Seven Happy Things #3

Good Sunday afternoon to you all! I spent the majority of the week with the boy, so that has been my main source of happiness this week. Although, I've been in a strange mood for the past two days and haven't really felt like posting anything, so I didn't. I do have a fun filled week of posts for you all next week though, which I am really happy about.

• My Monday was spent taking lots of blog posts and watching Fawlty Towers, if I remember correctly. Not too shabby. 
  
  
• Late night watching of Shrek happened on Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning and it was great. The film was made twice as funny due to me being extremely over tired.
  
  
• I had the most amazing nap on Wednesday afternoon, after an intense morning of cleaning. 
  
  
• Every Thursday there's a quiz in a bar called the Woolshed, it's free to enter and no limit on team sizes. The boy absolutely loves quizzes (he's also really good at them) so we decided we would head along to that. 
  
  
• After a week away, I came home to the pup on Friday and that made me extremely happy because I missed his squishy little face. 
  
  
• Yesterday, the boy and I decided to take the pup somewhere nice for the day. These are my favourite days. 
  
  
• Sunday has rolled around again and today I am happy because I am going to spend the day with my two favourites. 
  
  

I hope you guys have had a lovely week and the weather has been as nice as it has been here, wherever you are. Tomorrow, I am heading up to Dublin to see McBusted so I am extremely excited for that. Do you guys have anything exciting happening in the week ahead? 

Best of Summer Lips

 I seem to be sticking to a Summer Lipstick theme this week. I have had a root through my make up bag and pulled out my favourite summer shades, ready for the coming months. I hope I did okay with the pictures for this post, I tried my best!

Lovesick - Apocaliptic - 110

Revlon ColorBurst Balm in Lovesick - Such a gorgeous bright pink shade. It's easy to apply, definitely the easiest of the three in terms of application. It also lasts the longest. It does have a very distinct peppermint smell though, so just be wary of that.

Rimmel Apocalips in Apocaliptic - This might just be my favourite lip colour that I own. I usually wear this when I have a very nude eye look. It can be quite hard to apply but the doe foot applicator makes it a bit easier. I do find this quite long lasting and it definitely leaves a stain on the lips.

Rimmel Kate Matte Lipstick in 110 - I wore this pretty much exclusively all last summer. It is a lot brighter than the photo above shows but I am absolutely in love with it. It's not the most moisturising lipstick out there but I don't think that would be expected with a matte lipstick. It does tend to pick up any dry parts of your lips so make sure to prep them before you wear this!

Be sure to check out my Summer Lipstick Wishlist and let me know what your favourite summer lip shades are! 

Mint Chocolate Cookies

I was having a particularly off day last Sunday and I decided the only thing that would make it better was a batch of homemade cookies. I love After Eights, I think that's the best way to explain the chocolates I put in these cookies, I picked up a  packet of "Mint Cremes" in Aldi to use in this recipe, you can use any variation you like. I think some plain chocolate chips would also be great in these cookies. I managed to get 12 large cookies from this recipe and I ate the majority of them myself. When I make them again I think I'll hide the chocolates inside the dough as some of the chocolate on the top slightly burnt. Also, don't forget to chill the dough in the fridge for at least an hour, the colder the dough, the bigger the cookie. Happy baking!

Ingredients:

125g butter, softened
200g caster sugar
1 egg
1tsp vanilla extract
125g plain flour
50g cocoa powder
1tsp bicarbonate of/baking soda
3tsp milk
200g After Eight/Mint Cremes

1. Mix together the butter, sugar, egg and vanilla with an electric mixer for 2-3 minutes.

2. Sift in the flour, cocoa powder and baking soda and begin mixing with the wet ingredients. 

3. Add the milk in a tablespoon at a time until the dough begins to form. 

4. Leave to chill in the fridge for at least an hour. 

5. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or grease well with butter. 

6. Take about 2 tablespoons of dough and roll into a ball. Press in your chocolates (I packed as many chocolates as I could into these cookies) and place on your baking sheet.

7.  Bake for 12 minutes. Remove from baking sheet and place on a wire rack to cool! 

Summer Lipstick Wishlist

I've decided to do something a little different for this week's Monday post and share with you my lipstick wishlist for summer. I don't think I included enough coral colours in this post..

1. Revlon Colorburst Matte Balm // Audacious 

2. Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter // Juicy Papaya 

3.  Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick // In Love With Ginger 

4. Bourjois Colour Boost Lip Crayon // Orange Punch

5.  MAC // Lady Danger 

6. Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet Lipstick // Hot Pepper

What lip products will be finding their way into your make up bags this summer?

Seven Happy Things #2

So, we've made to the end of another week. Nothing huge has happened, still the same ol' same ol'. It hasn't been the best of weeks for me, I've spent a lot of it worrying about things that I don't have the power to change, (which I can tell you now has done me no good) and being messed around by the people that can change them. However, I have had some good moments this week and it's only 19 days until Paris, so I've got to keep keeping on!

• Monday was a pretty chill day. I got lots of blog posts written up and had cuddles with the pup.
  
• Brian finished his exams on Monday so Tuesday was a fun filled day! We had lunch at his favourite place, Jam then we went to Rumleys Farm (I took lots of pictures, a post shall be up next week) and we finished our day by going to the Drive-In Cinema to see Bad Neighbours.
  
• Wednesday came to an end on a high note as we got 99s with flakes, my favourite.
  
• Last week, I commented on a Totally Sacha video in which he made a rainbow cake, I asked him a question about eggs. On Thursday, I got an email from him telling me that he was unable to reply to my Youtube comment so he tracked down my email address. I just thought this was the nicest thing ever and I got the answer to my question about eggs.
  
• Friday evening I had the boy's apartment to myself, so I made myself something yum for dinner, (salmon and couscous) had a major pamper sesh and snuggled up on the couch to watch the Graham Norton Show (which if you follow me on Twitter, you will know I enjoyed immensely)
  
• Yesterday morning, I had tea and toast in bed with the boy while watching Gilmore Girls.
  
• Aaaand, it's Sunday again. More food and Gilmore Girls. (Sunday will never be exciting, I'm sorry.)

What have been your highlights of this week?