22 July 2010

'If I knew that you were coming I'd've baked a cake'

BLOG. Oh how Ive missed you... due to a technical error (stupid bt...the fastest broadband my bum'ole), the only contact with the world wide web that I have been allowed was facebook. As someone said to me, 'well at least it got your priorities right'. I even succumbed to handwriting blogs in my notebook and writing lists about what I needed to blog about. That's dedication (plus more than a little sad...)

ANYWAY, I have so much to blog about. Starting with this cake.



As inspired by Becca's
post I decided to make a cake for a garden party. Knowing I couldn't take on this culinary challenge alone I invited Sally (mere non-blogging mortal) to join me. It was spectacular fun and the end product was sickeningly good (and I'm sure responsible for several dental issues amongst our friends). Here's the journey we took in photos.

... the ingredients. Artfully arranged of course.


Cake mix. Mickey mouse style.


Doesn't it look real?

The first lot of 'ketchup' icing went AWFULLY wrong.

This stuff stained our hands. Literally for days. Sally looked like Shrek...

Mmmmm... Onions, Pickles, Lettuce and Tomatoes.


WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAX.



In other news, I realised I STILL haven't blogged about LANDAN (horrific, but true). It was 'Grace Jones' personified (FIERCE) of course. I find myself much more at home in cities (I'm definitely NOT a country gal - the thought of churning butter and chewing cud and milking ole daisy makes me shudder), and going down for the day just reiterated the idea in my mind that I would like to go to university there (if i get the grades and the money...). Anyway we went to beyond retro and spent hours in there (PURE BUM) and then headed up to absolute vintage, stopping at a couple of the places that caught our eye on the way. We spent literally HOURS in absolute vintage, and I ended up buying a New York Giants player's jacket (partly because I fell in LOVE with it, and partly because it'd look suspicious, not to mention just plain rude, if we spent three hours in there and then didn't buy anything...) for just £25 because it had a few stains and holes here and there. I don't mind seen as those stain and holes were made by an ACTUAL NYC Giants player. Even my brother (the hardest mortal on this earth to impress) was, well, impressed. Though he did say 'Yeah it's cool. Shame it's from such a crap team though', which kinda rained on my parade a little (the sunshine came out again when Becca was openly jealous of it though). PICTURES TO COME, watch this space. We also went into spittalfields market, bought Becca an amazingly Becca-ish birthday present, and then realised we were running late and ran like the wind to the subway (yes, I know it's called 'the underground but subway is both easier and nicer to say). We ran into a monkey on the way. He tried to kiss me but luckily his muzzle (?) got in the way.


After a lovely late lunch at pizza express (TWO FOR ONE YES PLEASE), we headed down to the theatre and saw dirty dancing, which FYI (seems appropriate) is amazing.

Sorry for the blur. We weren't supposed to take photos. Pure Stealth...

Then we caught the train home, which was surprisingly relaxing (I'm ashamed to say I almost fell asleep, mouth hanging open in 'fly catcher' mode and everything).

So I'm off to
Y-not Festival for the weekend. Expect a blog about THAT, a trilby, a dress, my new favourite shop and news on my grans 50th anniversary shabang which was last weekend, upon my return. I hope you're still here when I get back. WOW. Long blog. I guess I had space to fill...

Now please enjoy these images.

... We (Adam and Me) were in a play

(LOL jk we just like to dress up in our spare time)

THE most disgusting thing known to mankind.

...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand BAM spider.

7 comments:

  1. I always fall asleep on trains and lose control of my body from the shoulders upwards so usually wake myself up when I smash my head off the window and swear loudly.

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  2. Hahahahaha. That's too bad, the PC glitch. I can't live without blogging :p Anyway, thanks God you're back on track now.

    The cake is hilariously great! It's amazing that you're baking it yourself, with the help of a friend! Totally cool!

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  3. hahahah OMG the cake!! So funny! Was is nice to eat a sweet hamburger???

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  4. Ah thankyou :) the cake was really fun - though it took us a full day to do! And it tasted like a beaut... x

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  5. Oh my freakin' GOD that's a long post! AWESOMMEEEEESAUCE. YNOT, BURGERCAKES, SPIDERS AND ADAMS' SHINY FOREHEAD? FTW.

    <3333333333333333 XXXXXXXXXXXX

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  6. and i didn't realise there was a gap between the posts.... well, they're both still long!!! Now to go comment on the correct one... xD! xx

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  7. silly silly bean. they are BOTH long yes. I like it long... x

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