Writing, fatshion, me: Weekend in Sheffield with Friends

In the middle of April I had a weekend planned in Sheffield with Sam, Jac, Sarah, Lucinda and Von. We hadn't all been together at once since January 2020 so we thought it was well overdue. I had booked a lovely apartment on Abbeydale Road but that got cancelled, so I had to book something else quickly so we ended up in Upperthorpe I guess, between the city centre and Hillsborough. The apartment wasn't great but we weren't there very long so it was basically fine!

Lee took Sam and I there on Friday afternoon and we got checked in. Jacqui arrived at about 5pm so the three of us made tea and did some chilling out with some wine. It is always nice to talk shit with those two so I enjoyed it. Lucinda and Von were coming from London so they arrived about 11.15, we said hi and then headed to bed.

I woke up early on Saturday and eventually got into the shower and got ready. Sarah arrived about 10am - she would have stayed over but didn't want to leave her little girl, which was of course fine - I'm glad she joined us during the day though! We swapped some presents and stuff and got made up glam, and then we set off about midday down to the tram stop. I was really anxious about it because I didn't know if I could walk so far, but we took it gently as we weren't in any particular rush, and I made it! It was downhill which is clearly better than uphill, but still, Sheffield hills are steep! We got on the tram and got off at City Hall and walked across to Leopold Square. I've been there before as it's where Pho is, so I knew it wasn't far from the tram. Sarah had booked us a table at Cubana which does tapas so we headed in there.

I've never been in but I would thoroughly recommend it, the tapas was so good. I have cheese croquettes, garlic mushrooms, tomato and mozzarella salad, and patatas mansas. I had a strawberry cocktail and we shared some sangria too. We then headed next door to The Botanist and had some drinks in there - mine was strawberry and elderflower I think. Next we headed to Turtle Bay where we sat outside - it wasn't that warm but we were fine, and at least it wasn't raining. We had a few drinks there. Jac left about 4pm as she wasn't feeling well and wanted to go home. But it was nice to see her!

We got a taxi back to the flat about 5.15pm and chilled out for the rest of the night. We had some snacks for tea and then Sarah left at about 8pm. The rest of us watched rubbish TV before heading to bed at 11pm. It was such a nice day out! I had been wearing my star print Judi Love dress - it's so easy to wear but looks really special. My lipstick is from Revlon and I love the bright pink colour.

Von suggested that we went out for brunch before she and Lucinda set off south, so when Lee picked us up we headed to Loung 418 on Ecclesall Road. It was so nice - really funky inside and the food was brilliant. I had the full veggie breakfast which as you can see was big and lovely! We said goodbye after brunch and Lee and I headed home.

I was in such a lot of pain because I walked what was for me a really long way. I'm proud of myself and I knew the pain would pass, but jeez living with chronic pain and then adding extra on is no fun. I will take it easy for a few days now!