Herb Garden

This cooler weather is really starting to take it’s toll on my herb garden.

Monday Breakfast, What? I’m On Holiday…

Freshly brewed coffee, pumpkin spice bagel and a pot of skyre, maybe not the healthiest of breakfasts, but it was absolutely lovely.

Time For A Tea Time Treat

A slice of cinnamon apple cake and a mug of tea? It would be rude not to.

Saturday Baking

It’s Saturday, I’m currently sat in my poncho (because I’m stylish as fuck), watching the wind and rain, whilst waiting for a cake to bake.

Stormy Weather

As much as I love this stormy weather, with it’s moody sky, blustery winds and lashing rain, it doesn’t half make me look like a fucking tramp.

My Brain

My brain is in a constant state of flux, switching between heavily romanticising the oblivion of death and the desire to live forever. It does this seemingly at random and often in spite of my general mood at the time.

A Bit Spaffy

I’m not sure who’s idea it was to put this up in the men’s toilet, but I’m not entirely convinced it was a good idea… it’s gotten a bit… spaffy.

My True Form Is Finally Revealed…

I Am A Self Confessed Food And Drink Snob

One of the things that people don’t really know about me is that I can be pretty snobby, but it only really comes into play with certain things, food and drink is one of those things. My snobbery isn’t based on a brands name, or shopping in a particular store, I try not to buy into perceived prestige. My snobbery is based on the quality of the product, the name on the package or where it was bought from quite regularly doesn’t guarantee quality.

With that said, because I’ve had good experiences with them, I have come to associate particular brands or stores with a certain level of quality. One of these is M&S food, their own branded ranges are usually a reasonable balance of quality and price, and I’ve never had a product of theirs that wasn’t at least good. So if I want to treat myself to something that I know is going to be reliable I head to M&S.

One of things I tend to treat myself to is tea, I love a good cup of loose leaf tea made in a teapot. As the name ‘loose leaf’ suggests, a sign that a tea is going to be of better quality is that it’s made up of something that is recognisable as at least part of a dried leaf. Bad quality 'loose leaf’ tea generally looks nothing like leaves of any kind and instead resembles dark brown gritty dust.

I have gone out of my way to treat myself to a 'premium’ tea from M&S, spending a little more on it than normal supermarket 'loose leaf’, only to end up with a bag of gritty dust. To say that I’m disappointed is an understatement, I just hope that it tastes better than it looks… SPOILER ALERT… it doesn’t, it tastes only slightly better than tea made using a standard teabag. I’m very disappointed in you M&S, I expected better.

Hiding Out In The Toilet

You know that you’re in for a good week when you didn’t even make it to midday on Monday before resorting to hiding out in the toilet.

My Weekend In Images

A brief summary of my weekend in images, I cooked a little, ate way too much, bought some pumpkins/squashes and enjoyed a very long soak in a hot bath (I also binge watched all 3 series of She-Ra because I’m totally an adult).

It’s Monday Morning

It’s Monday morning and I really should get up and start the week with good intentions, but that means getting up early and working out before work. Right now I have a few issues with that:

1. I really don’t want to work out

2. I really really don’t want to go to work

and

3. I really really really don’t want to get up

As you can imagine, this is making the prospect of getting up specifically to work out before going to work a particularly unpleasant one.

The 'Stood In A Carpark' Selfie

The 'stood in a carpark waiting on my friend, who is 40 minutes late, to show up' selfie.

Increasingly Rare

The increasingly rare, but equally terrible, not at work selfie.

First Pumpkin Of The Season

First pumpkin of the season, it’s going to taste so good cut in half, seasoned with a good sized pinch of salt and pepper and then simply roasted in a hot oven.