A day of love...

Valentines!

A day to show your love for the one you love or those close to you....But should we really need a dedicated day?!

Valentines is and will always be a social media frenzy. My newsfeed is full of bouquets of roses, girls dressed up to the nines pre their valentines meal with their significant other! Cards, candles, chocolates and the odd proposal too!!

This year is no different although I have seen a few recurring photos! Clearly a lot of people have popped to Sainsbury's and seen their fantastic valentines range this year!!
All supermarkets always bring out a range for valentines but if I'm honest i think Sainsbury's have blown everyone out of the park!

Excuse the photography but the lovely security man at the Sainsbury's by me doesn't really like me snapping on my iPhone never mind positioning them nicely and using my big blog camera!!

These are just a quick selection of the bits they have on offer this year (playing dodge the security man is always fun on a Friday evening!) They are really reasonably priced but if you're like me, just wait until tomorrow! We all know there's a good chance they will be reduced! everyone loves a bargain!

Do you celebrate valentines?? What have you got planned??

For me it was a card, pancakes and now the woman has positioned herself firmly on the sofa for, and i quote "a HUGE day of sport!"

Enjoy your day of love!

Three Little Words...

Work. Life. Balance

Not the words you thought were coming huh!

It feels like at the moment the new trend for all the magazines and papers is to bleat about career women, being the female boss etc. That's great, I'm all for it but they miss the part about balance.

There are two types of people in this world, people that work...and people that don't. Personally I'm a worker, a self proclaimed career woman. I've worked predominantly in Hospitality since i was 13, from washing pots, waiting on tables and now as an events manager. I love my job, i truly do. I've been lucky enough to work at some amazing places with some incredible people, but it's very easy to become consumed by it.

I have access to all my files from my laptop at home and my emails are linked to my personal mobile - i am reachable 24/7. Is that my choice? yes - absolutely. Will i change it...nope! But now instead of checking all the time, i make the decision to switch off, to let myself sit with a glass, no i lie..a bottle of wine and a square (bar) of chocolate and spend time with the people i love.

I spent years working 14/15 hour days, 6 day weeks at a minimum...there's always something else that needs to be done. I've missed birthdays, dates, eaten far too many reheated dinners and crept into bed next to my sleeping partner more times than i care to think about!! But I've grafted, climbed the ladder and made a name for myself. I'm proud of what i've achieved.

 It's taken me nearly 10 years to figure out what suits me best and ridiculously... it's structure - I'm better if i work a set 8 hours and then just walk out the door...and so begins the balance!!

Balance..not the salad vs take away kind but you get the idea! i joined the gym see my previous post , Booked holidays, weekends away. Heck I've had marathon Netflix sessions any TV junkie would be proud of! I can proudly say I'm a fully fledged KUWTK fangirl...I've had proper time with friends and seen my family!

I'm not saying its easy..I'd say its on par with winged eye liner and we all know how tough that is!! But its do able and worth it!

Rambling aside, i applaud anyone who gets up everyday and goes to work. Who creates a path for themselves. Do what you enjoy and work hard, but don't forget that cheeky lunchtime asos orders are also a necessity and those shoes you've been lusting over...yes, yes you should buy them! why wouldn't you!

18 months later...!!

Hiya!

So yep i feel guilty that when i came back on here it had been almost 18 months! that's terrible and i apologise!

What's happened since then...well i turned 24...and then 25! a quarter of a century....half way to 50...i love birthdays the same as everyone else but this one was scary. I felt like i should have my life mapped out, be settling down, getting married, buying a house. But I'm not. I'm working silly hours, I'm booking holidays, going out, seeing things. But I'm not settling down...not just yet.

I went to Disney Land Paris...at Christmas...and it snowed! We might of been the only people there without kids but honestly its magical, if you are able to then go during the Christmas period as every half an hour on the main street, they make it snow. It's the one place that no matter how old you are, you revert back to childhood from the second you enter! We also spent a few days exploring Paris and just being tourists!

I've been to see a number of shows including Dirty Dancing and the BodyGuard...i am a huge lover of the theatre but if I'm honest it's only musicals that hold my attention, the fact i can sing-a-long takes my mind off the fact that I'm sat still for a few hours.
Both shows were at the Birmingham Hippodrome, one for Kelly's birthday and one for her mums!

I'm sure I've done a million and one other things but you're pretty much up to speed...i promise not to wait another 18 months before i post again...xXx