Wednesday 7 August 2013

Birmingham - CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG - Cadbury World!!!
Birmingham
Soooo much Chocolate...
Bespoke Chocolate shoe - they make these in the factory!
Half of this was free: as you walk around they give them out... the rest I bought #blush.
Cadbury world was pretty awesome - we used a 'buy one get one free' voucher - if you aren't a fan of chocolate though there won't be much there for you.  My favourite part was watching the chocolate go into it's wrappers inside the real processing plant and the smell - OMG the smell.
The Bullring shopping center - it's 3 stories yall.
New things - H&M.
Apparently these Are the new "it" shoe shape, a fact of which I was unaware of when I made my purchase - I just thought the print was insane.
Read an insanely long article about said trend here
Sweet new jacket from River Island - what? It was new when I bought it... a few months ago!
BABY GEESE!  Hanging out at the canals.
The Malt Shovel Pub on the canals - we had to shelter here from the rain downpour #coughcough
Stormy Skies
See - it did rain. Sheltering in the Malt Shovel.
Check this Dude out - just chillin' with a pipe, good book and his Ale.

Birmingham is a must visit for chocolate lovers (well Cadbury lovers) and shoppers - the shopping there is pretty insane.  Plus Birmingham is the second largest city in the UK so it has some pretty kick ass awesomeness in regards to amenities.

Have you guys ever been to Birmingham?

♥ Paula Shoe Fiend.

Tuesday 6 August 2013

Shoesday - 06.08.13



Ah yes, that age old dilemma.

Happy Shoesday everyone.

♥ Paula Shoe Fiend.

Thursday 1 August 2013

Adventures in Scotland - Perth, Glasgow, St Andrews - Part II

First Stop - Edinburgh

This is the second part of my adventures in Scotland - see part 1 here peeps.
Our mate James picked us up at midnight from Edinburgh airport as we were staying with him in Perth - about 45 mins drive from Edinburgh.
Perth Train Station - As Ange (siss) was working Friday I took myself to Glasgow for the day - only a one hour train ride from Perth and the scenery was breath taking from the train window.
See - breathtaking.  This was May and there's still snow around.
The British always whine about the weather, but the whole time we were in Scotland it was BEAUTIFUL - sunny and warm. Oh, on our last day it started to drizzle ;-)
George Square and the Glasgow City Chambers
Glasgow - Some insanely awesome street art on the side of a 4 story building .
Shoe store window - because why not?
I bought these from the above store - can't remember the name! #shoecoma
And from TK. Maxx - these divine Ted Baker Coral pumps **
Glasgow Cathedral was under renovation so I didn't bother them ;-)
The Necropolis - 50,000 people are buried up here. It's like a public park you can walk around.
I didn't have to time but I would LOVE to go back one day and walk around this eerie place.
Traditional-ish Scottish Street performers. They were so awesome I gave them 2squid ;-)
Was GUTTED to leave Glasgow but I had to train back to Perth and my ticket was only valid in off peak times so... had to miss the commuters!
 Back in Perth we went out to a nice French Bistro. Had the Mushroom Vol-au-vent starter #foodgasm, and the slow cooked beef cheek for my main which came in a small single serve caserole dish - too cute. Also too FULL! 
Then it was off for BEERS.
Perth's only Student bar - "That Bar", caught this grungy band - Izak. They were very "Kyuss" I thought they were pretty awesome. I tried to find them on the WWW but apparently there are 5 million Izaks...  After a long night on the tiles we woke up early (9am) to head off to...

St. Andrews - The Home of Golf

St. Andrews Castle - kinda fell apart
Cathedral - ol' Henry VIII dismantled a lot of the monasteries so cathedral got no roof!
It's a really nice town, especially if you like golf - and there was good bakery window photo ops.
 Fisher & Donaldson = Best Bakery Everrrrrr!
 Angela and I both went with a coffee puff - choux pastry with coffee cream and coffee icing.
Was. Amazing. See my Scottish food post here
Cake shop window - had to capture the cuteness for posterity.
Closing shot of a picturesque stone building with wild flowers growing in the foreground.

I LOVED SCOTLAND. Seriously wanna go back and soak up the awesome.
This ends the Scotland Adventures - next week, Birmingham.
** P.S. buying shoes in Scotland was a dicey affair as I only had the carry on to take back
If it didn't all fit in there I'd have to leave it behind!

♥ Paula Shoe Fiend.