Moroccan parcels

My sister came over for dinner yesterday, I cooked some Moroccan style puff pastry parcels that turned out great. I did a vegetarian version filled with roasted butternut squash, spinach, pine nuts and feta cheese and a meat version with minced lamb, spinach, pine nuts, feta cheese and lots of parsley. I seasoned both fillings with the moroccan spice mix ras el hanout.








We ate them with salad and my sisters delicious chili jam, which she had brought. Lovely.

Minimal effort

After being woken up at 4.30 this morning by a drunken James who was locked out, I didn't get an awful lot done today. We were both too lazy to cook tonight so we had an easy dinner of baked potatoes with tuna and sweetcorn, grated cheese and a salad.


Yum. Now I am beyond stuffed and planning to lay on the couch until bed time. Maybe James will give my sore back a massage to make up for his drunken silliness.

Under construction

We having begun the immense job of turning our flat in to a home. So far we have managed to inadvertently paint the living room pink. We were planning on painting it a putty colour and chose a shade from the colour cards in Homebase. As it turns out those colour cards are not very accurate! We came home with 5 liters of pale pink. After the initial shock I've decided that it looks great. And I'm really pleased that we will have a more interesting colour scheme than putty. Just another word for beige....













We've also sanded the window frames and painted them with white gloss paint. The skirting boards also got a makeover. Now all we need to do is paint the doors as they have a distinct tobacco-yellow hue. The hallway is next in line, wonder what pastel we will accidentally pick out this time?

24 weeks

Sunny Stokey

Yesterday I had brunch with my dear friend Heather in Stoke Newington. It was such a nice sunny day and we managed to get a table in the sun, bliss!


When I got back home I made myself a tasty lunch of couscous salad with a dill and lemon yoghurt sauce and with that I had a piece of salmon leftover from dinner a couple of days ago. Yum.

A bit of a schlep!

I've just come back from a hellish trip to Finchley Central where I've collected a carrycot that I've bought second hand. I honestly don't know what I was thinking taking it home on the tube in the middle of rush hour!! Now I am absolutely knackered and my body is aching. I have recently started to experience a lot of joint pain, especially in my hips. I basically feel like an old granny! It probably doesn't help that I was scrubbing doors and doorways this morning. I guess this is what they call nesting....

Tonight we are staying in and ordering a curry. Food + Sofa = Very happy pregnant chick!

Happy Sunday

Today I met my sister and my friend Heather for a coffee on Portobello road, then we strolled through the market, looking at all the junk/treasure. My sister came back to mine and on the way home we ate crepes with strawberries and Nutella, yum!

My belly has felt really tight all day and my body is achy so I have just taken a long bath and now I am going to bed. I'd forgotten how nice it feels to have the day off...

Paris Fashion Week

I got the Eurostar to Paris early Friday morning.



After setting up at the Capsule show I had a couple of hours to kill, so I headed straight to Galaries Lafayette...



...and Printemps...



for a spot of window shopping.



So many beautiful buildings to look at, like the opera house!



We went out for dinner with one if the designers, to an Italian restaurant of all places! My boss doesn't like French food...



Every morning I had my breakfast delivered to my room so that I could eat it in bed.



The next day I spent at Capsule, surrounded by beautiful clothes.



The show was located on the stunning Rue du Turenne, couldn't complain!



Sunday and Monday I spent at the Memy Mode show, which was held in the Bourse du Commerce, look at the amazing 35 metre ceiling!



On the Monday I managed to sneak off for an hour to visit the Tranoi show, held on Rue du Rivoli, next to the Louvre.



So much to see and so little time as usual! I have now worked 12 days in a row, tomorrow will be my 13th. But as of next week I am only working 2 days a week so can't complain.