sales, saturdays and smoothies

Happy weekend everyone! Man, I am seriously so glad it’s saturday. David and Millie are tucked up on the couch watching a cheesy afternoon movie so I thought I’d make myself a cuppa and sit down and fill you in on whats been happening dans ma vie.

Thursday night after work I popped past Topshop to have a wee cheeky look at their sale. When it comes to sale time, I either have no patience or all the time in the world… So I tried to have a good rummage, and for the first time in forever everything I took to the changing room I ended up buying! You nabbed anything good from the sales recently? Heres what I got:

Floral print concessions dress (‘Love’, I think?) Reduced to £10.

Loveheart bodycon dress, £15.

J-j-j-jeggings! £12.

My first ever pair of harem trousers! Ok, so they don’t photograph well on a hanger. And I have no idea what to wear them with (suggestions?) so until I do, this is all you’re seeing for now! David thinks they look like jugglers trousers 🙂 Haha. Boys eh!? But They were reduced from £35 to £5, so I am determined to make them work!

On friday after work I met up with my lovely friend Cole in peckhams, for a latte and some caramel apple cake. I got him a couple of comps for Clockwork Orange, and my blender got delivered to work that day too! Jeez, I literally just ordered it on wednesday night and it was there waiting for me in work on friday morning. Brownie points to CSN Stores already 🙂

This afternoon, me and David got the train to a local tea room for sandwiches and a coffee. It was the place I went to with my step mum and max a few weeks ago – but when me and David were leaving we noticed a little pet store hidden away next door… so we went in for a quick look which turned into almost half an hour. They had guinea pigs, hamsters, turtles, snakes… it was awesome! If I get a couple of weeks off in the new year I’m thinking about volunteering at our local cats protection league. They get an abundance of unwanted cats/kittens after christmas time as you can imagine 🙁

David doing his paparazzi on me (and my new dress)

The mister ♥

We took a walk to morrisons on the way to buy some supplies, and I discovered they sell Reeses pieces so I bought a packet and gobbled them while we were waiting for my dad to kindly come and pick us up and run us home! Yes, I am a greedy sod. And my dad needed to collect some stuff from the flat so it was jolly good timing 🙂 Because I was desparate to go home and…

MAKE SMOOTHIES!

Ok, so if you scroll down a bit and read my last post then you will see that my kenwood blender was kindly provided by the smashing folks at CSN stores. We did a giveaway last time, but this time I thought I’d try something different and do a wee review for you all. The blender was my own personal choice, it cost £22.99 and delivery was £4.95 but super quick! I normally get quite nervous online shopping and like to recieve confirmation emails/updates when it comes to payment and when my item has been dispatched. I can’t fault CSN in any way for their checkout procedure, it certainly ticked all the right boxes! I found their site a little bit hard to navigate at first, mainly because I wasn’t sure what I was looking for. But once I knew I wanted a blender, I sorted their Appliances tab into £ Low – High (haha, just like ebay!) and scrolled away 🙂

I know my blender has much more potential than to just make smoothies – at some point I’d like to have a go at soups and pasta sauces. But for now, I thought I’d keep it simple. I didnt follow any particular recipie, just advice from people to use frozen fruit and fruit juice. It worked pretty well but I think I’d like to invest in the Innocent Smoothies Recipie Book, and maybe look up more recipies on the internet when I become a pro 😉 Which hopefully wont be long, because seriously, this was so easy!!

Morrisons frozen raspberries – £2
Morrisons frozen summer fruits – £2
Morrisons own orange juice – £1.48

This is what I bought to start off with, had no idea how much I would need to use…

Half a packet of the frozen fruit seemed to do nicely!

 
A large wine glass of orange juice.

Blend for about 15 seconds.

And… well, that was it 🙂

It was stupidly easy, and really yummy. It made me this full glass and about 3/4 of a pint glass for David too. So, I’d say for 2 servings it costs around £1.40, which is really only 70p per person! And considering how much some smoothies market for, its a pretty good bargain and I know it is super fresh and full of whatever I want! I’m not a yogurt fan, so I may try a variation soon with raspberries, and milk instead of orange juice. And maybe one of these Green Monsters I hear everyone ranting about. I’ll let you all know how that goes and what sort of blended recipies I brave myself (and David) for next. Thank you to the lovely peeps at CSN Stores. I was worried about being biased when it comes to talking about a company that have provided the little blog of horrors with a wee present – but you guys can trust me 100% ok 🙂 I love good customer service as much as the next person, and have been let down enough my some of my favourite brands/stores to be really wary when it comes to buying stuff online. But CSN recieve a come dine with me-esque 10 out of 10 for customer service, delivery, and a totally idiot proof and high quality product for only £22.99. Bargain, thank you please! 🙂

A bit of an epic read for a saturday so well done if you got this far <3 Just uploaded a whole load of stuff to my ebay if you want a wee nosy, and tomorrow I shall be buying a few pressies for my 400 follower giveaway, and for my parcel swap with the gorgeous Tennille in Australia. Thanks for being the supportive lovely jubblies that you are, you all have no idea how much your kind comments and banter mean to me ♥

Ayden x