the happy little world of miss ktp!

No before you ask I've not finally seen another 80's classic film. Last weekend Adam & I met up with Lou & a few others for her Birthday Brunch. This wasn't just any old brunch it was The Breakfast Club Brunch! I've wanted to go there for ages so jumped at the chance when Lou sorted it & boy I wasn't disappointed! I'll let the following picture do all the talking..... ....see what I mean?! I had a cuppa tea & french toast with banana & bacon - don't scrunch up your nose till you've tried it, it was yummy! Adam was the well behaved one as always & had porridge though did have a nibble of mine (I wasn't going to share more than a nibble with him tho!). Every one's food looked delish & I was so glad I wasn't on the wedding diet anymore! Phew! The decor of the place was great & right by us was an old games console with Fifa95 'the best console football can get' apparently! There was one loo plaster...

The day before our wedding was pretty jam packed but with the help we had from family & friends they made sure we put the saying 'many hands make light work' well & truly to the test! Thanks to each & every one of you, we couldn't have done it without you :) The big job for the boys was to figure out how to hang all 19 posters (that Adam had slaved over) around the venue. You have no idea how long this one took to hang seeing as it was the first one & it would be the one people would spend the most looking at cos it was the table plan & needed to be perfect - no pressure then! I wouldn't say the remaining 18 were a doddle but at least they knew what needed to be done! Ma&Pa took charge of hanging all the bunting that had been loving made by both mums & looked amazing. We were really lucky with our venue (even if I didn't like the colour of the walls originally!), instead of just the one room where everything happened we had 7 to p...

I know you've not seen the wedding pics yet but I thought seeing as it's Monday & we're back at work & it's a whole 4 more days till the weekend again I'd start to share some snaps from our Minimoon to Jersey to brighten your day!  We picked Jersey cos all our mates who've been there have loved it & Adam used to go when he was little, we knew it would be chilled out & fun & not too much of a long haul flight after a very busy week & we could make the week long trip as relaxing as we wanted. We're still planning on our proper megaly exciting Honeymoon next year for our first anniversary where we'll be heading off to explore Japan & everything it has to offer. We can't blimmin' wait! Our hotel was called the Wheatlands  & was on a golf club in the middle of nowhere, (though not too far from anywhere in our little hire car, we soon figured out that nothing is very far away from anything there!), they also had ...

Naturally I'm a very smiley person & I’ve never had one of those closed mouth grins (I just look like I’ve got wind!), mine is a ‘wow look at my teeth I’m mega happy’ grins. I’ve never been a particularly Vain Jane but one thing I knew I wanted sorting before the wedding was my front tooth. It’s dead & so always has been a darker grey colour than my other front tooth & so was spoiling my beauty(!!). It all started when I was at infant school, I was running in the playground (always said physical activity was bad for you!) then I fell over & put my front tooth through my lip. I didn't think much of it as I grew up but one day I noticed it looking a bit grey so when I went to the dentist next I spoke to him & he asked if I'd knocked it. After mum & I thought long & hard we remembered when I'd fallen over & to cut a long story short it turned out I’d killed the tooth when I fell all those years ago. We tried everything to make ...

As soon as we started planning the wedding I knew I wanted a special cake topper. One that could be kept for years as a memory of our big day & there was no one better to capture us than Slink. I first met Slink when she was this really cool rock chick in the same hall as me at uni & I was obsessed with all things Steps & Blue related. Goodness knows why (or how) we got on so well but we managed it & gradually along with the help of a few mates & being dragged kicking & screaming (sometimes through bushes - you know who you are!) to rock nights my own rock godess awoke & we became much better mates seeing as we didn't have to argue over which version of Under The Bridge was better Red Hot Chilli Peppers or AllSaints (I'm still ashamed that was even a discussion!). At the end of 2nd year when we'd been living together Slink made me a little model of me which still sits on our fireplace today (minus an arm thanks to the move! :S)...

I was over the moon a few weeks ago when Adam sent me a photo of Total Tattoo magazine with a rather familiar foot in there. There was an article all about Matt Black (& how awesome he is) & when they'd included photos of his work there was my foot in all it's glory! As if that wasn't enough we were in HMV the other day & found a book called Tattoo Showcase edited by Lal Hardy. Seeing as Adam & I both go to New Wave (Lal Hardy's shop) we thought we'd see what was in there & yet again there was my foot! It's so cool to think that people share the love for my foot tattoo. I'm so proud of it & I do get asked about the design a lot. Even my parents kind of like it so it must be good! Matt is a brilliant artist & really helped me feel at ease in that last hour where I was practically crawling on the ceiling! He's a real gentle giant. He sketched the design out onto my foot (no stencil) & started with all the line work,...

We're still attempting to get Chez P shipshape & orderly but it sure is taking time! I noticed in the kitchen our wedding countdown still says 6days to go. Does that mean we can do it all again?! Saying that though on Sunday I get to don the wedding frock again for my fab Trash The Dress session with the lovely Emily from Photographic Blonde ( click HERE ) that I won through a RockNRoll Bride contest ( click HERE ) earlier this year. Adam & I will be helping my dress go out with a bang & we can't wait! A lot of people have been worried about the whole idea & hope I won't regret it but it's what I really want to do. I know some people like to treasure their dress & store it away but I'd much rather have one last fun day in it before I plan to take a cutting & frame it, making it a piece of artwork I'll always see on our wall. It's bound to be a fun & messy day & I'll share photos with y'all soon! Yay! Ttfn x

Well we're back to the grindstone today. Boo! Where did that 2weeks go?! To make it feel like we're still away I've included a few honeymoon pics to try to brighten up a Wednesday back at work *groan.* I have no idea where to start with unpacking/reading cards/looking at photos/coming to terms with being a MRS let alone blogging! It's been really good to have a break but now I feel like I've got a million&1 things to share with y'all! Do I bombard you with a wedding week or drip feed everything to you?! We really enjoyed our mini-moon to Jersey & it was the perfect break away from everything & everyone (no offence anyone reading this!). After all the mayhem of the previous week it was fun to be with my husband re-living our special day (especially on the Saturday when we played the 'what were we doing this time last week?' game!). He kept asking about the secret little errands I'd been on & I spilled the beans of the trauma of ...

After waking up after Cess' wedding the night before & peering out of our tent to find people half hanging out of their tents still fast asleep we set up our stove & made beans on toast while they all emerged. We had the rest of the day free so we decided to head to Weymouth. I've not been there since I was about 5 & it was my first British sea-side holiday. It seemed like everyone else had the same idea & we finally got there in time for lunch & what else could you have but proper fish & chip shop scampi & chips watching the boats go by. Bliss! The sea wall was full of kids fishing for crabs, not sure what the aim was or if you threw them back afterwards but it seemed like THE thing to do! We had a bit of a wander around & really liked the place, it was so quaint! After a venture onto the beach (I normally hate sand between my toes but hey I survived, there's hope for me yet!) I had an Oyster Shell & Adam opted for a 99 which ...

A few weeks ago it was Cess' wedding down in Dorset. After a rubbish drive down (it was supposed to take 2.5hrs, it was more like 4.5!) we finally pulled into a field rather frazzled with a hour to put up a tent, get changed & eat before we were due to join the party for the evening reception. Luckily the tent behaved & went up in record time, we threw on our clothes but had to forget food for now. We picked up Emhen & Luke from their tent on the way & walked to the farmyard next door to stunning magical marquee. It was so Cess&Dan & was perfect. We met Becca & PJ in there, grabbed a G&T from a wonderfully cheap homemade bar & sat on a hay bale soaking in the atmosphere. Everyone was called into the main marquee for their first dance which was great fun & had everyone else up dancing together by the end. The great music carried on all night thanks to their mates DJ-ing & Dan even doing a set of his own! We went for a wander...

Just a quick message & a preview photo of me & my new HUSBAND! The wedding was ace. I haven't laughed or danced that much before EVER! My big toes are still killing & are a regular reminder of a never empty dancefloor all night. Will fill y'all in more later but just wanted to say it was AWESOME! Ttfn x