My week 18

A bit delayed but I needed a day to recover from the vintage fair on Saturday which was amazing. Due to my new camera and my laptop not getting along very well, I can't share any photos from it yet but I promise I'll get some up soon. Anyway, the photos from my iPhone are here so here's my week:

*Went to the Manchester Fashion Network talk "Making it on your own" - very interesting!

*The happy skirt of happiness!

*Axl really likes bags.

*Love spending my lunch breaks at work on my iPad reading blogs. Chills me out instantly.

*Love this shirt that I got in Florida (see it here).

*Grey grey weather this week. Come on summer, hurry up!

*Nessie sucking on the side of the fish tank. This guy is massive!

*I am very proud that I only bought one thing at the vintage fair on Saturday and it was this amazing necklace. I am in love with it as I've never seen anything like it. And it was only £5. Will properly show it off when my camera and laptop kiss and make up. 

The two high points of this week were definitely the MFN talk and the vintage fair. This is what I want to be doing all the time. I learned loads at the talk from the three panelists who all had started their own businesses and can't wait to put it all into practise with my own business. Inspiring. As for the vintage fair, I had a blast. The atmosphere, the people, the music - I loved it. It's such a great confidence booster seeing people admire and buy things you've put a lot of thought into making and picking out. It's amazing selling your stuff face to face. This is what I want to do. I can't wait to share the photos with you. 

How was your week?

My week 12

So, blog post number 50. Exciting!

Here is my slightly belated week in photos. Lots of food and running - totally balance each other out. 

*Another 1930s shoe from my calendar - I'm really liking this decade in terms of footwear

*I wore my new zebra blouse on Monday both to work and the Fiona McIntosh talk for the Manchester Fashion Network which was great btw.

*My face - just to prove to you that I in fact have a face.

*Butternut squash and sweet potato soup and a magazine - lovely!

*Went to Wales for most of Friday for work. Was amazed at the name of one of the towns we went to: Llanfairpwllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Awesome.

*Couldn't find Rose for a bit. Turns out that she had found a tiny space on my bookshelf to hide in. 

*I splurged on makeup this week.

*Enchiladas make the weekend awesome.

*I enjoyed running around dressed as Gromit on Sunday. We raised £65! Wanted to die in my suit with the hot weather, but it was worth it.

*May have stopped off at Hey Little Cupcake...in costume. Oh yes (I also drove my car in costume - another weird thing to tick off my list). Went for a mint whoopie thing but saw that it was the last day they were selling these savoury cupcakes: Smoked salmon and cream cheese. So got one for later. Another interesting new thing I've tried. 

So how was your week?

My week 11

I'm back, it's been a fun weekend. Did something a little different for Claire's birthday. Me, her and the bf took a road trip to Barnsley (exotic yeah?) for something called Scary Tales in a town nearby. It was like a haunted house type thing where you walk through different themed rooms with actors there to scare you. I have to say I was really impressed with it, and it was a right laugh (and scream!). It was nice to do something different for the weekend. Anyway, here is what I got up to in photos:

*Went to town on Saturday with the bf to get costumes for sports relief and may have bought a star trek mug. I'm such a nerd but I love it!*

*Closeup of a jumper I wore to work*

*Went to a cafe in the Northern Quarter and had BBQ chicken pancakes and a ginger and lemon ice tea. Yum!*

*Paid my first visit to Hey Little Cupcake in Manchester to pick up Claire a cupcake for her birthday. And me and the bf might have got one each as well!*

*I hand made a card for Claire with a little doodle of a cupcake with legs - the idea just popped into my head.*

*The outside of the theatre that Scary Tales was in. Didn't get any pictures inside for obvious reasons - was too busy screaming and being followed by a possessed gingerbread man among other things!*

*Another Flux card game - this time the Monty Python version. We played this in the hotel room accompanied by alcohol and a chinese takeaway - We are a classy bunch.*

It was all about the weekend this week. And I have officially set up a webpage for me and the bf's sports relief run. We are going as Gromit (as in Wallace and Gromit) and Garfield. He's Gromit and I'm Garfield. I saw a Sylvester costume but no Tweety which was a shame as the bf actually said he would have been Tweety. Anyway, check out our page here. How do you like our team photo?

In other news, I'm going to the Manchester Fashion Networks Fiona McIntosh (the founding editor of Grazia Magazine) talk tomorrow. I'm quite excited as I'm really interested in what she has to say, but I'm also quite nervous as I'm going by myself. The fun of not knowing any fashion people, but I'm really proud of myself for having the courage to go alone as there is no way that I would have been able to a year or two ago.  Woop!

How was your week?