I’ve been so busy this week that I didn’t have a chance to blog about my last few days in Scotland.

On Sunday, Tom came over to watch the F1 with my Dad, so my Mum and I took my Nana out for a coffee. There’s a nice little cafe in Burntisland called Potter About, where you can paint your own ceramics over a cup of coffee and cake. They have a little craft store and I was tempted by their union jack cushions.

In the evening my Dad took us through to Chop Chop in Edinburgh, a restaurant they had seen on Gordon Ramsay’s show and everyone has been raving about since.

They specialize in dumplings, so I tried the steamed and fried prawn ones and some peanut & mustard noodles.

They even had dessert dumplings, I tried the peanut butter with raisins ones, which were really nice.

We went for a drink near the bridges afterwards and then I went back to Tom’s house and Duncan and Grant came round for a catch up.

We spent Monday with T’s Mum, sitting in their lovely garden. I somehow managed to get sunburn (in Scotland!) and now have an uneven tan down one arm.

We had a tasty lunch of pita bread stuffed with roast vegetables.

The train back to London was really busy, so we snuggled up and watched the One Of My Kind documentary about Conor Oberst and Monsters Of Folk, which wasn’t great but made us want to take a trip to Mexico.

Tom’s parents gave us this really pretty cake stand as an engagement present.

I can’t wait to have a tea party and show it off.

Yesterday we headed through to a very snowy and cold Edinburgh.

We went to see Joey D in his shop and took him some mince pies. He was very sweet and told us lots of stories about his wedding, fashion week and said that we’d convinced him to open a store in London and that he’d come and visit us.

Tom got an amazing Irish policeman’s jacket which is made from super soft moleskin and has a leather collar and back. They had some amazing skirts and wellies that I want to go back and try on. I’m tempted to ask him to make me a dress out of neckties.

Afterwards we went for a meal at our favourite Italian restaurant, Vittoria on Leith Walk. It has become a Christmas Eve tradition to go their after we finish our xmas shopping.

We went down to Alistair’s house to give him his Christmas present, which is a Worn Again wallet made from recycled Eurostar uniforms. I got one for Tom too.

In the evening Grant, Nathan, David and Duncan joined us at Tom’s house for drinks before we headed back to my house in the early hours of the morning. It’s a Canadian tradition to open a present the night before Christmas, so my Mum and Dad gave me a book by Debrett’s I was wanting about Correct Form – I’m such a geek for etiquette.

On Monday we went to see The Yeah You’s with Dermot O’Leary at the BBC Maida Vale studios.

We walk past them a lot on the way home and we’d always wondered what they were like inside, so when we were offered tickets, we jumped at the chance.

It was really cool inside. The band weren’t very good but Dermot was funny and it was free, so we can’t complain. We’re going to apply for tickets to recordings there a lot more now.

Last night we went to the Hawley Arms in Camden. It was Amy Winehouse’s favorite boozer, but now that she’s moved out of Camden, it can be ours. The roof terrace is really nice and you can sit and watch the fancy trains go by while you drink.

Grant and his girlfriend, Hannah were suppose to be meeting us there, but he ended up going on a drunken adventure with the singer from The Others, and we didn’t see him until much later on.

The best thing about the Hawley is that they serve mini eggs, lollipops, dolly mix and caschew nuts on tap.

Just back from seeing the Manics at the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh with Mum, Tom and Grant. They were really good and we got to meet them at the end.