#itwbn hits up 56 Central

Last Friday night....yeah we danced on tabletops and we took too many shots think we kissed but I forgot....

lol! close enough but we did go to 56 Central for a jam packed evening of delicious food from their evening menu. I'm all about supporting local and the dream about living in Galway is Galweigians love to help each other out. So to walk into 56 Central knowing that 90% of their produce is from Galway and the West of Ireland just makes your meal that bit more enjoyable.

Collerans mince beef burger on Jeremy Les Petit Doucher mini brioche buns with ballymaloe relish

56 Central homemade gluten free bread 56 central baked ham from Castlemine butcher Lizzi's piccalilli

Sausage sliders made from Castlemaine Meat with Loughrea honey and The Lodge Barna's Prosecco and Tarragon Mustard

56 Central Cuinneog buttermilk Chicken

Spicy Potato Bravas

Galway Goat Farm Goatscheese with beetroot piccalilli and garnishes

Mini fish cakes tartare and caper made with Alis Fish Market Fish 

Naturally Gluten Free Nacho canapés from Blanco Nino (Little Ass Buritto) 

Sweet selection from Sugar & Spice -

Mini mint areo, mini oreo, carmel, mini brownie & mallows 

Tough job having to try EVERYTHING but I powered thru. 

Mini Nachos

I never order chicken when I'm eating out because I always figure I can make it myself at home but holy shmoly The 56 Central Cuinneog buttermilk Chicken was the absolute bomb diggity! Melt in your mouth spicey yummyness.

I may have eaten my chicken without taking a picture...so this was robbed from howtobefed

(Thaaaaaanks!!)

On arrival we were all treated to glasses of elderflower prosecco, but it didn't stop there, on each of our personalized place settings was individual bottles for everyone. Go on Gill, that was a winner for me anyhow!!

 Some positive vibes thrown in for good measure 

Attention to detail at 56 is second to none, The Theme of the heart flow thru the restaurant, connecting everyone and everything together to the pillows with pictures of blackrock and the long walk

even our desert platters (which didn't last too long on my table!) had 56 written in......chocolate!

The atmosphere at 56 was so warm and the #itwbn crew are all so welcoming. Ruth my long time bestie of The Beauty Kemple just got back from Thailand so we had a great catch up

and we may have got caught out taking a few selfies 

with full bellies and a little bit merry we skipped on over to Garavans to try our hand at some whiskey tasting. the most educated drinking I've ever done and Niamh, with the patience of a saint, talked us thru all 12 whiskeys and had a little pop quiz for us at the end. I'll be giving more than just a hot toddy a try in future.

Really trying to figure it out here with Yummy Mummy and The Beauty Kemple

Ruth and Kiki <3

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Such a great night, really looking forward to the next meet up and my next outing in 56 Central and Garavans. 

until later skater...

toodlepip

Raceweek Ready

Oh heeeey guys!

Right so I've pretty much fallen off the face of the Social Media Earth..I'll get to that but for now we are less than a week away from the greatest week of the year... GALWAY RACEWEEK!!!!!

Raceweek is by no means for the faint hearted, so in order to maximize your enjoyment I suggest starting your prep Asap!

get exfoliating.
I use a homemade scrub of brown sugar and baby oil with exfoliating gloves, I have super sensitive skin and this works wonders!

TAN! My favourite at the Minute has to be NKD skin by Vita Liberata
It's absolutely fool proof and is currently on offer in Cara Pharmacy Galway for 13.75
It comes in both a liquid and Moose and both are brill but the moose is a little easier to deal with.

BROWS!!!! I cannot stress enough how much brows make a difference to your life!
Get your ass into Million Dollar Secret asap!
All the girls in there are great and there really is no need to be scared.

You wont come out looking like this

More like this! We all get our brows done in MDS(All the visible brows anyways!!)....and the girls are Ginger as flip- which can be tricky...and they look awesome!

NAILS! If you're not going for gels then Sally Hanson do a great Gel Polish that you wont have to worry about chipping. And while we're talking about my glory god Sally don't forget Sally Hansen Gel Tan <3

Make Up!

Needs to last all day and night in the most unpredictable weather!

Getting it done is such a treat that everyone deserves!

Ally McGinn will be working from Yourells Hair Salon for that week and I'd trust her with my life!

Orla Hurney is also another ridiculously talented MUA who is a pro team member at  Inglot Galway (upstairs at cara galway) They'll book up fast so get onto them ASAP!

Denise and Leah in Pia Galway literally have you sorted outfitwise! and with their summer sale in full swing you're bound to find something to suit you!

Headpieces! Mary White IS THE DREAM!

ESSENTIALS!!

nurofen gel.rub it into the balls of your feet before putting on heels or Deep Freeze if they're really killing you for some sweet relief!

Lash glue, powder, bronzer lippy and a small hairbrush! Shallow as it sounds they'll keep you topped up AND probably make you few extra friends!

The most essential part to enjoying your day at the races is a decent brekkie and a pre race drink ;) 

I'm all about An Pucan aka The Pooks!

Right beside the buses to the course, yummy food, prosecco on tap, their own beer #swagger , sound staff and the most unbelievable Garden Area of all time #dreamliving

Enjoy yourself and I'll see you at the track!

A 21st Century Fox

Laura Fox

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Ballgowns at Breakfast

Hi chums!

As some of you might know I was in Poland for 3 weeks representing Ireland in the Miss Supranational competition. I got a call in the mist of my birthday-week from Jenny, one of my mentors from competing in Miss Ireland, asking me if I wanted to go. Eeehhhh ya!! which she replied "Thank god I've already sent your shots through and you've been approved!"
So waking up on the Monday morning I was very confused, I wasn't sure if I had dreamt it or not, low and behold I hadn't, I was all booked in and set to fly the following Sunday.

So with less than a weeks notice and the best friends, family and boss in the world off I flew to Poland!

My first night I arrived I was all on my lonesome. I was told to be at breakfast for 8 and that we had a shoot at 9 so no need for hair and make up.
Anyone who is thinking of competing in a pageant, take it from me- "casual" and "no hair and make up" do not mean "casual" and "no hair and make up" in pageant world. I rocked down to breakfast the first morning in my gym gear......I only changed out of my Fox slippers leaving the room just in case they wouldn't let me in the restaurant.

I laugh now but at the time Oh my sweet baby J did I want the ground to swallow me up.
It was like walking into Halo on a Saturday night, with the exception of a few girls who took it to a whole new level by wearing ballgowns! I started to introduce myself, which took the girls by surprise-they didn't think I was in the competition at all- THEN I proceded to start telling lies about how I had just been for a run up the mountain and just decided to grab brekkie really quick, and that then backfired because I had a posse who wanted to go running with me every morning- something I ended up doing for the rest of the week!

Miss Wales and Miss Scotland arrived over the next 2 days, I don't think I could have asked for better roomies, we were all on the same wave length- getting a good chuckle out of "Ballgowns at Breakfast"

The first day was a bit of a blur, and I almost felt like an intruder because the girls had been preparing for this for a few months...and here I was after less than a weeks notice. Lucky in some ways but very unlucky in others. So 13 hours later I finally finished my official shot for Miss Supranational Ireland.

Big thanks to Phoebe and Ismay McVey at Gorgeouslocks Extensions for as always sorting me out with a days notice!  Million Dollar Secret for my nails&lashes that lasted me a month!! and AS ALWAYS my Ruthie at Heaven Scent <3 for my galweigian brows, tan, facials and general life therapy!! 

The first week was very polite...but in part 2 I'll get into the nitty gritty!

toodlepips for now,

A 21st century Fox 

Laura Fox

Cheap and Cheerful!

I'm a girl, I like to look good. No matter what I'm doing I'm trying to look my best doing it. (Except when I'm hungover, but seriously give me a break on that one!)

So I've had a crazy couple of months and my fitness has pretty much gone out the window. But now were back to business people. Thailand&Hong Kong is happening in 6 weeks with 2 of my besties. Which means work out like Tom Hardy's calling me up for a date and save save save which also brings me onto the point of this blog - cheap and cheerful gym clothes!

I've learned the hard way that there really is no way around it- If your wearing shorts to the gym they HAVE GOT TO BE shorts that were intended for the gym. That's why I love these leather bad boys, they look good AND they keep my big ol booty covered with the under layer €15.95 

Next up are these seriously comfy high waisted leggings also from F21- great for covering up that lovely Xmas belly (Spot the Fox slippers €4- Pennies!!)

 These next ones are literally flying out of pennies, they don't have many sizes left in the shopping centre but Headford Road Pennies in Galway seems to have plenty left in stock, I made the trek out to get them (complaining about walking to buy gym gear....oh god!)

I wouldn't advise trying to hide with these optical illusion Pants! Also from pennies. I picked up this top&sports bra in F21 last week but I lost the tags for the bra- however I can assure you it was under the 10 bean mark!

 The picture does these black pants no justice, they have mesh cut out panels at the side, I think these were the most expensive ones I got - €15.95. I did get them a few months ago but did see them still in the shop. I love the top,€6.50 and they have it in a range of different colours.

So pretty much to sum things up I don't stray further than Pennies and Forever 21 for my gym gear. 

I hope that helped even a little bit! save the money for the actual Gym Membership, I'd totally recommend Results Ireland 100% - it's fun and your getting your ass kicked at  the same time. If you don't slack off (like I did!) you'll be in the best shape of your life!

I hope that in someway helped in how to be a cheap skate! 

Let me know

A 21st Century Fox

Laura Fox

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Welcome!

Hi guys!

I've been meaning to set this up for a while now but always found a reason not to....... lazyness! 

But......New Year New Me...... and All That Jazz! 

I'm going to cover my fitness journey into 2015 (it's going to be a rough start!!),Travel, skincare, hair, make up- and the best places with the best value to go- in my opinion! Shoots for The Sunday World and general ding dong of my life!

I'll be 100% honest in all aspects!

I'm also going to try fit in a little bit about Poland while I was there competing for Miss Supranational and the crazy Pageant world that went along with it.

I'd be more than delighted if anybody has any suggested posts they'd like and any feedback is more than welcome!

Looking forward to all the fun and frolics that 2015 has in store and sharing it with you all!

Happy new year,

A 21st Century Fox

Laura Fox

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