Lucky Ducky

Good day world!! How are you?

 I have to say i am feeling in rather good spirits of late. After nearly a week off from work i feel rested and ready to fight the rat race that is life once again. Even Neo has allowed me a couple of sneaky lay -ins the past few days. 9 am sleep-ins feel good! I have also had lots of reading time and watching some great dvds (i'm obsessed with Call The Midwife, have you ever watched it? The 1950's era amaze me!)

  So i have managed a little retail therapy of late. This is the lovely duck print skirt that was on my wish list a couple of weeks back. I had some vouchers from work and this skirt came to mind straight away, surely every #wardrobezoo needs a ducky print skirt, lololol!

 This weekend i also went to the hairdressers and got a lovely hair cut (not that you can see from these pics). It feels wonderful, she took a lot of the bulk and weight out of it and put some choppy layers in, making a lot easier and lighter for me. I've always been rubbish with hair , mine is just so naturally frizzy and blow drying it makes it even more of a bouffant (and not in a good way). I was thinking back to how i coped with out straighteners in my youth... simply put, i don't think i did, haha! I used to tie it back a lot! I remember the first time i used straighteners at the ripe old age of 16, and my hair life changed forever lol! I was able to wear it down and it not be completely a mess, i always had the bump at the back of the head though, which i obviously couldn't reach, but i didn't mind. it was a vast improvement on the frizz-bob that was!

Its amazing what a little hair cut, a bit of retail therapy and some "you time" can do for a girl. As superficial as  it sounds, my spirits are lifted, i feel positive looking forward and i'm thoroughly looking forward to what our future holds. Sorry folks, evidently there are no wise words of wisdom here today, just happy, girlish, thoughts. 

Skirt: This one: River Island

Chambray, cardi & Boots: Next

Coat: Topshop

Hat, Necklace , socks and tights: Matalan 

 Enough of me babbling on, have you had a lovely weekend?  I hope so.

 Are you partial to a bit of girly stereotype goodness?

oh and ps i may have watched this in all its cheesy-happiness a few dozen times too... hes so lovely... and he can dance. I think my hubby had a certain Joseph Gordon-Levitt look about him when he was younger, what d'ya think? haahaa

ok longest "ps"over...

Bye for now lovelies!!

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Snow Day!!!!

Today it snowed and it was FUN!!

 We've had a fair bit of snow around this time for the past 3 years and this time has been the most fun! We took Neo out on a sledge and had an epic snowball fight (which Paul won hands down... i throw like such a girl!) and then we built a little snow teddy bear. I'm exhausted now!

 I put layered outfit together this morning and then changed for snow play this afternoon. I didn't realise when i put it together that there's actually 3 types of pattern going on (stars, check and animal)  but i kinda loved all the different pieces together! Plus super layers meant warmth. The tights i have on are fleece lined and are the best invention ever! To go play in the snow i put my jeans on over them and my   Lands' End coat which is unbelievable warm. I had the hood up and took it down as my head felt so warm! That was until Paul got me in the face with a snow ball... ugh!! It's his birthday today so i shall let him off!!

Looking at this photo i look like im phony laughing which im totally not,(although i am actually rather good at fake laughing and fake enthusiasm .. its a skill!) I had literally slipped and then slipped again and could not compose my balance at all. I do love these boots but they have ZERO grip. Best kept for non snowy slippy days me thinks. 

Star Sweater & Boots: Next

Blouse underneath, skirt and tights: Primark

Do you have Snow today? 

What's your favourite thing to do on a snow day?

We Are Family...

Hi folks
I am currently in the middle of one of the worst weeks....ever.
Running a business in a recession is the hardest thing i have ever had to do. This all might sound a bit random -sorry.

In these tough times its family that keep you going...

Colourful bunch arent we 

"cccccoooooooooowwwwwwwwws, mooooooooooo"

We are family :)

All i feel like doing right now is wrapping myself in my duvet and hiding from the world. I dont feel like wearing pretty dresses and nice shoes. I want to wear pj's and eat Nutella out of the jar.
The next few weeks may be very hard.
I'm going to try and continue getting up and at least getting dressed each day.
And if you dont see me within a week....send for help, the tracksuit brigade may have gotten me;)

Take care lovelies and really hope to be back with positive news and happy dresses soon.
xxx
Ps send good thoughts for my little business wont you... the more the better. Some good thoughts right now, could go a long way.

PPS these photos were taken about 3 weeks ago when we didn't have torrential rain and i was still relatively sane :-/