wedding bells

I'm getting married!!!

 The evening when we got engaged, just before the family get-together.

My engagement ring. A white gold and rhodium plated original cluster of diamonds from 1933. This ring was his grandmothers (who kindly let him have it) who got it from her step-mother. It was originally gold with thick claws, Chris designed this for me.

On 15th November 2010, Christopher Ian Robert Tofts proposed to me.  On my birthday, in bed, just after I woke up. Bloody hell he must love me. I looked a state; my hair was ginger (hair-dye disaster the week before), I had smudged mascara all over my face, my hair was a mess and I was bleary eyed. ( a funny memory I have is that just after he proposed, I looked down at my nails and was shocked! I jumped out of bed and gave myself a little manicure before I could see people and show off my ring!)But it was perfect. I said 'yes' of course and we've now been engaged for nearly three years! 

We've been close to organising and booking our wedding before but lack of money, different ideas and the thought of organising it stopped us. But now, we're serious. It's been a crazy tough year and we've ben through a lot, and still going through but we are stronger than ever and more in love than ever. When you go through bad things it makes you realise how much you love someone and the thought of being without them scares you to death. I love Chris and always want to be with him, it's a simple as that. 

Us.

So now, I can announce that on Saturday 24th May we shall be getting married. A low key family orientated relaxed ceremony followed by a bloody big party! I cannot wait to be Mrs Tofts and share the rest of my life with the person I love the most. 

The Red Arrows

A lot of people have found this very difficult the believe, but until last month, I had never seen The Red Arrows in action. Part of the RAF, the Red Arrows do flying performances which are truly out of this world.

It was Fowey Royal Regatta last month and I headed to the Red Arrows performance. I drove for about 1/2 an hour, que'd for a lot longer and paid a fiver to get to a field. But it wasn't just any field. Oh no, it was a field in the little village of Polruan and the view was breathtaking; looking down the estuary towards the sea with a birds-eye view of Fowey harbour and town. Also, the weather was just,perfect. I was a race against time but I made it with 30 seconds to spare, and The Red Arrows (of course) were spot on time. For 25 minutes I was utterly amazed, stood there mouth wide open. The 9 planes were exceptional in their routine, always keeping you thinking whats coming next. They drew hearts in the sky, flew towards each other until the last second and flew right above the crowd-noisy! From my vantage point, The planes were flying right next to me and I could literally see inside the cock-pit to see the pilots face!

I don't think I've felt as excited as I was on this evening for a long time and am definitely going to make it a tradition to go to next year, although next time I'll be armed with a BBQ and bottles of vino.

Today, a little roundup.

Today consisted of a trip to Truro (the 'capital' of Cornwall for you non-Cornish folk) spending way too much money. Although my lovely fiance did treat me to a lovely pair or wellies from Joules (droooool). Eating gelato and drinking coffee and going for a walk in Probus with the doggy.

Pretty good day off if you ask me.

cornwall | polgooth inn.

'Twas a beautiful Saturday afternoon and I ventured down to the pretty little village o Polgooth, near St Austell. I'd never been there before, but on arrival I was pleasantly surprised to find a quaint little country pub overlooking countryside and a lake. Perfect.

Inside was ever so snug. Wood burners in every corner, comfy corner sofas & tables and old cosy decoration. They even supply blankets to borrow to sit outside with if you're feeling chilly! What a lovely touch :)

The food was incredible. For a local pub it was exceptional. Good value and delicious. I had the goats cheese & caramelized red onion marmalade on bread for starter then sausage and onion sandwich and it was truly the best pub grub I've ever had. (I've also been back since and had the duck salad-yummy!)

I was we'll impressed and will be going back for sure, especially seen as its a doggy friendly pub! Love finding these cute country pubs in Cornwall.

a few cornish days #4

• Exploring the doggy walks around our new house
• Got my contact lenses back! 'Oh hello eyes!'
• Trip to Penzance on the train
• New walking boots
• A day out at Porthcurnick beach & The Hidden Hut. Beautiful.
• New summers drink? Fosters 'radler' YUM! Lager with cloudy lemonade.
• Homemade sausage,tomato,chickpea & bean casserole with mash
• New sofas have finally arrived!

Cornish Beauty.

a few cornish days #3

These photos sum up the past few days of my life. Here are a some words that do the same.....
Sick
Roast
New house
Moving
Phil in the garden
Tissues
Tulips
Poorly
New view
Snot
Shabby shic
Sick
Sister
Papas birthday

And I have lived in my pjs for the past 4 days due to this plague. Yep, you guessed it. I've work no bra for 4 days. My breasts have now lowered 2 inches. Lush.

Cornish Beauty.

cornwall | gwithian downs.

Recently, my grandmother has gone to stay in a nursing home in cornwall. It's been a tough time for all the family, completely heartbreaking in fact. But I think (hope) the right decision has been made and that she & my grandfather are happier as a result. The nursing home is in south cornwall, about 20 miles from me but I see her atleast once a week and enjoy taking my grandfather there. My normal routine is to take Phoenix with me, drop my grandfather off with my grandmother, take the dog for a long walk and then see them after. It's great to take advantage of this as the nursing home is set in the most beautiful location; overlooking downs and farms and behind it, sand dunes leading to a huge beach. It also gives my grandparents time together without me :)

Here are some photos of Mothers Day last week when me & Chris enjoyed an arctic walk with the doggy to the beach.

Cornish Beauty.

cornish beauty loves.

There a rather a lot of things that I am loving at the moment. Here are a few....

• Avocado on toast. YUM. I am pretty obsessed with avocado and eat it with anything; sardines, salad and in fact, on its own. I'm really pushing myself to eat healthier and due to recent health problems, this is now a MUST rather than a WANT. I use soya & linseed bread, toasted with a small amount of olive oil spread with mashed avocado note top. A little bit of black pepper as there you have it. Perfection.

• Whilst were on the subject of good, here is another recent find. 'Nakd' fruit bars. Now, I was in Sainsburys shopping for a pack of cereal bars, saw these and bought them. On arrival home I looked at the back and saw words like 'raw' 'fruit' 'dates' and thought 'What the fuck?!' Turns out these little beauties are organic, vegan natural raw fruit bars, NOT cereal bars. Bugger. But I tried one all the same and I am in love! The ingredients are as follows:
40% Dates
40% Cashews
14% Raisins
5% Cocao
Plus some natural orange flavouring.
I'm am still in shock. I hate dates and raisins and never ever eat them. Yet I love this bar. Can't wait to try some more. Thank you Nakd.

• Dining table & Chairs. I am excited. We're moving house on Monday and on Sunday I'm picking up this beautiful table and chairs. Which I will make even more beautiful by shabby chicing it up :) after hours of (pleasurable) research I've discovered the secret to making furniture all distressed and shabby chic looking. ANNIE SLOANE. I will be doing a dedicated post on Annie Sloane paint when I do the job next week but for now let's just say, heaven. A woman after my own heart who makes shabby chic so freaking easy. Can't wait to let loose on this table and chairs it will look perfect. I've just been to B&Q and I'm now armed with paintbrushes, sand paper and dust sheets. Watch out.

• My new Filofax. As an organised freak, I've always been a fan of Filofaxes. My dad bought me a mega expensive A5 Italian leather Filofax organiser a few years ago and I love it but I've been on the look out for something slightly smaller and compact. Filofaxes arnt the cheapest but you pay for quality. I ended up with the 'Apex' personal size pink organiser. On the Filofax website these are retailing for around £25 but somehow I stumbled across this in my local Sainsburys for £8!!!! Amazing. Very happy with it.

• Finally, you will notice a picture of a rather nice bottom down below. I'm very sad to tell you that this isn't my bottom, nor so I think ill ever have one quite as lovely. Nevertheless, I have jumped on board for this challenge. Again ill do a separate post as I'm quite thrilled with te recent new bloggers/YouTubers I've discovered. But for the minute this is the 30 day squat challenge to tone legs and bums. Hmmmm well see.


Hope you've enjoyed this post. I dot think I've mentioned it yet (haha ;)) but were moving house next week so I'm gonna be pretty busy but stay tuned for blog posts and photos on the LUSH new house! Happy, happy, happy!

Cornish Beauty.