Im stealing again

Not physically stealing but taking peoples quizes and things from their blogs, lol, im so bad but i suppose thats how it gets round so here it is.
26 things about me
1. Age: 23
2. Blog Title Inspiration: well its about my big day in the preperation stage so whats easier than calling it my big day in preperation, lol.
3. Chore You Hate: I hate drying up the dishes, i just hate it i dont know why.
4. Day at the Beach or Cozy Rainy Day? day at the beach but not if its too hot as i burn but i love the sand and walking along the waters edge really does do something to you.
5. Essential Start Your Day Item: My slippers, before i go to the toilet or let the dog out i have to get some comfy slippers.
6. Favorite Color: Purple
7. Gold or Silver? colour wise silver but metal wise it has to be gold as silver leaves me with a rash but i dont like the yellow gold colour.
8. Height: 5'7''
9. Instruments You Play: I can play the piano, double bass, drums and i have a violin but not really that into it any more the novelty has worn off.
10.Job Title: Machine operator
11. Kids: Im working on it
12. Live: Dudley in the west midlands which is the uk for people who didnt know.
13. Mom's Name: deb
14. Book Currently on Your Nightstand: Essential guide to IVF
15. Nicknames: Aim, or ame however you spell it its still like 'aim fire'
16. Overnight Hospital Stays? I fainted once at a boat festival, they were going to let me go home but as i had hit my head they kept me in just incase. Then I was in a car accident and was in for 2 days it was my miracle as i was paralysed from the waist down when it happened and i started getting the feeling back the next day. My mom knew how serious it was when they started drawing on my feet and poking them with a pin and i didnt flinch as i have the most sensitive feet ever, nomatter how deep a sleep i was in if someone touched my feet i would wake up.
17. Pet Peeve: Right now its the pregnant girl at work being treated like she is dissabled its rediculous, sometimes i have seen her ask people to get her a piece of card.
18. Quote from a Movie: Forrest Gump: 'momma said life was like a box of chocolate, you never know what you gonna get'. So true.
19. Right or Left Handed? Right.
20. Siblings: Biologically i have 2 sisters & 2 brothers but if i go on the ones i have seen and spoken to regular (or at all) in the past 2 years then i have 1 brother.
21. Time You Wake Up? As i work a twilight shift i dont have to get up early so i get up when the dog gets up or when i wake up, unless i am going somewhere then i get my mom to wake me up.
22. Underwear: Right now comfy briefs.
23. Vegetable You Dislike: Broccoli and thats only because of the texture the little nobbles on the flurettes just seem wrong.
24. What Makes You Run Late: forgetting something like brushing my teeth or breaking a hairband and having to find another one.
25. Yummy Food You Make: Philidelphia taglitelli with parma ham, chicken breast stuffed with cheese wrapped in parma ham.
26. Zoo, Favorite Animal: Penguins.
There 26 things about me, some were pretty random but oh well it took up some time.

Another day another......wedding fayre

So, the hotel where we are having our reception held a fayre on Sunday so me and my mom went down for a look. My friends mom was there as she makes cakes and i got to see the cakes for real where i had only seen them on pictures before and i think i have pick one. I say i think i have picked one because i originally picked a different one from her which was a pile of suitcases with the bride and groom sat on the edge, but then i thought i wanted something taller so this is the one i am more than likely going to have.

We are thinking of having the tiers with the wiggly piping on to be lilac cake with white piping then maybe the plain ones just plain white, with purple decorations.

The best part is she is advertising this cake for people at £300 but as i am friends with her daughter since school she is going to let me have one for £200.....ding ding ding we have a winner lol. I know i may sound cheap sometimes but in our situation the more money we can save the better so by saving £100 on a cake is great. (My mom is paying for the cake but she said she was budgeting £350-£400 so i could have the extra!!!)

Then we saw something that would be so awesome to hire as a surprise for Dave, Random and Dave's, dad and here it is.

A replica A-Team van. It has lights and a TV inside and was actually quite comfortable. This was £190 for the hour then i think he said £40 each hour after that, but i thought they only really need it for the hour to get them to church. My brother was going to go in it but he is boring and said he wasn't going in it so that's fine by me.

While we were at the hotel i asked the coordinator about a few things, like the projector and we could use that for free as long as we sort out the laptop and slide show ourselves, There is no limitation on decorations as long as it doesn't require a permanent fixture and the menu has changed slightly. We now have a selection of food we would like to have instead of a set menu.

Soup.

Home-made Vegetable soup

finished with fresh cream and chopped herbs

Tomato, roasted red pepper and basil soup

sprinkled with green pesto croutons

Carrot and coriander soup

flavoured with a hint of orange

Roasted wild mushroom and tarragon soup

laced with cream

Leek and Potato soup

topped with croutons and snipped chives

Minestrone soup

with Parmesan croutons.

I am thinking either the vegetable, the leek and potato or the minestrone soup.

Main course.

Slow roasted belly of pork stuffed with apricot and sage stuffing

with cider gravy, honeyed parsnips, thyme carrots and roast potatoes

Japanese breaded turkey escalope

on slow roasted tomato and basil confit with a medley of roasted vegetables and potatoes

Chicken chasseur

a chicken breast smothered with a mushroom and white wine sauce

Seared Tuna

served with lemon and Parmesan spaghetti

or what we were offered before which was

turkey roast dinner.

I am still undecided if we will just stick with the turkey roast or go for something different but i know it wont be the chicken chasseur or the tuna.

Desserts.

Profiteroles

filled with vanilla cream and topped with chocolate sauce

strawberry cheesecake

with fresh cream

tropical fruit salad

or she also said if it was a chocolate fudge cake and ice cream we could have that because its not going to cost any more than the others to get.

Evening buffet.

I think we get a selection of 6 from the following,

Selection of filled sub rolls

Rosemary and lemon chicken drumsticks

Selection of assorted quiche slices

Puff pastry sausage rolls

Potato wedges

served with sour cream and chive dip

White fish goujons

served with tartare sauce

Vegetable spring rolls

with sweet chilli dip

Cheese and tomato pizza slices

Selection of Indian appetisers

with masala dip

Mini sausages wrapped in bacon 

Breaded button mushrooms

with garlic mayonnaise dip

Crudities with a selection of dips

Tempura battered prawns

Out of these i will probably go with the, selection of filled sub rolls, Selection of assorted quiche slices, Puff pastry sausage rolls, Potato wedges, Mini sausages wrapped in bacon, crudities with dip and if i am able to i will add on the pizza slices. I am not really that bothered about having a lot to eat at that point in the day as i will be having my candy buffet which i asked about and she said it was OK to have that with chocolates, sweets cookies etc as long as its not anything that they could provide so i am have the all clear for that. I am going to bake some shortbread heart cookies and hopefully have them half dipped in dyed purple white chocolate and some plain with chocolate chips, then i found this article in the magazine for valentines day cookies that looked lie a cookie version of a jam tart but in a heart shape and they looked great so i will be testing these out.

I am still at a loss what i am going to do about the photographer. My mom is planning on having one of the new Olympus pen camera (or a better one if one comes out by then), And she said my brother could do the pictures but i might not get the quality of a professional and I'm never going to have a picture with everyone in them, but when we looked for  photographer at the fayre they were charging so much money that its just not worth it. I don't think paying £1000 for a photographer to capture my day up to the reception and only have the photos on a disc and a small album is great value, i would like someone who is very budget conscious, where they know that they may not have different effects on them but that can be done by my brother or Dave who has experience with photo shop. I know i have to figure something out soon as they may be booked up is i wait but i still don't know what to do. We have Random who has a professional video camera which will be used by his brother probably for the church and around the rest of the day so that part is ok but i cant keep asking our friends to do everything for free.

My first work outing!!!

I have been working at the same place for the last 4 years and this is the first time they have invited everyone out to a function, we went to the dogs, i had never been before so i was panicing about what to wear, but it was ok as the owners had put in place a dress code of no trainers and casual jeans so i thought that was the go ahead to dress up. For the past month i went out trying to find just the right thing to wear, as i was losing weight i tried skinny jeans and they fitted but then i lost a bit more weight and ended up in between sizes so they looked bad so i went on the look for something else, a dress maybe. I am not one for wearing dresses when i am around a lot of people as i feel i am being judged all the time but on the day of going out i found the hottest dress ever from dorothy perkins and after trying it on i knew it was the one, i knew it was highly unlikely that i would lose/gain that much weight in a matter of 5 hours that it wouldn't fit. So i went to the checkout and got the shock of my life, the dress was reduced to just £15!!!!!!! It really was my lucky day. so i got home hung up the dress so there were no creases and painted my nails, and curled my hair which took me little over an hour as i had to run up the road to tesco as i forgot to pick up some hairspray while in town.

We had  VIP booth, free betting, open bar (hell yes), food and a whole lotta fun.

(just to get an idea of how much this must have cost in total, there were around 65 of us and we ran up a bar tab of just under £3000!!!! yes that was 3 thousand pounds. But like the owners said in a time when a lot of companies have had to close they were blessed enough to be swamped with work and in a position to let up drink and bet without putting our own hand in our own pockets so we were so grateful for their generosity)

All i can say is the dress along with some killer heels and a little hint of cleavage (maybe a little more than a hint lol) and my night was amazing, i will let the pictures do the talking....

Me and Rory

Me and Rory being rude, lol.

Janet, June, Me, Hayley, Mehmet and Jane.

Janet, June and Jane.

Julain, Stuart (one of the my glendennings - the owners) and Susan.

Janet, June, Jane, Mick, Hayley and Steph.

Nick

Paul and Ian.

Ian (with his naughty grin) and Me

Waqar

Me and Waqar

Mick and one of the receptionists.

Mick and Me

Me, Oscar (stuarts son and his designated driver) People off day shift who i don't quite know their names lol.

Day shift guy, Glen, Mick, Kim, me and Miles (the other owner and another glendenning)

Laura, Rory and Me

Laura and me

Rory and me, (he was very dunk and kept asking for pictures lol)

Me and Hayley mid grope while stuart glendenning took the picture, lol.

Rory and Hayley

Stuart and Hayley

Waqar, Hayley and Asif

Waqar and Hayley

Asif and Hayley

Hayley, Waqar, Me, Asif and My mom

Waqar, Me and Asif

Waqar and Glen

Me and Nice Ewa

The coach ride home.

Me and Hayley

I think it was a very good night all round apart from one of the older ladies being sick on the coach which was a little bit rank but i got some good feedback yesterday at work. And a few whistles lol.

My 2010

I have just caught up with all the amazing blogs i read and there were 97 posts, it took a while. I love to read this blog which is one of the only uk wedding blogs i could find, today i read that she had read a list of questions all about their experiences in 2010 and so i decided to steal it too, thanks lou i also voted for you too by the way if you are reading this.


1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before?


In 2010 i took fertility drugs, they didnt work but i tried.

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I decided in 2009 i wasnt going to make a resolution for 2010 and just go with whatever happens but for this year i decided i was going to make the most common one which is to lose weight which i have to do to be able to qualify for IVF so i think this one will be kept even if it does take a bit longer than i would like.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Nope, nobody i now that i am that close to did in 2010 which was a good thing as i was going through a bad year and would have probably flipped if they had.
4. Did anyone close to you die?

I wasnt that close to her but an awesome lady at work called glenis died just before the new year, early last year a girl bought in wine for her birthday and glenis had a few and we thought she had a lot more than that as she was very slurry and couldnt focus properly but she was joking about as eveyone thought she had just had one too many, on the monday she didnt come in to work, a few days later we heard she might have had a stroke, turns out she had 3 brain tumors. Her funeral was January and it was so beautiful.
5. What countries did you visit?

I didnt visit anywhere last year, I decided that i was going to pay off my debt as soon as i could so i didnt take a holiday.
6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?

A baby would be nice.
7. What dates from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

3rd September because this was when i went to pick up my puppy mimi she was so small.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

I know it isnt really an achievement for some but i managed to swallow pills which is something i have never been able to do.
9. What was your biggest failure?

Not being able to put myself in a good enough shape to beable to get pregnant
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Just my PCOS and infertility
11. What was the best thing you bought?

My wedding dress at a saving of over £700!!!!!!! And my dog..
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?

Dave for standing by me through all of this infertility and having tests done.
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?

i cant think of anyone right now.
14. Where did most of your money go?

Paying off my debt and buying wedding stuff.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

I got so excited about being debt free, i know that may not sound so exciting to some people but to be debt free for me is so surreal as i have been in debt since college.
16. What song will always remind you of 2010?

Bruno Mars - Billionaire
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
(a) happier or sadder? Happier

(b) thinner or fatter? Thinner

(c) richer or poorer? Richer



18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

Gone out on day trips and out for drinks or lunch with friends.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

Eat!!!!
20. How did you spend Christmas?

With the family playing games and eating....a lot...
21. Did you fall in love in 2010?

Yes i did....with Mimi
22. What was your favourite TV programme?

I am so into Disney channel so sonny with a chance and also four weddings.
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

Ewa!!!!!!
24. What was your greatest musical discovey?

I have to agree with lou on this one it has to be Glee
25. What did you want and get?

I wanted to get my wedding dress and i got it at an awesome price too.
26. What did you want and not get?

A baby.
27. What was your favourite film of this year?

Harry potter, cant wait for part 2
28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

I turned 23 and i went to go ape for my birthday.
29. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

The fertility drugs to have worked so that i dont have to go through major treatment.
30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?

Plain, i dont remember much else than jeans and tops, other then shoes i remember lots of shoes lol
31. What kept you sane?

Knowing that i am going to have to start growing up if i am to go though such treatments so i had to work on who i am and what i really want.
32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Johnny Depp it is, has and always will be, he is just so munchable, lol.
33. What political issue stirred you the most?

That they were thinking of axing all government funded fertility treatment, but will still treat smokers, drinkers and fatties.
34. Who did you miss?

Dunno
35. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010?

you really cant judge a book by its cover, just because someone looks fit and healthy that in reality they may not be and not everyone who has fertility treatment are older ladies who decided to have a career first, it can happen to young seemingly healthy couples.

Beter late than never..

I was meant to post this last night but i never got round to do it as i had to stop the dog from barking every 2 seconds because the wind was making noises so here it is.

As i said yesterday i picked up some great bargains from TKMaxx yesterday and just had to show you what i got, I plan on using these as the main parts of my candy buffet, i will also be getting some other vases, jars and bowls from Ikea when i can but these were just such a great deal i couldn't not get them.



Please excuse the holes in the wall i tried to hang shelves but the wall plugs were just not playing along.

 I am thinking if i can get about 12 different ones then fill them with different things it would look good, i might even place boxes under the table clothe so we have to variation in height but that is something i will sort out in a long time.

Don't you just love the shoes too, these are just one of my new pairs. I went searching Ikea the one day for a suitable shoe cupboard which didn't take up too much room but could hold a reasonable amount of shoes as i have a lot, lol. Well we have been invited to go to the dogs with the work next week and i think i have bought myself 4 new outfits and 2 new pairs of shoes, lol. Yes just for the one night, i am not very confidant in what i wear, i am always thinking people are judging me so i thought if i had a few to choose from then i might feel a bit more comfortable. My last buy was SKINNY jeans, i have never worn skinny jeans before, but i have lost weight and with heels it doesn't look too bad, i just need to find a top that isn't too tight to wear with it so that i don't look like a dodgy sandy from grease wannabe lol.

quick one

Me and my mom were shopping today and in TKMax we found some awesone vases that we could use for the candy buffet so i picked out 4 in different sizes and styles thinking it was going to cost a bomb but they didnt i got all 4 for just under £22!!!!! I will post pictures later and a little bit about our problem we had yeterday tonight when i finish work but i was just so excited i needed to blog.