High5 4 Friday

Happy Halloween!  I'm currently sitting on a train heading to London for the weekend which I'm super excited about. I just love that city! This week has been really enjoyable.  It's been a funny old week really.  It's October half term so the kids are off school which normally means a week off work for me but I've worked some of this week.  I feel like I've been really busy all week and not really had chance to catch my breath.  Let's take a little look at 5 things I've enjoyed this week.

1. Starting vlogging has been one of the most enjoyable experiences of this week.  I've always been a video/photo taker and have wanted to vlog/record little moments of life for such a long time.  I finally decided on Sunday to bite the bullet, stop wishing I was doing it and actually start doing it.  It's really made me open my eyes and enjoy the precious little moments in life. I would definitely recommend anyone who's thinking about doing it to just pick up that camera/iPhone and go for it.

2. I live in quite a rural area and I'm loving all the tractors in the fields at the moment.  Whenever I go anywhere in the car I see at least 3 or 4 tractors ploughing up and down the fields - it makes me happy.

3. I'm loving Awkward at the moment on Amazon Instant Video.  I watched the first season ages ago and this week I discovered that Amazon had seasons 2 and 3.  I've been doing some major binge watching.

4. I loved eating chips on Southport pier with Mini Greenoid.  It was a wonderful day on Tuesday and we headed out to Southport (after a failed pumpkin picking trip) to have a wander around.  We bought chippy chips and sat on the pier next to the carousel. Of course I caught the day on my vlog so make sure you check it out on Sunday.

5. Looking at Xmas trees.  Ok ok I'm sorry. I dropped the C bomb.  I have a rule that Christmas shouldn't be mentioned until November.  I'm a day early.  Shoot me.  One of the things I love about this time of year is visiting garden centres where they have delightful, sparkly, beautiful Christmas displays.  It makes me feel all giddy inside.

How's your week been? 

What are you planning for Halloween tonight?

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High5 4 Friday

Happy Friday peeps!  How are you today?  Excited for the weekend? I am, but then I always am. 

 

I've got a lovely weekend planned of lots of family time with my sisters, niece and nephews and possibly a few drinks out tonight with a friend.  I love having lazy weekends with nothing planned but I also love when it's a busy one full of special people and fun times.  What have you got planned for the weekend? 

 

Let's take a little look back over all the good things that have happened this week...

 

1. I've loved seeing how many people have been entering my Canon DSLR giveaway. So far there are over 13000 entries! It's a fantastic prize that one lucky entrant is going to win. There's only a day left so be sure to head on over to the post and enter. 

 

2. Trying out Walkers range of odd flavoured crisps.  I love the whole concept of it - the ones I'm currently loving are the Hotdog with Tomato Ketchup.  Not good for me I know but surely every girl deserves a little treat now and again.  Have you tried them? What's your favourite flavour?

 

 

3. My GlossyBox arrived this week and Oh My Goodness I love it.  It's one of my most favourite things that comes through my mailbox.  This month they have a Pop Art theme and it's amazing.  The box is awesome.  The products are awesome.  It's awesome.

 

 

4. I've really enjoyed painting my nails this week.  For a long time I neglected my nails but I'm so glad I've got back in to painting them as I adore having some colour on my nails.  I'm currently rocking this little beauty from Ciate - beautiful don't you think? It's the one I received in my GlossyBox.

5. I've enjoyed some indulgent pretend internet shopping this week.  Don't you just love doing pretend internet shopping?  You know when you browse a store putting all your must haves/wants in your basket with no intention of actually buying them as there's just no way you can afford all that stuff.  In particularly I've loved my Selfridges pretend shop which included hundreds of pounds worth of beautiful lipsticks and other makeup goodies.

 

 

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High5 4 Friday

Happy Friday peeps!

I hope you've had an awesome week so far and are ready for the weekend. 

 

Honestly, my weeks been kinda... bleugh. I've been a bit unwell all week.  Not majorly ill, but waking up every morning with a sore throat and a bit sniffly and coughy.  You know that ill when you just feel really sorry for yourself and want to curl up under a blanket with a nice hot drink. Bleugh, not nice.

 

But, on to the good things of the week...

 

1.  I'm starting to get excited at the prospect of Halloween.  I've been pinning all Halloweeny stuff to my Pinterest (follow along if you like. No. Really. Click the little link! Are you still reading? Stop. Go back and click)  Halloween is by far my favourite holiday.  What's your favourite holiday?  Do you have any Halloween traditions in your house?

 

2. I've really been enjoying peppermint tea this week.  I'm not a huge lover of tea or coffee but I do quite like a flavoured tea once in a while and seeing as Mr Weatherman seems to have suddenly remembered it's October and it's supposed to be cold here in the UK I've really craved them. 

3. There's nothing I love more than taking my duvet downstairs, curling up on the sofa with Mini Greenoid next to me, a bowl of popcorn in between us and a good film.  One night this week that's exactly what we did.  I say exactly but in reality, I'd no popcorn left and the film we watched was 300 which I wouldn't really class as a good film. (Mini Greenoids choice, I just went with it.)

4. As much as I've moaned about it not being summer anymore, I've been loving the dark nights.  There's something so wonderful and cosy about drawing the curtains, turning the fire on and locking the front door for the evening.  I've always said how lucky I am to live in a place that has such defined seasons.  In winter it can snow like crazy, spring is beautiful and full of life, summer can be gloriously hot and in fall the leaves fall and the world turns amazing shades of yellows and oranges.  I'd hate to live somewhere where it's hot all the time.  What's the weather like where you live?

5. I've been obsessed with watching make-up storage/collection videos on YouTube lately.  It's become a kind of obsession.  I love looking at all the different collections and how they store them.  Do you like watching make-up collection videos?

 

 

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High 5 4 Friday

Happy Friday peeps!

Isn't Friday just the best day. It's got the anticipation of the weekend and a whole 48 hours ahead for us to do whatever we like.  If the weeks been particularly busy I know that come Friday I can relax with friends, do something fun with Mini Greenoid, get away for a few nights or just mooch about in my onesie catching up on TV or reading my favourite blogs.

Let's take a look at some of my favourite moments from last week.

1. Last week I mentioned I was going out on Friday night with a friend for MacMillan Coffee Morning (wine & evening dos are more my thing than morning coffee!) and I had such a fantastic time.  I hadn't been out and had a good gossip with her for a long, long time and it was lovely catching up.  It reminded me how much I need to take time out from things more often and just have fun.  I always feel like I need to be putting more hours in to my day job, or this blog, or my YouTube, or spending more time with Mini Greenoid.  Sometimes I need to do things just for me.

 

Excuse the grainy, dark, iPhone pics

2. My iPhone 6 plus arriving was definitely one of my highlights of last week. I was slightly nervous about how big it was gonna be and it is certainly big.  But I love it.

3. I booked tickets to London for New Year.  I adore London and try and get down there as often as possible.  My sister lives there which makes it a hell of a lot easier. I've wanted to be down there for New Year for a long time and this year I finally got tickets.  Eeek.  Just a little bit excited.

 

4. The cats are making me smile a lot recently.  If you follow me on Instagram you'll have probably seen a few of my recent cat snaps.  They're just crazy, mad and super fluffy.

 

5. The sunshine.  Oh my goodness, the sunshine.  Yesterday, as in yesterday the 2nd of October I actually sat in the garden in a strappy dress in the glorious sunshine and I applied sun cream to the kiddies.  Sun cream in the UK in October is practically unheard of!

 

 

 

 

 

 



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High5 4 Friday

Can I get a high five? A High5 4 Friday that is!! What awesome things have been happening this week?

1. First ones a bit of a cheat coz I haven't actually enjoyed it yet but... Today isn't just any Friday it's MacMillan Coffee Morning Friday. Now I don't do coffee and I don't really do cake (yeah really. I'm a savory kinda gal) so instead of a coffee n cake morning were having a wine and nibbles evening. Now I'm not promoting excessive drinking but hey, does this wine and nibbles not sound so much better than coffee and cakes - it does to me anyway! 

2. Zoellas beauty range lauches online today.  As a blogger it's so fantastic to see what people are achieving all through 'their little spaces on the internet' Well done Zoe! 

3. I went for a walk in the woods yesterday and ooo it was just lovely.  I'm finally embracing Fall. I stuck my wellies on and off I went. I had two 3 year olds in tow to make it more interesting. We collected conkers, made a pretend camp fire and swung on the vines like monkeys. Oh how I wish I had a 3 year olds innocent little mind.

4. Barry M Nail Polish. Just wow. All the pretty colours. LOVE! I bought quite a few, oops!

5. Don't you just love binge watching TV! I love Netflix and my current binge watch is The Good Wife. Have you seen it? I've just finished the third series. (Don't tell me anything that happens after that!!) I don't understand how Will has always got some hot chick in his bed?  Kalinda is one awesome girl and as for Peters mum, what's her name? ....... O yeah Jackie - she's a mother in law from hell ain't she!

What have you enjoyed this week? Let me know in the comments.

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High 5 4 Friday

Another week is (almost) over. I don't know when time started zipping by so fast. One minute you're a 16 year old kid just outta school, next your a 30 something woman with kid, job, responsibilities. Wow I'm feeling really old now.  It's got me thinking though.  We look forward to things. How many times have you said or thought 'I can't wait for the weekend' when it's only Monday morning, or 'roll on summer' on a frosty, cold January morning. My point is we wish our lives away. Take a moment today, not to wish for another time in the future but to enjoy a moment of today. Be thankful for something that's happening right now. Open your eyes, take a deep breath in and enjoy today. 

In the spirit of enjoying the moment lets take a look at 5 little things that have made me happy in the past week.

1.  Spotting 5 magpies on my morning run. I'm not sure why this made me smile but I just love spotting magpies. I've never seen more than 3 together before so I was super excited to spot 5.

One for sorrow

Two for joy

Three for a girl

Four for a boy

Five for silver

Six for gold

Seven for a secret

Never to be told

Does this mean I'm going to come into some money? So glad I put my Euromillions lottery ticket on! :D

I tried to capture a shot of them but they sadly flew away before I could get all 5 in shot.

2. Watching Mini Greenoid sleep. Ok ok I know this makes me sound like a creepy mum but really, who doesn't like to see their children peacefully fast asleep? This happened the night after I'd been shopping to buy Mini Greenoid some new pants. If you have kids you'll know what I mean what I say 'he's just suddenly grown out of all his pants' I had to buy age 11. Age 11!!! He's only 9 but he's suddenly shot up. Age 11!! He was a teeny tiny baby what seems like only yesterday. He'll be leaving home before I know it. I just needed to watch him and store it in my memory.

3. The smell of bacon. I'm a veggie but hey, the smell of bacon is still pretty amazing.  

4. The sunrise this morning. I think I've moaned (me? Moan? Surely not) about the end of summer on here enough. One thing I love about Fall and Winter are the beautiful sunrises I see when I open my bedroom curtains. It's a view I occasionally take for granted but every now and then I realise how lucky I am to look out of my window and see such beauty.

5. I think I'm finally embracing the start of a new season as another thing I've loved this week is shopping for a new Fall/Winter coat.  I've shopped online. I've shopped in real life. (I know online is real life but that's just what I call it when I visit an actual shop as opposed to the internet version of a shop)

I need something showerproof with a hood.  So far I've found these three beauties...

Wine Lightweight Parker £69 from Next

 

  

Hobbs Phoebe Parka in Winter Blue £149 from John Lewis

Superdry Bridge Coat £125 from Very This one hasn't got a hood but I think I'm kinda in love with it.

High 5 4 Friday

So it's Friday morning, 6:00am to be precise and it's still dark outside and that kinda makes me sad.  In true British fashion, every time I see someone lately the topic of conversation has been about how Autumn is well and truly here and the cold, dark nights are drawing in. I'm not sure I mind the dark nights so much as the cold, dark mornings. Who on earth wants to get out of their cosy, warm duvet in the dark to be greeted by freezing temperatures - I know I don't!

It is Friday though so let's look back on a few things that have made me happy this week.

 

 

1. Running. Oddly as I'm lying in bed writing this I should be out running but something in me just couldn't motivate myself this morning. But in general this week I've really enjoyed running and generally being more active. I'm trying to run every other day, I'm not quite managing it but that's ok. I've ran sporadically throughout my adult life and the reason it's been sporadic is because I've been too hard on myself if I missed a run, I felt awful, gave up for a few months, then started again, missed a run, felt awful, gave up for a few months.... You know how it goes from here.

There's something really great about running that you can do it anytime, anywhere, all you need are your trainers. I find it really helps clear my mind too. I don't listen to music. I just run. Sometimes I listen to Spanish as learning Spanish is something else I've done sporadically throughout adulthood. I'm clearly a sporadic kind of person.

2. Getting back to work. As I've mentioned before this is my first week back in work after the 7 weeks summer holidays and wow it's been hard! It's funny how your body just gets completely used to being lazy. But I've so enjoyed it. It was lovely seeing the kids I hadn't seen in those 7 weeks and just getting back into some sort of routine.

3. Pulling up my carrots. I try and grow a bit of my own veg. I'm so gardening whiz by any stretch of the imagination but I do enjoy growing a few things each year.  This year was the first year I've tried carrots. I've no idea if this week was the right time to pull them up but I just felt like doing so, so I did.  They were knobbly and odd shapes and sizes but it's so satisfying knowing I grew them.

4. Playing The Sims 4. As well as beauty and fashion and all things typically girlie, I also love gaming. I hadn't played The Sims for years and years but when 4 came out I knew I had to get it. I'm loving it so far. Check out my lets play series on YouTube.

 

 

 

5. Sitting in bed reading. I'm not a huge reader. Its not something I'm proud of it's just a fact. When I go on holiday I love sitting by the pool or on the beach with a good book but when I get home I just don't find the time to read. I ordered #Girlboss to take on holiday with me but I forgot it and it's a book I really want to read so this week I started it. I prop myself up in bed with loads of cushions around me, snuggle under the duvet and read. It's been really amazing just to shut off from technology for a short time.