Belladrum

Hi friends,

Just back from a fab weekend dancing with The Kennedy Cupcakes at the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Inverness. Not only were we uber excited about the road trip but it was also Cupcake Linzi's bday on the Friday. Much to my delight she brought the jammies I gave her as a gift!

Eva was at the wheel on both the outbound and return journeys and she did a sterling job...3hours both times! Our hotel done the job and we spent the Saturday morning perusing the wares of Inverness town centre before returning to the festival. I muct say, it is nice to be on the production side of the fence...nice smelling, flushing portaloos and an actual bed to sleep in does the job nicely.

Entertainment highlights of the weekend (other than yours truly of course) must be Eliza Doolittle and Candi Staton ('Young Hearts Run Free', 'You got the love'). And of course, Mr Boom my childhood idol. Got home at 3am on Sunday morning and was surprised to see my feline friend Bruce sleeping at night, as he normally has a daft half hour when the moon is high! We let him sleep on the couch so as not to disturb him, bless.

After a long lie and a lazy Sunday it's back to normality with a couple of weeks off Cupcakes gigs but back to full-time hours for me as my work with the PMA commences for the next term. Will be good to bet back into the swing of things, but it has been nice to have the extra few days a week off.

By the way, I'm totally embracing the Autumn already and it's only August! Loving A/W trends so far...think I was born an Autumnal person :)

See www.facebook.com/thekennedycupcakes for Belladrum fotees!

Mimi x

Busy Busy Bumblebees

Hi friends,

I have been proper busy over the past few weeks and my lovely holiday in Cala Bona is now a distant memory. See fotees for the funtimes.

Cala Bona was lovely, if a little crowded, as usual and the weather was scorching some days and overcast others, but as I am a solarphobe, this suited me nicely. It did however rain on almost Biblical proportions (well, not quite) which forced us to eat in a restaurant for lunch rather than grab a baguette from the Spar and eat it outside. As a result of going to said restaurant, I obtained a rather lovely dose of food poisoning from a flash fried cod and chips...how a restaurant managed to muck up cod and chips I'll never know. This episode only put me out the game for a day or two before I could digest food properly again. It did however take a week for me to feel back to normal again.

Bought some lovely jewellery in Cala Bona, and resisted the urge to buy 'holiday' jewellery which then becomes unwearable at home. Visited the local shop where the sale prices are cerazy cheap due to Euro...got a crackin' necklace for 5 Euros!!! Not before the poor assistant had to untangle it for me from the others. We exchanged several "Oy oy, ces impossible"'s during this feat. Good lass.

Had a lovely Cupcakes dinner the day after I returned home with the lovely Katrina who is now 6 months preggers! Going to be one helluva cute baby, that one! The next 2 days brought fun and games at the Glasgow Show where we were performing. The Fusion, Olly Murs, Darius and THE BEST MJ TRIBUTE I HAVE EVER SEEN James Aston Dancing The Dream...actually amazeballs.

A wee Bank Holiday Monday allowed for Lisa and I to attend our gal pal Michaella Prince's new bridal boutique Love's Philosophy Bridal (Somerset Place, Galsgwow) as I was asked to model some of her gowns. Any soon-to-be-brides out there take note...she offers a bespoke service in the evenings and weekends and her gowns are both beautiful and affordable. Accessories are also stocked. Check out her blog on Blogger.

The Cupcakes have been rehearsing 3 nights this week ahead of our stint at Belladrum Festival tomorrow and Saturday in Inverness. Looking forward to it but not to the drive, I get bored to easy! I feel a marathon session of Stop The Bus coming on.

I am now almost back to work fully as my Arts classes with the PMA start back next week. Have the Menbtal Health Arts and Film Festival coming up with them, and the Soundminds project which has events on Suicide Prevention week also. However, fingers crossed that I get offered a job that's on the cards when my current position closes, need the spends!

Anyways, enjoye perusing my holiday snaps and any other pics I put here. You can follow me on Twitter @emmadunlop. But don't follow me in real life. That's just weird.

Shamone.

Mimi x

Hola!

Buenos dias to you all! I have returned from Cala Bona freckley, tired but happy and shall be sharing my holiday antics with you shortly. It is however 1:26am and I am a very tired puss at the mo, so shall blog about said holibags when I have more time.

Modelling wedding dresses tomorrow, need beauty sleep!


Mimi D x