the happy little world of miss ktp!

Well in the cleaning sense of the word anyway. Adam & I had a spare weekend so decided to tackle the coal shed & all it's contents. It's the first time since moving in that we actually tidied it out properly. There was loads of junk in there including loads of sheets of broken glass from the previous owners & now it's all spick & span. We must have the tidiest Coal Shed in London! After spending the morning moving boxes around & labelling things up correctly we took all the extra boxes that were half full back into the house to pack them properly (it was way to cold to do it outside). At this point we realised it was lunch time, had no food in the house & neither of us could be bothered to go & pick something up. That's when good old Papa Johns came to our rescue! I'd weighed myself that morning to find I'd lost 5lbs in 3weeks, yay, so I kinda celebrated with this pizza which I found out is 230calories PER SLICE! Argh! Ah well got an...

I knew there'd b e stress as part I this wedding planning malarkey but I didn't think finding a date to hold my hen party would be one of them. the Gin Sin cocktail that helped me through! M.O.H Anna has been trying her best to see if she can juggle dates around so as not to stress me out but she finally sent an SOS text the other day. After a lot of flapping Adam suggested I set up a spreadsheet with all the dates between now & the wedding to see who could do what & guess what?! She was right. I don't have one weekend where all my bridesmaids are free (don't even get me started on time to go dress shopping!). So I have 2 options: a) I have to pick a date when I know one person can't make it :-( & how on earth do I choose who misses out? b) I hold a belated one in October - set the date now & if people can't make it then then it's tough? I think I've made a choice which one it's going to be but I can't believe it...

After a lovely long lie on Sunday I headed into town to go to the Alternative Wedding Fair . I'd got free tickets through OMG I'm Getting Married so couldn't refuse! It was held at the Piccadilly Institute which was a great venue - with rooms with names like Noir, Clinic & Fruitbox there was no doubt it wouldn't be fun! The fashion show ran a bit late but it didn't disappoint. There were outfits by Anissa Lee who's dresses were made entirely out of paper & looked stunning &  Elisabeth Armstrong's dresses were beautiful. (see photos "Amy B," "Ribbons&Roses" & "Lucy C" (l-r in a clockwise direction)  I had a look around the stalls & picked at some lovely bits of cake as well as the free canapes & open bar! Can't be bad! On my way home on the tube I was going through my bag of goodies & came across a bonbon sized ball wrapped in cellophane. I un-wrapped it & popped it in my mouth to find i...

new houses, new babies, birthdays & weddings. Wow what a weekend! Think I managed to tick most topics off this weekend. We woke up on Saturday morning to no water thanks to a burst water main. We both needed to get ready to head out for the day so we popped down to Asda to use their loos & clean our teeth! Thankfully no one came in on me otherwise it would have been very difficult not to look homeless! Our first stop was to go & see Becca & PJ's new house. They'd only moved in last weekend but we still managed to have a lovely ploughman's type lunch sitting around a slightly too small table with miss-matched chairs. That's what it's all about! They've found a really lovely house & it's going to look fab when they've put their own mark on it & got it all sorted. Another of our mates Andrew & Alison lived about 20min away & they were throwing a Welcome party for their new baby Sophie. It was lovely to see Emhen & NatNa...

After a very early wake up on Wednesday at 4am I jumped on a plane & headed to Berlin to see Bread&Butter, the 2nd & last trade fair till the summer. Once at Berlin I usually step out of the airport, wait for a taxi to pop up & 20min later I'm at the show. This time it didn't run quite so smoothly & it took over an hour thanks to the taxi queue above.  It all started quite orderly, then as people got more & more fed up instead of waiting patiently anyone & everyone jumped in the nearest car which was frustrating but actually cleared the queue quicker! Most of the journey was quite stop/start with heavy traffic & my driver tried to be helpful by taking a detour down some side streets but we ended up stuck behind a dustbin lorry! The theme of the show was music & all about pushing past the 10 to get to an 11 (it's the 11th year of Bread&Butter). I was surprised how busy the show was, I thought there'd be fewer people travelling...

& a Saturday morning. After a busy week for both Adam (working all day & night for a pitch) & I (various meetings & a trip to Florence) so this weekend we had the best lazy time! Adam isn't one for a lie in (much to my dismay usually!) but after a rather hectic week we ended up not getting up till 2:30pm! Bliss! We'd decided to sleep in the spare room in case downstairs woke us up Saturday morning. This worked to our advantage though cos when we woke up we realised we had the x-box & tv ready so we grabbed a film & a cuppa & lounged around. We watched Lars & The Real Girl ( a fab film if you've not seen it, weird but fab!). My stomach was what finally got us up though & I set off to get us Subway for an afternoon snack. We spent the rest of the time having a good old spring clean before heading out for dinner on our way to stay at Adam's parents. Jill & Keith are due to move house at the end of the month so Adam keeps popping b...

January brings trade fairs & this week was the first - Pitti Uomo in Florence. I flew from London City Airport seeing how easy it was last time. I love the fact you just walk off the DLR & you're at check in! It doesn't even seem like an airport, some of the security staff could do with cheering up a bit though, but hey can't win 'em all! Cos so many business people travel though here there were electric sockets everywhere to keep my iPhone topped up while I passed time on Bloglovin before take off. I arrived in beautiful Florence on Tuesday afternoon & once I'd dumped my bags I headed straight for my first taste of the fair & to get an overview of AW12/13. Don't be fooled by the blue skies & sunshine though it was freeeeeezing! I'd checked the temperature before leaving that morning & seen it was supposed to be about 12 degrees so left my thicker coat in favour of my leather jacket. Yoink! There were so many blog...

but he's my geek! I found these photos on my netbook the other day of Adam getting engrossed in the latest Fifa game in HMV last summer. He's like a kid - one minute he's standing right next to me, the next he's scurried off to play games with the big boys! Thankfully there's not been much in the gaming world recently but I've been warned it's all going to kick off again in March so better make the most of it before then! Also better get a few box sets lined up ready! Think I'll start on Chuck Season 3. Ttfn x

This weekend Adam & I celebrated our 5 th year together & also our 1 st engagement anniversary. If you missed all the excitement about how he popped the big question last year have a look here . After a pretty busy/stressful week both in & out of work (hence no post on Friday) I enjoyed a lovely lie in before we headed to Boxpark in Shoreditch for Adam to install some vinyls on the windows for the Luke sale. I've wanted to visit Boxpark for a while. It opened a month or two ago & it's a pop up shopping mall made entirely of shipping containers. I think it's due to last about 5years before something more permanent is to be built on the spot so if you can drop by & see it, it's very clever. The lower level is all shops & there are restaurants & snacky things upstairs. We grabbed the most amazing ham & cheese french toastie with honey mustard. It was scrummy! I was a bit annoyed cos I'd been doing quite well with my healthy...