Day 5

So far so good.... Stuck to my meal plan all week. Being a little naughty at the moment as I'm currently on the train to Edinburgh. Lost about 3 pounds already and can already start to see the difference. One of my regular customers who I haven't seen for a few weeks told me I have lost weight so that's good news! :) Think this weekend will be challenging as we are staying in a hotel and will be eating out for every meal so my little meal planner has gone a bit scew whiff... Going to be really careful though and stick to my allowance. However in my extremely heavy well over-packed-for-a-weekend suitcase I have packed some weight watchers cookies in amongst the mass of pot noodles I got 'on offer' for Brett to have in his lunches (keeping up with the wifely duties!) so I've no excuse to snack on chocolate bars ha ha. Managed to fit in some exercise today with my eventful trip to the train station. I managed to get off work a little early, spotted a train in 25 minutes. I quickly changed and ran to the station with my suitcase and rucksack (which was heavy enough to take to war for some reason). I arrived there to discover the train was cancelled! How annoyingggg! More annoying during my run to the station I realised I had forgotten my bloody headphones. With another train due in 25 minutes I decided to run all the way back to town, purchase new headphones. Did this in great time, except I then limped back to the station as my knee is throbbing again. Fail!!!! So now sitting on train dosed up in co-codamal. Hoping it will knock the pain out of my shoulder too! Anyway moving on.... Going to do some shopping this weekend. Excited about that as Edinburgh shops are a little better than peterborough's lol. Going to be grabbing some make-up (shocker) from the counters that they don't have anywhere near me at home, as I find picking colours online and getting them right a real chore. Brett is also going to take me to see some of the sights in Edinburgh which I am looking forward to. On Monday I'm travelling over to Glasgow for a meeting (gossip on that one coming soon). If I have time I'll take a small (or wee as the Scottish would say) wander around and see a bit of the place. Bretts job is moving back to Glasgow soon so sure I'll be spending a little time there! Back down to earth on Monday evening as heading back to Peterborough. Interesting week planned though. Tuesday will be doing plenty of fitness while waiting in for Mum's new phone (not so interesting), back to work on Wednesday and hopefully a catch up with my beautiful friend Lau Lau, work on thurs followed by another evening out with a friend and collegue from Notts! Chilling on Friday for a 7am start on Saturday which does however leave saturday night free.... So looking like a good week, but going to have plan in my calories carefully and make sure I fit in some exercise. Weigh in on Tuesday (maybe Monday night if I can be bothered, doubt it)! Keeping fingers crossed for minimum 3 pound loss! Catch you soon.... Thanks lovelies xx

A little bit in love with Elizabeth Arden at the moment...

Thought I would share my thoughts of the beautiful Elizabeth Arden Make-Up Gift set my husband got me for Christmas. I love Estee Lauder and MAC, and love the good old high street brands of course. But this year Brett treated me to the Elizabeth Arden gift set and I have fallen in love with it.

The set has everything you need on a daily basis right down to remover. 


The eye shadows glide on beautifully and bronzer/blusher quad is brilliant. I find the mascara a little cloggy, but by far my favourite are the eye-liners. There are three colours, Taupe, Espresso and Smoky Black. Smoky Black is fab, 'does exactly what it says on the tin' type of thing.

It also came with this great weekender bag which is fantastic. You can fit loads in it and obviously it matches the vanity case which is lovely for weekend breaks.


The set also comes with brushes which are brilliant quality.


I find the girls on the Elizabeth Arden counter really helpful as well compared to some of the other counters who want you to make an appointment to buy foundation.... really.... get a grip (I'm paying you thirty quid a bottle just gimme the damn stuff!!). I'm definitely going to use Elizabeth Arden a lot more now I've tried it out.


I have to say though I will stick with Estee Lauder for their foundation, its a luxury item with a big price tag, but an absolute must once you have tried it!

Brett also got me the Provocative Woman perfume to go with everything, I love it so much I could wear it everyday, but at the moment its my 'Special Occasion' perfume. 


Seriously girlie's if your looking for a bit of luxury make up give this a go. I visited the Elizabeth Arden counter just before my wedding and they were great helping me find the right colour foundation and suggested colours for the big day.


In Peterborough John Lewis has the better counter.


I've just ordered MAC Studio Fix Fluid Foundation... I'll let you know how I get on with it when it arrives :)


Thanks for reading lovelies.... xx

Some Photos I took on mine and Brett's Honeymoon

Our Honeymoon... <3


Brett and I got married on the 20th August 2011. It was a great day and I will put some photos of that up another time. But here are some photos from our honeymoon, some are memories, others are my favourite pictures. My brother Graeme bought us a really nice Lumix Camera for our wedding present so we tried our best to take some good photos.

Taken on one of the terraces at my Nana and Grandads house, Villa Jamaire, in Ozankoy, Cyprus. My Grandparents were kind enough to let us use their holiday home and pay for flights for our honeymoon as a wedding present. We had a great time there.

This is Sophie. She lives in the grounds of Villa Jamaire. I adore cats, and Brett has grown to like them alot as well. Which is good as there are alot of cats in Cyprus. Sophie is particularly cheeky, running in the villa at any opportunity.

Milkshakes at our favourite cafe in the Harbour. Unfortunately I can't remember the name of the cafe now. But we went there every day and the staff always remembered us.

Taken from the garden at the villa. 

This is Brett posing well. He looks like a proper model with his tan lol.

This cat was at the harbour. One of my favourite pictures from our honeymoon.

Best Meze in Cyprus as the Rose Garden. Have loved this restaurant this restaurant since I was 14 and Brett fell in love with it straight away too. The whole restaurant is outside in a rose garden (obviously) and all the food is cooked on a huge bbq. All the cold items are made fresh and this is obvious from how great it all tastes.










This is Bruiser. He also lives at the grounds of the villa, and has been since my Nana and Grandad bought it about 12 or so years ago. I remember him when I was younger jumping on the table when you weren't looking and eating the food! He is not so naughty now but still remains loyal to the Villa.

This is the view from our bedroom balcony at Sunset. It was so beautiful the picture doesn't do it justice.

This poor little fella has had his ear ripped off by another cat. Didn't have an affect on his begging skills though... in fact somewhat helped him.


It was taken at the Five Fingers restaurant... very English. However a beautiful view of Abbey Bell Tower at night from the roof terrace.









Lovely little baby turtle, fresh out of his egg. Its great to watch this on the beach. Although the night time hatchlings are the best.

The pic above is from a small cafe near the Abbey Bell Tower. Not gifted with that special talent of looking flawless even on holiday its not the best picture of me, but still a great picture of us enjoying our honeymoon. We had a really great time on our honeymoon and there are hundreds of pics but I can't fit them all on here.