the happy little world of miss ktp!

At 6:30 the other morning, while getting ready for work, we had a knock on the door. Not really awake we opened it to find our neighbour from downstairs with a box. They normally look after parcels for us if they're delivered while we're at work so we didn't think much of it. I didn't really twig that she'd said 'Good morning! Breakfast!' till I opened the bid to find this.... ....6 packs of 4 croissants! Random or what?! Love it! Ttfn x

& this time it's not for the wedding! I picked up our Olympic tickets the other day & I can't wait now!   They make a really great souvenir & I can't wait to go & cheer on Jessica Ennis & Mo Farah in 38days time! Woop! :-) Ttfnx

Yesterday it was mum's turn to celebrate the big 6-0 & what a jam-packed weekend it was! I'd taken Friday off to travel up to Lufbra with Lisa & Jenna for them to try on their bridesmaid dresses & for me to see mine after a few tweaks. It was great to see their outfits in dress form & not a swatch of fabric & a rough pencil sketch (thankfully they look really great so can't wait to see everyone in them on the day!). I also tried my dress on again which was a bit snug today the least! Yoink! Hopefully that's given me enough motivation to watch what I eat rather than my complete lack of will power! On Saturday evening ma&pa had a joint 60th birthday party at home which was really good fun! Most of the teachers (& ex-teachers) I'd not seen in years so it was fun to catch up & the birthday boy & gal had fun too. We didn't end up going to bed till about 1:30am, I swear ma&pa are dirtier stoppy outers than Adam & I ...

Last Sunday Adam & I had our Engagement Session with Chris Barber (woop - more on that when we get the photos which we can't wait for!). We'd wanted to get some photos in a 50s diner & had emailed Ed's see their website here (**warning** if you're sneakily reading this at work or somewhere you shouldn't be make sure your speakers are switched off!) in Selfridges, Birmingham. Expecting a generic email back saying 'no' we got an excited personal response asking us what time we wanted to be there! When we arrived they'd reserved 4 booths for us to give us the space to move around & get the perfect shot. The special treatment didn't end there either - after our shoot & eating some amazing food (yup wedding diet's going sooo well!) we were presented with a food bill with 20% knocked off & a Clarins box filled with goodies to say congratulations! How amazing?! I couldn't believe how much stuff was in the box it was so ...

Little Pug is settling in very well with us & he bonded with Adam straight away, no matter how much love he gets though he always looks sad.... ....he's been eating well & we've even trained him along the way.... ....when he does misbehave though he's soon forgiven, how can you stay mad at that face?!.... ....our little family.... ....think it's about time someone checked herself into Pugs Anonymous?! Ttfn x

little pug came into our lives very recently. It was a shame to take him away from his tall friend (who knew pugs & Giraffes got on so well?!) but he's one pampered pooch back at Chez P! He's so well house trained already & although he likes to follow us around he's no trouble at all. We had a really fun weekend seeing ma&pa & doing wedding stuff (75 days to go!) on Saturday then Sunday was our Engagement Shoot with Chris Barber - more on that to come! We're pretty cream crackered now but it was worth it! :) Ttfn x

We were lucky enough to get tickets to Queens Club for the Tennis this year & even luckier we got them for the Tuesday & not the Monday (which was a complete wash out!) It was really bizarre the way it was just at the end of a row of houses, would love to buy one of them though so we could watch all the matches from the back bedroom! Our tickets were for Centre Court & the seats were really good (not sure there are any bad ones though it was so small), you could even watch the action on court 2 in between matches! Unfortunately cos there had been no play the day before we had Monday's matches, if all had gone to plan though we'd have seen Andy Murray. I'm not a huge fan of him to be honest & he didn't actually play that well in the end but would have been good to see him. At least we got to see one Brit though - James Ward v Kevin Anderson (who won) as well as Ivo Karlovic v Lleyton Hewitt (we missed the whole of the 1st set though just to q...

All Adam & I seem to be doing at the moment is going on stag/hen weekends, can't complain though it's great fun! This time it was Lisa's Hen Party in Brighton. Jenna, Jennifer & I hopped in Tina's well decorated car & we were off. Girls on tour! Well, till we got a bit further down the road & the wind blew the decorations so hard we had to stop & take them off so they didn't fly off & hit someone on the motorway! We arrived at the Andorra Hotel a few hours later & dragged our suitcases up the wonky steep stairs to a rabbit warren of rooms. I really liked it's little quirks & its uneven floors that made you feel drunker than you were & the gap between the door & the floor was hilarious! Even though we were only going for 3days my suitcase weighed a ton & was full of clothes I never wore, 5 pairs of shoes & bottles of ale! If only I'd swapped the ale for Lambrini, then it would have been a prope...

Adam's family have always had cats & one of them, Poppy, is such an attention seeking little miss. I love the fact she looks like she's posing & smiling for the camera! She loves sitting on you for cuddles which isn't so great for me when I start sneezing & my eye swells up like a golfball so I find the best thing to do is to put a camera between me & the fur & every one's happy. Ttfn x

A few weeks ago Dad & Uncle Colin were allowed to be in charge of some very expensive kit. For his 60th birthday ( see here for my post earlier this year ) mum had bought dad a driving experience at Prestwold Hall in Leicestershire. They had a choice of cars but in the end went for the Lamborghini & what a pretty thing she was too! After a rather in depth briefing (we were allowed in too but I was completely lost as they explained what cone they should look for where to get the best drive!) they were driven around the track & had each corner explained, then it was their turn! Dad walked up to a bright yellow Lambo & had the car along with all it's bits&bobs explained to him by the brave man who was to sit with him round the track ;-).... ....then it was time for him to get in, start up the engine & he was off... ....after about 3 laps dad pulled into the pitstop & you couldn't wipe the grin from his face. The guy said...

In the run up to the festivities I was loving all the Jubilee related things around London including this brill Jubilee Line train, it certainly brightened up my commute to & from work: The posters in some of the shop windows made me smile (& if you get a chance to see it, the Luke window in the Bullring in Brum was designed by a special someone & is rather fab!): The store to win overall though was M&S who went overboard in their food section & offered some weird, wonderful & scrummy options. The first one to catch my eye was the Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding sarnie on Onion Bread - it was heaven! The illustrations were cute too. The next sandwich I picked up was the Egg&Tomato which is a firm family favourite. Whenever I was little & we went on a family picnic (in a layby on a country road) mum would always prepare a big bowl of it & that was the sarnie you got, nothing else! Good to know we're linked with royalty havin...

Yesterday, along with the rest of the nation, we had a little tea party while watching the Queen celebrating her Diamond Jubilee (any excuse for a cream tea!). Jill & Keith came over for the day so Jill & I sat & watched the flotilla while Adam & Keith made themselves busy & made sure they grunted at the right places. It was an incredible sight - there's not been a flotilla this big since the 17th Century, there were about 1,000 boats full of people rowing, waving, cheering & playing instruments all to celebrate the Queen & her 60year reign. Speaking of rain (*groan* sorry for the dad joke!) the weather was awful but didn't dampen anyone's spirits. At first I was gutted I wouldn't be there waving & cheering along but as the sky grew greyer & the heavens opened I was more than happy to be sitting on the sofa all snug & warm watching the goings on. I think the best moment was the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra playing Pom...