Coffee love

I love coffee. A bit too much I think. I have a large selection of various coffees in my kitchen cupboard, I drink 3-4 cups per day at work, I have a fridge full of various frappuccino drinks and I also visit Starbucks pretty regularly (especially at Christmas for the Eggnog lattes!)

I decided to treat myself at the weekend to a Nespresso machine. I got the new Inissia model in Vanilla Cream and it came with the Aeroccino 3 machine which is the best thing ever!
Because I bought the machine this month I got a £40 voucher for the Nespresso website! That should keep me in coffee capsules for at least 6 months! No more trips to Starbucks now I can make my own eggnog lattes at home!




Louisa xx

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Sarah Millican

For Christmas my boyfriend bought me tickets to see Sarah Millican. The date for the show finally came around last month (it was the 3rd last show on her Home Bird tour). It was at the Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre in Newcastle which is a lovely little theatre that only seats just over 1000 people so needless to say her 4 night run here sold out rather fast!
We had seats in the front row of the Grand Circle so we had a fantastic view.
We weren't allowed to take any photos inside the theatre, but I can tell you the whole night was hilarious. Her support act was a comedian called Tom Allen. We had not heard of him before, but after his short 15 min set we are both fans - he was so funny!
Sarah was as hilarious as always too. This tour is probably the funniest one yet. I will definitely see her again on her next tour!

The merch surprised me at how cheap it was - being a regular music gig-goer I'm used to seeing ridiculous prices for merch, but here I got the Home Bird goodie bag which was a blue printed tote bag and it contained a signed programme, a tea towel, a poster, a keyring and a fridge magnet all for £15! I also bought myself a Home Bird mug (seen below filled with mocha frappuccino and squirty cream!) and a mug for my mum as a present for her. We also got free Home Bird badges on the way out. Absolutely fantastic night!

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More crochet and baking

I've been crocheting like crazy the past couple of weeks in order to get the second little blanket finished for our other chair! I finally finished it on Sunday, and it took me approximately 10 days to make which is pretty good going for me!
Same as the previous blanket, I used a mixture of Stylecraft Special DK, Woolcraft New Fashion DK and some Hayfield Bonus DK. I used a 4.5mm hook. This time the squares were 5 rounds instead of 11, and I think it gives a nice contrast to the other blanket :-)
I'll post a picture of both chairs soon!





I've also been baking again! We both like to have some sweet treats in our house, so on Sunday I decided to bake us each a cake! For me it was an orange cake with orange butter icing which I love, but don't make for myself very often, and for my boyfriend it was his favourite chocolate cake with raspberry jam.







Yummy!

Louisa xx

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