Shop News & Mrs. Monologues Giveaway Extravaganza!

Guys i am super excited because i am working on a lot of new cute things for my etsy store

Haven't visited my etsy store yet!? well why the hells not it's awesome and affordable (and as of  Monday will have a BUNCH of new things in it!

also i made it a cute new banner and button which despite how simple it looks took me a loooong ass time to complete!

ANNNND if that wasn't good enough a quick heads up to let you know that i will be participating in Mrs Monologues Christmas Extravaganza, so one of you lucky bisnitches could win something i made for FREE! 

go check out her blog to find out what the deelio is!

Banana Bread Muffins

I LOVE Banana bread with all of my heart. 

I have such fond memories of coming home from school and smelling the sweet bready smell wafting through the halls from the kitchen. I remember arguing with my sister over who would get the end piece (the chewiest and most desirable in our house) often my mum would cut both ends off just to placate us as we slathered butter over the hot slices.

Banana bread never lasted long in our house, the two loaves my mum baked would usually be gone within a couple of days.

Recently i have been craving the sweet buttery taste, so much so that the other night i dreamed about Banana bread no less than three times!

When i woke up this morning and saw that my 4 bananas bought for lunches were black, i knew it was the world giving me a sign....

I don't have any loaf pans here so i decided instead to opt to bake them in a muffin tin! I am pleased to say it worked.

as i am on a health kick at the moment i also

Banana Bread Muffins  

recipe adapted from here

Ingredients:

3 or 4 very ripe bananas mashed
70g light margarine (melted or very soft)
10g no added sugar peanut butter (this was just to give it a slight peanutty taste but didn't really add anything - can be substituted for 5 extra grams of light margarine)
1 medium egg
150g sugar (I used white caster as that is all we had but i would recommend soft brown if you have it!)
175g flour (I used a wholemeal rye flour to give it a bit more of a healthy boost)
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
a pinch of salt


Method:

Preheat oven to 175C (or 350F for you Americans)
Mix the butter into the mashed bananas.
Add in the sugar, egg and vanilla before sprinkling in the baking powder and salt.
Lastly add in the flower and mix together well.

Grease your muffin pan and fill the cups up about 3/4 of the way.
Bake for 20-25 mins or until golden brown on top.
Allow to cool ever so slightly before breaking them open and covering them with butter YUM!

NB to check if they are fully done stick a knife in the middle of the biggest one and if it comes out clean you are good to go!

It makes between 12-18 muffins.

i put this recipe into MyFitnessPal and it estimated the muffins at 106 cals ( i prefer to err on the side of caution so i am assuming these are closer to 150cals) not bad and taste delicious.

Job Interview

The Interview went extremely well, i wore outfit number 1 because when i put outfit number 2 on i felt super washed out :( Anyhoo i don't know if i have the job until Monday, which is laame because i am very impatient.

BUT luckily for me when i got home, the man i interviewed with called me and asked if i would be happy to help out a summer school tomorrow, friday and maybe next week! I of course instantly said yes, so now i have a small job which will hopefully lead to a full time one either way (the interviewer asked if i didn't get the job would i be happy to substitute- which again was an obvious YES) so fingers crossed next week i will be discussing worky things yay!

and tomorrow we are taking a to the VilVite Science center! which sounds super fun! I am excited and feeling good.

I'm working on another post for you all later so until then

ha det xx

True Life: I'm a rambling blogger

Happy Friday people today i am linking up with Mrs Monologues and Fabulous but evil to take part in their link up series true life: I'm a _______ blogger!

I thought it would be nice to re introduce myself here with some lists.

Me

1. I am 23

2. I live in Bergen, Norway with my lovely boyfriend and hopefully soon a cat yay!

3. I blog about tons of different random stuff anything from long rambles about my day to place/product reviews

4. I am currently unemployed (boo!) so i spend most of my day on the computer! or crafting (yay!)

5.  Hopefully soon i will finally be done with my BA TEFL degree and can get a job as a teacher!

Like/Loves

1. Lists! i love lists i write them all the time usually detailing all the things i have to do, before i promptly forget to do them and move on to writing another list about something

2. My boyfriend, I know aww (puke puke) but he really is wonderful and is always looking after me!

3. Cats, seriously i would love to be a cat lady as long as i had a huuuge house with lots of windows so i wouldn't smell like one.

4. food, nomz i loves it. could possibly be the reason i never succeed in losing weight but meh sometimes you just gotta have that slice of pizza!

5. crafting, especially at the moment when my head is filled with money/school/life worries i find that sitting down and making something really puts me in a good mood, plus it maks my boyfriend happy as i forget to nag him about things ;)

Dislikes

1. Hangovers (i have one right now and it is threatening to send me back to bed with no supper! which would be terrible *sob*)

2. mean people - i know everyone says that but its because it's so true if you're in a bad mood don't take it out on me just go and have an ice cream, they make everything better!

3. Writing essays/revising for exams and school in general! i just want it all to be over.

4. not having the body of Scarlett Johansson and being too lazy to get it.

5. not having my best friends living close by :( 

So there you have it, now you know some interesting ish facts about me and hopefully you will have come to inevitable conclusion that i am awesome and should be your new BFF!

Me and the Bf on our recent holiday <3

Off to go and wallow in my hangover now.

Happy Weekend!

One Year in Bergen!!

Exactly one year ago today i arrived in Bergen, and knew almost straight away that this would be my new home. it has been an interesting year of up's and downs. I have gained friends and then lost them, and i have lost loves and found the best one. So to celebrate my first year here i thought i would show you some pictures....

JULY '10

My Norwegian going away party!

August '10

went on my first adventure and bought a coffee cup!

Met some AMAZING new friends!

September '10

Went out lots with Corrine

October '10

Started hanging out with this crazy bisnitch! (dressed up for a 1940's night)

and started drinking more (if that is even possible!!)

November '10

went to a burlesque party in the snow brrr!

December '10

Got all excited for christmas and made my room all red

Had some awesome DUFF times!

Spent my first Christmas in Norway at a friend's cabin with his family

We got quite drunk on white russians!

 jumped into snow that came up to my thighs!

January '11

apparently i didn't take any photos of myself or do anything of interest...woops.

February '11

Got a visit from Alice, was so happy!

Did even more drinking!

This was the day i hiked up fløyen, and then visited the stave church! later this evening i met the love of my life <3

March '10

<3

April '11

I got HARRY POTTER LEGO for easter!

I decided to don a fetching hat for the royal wedding ;) jk it's the awesome stave church

Marie and I did some awesome beer drinking!

May '11

I celebrated my first 17th May in Norway

And i turned 23 two days later

I had cake!

And very expensive but yummy mexican food!

June '11

June was very hectic i spent over 12 hours getting to Finland only to spend a mere  6 hours actually in the country! but at least i got to finally meet an old internet friend Anna! i also broke my front tooth by being an idiot! but it's fixed now yay!

July '11

I ate a huuuge cookie!

and visited a cool waterfall

August '11

I made friends with a goat!