I love the fact that in Scotland you can drive out of the city and within half an hour be in front of these incredible landscapes. I've had a busy start to the year work wise and after my macbook needed to go in for some major repairs I thought it was about time to take my cluttered brain up north.
Money Supermarket gave me £20 to celebrate life's 'little wins', and asked what I would do with finding a spare bit of money that I never knew was there. Have a look at the video they have running for the campaign, makes me all gooey inside seeing people happy. It actually reminded me of when I lived at home about 5 years ago and I stumbled across 10 x £20 notes curled up inside my Hello Kitty piggy bank. I must have saved up the money from a birthday or christmas and COMPLETELY forgotten about it. I still remember clear as day what I did with that £200 - I bought my snowboard. With nostalgia getting the better of me and my lungs gasping for some clear, cold country air I decided to spend my £20 towards a day pass at Aviemore.
Well hey there! Here's me somewhat resembling a marshmallow wearing pj's with my friend Pete at the Cairngorms a few weekends ago. The weather wasn't in our favour however and there ended up being a total white out only a few hours after we arrived. 10% visibility isn't the nicest condition to board it so we called it a day by the early afternoon. We did have the best hot chocolate I've ever tasted though :) That half day on the slopes planted a little seed and I found that my boarding bug was raring and ready to go by the next weekend.
I headed to Glencoe with Kyle and the conditions were brilliant. We got some great runs, and ate our lunch and drank tea in the middle of the snowy mountains.
Kyle and me on his instax mini, which I am absolutely lusting over! An hour or so after lunch I took a jump but landed it on my opposite foot with my legs not bent enough and my knee took all of the shock of the landing. At first it just felt like a really bad cramp, but it turns out I have partially torn a ligament in my knee :( We still had a brilliant day and I got a lift back down the mountain on a snow mobile which was FUN. A day and a trip to a&e later I've got crutches and an MRI scan next week. So although my inital £20 got me a blizzardy false start on the slopes and a second shot which ended in tears, I still couldn't be happier and I can't wait to get back on my feet (and board) again :) Would you rekindle any hobbies that tend to lay dormant when you have a lack of funds or time to do it in? Just erm, don't injure yourself like I did.
Before donning my crutches I took some pictures for the BoohooGlobal Styler Campaign. Feeling awfy proud to be Scottish in this post, can you tell?
I wore their gorgeous floral skull playsuit with simple gold chain belt and brown wedge heels. With #globalstyler you can win a holiday for you and a friend, plus £1000 Boohoo vouchers just by following the steps below.
Let me know if you enter! I have been searching the Global Styler hashtags for Belfast as I am going with John for his birthday and St Patricks weekend. Trying to stumble across some bloggers from the city for hints on things to see and do. So if you have any suggestions I'd love to hear from you.
I am so not used to this sitting still malarkey. Trying to take it easy this week as I have the Scottish Bloggers Valentine event in Edinburgh this weekend and Kyles birthday/club night. I'm sure cocktails and crutches don't mix so I'm saving all my energy for saturday. While my macbook was away I found I had so much time (or maybe just less distraction) for reading, watching films and crafting again. I think I need to close my laptop more often and remember to spend time relaxing which doesn't involve staring at a screen. Cause lets face it, that's not really relaxing is it? I've got the first two issues of Knit & Stitch magazine to keep me occupied. It is quite challenging but the magazines are so pretty. Can you knit? I am a complete beginner so have been using the introductory dvd and have started making a little pink teddy bear for Dexter (and you know I genuinely say for Dexter after how obsessed he was with the bright blue knitted mouse John got him from a craft fair one day!)
