My week (so far) in short.

Monday- Yay!! Been looking forward to this day for a long time. I start work for Ruby Tuesday today, it was good, got to meet a whole bunch (about 60) new people. most of them young and upbeat.

Tuesday-Work again, today was full of courses, COSHH, Food Hygiene blah blah blah. Very boring, but it needs to be done, I'm happy with the exam results and that is all that matters.

Wednesday- Today, we were given the day off. So I spent the day chilling out and having a picnic with my mum and little brother.

Thursday-Today, we spent half of the day training, and the other half having a tour of the new venue and seeing the food that we will be serving...bring on tomorrow!

The Evil That Is Chocolate Pudding

Today, something awful happened. Whilst making instant noodles and toast for dinner, I stumbled upon a huge tub of Cadbury's Cocoa Powder...that is when the evil began.
I decided that I should take a look on Google to see what I (an extremely novice cook) could put together.
I found this recipe for 'Finnish Chocolate Pudding'
500ml Milk
2 Tbsp Sugar
0.5 Tsp Salt
1 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
80g Flour

I followed the instructions to simmer the milk on the hob, then add the other ingredients. Keep cooking and stirring until the mixture is thick.

Anyhow.. I did it, and it was lumpy, I figured, I didn't mix it in enough or something.. but it tasted ok, so I tried again...this time, it tasted like I'd put too much flour in it..so...I tried AGAIN! Third time lucky...right? So I mixed the ingredients, cooked, stirred & simmered until ready.
It looked gorgeous, it smelt heavenly... so I tasted it, it was all right, but not as nice as I'd hoped, so I added some sugar while it was still pretty hot, and stirred it in, I was it melting and thought to myself how delicious it was going to be.
I left it to cool down a little so I could taste it properly, it was too hot to go into the fridge, so I put a tea-towel over the top and let it rest.
20 Minutes later... I take the tea-towel off the bowl, grab a dessert spoon and dig in.
I don't know whether it was my cooking, or the recipe, or those darn Fins and their demented taste-buds...but whatever it was, made me spit out the so-called 'Chocolate Pudding' and throw it into the bin.
I have made myself a promise, that I'm not going to cook anything for the foreseeable future.
Now I have nothing to eat, and a tummy with icky pudding in it!

If you have any ideas.. please let me know..

Saturday - The Weekend!

Well, today is Saturday! So far today, I haven't done anything amazing, or challenging. After I FINALLY get dressed, I'll be making sure I'm all ready for work on Monday...
I'll be starting my new job at 'Ruby Tuesday' which is a 'casual dining' venue. I'm hoping that with my previous experience, that I will be able to start as a Supervisor and work my way up quickly to Manager.
I was supposed to start work there on the 11th July, but as it is a brand new venue (the first of it's kind in the U.K) there were some teething problems which have caused delays.
The uniform will be a simple black t-shirt and black trousers, not particularly sexy, but easy to wear, and (depending on the strict-ness of the Managers & such) easy to accessorise.

Lady Gaga - Alejandro

Lady Gaga's Alejandro has almost constantly been playing in my ears since I first heard it, the video is sexy with the signature Gaga crazyness, and it gives you the want to watch it over and over again.
Definitely my number 1 of the fortnight! If you haven't heard it.. please do so!

Thursday- Shopping Day

Well.. here we are again, it's Thursday night and I'm recycling items like mad on Superpoke! Pets to have enough money to shop myself silly at 3am.

From the sneek peek, we see that the main theme for this week is 'Pirates', which doesn't excite me quite so much as the user created items, or the new wheel spin.. but girls will be girls, and we all know how much we like to shop!

I'll be back in the morning after what I hope to be a good nights rest, to let you know how shopping went!