Thursday 28 June 2012

Giveaway! The winners

Delighted to inform that Rachael and michaela turner are the winners of the nelly event VIP passes!

Each of you will win 1 pair each. Please check your email and respond as soon as you can.

Congrats!


Bryden and Claire x

Tuesday 26 June 2012

GIVEAWAY! VIP passes to Nelly.com High Heels Tour event in Newcastleupon Tyne

Apologies for being rubbish bloggers lately, to make it up to our lovely followers we're having a little giveaway. Nelly.com have very kindly offered us two pairs of VIP passes to give away for their High Heels Tour event this Saturday at Perdu in Newcastle upon Tyne. There will be goody bags and free shoes for the first 150 girls through the doors. Yes, that's right- FREE SHOES!

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Nelly is a brand we've been seeing and hearing a lot of good things about lately and after having a good lust over the shoes on their site today, we're very excited for the event on Saturday!

If you'd like the chance to win a pair of VIP passes (and hang out with us, which is obviously the big selling point here!) to the event all you need to do is be a follower of our blog and enter below.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
All entrants must be over 18 years of age and able to attend the event in Newcastle this Saturday 30th of June which starts at 7pm. The winners will be announced on the blog at 12pm on Friday and we'll be keeping you updated on our Twitter account too.

Good luck!

Bryden & Claire
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Tuesday 5 June 2012

Eating out: Victory Pub & Kitchen at Village Hotel.

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Last week we were very kindly invited once again by the Village Hotel to dine with them, this time in their Victory Pub and Kitchen. We'd been to the Village Hotel previously for a bloggers night out in the Buca di Beppo restaurant, so we were really excited about this opportunity. The evening was an Eat and Tweet night to celebrate the launch of their Great British Menu, which is about the only time you can get away with constantly being on your phone and tweeting mid meal without coming across rude!

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On arrival we were welcomed once again by Karen, Adele and the team; the kitchen staff had laid out a selection of starters and side dishes, once everyone had taken the obligatory blog and twitter photos we got stuck in! There is a great selection of dishes on the menu; from standard bar snacks- Victory nachos and Kung fu chicken wings, to the more unusual (and British) deep fried whitebait, potted beef with piccalilli and scotch egg with curried mayonnaise.

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After tucking into the starters our orders were taken for the main course, while we waited we were offered the chance to try out the Curry Buffet which was available to the general public through in the rest of the bar. A cheeky plate of curry between courses? Why not! The Victory has various deals and themes running each night of the week and for £8.95 for a selection of three delicious curries and accompaniments, you really can't go wrong!

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We both struggled to choose an option from the main course menu as everything sounded good; so decided in the end to both choose a different dish and go 'halfers', meaning there was no dreaded food envy! Bryden chose the Chilli Dog and I went for the Victory Burger. As delicious as the hot dog was, the burger really shone out (Bryden declaring it was one of the best burgers she'd ever had!)- the 100% beef burger was cooked to perfection, smothered in cured bacon and Swiss cheese and served in a delicious, soft brioche bun. Burger heaven!

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By the time the desserts came round, we were really starting to struggle! But ever the troopers, we opted again for two different desserts to share. I must admit that although the meal as a whole was extremely enjoyable, we did feel the desserts were the weakest part. Compared to the rest of the dishes we'd tasted, which were really fresh and tasted homemade, the desserts felt a bit 'bought in'. Having said this, it was maybe because I was having major food envy over a massive ice cream sundae a guy on our table had chosen!

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We'd definitely recommend The Victory and the Village Hotel to anyone wanting to stay in the area or is simply looking for somewhere with good food and an enjoyable atmosphere.

Claire & Bryden x

(Although this meal was given to us on a complimentary basis, all opinions are our own. We'd only ever be honest!)

Saturday 2 June 2012

Free Benefit goodies.

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It's free Benefit product time over at Glamour Magazine again. Cue me frantically running to the corner shop before work to grab all three goodies and then hunting high and low around town to find Bryden a copy containing The POREfessional!

The products available are The POREfessional primer, That Gal primer and Bad Gal Lash mascara. I've used all three in my routine this morning and I'm pretty happy with all of them. They're small samples, but for only £2 with the magazine it's great value to be able to try the product at such a low price without having to take the risk of buying a full size.
Claire x