6 April 2014

A new age bracket

Hey y'all*!

*Turns face back and forth* Can you see any extra wrinkles? 

As of Thursday, I'm now the grand ol' age of 26 - moving into a whole new age bracket on multiple-choice forms, and no longer scraping into the Young Person category for National Trust membership (which costs less than half the price of an adult one). Boo.

On the plus side, I managed to stretch my birthday celebrations out over three days; which I reckon is pretty good going. I also only worked on Tuesday and Wednesday - something I could very easily get used to! 


Birthday cards and a pretty new book

I spent Thursday morning chilling out at home with Marmite on toast and Sarah Moore's Vintage Home (a present from Tom, which I asked for after reading the lovely Anna's review), followed by an afternoon of shopping hardcore cardio/weightlifting due to buying the bits for my parcel for Lauren's Easter Gift Swap. I somehow managed to spend an hour and a half in Brighton Homesense. The evening involved a pre-theatre dinner in Wagamamas, and being treated to a White Russian and front-row seats for the hilarious David Sedaris by a girlfriend (thanks again, Holly!). 

It also involved a lot of my new favourite tea.
This stuff is SERIOUSLY delicious. Seriously.

Tom and I spent Friday exploring Groombridge Place, which was so amazing I've decided it's worthy of a post of all of its own - so you'll have to keep your eyes peeled later in the week. It involved giant swings**, drunken gardens, and raptors. You know it's going to be good.

Yesterday Tom and I hosted my birthday party, which meant a morning of cleaning the house, making salads, and lining up cakes, before an afternoon of eating too much BBQ food, copious laughter with some of my all time favourite people, and plenty of rum. 


Believe it or not, five kinds of cake is pretty restrained for one of my parties...
Oh, and presents! Amongst other treats, I'm now the proud owner of this INCREDIBLE alarm clock:


AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
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Today has involved tea with my parents, leftover BBQ food, and scoffing miniature scones whilst catching up on some good TV. Tomorrow will centre around counting down the minutes until Made in Chelsea Season 7 starts. Eep!



What did you get up to this week? 

Katie xxx 

P.S. I'm linking this post up with the fabulous Hannah's The Week That Was: Captured (TWTWC).

* Sorry, I've been watching too much Nashville

** Honestly- those swings have ruined regular-sized swings for me, forever. It was totally worth it. 

30 comments:

  1. Belated Happy Birthday. Glad you had a good one, and a good weekend. I'd love to only work Tuesday and Wednesdays too - life would be great if I could afford to work just two days a week, hehe!

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    1. Thanks Louise :) That would be so nice, wouldn't it? xxx

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  2. Happy belated birthday! Sounds like you had a lovely time :) x

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  3. Oh bugger, I KNEW it was soon and I was going to be SO organised! Happy birthday! SO glad your day involved cake in profusion and those you love! I hate to also mention it, but you're also no longer entitled to Young Person's rail card!!!x

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    1. Thanks Kezzie! I'm hopeless at remembering birthdays. Luckily Southern has a deal which lets you get a 3 year YP railcard as long as you buy it before your 24th birthday- so I've got one year left. Phew! Xxx

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  4. Belated happy birthday. I'm impressed at you managing to stretch it out over a few days.
    I didn't realise Made in Chelsea starts again tomorrow, thanks for the heads up! x

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    1. Thanks Lauren :) just watching last night's episode now- living all the fancy-pants headdresses at Sophie's party! Xxx

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  5. Belated happy birthday lovely...THAT CLOCK!!! Love it.
    Welcome to the oldies age bracket, it's not so bad...
    M x Life Outside London

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    1. Cheers Michelle! Actually quite tempted to take it to work so I can clock watch in style :p so far, being old is pretty much the same as not being old. Ace. Xxx

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  6. Happy Belated Birthday!! Looks like you had a fab time :D Xx

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  7. happy birthday to you too! looks like you had an awesome time celebrating! love seeing all those cards and sweets :). i got several cat-themed cards for mine which makes me think that i talk about my kittens way too much and am turning into a crazy cat lady! i feel like i'm in a new age bracket too since i am "mid-twenties"!! haha

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    1. Thanks Angela! Mine were mostly cake, dinosaur, and roaring based - everything I love! :p xxx

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  8. Happy belated birthday!! Ahhh I remember feeling sad when I went into the next age bracket and could no longer get the young persons railcard haha! I haven't been to a homesense - is it worth a visit?
    Looks like you had a great birthday xx

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    1. YES YES YES - go to Homesense. Although maybe take your cards out of your wallet before you go, and only take as much cash with you as you're willing to spend. I don't want to be basically responsible for making you broke.

      Thank you very much for the birthday wishes :) xxx

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  9. Happy happy birthday! You don't look a day over 25! Sounds like you've had a lovely time and I'm envious of your book.
    So... MIC is back is it? What would I do without you to tell me these things? xxx

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    1. Haha thank you! The book is really good- it's pretty cheap on some sites too.
      Have you watched Monday's episode yet? Who knew Victoria could be an (almost) nice person!? xxx

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  10. Welcome to the land of 26! And happy birthday! Yay for scones :)

    Thank you so much for linking up to #TWTWC xx

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    1. Thanks lovely lady :) Going to try and link up more often- just need to get my act together on Sundays rather than spending the afternoon in a roast dinner-induced semi-coma. xxx

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  11. I know it's a few days late but Happy Birthday! Looks like you had a fab day that Batman alarm clock is pretty darn cool. Plus you can never have too much cake on your birthday (or in fact any day really). Enjoy the rest of the year being 26! :-) xxx

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    1. I have no problem with belated birthday wishes- I'm a big fan of stretching the day out as far as I possibly can :p You're totally right about the cake. I only finished the last piece yesterday! xxx

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  12. Birthday twiiiiiin!!! Hope you had a bloody excellent time, although it sure looks like you did. I also have that vintage home book (are we actually LIFE TWINS???) and that alarm clock is genuinely the best thing I've ever seen. Ever. In other news: don't worry about being in a new age bracket. I'm a whole year older (exactly) and I'm nearly dead. Cherish twenty six. Cherish it. xxx

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  13. OHMYGOD - I think we might just be life twins!! You need to get a Batman alarm clock to continue our twinniness. NEED to. I will absolutely cherish it. xxx

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  14. Errrr I am attempting to whizz through the millions (well, 400+) blogposts that I have left abandoned when I was away and ill and HAPPY BLIMMING BELATED BIRTHDAY! looks like you had a load of fun celebrating, huzzah hooray and bazinga!

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    1. Thanks lovely :) It was so much fun! I received another birthday present yesterday, so the celebrations are still going strong! xxx

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  15. Happy (very super late) birthday wishes! Looks like you had a fabby time - the cakes look well nice! Zoe sends you a big birthday kiss mwah!! xx

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    1. Thank you for the birthday wishes, and please thanks Zoe for the kiss- bless her :) xxx

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  16. Oh my gosh, I feel horrible that I missed your birthday. Happy very-belated birthday!! It sounds like you had a wonderful birthday. Stretching your birthday celebrations out to 3 days is always perfect! And those cakes and scones look tasty!

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    1. No worries at all lovely :) The cakes were really tasty. xxx

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