Boxing Day 2017

Boxing day at my cousin Sindy's! I drove down to Manchester with Lisa. We made a beef roast with all the trimmings. 

We made broccoli and cauliflower cheese, roasted parsnips, glazed carrots - Heston recipe, Heston potatoes Boulangére made our own Yorkshire puddings. All recipes were from online. It was like a little assembly line everyone had a job. Wearing a white shirt wasn't the best idea but I didn't know we were cooking and apparently Sindy doesn't own aprons??

It was so good but by the time the food was ready I wasn't even hungry as I pretty much ate a whole bag of of propercorn sweet and salty to myself. Christmas has clearly gone to my head who is this??

Little Rufus watching us cook.

It was nice to catch up as I haven't seen Lisa or Jess since China last year! Jess lives in London but Lisa lives in Liverpool but we just don't really catch up. Sindy's mum, dad, brother Thomas, girlfriend and nephew Alex and Jess' boyfriend James were all down. We played a round of Articulate after dinner which is actually my new favourite game. It was so good but hard. Sindy was rubbish on the people round she didn't know anyone! We definitely need to make this a tradition and do it again next year!

I had to leave early as I was back in work today :(

Don't even know why work was open I just didn't want to do any work! But was looking forward to being back in the gym. Did a 6km run in 39 minutes around Woolton then trained chest with Jo and Rich. 12 week countdown to the half marathon!

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Christmas 2017

Merry Christmas from the Wing's!

As much as my mum wanted to be away for Christmas again we stayed this year. I really didn't like it last year away from the rest of the Wing's and the tradition of going to Nanny Wing's! 

Lunch was 12pm which is earlier than usual which meant we were late as Gavin went out last night and wouldn't get out of bed till 12! We got to Nanny Wing's just in time to see Lucas before he went off to Kirsty's parents. 

Annual cousin photo!

Carrot cake and Chinese sponge cake

Auntie Christine made cookies, short bread and mince pies for us!

Cousin photo minus Laura who's in New York working!

Dress & Boots - Zara

When we got back we finished the hot pot we had from last night.

It doesn't feel like Christmas at all. It really is rubbish when you're older there just isn't that excitement any more! I didn't even eat that much of the roast which is a kinda good thing - still got to work on them abs! I'm going to my cousin Sindy's today then back on work Wednesday which I really wish I booked off but just didn't have the holidays to spare sadly!

Hope you all had a great Christmas!

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Christmas Eve Eve

Cute Christmas day today - we went to The Elephant for lunch then went to Woolton Cinema to watch Miracle on 34th Street. 

Scarf - New Look

Coat - H&M

Dress -Zara Kids

Boots - Zara

Rocking the minnie mouse hair as I went the gym in the morning but didn't have enough time to wash it. I'm going in the morning anyway. But the hair isn't practical just wouldn't stay!

Hannah was late but David was actually on time - he was there first!

Kelly booked the table and thought she booked for the Christmas menu but turns out she didn't as you had to pre-order all your food so had to order from the normal menu! Was looking forward to a turkey roast :( 

Danielle got the Smoked Salmon Pizzetta.

Kelly & David both got the Winter Salad.

Hannah got the Chicken, Bacon & Avocado Sandwich.

I got the Salmon salad. 

The salad was nice but definitely was not worth £11.50! Danielle's pizzetta was nice, wish I got that instead of the pizza on Tuesday night!

Trying to get a selfie wasn't really working for us!

We exchanged our secret santa presents. We had a £5 limit and I was super proud of my presents since I'm the worst person when it comes to buying gifts!

Without realising we were giving our presents to the person to our left. So I had David, David had Danielle, Danielle had Hannah, Hannah had Kelly and Kelly had me!

I got David a photo frame with a photo of the 2 of us on the last day of school 6 years ago, a veggie recipe book, socks and a flapjack - we have a running joke over the socks and flapjack! 

Kelly got me a baking book and a whisk but made me open the whisk first which didn't make any sense! David sacrificing actually being on time forgot his present for Danielle when she reminded everyone in the group chat to bring it! He had to text his brother who's a taxi driver to bring it for her if he was around in the area.

After lunch we went to the cinema to watch Miracle on 34th Street. Poor Hannah was ready to walk out if it was going to be in black and white cos they went to see it 2 years ago but didn't realise it was the old one! 

Kelly ditched us for her family.

Danielle eventually got her present even though she chose it herself yesterday when they went shopping and bought it! We opened them in the interval and they were nice.

The film was good but I was so tired and full of cold I was falling asleep during it. Hannah did actually fall asleep for a good 20 minutes in the first half though. 

Liverpool Christmas Market

I finished work yesterday for Christmas at 2 and met up with Danielle, Kelly & David who were out shopping. We went to the Christmas market where they had mulled wine - well Danielle & Kelly did. David got a Bailey's hot chocolate.

Christmas market is really small and I thought it was rubbish. It has a nice back drop being outside St George's Hall but it's too out the way people just wouldn't go there unless they were getting the train from Lime Street! Liverpool needs to up their Christmas Market game.

I'm so ready for bed right now and it's only half 8! But it's starting to finally feel like Christmas.. 2 more days!

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