Unfortunately it wasn’t the best outcome as my team got relegated after this match! So, its League one for us next season. I still enjoyed watching the football non the less. COYB!
Sunday 14th April
Kaitlyn’s 4th Birthday party
My friends little girl turned 4 so we had some fun at soft play & cake of course!
Wednesday 17th April
Breakfast with friends
Today I met my twin sister, nephews & our friends Livy, Demi & CC for breakfast at our local Harvester! (Because let’s be honest, breakfast food is the best food!!)
It was lovely to catch up, especially as one of my friends is very close to her due date so it was lovely to see her before she becomes very busy!!
Thursday 18th April
Evie-Mae’s first sleepover at Auntie Ro Ro’s & Uncle TT’s
It was lots of fun having Evie to sleepover!
Friday 19th April
Good Friday
In the morning, once Evie was up, baths had been done & breakfast had been served, we went for a play and a lovely walk to the park.
It was beautiful weather & Evie loved the play area. We then sat down for a refreshing drink & snack at the park cafe before mummy & Daddy collected her ๐
In the evening we went out for a family meal to celebrate my brother in laws 30th Birthday.
Saturday 20th April
Our first BBQ of the year!
On Saturday the beautiful sunshine continued and it was glorious!
We had our first BBQ of the year, at my father in laws.
Sunday 21st April
Easter Sunday
I love Easter Sunday (& not just because of the vast quantity of chocolate that is consumed) but because it’s just a lovely day and as a family we always get together.
For as long as I can remember we have gathered on Eastet Sunday for a Chinese (delish!) My Nana started this tradition and I’m determined it continues (& again, not just because of the delicious Chinese food consumed haha) but because I like traditions and there is something really lovely about keeping them alive.
In the morning I did some Easter baking with the boys and I took another trip, to another local park, with the boys for a play in the sunshine. This was lovely before our Chinese.
We also enjoyed our Easter eggs and swapped treats with each other.
The boys and Evie were really pleased with their Easter buckets.
Monday 22nd April
Easter Monday
This was one of my favourite days of the bank holiday. Tim took me to his work (which I hadn’t seen before) & showed me a lovely walk that him and his colleagues often do at lunch times.
We walked some of the way, stopped for a yummy lunch, at Suffolk Food Hall, in the sunshine and then walked the rest of the loop back to the start.
It was a beautifully sunny day and I really enjoyed myself, the walk was stunning
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it was a lovely way to spend some time together โก
& that’s a wrap! A brilliant Easter holiday full of fun, sorting out, Spring cleaning & relaxing… perfect.
One of my favourite bits of Christmas is the build up and of course advent calendars are a big part of that.
I thought I would share with you guys which calendars I have this year.
This is the first time during a blogmas (& I think this is year 3 of me doing it) that I havn’t had a beauty advent calender. None of them took my fancy this year and the ones I’d had previously hadn’t changed a lot either. Plus is it just me or are they very expensive!!
So let’s take a look at the ones I did go for.
Chocolate first of course! And the king of chocolate, so it had to be, Cadburys.
I went for the ‘1994’ style edition as I thought it looked super traditional plus I’m a 90s kid so I thought it was cool.
I love having a little chunk of Cadbury chocolate every morning to look forward to.
I also got myself a colouring advent calendar too, just for a bit of fun!
You get a different picture for each day of advent and they are all Christmas themed.
It’s quite relaxing doing my colouring in the evening whilst I catch up on I’m a celeb.
Apologies for the delay! But my ‘Holiblog’ series kind of took over!
But, the summer hols are only just over so I thought I would finish the series up and update you guys on how I spent the middle weeks of the holidays.
The reason I’ve lumped a few weeks together is because I’m not going to actually explain what I did in weeks Two and Three as that is when we were in Florida…Instead I will leave the links to my holiblogs…
Tonight (Thurs) I slept over at my twin sister Sarah’s house.
We had a treat dinner before heading to bed ready for the celebrations the next day.
Friday 24th August 2018 marks two years since my beautiful youngest nephew Casey James was born.
I am so happy I am waking up there and being able to experience his birthday with him first thing. We have a fun day planned!
Our first stop was the cinema to watch
‘Luis and the aliens’
It was brilliant and we had a great time, especially with some yummy snacks and drinks included.
The film was one of the best kids films I’ve seen in ages!
Next stop! McDonald’s for a birthday treat lunch.
Stop number three, Pennikkity Pots!
Here we did something a bit different but fun and creative. The boys both chose a ceramic and they painted it. Casey chose a fish whilst Noah painted a shark.
They loved it!
Nana & Grandads in the evening for more presents opening and cake!!
It was a jammed packed but fun day to celebrate Casey turning two!
Saturday 25th August 2018
Me & my friend from work met up this evening to have a meal together.
Nandos was delicious as usual and the halloumi starter proved as difficult to avoid as always.
It was great to catch up after my holiday and have a good old chat!
Sunday 26th August 2018
Casey Jame’s second birthday party.
It’s kind of a tradition to have a little party each year, with all the family! So of course this year was no exception.
At Sarah & Dans we had party food, present opening, fun, games and of course cake!
There was a definite dino theme amongst his presents and he loved his dinosaur Jurassic World birthday cake.
We rounded off the day with a delicious impromptu (always the best kind) Chinese takeaway.
That’s the penultimate week done, its the last week next week ๐ฑ
This weekend me and Tim went to stay with my Auntie & Cousin in Norwich. We had planned this trip for a little while but the snow had scuppered our plans earlier on in March!
With the weather clear and our bags packed we headed off on Friday after work. We made it in good time (although a slow moving tractor on the way almost trapped us for a bit, good old East Anglia)
We were greeted with a delicious tea of pizzas which we all enjoyed, whilst catching up.
We also got cuddles with my Aunties new baby guinea pigs Digby and Tufty. They are brothers and are super cute! (Below is Digby!)
On Saturday Morning (being the keen parkrunners that we are) me and Tim got up and went in search of Brundalls Parkrun, our first outing as Parkrun tourists. We actually found it quite easily and it was really cool doing a different course. Plus being good and still going out for a run whilst away meant we could be more indulgent when necessary over the weekend haha.
We really enjoyed the run and although it was a bit worrying not knowing the course it turned out to be pretty straight forward, A 4 lap course, we just had to remember which lap we were on!
We headed back to freshen up and have some brekky.
We spent the rest of the day watching films and playing board games. perfect weekend entertainment, especially the board games as they were vintage ones from my aunties loft (They don’t make board games like they used to these days) We found some real gems.
We went out for a meal in the evening to a local Indian restaurant that we frequent on our trips to see my Auntie, it’s lovely there and the food is really tasty.
We enjoyed poppodoms & sauces to start and for the main I chose the tandoori chicken with boiled rice, yummy.
On Sunday we all indulged in a much deserved lie in followed by a chilled out day of watching tv, chatting, having copious amounts of tea, an amazing roast dinner cooked by my cousin and playing a fun word based card game called Wordsmithery.
It’s always such a shame when a lovely long weekend ends! Back to the reality of a working week. Thank goodness it’s a short one, roll on the Easter Hols I say, I’m defiantly feeling it now ZZZzzzzz.
Here are my 5 simple steps to having a relaxing evening.
I know this is personal preference but its just my favourite way to unwind and relax after a busy week and I thought that I would share it with you guys.
Enjoy!
Step 1:
Treat yourself!
After work on Friday I walked into town and treated myself by getting my nails done. I have only had them professionally done a handful of times and its been ages, So I thought why not!
I went to a little salon where we got our nails done ready for my sisters wedding in 2015. I really wanted an Autumnal colour as I am loving those shades at the moment.
Here’s what I went for …
A full set of acrylics in this lovely dark browny, bronzy colour.
Step 2:
Pamper yourself!
As soon as I got home I ran myself a nice hot bath. I love baths and find them super relaxing. I picked out my favourite LUSH products to add to my bath because the only thing better than a regular bath is a LUSH bath!!
One of my favourite LUSH products is the ‘Comforter’ bubble bar. I also used the Body Shop Vanilla Pumpkin shower gel, from their Autumn range, which I am loving at the mo! The bubble bar creates super bubbles and the smell of the shower gel is DI-VINE.
Step 3:
Get cosy!
I popped on some cosy, festive (I know its early, apologies but at least it is November!!) PJS and grabbed a cosy throw and snuggled down on the sofa.
…and don’t forget the cosy socks.
Step 4:
Entertainment!
Its really important to take the time to do things that you love but usually don’t have time for, read a book, catch up on your fav shows, do a puzzle, write, anything.
I opted for my current book because reading is by far one of my favourite hobbies. I also had the remote in order to catch up with a couple of the soaps that I watch.
Step 5:
Food!
Because come on, no relaxing and cosy blog post of mine is complete without it (in fact I can think of many times that are incomplete without it haha)
I made myself some indulgent loaded fries for dinner and a nice cold drink too. Time to tuck in!
I felt so much better taking some time to myself and relaxing after a busy week.
Hi! I’m back, it’s been too long (Over a week!!) I feel like I’ve had no time at the moment so I took this evening out to have a bit of ‘me time’ and to actually write a blog post.
It’s really important to take time out to relax especially if you feel like things are getting on top of you. Do things that you enjoy but havn’t been able to do, preferably something stress free and relaxing. Life can be busy and chaotic and we often put ourselves last, I think we are all guilty of this from time to time.
So what do I like to do to chill out? I love a good pamper. I’ve really got into bath/skin/body products recently and I just love an opportunity to soak and freshen up.
I started by running myself a lovely hot bath and getting out my products.
For my bath:
Lush ‘Flamingo’ bubble bar
Lush ‘Butterbear’ bath bomb
Radox ‘Feel pampered’ bath soak with shea butter and ginger
When I’m in the bath I like to pamper myself further with some lovely skincare…
Skincare/face/body
Witch ‘Naturally clear bursting beads’ face wash
Vasanti ‘Brighten up!’ Enzymatic face rejuvinator
Superdrugs fruity ‘Orange and satsuma’ shower gel
Zoella ‘Pretty polished’ sugar scrub
Nspa beauty rituals ‘Radiance boosting’ face mask
Zoella ‘Creamy madly dreamy’ body lotion
After I’d scrubbed with my sugar scrub (this feels lovely rubbed into dry skin and then rinsed off) washed myself & washed my face I then applied my face mask and left this on for 15 minutes.
I love to wash my hair when I am having a bath too for a completely clean and fresh feeling. Some of my favourite shampoos and conditioners are…
Shampoos and conditioners
Superdrug Anti dandruff ‘Classic care’ shampoo
Aussie ‘Miracle moist’ shampoo
Argan oil ‘hydrating’ hair mask
Kebelo ‘Clarifying’ shampoo (for use once or twice a month, a nice treat!)
Going back to the products in the picture above, I love the Witch face wash and spot products and they have always worked for me going back to my mid teens. I’ve had a few breakouts recently which is why I re purchased the face wash and spot stick, I would 100% recommend their products.
(Fingers crossed the face mask doesn’t make me break out even more!!)
Once I had washed off the mask I used my Vasanti face rejuvinator. When I’m out of the bath I always apply moisturiser to my face and today I even used my Zoella body lotion. I love the scent of her Creamy madly dreamy body lotion as it is from her original collection, my fave!
Just to mention, I also love candles and wax melts to help me relax so I popped one of my Crumble magic wax melts into my burner. Today I went for Raspberry lemonade that smells so fruity, fizzy and delicious.
One final pamper product that I used was to give my feet a treat! I used my foot pedi to get rid of any dry skin, then I used the foot scrub and finally I applied the foot lotion, ahhh.
Ps. A snack and a refreshing drink is always a winner too…
Last but not least, I hadn’t done my gel nails for a while so I thought this would be the perfect way to finish off my pamper evening, especially when I can do it sitting in front of the TV in my pjs! Perfection ๐
I am loving my Sensationail gel nail kit so much and I went for the raspberry/burgundy shade that came in the set, it’s called ‘Miss behave’.
We all know how hectic and crazy the preparation for Christmas can be and although I sort of love the craziness it can be a bit overwhelming at times too. I had a list the length of my arm and very few days to get it all done and it was really stressing me out, and at Christmas that’s the worst! So what do you do in that situation? Take yourself away from the stress and give yourself time to relax and enjoy the holidays, then you’ll be ready to face the Christmas tasks ahead. And once your more relaxed those tasks are alot easier to face and aren’t usually as bad as they seem, I mean what could be more christmassy than wrapping & sorting out presents.
Here’s how I wound down, chilled out and relaxed ready for the day ahead…
First up, I ran a lovely bath! ๐ I love baths so much and I had one Christmas Lush Bath bomb left to use so why not?!
The bath bomb that I had left was my Father christmas one…
I popped this into my bath and it smelt so good.
I didn’t realise he was green inside!!
I had a moisture bomb face mask left so I thought I would pop this on too!
If you havnt tried these I definatly would!! They leave your skin feeling so soft. If you want to know more about it my sister wrote about them on her blog, you can check that out here.
Lookin’ good โ๐
I still hadn’t burnt my Yankee candle wax melt in the scent ‘Christmas cookie’ so I thought, why not do that now too. It smells SO Christmassy & sweet. And you can’t have a relaxing bath without candles.
& lastly (Once I’d taken the face mask off, of course!!) I grabbed my book to read whilst I soaked…
I decided to start reading one of the Harry Potter books (yes, again) and I went for the 6th book ‘The half blood prince’. I love the later books as you learn so much about the story and they tie up lots of loose ends. This is one of my favourites.
So that’s how I relaxed and I felt much better and ready to tackle all those Christmas jobs once I’d had some me time ๐
How do you relax? Any bath product recommendations?
A full set of acrylics in this lovely dark browny, bronzy colour.
I opted for my current book because reading is by far one of my favourite hobbies. I also had the remote in order to catch up with a couple of the soaps that I watch.
Roseanne Byford 