I'm not going to lie,
my half-term has been pretty cool so far. :-) Let's go back a week
and a half ago...
Me and my Mum were shopping to buy my wedding outfit, and we were in Gosport
Town Centre as opposed to our normal town centre because we were
bored of always going to the same place. So we were just walking
along when Mum points out someone has misspelt “paint” on a
giant sign proclaiming there is “wet paint”. Obviously I have to
look, and thus, walk straight into a post … It wasn't painful or
anything, but it did shock me … My Mum and I started to laugh for
ages, along with a random man walking towards us, who was really
obviously laughing at me, and then carried on our merry way. :-)
(That wasn't the cool bit, it was just funny XD)
As we had gone shopping
on a Sunday, not many shops were open … In fact, all of the shops
we wanted to go to were shut, so we decided to tootle off to Gunwarf
Quays instead. :-) I always like going to Gunwarf, its really nice
and fun, so I was all happy happy. :-D
We parked our car in
the green area, after being very amazed at the clever parking system
they have where there is a sensor for each space so they can tell you
exactly how many spaces there are in each section. :-D We thought it
was amazing and also got a laugh when two people drove into an area
where only one space was free, ha ha! XD Okay, maybe that was lame,
but still. :-P
So, having parked our
car we walked up to find a clothes shop, which happened to be Next
Clearance. We looked around and found approximately seven dressed I
liked. We then went in search of changing rooms,
only to be told they had none. :-L I was then forced to try on the dresses over the clothes I was already wearing. :-P This looked
really awkward and none of the dresses even fitted. :-O
So, we left Next and
when to a nice looking clothes shop opposite called Yumi. :-) We
found a pretty, grey, beaded waistcoat there and then were left with
the task of finding something to go with it. As both my Mum and I are
terrible with fashion we asked the shop assistant what she though and
were informed a cream or pink dress would be nice. :-) She described
one particular dress to us and said we could find it almost anywhere,
but not here, so we walked back to Next.
We asked a Next shop
assistant if she could help us find a dress to go with the waist
coat, and she picked out several baggy, rather hideous dresses, which
I tried on nevertheless. When she had wandered off for a moment I
picked out another dress I had seen, tried it on and found it looked
smashing with the waistcoat :-D Thanks Next shop assistant, but it
would seem I am better at finding nice clothes than you. :-D It did
have quite a few tears and stains however, so we asked if she could
find us another of the same size from The Back. :-D She returned, I
tried on the dress one last time with the shoes I wanted to wear, and
then we went off to buy it. :-D
And, lo, we had a
complete wedding outfit for me!! XD
The last thing on our to-do list was buy a dress for my Mum as well, so we picked out a
few, tried them all on and decided to buy the blue one. :-D It was a
really nice dress, and what made it even nicer was the fact it was a
Tommy Hilfiger dress. :-D Oh, yes XD
With our two new
wedding outfits we wandered down to the water where the restaurants
are. :-) We spotted one called the Waterfront Café, or something,
which looked particularly nice. :-) We stood in line for ages, and
finally ordered two sandwiches, two slices of cake, and two hot
chocolates. :-D
They were all very nice
and when we were done we wandered a bit more and then made our way
back to the car. :-)
So, yeah, that was our
day out to get this wedding outfit:
Yeah, it was actually taken after the wedding when we got back to the hotel room, so that's why I look pretty awful and why the room is really strange XD (And, by the way, sitting behind me on the table is my Stephen Fry book XD Oh, yeah XD)
Jump to a week later. :-)
Jump to a week later. :-)
On Friday, we drove up
to our hotel at Toddington Services. :-) It didn't take too long to
get there, but we did get very confused. :-P We though it was just
behind some shops or something, but no, it was really on the other
side of the motor way, so after almost driving into a lorry and going
the wrong way, we finally made it to the hotel. -.- XD
The only redeeming
factor the room had was the fact it was clean. -.- There was one
double bed, one sofa bed, and a bathroom. -.- The hotel didn't have a
café or anything so every morning my Mum and my Brother had to walk to
the Marks and Spencer's to get some milk for breakfast. Apart from
that, our stay in the hotel wasn't terribly bad. :-)
The next day, Saturday,
we went to the Wedding. :-) We arrived early and found quite a few
other people had also arrived early, including my Uncle, the groom.
:-) We said “Hello!” to everyone and then started taking some
pictures of them in their lovely outfits. :-)
After a while we went
through for the vows, and then outside for some “proper” photos.
:-) The crazy photographer asked us all to say “crocodile” to
make us smile, which was strange, and I can't help but think we all looked really stupid :-P
Then we went back
inside for the meal. :-) Mum had said I would have a children's meal,
which was silly, so I had fish gougeons and chips. :-P Not too bad,
but the adults got proper, battered fish, so I wasn't
happy. :-( Then pudding came, which, for me and my Brother, was
strawberry ice cream, which we hate, so we asked if we could have
something else. :-) They gave us chocolate sorbet, which was nice,
but my brother didn't like it. :-( As a result, my three year old
cousin, who was sat next to me, had it instead, and whilst I wasn't
looking, he literally got it everywhere. :-P All down his fancy
jacket, all over the table and all over himself. :-P
Then we sat and chatted
for a bit, until news came that a fire had broken out in the woods
not far from the hotel we were at! :-O There was no danger of it
reaching us, but the fire fighters who came to extinguish it had to
park at the hotel to get to it. :-P This was pretty funny, and also
provided another photo opportunity. :-P
We then went back
inside for the cake, of which I had none because they never offered
my any chocolate or fruit cake, only sponge cake. -.- How dare they!!
D-: We then forgot to take some home as well. :-(
After that we were
asked to leave and went back to the first room, which was now called
the music room, to have drinks. :-) I didn't have one, so just stood
about awkwardly, and then sat about awkwardly, until everyone started
to leave.
Oh yeah, and I also saw
the room where the bride and groom were staying that night. :-) It
was really nice and massive. :-D They even had a sauna!! :-D
At they end everyone
went home and we went back to our Nannie's house for a while, and
then went back to the hotel. :-)
The next day was spent
with our other Nannie and our Dad, who had driven up as well. :-) We
had a nice time; it was very peaceful, unlike the day before. XD
On Monday, I was given
the opportunity to go to a farm, but not wanting to do this I decided
to spend the day with my Nannie instead. :-) We had a nice day, going
shopping, having lunch and then chatting until I was picked up to go
to the other Nannie's house. :-)
At Nannie's house we
had dinner and then chatted for a bit until we had to return to our
hotel room.
The next day we had to
drive back, :-(, and we got lost. D-: We had to get the Sat Nav out
in the end, which we really should have done before we even set off,
and then the Sat Nav started to confuse itself and didn't tell us to
come off the motorway, so we went the wrong way again. :-(
Eventually, we did get ourselves home, hooray! :-D
We stayed round Mum's
house for a bit until Dad picked us up, and when I got home my Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Game Boy Advance game had arrived!!
XD Yaaaaayyyy!! XD I played it for a bit, whilst attempting to cook
dinner, and it was really fun, :-D, despite the fact Harry was bad at
jumping and instead of landing on platforms would throw himself into
oblivion. -.-
So, yes, that was what
I did during the first half my half-term. :-D
I also went to a Movie
Day at Rachel's house on Thursday, which was really fun!! XD The film
we watched was pretty scary, but apart from that it was hilarious!!
XD I am also very glad Lewis came to meet me at the train station, otherwise I would have got completely lost. :-P XD
So, yeah, thank you
guys! XD Love you all! :-D
That's about it for
now (wow, what a long blog! :-O),
I thank you.
Love Sarah <3 xx
