Alphabet Dating - K Date!

For K Date I decided to do a Kings and Queens date, where we dress extra fancy and go out on a date. We went to Pizza Hut first and had Pizza, chicken bites and chips. Then we went to the cinema to see The Boss and played Bowling after. We also made chocolate cakes the next day because I wanted to include something in the Kitchen. We decorated the cakes with marshmallows and chocolate buttons and made them look like crowns.

Trafford Centre Date Night

We hadn't had a proper date night to ourselves where we get dressed up and have a meal together for a while.
We used our Tesco clubcard points to get Odeon cinema tickets and we booked to see The Jungle Book. Kirsty finished work at 2pm so we decided to go shopping first, then have Pizza Hut. It was delicious.
We got ice cream from Bradwells for dessert then wandered around the Disney Store and Waterstones before going to the cinema.
The film was really good, better than I expected. It was a really fun date and we got some cute photos.

Life With A Sprinkle Of Glitter - Manchester Book Signing

I am a huuuge fan of Louise/A Sprinkle of Glitter and was so excited when I saw that she had a book coming out. I held off on pre-ordering in the hope that there would be a book tour and there was.
I went to the Manchester book signing on Friday 3rd July and was so nervous.
Kirsty came with me but she couldn't stay in the queue because she didn't have a ticket.

I was given a Waterstones wristband and we were in the queue outside the shop for almost 2 hours. We asked if we could have the book to read in the queue but we weren't allowed them until we got inside which was sooo annoying because it felt like I had already waited forever to read it.
When Louise arrived the staff let people into the shop in groups of 10 to get their books and posters and join the inside queue.
I was expecting Louise to be towards the back of the shop so I started reading the book and walking slowly.

Two pages in I looked up and could see her, 4 people in front of me. I didn't know what to do! I just closed my book and looked around anywhere but at Louise because I was so nervous.
The girl in front of me was talking to Louise for a while so I completely panicked and was trying to come up with something cool to say and then all of a sudden there I am, handing her my book!
She complimented my hair and my 'sparkly Disney tshirt' which made me so happy. I chose my outfit especially to meet her and had it ironed a few minutes before leaving. It felt really nice that she had something personal to say to everyone. It felt like she really cared and wanted to get to know us all.
It made me feel so good for the rest of the day.

I didn't manage to say anything back to Louise apart from 'Thank You'. And as I was walking away she said 'I hope you enjoy the book!' I was worried that I had left too soon and she wasn't done talking but I have since seen YouTube videos of other people meeting her and she has done the same with them so I feel less bad and more just like she loves us all too much to say goodbye!
Also she signed my book with a pink sharpie <3

 I could have easily read this book in a day because it was so easy to read and so hard to put down. But the pages are so well designed and the whole book is so beautiful that I spent extra long on each page and it took me 5 days to finish it.
I have taken so much from it, all positive.
I have purchased skincare products and learnt about reasons for bullying and how to spread kindness.
I have laughed out loud at first dates and bought ingredients for chocolate pizza.
This book is now on my dressing table and I'm sure I will re-read it every time I need a pick me up.

So thank you Louise, and the rest of your team who helped to make this book possible. You have made me feel happy and confident just in time for Summer.

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Also, whilst Kirsty was waiting for me she found our teen book club reviews! It feels so good to have our reviews of some of our favourite books on the shelves of a real book shop.
So, of course we took photos to remember forever.

Have you been to any book signings?
What's your favourite book?
I would love to get some book recommendations to please let me know in the comments,
thanks for reading!

The Big Lunch

The Big Lunch happens on a Sunday every year, several of my local parks invited the community to come and have a picnic in the park and they set up music and children's games.
However, people do also have street parties or have some friends over.

I went with my mum and Kirsty to our local park, or as I used to call it, 'Duck Park'. 
The sun was out so it was a really nice, warm day. We took our picnic blanket and an umbrella to block out some of the sun, I get burnt very easily.
There was a local steel band playing throughout the day, a hut selling snacks and drinks, and free ice cream tickets for children.
We had fun watching all of the dogs and listening to the music and I went for a walk around the park afterwards and saw baby geese.
These are some of the photos from the day.

Did you go to any events near you for The Big Lunch?

What are your picnic essentials?

Date Night - Cinema

Kirsty and I went to see Disney's live action remake of Cinderella today. We are huge Disney fans and have been looking forward to this for a while.
We dressed up to watch it so I took photos of our outfits and accessories.
Inspired by this photo:

Raychul: 

Dress: Next
Shoes: Primark
Hair Bow: Magical Ribbons
Necklace: Internacionale
Rings: Sainsburys
Nail Varnish: Rimmel's Bestival Blue

Kirsty:

Shirt: Matalan
Jeans: H&M
Bow Tie: Debenhams
Shoes: Osiris
Watch: Timex

 The film was really good. I loved it so much. It was true to the original Brothers Grimm storyline with a little Disney Magic. The set designs were amazing, there was so much detail in each scene. There were parts of the house, for example, that were fully decorated with such small objects and only seen as a distant corner. You can tell that a lot of work went into the scenery for this film. And the costumes for every single character were beautiful. I'm sure you've seen posters of Cinderella's dress or glass slipper, they look even more glamorous on screen!
I definitely recommend you go and see it in the cinema or when it comes out on DVD, it's a really magical film that makes you feel all warm and exciteable.