This isn't really an about me, but I wanted to share with you my one true love. The two second cheesecake.
As much as I'm not a food brand snob, it really does have to be McVitie's digestives. But whatever is your favourites is fine. But really, you have to try this - they're amazing.
Yet another one of these posts - where are the weeks going? This week I thought I would tell you about a passion of mine, knitting! I know, it sounds like I should be sat in a rocking chair in the corner, mumbling about the war but I really do like it. I'm not really that good. I can do straight lines, start new rows and change the colour of my wool - perfect for scarves!
This is what I'm currently working on, a wine and forest green striped scarf. This is a day and a half into knitting, so I can usually finish one in 3 or 4 days. I've also just bought a gorgeous navy wool to make another with as I'm loving wearing navy at the moment. I can't follow patterns or I'd be making hats and socks and mittens but I'm just not that good. My Mother taught me to knit years ago and I used to YouTube how to turn corners and start new rows, how to add a different colour. Practise does make perfect with this kind of thing.
Aside from my love of fashion and make up, the biggest thing in my life is music. I have worked in the music industry since I was 13 where, in a little town called Doncaster, I was touring with three boys and a dad around the country. I was photographer, merch girl and tour manager to a band called AREA 15. Yes, you probably don't know the name but you may know McFly, Lil Chris, Hadouken and the other artists that over the years, we played with and supported. The highlight of this time for me was definitely playing Camden Crawl where we headlined the Red Bull stage in 2008.
Moving on from then, I started to promote my own gigs - setting them up and running them. I did this in numerous places in the UK including London, South Wales as well as Yorkshire. At one show in Yorkshire, I met a band called DissolvedIN who later became Lost Boys. These boys are something special - video below. The lead singer is fabulous and you may recognise him from the band on X Factor or being in Cheryl Cole's video recently.
I have so many of my best friends from the music industry, bands and techs. I like the respect that there is between the roadie and the lead singer - everyone is appreciated. There are always rumours that someone doesn't get on with someone, or someone stole this from someone's dressing room but, you get over it. I stole beer from Lil' Chris's dressing room in 2009, it doesn't hurt.
Now, with a toddler in tow, I don't go on tour. As much as I used to love travelling around in a van, going from hotel to hotel to venue to shabby backstage dressing rooms, it's something you can grow out of. Even a tour bus isn't that glamorous after a while and let's face it, it's never as glamorous as people think it is. I now DJ - the second best thing. I love DJing, seeing people dance and appreciate what you're doing.
I am quite proud of myself for making sure I get another one of these cranked out this week. I know I've sucked posting this last week but there you go! I have a review and a haul post planned for this week and I will be going shopping tomorrow - which will be Monday as I'm going to put this on to schedule.
I wasn't too sure what to write about this week as I haven't really done too much this last with the crappy weather and being a little cold-y. I've literally spend the week at a neighbour's house, drinking tea and as fun as this is, it's only took a sentence to write so that wouldn't class a blog post! But this week I have totally re-fell in love with my Kindle. I've had my Kindle a few months and I am a big reader but I seem to have stopped using it. I am getting to run down as soon as I get done the things I need to, I'm half asleep so the last thing I want to do is settle down with my K.
Over the summer I read all the Lindsey Kelk books (which are fabulous and I seriously recommend!) but they are really summer reads. You know, those books that seem to flitter past and don't take too much to get into. Now it's getting colder I like to be able to spend hours in a book, a really great novel. And since you cannot depend on the Kindle bestseller's at the moment as it's still full of 50 Shades of Grey fakes, I've started to re-read all the Harry Potters - my all time favourite books. I love the series, the films, everything. I know these are classed as Children's books, but I'm 20 so I grew up with Harry Potter. I got all the books the day they came out and went to see all the films, over and over. The DVDs are still my go-to if I can't decide what to watch. I'm on the second book on my Kindle after starting the other day as I do read pretty quick but oh, how I love them.
I have to admit, I'm in the team of 'I don't think J. K. Rowling should write any other book, ever.' But I am tempted to read her newest adult novel (insert name here, oops!) as it's had pretty good reviews. After I have finished all the HP, I think I might start all the Discworld novels. My second favourite series!
So I've been wanting to add something a little more personal to my blog as I don't really say anything on here on any of the other posts so I came up with 'About Me Monday!' The fact it's weekly means I will keep up writing it and I think it will be a little fun post about me, my week or something happening in my life.
This weeks post is pretty easy to decide the topic of as my little man hit a milestone this week. At 17 months and 5 days old, Isaac decided he can now walk! I am so happy as was seriously starting to doubt if he would ever get there! He was born a month early but has never really had any problems, he just did not have any interest in walking until now. He's been tottering on the odd step and is now walking really well on his harness. I am very proud Momma right now!
