Date Night #2

We went to the circus! P's very first time too.

P got a couple of free tickets thanks to advertising them at work, and I must say I'm glad! 

Prices are around £20 each ticket. First and last night are £7-8.

Thoroughly enjoyed the night. There were a few acts that I couldn't watch.

1. At the start (check out the pics of two guys on a sort of ring). My stomach was in my throat. Especially when he was outside of the safety. And blindfolded! They were both great when they were both using a skipping rope. 

2. A girl in a bubble. So much more appropriate for a nightclub. Was disgusting. Especially with so many young children. You can imagine what the guys were like...

3. Woman swinging on a rope. I'm so glad I had some candy-floss! Distracted me. I'm quite scared of heights so for her to be swinging really fast and very high up... I could not watch it. 

I will apologise for bombarding you with a whole lot of pictures and videos. 
I did leave out a lot of the acts, either because of blurriness or because they weren't that good. 

L x


All pictures and videos are my own.

Things Are A'Happening

Firstly, I started my new job. Boy, was I achy and tired by the end of it! But I like the fact I'm earning! Yayyyy :D having a bit of trouble about my birth certificate however. Apparently they need a "full" certificate rather than a "short". Slight nightmare. Needing to pay for things for the job, before I've even started earning enough.

I've got to buy some new shoes. The ones I bought from Evans have started to go down the terrible path where they're uncomfortable and I cannot stand to even put them on. 

A proper review another day.

Anyway! We've got out new furniture too. Have I mentioned them yet?

A sofa, chair, desk, cabinet, bedside table? All for £5 altogether. 

Pics will be in another post. 

Also, we've been talking lately about how we really need to crack on actually owning a place. We've talked about it before but things tend to get in the way and to be honest, to own a property, you need buckets and buckets of money. (Not literally...)

But the other day I thought I might aswell have a mooch on Rightmove and came across a property that caught both mine & P's attention and we're trying to crack on with it. Trying to find out about mortgages are hard work by the way! Or is it just this town?

Fingers crossed that we're able to at least try and go for it.

It's a little fixer upper but not too much I don't think.

Any advice on mortgages?

L x

Currently Loving #2

One Republic - Counting Stars

Really cannot stop humming this when I've not got it on repeat.

I've been taking my tablets for 148 days now. Got about 2 or so more years until I make up for the time I spent having trouble remembering to take them.

The Vampire Diaries!

I'm all set for the new one. I never thought I'd be into it as much as I am! Looking forward to The Originals aswell. I love the fact that the actor who plays Klaus is actually English (well, Wales I think). I really do like the character Elijah. Yum!!   

After 2 years of job hunting, I've got a job! Can't believe how difficult it's been to actually get a job. Of course there's volunteer work, but when you're trying to contribute towards a wedding and when we start a family, it's not that good. I went in today to find out my hours. I can't wait to start working!

I've been looking at the make-up section in Tesco and there were a few lipsticks that caught my eye. We had a voucher for £3 off £20 so when we were falling short of using the voucher, Phil let me get one of the lipsticks. Such a lovely colour!

It's fast becoming my favourite lipstick to reach for even if it's a lazy day or I want to feel glamorous.

L x


Pictures are off Facebook (Vampire Diaries fan page) and Asda.

Thrifty Wedding #6

As always, we are trying to save some money when it comes to the wedding.

We've already decided on the decorations we want for the reception, but completely forgot about the church.

I already found these when I was searching for wedding freebies.

Paper Rose Wreath

These, we've decided to have hanging on the end of the pews as we can't do much else with them.

Paper Rose Bouquet

I am stuck on the decision of these. Can't think of whether I should go with my initial plan or try and create them. They would certainly help where I won't panic whether or not the flowers would last long enough for the wedding.

DIY Paper Napkin Flower Garland

This one, I have already started trying. As you can see from the picture below, my attempts still have a way to go until they're how we would like them.

It is quite hard to twist the bottoms like the instructions tell you to.

I am wondering whether I oughta try bigger napkins...

L x

Pictures are from website (top 3) and my own.

25 Tidbits About Me

I've seen these floating around. Thought I could give it a go. Give you readers a little inside to me...

1. My favourite colours are red and yellow, but I always seem to enjoy dressing in blue...

2. I have never been abroad. The furthest I've been is Cornwall, and I haven't had a proper holiday for 10 years. That needs to change!

3. I love kitty cats. My first was called Wellington Boots or Welly for short. Absolutely crazy! The second one, was meant to be a family cat. Tilly. It was more like she adopted me alone. I miss her so much!! She was stolen off me and I couldn't get her back. I miss my furbaby.

4. I grew up on tea apparently. Found that out recently. Blocked it out obviously when I went through a phase of disliking it. Now, I seem to be getting into it again. Not just fruit teas, but if I have a cuppa tea, it's gotta be PG Tips!

5. I've been collecting books since I was 16. I have 2 bookcases full and even that's overloaded. It's my dream to have a library room of my own. One day it will happen! P has been warned...

6. I had ringlets growing up, but now after years of straightening, I've lost them and find it hard to keep curls when I actually curl my hair.

7. I have no fashion sense for my own body. I still try.

8. I dislike time-wasters and hypocrites. I know too many.

9. I lost my Dad 20 days after my 16th birthday. Will be ten years this coming January. The loss doesn't go away. All the wedding plans get me so emotional when I stop and think about him.

10. My Great-Grandfather was French so I've always wanted to find out about that side of the family but hit a brick wall each time. My Great-Grandmothers ancestors are from Ireland. And I found out Kevin Keegan is either my Nan's cousin or my Great-Grandmother's. My Grandfather's side? All from Lancashire through and through. No wonder my accent comes out real strong when it wants to.

11. I know the offside rule in football/soccer. And I can describe it. Not many girls know that. Thank you Nan! Really impresses P.

12. I love baking and cooking, but if I do it too many days in a row, it starts getting irritating. I'm going to be practising baking wedding cakes soon. Just hope people don't bug me to make them their own.

13. I'm a massive superhero fan. DC, Marvel... all of them. My all-time favourite? Superman. I did a project on superheroes and villains for college once. Superman was the main project.

14. My skin has developed a very weird dislike of water. I can't even do the washing up with gloves on without it still affecting my skin.

15. I've been putting off starting a family since I was 18/19. Yep, I had one of them kind of family members who kept hinting to do so. Hopefully, next year!!

16. I am from a big family, but thanks to circumstances, I've found out who truly classes me as family. I'm actually a black sheep! So now, I tend to just think I have a small family. I absolutely love and adore P's family!

17. I enjoy watching P play field hockey. Go Aardvarks! I'd love to be a mascot... however, I cannot for the life of me find a costume. Seems like that's a mission for me! They do try recruiting me, but I wasn't that good in high school, and I won't be now. 

18. I'm a complete novice at make-up. I did go through a phase where I wore it, but then I spent a couple of years without it. Now, I'm struggling to find what works for me.

19. My favourite TV shows are Supernatural and Glee. There's a few more trying to worm their way into my list. Like The Vampire Diaries! I'm so grateful D is letting me use his Netflix through my Wii. Currently on Season 3, and I'm trying to watch Season 4 before the new season starts.

20. I have no clue what I want to do with my life job/career-wise. I've always wanted a calm life, and I've got it. A bit too calm sometimes. 

21. I love lists. Very weird of me, but it helps me. With hypothyroidism, it's extremely easy to forget things so lists certainly help. I even look for printable organisation sheets. 

22. I hate feet. Hate them. Don't like them anywhere near me. Hate people touching my feet, in fact just the thought of it makes me feel disgusted! If someone tried putting their foot near my face? Death warrant, I tell you! Haha!

23. I've gave up alcohol. It's never interested me. Now and then, I cave in to social drinking, but at home. I recently tried the alcohol-free Kopparberg. What a waste of money! Wasn't anything special, and I could have saved money by getting dilute and lemonade. I would like to try mocktails, however! Any suggestions?

24. I love having my hair stroked and played with. You can imagine what I'm like at the hairdressers, right? It's like heaven for me! I'm sure I bug P when I constantly ask him to play with my hair or stroke the back of my neck. When I'm having a snuggle with J-L and he starts playing with my hair, I go so quiet!

25. I wish I had more dresses. They make me feel so girly, but I tend to just grab my jeans and just go with that. I miss my girly side! I started reading blogs to inspire me to make that little effort. It's slowly getting there. I've started building up my make-up brushes so I'm ready to get going. I will get there again!


Believe me, there's a whole lot more to me, but I guess you'll have to find out along the way... :)


L x

Thrifty Wedding #5

One of my Aunts who is also one of my Godmothers has been so generous to offer to do P & I some favour bags with almonds in. I cannot remember the name exactly. Bon-something!

We are still going to do what we originally wanted with the favours, but this is something a little bit more. Something traditional.

Five almonds for five meanings:

1. Wealth

2. Health

3. Happiness

4. Love

5. Fertility

We have picked our wedding invites! We haven't finished sending out the Save the Dates but at least we have agreed on something for a future month!
I cannot remember how I found out about Wedding Chicks, but their invitation suites are amazing, and a lot of their freebie stuff. 
I would highly recommend checking them out!
We've got the table numbers sorted, name cards for the tables... it came with the invitation suite. Oh and a reply card.
You can get monograms, wallpapers for your phone, and a variety of signs and labels.


We've decided on what we want for our wedding cakes. That's right. Cakes. We're having 3. We know the people who are coming are quite fussy and it would be best to have a variety. Thanks to not concentrating when I was baking not long ago, I changed the amounts of the ingredients and found the perfect recipe. So I'm just going to use that, mix it up abit and practice so we can save a few bob on the wedding cakes.
We're going to ask P's parents to do the fruit cake as I have no idea how to make them and I'm not confident. Sponge cakes however? My cup of tea!



L x