised my clothes, so my outfits for the rest of the week have been planned. I've also done a few sketches and doodles.


As always I'm undecided on the colours that I want them to be in,right now I'm working on trying to get the right shape of the female body and the curves I want to exenuate or in some cases alter.

Here they are...I hope you enjoy them.


Lots of love

MLP 

 

Busy day tomorrow

Today was my test and I feel like it went pretty well. I didn't trip up on any of the questions so fingers crossed when I get my results on friday they'll be good.

So I've got friday to look forward to but tomorrow is going to be unbearable. The CEO of the company is going to come around and look at all the departments so everyone is highly strung and rushing to get everything done in time for his arrival at 11. This is all good and well but I have to manually write out the forecasted sales of every single boyswear item that the company sells. I have soo much to do o much to do tomorrow, which means early start. I need to get to the office at half 8. It takes me an hr to get to work so I should probably get ready for bed-its only 10 oclock-I havn't got ready for bed this early since secondary school.

I really hope I can wake up on time and that the day goes by without a hitch and its not as bad as I think it will be.


Lots of love

MLP

Test

Tomorrow is my 3 month test at work, to see how well I'm doing and how much I've learned.

I must admit I'm a little bit nervous...nothing major just a little bit nervous because I want to do well. 

I've got my notebook full of notes but I'm sure that at some point I will forget something and be annoyed with myself for the rest of the day. I've never been good at exam conditions I seem to panic and go completely blank.

Wish me luck

Lots of love

MLP

Girl's night out

 Last night I had such a amazing night out. It was our girls night out and we'vebeen planning it for weeks and it was definately worth the wait. 

We went to a nice little place in Camden, it was oorinally stables that have now been converted into bars, booths with tables and a gig venue with live music. The place was so quiant and I really liked the qwirkyness.

The venue was great and the music was nice and the drinks were decently priced. Having all the girls there was great, we danced the whole night and laughed til our sides hurt and our feet couldn't take it anymore.

The journey home was a bit of a nightmare, being very responsible we booked a cab to pick before we left the house and told it to arrive once the bar closed.The only problem was the cab service wasn't as reliable as we had hoped and they didn't turn up to pick us up so we booked another cab and had to wait an hour. So we were forced to wait out in the cold. We were not happy and left a very disgruntled message on the cab companies answer machine.

Luckily waiting in the cold for the cab didn't spoil my night and I still feel like it was amazing girls night out, and for me it was nice to get out a bit more and just have a good time.


Lots of love 

MLP

 
  

Back to the drawing board

It's back to the drawing board. Recently my focus has been a bit more on cooking simply because I couldn't find my skecthpad. My fashion interest is still and I've been looking into it alot more.  I've found a few designers I like. My favourite so far is Alexander McQueen his style is edgy and he has soo much range in his collections, his outfits in each season vary soo much but still have the McQueen feel to it, that brings the collections together.

  

After a bit of research and practise I've decided I wanted to improve my drawing style and make it better. Once I looked up a few poses I've managed to draw my gowns differently in poses, which better suit the outfit and portrays it in the best light.

These outfits are a bit more long, elegant and flowing. I'm focusing more on softer curves and elegant line. My preference is exposed shoulders either with a sweatheart necklines, bustiers or asymetric off the shoulder tops. When I think of material my mind goes to royal blue silk for the dress on the right with pale blue chiffon for the long drapes. With the off the shoulder dress on the left I'm thinking silk or velvet with a possible side slit.

I feel like I can talk about the outfits in my head for hours, there are simple ones, over exaggerated couture dresses just for the runway shows. 

There are a few bridal gowns that keep changing in my head. Now all that's left is to stick to it and get all my ideas onto paper and maybe even once day have come to life so I can show my ideas to everyone. For now these are the dresses that have been on my mind. The one on the left is a possible bridal dress that gives a nice silhouette and grace.

Lots of love 

MLP