Fishy

Easter bank holiday = time for a new shower curtain. Too jazzy?

Marks & Spencer Birthday Breakfast

I feel like I've done nothing but eat out lately! It was the boyfriends birthday yesterday so we decided to have breakfast out (that, and we ran out of bagels!). We took a trip to Marks and Sparks in Norwich for something tasty with the voucher my mum sent the boyfriend. 

I haven't eaten here since they had their refurbishment but it was very nice and we got to pick our seats which sounds silly but normally you just get dumped wherever the waitress can be bothered to walk to. 

We had freshly squeezed orange juice

The boyfriend had a full English breakfast, he didn't want black pudding (ugh!) or mushrooms (also ugh!) but they wouldn't give him anything else in its place like extra bacon so that was a bit of a let down if you don't enjoy eating congealed blood, which he doesn't. 

I, on the other hand, tried some eggs benedict which was absolutely lovely. I hadn't had it before and it really did taste very nice. I thought it was all priced quite reasonably too. 

Zak's

The boyfriend and I went to Zak's the other night for a meal out

There are a couple Zak's but we went to the waterside one and it's styled out like an old fashioned American diner 

We got tasty milkshakes, I think maple is the best flavour but the boyfriend had coffee

We decided to have burgers because Zak's is one of the few places you can be sure you're not eating... well... horse. The boyfriend had the JD burger

And I had cheese, bacon and egg burger and we both had sweet potato fries

Then we only just squeezed in dessert, the boyfriend had cookie dough cheesecake

And I had toffee and banana pie

How yum!

Is That A Hair Piece?

"What?" I'd said, amused. 

"Your bun, is it a stick on hair piece?" asked the other healthcare assistant 

"Err... no...no, just my hair" I said 

"Ohh. You've got one of those doughnut thingies, haven't you" she said eyeing my head suspiciously

Well readers, not quite. You see at hospital you must have you hair off your collar, which means cut short or up, no trailing your hair through patient's bodily fluids and what not! If I put my hair up in a bun it either falls out or just generally looks a bit messy and those bun doughnuts look like a lot of effort with hair pins and so I buy these from ebay - click here

They're so easy, you just twist your hair up in them and they look far better than I could ever do with just a hairband for under a few quid. Sorted. 

And rest assured I will never, ever be pinning fake hair into my own, eurgh!

Module 2

Well chums, I've finished my module one of my degree and it's straight onto module two. Although the nice thing is that all my assignments have been handed in so that's a weight off my mind. The only thing I still have outstanding is waiting for all the expenses (about £600!) to be paid back to me from my placement for accommodation and travel costs - not just because it's a lot of money but because my placement was far away and I had to pay out all that money I had to get a loan from the Dean of Students (what a chore) and really would like to get that paid off as owing money stresses me out. 

I've already been assigned my next placement which I'm really pleased with and its far closer to me so no loan or crazy expense claims which I detest. Hurrah!

Yes I Yell At The TV

Since I changed from my regular desk job as a secretary to a nursing student and part time HCA my schedule's been different from the Monday-Friday 9-5 and the unthinkable has happened. I occasionally catch day time TV, I seem to catch no end of quiz shows whilst working on assignments. 

They're the sort of thing I put on in the background then find myself getting irritated with and turning off the TV. 

I've discovered that these shows have 3 key ingredients; know it alls; cheesy hosts and incredibly low prize money that seems almost impossible to actually win for the poor hapless contestants. 

Pointless is my least favourite, the boyfriend sometimes watches this when it's my turn to cook dinner and I find myself getting wound up and shouting the answers at the TV. Also, the host is the smarmiest of the smarmy quiz hosts, I just can't stand him. You might recognise him from those god awful insurance adverts, I'm not sure if he's been in other things but the fact remains that he shouldn't have been! Sometimes when answers are revealed by the little factual answer man in the corner he'll wait for him to say the answer then nod along and say ah yes of course it was such and such and I just think... you didn't know that answer, Mr Smarm! Be away with you. 

Avon

I got an Avon catalogue through the other day, I've never lived in an area that has an Avon rep before so I thought I'd try out some things

Unfortunately when my order came it I was refunded for a few items they didn't have which sucked. 

My favourite item was the cherry blossom hair refresher spray, it smells so good. The royal jelly hand cream smells really good too and my rep sent me some free samplers. Hurrah for Avon. 

Soup-er

We did our weekly shop at Tesco's this week instead of our beloved Sainsbury's and although I was a bit disappointed (they didn't have Tunnocks teacakes!!) I did pick up a soup vegetable mix for a pound. Bargain!

And I didn't realise just how easy it is to make soup, I popped my veg in the saucepan 

Mixed my two stock cubes in water

Mixed the two and brought to the boil

Covered and boiled for 30 mins

Let it cool for a little while and then blitzed it in my blender

Then back in the pan to heat! I honestly did not know soup was this easy - I think some people must just make it look hard!

Valentines Meal at The Pigs

The boyfriend and I celebrated Valentines day early as I was away on placement and we went out to a pub near to Holt called the Pigs and it was just lovely there. 

Even the car park was lovely!

We sat at table two

And munched some bread

Then we enjoyed some Norfolk style tapas for starters

And I had a chicken and bacon salad which was so so tasty

And the boyfriend had chicken, this is his main

We were both way to full to have desserts (gutted!) but would definitely visit again

Procrastination

I am working on my assignments.... sort of

In between cake making...

Earl Grey drinking...

And spirographing