Everyone Should Get A Deck Chair

Last week Lea and I went to Ikea as she'd got the itch to redecorate our room. We've so far had it red and pink themed, and as a treat to me for putting up with the pink this time she went with blue.  So she bought some new bedding and a few other bits and bobs.  We got to the checkout and she decided that she'd quite like a get a chair for our room that she could sit in to read.  I didn't fancy traipsing a lllll the way back through Ikea to look at the chairs so she went off to look in the reduced price section and I loitered.  

Whilst I was loitering I spotted a nice looking deck chair which I promptly sat in. Once I'd sat in I didn't want to move, it was so nice and comfy! Well I fell in love with it and decided that this was the chair that we needed for our room. So when Lea came back I informed her of my decision and was met with a 'have you gone crazy' look.  

As if often in Ikea there was no visible price for the deck chair so I hauled it over to one of the price checkers.  To my delight it was only £20.  This completely sold it to me. I got Lea to sit it in and try it out and in the end she gave way.  

Now the deck chair is all set up in our room.  Lea's away for the weekend so I'm sat in it surfing the internet and watching TV with a Crabbies.  Just need to decide what to have for my dinner now!

Alex x

Do You Believe In....

Love at first sight?  I was a complete sceptic until I met Lea… 

I’d been single for a good few months and had enjoyed living the singe life for a while.  I wasn’t really on the look out for a girlfriend but I was starting to miss the perks of being in a relationship.

Being a student I didn’t often go out at the weekend as week nights were much cheaper.  On the Saturday in question I’d fallen asleep on the sofa whilst my housemates were watching XFactor.  When I woke up I decided we all needed to go on a night out and so out we went to our usual club where we pretty much knew everyone at least by sight- the gay community can be kind of small sometimes.

One of my mates had a friend up for the weekend who wasn’t a student and didn’t have a driving license so instead had some other form of ID.  The bouncer on the door was being pretty arsey about it and wasn’t going to let him in.  I asked to speak to the manager and she OK’d the ID. If she’d have had a problem with the ID I wouldn’t have gone into the club.

I’d been in there half an hour and was just dancing with my friends when there was a tap on my shoulder.  I turned round to see some guy wanting to say something to me.  He asked me if I was single so I said yes (he was obviously gay also so wasn’t asking me for himself!).  He pointed at this girl who had the stunning prettiest eyes and we had an instant connection. 

Maybe it wasn’t love at the VERY first sight but it was love that night.  We went outside and talked and talked and talked until my housemates were going back home. Now I don’t know what I was thinking, I gave her my number but didn’t take hers?! All the way home and that night I couldn't get her out of my head. t was kicking myself thinking what if she doesn’t get in contact.  Fortunately she did and the rest is history.  That was almost 1 ½ years ago and now I can’t imagine not knowing Lea.

Have any of you had any similar experiences?  What do you think about love at first sight?

Alex x

The Apprentice- Episode 1

So the new series of the apprentice started last night.  I've been an avid follower of the show since it first started so I was looking forward to the new series, and the first episode certainly didn't disappoint. 

It started off in the usual way with the candidates all power walking over a bridge...

And then making strange comments about their business acumen...

 

The teams were formed and told to come up with names...

 

 

And don't you think the eye-shadow you've got on is already zany enough?

The teams cracked on with making their products although the boys DIY skills were pretty terrible...

Next came the embarrassing sales techniques....

 

Although in the end the boys won, which led to...

The girls were very dissapointed with the result...

 Once in the boardroom they all pleaded not to be fired.  Bilyana led with a sob story...

And just as Lord Sugar was about to say 'Katie you're fired' Bilyana the idiot piped up yet again which led to....

Katie was particularly grateful for Bilyana's loose tongue...

 

To be continued....

Alex x

Angry Birds Space

I first got hooked on angry birds a couple of years ago whilst revising for my final exams at university.  Lets just say not much revision actually got done.  Thankfully I still managed to graduate :P

Angry Birds have been due a whole new game for a while now and the space revamp is certainly different.  Rovio have been building up to this release for a number of weeks now (including posting a video of a NASA astronaut launching stuffed birds around a space station) so my expectations have been high.  It's like learning how to play angry birds all over again for the first time. The normal rules of physics that the previous games are based on don't apply, now gravity fields of different space bodies have to be taken into account too. 

It's well worth the £0.69/ $0.99.  It's a good job my boss isn't in today because this is going to keep me entertained for quite a while....

Alex x

Song of the Week #1

Let me know your thoughts!

Alex x

Bruschetta

I Love Bruschetta.

I'm not a dessert person, I'm a starter person.  I've got the most savoury tooth around.  Bruschetta is my ABSOLUTE favourite starter. I've tried the bruschetta in many a restaurant, in the UK and abroad.  I've also made it myself.  But no bruschetta compares to the one served in Pizza Express.

Pizza Express Bruschetta

Somehow they've got the perfect balance of flavours and it tastes like heaven. Now most places put mozzarella on their bruschetta but not Pizza Express.  They keep it simple with just pesto, tomatoes, onions and olive oil.  I wish I could put my finger on what it was that made this recipe stand out from the others.  I wish I could recreate this recipe myself because just thinking about it make my mouth water.  And I'd be in major debt if every time I thought about it I went to Pizza Express..... although I may fall for my weakness tonight.

Has anyone else got an absolute favourite dish that stand out in one particular restaurant?

Alex x

Experimenting With Light

One of my favourite types of photography is experimenting with light.  Here are some of the pictures I have taken to date.

Alex x