Homemaker

Have you ever heard of Stumbleupon.com? It's this great site that uses parameters set by you to find random sites on the internets that might interest you. I keep getting a lot of baking and craft websites that are making me feel all homemaker-y.

So, yesterday I bit the bullet and bought 10 pounds worth of baking supplies (flour, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, baking soda, and baking powder) as well as a cake pan. And I made a cake, of course. A simple white cake with NUTELLA! The original recipe was for cupcakes, which probably would've worked a lot better, but cupcake tins are expensive.... the cake still turned out really yummily and I'm already starting to think about what I want to make next- I think banana bread because I have a lot of bananas ripening in my cupboard at the moment :) What a great snack to have with tea, right? yummm

Also on the schedule for this weekend:

Natalie, one of my best friends from Scripps who also lives in Seattle, is visiting me! She's studying abroad at the London School of Economics for the entire year. We've already been shopping in the charity shops on the main street next to the University. I didn't buy anything but she found a nice vintage fur coat for only 30 pounds. I love how cheap Edinburgh can be!

We're going to go to the library tomorrow when it opens to get stuff DONE and then see what happens. Robbie and a flat mate Charlie are hosting a roast dinner tomorrow night. I keep offering to bring things and getting shot down for my dishes not being "roast-y enough." SO I'm just gonna show up and eat.

Monday I have class, but only for an hour, and Natalie doesn't leave until Monday night so I have no idea what we're going to do! I think I'll probably take her to the National Museum- it's free and I haven't even been there yet.

What a fun, sexy time for me (that's a TBTL reference, btw)...xxx

LeeAnn

Even More Fantabulous

So, Saturday night definitely lived up to its potential to be awesome. Megan, Sam, Alice, and I carved pumpkins and pre-gamed then I went over to some other friends' flat (they were all dressed as lions- so cute!) before finally going to Mark and Barney's for their Halloween party. It was super fun- their flat is beautiful and they decorated it really nicely. All in all, a great night.

Sunday morning rolled around and I woke up at 10:20, realizing that because of the end (or the beginning?) of daylight savings it was only 9:20! So, I went to the store to get eggs and made a super delicious scramble with onions, bell peppers and goat cheese, and a kiwi and banana fruit salad. SO GOOD!

At 12, I went to the library which is when it opens, even though that seems really really late to me. I got a lot of work done and then came back to my flat to chill/take a break. On my way back, some older business man just started talking to me, even though I obviously had my headphones in and then gave me his card and told me if I emailed him, he would buy me a drink. It was a pretty random experience, when I all wanted to do was go home and watch some 30 Rock...

Around 7, I went over to Alice, Zoe, Katie, and __'s flat because they invited me to go out with them in their lion pride since last night was actually Halloween. I did the whole 9 yards: tail, ears, face paint, teased hair- people over here are really into face paint, as I discovered. A costume really isn't considered complete unless it includes face paint. So, we got ready and then headed over to this club, Lava Ignite, aka Cav, which was super fun! It was a huge club: the bottom floor was chart singles and the upper floor (which may or may not have been the top floor but I think I was advised never to go on the top floor- the British floor-numbering system is different so sometimes I get a little confused) was cheese, another popular British tradition. It was basically music from past decades, like boy bands and rock, etc. Sarah and I went back to her flat, where it took me ages to get the face paint off. YUCK! It also took me TWO shampoos to get all the hairspray out of my hair.

I woke up super hungry this morning and wasn't really sure what I had to eat in my flat, but then the song Tomato Soup by The Lonely Forest came on and I realized that I had tomato soup! So, I'm going to go eat now, and will hopefully be posting some lion pictures soon.

LeeAnn.xx