Kathryn & Shannon's Road Trip: Day Three

Today was the day me & Kathy explored Nottingham & Kathy got to see the Queen of Boots, a dream for any Boots employee. We had a bright an early start, making sure we were up to say good-bye to Alex & Sharn before they headed off to work for a fun packed day. But fear not, their days were made brighter as they were coming home to us for the second day in a row. What lucky girls.

So me & Kathy got ready & headed into town, using our trusty Tina the tomtom & Parkopedia. Which I suggest you check out, such a great app for finding parking in places you’re unfamiliar with! So we found Bella a little spot in probably one of the tightest car parks ever invented. It was obvious that many cars got damaged when coming face to face with this car park, driving into the car park in one turn was near enough impossible, but trusty Bella did it. So we headed into town where we found ourselves in Victoria Shopping centre. And Kathy finally got to meet THE Boots. Analysing every corner of the store, we eventually made our way around and then I was faced with the make-up counters. Oh how they sway me into buying something every time. Is it just me that get’s sucked into the offers or the beautiful shades of lipsticks? So of course I picked up a Rimmel 107 lipstick (Kathryn wouldn’t let me leave without it, so I thought it was safer to purchase it), which is the perfect shade of dark red! It was also rather amusing as Kathryn decided to rummage through the drawers to find a lipstick I liked that wasn’t on display to then we heard a voice saying “Are you okay girls?” Which Kathryn responded “Yes thank you” and carried on her rummage. The voice then said “I’m sorry but it’s a security hazard letting you go through the drawers, incase they land on your foot”. Somehow I think the lady got her words mixed up & it was actually a health & safety hazard, or just an excuse to stop us from going through her lovely drawers. Ah, well, the lipstick we wanted wasn’t there, so we left the poor lady alone. Although once we were on the aisle behind her according to Kathryn I mocked her a little loudly. Oops.

We were then reunited with the lovely Ruby! By this time, my jumper spoke for me. I was getting rather hangry (and yes I did mean to write hangry \/\/\/) So in search of food we came across TGI’s. Are you ready for it? Writing this blog just makes me hungry.

Me before dinner. One of my many gorgeous angles.

So for starters I ordered BBQ pulled pork potato skins, which are a definite winner in my book. Potato skins + sour cream = Mouth orgasms. 

I then followed it with BBQ ribs with chips & onion rings. However Kathryn destroyed them. The whole meal was probably an average 6.5/10 but the chips being the highlight with the BBQ dip. Nom nom.

My bae.

Rubzzz.

After attempting to demolish our food, we headed into town to find the perfect gift for Shlex. As displayed down below.

Looking hawt.

After searching all around Nottingham we finally found the perfect present & Kathryn found the perfect bag. She got sucked in by a beautiful Doc Marten satchel. Although I feel I played a part in that purchase. But I believe I was doing one for the team, sooner or later she would have bought the bag, even if on that day I told her not to, it was inevitable. We then mooched around the shops taking selfies with cardboard cut outs & signs that stated we were in Nottingham and we weren't lying about our whereabouts. I personally really enjoy the pictures below.

Me, PC Chloe & Kathy

Tourist selfie.

After we explored the town & found the perfect present, we took a little visit to Ruby's house to meet her adorable parents. Who were absolutely lovely. Kathryn wanted a picture of the Kimberly crest. But sadly this photograph wasn't achieved. Maybe next time Kathy. We then headed back to Shlex's humble abode, where we stuffed our faces with Domino's. I think me & Kathryn were lying to ourselves when we said after lunch that we wouldn't be able to handle Domino's for dinner, I think the picture below proved that we were lying. 

What a beauty.

Kathryn was destroying her picture, meanwhile I looked like I was going to kill someone if they came anywhere near my pizza. Safe to say, the pizza didn't last long. However I think the high light of my night was finding out that Michael Jackson actually produced a song with the lines.. "You're vegetable, you're vegetable, they hate you, you're vegetable, you're buffet, you're buffet, they eat off of you, you're buffet". I bet you didn't realise those lines existed and now I've completely ruined Michael Jackson for you. And if you did know that they were the lines, then fuck me, I'm completely alone on this one. 

So sadly day three had come to an end, the end of the second part of our journey. But we enjoyed every moment! From catching up with Alex & Sharn, to exploring Nottingham, to seeing Ruby & meeting her family, to trying amazing food & meeting Alex & Sharn's flat mate Matty. But until next time Nottingham. 

Once again thank you for reading and I'll see you tomorrow for Day 4 of Kathryn & Shannon's Road Trip!

Muchos love,

Shannon