the happy little world of miss ktp!

Wow I do remember summit from school! A lot has been going down at Chez P over the last few weeks & it's been hard not to blog about anything. And no, I know what you're all thinking, no I'm not pregnant! For me it's just as exciting (& a bit scary) – I've got a new job! I've been with Zodiac for almost 7years (how did that happen?!) & I can't believe it's still my first job. I've learnt so much about anything & everything to do with shirts, fabrics & the working world & made lots of friends along the way, but I decided it was time to move onwards & upwards. I saw a job advert, applied, had an interview, had a 2 nd interview a day later & was offered the job. All in a week! Phew! Yesterday was my last day as part of Team Zodiac & I start my new job on Tuesday. At my Leaving / Holi Party at Dishoom in Shoreditch - Amazing! It was pretty nerve racking seeing as I'd never had a job interview before ...

Welcome to Becca & PJ's wet wedding weekend! I know you've probably heard everyone grumbling about the weather already & I'm afraid I'm going to join in....where's the spring?! When Becca & PJ planned their wedding for March I'm sure they didn't expect it to be so wet & windy. No amount of minging weather was going to dampen anyone's spirits though & a few damp hair doos & soggy shoes weren't going to keep us away. PJ looked very cool, calm & collected as we waited (& waited!) for the blushing bride to arrive. The service was lovely & really heartfelt. After a few soggy photos outside we all mingled in the church enjoying some sarnies & Bucks Fizz before setting off to the recepetion. The food was yummy (anywhere that serves Black Pudding as part of their starter is a winner in my eyes!) & there was even a guest ale on tap (that ran out a bit too quickly!). All throughout the day there were won...

But I can't be bothered! I had all these great posts lined up to be written over the weekend but then a strange thing happened. I got the urge to tidy up & file the huge bag of letters/bills/receipts that have been building up in a huge bag hidden behind our sofa! By the time I'd ploughed through everything & filed/shredded old paperwork my brain was fried & there wasn't a cat in hells chance of me writing a decent post (hence this random one!). Hopefully service will be resumed by Wednesday when the flat's a dumping ground for my stuff again! Hope y'all had a good weekend. After visiting Ash on Saturday we spend Sunday sorting stuff in our PJs while there was a winter wonderland swirling outside. Who knew it's Easter at the end of the week, obviously no one told Mother Nature! Ttfn x

I've heard a lot about Bubble Tea on various blogs so when Adam, Ash & I were in Soho last week I convinced them to give it a go. I tried to walk in & look like I knew exactly what I wanted but being faced with all the weird & wonderful names I drew a blank & just said to the guy dressed as a scientist 'What is this?!' He explained it was made with Tapioca balls & various flavours (should have known then we weren't onto a winner) & we were advised as newbies that we should try a cold fruit tea first so I went for Ginger with popping Orange balls while the others braved it & had a warm milky tea. I wish I'd risked it too. I'm not a fan of ice lemon tea at the best of times so quite why I thought this would be any different I have no idea! The first 3 sips were a novelty & when an Orange 'bubble' popped that was fun but after that I just started to feel a bit queasy! Adam & Ash got on a bit better ...

I'd been grumbling all morning cos my journey into work was really slow thanks to some of the platforms being out of action at Baker Street. As I struggled through an unusually busy station I passed quite a few policemen & then a wall of Paparazzi, now I know some people call me an Exhibitionist but even for me that was madness!  I tried to see what was going on but I got pushed along with everyone else & didn’t think much more of it. I got into work & switched on the radio to hear that the Queen & Kate were due to visit Baker Street as part of the 150years of the London Underground celebrations. Sab & I dashed out to see if we could spot her & only had to wait about 10min (she was obviously waiting for us to arrive) before her car pulled up outside. I couldn’t see much but had set the work camera on a burst setting as the car went by hoping to get a glimpse, but typical, the camera didn’t work (where’s Lumix when you need it?!) so all I got was the road...

A few weeks ago we hosted the Parker/McNamara RAF invasion! After we'd kind of child-proofed our home it was time to get everyone over for a long-overdue catch up. It was really fun to get everyone round & we started off with a cuppa before we all set off to the RAF museum to explore. Brandon was in his element & I love this shot! I still can't get over the fact that such a great museum is free. It's so much fun & well worth it so make sure you pop down if you're ever in North West London. After playing around bouncing my new flash off anything & everything it was time to jump in a plane for a Kodak moment before dragging Adam through the gift shop (re-assuring him that he really doesn't need an airfix model plane) & setting off for lunch at Spoons down the road. Everyone had such a brill day! Roll on the next one! Woop! Ttfn x

Last Wednesday was #loadingsoho 's first event in London. They've got a bar in Falmouth (check out their website HERE ) & wanted to trial a night in London. Going by how packed the venue was it went down pretty well! SO watch this space for them hosting a regular night from April. The walls & windows were decorated by Cosmic (link HERE ) & they had themed drinks based on video games past & present. Ash had "Truth, Lie, Stout," Adam had "Sugar & Splice" & mine was "G&T Virus" complete with sloe gin syringes! We topped the night off with Super Mario Level One shooters too. All this on a school night! Rebels! Once we squeezed past everyone at the bar we were greeted with a mix of retro & modern consoles & board games. We managed to jump on the Super Nintendo for a bit of Micro Machines, Mario Kart & Street Fighter. I did my best button bashing & managed to beat Ash who was playing it properly! W...

Still on the topic of Johnny Cupcakes Adam, Phil & I went to the Johnny Cupcakes lecture series in central London & boy was it money well spent! I won’t try to explain everything in this post cos you really should hear it all from the horse’s mouth but Johnny covered everything from how he started out making money as a kid, to creating the brand & finally to opening his stores. I could have listened to him all night but unfortunately at 10:30pm (after 2.5hrs of talking & a few questions) we were all turfed out from the Old Cinema. My stomach was grateful that we could finally hop into McDs on the way home but my brain was being mega greedy & just wanted more & more from the cupcake master himself! I left the lecture hall really inspired & excited at what the future could hold & lots of tips & tricks up my sleeve (including plastic cockroaches, itching powder & Bongella!) Photo thanks to Johnny Cupcakes Twitter/Instagram (see link...

Saturday saw Johnny Cupcakes' 2nd Birthday in London & being typically British we weren't going to miss an opportunity to queue! The store was due to open at 1pm & we joined about 12:30pm thinking it would only take a couple of hours to get in & see what was new. We eventually shuffled in the door about 4pm making the most of their heating & free cupcakes/red bull! Brr! The limited edition t-shirt (sported by My Johnny Cupcakes below) was lovely so Adam treated himself to that one, while I got another top & a few bits & bobs. Speaking of Johnny Cupcakes, we're off to see the man himself again tonight talking about how he started up the business & promoted it.  Can't wait to hear what he has to say! He's awesome! If you still don't know who or what Johnny Cupcakes is (where have you been?! :P) check out their website HERE . Even if you do know click the link on Wednesday to see the brand spanking new website, we...

That's right I'm talking about Primark, the day after payday, at 8am on Oxford Street. Yoink! This is only the dress section of my haul!  While doing a little fashion show over the weekend Adam pointed out the dresses are all the same just in different fabrics! Which is true but just look at them! They're so pretty!  In the end I decided to keep just 3 of them (cue my bank account breathing a huge sigh of relief!), as well as a few other bits & bobs that just fell into my basket on the way to the till! Whoops! Ttfn x

The last couple of weeks have been spent trying to plan our belated honeymoon. We’d set our sights on 2/3 weeks in Japan but it turns out Japan’s a rather expensive place! Hence these pictures of us emptying our jar of change that sits in the corner of the lounge – you’d be surprised how much was in there! We kind of knew it would be an expensive trip, but with the amount of money we’d kindly got from our wedding guests we thought we’d be high & dry. Turns out that we just have enough for one of us to go on a guided tour for 7days! After Adam very kindly offered to go & promised he’d Skype everyday we reluctantly turned back to the drawing board for ideas. Boo! We had a few backups that would be fun (but nothing compared to Japan) so we mooched around the interwebs trying to find a solution. Now I think we’ve found one! It means we’ll be there for a week but that’s better than nothing & we’ll still get to travel around a bit! So keep your fingers crossed that t...