Life Update:

So here we are, now in August and I'm finally back with a new post  ** hangs head in shame**
I know I say it often but I want to make a good effort with my blog as I have had it for around 6 years.

So where were we? I left you back in February.. So the month of March was full of birthdays!! -Too many to be spread over 4 weeks along with mothers day!

April- We went on our first holiday of the year to a Haven site which although the weather wasn't amazing the memories were. This was also the month my little one got accepted into Primary school! - Yes I am that over emotional mother. - I will definitely be following the process of this. - For my benefits too. And lastly I passed my course to be a complete nail technician.

May- This was more of a chilled month not a lot happened.

June- More birthdays including myself turning 25 (How am I halfway to 50?!) and our second get away -again another Haven holiday but this time we ventured to Devon - Amazing memories made again and this time perfect weather too!

July- was full of dentist and hospital appointments for me so not great lol but it was the month we announced to our friends extended family and the rest of the world on facebook that we are expecting baby no 2!

August- So here we are at the start of August. Lots of exciting things planned - We have our Gender scan so I'll be posting the outcome, our nursery plans, and getting our first baby ready for school!

Let me know if you have any homeware decor ideas for the upcoming nursery!

Pop of colour

Hello, and since We've gone into 2018 it is about time I said Happy New Year to you all! Hope you had the best Christmas and a lovely time welcoming in the New Year - That goes for us who prefer the leftover chocolates and a cheesy film in our pjs and fluffy socks as well as the party people.

So lets move onto the first post of this year. I wanted to do my first outfit post. On Sunday me, my partner and my little one toddled off in the car with scooter in tow to have a lovely afternoon of family time. -freezing all be it!

This is when we had the chance to take my photos for this post.

Top Half:

• I wore a black polo neck top which is from F&F which you can get pretty much anywhere as it's just plain black. 

• A black floppy hat which I got from Primark a little while ago, I am long overdue a trip to Primarni so I don't know if they still have ones like this in.

Bottom Half:

• I wore a grey checkered skirt again from F&F which I have had a pretty long while so again not sure if you can get this exact one but I've seen similar from Primark and boohoo. It's above the knee and has two little pockets on the front finished with two black buttons.

• Tights- now these may be controversial but I like them and thought they added a pop of colour to this outfit.These are from Primark which are fur lined so purrfect- (get it?) for the colder days! They were £3 however I know you can buy them in many different colours from almost any shop! I absolutely love the berry colour in autumn/winter time so I matched my lipstick to my tights! 

• To finish my outfit I popped on some long knee high flat boots. They're faux suede and have buckle detailing. I got these from Matalan! 

As you can see I am definitely a high street gal, My lifestyle and having a child means my budget doesn't stretch to much designer. 

Where's your favourite high street places to shop?

Blogmas day 11! -Sleek Advent

What's behind door 11 you ask? Well today's Sleek product was a makeup brush. This brush is to apply eye makeup, so lets have a look a bit closer.

As you can see the brush is all black with white hairs at the very top. The brush is so soft and quite fluffy therefore it is brilliant for blending. It is also an angled brush which helps apply make up into corners.

I have swatched an eyeshadow onto my wrist to show how well the brush works. The swatch at the top is an eyeshadow applied with one of my flat brushes which has packed the pigment onto my arm brilliantly however the line is quite harsh. The bottom swatch is applied with this Sleek brush we got in today's advent. In the picture you can see how well the brush has blended the eyeshadow in without taking away the pigment. It has left no harsh lines it's all soft so will apply the eyeshadows beautifully making smokey eyes easier!

I definitely need to try a smokey look with the Sleek palette from this advent calendar and now this fluffy angled brush!

See you for day 12!

                                

Do you want to go to the seaside?

Do you want to go to the seaside?I'm not trying to say that everybody wants to go - especially not in November!Hands up who got The Kooks reference?

Call me mad but there's something nice about going to the seaside - Even in the cold. So we huddled into the car and drove about an hours drive to be beside the sea. When we got there we went to get food and when you have sea and sand a stones throw away, it has to be fish and chips right? 

btw - We were having a debate, is gravy acceptable on chips? because I vote yes. Let me know in the comments your vote!

The one we went to, is one that we have been to before. It's called Trawlers Catch and it is brilliant. Inside it is full of Pirate items and all things under the sea -I need to stop these puns! hanging on walls and ceilings. The first time we went there they actually had Pirates of the Caribbean playing on a large Tv on the wall! - You don't get that at the local, not in our sleepy little town anyway! It even had phone chargers at every table! Very 2017. 

Once we'd munched down on dinner we then took little one to the arcades. We had lots of pennies that we had forgotten about so we took them with us, it was so much fun and we managed to bag lots of prizes!

2p machines are very underrated. Even at 24 and a mum, I think I probably enjoyed it most. The goodies we got were, a blue helicopter -(yes the colour is important when you're three), a red pick up truck, a red racing car, two fridge magnets, an avengers puzzle and a box of celebrations! Now can you see why I was excited? 

We all had ice cream, 2 blues ones and a brown one- Again through a three year old's eyes. I opted for a Mr Whippy with bubblegum sherbet and Ian voted mine the best!! - For those of you that know Ian know He hates admitting my choice is better haha. 

Even though it was cold and those that know me, know I should have been born in a HOT country as I can never warm up!! It was such a lovely family day! 

Wheres your favourite place near the sea?