Weekly round up

Our house is beginning to look less like a bomb's hit it and more like a home now thankfully!  After frantic painting and decorating to get the walls and skirting boards done, we had the floor fitted in the living room/downstairs toilet/hallways this week.  We're both really pleased with the great job that the guy did and it looks great!  The living room furniture and dining table and chairs also arrived this week, so we're just waiting for the sofa until we're there!  After that, the fun bit of accessorising begins and Emily, I assure you I'll put photos up and give you a tour when it's all done :)

I managed to avoid most of Euro 2012 (I like football but we're always hopeless so I've kind of lost interest - not very patriotic of me is it?) but we did head down to the pub to watch the game vs Italy.  I'm a bit worried that I was some sort of jinx though since that's when we went out....

On Friday night we went to see Rhod Gilbert at Southampton Guildhall.  I got tickets for Danny's birthday (New Year's Eve) so we've been waiting a while for this to come around.  It definitely wasn't a disappointment - Rhod was hilarious!  The Guildhall doesn't appear to have air conditioning though unfortunately so it was absolutely roasting inside.  Has anyone else been to any events there?  It was a bit distractingly hot to be honest but we had a great time all the same.

Oh, and just because a weekly round up wouldn't be the same without some form of food, check out the Gü chocolate soufflé that I had for dessert last night.  Deeeeeelicious! :)

My week in Instagram photos #3

1. Birmingham v Reading - last game of the season  2.  Favourite hair product ever

3.  Reading FC champions celebration   4.  Signing the house contracts

5.  Jack Wills Brilliant Pink & Models Own Ibiza Mix  6.  Date night

My week in Instagram photos #2

1. Pitch invasion after Reading's promotion! 2. Monday morning traffic
3.  Mint leaf and chocolate ice cream  4.  Delicious salad
5.  Tiniest orange segment in the world  6.  Bromance

2011 in photos

Top row (left to right): January - first dinner I cooked for Danny, February - pancakes at Giraffe, March - England v Ghana

Second row (left to right): April - mime fancy dress, May - Championship play-off final, June - cocktails at The Clarence Hotel, Dublin (owned by U2!)

Third row (left to right): July - 30 day shred, August - turtles in Mexico, September - back to work blues and lots and lots of rain!

Bottom row (left to right): October - a nice photo of me and Danny for a change!, November - fireworks, December - Max on Christmas morning

Well, there it is - my 2011 in twelve photos.  I'm sure that years go by faster and faster as you get older and this year has definitely been no exception to that!  I can't believe it's going to be 2012 tomorrow!

As 2011 was the year I started my blog, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all for reading, commenting and following - it really means a lot!  And finally - happy new year!  I hope you all have a great evening welcoming in 2012!

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Project 365: #092 Reading v Bristol City

As a bit of light relief from all the working late, I decided that I'd join Rob on a trip down to Bristol for the evening to watch Reading play.  The match kicked off at 7.45pm and since Rob finishes work at 6pm and it takes almost an hour and half to get there, it was pretty tight!  This wasn't helped by neither of us having cash and the football club only accepting cash but not having any cash machines - ridiculous!  Anyway, we eventually managed to get to our seats just as the match kicked off.  An absolutely shocking game for 90% of the match but thankfully we came back to win 2-3 having been 2-0 down so it was worth the trip in the end!