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Hey guys!

So the past couple days I've just been trying to relax and have a little me time hence the lack of yesterdays post.  It's important sometimes to just take a little time out and rejuvenate.  Alas the pull of my blog has drawn me in and I decided I wanted to share with you guys anyway.  I've not really got anything prepared for this post so I thought I'd just shamelessly plug all my other social media outlets.  I don't really post on some of them but I'm working on it - twitter being a prime example.  I just don't have followers so I don't really post, but if I share with all of you lovelies hopefully that will change.

So here we go guys - if you didn't know already here is a list of all my social media:

Twitter: @robynisabella_x

Vine: robynisabella

YouNow: robynisabella (I haven't used this yet but I think I might start broadcasting tomorrow - so far it looks like mostly younger kids but hey ho why not!?)

So I thinkkk that is everything!  I'll probably put a few of them into my description bar for a later date but yeah you should all go follow me!

Sorry for the sucky post and lack of time keeping so far this week.  Back to normal tomorrow and I'll try have more organised for next week!  Love you all!

robynisabella x

Friend Time!

Hey guys!

The other day I had a fabulous day with my friends.  They are the best friends I could ask for but unfortunately we don't get to see each other very much because we all have busy work schedules and live miles away from one another.  Thankfully everything managed to fall into place the other day and we were able to meet up for dinner and some drinks.  Tune in on Friday for the dinner scoop.  

The day started off with us all meeting up in Glasgow because it is the best place for us to meet and there is lots to do in the city.  First off we went for dinner then moved straight onto a little shooter bar called Tingle.  Tingle is great because the drinks are £1 and shots are only £1.50 but it does get really busy and it's usually pretty hard to find a seat.  We stayed there for a couple of hours but before we left we asked the bar girl to give us her recommended shot.  She gave us a 'mint areo' which is a mix of some mint liqueur and irish creme but oh my goodness this thing is so delicious it tastes exactly like a mint areo - I would hihgly recommend it!  

We decided to move onto a place called Walkabout just for old times sake.  We all met at college studying Travel and Tourism and every Thursday our class would go on a night out to Walkabout together.  We called it 'College Thursdays' haha!  It was actually really great and I think it was the reason our class bonded so well.  We only had the one fishbowl there because the prices seemed high after £1 drinks so we retreated back to tingle.  

We also spent some time in House of Fraser looking at all the makeup and drooling over the expensive brands which you will have seen on Monday.  We were particularly impressed with how smooth and soft the NARS blush was.  I totally forgot to try out some of the testers of the NARS foundation which I'm really annoyed about because that means I'll have to go up again haha!

Overall we had a great wee day out and it was amazing catching up with my gals.  What did you get up to this Wednesday?  

robynisabella x

Temptation

Hey guys!

Today I was up in the city and as always I decided to head into House of Frasers to drool over all the makeup that I just can't afford.  I was with two of my best girlfriends and we had an all round great wee day together.  I didn't actually buy anything but I took a couple of snaps and I thought I would let you guys drool over it all too!

I know I didn't take too many but if you want to see more from me head on over to vine!  I took quite a few today - my username is robynisabella .  What was your favourite from above?

robynisabella x

Food Friday at Last!

Hey guys!

So here we are as promised a lovely Food Friday Saturday!  Originally this post was going to be about the dinner me and my boyfriend had on our anniversary but tonight me and my mum went to the same place for dinner again so I'll add a little of that in at the end.

On the day of our anniversary me and my boyfriend had a really lazy day just enjoying each others company which was great but all of a sudden it was 9pm and we hadn't even thought about where to go for dinner.  If we were in the city this wouldn't have been an issue but in my small town most places close at nine or ten.  We rushed along to the closest Frankie and Benny's and guiltily asked for a table for two.  I really hate going into a restaurant late at night.  You just know they are wishing you had stayed in so they could finish up and go home haha!  Anyway we decided to skip starters and go for mains and desserts for a change.

Alan decided to go for the lasagne which looked lovely!  If it had been me that had ordered it I would have hoped for a complimentary side salad but it just came plain.  He wasn't complaining though!

I decided to go for a special avocado pizza - but I don't really like avocado so I switched it for tomato.  I know that seems a bit strange but I liked the sound of the rest of the pizza which is why I went for it over just a plain margherita.  In hindsight I would probably just go for a plain pizza.  It's not that I didn't enjoy this one I just preferred the bits with less balsamic and less cress.  It does look pretty though.

We decided to get a side of chips for us to share which were really delicious.  I love fries I could eat them with everything haha!

By the time we had gotten through all of that it was actually five to ten and the restaurant shut at ten.  The girl was very polite and asked if we wanted anything else (remember we had planned to get pudding) but we decided to leave them to it and let them finish up.  I made us some banoffee waffles when we get home which were actually amazing if I do say so myself!  All in all it was a great wee night and despite being last minute we did have a lovely dinner.

Tonight my mum and I went for pretty much the same things as one another.  We started with some garlic bread to share.  When they offered it I was expecting the usual garlic bread you get but it came out like a pizza which made me so excited because that is my absolute favourite kind of garlic bread.  Any garlic bread is good in my book (more garlicy the better) but this pizza kind is the best.

We both got a burger each.  My mum went for a black and blue burger that looked fantastic!  If I ate meat I would have possibly tried it but the idea of blue cheese just grosses me out haha!  I went for the Mediterranean vegetable burger.  I didn't leave a picture because it pretty much just looked the same as my mums but a little less spectacular.   

We decided to treat ourselves and both got ice cream sundays that were so nice but so sickening at the same time.  They had malteasers and marshmallows mixed through with whipped cream on top and honestly looked amazing.  It wasn't until we were half way through eating them that I realise I hadn't snapped a pic!  Just goes to show how good they looked - we just couldn't wait!

I had a really great time both nights that I went out with my little family.  It's important to spend time with the people you love outside of everyday life.  Did you guys have a good Food Friday?

robynisabella x

I got nominated!

Hey guys!

It's 'What's On Wednesday' and today I have something a little different for you guys!  I was recently nominated for the Liebster award by Accio Victoria and Ciara Rose who both have lovely blogs that you should head over and check out.

The rules go as follows:

1. Link back and thank the person who nominated you.

2. List 11 facts about yourself.

3. Answer the 11 questions given to you by the person who nominated you.

4. Nominate 5-11 blogs/bloggers who have 200 followers or less & give them 11 questions of your choice.

5. Notify your nominees & give them a link back to your post!

11 facts about me (these were harder to come up with than they should have been):

1.  I am nearly 21.

2.  I am Scottish.

3.  I have 4 pets - a cat, a bunny, a dog and a fish.

4.  I love online gaming.

5.  I have a baby brother.

6.  I have only recently started building on my 'designer' makeup collection.

7.  I have really long hair - I don't know what to do with it most of the time.

8.  I get mini panic attacks quite a lot.

9.  Half of my family lives on the other side of the world.

10.  I don't have tv in the traditional sense - only on my xbox and online.

11.  I love 'home' products.  Like my favourite aisles in the supermarket are in the home section.

I was obviously nominated by two lovely ladies so I will pick and choose the questions I would like to answer from each of them.

1.  Who are your top five favourite bloggers?

My top five favourite bloggers in no particular order are Zoella, Anna Saccone-Joly, Sprinkle of Glitter, VelvetGh0st and theycallmeredhead.

2.  Who is your celebrity role model/fashion icon?

I think it would probably be Zoe Sugg - I don't know if she counts as a real celebrity but I would say she does.  I think she is just so lovely and she puts a smile on my face every day - I admire that.

3.  Why did you decide to start blogging?

I don't really know why I did.  I just felt drawn to it like it was something I had to try out for myself and so far I love it.  I like sharing things with you guys and I think my blog is the perfect platform to do so.

4.  What is your favourite season?

My favourite season would have to be Autumn.  I really like autumn colours and I like the cold crisp air and the fashion and just everything.  Autumn suits me well and I feel the most comfortable around Autumn I think - it would be Winter if it didn't rain so much!

5.  What is one item of makeup that you could not live without?

For me it would probably be my mascara.  I mean I feel like I need all my makeup when I go out but if I could only pick one item out of everything I think it would be mascara.  I have pretty stubby eyelashes and when I put mascara on it seems to just brighten up my whole face - so yeah!

6.  Where is your favourite place to eat?

Absolutely without a doubt at home haha!  I really hate eating in front of people and I feel like when I eat in public people could be watching me and I have to eat 'properly'.  Just me in the house by myself? Great!  I love just sitting all relaxed with a plate of food and some netflix - no cares in the world haha!  (My favourite food type is Italian though).

7.  Heels or flats?

On everyone else - heels.  On myself definitely flats.  I wish wish wish I could pull off a pair of heels but unfortunately I can't walk in them to save my life.  I used to try and fall a lot and now I just save myself the public humiliation.  On a night out I will occasionally put on a pair of wedges but even then I teeter about like a fool.

8.  What is your favourite TV series?

Game of Thrones.  Love it.  If you don't watch it I seriously suggest you start.

9.  If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life what would you eat?

It's a tie between pasta or potatoes.  So healthy.  I have seen a good answer to this before though which was salad because salad can be anything - potato salad, tomato salad, pasta salad... it goes on.

10.  If you could live in any fantasy world where would you live?

Probably the world in the avatar movie but before the humans come along and ruin everything.

11.  What is your favourite film and why?

This is possibly the hardest question because there are way too many and I just love films.  Probably going to go with Black Beauty because I loved it as a kid and I still love it now.  Crying begins at the opening scene and doesn't end until the end credits.  Seriously.  I cry at the start when he is happy just because I know that he is going to get sad.  It's a real cry fest.

My nominees:

1.  Aesthetical

2.  Affraic&Lana

3.  CosySocks

4.  MartaMeetsWorld

5.  hello, treacle

Here are my 11 questions for you!

1.  Where did your blog inspiration come from?

2.  How long have you been blogging for?

3.  What is your favourite food?

4.  Where is your favourite place to visit?

5.  What is your favourite book?

6.  What is your favourite TV show?

7.  What is your favourite brand of makeup?

8.  What is more important to you - hair or makeup?

9.  If you could only grab one item from your room before leaving it forever what would it be?

10.  If you had to pick between a big night out or a cosy night in what would you pick?

11.  What is your dream job?

Thank you all for reading this post - it was actually a lot harder than I thought it was going to be!  If any of you lovely nominees do this leave me a comment and I'll hop over and check out your post!

robynisabella x

I seen that Liebster award picture floating around on a couple of other peoples posts.  I don't know who's it is to credit - if it's yours let me know and I will credit you in this post!

Home Made Tomato Soup

Hey guys!

We have made our way round to a 'Food Friday' which is quite self explanatory.  Every Friday I will post a food related post for you guys.  My topics are quite loose so this section could really vary in content.  As long as it is food related it will happily fit in my 'Food Friday' section.  Food might seem a bit of a strange choice to pair with 'Makeup Mondays' but as you all know - this is a blog about the things I love most and honestly food is my life.  I think about food all the time and I think it should feature on my little corner of the internet. 

Today I tried to make a home made tomato soup.  I scrounged through our cupboards and we had all the ingredients so I thought why not give it a bash? 

I found the recipe in this cook book my mum bought me for my eighteenth birthday.  I'll include pictures of the actual recipe at the end of this post for any of you that would like to try it yourself.  The little rabbit there is a paper weight which will feature throughout this post - helping me hold open pages and just looking pretty cute.

This recipe actually didn't take many ingredients at all which I was quite pleased with when I gathered them all up.  I think the tomatoes are supposed to be whole and I was supposed to then chop them up but I don't have any and I figured chopped tomatoes would do just as well.  I was also only making half the recipe suggested because I was making a serving for just me (I still have some left over) and this recipe makes enough for four.

Towards the final stages the recipe has you strain the mixture to remove the tomato skins and seeds then it tells you to add the basil and a few other things.  I did as instructed but personally I would have added the basil before because I think the soup looks nice at this stage but with pieces of basil floating around it isn't quite as appealing.  I also found that my liquid was very watery compared to the picture in the book and I think if I were to have it again I would perhaps blend the entire mixture rather than strain it so that it would retain some of that thickness from the pulp.

Click the above pics to enlarge them.

The final bowl of soup actually tasted pretty good - perhaps a little acidic for my tastes and I would maybe add in a splash of cream to cancel that out - but over all it went down well.  I hope you guys liked this post!  If you did leave a comment and possibly follow for more from me next week!

What's your favourite recipe to make?

robyniasbella x

Blog Post Disaster!

Hey guys!

I hope you have all had a lovely day!  The sun was shining here in Scotland and for once it was actually quite warm!  Today is a 'What's On Wednesday' which basically means I get to talk to you guys about whatever takes my fancy.  It's sort of like a get out of jail free card because there are no boundaries here.  Well, so I thought!  It turns out that leaving myself a 'free' day is actually quite a difficult spot to fill - there are so many options and possibilities that my mind scrambled around for a few days and eventually ran up dry.  I know, I hear you guys - but you only just started - this is your first What's On Wednesday ever!  I think that's what made it so hard.  

So anyway - fast forward a bit and I end up in a lovely sea side neighbouring town and suddenly an idea struck me.  Why don't I take pictures of the pretty sea side view and tell everyone about my lovely day out?  Sounds simple right?  Wrong.  So there I was snapping away (slightly embarrassed by people watching me do so) and soon after I popped myself on the train quite pleased with myself.

Fast forward about seven hours later and I have just sat down to edit these 'lovely' photos that I took.  But wait - my iphone decided that actually all of my pictures would be blurry, very poor quality and lack any real substance.  Lesson to self - don't leave blog editing until ten o'clock at night to then realise you have no content and pretty much - no blog post.

So that leaves us here - me sitting typing while trying to think of something lovely to post... I suppose I better do better next Wednesday.  Have a picture of my cat looking cute in the background.  I took this picture the other day but I'm going to use it now and pretend I just took it - see what I did there?  Genius.

Did you guys do anything today?  I hope your day went better than mine!

robynisabella x