Easter on our iphones

Holidays are the best because it means Matt is home alllllthetimeeee. We get to see all the people we cant see on weekends and do some good ol' relaxing. The first week was spent with Matt's parents, they came here and we all went to see Billy Elliot together. I thought Billy Elliot was great, perhaps even the best show I've ever seen. On the Monday we had breakfast at The Shard. We heard you could have breakfast at the Shard, at a restaurant called AquaShard. Its only on the 31st floor but that is still higher than most buildings in London and it saved you paying the £30 to just get to the top. The food was reasonably priced considering, £17 for a full English and £4 for porridge. It was really yummy too!

Trying to see the top of the Shard

We then drove up to Derby. We had some important errands to run whilst in the midlands. To see some of our favourite people, Bethan and Aaron. Then Matt planned/hosted/attended his friend Adams stag do.

 

One of the stags, Steve.
They turned the church into a giant NERF arena. 

This is Bethan, isn't she beautiful!

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We also did lots of enjoying Matt's mums cooking and relaxing

Morning light 

On Saturday we came home and so far this week have done a whole lot of relaxing. We did some spring cleaning which is something we have never done before. I used vinegar to get rid of the limescale and soap marks on the shower door, it worked like a charm, but now our bathroom smells like a chip shop. 

Matt cleaned the windows for the second time in 2 years.

And then we rearranged our living room- anther first.

Matt and I are doing the 3 peaks challenge later this year and Matt needs to break in his new walking boots. We decided to scout out green places nearby to do some walking in. We found Wanstead park, our friend Russell was with us and did that thing where you climb a tree and jump into another tree. We were impressed. Sadly, by the time we got home Matt's feet were really hurting.

Me in a tree

Russell in a tree

The next day we thought we would give the walking boots another try. We were aiming to do 20 miles but by the time we got to the end of our street Matts feet were hurting again so we turned back. Instead we went into town, ended up walking past Jessops and came home with the Canon 5D iii ( we had been saving for it but didnt realise we would give in so soon). One of the exciting things about this purchase is that we just got an Avios credit card, hello air miles!

Ready for action.

That evening I went to a friends house for a delicious meal and some Hen party planning. My head is truly in the hen party zone. Its also my best friends wedding in May so I have been doing lots of planning for that too. I looove weddings.

Then we found a local nature reserve, it was beautiful and overgrown. There is a lack of beautiful and overgrown places in London so it was a real treat. I also did 10 days worth of food shopping for £20. yup, really. That evening we had another workshop, we were making leather bracelets with poppers. It was a nice evening and the first evening we were able to have the doors open onto the garden. Hello summer!

Fresh air and warm evenings

We now have a packed weekend and then its back to 'normal' life.

I hope all of you who have Easter holidays have had a relaxing/invigorating time. Enjoy your bank holiday weekend!

Ps. If you want to follow along on Instagram you can @estherdearfriend

Picking blossoms