Our Trip to the Paralympics Part 2

So my husband got us some tickets for swimming and thats why I ended up going back to the Olympic Park, twice in one week!

So the aquatic centre was where we headed off to last week, we had the morning session so it was all about the heats.  The atmosphere was amazing, so many GB flags and everytime a member of GB went into the pool, the cheers went!  Wanting to be part of the experience, I also had my flag!

Although it was only the heats, we still managed to see new Paralympic Records and even World Records.  The swimmers were such an inspiration.  

Overall a good day, proud to be British!! 

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Our Trip to the Paralympics Part 1

I never got tickets to the Olympics but a few weeks ago finally managed to get some for the Paralympics.  Never did I think that I would go and get involved but it was definitely worth while.  I went there twice, first with my family minus Sin and we go an Olympic Park Ground Pass, at £5 it was really worth doing.  Although it didn't allow us to get into the venues, we got to go around in the grounds in the park and viewing some of the sites.

The Orbit...weird looking structure

One of the two Mcdonalds

Coca Cola Beat Box...it played music

Me, Amy and Mandeville

Aren't they cute?

A picture of us to end the day.....

Lots of fun.....part 2 to come....

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200th Post....100 Follower Giveaway

What a coincidence, my 200th Post and I want to announce my first giveaway.  Once I hit 100 Followers, I will be doing a little mini giveaway of some of my favourite products (only 16 more to go).  Please help me share and hopefully I can do this soon....

1. Missha Boomer Cream (Primer)
2. Skin Food Sleeping Mask
3. My Beauty Diary Face Masks x 2

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London 2012 Wenlock and Mandeville Part 2

My adventures for Wenlock and Mandeville continue......

26 found on a sunny day....still many more to find

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Olympics 2012 - The People's Games

I can't believe this is coming to an end if not ended already.  I remember the day that we won the bid to host the Olympics, all those years ago and now the games have been and gone.

This year I remember my relatives asking me when I was in Hong Kong 'Are you looking forward to the Olympics?', my response was a straight forward 'no'.  To me at the beginning of the year Olympics didn't mean much to me, I just saw it as a pain as it was going to cause me traffic problems...the cycle race was round the area I work.

However as the week has unfolded I have warmed to the Olympics.  Been to Team GB house, held the Olympic Torch (ok, one of them), I stayed up to as far as I could to watch the opening ceremony (I was up at 5am that morning), watched a bit of the cycle race, learnt what the word Pentolon meant,  looked for Wenlock and Mandeville,  jumped up and down and screamed at the screen, protesting when GB was robbed of a gold in the gymnastics....the list goes on.

These games have been amazing, to be third in the medal table is unbelievable.  Well done to everyone who took part and won a medal.   You did us all proud.  I particularly enjoyed watching Phelps in the swimming, Mo Farrah in the 5000m and 10000m, Chris Hoy becoming the best British Olympian of all time, 6 gold medals and Tom Daley in the diving (so hyper when he won a medal!).  Definitely Our Greatest Team by miles!

I even attempted the Mo Farrah pose!

The sports were not the only thing that was great.  The closing ceremony was brilliant.  We had some of the best of british music....Spice Girls reunion!! Can't get better than that!

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Beauty Box Swaps Birthday Swaps

Recently it was Beauty Box Swaps First Birthday and in the group we decided to do some box swaps.  I took part in two, two lovely ladies.  Jayne at http://whatjloves.blogspot.co.uk/ and Rachel.

With Jayne both our birthdays were very close.  Jayne's birthday was in July and mine in August so we chose to do it around birthdays and the birthday months.

Thank you Jayne, I love my box.... I've had the whole chocolate bar within an hour or so!!

With Rachel we chose our wedding colour as the theme.  Rachel had pink, so I did a pink box for Rachel and my wedding was a purple theme.

This is what I got for Rachel ....

Heres my box...thank you Rachel

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Followers to Friends Blog Hop

Am very excited today to see that there is a Followers to Friends Blog Hop.  I came across this on Drinkcitra's page (please check out her page if you haven't already).

I know I have been part of blog hops before, but what I like about this one is that there is a genuine purpose of this and thats to make new friends.  I have found in other blog hops, its about getting more followers rather appreciating other people's blogs.

So what do you want to do to join?
Hosts are: -

• Sherry @ http://iampiscesw.blogspot.co.uk/
• Slyvia @ http://sweetpeasylvie.blogspot.co.uk/
• Traci @ http://www.drinkcitra.com

1. Follow the hosts (#1-2) Publicly on GFC

This helps the host expand the Blog Hop, which means more link ups, which means more followers for you. Also, It will help you stay updated on the start of each Blog Hop every week.

WANT US TO FOLLOW BACK?

Just leave a comment with the following

-The name used to follow us (MUST appear in GFC)

-Your blog/website

2. Follow each co-host!
#3 DRINKCITRA

Expand the blog!

3. We encourage you to visit the other blogs in the Blog Hop! If you just link up and leave your name you probably won't be as successful with the Blog Hop as you anticipated. So visit some blogs, let them know you followed, and get some follow backs!

4. Please do not lie to someone saying you have followed them and request a follow back. 

5.SHARE THE BUTTON

Any way to get this Blog Hop out there is key to the success of the Blog Hop. 

MORE LINK UPS=MORE FOLLOWERS

 So feel free to post to TWITTER/FACEBOOK/or any other social network!

xoxo

London 2012 Wenlock and Mandeville

If you haven't heard of Wenlock and Mandeville, not to worry.  Let me introduce them, they are the on eyed London 2012 Olympic mascots.  I have to admit when I first saw them I didn't think much of them.  Then after seeing them in different costumes, I started having a liking to them.

So until the 8th September there are a number of Wenlocks and Mandevilles doted around London decorated to key London sights.  Very similar to the elephants, eggs and the phone boxes we have had.  Having been addicted to these walks, I decided to take Sin out on a 6km hike looking to find a number of these mascots.

In total there are 6 strolls and we chose to do two.  In total we found 26 mascots.

4 more strolls to go....

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BT Art Boxes

Few years ago we had elephants all around London, this year it was the Big Egg Hunt and then this summer we had the attack of Phoneboxes courtesy of BT.  I knew about this through a friend and on a recent bus trip along hyde park but with work I just didn't get a chance to go out and purposely look for them.

So this came about because of all the things happening in Britain this year, such as the Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympics.  So then they decided to have a campaign that thrived on the nation's artisitic talent.  The Gilbert Scott Phone box was transformed and then later it would all be auctioned off to raise money for ChildLine's 25th anniversary.

So although I didn't look purposely for them, I did manage to find some on my travel through London one day

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