Weekly update

Hello lovelies, 
I thought I would just post a really quick catch up from last week seen as though I haven't posted for a few days. We're currently on holiday so you have a holiday post to come as well as a product review. 

   

What have you been up to this week?

Xx

Catch Up

Hello Lovelies, 

I haven't blogged in a while *hangs head in shame*. So I thought I would share with you a few moments from that past few days. 

  If you follow me on instagram you may have seen most of these pictures. Over the past few days I've had some lazy pyjama days I have been feeling a little under the weather. 

Myself and Anthony have been doing some top secret hopefully soon to be revealed stuff and it has had it's ups and downs. It's been full on which is probably why I have been MIA. 

On Valentines day Anthony surprised me with a beautiful bunch of roses and a card. The top right collage is a few photos of myself and Anthony from the past few years. I can't wait for many more to come. Also once I have lost the baby weight I can finally get my ring resized and share with you how beautiful it is.   (I think there's a sneak peek on my engagement post).

Edward has changed so much over the past few days/weeks, he has started to smile and coo. It's so amazing to watch him change, it's hard though to put him back in his moses basket at 2am when he's cooing and smiling.

The Johnson's baby bedtime bath is a bit of a random photo but I have been loving this stuff and not just for Edward, it's so relxing. I asked my mum to watch Edward the other day so I could go for a long(ish) soak in the bath. This could possibly be making it's way into my February favourites.

 The Pret tea is from a caffeine filled day in Leeds, I met up with my friend from Uni whilst Anthony was working in the city. It was an early start setting off at half past 7, not easy with a baby so a lot of coffee and tea was needed. 

What have you all been up to whilst I have been away? 

xx

Harrogate, Knaresborough and York

Hello Lovelies, 

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend and bank holiday weekend (if you're lucky enough to have one). I have had a busy few weeks, moving from our house and back in with my parents for a while. Long story short the house was bad we hated and needed a nicer space and my lovely parents have made us a bedsit in their house. 

So we have been moving between houses as well as myself working 8 - 9 hour shifts, busy, busy times. 

In the middle of all this Anthony decided to whisk me away for a romantic weekend to Harrogate and York. It was so refreshing to just have some relaxing time together. Mum and Dad kindly agreed to look after little Ozzy. 

Our first stop was Harrogate. I myself had never been before so it was nice to experience somewhere new. it took a while to get there as the traffic on the way was really bad, a quick change of route and we were soon there. 

Harrogate is such a lovely place and we spent all day wandering the centre looking in independent shops and high street shops. I realised half way around that I had forgotton to pack any Pjs for myself, so we popped into Primark and picked up some dispicable me pyjamas. 

After lunch and a long stroll around we decided to have a rest in a little coffee shop called the Bean and Bud, we were drawn in by all the artwork on the wall by Sheffield Artist Pete McKee. I love his prints and had to have a peek at the ones on the walls. The coffee they served was amazing and the atmosphere was so calm and relaxing. 

We then popped across the road to Mellow Melts, such a cute little shop selling all things delicious smelling from candles to bath bombs. Anthony treated me (us) to three bath bombs, they both look and smell amazing. 

We then went back to the car and set off to our hotel. Anthony wanted to take a detour through Knarseborough to see the castle and bridge. We arrived, and oh my goodness it is such a nice little place to walk around. 

Finding the castle we had a quick stroll around the grounds and found this amazing view. It was so beautiful, we sat on a bench together and took it all in having a casual chat about the area and what a great day we had. 

Anthony then turned to me and explained that he had bought me here for a reason. I had no idea what was going on. The next thing I knew he was down on one knee and asking for my hand in marriage. EEEEPPP! I was so shocked I even asked at one point if he was being serious haha. It turns out that he had been planning it and had the ring for a while. He of course asked my Dad first. 

Obviously I said YES! I was then surprised further when a lady appeared from over the hill saying what a lovely moment it was and that her husband had a camera if we would like a picture. Her husband then came around with a huge camera and took a lovely picture which he emailed to us the next day. So a big thank you to the lovely couple. 

After spending the night in a hotel we then headed for York early Sunday morning and had a quick walk around whilst it was still quiet. It  was lovely that it wasn't to busy and that a lot of the shops were not yet open. It meant that we could have a walk around and just take in the lovely City. 

Wow that ended up being a long post. 

Thank you if you made it to the end.

   

xx

Big News / About Me

Hello, 

I know I've been pretty quiet on the blog front recently, hopefully this post will explain why. 
It has been a very busy few months for me and my boyfriend Anthony. In October we decided to move in together after 7 years we thought it was about time. 

We moved in together, at this time I started working as a teacher after studying Early Years with Qualified Teacher status at university. I thought this would be my dream job and I would be doing this forever. I was wrong, after three months of trying my hardest but slowly being ground down and ending up feeling not too good I made the hard decision to leave my job. This was a very hard decision as Anthony was still working hard at uni studying Energy Engineering for Sustainability. 

Over the Christmas holiday's I spent everyday filling in application forms and sending CV's, I was offered a job in a call center and took it as I needed to pay bills etc. 

So that was the beginning of the year and now 6 months later Anthony has finished his degree and fingers crossed has passed with a 1st!! Not only this but he has accepted a job as a Trainee Manager in Energy and Controls. I'm so proud and excited for him as he has worked so hard. I am still working in the call center but feel so much more relaxed and better than I did before Christmas. I probably will go into teaching in the future again but for now that's all on hold because . . . 

We are expecting a baby!!!! We are so excited I have been keeping this a secret for so long now and thought it was about time that I shared this news. We had our first scan 2 weeks ago where we were told that the baby was 12 weeks and 3 days old. The scan was amazing to see the little heart beat, it made it all so real. I had already told my family and Anthony had told his, everyone has been so supportive and excited. 

   I started this blog to distract me and keep me busy, I love writing on here. You can expect a lot more posts from now as the news is out. I will be keeping the beauty posts up but will also be including a lot more pregnancy/ baby/ lifestyle posts as well. 

I know this has been a long one but I hope you feel that you know me a bit more now and I am excited to share the rest of my journey with you all. 

Thanks for reading, lots of love. 




 xx

Puppy life

Hello lovelies, 

A bit of a different post for you today. If you follow me on Instagram you will know that I have a puppy, I also mentioned him in my first ever post on here. His name is Ozzy, he's a cocker spaniel poodle cross. 

I can't believe how fast he is growing he was so small when I first brought him home. 

This picture was when I first met him, I think he was around 6 weeks old at this time. We brought him home at 8 weeks and he had grown a little bit by that time. 

 

I decided to get a dog when I moved out as from the age of 16 I had one at home, I never knew how much of a difference having a dog makes. Don't get me wrong it can be really hard work when you are toilet training them and can be expensive but all of this is out weighed by the amount of fun you have with a dog. 

So here are some snaps of Ozzy from weeks to 7 months old. 

If you're thinking of getting a puppy I would recommend reading up on training and caring for a dog. 

If you would like more lifestyle posts or doggy posts let me know. 

I promise I won't leave it as long next time. Enjoy the rest of Easter and thanks for the read. 

Lillybet xx