my birthday

I turned a quarter of a century old last Thursday. I can no longer say I'm in my early twenties, which is quite sad, however I will never be too old to have a chocolate birthday cake adorned with chocolate stars and jazzy candles from my mum.

In an attempt to make me more grown up and sophiscated (ha!) I received a new Orla Kiely travel bag and purse for my birthday as I've been using the same ones since I was 17 and needless to say both were getting grotty and knackered. I love that they match my yellow Zatchel handbag which I bought at the beginning of the summer (and is borderline surgically attached to me.) My new purse only just fits in it though so I'm hoping the leather will stretch over time to accommodate the purse.

Other lovely gifts included necklaces, a gorgeous turquoise scarf, Orla Kiely tupperware (I sense there may have been a theme somewhere...!) and these hilariously cute bunny slippers.

Cake wise I did pretty well this year. Not only did I have mum's chocolate cake, but also a massive slice of Victoria sponge at a cafe for lunch and a banana pineapple cake from my sister in law. I loved that she left the pineapple pieces quite chunky, making the cake really juicy and full of texture. Admittedly my stomach felt a little worse for wear by the end of the evening, but what's a birthday without a few cake sweats?

It has also been one year since I received my yellow kitchenaid. The novelty hasn't worn off as I still get a little thrill every time I use it. Is it sad to celebrate an anniversary with your kitchenaid? I decided to take another self portrait in her shiny mixing bowl. Ooh yeah stretchy forehead!

In other news I went to my first ever yoga class last week. The following day my body felt as if it had suffered some sort of minor trauma! I'll persevere with it though as it should eventually help my rubbish, ageing(!) muscles and joints.

Apologies as well if the layout of my blog looks weird or keeps changing. I fancied a revamp so I've been fiddling with bits and pieces. For some reason when my webpage initially loads my title and tabs are in the wrong font and I have to reload it to get the nicer handwriting font. No idea why it does that, but it's annoying.