I met up with my friend Charl in Manchester for shopping and cocktails. I caught the train in the early afternoon and met her at Manchester Piccadilly station.

Right away we went to Costa Coffee for a quick catch-up. A lot has happened in a year, for both of us. After spending an hour there, we moved on to Primark for some shopping.

We spent a while in Primark picking up all sorts before moving on to New Look, H&M, River Island, Topshop and Zara.

After hours of shopping, we were starving. We went through streets and streets in Manchester before finding a restaurant called Yard & Coop.

We ordered cocktails that the waitress recommended. They had mint in them and were lovely. We ordered our food (I had hot wings, Mac&Cheese balls and fries) and some more cocktails.

The food was lovely. By the time we finished we decided to get one more drink before I left. I ordered an alcoholic banana milkshake that was very yummy.

We walked back to the train station and said our goodbyes, until our night out in a few days.