The 39 Steps is a play at home in the Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly in London's west end. It is based on the 1915 novel by John Buchan.
When we went to see this we didnt really know what this was about. I remember seeing an adaptation on the BBC about 4 or 5 years ago with Rupert Penry - Jones but I couldnt really remember what it was about. It has been one of the shows me and Matt said we wanted to see next and so we got tickets for it on Saturday Night when we were in London. We booked the tickets direct at the theatre box office and paid £38.50 for seats in the stalls.
The first thing we noticed when we got there was how small the theatre was and that it was practically underground! In fact it was weird because during the show you could hear the subway going past!
It is made up of a cast of just 4 people which when I first read I was shocked about, I mean how could you do a west end play with just 4 people!!! I have to say it was very so well done, there is the main character and then the 3 other cast members play multiple roles which is at times absolutely hilarious as you can probably imagine!
The story is about a man called Richard Hanney who becomes tangled in a plot with a group of spies and when a freelance spy is murdered in his flat, he goes on the run to try and uncover the truth of that the 39 steps are.
Obviously I dont want to say too much about what the plots involve in case any of you are planning to go and see it. We said one of the best things about seeing it was the fact that we didnt really know what to expect or what it was about because it meant we didnt know what was going to happen.


If you in London and you get the chance to go and see this then you must. As I say the theatre is quite small so I would imagine where ever you sat, you would have a good view of the stage, we were sat in Row P of the stalls in seats 11 and 12 which was right in the centre of the stalls just where the overhang of the balcony is.
It doesnt look here like the view is good but you were not meant to take picture in the auditorium so i just wanted to sneak a photo so you could get an idea. We could see the stage perfectly.
I would definitely say this is up on my top productions in the west end. It made a nice change to see a play instead of a musical. Although I have only seen a few it is defiantly in my top plays!

Have you seen 39 steps? What did you think?

So if you follow me on instagram or twitter you will have seen that me and Matt went down to London for the weekend. We planned the trip before Christmas and to coincide with it, I had booked Matt tickets for Matilda that we were both desperate to see for Christmas! Now me and Matt have very little self control when it comes to the Theatre so we pretty much knew we would end up with tickets for at least 1 other show. The tickets were for Matilda were for Friday night and since we were there Friday morning to Sunday night there was opportunity to see another 3 shows, Saturday afternoon, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.
So after we hot footed to the hotel to drop our bags off we jumped on the tube to Leicester Square to see what we could get. We always get tickets from the same place in Leicester Square; just as you get off the tube by the Hippodrome Casino. However this time we didn't manage to pick up anything and were told to come back on the Saturday morning. We did pop into a couple of theatres during the day and managed to get tickets for 39 Steps, Wicked and the Lion King!!!

We decided this time we were going to go to see some of the museums after saying we would do it nearly every time we went. Friday afternoon we headed over to the Natural History Museum for a couple of hours and Saturday we spent a couple of hours at the Science Museum. On Sunday we did a tour of the Royal Albert Hall, stay tuned for a separate post on that coming this week. Overall it was a fantastic weekend, the shows we saw were absolutely amazing! Again I will do separate posts on these too!





Keep your eyes peeled over the next couple of weeks for individual posts on the things we got up to!

Now I know... I know!! Its only January! It may be a little early to start thinking about Summer but with the snow outside, you cant help dreaming of warmer times! It is just under 19 weeks until me and Matt go to Orlando so I have been keeping my eyes peeled closely on what the shops out there have been offering in their 2013 collections.
Next was one of the first places I was watching to see what they came up with. I never really bothered with it before, my closest one is so tiny and I never really found anything I liked when I went in - So i stopped bothering. Then I had a couple of nice tops from a massive one which is on one of the retail parks near where I live - Then a couple of things in London when we went last year and now I am hooked! They have some really lovely stuff in there. I have always thought next was a little overpriced but I have found the quality of the things I have purchased to be great!

So I thought I would share with you some of the things which I am lusting over for when we go to Orlando! 

1.  Dip Hem Dress - £22 
2. Halter tie swim suit - £25
3. Textured Cotton Chino Shorts - £16 (avaliable in 5 colours) 
4. Boob Tube - £10
5. Hardware Sandels - £28
6. Printed Trousers - £25
7.  3/4 leggings - £7

There are at least 3 or 4 of these that are definate purchases for my holiday! I love the dip hem dress and I think it would be great for the days we go to the water parks where I could just throw it on top of my costume. I love the costumes as well because they have a build in panel to hid your stomach which is good. I love the colourful shorts too, I am quite fussy about shorts but I am loving these. I shall be keeping my eye in my local next for these although I think we did say we may take a little trip to the Trafford Centre closer to because obviously I am hoping by then I will be able to buy things in at least 1/2 sizes smaller!

Are you a next fan? What are you loving for Summer 2013?

Another week, another weigh in...

I fought my way through the startings of snow this week - I had a good week so I was determined to weigh in... I had also brought a countdown which is were you pay for so many weeks up front. I brought the 12 week countdown where you pay for 10 weeks (£49.50) and you get 12 weeks so its like you get 2 weeks free. I quite like to do this because I like to see where I can be at the end of my 12 weeks.
This week I lost another 2 pounds which I was very happy about! This means in the past 2 weeks I have lost 5 pounds! It also meant that I got back up to 1 and a half stone lost. I have been here before but at the latter part of 2012 I was a bit up and down. I am now at _ stone 2 pounds and I would quite like to lose 2 and a half pound this week to go under the next stone. I know this is quite a bit target but I think it would keep me focused this week!!!

Hope you have all had a good week!!!! :)