You Say Tomato, I Say...

 The cutest little squeezy tomato ketchup dispenser.
Ever!

 

He has eyes, a smile and 'feet'.

And here he is with some real cousins from our next door neighbour.

Mr B ate most of them last night when he got home.

 

Along with pasta, I don't like tomatoes either.

(I would, sadly, make a rubbish Italian!)

So

I

would say

“So I have to find a theme that has enough meat to it - pardon the cheesy pun - for me to able to write a solid episode. That being said, one of my favourite episodes this [second] season is ‘Bitchin’ Booty Camp Extreme,’ and from last year it’s ‘The Breakup Bonanza.’ That has one of my favourite lines that I ever wrote - ‘Even if you and your ex don’t agree on the little things - like he says tomato and you say, go f**k yourself - you’ll both agree that this salad rocks.’ I love that line so much that it’s actually on a new limited edition t-shirt right now in our store. If you want to check it out, it’s a really beautiful and hilarious t-shirt.

 So says Nadia G!
 

 

 

Byeeee!

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Morning, Glory

You cannot imagine the joy this morning as I looked out of the kitchen window and saw this.

I do believe I let out a little squeal!

 

 

I have wanted to grow one of theses for years!

 

 

 

Ipomoea tricolor 'Heavenly Blue' aka as Morning Glory.

 

Its' less fancy looking cousin, convolvulace,  is treated as a weed and we get a lot growing through from next door, wrapping itself around the pear trees, which is a bloomin' nuisance! But, oh, these blue beauties...sigh, I am in love.

 

Morning glory is also a slang term which I had never heard of until Mario said he was 'suffering' from it when he was in the Celebrity Big Brother house!

 

Trust 'men' to call 'it' glory! Pah!

Z xx

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It's Always So Nice To Come Home

After a lovely train journey through Stoke-on-Trent, where I had 2 stints on placement from college, (you usually only ever got one), and which holds so many happy memories, Lichfield Trent Valley, Nuneaton and Rugby admiring the stunningly beautiful countryside and the canal boats, we arrived home about 4 o'clock. It was still sunny weather so we had a coffee/tea outside on the swing seat.

Bliss.

 

We hadn't got anything suitable in the freezer to cook from frozen, so we had chicken kebabs delivered; lots of yummy salad too.

 

But I took the Jubilee chicken crown, from Sainsbury's, out to defrost and had that this evening with home grown potatoes cooked with mint  and green beans.

 

 

Now, my bean plants were massacred by snails earlier in the year, and the potatoes, well...this portion is half of the total from a potato grow-bag. So, on the one-hand, a pretty poor show, but, on the other, tasted bloody lovely and got me out of a tight spot.

Result!

 

(Mr B is up in Brum working and having to stay overnight, so am on me tod, not that I am not feeding him!)

Zxx

My Little Manchester Treat

 

Hastily taken photos of the new, limited edition palette, by Bobbi Brown and Katie Holmes.



 

A pretty fair colour match even though this was taken in electric light.

 

 

Sharon really took her time with trying out the cheek/lip colours out on me with no pressure put on to buy, which is always nice! These 2 colours are not available in their regular range.

I think this will be a good travel set and a good starter set of BBs' items for me to try - some matt eye colours, some with a very fine glimmer and a glittery brown one. There is also a brown eye pencil.

 

I've also got a foundation stick which Sharon used on me and that I have fallen in love with! I think it will be my lifetime quest to find the perfect foundation; the colour suits, it feels great to put on and blend and seems to have great staying power too! I think that's Winter 2013 sorted then!

 

Was also given a sample pot of Vitamin Enriched Face Balm, that I tried under the foundation. This moisturises and works as a primer too. If I hadn't got a new bottle of MACs prep+prime sitting at home, I think that may have gone in my bag too!

It is gorgeous!

Z xx

 



How To While Away Too Much Time

Watching the men climb off the top of a tall building to clean the windows.



Oooh! It's a bit high up innit?!



Do you think that's his chamois left on the ledge?

Just to show the rest of the way down

 

Haircut

 

My twice-yearly cut 'n' colour by Kerry.

My 'looked-forward-to treat' each time I visit this wonderful city.

Z xx

The Emerald City

photo by Mr B

Actually, it's Media City UK, (as seen here), where most of the BBC moved to, in Salford.

 

It is sometimes lit with more green lighting, hence the title.

Z xx

Mr B had to scoot off to work early this morning; before breakfast had officially 'opened', but managed to get an orange juice and a couple of croissants.

 

Cue a couple of hours later and I got myself down to breakkie. Hurrah! The waffle machine was working again! (It wasn't yesterday and broke the last time we stayed here too!)

I'd been on the look-out for this Real Techniques fine liner brush for a while; they didn't stock it in my local Boots. Found it in the big Boots up here yesterday. There was a 'buy one get one 1/2 price' offer on, so I also bought the new, just out, miracle complexion sponge too. It was the last one left on the rack. Not tried these shaped sponges before...am intrigued as to how well they work. Anyone tried them?

 

Mr B brought back their duo fibre brushes from Ulta, in the USA, before they were released here in the UK. I haven't used them much as I've been wearing mainly mineral powder base since he got them and I don't find them to my liking for that. Now we are moving towards colder weather, I shall be trying them out with liquid foundations and hope they are better with that.

I think if you are younger and only need lighter coverage of any type of foundation, you will find them really nice to use, but I need something a bit more heavy duty!

Some people have mentioned that the eye brush is scratchy, but I haven't noticed that with mine.

 

*****

 



 

They do an amazing Sunday Lunch deal at the Mal, but, only fancying a sarnie, I popped down to the restaurant to see if it was possible. Did I want it in the room? After getting a bit freaked out at breakfast because it was so busy, I opted for room service and this is what was delivered!

 

Not quite a sandwich, but so totally wonderful, all the same. It just isn't the same doing a small joint of roast beef for two as having a couple of slices off a huge joint.

And, of course, eating in the room meant 2 little kitties managed to share the yumminess too!

X xx



Mancunian Architechture

 

New next door to the old. Quite a mix; I much prefer the old, so beautiful, so much detail.

 

A  very long walk by the canal and around the Northern Quarter, followed by iced coffees, vanilla chai cake with frosting and beetroot and courgette cake at Oklahoma.

Totally yummy!

Z xx

Yay! We've Arrived

 Up in Manchester for a few days with Mr B and the cats.

snapped by Mr B on the way back from buying cat food

And you all know about me and fire engines in Manchester!!

(But what a fun idea for a Hen Night!)

Zxx



Star!

Yes! I know!   I just can't help it! 

(wearing my best Courtney Stodden impression T-shirt)
(I just loved that girl in Celebrity Big Brother)

 

My gorgeous 'star' brooch, found at the Vintage Fair today.

Isn't she a beaut?

The Italian Shop, (not café, as I previously wrote), where we had cups of coffee and scrummy ciabatta sarnies with fennel salami. I never thought I liked salami but theirs is delish!

 

More types of pasta than you can shake a stick at.
(And I don't even like pasta!)
Z xx

Last Saturday I Filmed This. This Saturday I'm Going To The Vintage Fair (now with added 'boom arm')

Forever mentioned in  the likes of "Heat" and "New!" magazine, the vision that is Peter Andre visited Northampton last weekend to plug his 2 new fragrances. 



 

 I must admit, I am not a fan, but he did seem to be a genuinely nice guy; yes, there were a lot of screaming girls, but quite a few blokes ready to shake his hand too.

 

 

It was a total surprise, didn't know he was going to be there; and there I am in the thick of it all, 'boom arm' out with me camera, not batting an eyelid!

Whereas yesterday had to cancel my appointment with the nurse for a blood pressure re-check, 'cos I was I was getting into a bit of a state! (Yeah, bet that was good for the ole BP!)

 

 

Hurrah! Another of Trevor's Vintage Fairs and then a trip to the Italian Café.

Woop! Woop!

Here's to the weekend!

Z xx