My 24th birthday was made pretty special this year. Luckily I had my usual Wednesday off so I was free to enjoy the day. Mum and dad took and annual leave day and we headed down to the south coast where I'm originally from and my extended family still live. The a large outlet village on the harbour there (Gunwharf Keys) and being your typical girl I wanted to take full advantage of the shops. I met with my grandparents and we took Ralph along. He went for a long walk along the beach with dad while we girls and my grandpa shopped until we dropped. I managed to bag some fantastic bargains in Ted Baker and French Connection which I wore for my birthday dinner that night. We went for some lunch in a bar (A bit like the Slug and Lettuce) and all had chicken sandwiches (minus dad and Ralph who were still busy trotting along the beach).
I got some fab gifts for my birthday and was really lucky. I thought i'd bag a bit of a bargain by buying some Ugg boots from Uggstore.com in Australia. I had heard it works out cheaper to get them imported than buying them here. I ordered them and when they finally arrived I was delighted with them, and was prancing around the lounge like a wally wearing them. Unfortunately a couple of days later I noticed a huge tear down the seams and when I took a trip to the only UggAustralia store in the UK at the new Westfield centre to exchange them I was told they were cowboy ones that had been replicated to look like true ugg boots but actually werent their brand. I was really upset, mum had spent lots of money on them for me and there wasnt a thing we could do. I tried contacted the company but had no response. I've since sent the to a cobbler who doesnt think there is much that can be done. Well c'est la vie, we live and learn. I'll know better next time and buy the real thing I guess.
Other than that I was given some lovely Clarins face cream by Nick and Emily. Adrian bought me an abundance of gifts and was really generous. Everyone came for dinner so I had a pile of gifts to open at the table. I had a much needed DVD player, a beautiful white gold bracelet, a Take That DVD and another of Adrian's awesome poems in my card to mark the occasion. I was delighted and really touched that everyone had gone to so much effort. Emily was kind enough to have made me a massive chocolate fudge cake... which was delicious and I really got my chops into!
The day before my birthday Adrian had a surprise trip for me somewhere. I climbed about a SWT to London, we made one change, which I cant remember now and ended up in Theatre Land in the West End. Adrian took me into a french restaurant called Chez Gerard where we were treated to fantastic food and very posh service. I'd never tasted steak like it, it was so tender. We looked like 'new money' or something the way we were so excited in there, we kept taking photos like proper tourists so we could remember it. We had a bottle of wine and had a fab time. After leaving I was in for my big surprise, I came out of the restaurant into a dark night, and as we turned the corner I saw a massive vibrant green lit theatre showing 'WICKED'. I have wanted to see this show since it came to London and have never found the time or money. We had fantastic seats the music and show was sooo good. It may be my favourite West End Show to date in fact. I was treated like a princess and had such a wonderful couple of days :)
I got some fab gifts for my birthday and was really lucky. I thought i'd bag a bit of a bargain by buying some Ugg boots from Uggstore.com in Australia. I had heard it works out cheaper to get them imported than buying them here. I ordered them and when they finally arrived I was delighted with them, and was prancing around the lounge like a wally wearing them. Unfortunately a couple of days later I noticed a huge tear down the seams and when I took a trip to the only UggAustralia store in the UK at the new Westfield centre to exchange them I was told they were cowboy ones that had been replicated to look like true ugg boots but actually werent their brand. I was really upset, mum had spent lots of money on them for me and there wasnt a thing we could do. I tried contacted the company but had no response. I've since sent the to a cobbler who doesnt think there is much that can be done. Well c'est la vie, we live and learn. I'll know better next time and buy the real thing I guess.
Other than that I was given some lovely Clarins face cream by Nick and Emily. Adrian bought me an abundance of gifts and was really generous. Everyone came for dinner so I had a pile of gifts to open at the table. I had a much needed DVD player, a beautiful white gold bracelet, a Take That DVD and another of Adrian's awesome poems in my card to mark the occasion. I was delighted and really touched that everyone had gone to so much effort. Emily was kind enough to have made me a massive chocolate fudge cake... which was delicious and I really got my chops into!
The day before my birthday Adrian had a surprise trip for me somewhere. I climbed about a SWT to London, we made one change, which I cant remember now and ended up in Theatre Land in the West End. Adrian took me into a french restaurant called Chez Gerard where we were treated to fantastic food and very posh service. I'd never tasted steak like it, it was so tender. We looked like 'new money' or something the way we were so excited in there, we kept taking photos like proper tourists so we could remember it. We had a bottle of wine and had a fab time. After leaving I was in for my big surprise, I came out of the restaurant into a dark night, and as we turned the corner I saw a massive vibrant green lit theatre showing 'WICKED'. I have wanted to see this show since it came to London and have never found the time or money. We had fantastic seats the music and show was sooo good. It may be my favourite West End Show to date in fact. I was treated like a princess and had such a wonderful couple of days :)
