Pink Ribbonwalk 2014

On Saturday 17th May i took part in the 10mile Ribbonwalk at Hampton court palace. 

Entrance to Hampton Court

Beautiful Gardens

 I'm not going to lie, when i signed up i thought '10 miles.. pffffft thats easy, i basically do that on a long walk with the dogs'

Ohhhhh. I. Was. So. Wrong.

The temp was about 25c, i was sweating before we even started... sexy i know.

Once we had registered and got into the event village we went to watch the starting ceremony and do the warm up. They had a couple of celeb's up on stage to kick start it, one of them was Andrea McLean from Loose women. 

I watch the programme every lunch time so as soon as i saw her get off stage i grabbed my friend Becky and said we're going to chat to her and get a photo. (Now this is totally out of character for me, i saw Essie Button at a blogger event and couldn't even speak to her!!! doh fan girl moment) I decided to sieze the moment and pounce. She was lovely, didn't mind at all that we wanted a photo and had a little chat with us before she had to run to the start to set everyone off.

We then went over to finish the warm up, and get in line to start, we were in the second phase and quickly made it to the front of phase 1. But over time we dwindled back a bit. 

The scenery was amazing, really beautiful walking along the Thames to Kingston, and then onto Teddington and through Bushy park.

 I've never been to Bushy park before, there was deer everywhere! SO CUTE!!!!

 Once we reached the nine mile mark we felt a boost of enthusiasm to finish the race, but Ohhh my god it felt like the longest mile of my life.

Becky & The view from the end of the lake - Hampton court in the distance

Just before the finish line was rows of peoples pink ribbons... i kept mine as i wanted to scrapbook it. :)

nce we got to the end i just whipped my shoes off and felt like throwing myself onto the floor and ordering to be air lifted home. My right leg hurt SO BAD. I could barely walk, i was walking at a snails pace, (i feel bad for Becky as i think i slowed us down a fair bit.) We then went to get some food which was part of the 10th Anniversary celebrations.

Pasta with Veggie sauce and cheese with salad and yummy bread!

It felt so good to be given a medal, i felt like i really deserved this one!

 We were also given goody bags which was pretty darn awesome!

 

In the bag it had a copy of a foody edition of Women and Home. Becky loved it as it had TONS of good recipes in. There was a Spa tone liquid iron supplement, tester of a Yardley perfume, chocolate flapjack, Teapigs lemon and Ginger tea.  There was also lots of leaflets about breast cancer care. I like the bag too, its one of those Eco shopping bags, plus i can flaunt it show i did the walk! hehe

 By the time i got home walking was so painful it brought tears to my eyes. Horrific! Note to self dont EVER, EVER EVER have a sports massage. It was the most painful thing inthe world, however i think its helped my leg sort it self out, as by sunday afternoon i could walk again. woooo hooo

I'm proud of us! 

Well done Becky for putting up with me moaning about my leg! xx

Guess what!!!!!

I'm walking the 10 mile Ribbon walk today...

As your reading this ill be walking with thousands of other lovely people raising money for Breast Cancer care. I like to do my bit for charity and thought this event would be a challenge!

If you care to sponsor me, you can click on my just giving page and donate a £1 to help a good cause.

#Pinkie Pink campaign!

If your not aware by now, October is Breast cancer awareness month!

To help raise awareness Nails inc have made a pink glitter nail polish called 'Pinkie Pink' especially for your little finger to show your supporting the charity for the month.

 
 As you know i love to raise money for charity, especially for cancer research. I was sent this nail polish which i LOVE!

I teamed it with Nails inc Black taxi which is a really nice Jet black, and of course finished it with the Nails inc quick dry top coat, which sadly needs replacing as its gone all gloopy, sad times for my trusty nearly empty topcoat. meh.

This glitter polish is on sale for £11, Nails inc are donating £1 to the Breast cancer care charity for every polish sold.

You can buy it from Nails inc here

You can also have the chance to win £250 worth of nails inc products by tweeting your photo to @nailsinc @BCCampaign #Pinkiepink, or post to facebook.com/nailsinclondon  or
email to paintyourpinkiepink@nailsinc.com 

Go enter!! 

Go my pretties and win yourself some nail polish.... seriously, run.

*Runs off to enter competition*

Stila positively Pink cheek palette: Review

If you weren't aware October is Breast cancer awareness month!

To help raise awareness Stila brought out a Blush palette called Positively Pink, it even has the famous Ribbon's as highlights. Stila are even donating $1 per blush to Breast cancer research foundation. 

Ohhhhh i just cant get enough of the palette with its pressed ribbony goodness.

Oooohhh isnt it prettttttty.

The blush is really velvety soft and feels luxurious, one thing i did notice and was abit surprised is it has a lot of fall 0ut, literally i swirled the brush and there was powder everywhere... then it went all over my cheeks baby!

Not those cheeks, get your mind out of the gutter people...

The photo is not a good representation as the sun was really bright on my face, but its a very subtle pink. 

 
You can buy it from Harvey Nichols here , or here check it out on the Stila website here

Antique shopping with Geo!

Every now and then i like to go to junk , Antique or charity shops... i dont usually buy anything, normally just have a look around.


Im not going to lie, this is killing me looking back at these pictures, these are things that i realllllly wanted to buy.

Original Lloyd Loom Lusty chair £45

One of the many rooms of pictures

How Qaint :)

I WANT THIS SO BAD!!! - £10 dish

How amazing is this, im tempted to go back and find it.

Cute kitsch jugs, bottles, canisters

Ohhhhhh i love that little pot - £12

Vintage enamel breadbins

Glass bottles and tankards

I love this mother of pearl + Bone inlaid box it was £10. i have a thing about boxes like this... ♥

Im off to france soon, and i cant wait to have a mooch about their Antique 'Brocante' shops!

Race for Life 2013

I signed up a few months back for Race for Life, i participated in the one in Guildford on sunday 26th May. 

It was a pretty cool day, i got lots of sponsors and i ran about 1.5k of it, which considering i did no training i dont think was that bad, my time was 44mins 44 seconds.. :)

I think that the course we did was pretty boring, but it was for a good cause so thats all that counts, i raised over £200 in sponsorship money which was amazing!

I used an app on my phone to track the route, i started it way to early though, but you get the jist...

It doesnt look far, but maaaaaan i wish i had done some training! i was cream crackered after it, but so glad i did it. 

I have raised £240 for cancer research UK and hopefully if i do race for life next year i can raise even more!