Being a Bridesmaid at my cousins wedding

On the 21st September, my cousin got married and what a wonderful and amazing day it was. The wedding took place at Stoke Place Hotel (Buckinghamshire), such a gorgeous and stunning venue to have your wedding. Anyone looking for a venue for your wedding, I would highly recommend this as a contender and considering to view the venue itself.

Prior to having heard some family members say that the venue looked like a barn yard where the reception would take place and for that money not worth it. I would highly disagree and think it’s a wonderful venue to have your wedding. The whole venue and place itself is huge and so many places to wonder off to like the spacious outdoor area or the different separate bars and many more.

A photos of a bit of the drive way and view from the front of venue:

Photo of the inside back garden/ outside of  the venue:

After the wedding ceremony, we all arrived at the stunning venue and when we arrived we were directed to a hall way room entrance full of champagne and then headed outside to mingle. Shortly after the photographer took the bride, bridesmaids including me, the groom and groomsmen to snap some photos, which did take a rather long time. After that it was all the brides and grooms family to take photos. 

Bride, Groom, Bridesmaids and Groomsmen:

Bridesmaids and Bride: 

Lucky when we got back they had some little snacks like canapés served for you to help yourself. By this point I think everyone was getting hungry and waiting to get into the reception. So having some snacks, whilst we waited was ideal.

Finally everyone inside for the food and speeches and seeing the actual hall where it all took place looked amazing and very nicely decorated. We had a mixture of Polish and Nigerian dishes in the form of a buffet style. I found this to be a great idea as always you will find someone at such an event still hungry and if so they could go help themselves to a second serving of the food and given the choice with the variety of food, no one could possibly go hungry and not find something that they don’t like.

Inside the reception and where the evening took place for dances too:

After the food, it was time for the speeches from the groom himself and best man. I must say I did find the best man trying to get some attention on himself despite it not being his big day and that did sort of ruin the speech itself in my opinion.

So speeches done and everyone was asked to leave and wait outside in the other room or outside whilst they moved some of the tables around and placed a dance floor. I could tell some people just wanted to be inside already and when finally in the music was playing and everyone taking their seats. It was time for the brides and grooms dance.

Brides and grooms first dance: 

Towards the end of the brides and grooms dance and towards the end everyone just joins in and the celebration continue until the cutting of the cake which is done in the other room where the champagne was which now had cakes and everyone could help hem selves to.

The bride and groom then cut the cake and after the celebrates continued with great music and lots of fun and they even had some food in the evening which of course was help yourself to and few drinks on the table like Vodka. That was a nice gesture to do for everyone and have few bottles of alcohol on the table.

I can officially say this has been one of the best wedding I have been too. Great music, nice food in a stunning venue. I even managed to meet some new faces and get tipsy towards the end of the night. I would love to attend this event agin if I could.

My holiday in Paphos

Hello Cyprus again. I am back and this time , this year I went to the other side of Cyprus, Paphos.

Now I can compare the both parts of Cyprus, Paphos and Ayia Napa. Well this is not exactly why I am writing this post but if I get any chance to say a little about both parts I will and hopefully this will help you decide which part to visit of planning to book a holiday in Cyprus.

I must say, I am rather sad to be back to the typical English weather. I do very much miss the warm sunny weather and no care in the world days just eating, tanning, visiting places, enjoying the cocktail by the pool and walks down the beach. I know for a fact I couldn’t live in Cyprus and it’s much more fun coming over and being the tourist for a short time.

Whilst being away I spent most my days by the pool sunbathing and drinking cocktails and walks by the beach.

I enjoyed the warm sun and different climate. Yes it was rather hot but I can say not exactly as hot as the other side of Cyprus , Ayian Napa very close to Nissie beach and even in the evening and at night it was just as hot as during the day whereas in Paphos I could easily wear trousers and a top and feel fine. When I mean trousers I mean those lose summery ones or crop type trousers. No way would I have wanted to wear jeans or leggings in such heat.

Let’s be honest when booking this holiday it was a last minute booking and with the dates my sister could only get off, we had to book what was available. The hotel Crown Horizon was not exactly a typical hotel we have recently stayed in and when we arrived my first thought was we will have to enjoy and make the most of it no matter what, if worse comes to it but I can officially say it wasn’t as bad as it looked on arrival. 

Photos of hotel: 

The hotel is not the biggest hotel however it’s also not the smallest as I have seen much smaller ones compared to the one we stayed in. One of the good things about the hotel was the pool, especially the bar in the pool and you could drink any sort of drink all over the big pool. I can say from my experience, not all hotels allow this and a lot even tell you off when sitting and drinking by the side of the pool. 

I can also say that the pool is not super deep which is another good thing. You could easily have a swim if you wanted and still be able to touch the ground and walk around. Ideal for someone sort like me, haha. Did I mention the hotel had an indoor pool, sauna, steam room, gym as well as a kids club for the younger ones. 

I also liked the fact that you could eat from the snack bar once you ordered your food practically anywhere and who doesn’t like to have a little snack by the pool whilst sunbathing. Whilst the main restaurant had some nice dishes cooked and a variety to choose from. 

There is a beach near by with a sort walk just under 5 minutes where you can have a lovely walk, simply just enjoy the breeze and tan on the lounges, splash in the sea and if your feeling more adventurous and want something different to do then you can book one of the many varieties of water sport activities like jet ski, banana boat, hire a boat to paddle and many other water sports.  It was a lovely sandy beach with clear blue water, yet the Nissie Bay beach  in Ayian Napa has slightly more clearer water and the sand was much more golden there with the beach being roughly similar in size . Ok maybe just a tiny bit bigger but that didn’t change how nice the beach was here still. 

The entertainment was good however a few things could have been done to improve it. They had a mini disco for the kids which is great for the little one. After that was over they would have bingo and a lot of people played but as the week went on it got a bit boring playing bingo every night and I would maybe change it up to make it more exciting rather than having bingo on every single night. So bingo over and every night they would either have quite night, games night, karaoke or different people come in to preform some sort of show like the Cyprian dancers. I can say they try their best to keep you, keep us guest entertained but the down fall is all the entertainment does end pretty early and your left to entertain yourself. Well for some that ain’t a problem because there are bars and clubs literally straight outside as you leave the hotel from the back and you could enjoy yourself there. For those who didn’t fancy it or simply liked the fact of the all inclusive would just be chilling and talking to music or maybe playing a card game basically whoever they felt like with music playing by the host. 

During our stay we meet some lovely people which made our stay rather present knowing you could chill with someone else if you wanted. Saying this we practically tend to meet people on every holiday we go on so this is just another one of them where you meet and get to know someone whilst being aboard. 

Over all the price we paid, I can say this holiday wasn’t too bad, like any other holiday it has it’s up and downs. 

OOTD details No.4

 I hope you all had a lovely Long Weekend and Bank Holiday Monday. Mine has been great, and on Bank Holiday I was in the beloved City Centre of London. I hired the Boris Bike also known as the Santander Cycles and traveled by that form of transport instead of my usual car journey and walk to London or the train and tube around London. It was a fun and different day for me, not only did I get some exercise along the way, I also got to see the beautiful sights as I cycled from one area of London to the next.

Today I would like to show you the Outfit Of The Day which I wore during this day out as well as some of the sights and scenery of few places in London which I saw and visited along the day. I hope you enjoy this post and have a nice rest of the week ahead :)

You can also see my last OOTD details No.2 and OOTD details No.1 Post by clicking on both post titles across the text.

Outfit details: White Jumper (Zara Last Year), Rose Gold Metallic Panel Backpack (New Look), Blue Extreme Ripped Skinny Jenna Jeans (New Look), Pink Glitter Eyelash Phone Case (New Look), Michael Kors Rose Gold Watch.