Just another Sunday.

Just sitting here bored so I thought I'd blog about my day although nothing interesting has really happened.. anyway I was so drained this morning but the plan was to go Knightsbridge to sort out something and to do a bit of shopping so I got hurried out of bed against my own will then rushed around lika lunatic. Was feeling in sucha bad mood when I finally left the house, was just giving everyone the cold shoulder. The tubes were a nightmare today, probably because of the football & whatever was going on at Hyde Park. But we made it there and it was raining horribly! Sorted out what I needed to then popped in Zara so my lil sis could buy some jeans. I love Zara, especially the kids clothes! I always feel like buying clothes for my little niece & nephew when I'm in there because.. well.. I haven't got a kid of my own to dress up lol! I ended up buying some jeggings & leggings, my little sister was teasing me because I fit 14year old clothes ahaha! I wanted to buy 2 pairs of shoes aswell but couldn't find them in my size, the pair I wanted in a 2.5 was in a 2 and the pair I wanted in a 2 was in a 2.5, what a nightmare! I got myself a jersey blazer from the womans section too, wasn't really the one I was looking for but I liked it when I tried it on then when I got home I wasn't too sure about it.. I think I might still keep it though.
After Zara we popped in Harrods to do a bit of browsing & to eat! Decided to have Sushi, Harrods is my fave place to eat sushi but its expensive T___T Its worth it though because it tastes lovelyyyyyy & cheered me up!
I apologise in advance for the bad quality photos, I haven't been carrying my camera around lately so these are taken on my iPod.

 

So when I say expensive I mean.. That coke costs £4.25!

 

 Seaweed Salad: loveeeeee this, I always get this wherever I go but this has got to be the best one, it may be the most expensive but it is all seaweed, most places add cheap carrots to it which is probably why it is cheaper.

 

Tobiko (Flying fish roe)

 

Black Dragon (Rock shrimp tempura, cucumber, avocado & black tobiko caviar): Most of the sushi they have is raw which I can't eat so I always order this, its so tasty! You get 5 pieces but this is actually 15 pieces because I ordered 3 portions & they accidentally put them on the same plate. 

There was more but I didn't take photos of everything, the bill came up to about £107. Thats pretty expensive for a quick lunch for 2 adults and 1 child!

We took a quick look around the foodhall after this & I noticed the ceiling which I didn't notice all the other times I've been here, its so beautiful! 

 

I then noticed the rest of Harrods looked slightly different too? Maybe its just because I usually go when the sales are on. It is such a beautiful store though. I walked past the stands where they were selling the new Justin Bieber perfume as well, it only launched in the UK on Friday and I think only Harrods stocks it at the moment, it actually smells really nice & the packaging is so pretty, I regret not buying it now! I had a look around for a new blush at Bobbi Brown and Mac but I didn't end up buying anything. I decided to pop across the road to Space NK for Nars but it was closed! 

 

L: My little sister & me. I haven't been wearing eyeliner for 6days.
R: Me, when I got home, WITH eyeliner. What a difference.

So that was pretty much it, I might post a little haul soon. & I'm sorry to whoever requested the nail tutorials, I'll try do them when I can but I haven't had time to & I have glitter acrylic on at the moment which doesn't help at all!
 

Ohh & I dyed my roots too! finallyyyy :)

Hope you all had a lovely weekend. xx

Lil Update!

Just a lil update seeing as I aint posted ina while!

So I started off the month being ill! Im hardly ever ill so when I am its quite bad but it doesn't last long either which is good, it started off as a lil cough then everyday it just got a bit worse. I woke up on Thursday morning & I puked! it was so bad, spent the rest of the day in bed, hardly eating anything, but before I slept I gave in & took a tablet, what a way to spend my CNY! Woke up so much better on Friday morning though and I've got better ever since. So I didn't really have a great CNY but I did enjoy all the food on the days before! We had a lil hotpot as our pre new years dinner then on new years eve we had the traditional dinner. YUM!

I felt so crappy that week but I did go out fora bit on Saturday night, it was so last minute but atleast i got some AIR! I was worrying so much aswell cus on that Monday I found out I had a portfolio at LCC the next Wednesday & cus I was ill I lost a couple days where I could of done more work, so spent the rest of the weekend and Monday getting my portfolio ready, the portfolio was sucha nightmare cus its so big (A1) and it was so heavy, my floor was like a death zone with scissors and scalpels here & there but by Monday night I got it all done cus I knew Tuesday was gonna be a busy day, I still had my sketchbook to fill up though. Tuesday was Trang's birthday and she was coming back from her holiday that evening and having a meal, 3 of us planned to bake her a cake aswel so most of my day was spent buying ingredients and baking it. I woke up late so I didn't have much time to add any work to my sketchbook, I couldn't be bothered when I got home either because it was about 12 & I was exhausted, did a few bits & bobs & just headed to bed!

 

Heres the cake we baked! It was just a chocolate cake, there weren't any chocolate fudge icing left at the shop which was a shame so we just made buttercream. It looked so much better without the bottom layer because we didn't have time to let it cool so the buttercream was just oozing out in the middle, by the time the the cake came out for her that night the buttercream in the middle just melted everywhere! I've only ever baked lil cupcakes & stuff so this is the first cake I've ever baked, it turnt out alright though, we were proud! haha!

So Wednesday was the day of the portfolio review, I managed to do a couple of pages in my sketchbook that morning which made me feel a bit better and luckily my dad gave me a lift to elephant & castle. We all got there for 10 and was told to come back and get our portfolios at 5 so we had a whole 7 hours to waste. A couple of us from Ravensbourne decided to go together up west to just hang out, we went troc & it was nice being a kid again, playing games to get those yellow tickets lol! We exchanged them for rings & braclets which were probably only worth like 10p but it was good fun,  went on the bumper cars aswell which is always good fun but sucha rip off! went to chinatown for lunch then we headed back to troc because the guys wanted another inflatable hammer =.= We still had a couple more hours so we decided to do something education & went to the science museum, I've never been before so I thought I'd check it out, its pretty cool there! Good for kids lol. Anyway headed back after & I took my fat heavy portfolio ond bus to go home, my hands were hurting so much! We was supposed to find out if we got in or not in 24hours but I still aint heard from them, pstt!

Anyway! I ordered a couple of things online this week, I love receiving parcels especially when they come so quick!

 

I got my first lomography camera! the Holga 120TLR. Basically its just a plastic camera and it uses film. The photos aren't supposed to come out crispy clear like digital cameras, they're supposed to be flawed & have that vintage-look, I haven't used it yet but I can't wait to try it out. I'm not sure if I can just take the film and get it developed at any photo place though =/. I wanted the Diana F+ Alice in Wonderland one but it was so expensive!

I got this aswell, another Jewelry hanger but its a standing one. Its fugging beautiful, love it!!

& Thats it! Not really a "lil" update but yeah! I hope everyones had a nice start to the month, what are you guys getting up to for Valentines? Leave a comment below.

Toodles. x

Baking Day: Montbazillac Jelly With Berries

Forget wobbly bunnies and jelly teddies - this is an elegant pudding for gourmet grown-ups from Eric Lanlard's show Glamour Puds.

"Jellies were always an important part of a beautiful dessert display in French society.
Elaborate copper moulds were used to set the desserts, but this one uses a rectangular terrine shape, so it can be sliced and served with beautiful red berries."

Eric

Mine turned out gorgeous!

*Ingredients :
5 leaves of gelatine, soaked in 75ml of cold water
425 ml Montbazilliac wine/ or another sweet wine
1 lemon
1 vanilla pod

*For the fruit:
200g of small strawberries
225g of raspberries
200g of redcurrants, blackcurrants or whitecurrants, left on the stem
100g blueberries

Method:
1. First wash and prepare the berries.
2. In a saucepan place the soaked gelatine leaves, along with the water and heat until the gelatine has dissolved. Then whisk this into the Montbazillac wine, along with the juice of a lemon and the seeds from a vanilla pod.
3. Pour the liquid into a jug and allow it to cool ~ while it cools, arrange a layer of mixed berries on the bottom of a terrine mould, then cover with about half of the wine mixture so that the berries are just covered with the liquid. Place in the fridge and leave to set for about 45 minutes.
4. Once the jelly has set, add the remaining fruits on top of this set jelly layer and pour on the remaining Montbazillac mixture. Place again in the fridge and leave to set.
5. When you are ready to serve, turn out the terrine by dipping the mould very briefly in warm water and inverting it on to a serving dish. Use a very sharp knife (also dipped first into hot water) to cut the jelly into slices. Serve with extra berries.