It was Tom’s birthday today, so I surprised him after work with a trip to the Absolut Ice Bar.

It was very very cold but they dressed us in big warm cloak and gloves.

The glasses were made of ice too and the cocktails glowed under the UV lights. The menu was a compass and you picked the cocktail you wanted by the direction.

The bar was covered with various ice art and sculptures.

I liked dressing up as an eskimo and wish I could have a furry hood all the time but it was nice to get outside in the warmth after.

I treated Tom to dinner at the Diner, where he got to open some of his presents.

Then we had time to kill in an empty St Pancras while waiting for my parent’s train to arrive so we played pop-up ping pong, which was so much fun!

I love the sculptures in St Pancras and the amazing roof.

The base on this one is amazing.

Instead of nursing a hangover this morning, after our birthday party, we went cycling around Hyde Park, which was lots of fun and I didn’t even fall off.

We stopped to browse the V&A shop where I spotted these gorgeous leather bow belts. I want to make one.

We treated ourselves to dinner at Itsu in Brompton Square. It was like an upper class and healthier Yo Sushi, promising butterfly light dishes.

We tried a bunch of different dishes. The salads and fresh fish were amazing. The drinks were good too!

For dessert, they even had my favouritre, creme brulee – not what I’d associate with sushi.

I went to MAC Cosmetics this morning for a makeover in time for our party. Last time I let the artist take full control and she went a bit crazy but this time I knew what I wanted, so I loved the end result so much more. Ellie, the makeup artist asked if I was a beauty journalist, because I came in prepared with a notebook of looks I wanted to try out. She also gave me a huge list of websites to check for Cut Out + Keep and places to go in Bristol next weekend.

She even let me take photos as we went along, so I could put it on CO+K (http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/cat-eye-makeover) and thought that was a really good idea everyone should do. I left with a big bag of makeup and then went shopping for a new outfit too.