Day 4 - Seriously! You're Never Too Old To Spend An Hour In A Disney Store!

Today was a family day so there isn't many pictures as I don't want to plaster my families faces all over the internet. My Grandad turns 89 on Monday so for an early Birthday meal we popped down to Edinburgh to see him and my Uncle who is visiting from England!

The restaurant we went too called The Hawes Inn in South Queensferry, from the restaurant you could see the rail bridge and the road bridge! It was lovely watching all the cars and trains crossing them as well as all the boats going past!

Wearing:

Dress - Primark

Kimono - H&M

Boots - asos

Necklace - Primark

Lipstick - Kate Moss 107

The restaurant was lovely! Full of character and deceptively large. Outside it looked like a tiny pub but inside it went on and on into different little areas. The food was gorgeous and the only complaint we had was that the service was quite slow, this was because of the food being VERY fresh and the fact that there seamed to be only one waiter serving about 15 tables! The poor guy was very flustered!

(An example of one of the little areas)

(This little fireplace was beside us and kept us warm!)

After food we headed into Edinburgh to visit my Great Aunt who's in hospital. I had decided to take some nail polish to paint her nails with and the smile on her face after I had finished them really made me happy that I had given her something to smile about in quite a confusing time for her! It really is the little things!!

We had to stop in at The Gyle Shopping Centre to go into Morrisons so while my parents and sister went and did the shopping I went and wandered round and round the Disney store. I chatted to some really lovely people that were working there and had a good wee geek out about Frozen and all things Disney!!! I seriously would love to work in a Disney store! I left with the Saving Mr Banks DVD and another limited edition bag to add to my little collection!!

Today we head home so I won't be blogging! But look out on my Instagram for a picture of a HUGE pancake!! 

I hope you've enjoyed this little series! Let me know if you'd like to see more of this sort of thing.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Adrienne

xoxox

Day 3 - Please, No Photography

Yesterday was the quietest day we've had! It was also the day we got to see one of the prettiest houses i've ever seen and I was told "Please, No Photography". This is not really something I wanted to hear as I've seen pictures of the inside of Dun House and it really is spectacular! 

(My lovely Dad is getting to be quite the expert at these OOTD photo's!)

Wearing:

Top - Primark

Skirt - Primark

Cardigan - Jack&Jones

Shoes - Convers

Bag - Oasis (I really need to get more bags!!)

Necklace - Forever 21

Dun House was beautiful! It is completely symmetrical inside and out and the length the architect went to keep it that way is incredible! The rooms are all gorgeous, filled with treasures to look at and all I could think as I went through it was how much I wanted to do a photoshoot there! Our guide was a lovely guy called Forrest (Yes, that is his real name and personally I think it's quite nice!), it was one of his first days which meant that he took his time. A lot of the time you go to these big houses or castles and the guides know everything word for word but race through it without really stopping to answer questions. Forrest was great, and was able to answer everyone questions!!

(Dun house in all it's glory)

After leaving we popped into Montrose and sat at the beach and had our lunch before heading back to the caravan to spend the rest of the day relaxing. 

Oh!! I did pop into a little independent clothes boutique called VV's Boutique (Link here) and bought the most beautiful pair of trousers I have ever owned!!! Look out for them in an OOTD soon!

This is probably one of the shortest posts i've ever written! To make up for that though yesterday I posted one of the biggest, the Loch Lomond Wedding Fayre post! Make sure to go and check it out to see some great businesses that were there!

Hope your Friday is off to a good start. I'm off to Edinburgh to see some family!

Adrienne

xoxox

Day 2 in Forfar - Sugar and Spice And All Things Nice

These posts are fast becoming 'What I ate today'! Sorry! But we just find the cutest little tea shops in these little villages and I can't help but take pictures!! I'll try and cut back though….no promises though…

Yesterday was a bit duller but still quite warm so we decided to take a little trip to Arboath. After a quick stop to say hello to a friend and a duck into Boots for mascara and a hairbrush (which omg is the best thing i've ever used in my hair!!!) our first stop was lunch! (I made no promises!!)

First, here's my outfit for the day (again sorry about the screwing up of the face!!)

Wearing:

Top - Primark

Jeggings - George at Asda

Bag - Oasis (I take this bag everywhere!)

Boots - Dr. Martens

Our friend had recommended Sugar & Spice on High Street as his favourite and trusting his judgement we decided to give it a go. As soon as we saw it we knew it was a good decision, It was adorable!

(From this picture it doesn't really look much but the lights around the guttering were twinkling and it just looked so homely and inviting!!)

(This is what greets you as you go in….sweets, sweets and more sweets!!!!)

 (The displays of all their home wears were so cute! And I wanted to buy everything for my room!!)

(This is one of my all time favourite sayings!)

The tea room was gorgeous, all the waitresses were dressed in little victorian style white aprons with little white caps and were so friendly! The chef even made my dad Eggs Royale from the brunch menu (it finished at 11.30) which was delicious! The range of food and drink is insane! They had about 6 different types of tea and 4 types of hot chocolate alone!! 

(My dad had tea (tea bag tea as it's called on the menu) with his Eggs Royale)

 (My cinnamon and apple scone was amazing!!)

(Along with my scone I had their Chocolate Violet. This apparently, they found in Paris and it's hot chocolate laced with violet and it tastes amazing! I'm definitely going to look out for it when i'm in Paris in the Summer)

(My Mum's Carrot and Turnip soup)

(Along with her soup my Mum had tea leaf tea)

I loved the style of the place and the cups and saucers were so pretty! I would definitely recommend this lovely little place to EVERYONE!!!!! (9/13 High Street, Arbroath)

After filling ourselves sufficiently we headed for a wander along the sea front and around the harbour.

(It's a bit strange but I love creels…I grew up in a tiny fishing village in the North of Scotland called Buckie and creels remind me of there along with the fish smell!! I just love it!!)

Before heading home we popped up to see Auchmithie another tiny, tiny village on the edge of a cliff face with some stunning views! 

(It had got duller by the time we made it over there but it was still lovely!)

On the way home we couldn't believe the huge amounts of daffodils filling the fields ready to sell, it looked gorgeous!

(Daffodils for miles!)

I realise that to some people these types of posts may not be that interesting but to be completely honest they're more personal diary type posts for me to remember my holidays! I just post them up here because I like reading posts like this so there must be at least someone else who does too!!

There'll be two posts today, this one and another later on thats about the Wedding Fayre I was at over the weekend! So watch out for that!

Happy hump day!!

Adrienne

xoxox

Day 1 in Forfar - I Do Believe In Fairies I Do, I Do

All this week i'm staying, with my Parents and younger sister, in our caravan in a little town called Forfar near Dundee. I've decided I would blog everyday I'm away as I would like to start doing a little bit more lifestyle posts.

Yesterday we went further North a bit to a little town called Kirriemuir. This is the tiny town where J.M Barrie, author of Peter Pan, was born. Peter Pan has been my favourite story since I was little, I read the book over and over and watched the Disney movie over and over too! So I was quite interested to see where the author was born! It's a tiny little house that if it weren't for signs you would drive right past without another glance!!

Here's me standing outside his front door!

(The sun was right in my eyes which is why I look as if i've smelt something really bad!! Sorry!!)

Wearing:

Top - New Look

Jeans - Kirsten Topshop

Shirt - George at Asda

Shoes - Converse

Bag - Oasis

Lipstick - Kate Moss 107

 (The original manuscript for Peter Pan and some Peter Pan themed playing cards that were displayed on J.M Barrie's desk)

(I really liked the cover of this photocopied version of the original manuscript!)

(Wee picture of me and a statue of Peter Pan!)

Inside the house there was a play room set up to look like the Darling children's nursery, complete with bed and window with the shadow of Peter in it. But in the corner and behind curtains was a stand that you could lie on, air was then blown in your face and when you looked in the mirror it looked as though you were flying! And because I'm such a big child I decided to pop a lost boys hat on and give it a go.

(I can fly, I can fly, I can fly!!!)

After leaving there we decided to go for some afternoon tea in a local art gallery, it was so cute with mismatching teacups and saucers and chairs!!

We then took a little drive into the country and through Glen Prosen, I did take some pictures but my lens is so dirty and needing a clean that none of the pictures can be used which is really irritating!! It's now been cleaned though so I'll hopefully get some good pictures the rest of the week!!!

The campsite we're staying at is right on the edge of the lake and myself and my Mum decided to take a walk round it last night to feed the ducks, the sunset was gorgeous!!

(please excuse the awfulness of this picture!! For some reason blogger doesn't like it when there is black shadows so tries to add information in the form of pixels, which is what has happened here…..the foreground grass area is all black on mt phone….)

Todays post will be up tomorrow morning! So watch this space!!

Adrienne

xoxox