Bad Blogger

Yes I admit it, I have been such a bad blogger the last time I posted was November! That is just ridiculous I am very ashamed.

Do I have any excuse for this atrocious behaviour?! Um not really to be honest. In fairness there were a couple of months there I wasn't really very happy, no real cause I was just extremely down I didn't really have any motivation to do anything. Also I subscribed to Netflix and that takes up a lot of my spare time. But I have picked myself and realised I really missed blogging. I don't know if anyone even reads this but I enjoy having a vaguely creative outlet in my life. My job is quite stressful and it can be a lot of responsibility sometimes so I need something completely different to do on my days off..

There have been some changes in my life. I moved out in December to a gorgeous apartment in South Belfast with a friend. That could be another reason why I haven't blogged much, I spend all my money on rent and food so haven't have any new beauty items to write about. I plan to do a little house tour post for you all soon so stay tuned.

I have also taken up jogging following the Couch to 5km plan and surprisingly I am actually enjoying it. Since turning 25 I'd been having a good hard look at my life and I've realised I am the fattest and most unfit I ever been and something needed to change. Hence starting jogging. I am actually really proud myself I'm almost
finished week 4 and this is the longest I've ever stuck to some form of exercise programme.

On that note you might notice a change to my blogging content. I will definitely still be doing beauty and fashion posts but I want my blog to be more of an overview of my life. I'm currently going through a lifestyle overhaul and want to share it with you all. So please stick with me

Sorry again for my long absence, but I'm back baby!

S xx

Queen of Westros

Hello, my dears. Sorry for the long spell without posts. To be honest my life has been pretty boring at the minute so I've had nothing to write about.  This is just a quick post about a delightful evening I had with one of my good friends Jenna.

I am a huge fan of the HBO show Game of Thrones, a very basic outline is that there are several families within in the fictional land of Westros battling for the Iron Throne and the right to rule. There are dragons, beheddings, scary zombie things. Hot men, beautiful woman and political intrigue. The costumes are wonderful and the scenery is magnificent. A lot of it was shot in here in Northern Ireland so I love trying to figure out where certain scenes have been filmed.

In honour of this a Game of Thrones exhibition was held in the Titanic building in Belfast and my fabulous friend got us tickets. Even better was the fact tickets were free!

So I got my glad rags on and hurried down on a rainy Thursday evening to claim my rightful place on the Iron Throne.

(Top) I will take what is mine with fire and blood! (Left) Me with Cersei's costume, Lena Headley has a teeny, tiny waist (Middle) Champion archer at the Battle of Blackwater (Right) The beautiful Jenna

It took about thirty minutes to wander around the exhibit, it wasn't massive and if I had to pay for a ticket I probably would have been disappointed. But it was good fun and the best bit was getting pictures on the Iron Throne. I tried (and failed) at doing my best HBIC face but I definitely think I suit being there. Or maybe the power has just gone to my head.

Afterwards we went to The Galley restaurant for dinner. This is an adorable little bistro on the Belfast Barge down by the Waterfront The food is ah-maz-ing, I had a lovely goat's cheese salad with some homemade bread and Jenna had the club sandwich with chips. It's quite reasonably priced but the true selling point is the location. Floating on the Lagan it really shows off the beauty of Belfast.

Deep in thought while waiting for dinner

Of course no girls night out would be complete without cocktails so we hauled ourselves over to Alley Cat on Church Lane for their tea cup cocktails.

I highly recommend the Cup of Joe and Stray Dog, they are yummy. So that was my fun little night out. Sorry for the photo heavy post but I actually remembered to take pictures so I figured I might as well use them.

I hope you all have a better week than the Starks

Love

Sx

Websites of interest

Titanic Belfast

Alley Cat

Belfast Barge and Galley Cafe

Meat feasts and Belfast punks

When  I first started this blog I originally intended to write about fashion, beauty and things to do in Belfast. But as I have still not been paid I haven't bought any new clothes or beauty products to blog about, and since starting the new job I have been so tired all the time I've turned in a bit of a hermit. Hence this blog has turned into a bit of random, free for all in terms of content.

But yesterday me and my good friend Siobhan decided to have a little date day. We really wanted to try a new restaurant in Belfast city centre called Bubbacue. It has been open for about six months and I have heard nothing but good reports so we thought we should suss it out for ourselves to see what all the fuss is about.

Well oh my God, it was amazing. Even thinking about it now I am drooling. The idea of Bubbacue is to serve slow roasted meats with traditional Deep South sides. It is definitely working, Siobhan and I arrived at about 2.30 and there was a queue out the door already. Bubbacue do not take table bookings so you just have to show up and hope for a seat. Luckily the queue moved pretty quickly and within about ten minutes we had ordered and were sitting waiting not too patiently.

Homemade lemonade and amazing sauces

I intended to ordered the BBQ chicken platter but the waitress informed me they had run out of chicken and it would be half an hour before anymore would be ready. My starving belly protested having to wait so I decided to go with the side of ribs with cornbread, coleslaw, mac and cheese and fries. I think my stomach may have be ruling my mind because it was obscene amount of food. 

Siobhan ordered the pulled pork platter with the same sides as me. After a short wait our food arrived and I'll let the picture speak for it's self.

Pretty sure that's an entire cow on my plate

It was absolutely beautiful. All the flavours really complemented each other and the meat was cooked to absolute perfection. Bubbacue have three homemade sauces to choose from. My favourite was the Memphis, a slightly sweet BBQ sauce that went really well with the ribs.

We stuffed our faces, Siobhan had to pop a button on her jeans and I had to take off my belt. After eating we had to go back to Siobhan's house so she could collect her glasses. We had cinema tickets for 7 o'clock so decided to chill out for a couple of hours at her house. We settled down to watch a couple of episodes of Community and both promptly feel asleep. I tell you this there nothing better than an afternoon nap after a big meal.

That evening we went to the cinema to see Good Vibrations a semi autobiographical movie based on the life of  'Belfast's Godfather or Punk' Mr Terri Hooley. Terri Hooley is the man who discovered the Undertones and was a tour de force in Belfast's underground punk scene during the Troubles.

I loved this movie, a lot of it was filmed in Belfast so I recognised some of the places. I was born slightly after the worst of the Troubles so it was very interesting to see how it was back then and how dangerous Belfast really was. I am happy to say we have definitely moved on quite a bit since then.

I highly, highly recommend this movie to everyone. A must see!

On that note I shall leave you all with sublime Undertone's classic Teenage Kicks

Ciao
S x