Outfit:
Polka dot peter pan collar sheer shirt: Primark - gift
Black 3/4 length cardigan: Primark
Black pleated jersey maxi skirt: Clothing at Tesco
Black leather heeled boots: Topshop
Grey nail varnish: Barry M Grey (original eh?)
Red plastic watch: Toywatch - gift
Tesor Paris bracelet: Gift
Happy St Patrick's Day! I'm off out on a pub crawl this afternoon around a local village to celebrate. I know I know, I have no Irish blood in me at all. But my father-in-law is Northern Irish which in turn makes my boyfriend half Irish which in turn makes me practically Irish! Plus my dear old Grandad was born today so I have lots of connections! So I have an excuse to get merry! I don't think it's going to be a late one to be honest and i'm not going to go mad as i'm saving myself for Aberdeen next week. But it shall be nice to have a natter with some friends. Even if I will have to sit through the football...
This outfit isn't the most practical for going on a pub crawl, by the 3rd pub I'll imagine i'll sit down on the bench, have a paddy (haha geddit?) and refuse to move. Suprisingly, that seems to happen every time I wear heels. Still I never learn! But then what's the point of having pretty clothes if you can't wear them out? I've always been the girl in the group thats overdressed. Life's too short not to make the effort! I wear this skirt to death, it must be on my body at least once a week. Best £16 i've ever spent as it goes with EVERYTHING!
Are you doing anything to celebrate today?
001. Finely chop the onion, bacon and red pepper - don't forget to de-seed the pepper!
002. Pop a teaspoon of oil in the pan and add the bacon. Cook it for five minutes- keeps stirring so it doesn't stick to the pan. Then add the onion, pepper and garlic, stir for another five minutes.
003. Add the paprika and rice. Cook and stir the dish for two minutes and then add the wine. Make sure you keep stirring and cook for another two minutes.
004. Add the stock and stir it all in. Let the dish simmer for 15 minutes, occasionally stirring.
005. Chop the seafood into bite size chunks. You can miss this step out of you choose to get a seafood mix instead of a fish pie mix.
006. Add the peas into the mix and simmer for another five minutes.
007. Add all the seafood and carry on stirring for two to three minutes until the seafood is warmed all the way through.
Bon Appetit! We had ours with mini Weightwatchers garlic baguettes to help fill us up. But to be honest you don't need them! This was so filling and just the right amount of stodge. It didn't feel "healthy" at all. I'm going to try and attempt a chicken and chorizo paella next time. I love stodgy rice dishes!
001: Well I ate a lot of food this week. What weightwatchers? I was too busy out enjoying myself to point watch, something i'm sure to regret come tomorrow's weigh in... I attempted my first homemade lasagne tonight. It was lovely even if I do say so myself! It was a weightwatchers recipe so I used pork mince instead of beef. It was a really nice change.