We finally did it.

We handed in our notice. If the house purchase doesn't go through, we will be officially homeless in 2 months. Fun.

New dresses and contact lenses.

Whilst I have time to write on a Sunday, I may as well do all these posts at once and pray that no one get annoyed at my spamming. :P I've bought a couple of things in the past few weeks, namely some dresses and grey circle contact lenses. :) So here are some photos finally of them...

Dark grey shift dress.

Light grey dress with a girly bow.

Both I bought from wearittowork.co.uk (a site specialising in workwear), but I don't know if the second dress will be all that work-friendly considering the lower neckline showing some cleavage. I did buy a third dress that was going cheap but it didn't fit right and looked downright fugly on me, so I'm going to try to return that.

And I discovered that pencil skirts are really hard to walk quickly in. :S And that in order to make your legs look long, all you need is the right cut/fit/design of dress and some high heels.

I'm still learning how to be a girl, apparently.

Now, contact lenses!

I figured it would go well with the grey dress, so I put them in. :) They do make my eyes look insanely huge and they only look okay if my eyes are made up. With no makeup they look alienish, I'm sad to report, but that's circle lenses for you!

They don't show up that well without light or flash, and even then the colour is dark grey, which I liked because light grey may make me look a) lifeless b) like I have arcus senilus. I may invest in a green/hazel one next when I have money, but what I really want is a pair of Solotica Mel or Ice.

3rd anniversary at the Lincoln Grille

We had an incredible dinner at The Lincoln Grille on Friday (our 3rd anniversary), a place which we frequent whenever we want to celebrate anything. Mainly because a dinner for two will set us back almost £100 each time, so we keep it for special occasions, and Friday was no different at £91+.

We had (crap photos courtesy of my Blackberry, which is completely crap at low-contrast photos):

Wine: 2009 Foundstone Shiraz (Australian)

Starter: Haddock & Saffron Risotto
with Soft Poached Egg and Lemon Butter Sauce

Main: 8oz Fillet Steak (medium-rare)
with Chips and Au Poivre Sauce

The wine was pleasantly drinkable, smells stronger than it tastes, very sweet and smooth with none of the sharp aftertaste some younger wines have. The taste changes with the steak that we had with it later though, into something much richer and less sweet, emphasizing the peppery steak sauce.

Neither of us had the starter before, but it was so delicious and to-die-for. The flavours were rich and subtle at the same time, and each forkful just melts in your mouth leaving you wanting more. I pierced the poached egg at the start and let the liquid yolk run all over the risotto, but Boy thought it was a dollop of cream (he doesn't like cream), so he didn't end up touching the egg until the end when he asked me if "the cream" was any good and I told him it was a poached egg. :P Admittedly, it did look like a dollop of cream.

And the steak was just beautiful, soft like butter. And mine was heart-shaped! :P

For dessert, I had:

Dessert: Pear Tartin
with Brandy & Caramelised Apple Ice Cream

Again, a deceptively subtle taste but still full of fruity ripe pear flavour and a hint of brandy, warm against the cold refreshing apple ice cream on top (decorated with a long piece of crunchy vanilla biscuit). At the bottom is a thin layer of dessert puff pastry, lightly salted to offset the general sweetness of the dessert. So yummy. <3

For my next visit, I'll probably pick the same three courses again. I love them that much!

Edit to add:

Cheesy photo of the happy couple. :P

Fin.