AUTUMN COOKING & WHAT'S NEW IN MY WARDROBE

Good morning guys, welcome back to my channel. Firstly, I just wanna quickly apologise before I start this vlog. If you watched my last vlog, I really apologise for the shaky camera. I really noticed it when I was editing. Basically, I'd accidentally clicked, there's a button on this camera that you can click for when you're filming close up product shots and it gets those really, really nice zoomed in detailed shots. And when you have that setting on, which I had by accident from filming something else, it makes the camera super sensitive to movement. You're only meant to have that setting on when you've got it stable on a tripod. And yeah, I'm so sorry, I completely forgot I had it on. You can't tell at all when you're filming, everything looks steady. It's not until you edit a 45 minute vlog and realise all of your footage is shaky. So I apologise if the last vlog did make you a little bit motion sickness because it definitely made me feel queasy editing it. So anyway, that setting is now gone. The shaky camera will not be a thing anymore. I apologise. But anyway, just wanted to quickly say that. So start off a new vlog. And today I have basically got up and done some filming, done a little bit of work. And now I'm actually about to head off to a nail appointment because these nails look horrendous, like actually horrendous. It's so hard trying to maintain nice nails while also having a horse. They get chipped and just disgusting so quickly. So I always end up chipping them. So yeah, I need to go and get them sorted. I'm gonna go for, I don't know why I'm showing you them now when they're all chipped and horrible. I'm not gonna be groundbreaking to be honest, guys. Yes, I'm gonna get probably a nice autumnal. How sick of you all of hearing the word autumnal? Oh no, I'm sick of hearing myself say it. Yes, I'm gonna get an autumnal nail just like every other content creator on earth. Let me be. I don't know what colour I'm gonna get. I was gonna go for maybe like a French tip like I've got now, but maybe go for brown. Or I might just go for a nice deep cherry red all over. I've actually never, ever in my entire life had a red nail. Not even like a dark burgundy. That's what I'm feeling, like a dark oxblood burgundy colour. I might go for that. And maybe you won't be able to tell as much when they're all chipped. Maybe it'll help disguise how terrible I am at keeping them. Yes, anyway, I'm gonna head there, get my nails done. I need to run a couple of errands. I'm not sure where the day's gonna take me at the minute. I'm gonna go and get those done. I might grab myself a drink en route. It's been ages since I've treated myself to a Starbucks or a Costa. So I might treat myself to a drink on the way. Just to tell you what I'm wearing really quick, I've got my high-necked mohair blend jumper on from H&M. I actually got this one last year. I'm pretty sure they'll have one similar this year. It's a very basic jumper, but I absolutely love it. I get so much wear out of this one at this time of year. And there's something about, whenever I've got my hair up in a bun like this, I always find wearing something high-necked just looks much more flattering than like a round neck. I can't explain it. I feel like because my hair is up and away, I need to overcompensate by covering up my neck where my hair would usually be. That sounds actually ridiculous when I say it out loud, but I think you get the formula. Do you know what I mean? I think it always looks a bit better. And then I'm gonna wear my favorite leather jacket that it's just been too warm to wear recently. So I'm so glad I'm getting the wear out of it now. I got this last year, vintage ASOS Marketplace. If you are looking for a really classic looking like leather jacket, the kind of jacket that looks like you've had it years, but also could have got it yesterday. It doesn't look old as in outdated old. It looks vintage to be honest. It looks very classic. It's got no, I love this one because it's got no like biker style buckles or buttons. It very much, you look at it and you kind of think, where is that from? It almost looks like I might've borrowed it, a hand me down. Do you know what I mean? It's one of those leather jackets and I just a blinking love it, especially wearing it with all black like this. I've also just got on, I'm not sure if you can see from there. Oh, just about. I've got on my little black tailored shorts. I'm also wearing some tights and I'm going to pop my boots on. I was filming in this outfit this morning and I just liked it so much. I thought, do you know what? I'm gonna keep this on and feel like a cool girl going to get my nails done. I'm gonna look very dark when I've got my dark cherry red nails. I'm literally gonna come out looking like a vampire, but that's the vibe. I think sunglasses might be a little bit too much for today. We don't need sunglasses. Let's get going. I am just pulling up to the Starbucks drive-through. I don't actually know what I'm gonna get. I don't know what new drinks they've got. I don't know if I just maybe fancy a hot chocolate. I don't actually know what I fancy. Okay, so they've got the pumpkin spice latte, iced pumpkin spice latte, frappuccino. I feel like I'm feeling a warm drink, but I don't know if I'm feeling pumpkin spice. I might just get a hot chocolate. Thank you very much, cheers. You too. So I just grabbed myself a little hot chocolate, and I also, I grabbed myself, which I've never ever tried before from Starbucks, their cinnamon swirls. Now, I'm not gonna lie. I saw a vlog from Leonora, and she made the most unreal looking cinnamon rolls. Oh my God. I don't know what it was. And the way, I love the way she films her vlogs. They're always just so relaxing to me. Oh, I just, but yeah, I saw her make these cinnamon rolls, and honestly, I could smell them through the screen, and I've not stopped thinking about them, and obviously I could make my own, but we all know I'm not the best at baking. So I thought, I've just been thinking about them since, and then I saw on Starbucks' menu that they do them. Now, they don't look anywhere near as good as Leonora's, but they do look pretty good. Oh my gosh. I just need, you know, you just need a taste. This is the taste. Oh my gosh, they smell unreal. I've never had one of these before from Starbucks. Mm. Oh, they've got that real cinnamon spice. That kind of tastes like Christmas. That is not bad. I definitely think a homemade one would be nicer, but then again, you can say that for everything, can't you? I'm actually, for once in my life, I'm not listening to a podcast. I'm actually listening to a book on Audible. So, when I had my four day solid on the sofa, when I wasn't very well, as you can imagine, it's, whenever you're ill, I feel like you just kind of complete Netflix, don't you? You just watch everything. Anyway, I ended up watching The Summer I Turned Pretty. Now, I know I'm a bit late to the party on this one, because I think first season came out last summer, and then the second season just came out this summer, and I started watching it, and to be honest, at the beginning, I was kind of thinking, oh, do you know what? This is too cringey for me. I don't think this is my thing. It was very teenage cringe, but it sucked me in. I really got sucked in, and I gave into the cringe, and I ended up absolutely loving it. I binge watched both seasons, season one and two, literally obsessed, so obsessed, and he will absolutely kill me, if he knows I've told you this, Andy ended up watching, like, just bits and bobs over my shoulder, and then he actually said, do you want to start it again? Because I want to watch it. So Andy made me, so I've actually watched it twice, and Andy's watched it, and he really likes it, but we can't tell him that I've told you that, because he will literally kill me. I, as I said, very late to the party. I didn't even realise that it was based on a book. Well, three books. So I've now downloaded the books on Audible, and I'm absolutely loving it. I don't want to give, obviously I don't want to give any spoilers away. I'm sure you've probably all already watched it, but if you've not, and you're looking for just a really, a bit of cringe, a bit of teenage love story drama, then I highly recommend, honestly, and for those of you that have watched it, team comrade, team comrade. Usually, when it comes to Starbucks and Costa, I think Starbucks drinks are better, but the Costa food is a lot better. And I will say, I actually prefer Caffe Nero out of all of them, but we don't have a Caffe Nero near me, so annoying. And now I'm going to carry on listening to my book. Well, I'm back home, and my nails are done. I've gone for like a really, oh God, it looks so grey. It's gone, like not even dark. It's gone so miserable and grey, as you can probably tell by this horrendous lighting, since I was in the nail salon. But yeah, I've gone for this really deep red, almost burgundy colour. It's been so long since I've had nails this colour before. Very, very Halloween-y, very spooky, but I quite like them, I think they look quite nice. Anyway, seeing as the day has turned out to be so miserable, it's made me really, really crave a cosy, lovely, hearty dinner. And the other day, when me and Andy were at the, I went to say garden centre, farm shop, we bought some parsnips, because I really wanted to make my own curried parsnip soup. It's one of my favourite soups. If ever it's on the menu during the winter, if ever we go somewhere, if it's a starter, I have to have it. And I've never attempted to make one myself before. I don't know why. We're not really a soup-making house, and yeah, I don't really know why. Maybe this is the year that changes. I found a really good recipe, so that's gonna be this afternoon slash this evening's job. It already feels like it's about eight o'clock, looking at the weather outside. So yeah, I thought I'd make that with you now. Okay, so ingredients-wise, this is what you're gonna need. The recipe I'm using calls for four parsnips. I'm gonna use five, because I feel like these aren't the biggest of parsnips. I don't know, I'm using five. And I'm going with my instinct. You need garlic cloves, one white onion, some curry powder, olive oil, get my words out, 750 mils of vegetable stock, and double cream. You can swap out the double cream for non-dairy cream if you want to make a vegan version, and that'll work just as well. You can obviously use single cream as well, but I have read on reviews that if you like quite a nice creamy soup, double cream is the way to go. So I've gone for double cream. But yeah, very, very simple, very little ingredients required, which is great. So I'm gonna crack on and start making this soup. Okay, so first things first, peel the parsnips. When I was reading the recipe, I kept saying I need to skin the parsnips instead of peel them. I don't know why I've got the word skin in my head. Parsnips peeled, and my battery's dying. Let's change that now. Okay, next I need to just chop the ends, and then I need to cut the parsnips into wedges. ♪ While I'm slowly heading home ♪ I'm not gonna cut my thumb off. Do you imagine? That would be a good Halloween video. Now I've got all of my little parsnip wedges. I'm gonna pop them on a baking tray, just like you would for basically making roast parsnips in a roast dinner. Oh, sous chef Andy has got the baking tray for me. Now for the worst part, I need to chop up an onion. An onion. So here we go. Actually, I'm gonna do my handy little tip. Where's my sunglasses? These are not my sunglasses. These are Andy's, but wear sunglasses while chopping up onions. Stops your eyes from watering. And you just look pretty cool. Don't come interject. Just stay over there. You can't bear it, can you? It's because look how painful this is. Just take that whole layer off. I am. Maybe not. I am. Because that settles your nerves. There you go. Right, now garlic cloves. I hate opening a garlic clove, especially when I've just had my nails done. So I have chopped up my parsnip. I've chopped my onion into fairly sort of like chunky-ish strips, about a centimetre thick. And I've also just thrown on here three garlic cloves. I'm gonna drizzle some olive oil all over this. So I've put my olive oil on, salt, pepper, and two teaspoons of curry powder just over this. So I'm just gonna toss all this together, and then it will go into the oven for 30 minutes. And then for the big reveal, there we go. No watery eyes from cutting the onions. Works a treat. It's been half an hour. The parsnips are now done. Veggie stock in. I'm just gonna bring that to the boil. Once it's boiling, I'm gonna throw in all the parsnips and everything out of the oven. Oh my gosh, these parsnips smell so good since coming out of the oven. Just waiting for this to boil, and then I'm gonna throw all of these in there. But oh, honestly, if you could smell in here right now. Okay, I've added in the parsnips. I'm not gonna hold it too close because, oh, as you can see, it's quite steamy. But I'm just gonna let this all sizzle away now for about five minutes. So I've just added in the cream. I've actually turned the heat off because now it's gonna go into the food processor to get all blended up so it looks a little bit more like a soup. Okay, so the soup is done. I've popped these little sourdough baguettes in the oven just to warm them up. I'm gonna cut them into slices. Ow, without burning my hand so that we can dip them in our soup. So good. And then that is the finished thing. Our homemade curry to parsnip soup with sourdough baguette. The smell is just, oh, delicious. Right, I'm gonna dig into this and try this, my very first homemade soup. Moment of truth. I'm gonna have a quick taste test here. Wow, it smells gorgeous. Oh my God. That is blooming delicious. Oh my God, that is the taste I've been craving. Let me dip a little bit of bread. Oh my gosh, that is so good. Ooh, success. Good morning, guys. I have got on my cosy jumper. This is my new cable knit jumper from H&M with some, whoop, sage green leggings. The temperature has dropped. It's feeling chilly. So jumper is absolute essential. I have just popped downstairs because I've just had my delivery from Bloom & Wild. I have been subscribed to Bloom & Wild now since Valentine's Day this year. So basically once a month, they send you out a bunch of seasonal flowers. So I've just received this this morning. So I'm gonna open this with you now. Also, I received this box. Whoops, let's not show my address. From Hort Florist. I don't know where or who these are from. I know where this is from. So I'm gonna open the Bloom & Wild one in a second because I'm just, I'm really quite curious about this. So I thought we'd open this one together. Ah, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. Ooh, they're a lovely big bag. Oh my gosh. Ooh, what have we got there? Wow, how nice. They're not open yet, so that will be lovely in a day or two. How nice. I still don't know where or how these got here. Is there not a, is there not a card? Ooh, hang on, is this a thing here? I am really a little bit confused. I don't know where these are from. I mean, I don't know where these are from. Oh, oh, hang on, hang on. Oh no, another thing on how to care for them. Oh, dear Alex. Oh, it's from Forever New. That took a long time for me to work out who had said these. Dear Alex, congratulations on hitting 1 million followers. We look forward to continuing our relationship in the future. Best wishes. Forever New. Oh my gosh, that is so nice. Oh, oh, for those to open, let me see if I've got a vase. Oh, actually, I did just clean out a vase with the dead ones. Where's that one gone? Where have I put it? Oh, I know where I've put it. Here we go. I'm really pleased actually, because I'd literally just got rid of some old flowers out of this one and cleaned it out two days ago. And now I've got these to go straight in. Oh my gosh, how lovely. Okay, I've popped in my vase. I think when they open up in a couple of days, oh, they're gonna look so lovely. My Blooming Wildflowers probably aren't gonna look anywhere near as impressive as those now, but what have I got this month? Okay, so they always send you as well, which I personally find quite interesting because I'm not the most, let's say I'm not the most green-fingered of people. I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to plants or flowers. I find this quite interesting when you order from Blooming Wild. They tell you what is in your box of flowers for that month and they tell you how to look after them, what to expect with them. So yeah, this is what I've got included in this month. And then you get your lovely stems. Oh, these are pretty. Oh, these are gonna be lovely. They look very springtime-esque. Let's pop these in the vase. And then this is my other vase of flowers. So I've now got two full vases, a fake vase. Actually, I've got two fake ones. So our kitchen is going to be full of flowers, which I'm not mad about. So I just need to find somewhere nice to pop this one now. Come on, we need to get work done. Okay, I've got a little parcel to open with you from Dish. Dish. Now this will actually be my very first order from Dish. Never owned anything from them. So I thought it would be a good one to open with you. I saw this knitted dress online. Oh, I just think this is so good. So good for this time of year as well, actually, when, you know, it's not always that cold. Is this lighting okay here? It feels a bit dark. Hmm, do I need to move you around? We'll go with it. So this is the dress. I've got it in my usual size, size small, but this beautiful cream knit. It's, is it maxi? I'd say it's medaxi on me. Cream, it has got a little slit up the back there. So it'll be really comfortable to walk in. I love the black detail around the neck. And it's also got the same black detail down the side. And the material of it just feels so, so lovely. Yeah, I was thinking this with some black boots and a nice black coat for the autumn winter. I just thought that would be really, really lovely. So I'm going to try this on with you now. And then I wanted to see what, what this was like. So this is a white, it's like a white knit t-shirt. So it's got that classic boxy sort of fit, slouchy shoulders. It's fairly long. They also have the trousers to match this, which I was quite tempted with, but I thought let's try the top and see, see what that's like. I don't know if that's going to be a little bit see-through. I'm not sure, but I'm going to try this on anyway. Let me pop the dress on for you first. Okay, I've just popped the dress on. I love this. It's so flattering. It just sits in the right places. I feel like it's lovely, lovely from the back. I love the slit up the back, just so you can see, see your shoes and it allows for, you know, greater range of motion when you're walking. You don't feel like you need to waddle around like a penguin. I really like the black detail down the side. I just feel like it adds a little bit of something different. Yeah, I think this is really nice. Let me pop a coat on, my black coat on. I feel like this is the sort of thing I would pair it with if I was going out for maybe a nice dinner. Hello, have you come back? What do you want? I wish this coat had a tie, a tie belt. Yeah, I really like this dress. I felt this would be really nice for the autumn winter. Let me know what you think, but I think that is blinking. Lovely. And it's just a bit different. I'm not seeing anything like this. And to be fair, usually, usually I'm not a big fan of anything shaped like this, you know, where it just cuts you off. I sometimes feel like it makes me look a weird shape, but I actually don't think that in this. No, I think that's really, really nice. That's a win. Sorry guys, the lighting was getting really, really awful there, but I thought I'd show you the kind of oversized knit t-shirt. I actually really like this. It's not, it's not at all as see-through as it looked when it was in the packaging. I have popped on just a little like sports bra type thing, but I don't know if you can see anything on the camera, but look in the mirror, I can't see at all. I've popped it on with just some leather look leggings, which is how I kind of envisioned wearing this. I just thought it was a nice, maybe a nice alternative to, you know, like my wife's just cotton t-shirts. It just has a more autumn winter feel. I don't know, I really like it. I kind of think also it gives a slight vibe of a nice man's t-shirt, which I don't hate, but yeah, it just feels slightly, slightly more elevated than my normal cotton t-shirt for this time of year. Yeah, I feel like wearing this with some nice boots and a nice coat, just a really good casual piece to have in the wardrobe. You can see it's got this kind of ribbed detail here, but yeah, let me know what you think, guys. I think the dress is a definite fave, definite keep. Let me know what you think about this as well. So one thing I forgot to mention is me and Flickr are actually competing this weekend. We have our very last one-day event, and luckily it's actually a local event. It's one of the few in the calendar that we don't have to do a sort of, you know, hour, two-hour drive to. Super local. So I get the very rare opportunity to actually go and walk the cross-country course before the actual day of the competition, which just takes, it just takes a little bit of pressure off, a little bit of, I get a little bit of time back on competition day because I don't have to walk the course. And so yeah, I'm about to just get changed real quick and head over there and yeah, walk the course so that I know where I'm going. So when we go out on the cross-country course, we actually know which fences are ours to jump. So yeah, I'm going to go and do that now. I think Andy's going to come as well, and we're going to go and take the doggies. I'm praying that it doesn't get rained off because we are due some crazy rain over the weekend, but I don't know, it changes like every day. So I'm really hoping that it does go ahead because it will be our last event of the 2023 season before we start our, you know, sort of winter training. So fingers crossed it actually goes ahead, but we shall see. But anyway, I'm going to get changed and I'm going to head over there now. Okay, so I have just arrived. Oh gosh, I really need to tie my hair up. Have I got a hair bubble? Yes. I've just arrived at our event venue. So ahead of all the chaos and the madness that's going to be here tomorrow. Lovely and quiet to walk the cross-country course and just learn where I'm going and make sure I know what's happening. It really does make a difference because walking the course can take anywhere from probably about half an hour to 45 minutes, maybe an hour if it's a really long one. So it's just really nice to be able to do that, not on competition day. I might probably walk it again on competition day, but yeah, it just takes a little bit of pressure off. But anyway, as you can see, I'm here. I'm currently standing in the start box of the cross-country where me and Flickr will be starting. So this is the start box, got the warmup arena here. So when it's mine and Flickr's turn, we will walk in here, making sure we stand behind these flags. And then when we're told to go, we go. Hopefully getting a good gallop going out of here. Andy's come with me with the puppy dogs. It's a lovely dog walk when you get to walk the course. So the pups like coming along and that'll bring us to our first fence. And then this is fence number one, quite nice and inviting. So yeah, should have no issues with that. Ground is already a little bit boggy. Got my Holland Cooper wellies on, but I'm really praying we don't have any more rain. Otherwise, this is not going to be fun to gallop and jump around. And then number three, oh, Flickr. Hope you're going to have your Weetabix that morning sunshine over there. And you've got a lovely view down there of the rest of the course. Looks gorgeous. Right, let's carry on. So number three, bit of a beefy one. OK, we've got number five and then the second part of number five there. So I'm just trying to work out the best place to take off from, whether to jump this jump at a bit of an angle or come at it straight and have to do a bit of a sharp turn to that one. I think I'm going to opt to try and jump it at a bit of an angle so I can come straight. Last time we were here and we were competing here back in April, we had to come through just between those hedges there, jump this fence here and then turn and head down this way. And last time she was here, she got very excited. There was a fence about here and she jumped it and then threw in an excitable book and nearly had me off out the side of the saddle. Oh, if I can find the clip, I will insert it here. So I'm hoping she doesn't give me a repeat of that. The little monkey. Okay, this is fun. So number eight, we go over this and then we are running up this mound. Oh gosh, my legs are already tired just thinking about doing this. Oh, oh gosh, these look quite big. Gosh, and then we have to do two big step downs. Oh my gosh, this is big. One, two. Number 10, that looks beefy as well. Gosh, that's wide. Oh my gosh. Right, number 10 and then straight up to that skinny number 11. So up and over the table to this, another quite big one, this big old skinny, but it's got quite a nice brush on the top of it. So fences like this that have a brush on the top, they're designed so that your horse's legs can kind of go through them a little bit. So they're always a bit bigger. But knowing Flicka, she won't brush through it. She will leap over the entire thing. So that will be a fun one. And then we're here at the water, straight through the water. And then that's our fence here, number 13. And then number 16 here, you can see if I go down. Oh, steeper than I thought. Down a hill, back up a hill, up and over 16, round to 17. And then my last fence is that red one just there. Okay, so course walked. Feeling okay about most of it, to be honest. There's a couple of bits that I'm a bit, don't want to dwell on them too much. I just have to think positively. But yeah, it's a very, very quick course though. I'm going to have to really, really put my foot down and hope Flicka's well up for it because yeah, it's going to be a speed. And obviously my camera just died. But yeah, it's going to be a speedy one. So yeah, just going to have to try our best and see how we get on on the day. But yeah, glad I had the chance to walk it though because I always find it so stressful trying to walk courses on the same day. Right, time to go and give Flicka a cuddle and tell her that I hope she's ready. Ready to tackle this cross-country course. Okay, guys, I need your opinions here. I need a little bit of help. I know it's too early to be thinking about it, but tough. I've been thinking about it. So my original idea for in this room, this is in terms of Christmas decorating, by the way. Yes, I know too early, but here we are. I have always thought in this room that I would like the Christmas tree to go here and be sort of in the window so that you can see it from outside. And when you walk in the house and turn to the right, you know, you'll be able to see it and it'll be nice. But I'm now not so sure with this chair and side table set up whether we're actually going to have the room. So I was half wondering whether maybe it would be better to perhaps move the sofa either to the left or to the right slightly and have it in one of these corners. Not my preference because I would quite like to be able to see it as soon as I walk into the house. And as I said, quite like the idea of having it in the window. And I felt that it's a bit of a shame to took it away in one of the corners. So let me know, guys, what do you think I should do? Do you think I just need to accept it needs to go over there? Or do you think there's some way that we can make this work over here? I don't want all of this area just to look totally cramped. But I am thinking maybe if I just kind of get rid of the side tables and pop them over here next to a sofa somewhere, it will free up a little bit of room. The tree, by the way, is not very big for in here. It's quite a slim tree. It's not particularly wide, so that could work. I just don't want it to look super cramped over in one corner. Let me know, guys, what would you do? I know it's very, very trivial, but I was just thinking about it. And, yeah, I thought I'd get your guys' opinions because more often than not, you guys have the best ideas. So let me know what you would do. The weather today, it has not stopped raining, literally constant rain all day. It's been awful. But, anyway, I've tried to persevere and get through filming, but the lighting has not been on my side. Everything just, I mean, I am wearing a grey outfit right now, but everything just looks uber grey. So it's been one of those days. But I wanted to quickly show you this jewellery that I forgot to show you in the last video. I was sent this parcel. It's from a brand called Priya. And their jewellery is honestly just gorgeous. I'm going to come in here. I've got this sort of lovely gold. It's not really a chain. Can you see? That's what it is, but it's so good. It's such a good layering piece. I feel like it's just one of those pieces that will go with all of the jewellery that you own, especially if you're into your golds, like I am. But I've also got, this is so sweet, the cutest little, oh, if my camera wants to focus, the cutest little tiny eye. And I've just layered them together. I think that looks quite nice together like that. But I just thought I'd show you because I realised that I've actually been wearing this jewellery for the last couple of days. I've also got the bracelet to match this. I've not actually got that on at the minute. I'm really loving this vibe. I'm really enjoying the cherry red nails. Oh, if it would focus, there we go. I feel like you can see them better today. Now it's not as dark, but yeah, really enjoying this vibe. I do have one thing I want to quickly unbox with you. Oh my gosh, my voice is still really husky. Excuse me. Anyway, I do have one new piece that I do want to quickly show you. I want you to tell me whether you think I should keep or send back. I haven't tried it on yet. I'm going to try it on with you now. So I picked up this. I think it's beautiful. This gorgeous coat from Mango. It's in this kind of faux fur teddy material. Oh, look at that with the nails. Gorgeous. But I thought it was just a really beautiful, smart-looking coat. I don't have anything like this in my wardrobe, so I thought it would be a really great option. Don't know if it's going to go with the grey vibe. I feel like I kind of want to try it on with a black top, you know, just so there's no distracting from the jacket. I might go and quickly change my top and try it on. Let me go and put a black top on. Okay, I'm back wearing a black top this time. So I'm going to try this on. I genuinely have not tried this on yet. It's kind of got on the inside, reminds me of like a bit of an aviator. I can't speak. Aviator jacket. It's got that faux leather on the inside. It's lovely. And the buttons. Where's the arm? There we go. That took a lot longer than necessary. The buttons on it. If I bring you in, can you see? What is that? Oh, it's a piece of fluff like that. And then you've got the, do it up like so. I will probably, actually, it looks quite nice, doesn't it? But I'll probably tend to wear it undone. Let me lower you down a little bit. Like that. What do we think, guys? I think it's a really lovely option to have in your wardrobe, especially the kind of autumn to winter time. You could definitely layer this up in the winter and it would be nice and snuggly. I think if you let me do it up, I feel like doing it up will add a real smarter vibe to it. Or do I look like a snowman? Is that giving a snowman vibe with the three buttons? Am I making sense? I don't know if I love it done up. Am I being silly? Problem is, once I get something into my head, that's all I can think about. I'm just going to think that I look like a snowman now. I love it open. Let me know, guys. Would you buy this? Would you keep this? Oh, it is quite cute. It's nice and snuggly. What we're thinking, is this a keep, return? Let me know, guys. I need your thoughts on this one, please. Oh, guys. I just got a text and an email. Sadly, all competitions scheduled to run Saturday, 21st of October, has been abandoned. A decision regarding Sunday will be made tomorrow. No competing for me and Flickr. Our last event of the year, our last one of the season, has been abandoned with the weather. Totally understandable. Like, completely the right choice, to be fair. I don't blame them. But I was so looking forward to doing that cross country course. I think Flickr would have absolutely aced it. Can't help the weather. So, unfortunately, that means that's the end of mine and Flickr's eventing season. Until next, probably be next March, April. So, yeah. Bit of an anti-climax on that one, guys. Sorry. I was really hoping to show you some footage of us actually jumping it. But, there we go. These things cannot be helped. I think I might re-route and go and do some show jumping on Sunday instead. So that at least we're out and doing something. It seems a shame to waste a good fit competition horse right now. So, yeah. I think we might do a bit of show jumping instead. But, yeah. Gutted. Absolutely gutted about that. But, there we go. Look how pretty the sky is. It's so nice. Oh, that's leaving a really nice pink hue on my skin. We're just on our way. I'd love to be as pretty as you are. What are you after? What do you want? What have you done? Oh, thank you. I forgot what I was going to say now. I love that effect. We're just on our way out. We're literally just popping to the shops really quick. I just need to grab some cleaning bits. Because today's Friday. And on the weekend, the weekend is kind of like our reset day in the house. It's the day that we kind of get all of our cleaning done. And just make the house feel nice and fresh for a new week. And I've just ran out of loads of random bits and pieces at the same time. So, I can't rest this evening until I know I've got those things. So, yeah. We're going to grab bits and pieces. I also need just silly little things. I need some deodorant. I've run out of deodorant all of a sudden. And some dry shampoo. Have you seen the thing about dry shampoo? Sorry. What thing? I haven't actually looked into it. I saw a headline and it was basically saying how it makes your hair fall out. Is this something else I can't use? Well, I don't know if it's fake. I feel like if you read into absolutely everything, everything's bad for you. You wouldn't leave the house. You'd just wrap yourself up in a duvet and not do anything. Well, I need my dry shampoo because my riding hat makes my head so blinking sweaty. I've started doing this thing. So, while I'm talking to you about sweaty head, this is really gross. I've started, what I've started doing is before I ride, I actually put the dry shampoo in my hair before I put my riding hat on. And it actually prevents my hair and head from getting sweaty and gross. Don't know why I'm telling you that, just a little tip. Whereas before, I was obviously putting the dry shampoo in after the damage was already done, if that makes sense. Whereas I've been doing it before and it's been working really, really well. So, anyway, I've run out of dry shampoo. Really exciting. So, we're going to go and get some of our little bits and bobs. Back home and I have actually just poured myself a little glass of wine because, as I said, it is Friday. And this piece of hair is really annoying me. So, yeah, it's actually been ages since I've managed to enjoy a nice glass of wine because, yeah, because I've not been very well. But I thought I'd treat myself and Andy's actually cooking the dinner. We're actually having the dinner that we usually have on Christmas Eve. We always, well, I say always, last year we had a like seafood pasta, like spaghetti vongole. Because I feel like the day on Christmas Eve, because of how much food you're going to be eating on Christmas Day, you never, I mean, I don't know about you, but I never fancy anything huge and filling. I want something nice and light because I just know how much I'm going to eat the next day. Also, if you can hear a gross noise behind me, the puppies have both got a pig's ear that they're eating and they're really enjoying it. But they're making the most disgusting noises. So anyway, we are having our seafood pasta tonight and then we're probably not going to have it again until Christmas Eve. So on Christmas Eve, Andy usually takes charge of the dinner. I keep saying usually, we've only hosted Christmas ourselves once, but we're setting these traditions. But also, one thing I did want to say, speaking of Christmas, in last week's vlog, you might remember, we were pumpkin picking. And Andy actually said no to go into the garden centre to look at the Christmas decorations. He said it was too early, let us have, you know, let the pumpkins have their moment. And yet, he comes home from the shops and look what he's brought me. A little Lindor reindeer. So, sending lots of mixed signals here, feel like you're gaslighting me. Telling me I can't speak about Christmas and then bringing home the Christmas chocolate. It was just for the checkout. I mean, I'm not going to complain about some free chocolate. But yes, I'm going to sit and enjoy my wine and then I will show you the pasta once it's been done. And then this is one of my favourite dinners that Andy makes, the spaghetti vongole. So we've got spaghetti, we've got clams, we've got some prawns, we've got some chilli, some garlic, some parsley. And although you're technically not supposed to, we also have some tomatoes in there as well. And I can confirm, it's absolutely delicious. A little bit of bread on the side, but yeah, I'm very much going to enjoy this. And a glass of wine. Oh, perfect Friday night dinner.