Spa day for my 21st Birthday

Happy birthday to me!

Last weekend I turned 21 (uh oh the real adult responsibility begins…gulp!). On my birthday I had such a great time spending the day with my mum and grandparents. It was lovely to just walk around the shops and spend time all together. In the evening we went to Cote Brasserie and let me tell you the food is incredible! Cannot beat oven baked camembert!

I was surprised by being given a spa day for 2 at the holiday inn outside of Reading, England. It was such a lovely thing to share with my boyfriend. After the hectic work load of the last year, combined with living apart, it was lovely to just be able to spend some quality time together.

We sat by the pool and roasted in the sauna. I took a book with me to read ('Will Grayson, Will Grayson'... gotta LOVE John Green) and enjoyed going from the pool to sauna to steam room to pool etc etc. Probably really bad for me but hey, it felt good! We then had a three course meal with wine and it was so fancy! The fanciest meal I have ever had anyway. I had to take pictures because I never want to forget! I had salmon to start with a savoury sorbet. You heard me right, yes, a savoury sorbet! Followed by Beetroot gnocchi with goats cheese and finished off with a brownie because a girl needs chocolate on her birthday weekend!

I’m really looking forward to this coming weekend as my family and I are going for a day out to marwell zoo. I really love a day at the zoo and cant wait to spend the day with everyone I love the most. I recently went on a bit of a shopping spree in primark (its my weakness!) so hopefully I will get a summer look book posted on here soon!

Much love,

Lozzy

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