Date Night thanks to Red Hot World Buffet

So, as a married couple who have kids and who work a lot (us that is not the kids), we often struggle with date nights. We are lucky to have my parents up the road (40mins away) who love to have Neo and he loves to be with them and have sleepovers.
When the lovely Hannah of Red Hot World Buffet's PR company contacted me asking if i would like to attend their Cardiff restaurant i jumped at the chance.

I've previously been to Red Hot World Buffet so knew i was in for a treat, i also knew the dress code was smart casual, and kinda wear what you like, which i like from a restaurant. It was a lovely evening so i donned one of my favourite floral dresses and jazzed it up with a belt and tan wedges.

We were seated promptly after arriving and drinks came soon after with an explanation to just help ourselves, as much as you like (heaven, right?!)
And so we dug in!

 They have so.much.food. The variety is fantastic, absolutely something for everyone.
Salads and sushis, Pizzas and pastas, Risotto made to order, Indian, Chinese, Mexican, British, and so much more.

 I just love me some sushi!

 Digging in to some of my favourites, I love Indian food!

 Bit of a mixture going on there on the ol' plate haha

 Hub's LOVED his food!

 And finally, there's aAmazing. Waffles on sticks, ice cream parlour with so many flavors, cakes, puddings and everything else desert like you can think of. Something for even the non desert lover i'd say!

I have to say, i have been to many buffet style restaurants, but Red Hot World Buffet is far superior to any i have previously attended. The food is hot and fresh, never luke warm and it hasn't been sat there for hours like in some other buffets. It is full of flavor and even though it is obviously cooked in vast quantities, it does not lack in taste.
The variety makes it a great option for parties as everyone is catered for, veggies to meat lovers.
There are also cocktails and offers of buy one get one free (yay) and a full bar for your choice of drinks.
We finished off with a scrummy cappuccino each and left feeling so full and happy we could hardly walk back to car,haha!
Have you ever been to Red Hot World Buffet? I highly recommend. If your in the UK the list of locations is on the website and they have lunch and evening sittings. And if you're not in the UK? Please come and stay at my house and i shall take you for a feast my friends!
Ok, so now im hungry... suddenly my sandwich for lunch seems extremely unappealing... bummer!




With thanks to Hannah at Smith and Smith PR for this yummy opportunity.

Black, White and Coral

Well the weather has turned back to typical British showery grey-ness, but thankfully we had a warm dry day before it turned all yucky. I was in work in the day in uniform, but after dinner Hubs and i went for a walk and i felt like wearing this lovely dress which i have had since winter. Its maiden voyage was nice :)

 This is a Joules dress and i absolutely adore it. It fits like a dream, is made and cut beautifully and it felt extremely comfy and flattering on. Best thing was it cost me £8.00 from ebay in the winter months. I squirreled it away and patiently waited to wear it in warm weather. I think it could look lovely with some tights also so some remixing options make it even more wonderful.

 Last night i simply paired it with some coral as i just love coral. Every Spring/summer for the past few years i have had a crush on Coral. its such a pretty colour isn't it! Normally i would add a necklace to the deep v neck dress, but i just wanted to keep it super simple (something i haven't really  done before) The dress just didn't feel like it needed anything else so i just added some cream floral earrings. I can't wait to wear this dress again! Funny thing, i've been planning on getting my hair cut this week, but sods law (is that a british phrase? ) i've been having really good hair days, like its saying to me 'please don't cut me!!! i can look nice!!' so yeh, to cut or not to cut. I was thinking about having a lot off this time as its just so damn long and thick. I've snapped 4 hair bands this week, its just such heavy hair!
I asked some of my Buddies on twitter what they thought of THIS HAIRCUT, what do you think? Go for it or not to go for it? I have to say i'm being a bit of a chicken and already reconsidering to something longer maybe like this, which i think would remove a lot of the weight.. what d'you think?

 So its back to work for me again tomorrow and Saturday, but thats ok, i quite enjoy it to be honest. Terrible twos are not being kind to us in this household lately, so the break from being mummy is actually very much appreciated from me (and probably Neo too haha!)
Is the weather still lovely where you are in the UK/World?
tell me, go on make me jealous! ;-)

Dress: Joules via Ebay

Cardigan: New look (old)

Shoes & Earrings: Primark (few months ago)

Maxi dresses

Hello lovelies, please excuse my week absence yet again, its the weathers fault. I've just been out enjoying all this beautiful sunshine and warmth we've been having here in the UK. It's been a week of beautiful blue skies, sunbathing and playing in the sunshine :)

 
I have been wearing this dress a lot, especially in the evenings when it cools off a bit and i want something light an airy to wear. It's this dress from River Island that i treated myself to a few weeks ago and its so comfy. I'm really fancying this one now too.

 So apart from fun in the sun i have been prepping the allotment still ( i shall do some before and after photots once we're there) there's still so much work to do. The plot hasnt been properly worked on for years so we're literally trying to plough through years and years of growth to clear it back to soil. Its a good workout though i tell ya!
Then yesterday we also took a little trip to a small farm park that Neo loved!! It was so so so cute seeing him getting all excited over the animals, he was super happy. I'm vowing this year to do more fun things with him, he deserves it. And we're even considering a family camping trip. Have you ever been camping with little peeps? Any tips?

 Update on the weight, i'm now 8lbs down from the beginning and really happy with how its going. I'm 10lbs to go to target and i am already feeling a lot less bloated all the time and i can see small changes in my body. I will never be super skinny, its just not in my build, but once i hit target weight i know i will be so proud of myself. This is the first time i have actually stuck to a proper non faddy diet. Slimming World really works... i was shocked!

 Dress: River Island
Shoes & bag: Matalan
Sunnies& Necklace: Dorothy Perkins
Bracelet: Avon (old)

 I believe our weather luck is changing this week... but hey a bit of rain is good for my allotment (plus im working a lot this week,haha!)
Have you had a lovely week? Any nice plans for this week?

Dress, Boots, Done

What a glorious weekend its truly been friends! Yay for sunny days. 

What a difference a bit of warm beautiful weather can make to the mood hey. Has it been lovely where you are in the world?

 I have had a lovely few days over here. Starting last Thursday with a wonderful meal with wonderful friends, then time with my son in the garden who is finally kicking is poorly-ness. Then today i tackled the mammoth task that is my new allotment. It felt so good to be outdoors lapping up as much of this sun as possible.

 The allotment is going to take SO much work, but im happy to put the effort in, and other plot holders are super nice! We've already had lettuces, runner bean and onions plants given to us to start us off. I can't wait till we can harvest some of our own home grown veggies...!
It was also even nicer because my parents came down to help me. My dad has major green fingers and can get anything to grow, so i called upon their assistance. I can't tell you how lovely it was to spend time with them and start this allotment together. So often i'm just dropping Neo off to them or picking him  up that we don't spend much quality time together, so this little venture of ours is also wonderful for bringing us together. Neo also got stuck in bless him, copying everything his Bampa did, it was the sweetest. I'm on a mission this week to get him a little spade and trowel of his own. It excites me to think he will be growing up outdoors helping grow our little veggies.

 So as the title suggests, dress, boots and i'm done! This is pretty much my standard uniform these days, which makes me happy. Did i mention i'm pretty happy? haha! Yep, you may see this boots, dress, formula a lot coming up. I just find it so so easy and practical.
Don't get me wrong, i didn't go digging in the dirt in this pretty dress but i spent all day Saturday in it, and this evening for when we went for an evening stroll making the most of child free time!

 The man behind the lens, hates to be infront of it,lol!! I feel very lucky to have hubby to take pictures for me. I just found this lovely big field/common 5 minutes from my house! Its beautiful here, i'm thinking picnic sometime soon!
Anyway enough of me, how are you? Did you have a wonderful weekend? I do hope so!!

Dress: Gap (last year)

Boots & Denim Jacket: Matalan

Sunnies: Dorothy Perkins