Weekly Update: 2nd–8th March — Mean Girls, World Book Day & a Busy Week of YouTube Editing
- Mar 9
- 5 min read
It’s been a busy week here with theatre trips, World Book Day costumes, speech therapy appointments, lots of YouTube editing and even a little creative experimenting with my badge-making machine.
From light-up Spider-Man school shoes to Krispy Kreme treats and filming multiple theatre reviews, this week ended up being surprisingly productive.
Here’s everything we got up to during our week of 2nd – 8th March.
School Shoes, Trafford Centre & Lunch at Pesto 🛍️🍝
On Monday Lawrence had the day off work, so we decided to get the bus to ASDA as Leo needed some new school shoes and I wanted to try and find a trench coat for Alice’s World Book Day costume. The theme at her school this year was spies.
When we arrived I had a quick look at the Mother’s Day range. I didn’t find a present for my mum but I did pick up a card.
We then headed upstairs to find Leo some shoes and luckily we found exactly what he wanted straight away — Spider-Man light-up school shoes for £20. Even better, they actually had his size in stock, which never usually happens.
Unfortunately they didn’t have anything suitable for Alice’s costume.
Before leaving we had a quick look in the toy section to see if there was anything we could get Leo for his birthday in April, but nothing really stood out.
After ASDA we walked across to the Trafford Centre and had a browse in the Selfridges toy section. They had quite a lot of Hot Wheels and some Mario toys, but nothing we thought Leo would really play with or didn’t already have.
We also popped into the Jellycat shop to see the new collection. They’re very cute, but definitely quite expensive.
By this point we were getting hungry, so Lawrence and I decided to go to Pesto for lunch as we hadn’t been in a while and they have a really good lunchtime offer for £13.99.
I ordered:
Ali di Pollo al Forno – Tuscan style chicken wings
Salsiccia Peperonata – spicy Italian sausage with peppers and potatoes
Pizzetta Pepperoni – a 6” pizza with tomato, mozzarella and pepperoni
Lawrence ordered:
Spaghetti al Ragú Bolognese
Salsiccia Peperonata
Arancini – deep-fried saffron risotto balls stuffed with mozzarella
We both had a Diet Coke and the food was really nice.
After lunch we had a quick look in Primark to see if I could find Alice a trench coat for her costume and to pick up some school leggings for her. They didn’t have the coat in her size, but we did manage to get the leggings.
Later that evening I found a spy costume on Amazon and ordered it for delivery on Wednesday.
A Full Day of Editing 🎬
Tuesday was mostly spent editing YouTube videos.
I’m really determined to catch up with my editing backlog at the moment, so I spent most of the day working through videos. It was quite a long day but I managed to get several finished which felt really productive.
Mean Girls & Krispy Kreme Treats 🎭🍩
On Wednesday Lawrence and I went to the matinee performance of Mean Girls The Musical.
Lawrence had already bought his ticket quite a while ago, so his seat was in the circle. I only decided to go a few days earlier when my parents offered to watch the kids, so my ticket was in the stalls.
When we arrived I had a quick look at the merchandise stand, but I’d already bought a programme and magnet the week before when I first saw the show.
When we got into the auditorium there were quite a few empty seats in the stalls, so Lawrence was able to move and sit next to me which was really nice.
I absolutely loved the show again. Lawrence enjoyed it but said it’s probably not one of his favourites and he wouldn’t rush to see it again. I, on the other hand, would happily go and see it again when it comes to Liverpool.
👉 You can read my full review Here
After the show we walked up to the Manchester Arndale and stopped at Krispy Kreme because they had an offer running where you could get 12 donuts for £12 by saying “Wonderful Wednesday”. Apparently the offer runs every Wednesday throughout March, so that was a nice treat for the kids when we got home.
Alice’s spy costume had also arrived that day and she was very excited to try it on. It looked amazing and she was really happy with it.
World Book Day & Speech Therapy 📚
Thursday was World Book Day.
Alice went to school dressed as a spy and she looked absolutely adorable in her costume.
Leo doesn’t really enjoy dressing up, but luckily his school’s theme was to wear something comfortable so he wore his Gruffalo top and jogging bottoms, which suited him perfectly.
Leo also had a speech therapy appointment at 11:30am. He went into school for a couple of hours first, then we picked him up at 11am so he could have lunch before the appointment.
The speech therapist was lovely and Leo really enjoyed the session. We were given a few sounds to practise with him before his next appointment.
Afterwards we took him back to school.
Filming & Uploading Theatre Reviews 🎥
Friday was spent filming my review videos for:
Mean Girls
Operation Mincemeat
Disney On Ice
I also uploaded Weekly Vlog #443.
On Saturday I uploaded two theatre videos:
Then on Sunday I finished editing and uploaded:
It felt really good to finally make progress on my editing backlog.
Badge Making Experiments ✨
On Sunday evening I also decided to try making some pocket mirror badges using my badge-making machine.
At first I had a bit of trouble printing the images because I hadn’t selected the correct paper setting on my printer. Once I worked that out the designs printed perfectly.
I then cut them out using my Cricut machine and assembled them using the badge maker.
I’m really pleased with how the pocket mirrors turned out and I’m excited to experiment with making more.
Final Thoughts 💫
This week ended up being a mix of theatre trips, creative projects and lots of behind-the-scenes editing work.
It was lovely seeing Alice so excited about her World Book Day costume, and Leo did really well at his speech therapy appointment too.
And after such a productive weekend of editing… I’m finally starting to feel a bit more caught up with my YouTube videos!
Watch Our Weekly Vlog 🎥
If you’d like to see everything we got up to this week in real time, you can watch Weekly Vlog #444 over on my YouTube channel — including our Trafford Centre trip, theatre visits and lots of everyday family moments along the way.
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