New House Things!

I am very excited! I've just had to buy a few things for my new room for my new house that I'm moving into this weekend! I can't wait to take some pictures of it and show you. Although I'm only there for 6 months, so I won't be making any dramatic or permanent changes, it will be nice to add a few of my own things to it! Below are some of the items I've bought over the last few days, and at the bottom are some (realistic!) purchases I hope to make as well, once I get there.

I just love buying new things for my room/house! Don't you? Mostly - I'm obsessed with duvet covers and bedding!

I went to Tesco to get some plates/crockery, and found this gorgeous, but still simple design (below). While I was there though, I came across this pretty bedding! I love pale coloured bedding, but wasn't sure if I should go for all white, so this pastel stripe is a great compromise! The underside of it is white, and the top has the pretty stripes you can see above! I love it!

These are the mugs and plates I chose - how cute are they? I had crockery from Tesco for my student house, but neither me or my housemates took very good care of them, so three years on I needed them replaced, and chose this adorable pattern instead! Needless to say these will be very well looked after!

I saw this in Dunelm Mill for under £5, and I know I have to get it! It's so cute and goes perfectly with my bedding. I love having lots of smaller pillows, although in my room at home they don't really match my bed, so this time I will make sure they do! Keeping in with the theme is this laundry bag below from Cath Kidston. I wanted a little bag to hang on the back of the door/wardrobe, rather than a larger container. I don't have that much room, and mine in uni took up way more room than it needed to! This floral one is £10, which isn't cheap for a cloth bag I know, but I am a sucker for Cath Kidston. I'll see how it goes..! 

The only other thing I think I'll want at the moment is a plain rug. I did see one on my Tesco shopping spree like this one below, for £14. It would be nice just to have something by my bed to cover the carpet and to match my bedding!

My Month: August

Apologies for the August review delay. Rather an uneventful month though in comparison to the last! I have spent so much time working and driving, I haven't really been able to do much else!

I spent a really nice long weekend in Kent, full of sun, BBQs and good company! Then it was back home to work though! I'm really glad I've done a lot of work through the Summer though as it gives me something to fall back on for my move up North (very shortly!). It was nice to have not much else to do as well, as life is about to take a pretty hectic turn!

This is the theme tune to my month though, I just discovered this song and I adore it.

Yummy food

Now that my mum is back home and not working anymore, she's been very busy in the kitchen! We started watching Lorraine Pascale's cooking programme on BBC1 and absolutely loved the idea of everything she cooked, so my mum went out and bought the book! I really recommend it, we've only had it for about a week and already cooked three delicious meals from it. Plus it was about £8 in Tesco - bargain!

I love fish, and the two we've tried from that section have been fabulous! First, a salmon saltimbocca with gremolata potatoes. It's salmon pan fried in pancetta, with a side of crushed new potatoes which have been mixed with lemon, parsley, pine nuts and olive oil. I think it's traditionally made with meat instead of fish, but her new take on it is delicious!

The second one (that we're making tonight), is a prawn and chorizo linguine. Made with chilli and red wine, I just know it's going to have an amazing flavour. It looks delicious, and to be fair - all the dishes I've tried so far really do come out to look just as she says! I'll be sure to let you know how this one went down! The third dish was Tarragon pork steaks, which I can't find a picture of, and I completely forgot to take my own of any of the cooking we've done so far! I am less keen on meat, but these were gorgeous, and had a sauce of mushroom, shallots, cream and mustard. The book is a must buy, the food is top class, and genuinely quite straight forward to make! 

I can't wait to try the next thing! If anyone gives these recipes a go, be sure to let me know what you think! You can also find recipes from Lorraine Pascale's most recent TV episodes online here.

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