Holidays are over. My face is over.

Well, I had a week's holiday to use up by the end of January and that I did. That, I did.
It's been a great week, especially after working in a shop all Christmas and being very ill to boot. It was great to have a rest.
We went to Nottingham on Monday where I got a new wedding dress to replace the teeny weeny one that didn't fit and I like this one more! It's lovely and there are more options with it.... much more fun!
Nottingham was...... interesting. I've been before but a long time ago. I wouldn't say it had much to offer that Sheffield doesn't. And if I lived there I don't think I'd go out after dark! as soon as the night started lots of scary bad people surfaced!
The best thing about Nottingham was going to the pub for dinner where I had battered Halloumi and chips and it was the greatest EVER! (picture above is me with a picture of Robin Hood waiting for my food to come!)
On Tuesday we went for tea with our friends at The York in Broomhill (where we want our wedding meal). We drank quite a bit of beer and ate some tasty food and examined the menu and drinks in preparation for our meeting there on Thursday.
On Wednesday we went to see The Kings Speech which is fantastic. You can't really fault anything in it! Well worth a watch, and possibly a re-watch too! Then it was home and Greedy Greek for tea!
Thursday was a trip to the gym (well, you've got to have a guilt trip with all the drinking and eating out!) followed by our meeting at The York. The staff are really helpful, very organised and think of things I've not thought of yet! We (again) had tea there and sampled foods that will be on our wedding food choices. I had a goat's cheese, red pepper and walnut frittata and it was sooooo tasty and soooo filling! Following this we went to the Devonshire Cat and I drank lots of wine and Joe drank lots of beers with strange names.
Friday.... a teensy bit hungover, we went to see The Green Hornet. A good comic-book movie. I'm quite a fan of Seth Rogan and superheroes so it was a win-win for me! We followed this by (more) halloumi! We went to the Common Room and had Halloumi and cherry tomato skewers with flatbread and chunky (and i mean CHUNKY!) chips then back home for a nap!
That night my friend (and also my bridesmaid) came over for tea and with a hot-off-the-press delivery of .... our wedding invitation!!! It's a beautiful design and I can't wait to get it back from the printers and sent out! (You can see the wonderful work she does here http://charleydreams.blogspot.com/. We had some tasty veggies, I ruined the roast potatoes and then watched an interesting Giallo with Edwidge Fenech called All the Colours Dark.
Saturday was breakfast at the local greasy spoon "Bloomers" with Joe (a bit dirty but when you work in a shop you rarely get a Saturday morning! So we thought we'd join those lucky 9-5'ers and read the Sun in a proper caff! Then it was lunch out with two of my Bridesmaids (MORE FOOD!) and a wander around the charity shops. Followed by a night in. Finally! We watched Talledega Nights (I also love Will Ferrell!) and laughed our little socks off. I just love silly made up things and I particularly liked the bloopers!
Sunday; the last day before doom descends upon me. It was a friend's birthday and we went in a big group for dinner at The Fat Cat in Kelham Island. There is a real life beautiful tortoiseshell cat who roams the pub, he comes for a little sit and tickle with you too. It's well worth a visit just for cat joy! I had the tastiest mushroom, mustard and tarragon pie with veggies followed by jam roly poly and custard.....

On that note... I feel like a massive roly poly. I need to go back to work. Eat healthily. Rediscover fruit (what's fruit?). Go to the gym. Drink water.

All that boring stuff.

Boo Hoo