All aboard

As some of you may or not know I am a brownie leader. I have been in girl-guiding for a staggering 15 years! I started off as a Brownie, then progressed to Guides, did my Duke of Edinburgh as a Ranger, became a young leader at the age of 15 and finally got my leadership qualification at the age of 21. The worrying thing is that I can open a brownie pack anywhere in the country. A thought I think sends fear through every parent haha. I got rewarded my 5 years service award last week, the geek in me was so proud haha.

Anyway this weekend we took 6 brownies and 6 guides all aged between 7 and 12 to sleep over on HMS Belfast. I think the 6 leaders were more excited than the girls, I have been looking to it forward for weeks! HMS Belfast is one of the few main attractions in London that I have never been too. I am going to go back because I didn't get enough time to be a nerd. I think the girls were too young to appreciate the history, they got bored easily.

The pictures below were taken on my Iphone so please bear in mind the quality is not that great.
This was my bed for the night. We slept downstairs in the mess decks on bunkbeds. In war time 920 men squeezed in here on hammocks only 21 inches apart. I can't even begin to think about how cramped that must have been nor how hot with all those bodies.

During our hour long mission to find a Macdonalds (with kids crying that they were hungry and their feet were going to fall off) we passed the Golden Hind. We have decided that this is where we are going to have our next sleepover. They serve Tudor food for dinner!

I didn't manage to get any pictures but we ate our lunch on the green next to the Mayor's office opposite the Tower of London and saw the red arrows zoom past. It was the first time I have seen them in the flesh and they were so impressive! They looked amazing. We also got to witness the 21 gun salut!

In all the time I have visited London (which is a lot since I only live 30 minutes away) I have never been on Tower Bridge when it lifts up. So you can imagine my excitment when I heard the sirens going. I think it ws another thing that I enjoyed more than my brownies haha!

The tube journey into London was the most stressful journey of my life. Give me rush hour anyday. I don't have to worry about losing anyone!

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You think you're cooler than me

Outfit:
Navy lace skirt: River Island
Cream t-shirt: River Island
Red and cream striped 3/4 length cardigan: Primark
Navy and brown satchal: Primark
Navy tights: Primark
Red plastic watch: Toywatch
Pearl costume ring: made by blog redhead (Thank you Jamie, I love it!)

I forgot to put my shoes on! Can you tell that my brain has not been working recently?

This is what I wore yesterday to work, not the most exciting of outfits but it features my fave colour combo of navy and red. I don't think I can ever tire of it! My new bag is perfect! Its just right to fit all my junk in that I need to carry on the tube with me. Good old Primark comes up trumps again. I always look like a walking advert! I have scrubbed all my fake tan off and this is me naturally. I am not as pale as I thought I was haha, no longer looking radioactive!

I am struggling to manage my time, it seems like I have a million and one things to do and not enough time. I get home from work, have dinner and then its to bed. I am starting to cope with the tiredness a bit better so hopefully I will be able to stay up past 10pm soon!

Thank you for all your lovely comments, I am reading them on my phone and will try to reply to them over the weekend! I know I am being a bad blogger!

Hope you all are having a good week :)

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Let me be your supernova.

Outfit:
Multi coloured striped dress - Primark
Nude platform heels - Primark
Selection of bangles - Topshop and Primark
Baby blue nail varnish - Pastal Polish Eyeko

After hunting high and low for this dress for a good few weeks, I have finally found this dress in Primark today. I love it, it is just as gorgeous as it looked in the photo. I have originally brought it for work as it is such a great length but it's almost too pretty. So I am going to wear it out a few times before it gets resigned for work. I can seeing myself getting lots of use out of this dress! It is such a summer dress! I also brought another dress from Primark for a staggering £25!! Since when did they stock things in store that price! It is such good quality though so it does feel like it is worth £25. I fell in love with it and just had to have it!

I am off out tonight with for a bit of bonding my mother to go to a party of one of her friends at work. So this is just a quick post!

I seem to have aquired a few followers in the last couple of days so a big hello! If you fancy a chat you can catch me on twitter.

Have a fab night!

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