Meeting Mel G. and OOTD!

Hi everyone! Boy am I glad to be writing on here again... I haven't done a proper post since February about my fashion picks. Since then I have been spending my spare time watching shows like Back in Time for the Weekend and Raised by Wolves and Thirteen! All are fab, by the way.

Last night was a pretty special night. I went uptown to the Southwark Playhouse to see Luce and Mel afterwards. I am pleased to say that I did in fact meet Mel and it was super lovely and I felt extra happy for seeing her! She said "Hi! How are you?" and her face said 'I recognise you.', which made me smile. I said "I'm alright." because I always play myself down like that. I wasn't going to say "I'm great!" or "I'm better seeing you!". But in my head that's what I'd think. I spoke to her about my companion who was with me and about how "It was my birthday yesterday." and she said "Happy Birthday!" twice!

I then asked for a picture, she said "Sure." and then shortly afterwards we had our photo taken. It's on my phone - but unfortunately that's out of action atm. As soon as it is back up and running I'll upload a pic for you. Mel looked cute in her white tee and blue dungarees. I wore my blue and gold shift dress with my coat over the top. We looked proper retro! :D

The theatre was packed with people, standing by the bar and sitting on couches. But when we first arrived it was quite empty. That was because another play finished at about 10 o'clock. So some audience members gathered around the bar.

I was quite thirsty after meeting Mel. I wanted a hot cappuccino at one of my fave restaurants, but what I actually had was a Skinny Caffe Latte from Tesco. I had it on me as I travelled home. The journey back was far better than the journey there. I even had the pleasure of seeing a small mouse on the Charing Cross platform. Delightful! (Joke.)

My OOTD! Featuring my blue & gold ASOS shift dress (traffic people is the brand) and my Boohoo necklace with blue beads.

Thank you for reading this post. Coming soon: a review of Back in Time for the Weekend. 

I'm off now! My Krispie Kreme is waiting for me... 

Bye for now! xxx

February Fashion Picks

While winter has seen our weather plummet to freezing temperatures and The Great Sport Relief Bake Off has graced our screens, I have been a little obsessed over the latest fashions and in particular what I have recently ordered online from ASOS, Joe Browns and such. It gives me great pleasure to introduce you to my 'February Fashion Picks' or FFPs. These are the pieces I have been loving and I would recommend to you all to give at least one of these pieces a go.

First up are the 'Distressed jeans' or Super Skinny Dip Dye Jeans by Noisy May from ASOS. They have a lot going for them! They are a good fit, make me feel confident when wearing them out, I have got good looks from people, they are edgy and fresh with the distressed patches and holes, and they are very fashionable because of their unique dip-dye look.

Next up is my Joe Browns Marvellous Metallic Skater Dress in blue and gold! It is a statement piece for parties or weddings. You can style it how you want, but I think a low heeled pair of black shoes works well with it, teamed with a cute clutch! Try Joe Browns Pretty Lace Clutch Bag (Black). It's a sophisticated look, as well as being fun.

I have also loved wearing my new Faux Fur Trim Biker Boots (also Joe Browns) because they are a change from the norm and rock any outfit, they are also great for staying warm in winter.

The picture above shows when I'd first worn them, they still had their red tag on. I have not worn them out without long trousers on or socks. The picture is deceptive.

My penultimate pick is my Deep Pink Blazer from F&F at Tesco! It's not your average blazer and really sets itself apart from day-to-day office wear or going out gear. I'd pick it over any pastel shade, just because I know what suits me in terms of colours, mostly. And I will always choose this shade of pink because it's eye-catching and totally my fave shade.

My last pick of the month is a classy, retro find, taking us back to 1960s Britain, because it is a jacquard shift dress in light blue & gold. (Traffic People, ASOS.) It has a faded look to it, with 3/4 length sleeves and a short skirt to it. It's one of those dresses that once you see it you know it's for you. I was obsessed the moment I saw it online and felt good in it too! Unfortunately there's no picture to show you of it, because I never took the time to take one. I enjoyed wearing it THAT much, that there was no time for photography. Maybe when I wear it next I'll take a few snaps for you.

Thank you for reading about my FFPs! (February Fashion Picks.)

Before I depart from blogging land I'll tell you about my new-found love in having a cool group of people to chat to on Twitter. They are known as 'The Sue Squad', because they are quite simply the coolest Sue fans I know. I am so glad I have found a connection with these peeps and we can share our love of Sue and pictures of Sue, and our ups, downs, everything and anything we like. Before I had The Sue Squad in my life, I felt as though I was missing something and now I've found it! The simplest things are often the best. Just saying good morning/afternoon/evening to these guys makes the world seem a better place.

May we all be S.S. peeps for a long time and share our fandom and the stuff we like.

Have a good day everyone!

Love, Ss1 (Miss Supersizer). xxx

Photographs from September, when I travelled to London's Soho!

Hi peeps! It's me, again. It has been about a month since I last blogged on here, but I was determined to get this done, so here I am with pictures from September's trip out! Prepare yourself for unseen London goodness!

Plimsolls!

That is NOT my Twix wrapper! 

Someone was a messy so and so... God knows who!

Yamaha Music London - shop. I bought no piano, just window shopped!

Foyles bookstore. Just window shopped here too!

Capital's building! 

The Nickelodeon store!

Tree of Life ring, at a London restaurant. You might figure out what it's called...

My beautiful coffee, at said restaurant.

Underground advert for American Ultra! Haven't watched it yet...

These last two pics are from when I went to my local shops and to a local fish and chip shop! I got a battered sausage!!! YUM!

That's it folks! Thank you for viewing my pictures from September! Hopefully I'll be able to share another cool trip out with you soon... maybe even a Sue Perkins book signing! We'll see... 

Bye for now! 

Ss1. xxx

Two days out that were enjoyable and memorable.

Good evening, people of the Twittersphere and Blogosphere. It's been a crazy week. I went uptown, I went to a bar (well outside the bar), I ate out. Then two days later, I went to my local shops and bought new make-up, hair dye, and had a gorgeous battered sausage and a large portion of chips! I loved going out both times, to do something I never thought possible - that is attend a Bloggers event. And attend a trendy bar. The only catch was that I was too young to be allowed in without an ID. I had not known I'd need one, so unfortunately that was one eventuality I had not prepared for.

On Wednesday the 9th I thought I was going to spend my evening in Bar Soho, surrounded by other bloggers, all of whom had similar interests as me, and maybe I could network with them, making friends, proper blogging pals, who I could relate to and converse with at the bar, and online. But no such luck. I thought I'd watch a cool catwalk show, take some pics, maybe leave with a bag of Joe Browns' clothing, perhaps given to me by someone who worked at/for Joe Browns. Sadly, no. Being unaware of a certain 'Under 25' rule, I had not come fully prepared to go to the event. So, however early I had come it would have made not the blind bit of difference. I was doomed from the get-go.

But, the nice young woman who is Joe Browns' PR lady, gave me a goody bag and promised me some form of compensation for missing out on the catwalk show. I had really looked forward to it, but it was obviously not meant to be.

Oh, heaven help me!!! Maybe next time things will turn out better...

Still to come... pictures from the two days out. They'll be in my next post.

See you next time, faithful Twitter friends.

Ss1. xx

P.S. Please take part in my 'Do you like The Supersizers?' poll below my blog posts on the main page of my blog. It would be great to hear from you all. Please tweet me @Supersizer1 with any request posts. Be that fashion, TV, food, anything you like, and I'll see what I can do. Bye now!

Mel & Sue recording. (With me in the audience and on set.)

Last Thursday I met Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. I went to see their show being recorded live and it all started, well, quite terribly, with me being given some bad news when I arrived at the studio's venue. Julie was there (my friend from Twitter) and we met, which was lovely, but I was on a bit of a low point after the shocking news of not getting in for Thursday's show.

When I came back upstairs (in the shopping centre, where the studio is) Julie met me again and we waited around for Mel & Sue to come out of the studio. I then, thankfully met Sue, and she remembered me from all those years ago (just over 4 years), and we had a brief chat, and I got an autograph and a picture.

This piece of writing refers to the pic of me and Sue, which I show below in a collage! ---> A picture says 1000 words. And I reckon this one does say it all. Sue's pointing at me like 'I'm here with Supersizer1.', but she's just thinking that.

It was a massive turn-around when Sue said to me "Did you enjoy the show?" and I said "I didn't see it.", she wasn't pleased about that, and after hearing what my companion had to say about it, and what Julie had to say, she spoke to a woman who works at that studio, and Sue got me in!!! I was lead away by another woman who got me to get a wristband put on me, and then I was told to go "Over there.". I then sat down and tweeted about meeting Sue, before my phone's battery died. 

It was all up from there. No down, depressed moments, at all. 

We waited for 1hr and a half, perhaps more before seeing the recording, and I got sat on the left of the studio. I could see the two sofas, and the walls quite well, but because of the cameras, my vision of the kitchen area was poor. The recording lasted for a good two hours, and I was feeling sick at one point, so a kind lady got me a free water (well, she asked someone else to get it). I think it was a mix of the hot studio lights, me feeling tired and also all the cheering, which has hurt my throat quite a bit.

When the recording was finished, I went over to Sue (who I saw briefly earlier, while we were waiting to go into the studio), and I said I'd have to get my 3DS, so that I could get a pic of me with Mel and Sue. I went as quick as I could to my bag, and got it out. I came back over, got Mel's autograph and Mel commented on my pink scarf, which was funny! I then got my companion to take the pic of us, which came out pretty good. I love the girl photo-bombing in between me and Sue!

I did a little collage! Hope you like it!

(Below is something I wrote about the above picture, of me with Sue and Mel.)

I don't know about you, but I want to quote this song/these lyrics here:

Clowns to the left of me,

Jokers to the right,

Here I am,

Stuck in the middle with you.

Right at the end, I asked Sue for a hug, after Mel had walked over to some other people to talk to them. I said "Can I have a hug?", she said "Of course!". It was lovely. She was so sweet and made me feel special, and cheered me up, after the day's initial disappointment. 

Also, before going home, me and my companion asked if I could go back on set and take a few pics. 

So... here's a few for you. 

The famous window! (A sweet sunset.) 

When I watched Mel & Sue on Friday!

Thank you for reading this. And thank you to Sue, Julie and Mel, for a day I'll never forget. Also, thank you to the kind staff/crew for being so accommodating.

I hope you enjoyed this blog post. Please comment below or tweet me your thoughts on this post. 

Lots of love, Ss1. xxx

Going to see Mel & Sue tomorrow!

Tomorrow I am going to see Mel & Sue, at ITV Studios. I will be in the audience. I am so excited! I have told Giles and Howard (of Bake Off fame) about it, and I am happy that both have been lovely about it. It is going to be one hell of a day!

Alan Davies and Ken Hom are the guests, and I am going with my companion and also meeting a lady from Twitter too!

I will let you all know how I get on tomorrow. Pics, gossip, fun stuff, food and all!

Bye for now,
                 Ss1. xxx

Giles Coren, short clip.

This is a short clip from YouTube where Giles explains the minute differences between Canadians and Americans, and says that people from America think he's a Canadian because of his 'weird' accent - which is so not weird.



Also, his show Million Dollar Critic is showing in America now. Also, Pressure Cooker. Check his Twitter feed for the times they are on, and where, like ET 9/10pm, or whatever.



He retweeted me last week too. Woo hoo! And I got 3 tweets from him, on seperate days.



Bye for now,

                 Ss1. xxx

GBBO, Series 5: Week 1 - 4.

Series 5 is well underway. We have reached week 4, and our initial 12 bakers have been wittled down to 7. This year's Bake Off has not been short of stress or drama. Mel and Sue have been serving up some cracking puns. The judges have been tougher than ever. The weather's been quite up and down. And the show's new star is Lamby, the black Bake Off lamb. He should be considered to be the bakers' lucky charm.

"Baa! Bake Off's back! Baa!"

In episode 1 there were tears, tension and tiered minature cakes. As Paul and Mary walked around the tent and talked to each baker, you could already sense whose bakes they liked the sound of, and whose techniques would not bode well. For instance, when Iain began to score his swiss roll, Mary's face started to screw up and you knew at that point that Iain's wouldn't roll very well. However, when Martha rolled hers up, there were no cracks. It was a cracking first round, in more ways than one. Every baker should take note: Mary's eyes say more than you'll ever know.

The technical challenge was called a 'Classic Cherry Cake', but because of its appearance and a merge of two words, I call it the 'cronut'. Simply because it looked like a very large doughnut, which would feed at least 6 people. Some people's icing turned out to be quite runny and almost became colourless, whilst others were thick and opaque. I remember Claire saying she was thinking of a spider's web when she was decorating hers.

The final bake was the 36 perfect minature cakes. It was enough to make you pull your hair out or give you the shakes. Some came up with beautiful tiered designs, while others kept theirs more simple, but still looked pretty. For instance, my favourite design of the episode, which was Claire's Minature Chocolate and Cherry Cakes. Unfortunately, her cakes did not go to plan, and the end result was not shown as they are in the Big Book of Baking. I loved Claire and it's a shame she had to leave.

In episode 2 the bakers faced biscuits. There were savoury biscuits firstly. Secondly, the bakers made Mary's Florentines which are covered in tempered chocolate on the base of each one. Some bakers were unaware of this, as Mary's recipe was rather sparce. They chose instead to drizzle the chocolate on the top of each biscuit. Thirdly, the bakers did 3-D showstoppers, made-up into any scene they could think of, as long as they were entirely made of biscuits, and they needed to stay upright.

I remember that Kate created a Tea Party scene with characters that were already sitting up, as she'd cleverly bent the legs so they'd sit up. And Iain's was a Wild West scene, like it was straight out of a movie set. Also, Luis did a George vs. The Dragon scene. His was most spectacular and colourful and beautifully executed. No-one's biscuit scene could quite compare to that. Except maybe Jordan's Monster scene, which looked terrific, even if Paul didn't think so. It was also like a film set, and the monster being the film's star!

Luis' design for his showstopper.

Enwezor's spaceship. He promises to take Sue places. Lol!

Kate's pretty Tea Time design. Although I like to think of it as a party.

Jordan's Monster Attack!!! What a fun looking design!

Episode 3 was Bread week. For me, it could not compare to biscuit week. The bakers had to work pretty hard to deliver the standard that Paul was looking for. The 12 rye bread rolls was the first task. The technical was the Italian Ciabatta loaves. The best thing overall that week was this task and Mel's excellent knowledge of what Ciabatta meant in Italian (slipper) and how she could speak Italian. Some Ciabatta's were the wrong shape and didn't rise enough. But others were perfect. I remember that Kate did very well, if my memory serves me well enough. The last challenge was the filled centrepiece loaf. I remember Paul being very impressed with Luis' one, with the olives on it adorned with gold-something. I really find this episode particularly hard to remember. Also, Jordan did a sweet bake for his showstopper, but it was soggy and Paul criticised it, in some way.

Jordan had to leave at the end of Bread week. I hated seeing him go. He was a fun contestant and came up with some great things! His Swiss Roll in Week 1 was a really beautiful design. Kawai...

Episode 4 was all about Desserts! There were saucy puds, tiramisu, and Baked Alaskas that pushed the bakers to the brink of a meltdown. One baker became so hot and bothered that they threw in the towel, so to speak. Poor Iain. I do feel for the guy. He was so very talented, and his Bake Off hopes slid and fell like his ice-cream. Was anyone really to blame for the #bincident? Wasn't the heat that weekend just a little too much for the bakers to handle? Anyway, despite the drama and anger and spillages, the week's bakes were mostly of a high standard and it was enjoyable to watch (although I saw it a day late, on iPlayer). And Diana is sadly no longer in the series due to ill health.

Now 4 weeks are down, and many more weeks are yet to be enjoyed. There have been highs and lows, and whilst Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc have made us laugh, some contestants felt teary and one famously cried over cake. My very best Sue moment so far was not a humorous one, but a heart-warming one, when Martha had the shakes and Sue tried to calm her down.

When Mel and Sue were lying on the grass outside it made me laugh. It's a new presenting style, and one that more shows should adopt.

My favourite comment of the series so far: "Oh no, it's alright. Mine looks like King Luis'."

Claire Goodwin (Series 5, ep. 1.)

 Thank you for reading this blog post. It took me a long time and a lot of thought and patience. I am not really a patient person. But for the greatest show on the tele box right now, it was worth all that time and effort. I hope you will comment below or tweet me @Supersizer1.

Until the next blog or tweet, goodbye! xxx

Baftas, TV, Mel and Sue and more...

Hello! Long time, no blog. My total lack of blogging is not good, I am sorry for that. Some bad news about a family member of mine hasn't really helped the situation. Also, I've been feeling unwell, down, unmotivated. Not the right kind of mood one should blog in. So, luckily, I've perked up lately and been feeling more myself. Hurray! Therefore, I am back to the blogging and back to writing about those I love!

Not a surprise, I'm sure you'll agree, that I'm going to put my focus this evening on the two women whom I admire and look up to on TV, and everywhere else.

Yes, it is Mel and Sue, and recent events to do with them. Firstly, the Bafta TV awards show. It happened last weekend, I was unaware of this until the very last minute. I'm not really into all the awards shows. I cannot keep up. Yep, the National Television Awards/NTAs, I do like them. Yes, I will watch the awards show, if I know it's on. But I don't follow every single awards show that's out there.

Anyway, when I realised that Mel and Sue were written about in a national newspaper, and they were totally put-down, critcised, and told they were the 'worst dressed' or one of those who wore bad outfits, I was not happy and chose to look this up myself. I saw their outfits in a pic on this newspaper's site, and I could not see the supposed fashion faux pas. I liked their outfits. They looked beautiful and classy and smart. Their matching colours and suits (which weren't identical or anything) were better than what some others had chosen to wear. I know clashing colours are meant to be on-trend, but black and white clothes are surely the one colour choice where you can't go wrong, right?

So, that's my opinion, anyway. The two papers who didn't agree with me: The Daily Mail and the Metro, well, they obvs. didn't get Mel and Sue's choice of outfits, but never mind. It's not going to change what I think. Or what others think, like my TBF @perkins_love, who also thought the same as me, that they (or Sue, because my friend loves Sue and is a fan of her) looked absolutely beautiful!



Mel and Sue - doing their own, stylish thing. Looking classy and beautiful!

Next up, is my brief opinion on the TV shows I have been watching lately.

 

I have obviously been loving the interactive game show 'Draw It!'. The host Mel Giedroyc has been a joy to watch and lit up my TV screen with her good humour and bright clothes - the yellow jacket, pink jacket, bright tops, and also her wonderful hair styles. The bun on Wednesday's show this week was my most recent fave. (Check @MelGthecat's Twitter page, for that and more pics of her.)

 

Go and check out @drawit for all the latest updates on the show and give them a follow, they are fun and do nice tweets and post cool pics!

 

Also, I have been tuning into BBC Three every week on a Wednesday night/early Thursday morning for Ophan Black - a sci-fi drama about an orphan who's called Sarah, who has her life change massively when she sees a young woman kill herself. It's not easy viewing if you're not into violence or scary stuff. But, beyond that it is also funny and has lighter, more family-friendly moments in it. Sarah has a daughter - Kira. She's not that old, and is a cute but also smart little girl. She is aware of what Sarah is going through, but also is vunerable and needs protecting. Sarah came back for Kira and took her off her foster mum's hands (Mrs S.). The slightly mysterious Mrs S. seems nice, but has things to hide and Sarah needs answers. Felix is Sarah's foster brother, and is there for her more than anyone in the whole show! He's a comical character and says funny things. He's a bit loose with men, but has a good heart and cares about Sarah and Kira.

 

There is more I could say, but that would totally spoil it for you all. I'm not really into spoiling things for people. Sometimes on Twitter or other sites, it is a bit unavoidable. But it is really your own choice whether to read these things before seeing the programme that is being written about.

 

Something else I want to mention is what's going on with me and things I'm aiming to do and also things I want to buy. I want to go out and visit some interesting places soon. I want to see if I can get a job in something like a magazine or a radio station. Just for experience, perhaps to get something permanent, but not entirely sure yet. Just want to get my confidence up a bit. Have felt it decrease a fair bit in the last two or three years. Since 2012, I guess.

 

I am also hoping to get a few new clothes for summer, like sandels and a new jacket, dress and perhaps some sunglasses and a skirt or scarf. Maybe some trainers: the flatform ones, which are raised off the ground and look modern and on-trend.

 

This blog post has been quite long, but I'm pleased I've done it now. There is more to come. I am going to try to do it a bit more. It's been an aim of mine for a while, to start doing this more regularly. Thank you for reading. Please comment below. Or alternatively send me a quick tweet: @Supersizer1.

 

Bye for now. xxx

La Sophia and the GBBO peeps!

On Saturday 22nd of Feb, I went travelling via a train and on foot, plus I got a bus at some point, to arrive at La Sophia, a little restaurant, down a road you would otherwise miss, if you didn't know which way you were going. I know that me (and my companion) did get a little bit lost at one point. It was fairly irritating for me, but also I did manage to keep my calm, as I knew we'd make it there eventually. My companion did not share my calmness. I just said to keep calm, really. It would have done us no good to panic and then we'd get even more lost!

We entered a supermarket, in which we asked a security guard if he knew the way to La Sophia. He did not. That was a shame and a let down. But... that was not all. We were then put in the capable hands of two women, who were in the cue to be served, and they directed us to where the road was where La Sophia is. Bingo! We'd got what we needed! We were pleased, quite obviously. And then departed out of the store (I also thanked one of the ladies). We headed down the right path and soon came to our destination. (Although it seemed to take an awfully long time to get there!)

Once we'd arrived I entered the restaurant, and so did my companion. We were only there about half a minute before we were seen to... I mean, you know, spoken to, by a waitor. He asked us what our 'name' was, and I shyly said "Supersizer1.", which I then was asked to repeat. Which I didn't really mind.

We were directed to a table, by a wall, which I was quite happy with. And we sat down. I felt quite calm, but also a little tired (from the long journey, etc.) and also a bit awkward, because... it's an unfamiliar place, so I was trying to know how to react to it. But I soon lost that slightly awkward feeling and became quite tranquil and was fine.

The menus were brought out to us. They were white, with black text on them. I looked down it and saw Ali's name (from GBBO) and read what his desserts were, which excited me a fair bit. I couldn't wait to try them!

We were asked what we'd like to drink. I said a cappucino, my companion wanted a black coffee. Fair enough. They were brought to us, also with some drinking water (which we also said we wanted). It had a slice of lime in it! Ooo... made it very tasty!

We also ordered our starter, mains, and desserts. We ordered both desserts, as I wanted to try both of them. The starter came and we got stuck in!

The starter went down a treat! It was a little peppery though. But I only found that to be right at the end, once I had finished the food. But it was well prepared and tasted gorgeous! Yum! :)

Now, it was time to tweet! Yes, you heard me. I tweeted Ali and La Sophia and then, after Ali had read my tweet, he came and walked over to us! I felt happy, but yet a little bit nervous. He said "Hello." we said "Hi!", he asked how our meals were, we said "Really good!" or something similar, and then he mentioned about the other Bake Off peeps, who were downstairs and leaving soon, to which I think I said "Oh.". He then asked if we'd like to meet them, and obviously I said "Yes!". I mean, it was my golden opportunity! I felt rather excited, but also quite calm. I followed Ali downstairs and then felt my heart pounding in my chest! I felt anxious, yet excited, and braced myself for what was ahead of me.

I arrived downstairs and saw them all lined up, waiting for me and my companion. They looked happy to see us and greeted us like I've never been greeted before! I felt pretty special. I found it hard to know what to say, however, but I still talked a bit, said what my real name was/is. And even got to shake Glenn's hand! Um... yeah. That was pretty cool! I then got asked by Glenn whether I wanted a picture, to which I replied "Yeah!". My companion tried to take it, but failed. So, Christine's husband took it instead. We had two pics taken in the end. Both came out quite nicely (well, I thought so). Unfortunately, because I'm not exactly willing to show myself, you will only see a cropped version of the pic.

Ok, so it's less cropped and more blocked out. You can just see my hands and my ASOS bag. Ha ha! :)

 It was an amazing experience! And I loved it! Totally worth all the travelling and tiredness! The mains/main course was delicious and beautiful, and filled me up SO much! The dessert, was just as it was described "The best bit!". So more-ish and sweet and tasty. And just LOVELY! Xxx

My main course! Beef wellington. With parsnips and mash, with a side of gravy (sort of). The gravy in its own pot/jug thing was so cool and kept the whole meal feeling rather... um, upmarket and classy.

My fave bit. So... good! Raspberries were nice and sharp and stained my nails - ha ha! Pink is trendy.

Where we went. Had to get a pic of the road's sign. May seem weird, may not. Just thought it was important to show it.

Fantastic evening, ok journey, brilliant company, and overwhelmingly awesome food! Overall: 9/10.

Feel like I'm some sort of restaurant critic. Not a bad feeling at all!

Please comment below, if you'd like to. About the restaurant or about The Great British Bake Off. Whatever you like! See you all very soon (I really, really hope)! Bye for now.

Love Ss1. xxx

New ASOS stuff!

My new ASOS goodies came yesterday! I was very happy, despite being put in a bad mood by someone in my house. I answered the door, took the package in and then calmed down a little, by being alone in a quiet room for a bit, then took my box of goodies upstairs. I began to open the goodies, one by one. First, the few rings I'd bought/got. Next, the belt I'd got. Then, my bag/satchel, in a lovely minty green/blue colour.

My bag was the one thing I was most looking forward to, and the one thing I was most pleased about when I'd got it in my house and tried it on! It fits really well and is a great colour - not too bold and not too big, just right!

Here's my new leaf ring in rose gold, my new belt in a mint colour, and finally, most importantly, my new bag which is mint coloured and in a satchel-style. (Below.)

I hope you like the pics. There were more items that I bought. But, me being me, I am not one to show much of what I have got or much of me, really. So, this is beyond any boundary I've crossed, so far.

Thank you for reading. There aren't many of you, but thank you to those of you who have stopped by my blog over the few years I've had it. It is muchly appreciated!

Bye for now! xxx

Love, Ss1. <3

My latest news and a BIG thing that is happening!

This week is a big week for me! I have a very special event I am attending, on Saturday. (The location of which is ultra-top secret, of course.) I will be meeting some rather familiar faces and eating some new and exciting food (well, it's new and exciting to me, anyway). I have waited and waited for an event like this one to occur for so long, it just seems like I was meant to go to this one. Not just because I know I'll enjoy the company of who's going to be there, but also because I know I can make it to this place, without worrying too much about travelling to the place it's being held.

If there's one thing that really makes me nervous and anxious and on-edge, it's travelling. Especially if it's to somewhere a) I've never been before, and b) somewhere far away and the travelling time will be a long time. I am also, as you may have heard from people that know me (or you probably haven't) I am not the best person to rely on to be on-time for things. Ok, yes, for my exams at high school I could definitely make it there on time, but not for most things. I think the whole being anxious thing really is mostly to blame for this though. If I feel calm I think I'm more likely to be alright about doing things and can take my time, but not be too long about it. But when I'm anxious I worry about things that could go wrong.

Onto my next bit of news... I am wearing a glittery red nail polish and a purple one, which is also glittery. Both are by Rimmel London, and I really love their colour and the way they go on so easily onto the nails. I feel that these two nail polishes work really well together and I am so happy that I tried combining the two together the other day.

Here is a recent pic of my nails. And it was taken in the daytime, which is why you can see a shadow being cast over the wallpaper here, in my house.

I think the fact they are glittery and reflect the light so well, means that they are polishes that can be worn day or night, pretty much anywhere (except school - no-one wants you to get into trouble with your teachers). I would have hoped that these beautiful nail polishes would have lasted a bit longer than they have, well, at least the red one. It is unfortunately not the most durable or long-wearing polish. I think it was 3 days ago since I painted my nails, and the red one is starting to chip quite badly already. One nail already has about 99% of the polish totally gone! It's a bit disastrous, as I am now going to need to paint the nails all over again (except maybe the purple ones).

To end my blog post, which has been, for the most part, quite easy to write, I will leave you with this pic by my #TBF and awesome 'Perkster' (fan of Sue Perkins) @perkins_love:

Hope you had a good Valentines Day everyone! <3

 

 

I wish you all a good week, and I hope you enjoyed reading this blog post. I am going to do another one in a few days time, perhaps before Saturday, but most likely it'll be after the BIG EVENT. I will see you all then (after the event). For now though, goodbye! xxx

 

Love Ss1. 

The Tudors, Katherine Howard, an obsession!

I have gained an obsessive interest in Tudor history in recent times. So much so, I have set up a special Twitter account just so I can pretend to be a Tudor lady. Not just any Tudor lady (oh, no...) but one of the most important and memorable of the Tudor ladies (no, not Anne Boleyn, although you're very close) it is... the one, the only... Katherine Howard! (Which would have been easy to guess for some of you, especially if you already know of this other Twitter account.)

My Katherine Howard account is part factual and historically accurate, and partly fictional and totally made up. The factual part is that she is a lady-in-waiting to Queen Anne of Cleves (the fourth wife of Henry VIII) and also that she likes fine clothes and wishes to find a man. I mean if she did not wish to find one, how come she got close with King Henry, and then had some sort of affair with Thomas Culpepper? The fictional part is that I make my character, Katherine, say pretty much whatever I like her to say - within reason. I have a friend (who Katherine did not truly have, I don't think) and that is William FitzYork. He is the unknown son of Edward IV, and does jousting and is respectful to the ladies. Especially to my character, as they are very good friends.

I enjoy role-playing my character very much. It is a joy and a pleasure to pretend to be such a fun and lively lady. In a way, she is kind of like me: she likes music, dancing and having fun, and also being happy. All of which I thoroughly enjoy! I also like the way people spoke back in Tudor times. My lady, my lord, your majesty, etc. All so polite, most of it. Everything in 'Tudor world' feels calm-ish, more civilised, more friendly, just better in so many ways that I cannot even think of. I like how people respond to my character and it is great fun!

Onto my main point of writing this blog post. I wanted to share a poem I wrote the other day. It is about Katherine Howard, as that is the lady I'm playing at the moment, and I wished to express my thoughts about her, whilst at the same time, to tell a bit about her life: some good, some bad.

The poem is as follows:

    Katherine lay awake in her bed,
    Thoughts of Francis danced through her head,
    Like sparrows they hung,
    Like a bird she sung,

    The man she knew was different,
    Changed somehow,
    Many hours together they spent,
    No longer in front of her did he bow.

    Another day,
    More words they didn't say,
    Losing faith and hope,
    With lost words it's though they choked.

    Alive and well,
    Then rung the wedding bells,
    King Henry did love her much,
    The sweet Katherine did have a gentle touch.

    The world was alive,
    Poor Katherine didn't survive,
    Her head chopped off,
    King Henry suffered a great loss.


I hope you liked my poem. It was written fairly quickly. But with quite a bit of thought put into it. I tried to make it chronological.

Here's a nice pic to end on...

Credit for this marvellous edit goes to my TBF and ultimate Sue fan (apart from me, ha ha! We are both superfans) @perkins_love!

 

For more Tudor loveliness and role-playing please go to my Twitter account page @LadyKatHoward!

 

For my normal page and to comment on this blog post please go to @Supersizer1!

 

You can also comment below if you so wish. I don't mind. But please, let me know what you thought of it and also my 'Katherine Howard poem', which I heartily dedicate to Katherine Howard (former Queen of England) and to Tamzin Merchant, who played Katherine so brilliantly in The Tudors!

 

Thank you for reading. Bye for now!

 

Lots of Tudor love, Ss1! xxx





The Choir, The Tudors, GBBO, etc.

I'm back, blog! I'm definitely back! How are you? You well? Miss me?! *smiles*

Anyway, this is serious. *does serious face* I'm here because I wanted to get back into using this blog, and because I like blogging! And also, I want to give my feedback on some amazing shows, that I've really enjoyed watching! The most recent being The Choir! Gareth Malone is an awesome choir master, and whenever he puts together a choir, he always, always, always makes them improve SO much from when they start out in the choir. He pushes them (in a good way) and makes them feel proud of themselves. He also holds auditions for solos. This bit is especially good to watch, because when I was in a choir years ago, I went and auditioned for a solo, I was doing it on a bit of a whim, I guess, I just thought I'd give it a go, and luckily, it paid off! I got the solo! I was SO happy at the time! It was a bit of a confidence boost for me, and I think I made my family proud. It was a rush, and really rather exciting, and I wish one day I could sort of repeat the process. Singing is still a big thing to me. And I do sing regularly. I just wish I could join another choir, or perhaps be in some musical one day. I really love singing!

In The Choir: Sing While You Work, the solo auditions were held in a nice room, and several people auditioned. The last two auditionees stood out the most to me. I think they both had good voices, and I clapped both of them, in my living room. The last one to audition was Siobhan Patton. She had a great voice, and really connected with the song. I was happy when Gareth said he'd picked her for the solo! And in the final performance, in front of the three judges, she really was marvellous! I felt she meant what she was singing, and that's a great skill to have, if you're in a choir or just singing in general.

Moving on... I also really like a programme called The Tudors. It was shown a few months ago, on the BBC, around summertime. It was all based on the Tudors time period. It had very good actors in it! And it was very moving, but also very funny at certain points in the show. My favourite queen out of Henry VIII's six wives was Anne Boleyn, because I liked her bold nature, and the way she loved to have fun, dance, and interact with people at court. She was the most interesting in my eyes. And the actress playing her was very, very good. And the scene where Anne is beheaded was particularly moving, and actually made me cry.

Also, on Twitter, there are several role play accounts, where people name themselves after the historical figures from The Tudors. Such as... Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, Charles Brandon, Arthur Tudor, Lady Elizabeth (Elizabeth I, as a child). One account I want to mention here, in particular, is Lady Grace (@TudorsDynasty). She is a very kind, friendly, and nice Tudor lady, who I often speak to. We have tea together, and converse. And she's just a very nice tweeter, who I'm glad to have following me! So, thank you very much, Lady Grace!

Finally, I'd like to mention one last show which I have very much enjoyed watching in recent times. And that is, unsurprisingly (to peeps who read my blog regularly), The Great British Bake Off! Yes, I'm afraid it has come to an end, for this year. But, I did not get 'round to blogging about it in the last few weeks it was on the tele. And so, I now want to give my opinion on the semi final and final of the show.

First off, the semi final had 4 great bakers in it. One of which was Beca, who is a particular favourite of mine from the show. She's not only a great baker, but also a lovely person as well! And her vegetable cake, shaped like cheese, with mice on it, was definitely a highlight of mine from the current series. It was SO, SO cute!!! I loved the way it looked, and I bet it was tasty too! *does a big smile*

Secondly, I thought both Frances and Ruby did really well in the final, and at the time, before the winner was announced, I would have been happy whichever out of either of them won. I liked Frances for her creative flair, and how she came up with great designs for her bakes, but also they always looked amazing! And she really thought about what she was doing. She prepared things well, and they were well executed. And Ruby was talented too! She came up with things that tasted good, and her presentation of her bakes improved a lot over the time she was on the 'Bake Off'. I liked her as a person, just as I did with Frances, and both were humble and nice, and I think Ruby would have reacted similarly to Frances if she'd won. Frances was shocked, but also very happy to win. And even on Twitter I remember her tweeting 'Still in shock' and posting a pic of her award, which was under her bed. I was very happy to see Frances win! And it even made me cry when I first watched it! I couldn't contain my emotions that night! But also, I had been going through some stuff at the time, and so was feeling pretty emotional that week anyway.

I hope you enjoyed reading this blog post! It was a pleasure to write about my fave shows of recent times. And also to get back into using this blog again! Please comment below, or on Twitter (@Supersizer1) and let me know what you thought of this post. And also what you'd like me to write about next time!

Thank you for reading!
Bye for now!
Xxx

The Great British Bake Off. Review of series 4 (so far). And episode 6!

This series of The Great British Bake Off has got me well and truely hooked, and I am now so obsessed with it that it is pretty much the only thing I tweet about, talk about and think about! Ok, so I've been a fan of the show since it started in 2010. And every series there are bakers that catch my eye, and I think they're really great and skilled at baking! There is a disaster for someone at some point, i.e. the custard gate incident involving Deborah and Howard from this series. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fwhms <--- A little link to Custard-gate for you here. It's sad, yet really funny. And even when things go wrong for the bakers, you've got to see the funny side, which Mel and Sue often do. And they help to lighten the mood too. Which I'm pretty sure is needed when you're under stress and a time limit in which to bake something.

The 13 bakers this year have faced 6 different types of baking so far. And every episode someone or more than one person has left. Cake, bread, desserts, pies and tarts, biscuits and traybakes, and sweet dough in week 6.

The bakers who have left this series so far are: Toby (a very likeable and cheery man), Lucy (who I thought deserved another week to prove herself), Mark (who in the Cake episode had trouble with his oven as it wasn't pre-heated to the correct temperature), Deborah (who I was sorry about having to leave when she did), Ali (who I really liked, but sadly he had a bad week and got sent home), Rob (he had precise technical skills, but didn't get further than week five), and finally Howard (who was creative, baked some outstanding things, and was very likeable and it was sad to see him go).

One of the joys of watching The Great British Bake Off each week is seeing Mel and Sue doing their intro. to each episode, and hearing their puns, and seeing them get on with the bakers and helping to keep them all as calm as possible. They are really great at making everyone feel more at ease, and they do make me laugh a lot.

In the Sweet Dough episode they have some really funny moments, that I have to share with you!

Mel and Sue's Best Bits in Episode 6 of GBBO

The announcement where Mel and Sue say they're not allowed to do any more puns about buns. They sound like The Queen. And that was very funny.

 

Sue says to Mary "They're like naughty cigarettes." (Howard's hemp).

 

 Mel says to Howard "You're a little schnecken, Howard.". To which Howard said "Thank you." and to Paul "Any compliment.". Aww... cute overload! (Which I liked very much.) I like cute moments like this.

 

 Sue hugging Glenn. The "over the bench loving" moment, for which everyone probably needs at some point in GBBO, and to which I bet some people definitely went "Aww..." at.

 

 Beca is spreading the prunes soaked in rum onto her dough. Sue comes over and says "Is there alcohol in that?" to which Beca nods her head, and Sue says "Goodbye!". This is funny, and just the type of thing Sue would do and has done on programmes before (such as The Supersizers). And because I like rum, I'd probably do the same, not gonna lie here. (Although maybe I'd say "Can I have a bit?", and then spoon some out and eat it.)

 

 Sue flung some of Frances' dough, and it caught her on the head a bit. It was funny, and Sue looks like she feels kind of bad about it here. But it was all a bit of fun.

 Mel says to Glenn "Is that gonna work?" Glenn says "Yeah." and Mel says "Prove it."! I LOVE this bit! My fave of the episode. It's just classically funny, you know what I mean?

I've loved this episode SO much! I loved what Beca did (her Bara Brith, rum-soaked prune buns and the lemon iced ones).

 

I loved what Frances did. Her Chai Tea Loaf, and Noughts and Crosses buns.

 

 

And Howard's Date and Hemp Yorkshire Loaf and his Peachy buns and German Baumschnecken were really interesting bakes that stood out to me. And the peach buns were particularly well presented.

 

 

I'm looking forward to seeing what the remaining bakers will make next, and who will make it through to the final (which is obviously a few weeks away).

 

I hope you enjoyed reading this post, which took me a few days to put together and write. As well as taking quite a few screenshots. I will hopefully do another post later on in the series. And I wish the GBBO peeps well.

 

Bye now everyone! xxx