Chicago Girl in "suburbs" of Reading

I just wanted to introduce myself.  I am Shannon and I'm 31!  I live in the Reading area, and I have lived here since May 2013, so nearly a year now.  I moved here after being in a long-distance relationship for 4.5 years.  My husband is British, and we got married in July.  We don't have kids yet and aren't planning to have them for a long while.  I have just started driving over here, and I am currently trying to find a job. I don't have too many friends of my own yet, mostly I just know people through my husband.  I'm missing my friends from back home.  I hope to make some friends on here!

 I have a very quirky sense of humor, I love animals, and I love to play with makeup. It sucks that you can't buy Too Faced Cosmetics and NYX Makeup over here!!

 I like reading Neil Gaiman books, and I love any movie that Tim Burton has done.  In general I am into horror movies, and I really was irritated with not being able to do anything for Halloween 2013, because it's not that big a deal over here.   

US stores that I miss desperately:

• Sephora
• ULTA
• Trader Joe's
• Hot Topic
• Zumiez
• Bath & Body Works

US restaurants that I miss:

• Jamba Juice
• Qdoba
• Lou Malnati's
• Taco Bell (I didn't miss it til I couldn't go there anymore!)
• Wendy's

I have shared a bit about me, and I hope to meet people with similar personality as myself.

Shannon

Hi there!

NWI burbs girl here destined for Bristol I didn't realize you couldny find NYX or too faced. How about Urban Decay? Please tell me they have that there

Do you have a mission burrito by you? They are kinda the UK equivalent to chipotle.
There's suppose to be a Taco Bell somewhere in England, not sure where its at.

Welcome to the boards:)

-Amy

Welcome.  Half hour from Reading is a big radius.  I'm in Wokingham, which is east of Reading.  Try eBay and Amazon for your makeup.

Do you have any pets?  I have two kitties.

Jenny, there are genuine Chipotle's in London.  Don't know how often you get there though.   

Hi & welcome!

Larger Boots stores usually have a Too Faced concession - it may be small & you have to either ask someone or hunt around for it. I get the odd Too Faced product here in the UK at Boots.

There are about 3 Taco Bells in the UK - your nearest is probably in Essex. There are couple there and one in Manchester.

http://www.tacobelluk.co.uk/contact.ht

Also, in addition to the Chipotle in London, there's another couple chains here that are like Chipotle - one is BarBurrito and another is called Tortilla.

Hope that helps!

Hey, I'm from the Northwest Chicago Suburbs and I live in Perth Scotland now. I also never missed Taco Bell till it was gone, now I'd murder someone for it! I've never been to Reading, how do you enjoy it?

haha lol I love your quirky personality! your post is similar to mine! ok, we have Taco Bell!!!! i found one! only one!!! Lakeside Mall. Hope that helps! xx

PS: I throw a PROPER halloween party every year complete with all the Martha Stewart trimmings lol! I have the perfect spooky old cottage to do it in lol. yall should come up!

haha lol I love your quirky personality! your post is similar to mine! ok, we have Taco Bell!!!! i found one! only one!!! Lakeside Mall. Hope that helps! xx

There are currently 3 Taco Bells in the whole of the UK (not counting any that might be on military bases).

I live in the reading area

I live near Reading. There's an American meet up at Five Guys if your interested end of the month I think.

I'd like to be in on the meetup at Five Guys.  How can I find out about that?