Long time no blog! Four months to be precise, which I think is the longest I've ever had a break for. It actually scares me how fast that time has gone, these last few months have been crazy and I could have sworn it was only two months since I last blogged! The annoying thing is I am inspired and have so many ideas, it's just finding the time and being the perfectionist that I am I refuse to rush posts and post anything I'm not 100% happy with! I'm off uni for the summer now so hopefully I'll post regularly at least over the summer!
What I've been up to...
I'd be lying if I said I've been up to loads of fun things, the truth is my life has been pretty boring recently! In January I found out just how intense my MSc course is, and I was given an absolute ton of work to do, whilst trying to juggle a full time job, boyfriend and fitness, blogging just didn't really stand a chance! I couldn't justify spending time writing a post when I could have been writing assignments.
This is what my reality was like, not so glamorous!!
So because of all this, I haven't done much.. Here's a few random snaps of what I did manage to squeeze in though!
Yummy Easter brownies and cakes baked by yours truly, partly inspired by this post I wrote last year. I think these are actually the nicest cakes I've made, they had mini creme/oreo eggs in the middle, and the icing turned out nice for once! They went down a treat with my work colleagues.
Managed to see the boyfriend a bit, but seeing as he is on the same course as me, most of our time spent together recently has involved working on assignments!
I haven't been on as many runs as I would have liked, but I've been doing HIIT classes twice a week and get in a run when I can! I have been making sure I walk at least 10,000 steps a day too, using my Fitbit for guidance.
Nights out have been few and far between, and I have missed getting ready to go out-out! We managed a couple of bar crawls and Curious Manor is a new favourite of mine for cocktails! They also do lovely food too which is served throughout the day.
I have managed to try a few new recipes, Deliciously Ella Every Day is my new favourite recipe book. I did have to stock up on a few ingredients first, but once you have a few staples you're good to go! I have been trying to eat a lot more vegan meals lately, for a few reasons. I don't think I'll ever be able to fully commit (I love pizza and cake too much!) but I am trying my best to eat vegan a few days a week, and my diet is mainly vegetarian anyway so this hasn't been a massive change.
Look who grew up!! Theo turned 1 on the 3rd of April and here's how he's changed, he's a big boy now!! Still as crazy as ever though, I feel like we should get him a bandana with "unstable" written on it, just to warn people..
He's so cute though, how can you be mad at that face?!
What I've been loving:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, nostalgia! I was watching this a lot whilst designing maps for my assignments, it was easy to watch in the background without paying much attention. I was obsessed with Buffy as a child and wanted to see if I'd still love it as much now, and I do!
I've also been watching American Horror Story (although only with the boyfriend) I love it but I warn you don't watch it before bed, or you'll have some messed up dreams!
Electronic books... I downloaded a load on the Kindle app when I got sent through offers of them being 99p etc, and I never read them so now I am getting through them all, at about 1-2 a week! I'm obsessed! And they're so easy to read as the Kindle app is available on any device, so I switch between my phone, ipad and kindle! I'm thinking of doing a post reviewing some of the books soon, so watch out for that.
