Plus North - Part 1 - Does My Blog Make Me Look Fat?

The wait was finally over, Friday morning (after a manic day before and a little break down over if i should be coming) I boarded a train to Manchester to attend Plus North. It felt a bit like Christmas, i had that same excited feeling in my belly.

Plus North for those of you who don't know is a Plus Size event organised by the fabulously lovely Becky and Toni. This was the second event and i was really sad when i couldn't go last year.

I met up with Steph, my roomie for the weekend and we headed over to the Travelodge we were staying in, only to bump into the Becka and Chloe in the reception, where Chloe proceeded to tell me she was surprised at how happy i was as i appeared to be a grumpy miss in my photos (i am working on my teeth-y smile for you Chloe).

Steph and I headed into town for a bit and i had one of the bet cheese toasties of my life in Costa, it really was ultimate before heading back to meet Beth and get ready for the evening, but before that i had to pop upstairs to say hello to Meg and Sian, who were beyond amazing in real life and such a good laugh; i think Megsy (my pet name for her) is my new partner in crime.

The evening had been organised by Beth, 30 fatties heading to an all you can eat buffet (i kid you not, when we arrived we had to wait downstairs, i think they were warning the other diners of our arrivals and telling them to grab as much food as they could). But first a quick pop into the Slug Lettuce where i finally got to meet some of the amazing ladies i had been following and reading for what feels like forever (Elena, Kathryn, Gemma, Emma, Nikki, Dani, Mel, Kaye and so many more i can't remember) i was in there all of 5 minutes before i had my head in Beka's Boobs (that set the tone for the weekend really). It was just so amazing so see all these ladies, looking amazing and being so confident, i loved the just don't give a shit vibe that was floating around.

We ended the evening back in Beth's room playing with some props and taking some hilarious photos, i don't think i have ever taken so many seflies in my life. It was just great to be around these ladies and we had a blast, i dragged my sorry bum to bed at 2.30 ready for the next day....