PAY DAY BUYS

Happy Tuesday,

I know it's been a while but here's a new piece on items i've just recently bought. Pay day is great isn't it? Even better is that we don't have to wait to long again and better we get another chance to pick up a few more bits. March is going to be a mad month personally for me as a family wedding is just around the corner. My birthday plus other events that calls for me to stock up my wardrobe quite quickly. 

My Buys:

prettylittlething.com

riverisland.com

boohoo,com

asos.com

Next To Buy:

asos.com

 asos.com

prettylittlething.com

prettylittlething.com

prettylittlething.com

Hope you enjoy the piece!

Bubbles xx

BENEFITS OF DRINKING APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

Happy Monday,

For the past few weeks every morning after i get up i drink a half glass full of water with a cap full of apple cider vinegar. Why? I have recently come across it's many health benefits as to why we should be taking it. The taste is some what sharp to drink but when drunk quickly it's really not that bad. Also why to this as i was told that some people found that when they drank it slowly it was making their teeth feel gritty. The quicker the better! Apple cider vinegar is known to have many benefits to it you can also use it for cooking and cleaning household which is supported by science. Do you want to know more? Check down below for six health benefits as to why you should introduce this into your life but make sure it's organic raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar. 

The Health benefits for drinking apple cider:

1. It could lower blood pressure 

2. It balances your body's pH levels, which could mean better bones

3. It increases the benefits of the vitamins and minerals in your food

4. It reduces bloating

5. Helps heartburn and acid reflux

6. Promotes healthy blood sugar

Hope you enjoy the piece!

Bubbles xx

FINDING LOVE WITH SCOLIOSIS IS HARD MAN

Happy saturday,

I always find myself questioning will i ever find true love! I'm always wondering does that happy ever after truly exist! I'm personally at an age were i would like to meet someone, have a baby and live our lives out together in the countryside. Will i ever meet that someone that truly admires me and can look pass my scoliosis. I really don't have the answer for that only time will tell! 

In the meantime though i think it's highly unlikely. I'm really trying very hard not to put a dampener on it but let's be realistic here. I'm a good old fashion gal that wants a guy to walk up to me with a nice bunch of flowers and straight up tell me that he likes me, really is that hard?  Then again with myself that enjoys going out, likes to see a bit of the world, loves doing her own thing but then they sees i have scoliosis. Are they going to be interested? Maybe it's just me but I've had my fair share dealing with guys and it hasn't been great. The simple fact that is what i feel they are judging me from my appearance alone without even getting to know me properly. I'm just sharing my truthfully opinion on something that i've grown up with and seen and realising this for myself.  

Then again do i really want guy's been dickheads to me? No. Did i want to grow up with scoliosis? No. Do i really want guy's playing mind games with me? No. It makes it that little bit harder to find love with scoliosis believe me. Maybe one day though that man will walk into my life and pick me and my curvy spine up to go driving into the sunset. For now I'll finish off 2016 the way i started with my every day to day life thrill and spills. I just can't believe this year is nearly over! 

Hope you enjoy the piece!

Bubbles xx

ANKLE BOOTS FOR THIS SEASON

Happy Thurday,

How is everyone doing?

When i went to check out arnotts style session a few weeks back the one footwear i noticed all the models wearing were ankle boots. This trend is going to be big for autumn/winter 2016 so far the shops are all lined out with so many different and fabulous styles of ankle boots. There are how ever some ankle boots for me with wide feet the front of the boot can be very narrow for my feet to fit in but i'll definitely pick up one or two more rounded pairs of ankle boots just because i don't like being left out of a trend. If you want some inspiration scroll below to have a look :)

My Picks On Ankle Boots:

Clear glitter heel ankle boot €41 www.boohoo.com/

Snake print heeled ankle boots €100 www.office.co.uk/

Chelsea boots €29.99 www.hm.com/

Heeled ankle boots €50.67 www.asos.com/

Style Pick:

Givenchy leather ankle boots €1,100 www.net-a-porter.com/

Hope you enjoy the piece!

Bubbles xx

HEALTHY HEARTY HOMEMADE SOUP RECIPE

Happy monday,

I've finally given myself some time to sit down and work on my three soup recipe's. I'm starting off firstly with my sweet pepper and roasted butternut squash soup as you's really seem to like it. I've noticed with the colder months rolling in i like to bring out my big pot to bring together some nice healthy hearty homemade soups. I find it's great for bringing in as a lunch meal with some nice thick brown bread or when you are just sitting by a fire all toasty and you fill up with a nice big bowl of soup. I just love it they are so simple and very easy to make. Here's my first recipe of the week that i like to put together and really enjoy eating :)

What you need:

1 butternut squash

1 big sweet pepper

A clove of garlic 

1 vegetable stock

1 red or green chillis

1 red onion

Salt and pepper for taste

Preheat oven at 180 to roast vegetables

Cooking time is half an hour but a little longer to let the food chill

Roasted sweet pepper butternut squash soup:

1. Firstly you need to chop everything in half like your butternut squash, onion, sweet pepper, a chilli (for hottest) and garlic.
2. Pop them all into a roasting dish drizzle with a small bit of olive oil and sprinkle over with rock salt and pepper.
3. Leave the vegetables in the oven for 20 minutes in a heat of 180 degrees just to soften up all your vegetables.

4. While that is cooking pop on the kettle for some boiling water pour that water into a jug. Be careful with that part as you also need to drop in one vegetable cube to let it dissolve.

5. When your vegetables are finally cooked take them out and pop to one side to leave them to cool down.

6. When they are cold enough put all your vegetables on a chopping board to chop them all up roughly but scrape out your butternut squash from the skin.

7. With the jug of vegetable stock pour it into a big enough pot so that all your vegetables can fit into it too.

8. While on the heat put everything in together and simply let it boil. You want to let all the flavours to mix together while in the pot.

9. When this has happen turn off your heat let everything settle and put to one side to let it all cool down.

10. You are going to need a blender or nutri bullet for this part. I like to use my nutri bullet as i find it's very quick in blending food. Simply pour out enough into the nutri bullet for you to fill up a bowl to enjoy.

11. Quickly blitz it all together in the nutri bullet making sure that the vegetables are all blended nicely together that when you are pouring it out there are no signs of any chunky piece's. 

Hope you enjoy making the soup!

Bubbles xx

MY CITY BREAK TO KRAKOW

Happy Monday,

My city break to Krakow was here and gone now it's time to bring you a nice little piece on it. We did 3 days in the city flew out of Dublin on Monday afternoon and flew back into Dublin on Thursday night just be aware these are the only flights i think to take. I really had a great time along with some great company which made it even better ;). It's a place that has now been ticked off my bucket list. I'll also say just check the weather forecast a week before going to pack your suitcase with the right clothing. We had a few rainy days but we didn't let that ruin our city break simply pack a rain jacket and suitable footwear and your good to go.

Tuesday morning was when we could get to a tourist office to book any of our trips. Guys prepare yourself with this one book your trips when you are organising your break away because we we're very lucky with getting the one main trip in which we wanted to do. Even though it was october this place is still very busy and nearly everything was booked out. We got to book in our salt mines tour no problem for that day at 3pm, while we were still trying to organise our Auschwitz-birkenau tour as that day it was booked out. We had to settle with thursday morning at half 7 as this gave us enough time to get back to our hotel for us when leaving. I really can't fault anything with discover Krakow who put the tours together so well that i would recommend them while your out in Krakow. 

Our salt mines tour we we're all picked up from discover Krakow building then got onto a mini coach to travel for about 20 mins to the town of wieliczka. This tour is approx 2.5 hrs but be aware that you are travelling down to where you are 327 metres underground. This is an incredible place to see and do as we we're given a guided tour and told all about the history and  stories of the miners who worked there. You are finally lend to a remarkable cathedral that were today they hold events such as weddings,concerts and of course the tours. I really enjoyed this tour as the salt mines has a great health benefit for the respiratory system. By the end of this tour we we're very hungry so when we got back we headed into virtuoso pizzeria restaurant which i will say go and try fab it's just in the main square. 

Our hotel campanile was about 10 mins walk from the main square i have nothing bad to say about this hotel as the rooms were very spacious and cleaned out everyday. Wednesday we just walked around the square to do a bit of shopping and more sightseeing there is plenty to do and see here you won't be disappointed. We ate out every night which was cheap but I'd reckon you could do it for cheaper again. Thursday we decided to have breakfast in our own hotel as we had to get up early for the tour of auschwitz. This was the first time we did this as breakfast was not included in our stay as we did everything separated. Auschwitz is about an hour and 20 mins to get to while birkenau is another 5 or 10 mins across from Auschwitz. These were the concentration camps used in 1941-1944 for the nazi germany in world war 2 that took so many jewish lives. These camps are both outside and again you are walking around wear suitable footwear,wear warm clothing and also bring a pack lunch if you can. With the tour of Auschwitz i found myself going through so many different emotions and also noticed that no one hardly says anything to anyone. Birkenau has a totally different feeling altogether to it like pure emptiness. This again was another incredible tour to have taking part in once in a lifetime opportunity. I wasn't disappointed with any of these trips just apart for our flight been an hour late going home lol. Now it's on to looking and seeing what the next trip is to tick off the bucket list.

Hope you enjoy the piece!

Bubbles xx

THE ISLAND OF CAPRI AND ANA CAPRI

Happy Sunday,

Finally i'm getting to sit down and work on my second trip we took while on our Italian holiday. The next trip we got to take was a visit to the island of capri and ana capri. We needed to take a 20 minute ferry first across to capri from the Sorrento coast. Capri island is known for upscale hotels, shops from all your favourite designers from miu miu, prada to roberto cavalli (I had to walk away lol). While at the harbour we were all asked if we wanted to take a cruise trip around the island. Straight away we all said yes and guy's if you get the chance do it. Well €12 you can't go wrong!

Passing the harbour and getting to see all the amazing yachts docked there Julia pointed out a bronze statue of a little boy. It's scugnizzo giving a welcoming wave, greeting seafarers to the island. Continuing onwards we got to see some amazing cliff views of capri and caves where below the water of the sea is a beautiful turquoise blue which gives you the result of sunlight passing through an underwater cave.

Also there we passed the blue grotto unfortunately we didn't get the chance to visit here maybe another time. Truthfully the amount of boats that were there already you wouldn't have any chance in seen this place and that was only half ten in the morning. Again maybe it was because it was high season were as more people wanted to see the blue grotto. Well i'm not disappointed as I got to see other amazing views like the punta carena lighthouse, faraglioni rock formation and capri castle which from the boat can be seen right up on top of the cliff. Back on dry land we headed for a coach to continue on to our next location of anacapri.

Here anacapri is located at a higher elevation than capri the reason we headed there was to see the villa san Michele. The villa was built be Swedish physician and author axel munthe and the panoramic views from this villa are breathtaking. Just even walking around this villa is pretty spectacular as it was built on the ruins of an ancient chapel dedicated to san Michele.

Axel Munthe "My house must be open to the sun, to the wind, and the voice of the sea, just like a greek temple, and light, light, light everywhere!".

Hope you enjoy the piece!

Bubbles xx