Animals... Off to the Safari Park

It was great to have a few days off work for Easter, so me and Ash decided to go to West Midlands Safari Park on Easter Monday - It was amazing!

We got there pretty early to try and avoid the rush  - we wanted to spend as much time as we could in the safari drive and not get rushed around by arsey drivers, plus I didn't really want to get caught in traffic jams.  I'll admit now the safari drive itself was a lot bigger than I thought it was going to be which was great - plus there were so many animals to see. Here's a few snaps I took!

The animals were really cute and the two kissing camels were sweet - which you don't usually think of camels as being sweet.  The ostrich decided to stand in front of my car for five minutes then stick his head through my window so that really made me laugh.

Me and Ash are a couple of big kids so we had a go on all the rides in the theme park section - the haunted house was pretty laughable, but the Twister ride I genuinely screamed on!  We got soaking wet on the log flume and the rapids ride went really fast - I was really surprised at the quality of the rides actually.  I mean it's no Alton Towers but they were definitely thrill rides.

Ash bought me a really cute little white tiger cub cuddly toy - we've got a ticket to go back to the Safari Park free of charge and I can't wait :)

Etsy Haul.....

I love Etsy - there's four things I love, flowers, butterflies, bows and nautical and Etsy has them all.  It's like a worldwide Not On The Highstreet but you can filter searches down based on where the sellers deliver to, where they're based etc etc.  What I really like about these sites though is that most of the thinsg being sold are handmade and not what you'd find in the shops everyday.

So as soon as I got paid, I was straight onto Esty to order a couple of new headbands and a pair of earrings - when they arrived they looked like this:

I loved the packaging from both sellers - the Kaela Mills earrings had simple packaging, but I think the official cards for the earrings are a great touch - plus having the polystrene on the backs of the earrings ensure they weren't damaged in the post.

My headbands from Blushing Dove Boutique came in these cute pink bags and I had a few Hello Kitty stickers in the parcel and a cool IQ game card - these were really nice touches I thought.

Here's me headbands and earrings together looking all cosey on my furry throw...  I love headbands - I think that a pretty headband can be the focal point of any outfit - statement headband and necklace and job done!

These headbands fit perfectly and will work as forehead bands too - I've got a full fringe so probably won't wear them as forehead bands though.  They look perfect as a headband with my full fringe and because they're made to be tight actually gives the appearance of volume with the rest of my hair - I like!

I'm wearing the nautical headband and earrings as I write this with a navy cardi, red vest top and red, white and navy striped skirt - I feel like I need a boat now lol!

Flower Power....

I'm having a bit of a flower power day today accessory wise.  I love flowers, I think that on dull days like today wearing flower accessories can really brighten things up.  Plus they're my ultimate girly accessory and can help add that splash of femininity to any outfit and believe me my workplace needs all the female touches it can get!

So today I'm rocking a gorgeous black flower necklace with a silver chain from a stunning little boutique in Solihull.  My lovely boyfriend bought it for me when and I think he only paid around £8 so to me that's a bargain!

My ring is from Temporary Secretary, a gorgeous website full of cute and quirky accessories.  I got this ring when I purchased on of the goodie bags from the site - for £20 I got a 12 item lucky dip and this was one of the rings in it... I also got a really cute, black wooden rocking horse necklace which I wear a lot to work and a great ice cream necklace which is going to be perfect for summer :)

I'm always on the hunt for new flower accessories (I have a hairband coming from Etsy) so let me know if you see any!

Eating my body weight in chocolate...

Ash and I went to eat our body weights in chocolate at Cadbury World last Sunday.  There's quite a lot to see and do there but a small warning there's a lot of being talked at by holograms - which I didn't mind but other people might.

Neither of us had been to Cadbury World since we were about 6 or 7 so to be honest we had no idea what to expect apart from chocolate!  Even though there were loads of children running around I can't quite see what would have interested them apart from the chocolate samples - we got bored at the second talk, so I can only imagine how bored the little ones were.

My favourite bit of the talks were these two funny little beans :)  So we tootled along through all the talking holograms and displays hoping to finally find something interactive to do and it wasn't until we got near the end of Cadbury World did we find it - a big Spots and Stripes sports area where we could play numerous sports.

After that we got to ride on the what I call Bean Car (Miranda reference) which made me chuckle - especially at the Indian Beans! I'll give credit to Cadbury World the moving beans and the little bean town was really cute and funny.

There was a lot more interactive things to do after the Bean Car ride (it would have been good if the start had more) including the Wii to play on and some cool photo opportunities.

In the Essence section we got to try some liquid chocolate complete with the topping of our choice - we both hard marshmallow - it's fair to say that where a lot of the activity was - free chocolate = queues!

We raided the Cadbury World shop and bought both our weights in chocolate and seen as I loved the beans so much Ash treated me to a funny Bean mug - I've tried drinking tea out of it and it's pretty tough! Might just have to make it into a decoration - could even fill it with chocolate!

I enjoyed Cadbury World - not sure it was worth the entry we paid but it's definitely a trip for chocolate fans and those who like their history.