Nail Polish Friday

Do you like my unoriginal title for this blog post?! 

I decided that my nail varnish posts will be every Friday and I worked out if I did a post on every single varnish I own I could do a weekly post till February 2014!

This weeks Polish is No. 7 So Simple. 

This is the perfect nude, and is one of my favourite nudes in my collection. I love the brushes on these polishes as they are quite flat and so are very easy to apply. The varnish is quite sheer needing three coats to get that opaque glossy finish. I do find this polish take's a while to dry, and sometimes when you think its dry its not and then little prints are left. This is my only criticism.

I teamed mine with my Barry M Rose Quartz glitter (which is soon becoming my favourite glitter polish!!) and I LOVE the end result.

What's your favourite nude??

Mummy B xoxox

  

A Homey Haul

In my last post I mentioned that we took a trip to The Range and Next at Home, we were looking to make the downstairs a little more cosy as we still haven't really decorated! Main reason for not decorating downstairs is that I just keep changing my mind!

Anyway I thought I would share with you some of our purchases as I myself love to read or watch hauls on YouTube.

So first up is this door mat from Next for £35. It has a Stag design on it which I'm so obsessed with! I have quite a few pieces with stags on...

Next up is another Stag piece from Next, its a gorgeous cushion which is actually from there Christmas range! It is priced at £12.

I got a couple more cushions for our sofa (its looked so bare and uninviting) this one is from The Range and I think was £8.

Another cushion from Next, priced at £14 was Jamie's choice.

And the final look...

I added my jar of conkers to my sideboard, see the other stag influences here...

Lastly is this Candle holder from The Range priced at £3.99

Final look (sideboard from Ikea)

Now the evenings are much more cosey in my stark living room!!!

Mummy B xoxo

A Walk In The Wood's

Today was another lovely Autumnal day. Jamie had the day off and asked what I fancied doing and so we decided to take a trip to Norwich and walk around Mousehold Heath.

Mousehold Heath is a large woodland and heath area in the City of Norwich. Its lovely to have a good walk round and Lady (our dog) loves it!

So off we trotted, Me, Jamie, Darcie, Lady and my Mum.

It was a beautiful day, quite chily but soon warmed up when the sun came out!

Here are a few of my favourite piccy's...

After our looong walk, we decided to have a cheeky KFC and then pop into the Range and Next at Home... I think I will do a homey haul in the next couple of days as I have been sprucing up now Autumn is here to make it more cosy! 

Mummy B xoxox

I Just Can't Resist

Today was spent visiting my Grandma and Grandad, Darcie's Great Grandparents. We had a lovely afternoon and a good old natter. 

After visiting them we popped into Asda as there's not one close by so thought I would take a peak at the kiddies clothes. I found these gorgeous little pj's which I really couldn't resist. Our dog is called Lady and mine and Jamie's favourite Disney film is Lady and The Tramp so I just HAD to have them and they were only £6 too!

Hope you have all had a lovely weekend.

Mummy B xoxox

A Secret Obsession

I LOVE nail varnishes. 

I have a rather large collection that is rapidly expanding. Its something that I don't mind splurging on as (here is my theory) I'm not keen on spending lots of money on clothes at the moment (not that I have hardly any money being on maternity leave). I know soon I will be losing the baby weight (well I hope so) and so there is no point spending when in a few months they wont fit! But with a nail varnish there is no size restrictions... so why not?!?!

I think its time to share this obsession with you, each week I will do a review for you. This blog was never intended to be a beauty blog, but I feel that this is a place to share my loves so why the hell not hey?!?!

This weeks review is on a cheeky purchase I made today, Barry M's Gelly Hi-Shine Nail Paint in Pomegranate £3.99 and Barry M's Nail Paint in  Rose Quartz Glitter £2.99. 

Lets start with the the Gelly Hi-Shine, this new to Barry M and I have to say so far I'm very impressed. As you can gather from the name, this gives a high gloss finish like that of salon gel nails. The colour is quite opaque too, and would be fine with one coat (I did two... mainly out of habit). As I have only just popped it on today I am unsure on the longevity of the product, however I would imagine it will be just as good as their other nail paints. Another element I love to this product is that it dries super quick. Being a mummy this is a necessity if I want my nails to be looking there best! Overall I am very happy with this latest edition to my nail collection, and will happily purchase more from this line.

Ok, next is the Glitter polish. I have loads of Barry M's glitter polishes and this along with the others is amazing! Its a beautiful colour, one that I think I will wear alot for Autumn. It looks good with a thin layer, but can be built up for a more intense look.

What are your favourite nail varnishes???

Mummy B xoxox

Autumn is here... Gingerbread Latte's and Conker's

So this morning I kicked off my Autumn bucket list by taking Darcie for a nice stroll where we live. We started off by going to Costa's and I treated myself to a Gingerbread Latte. Which is my choice of drink for Autumn, it hints of Christmas...

Then we wondered to the Mere, and into the park

Once we had a nice stroll, I decided to do some Conker picking, when I was little I remember doing this often and thought I would share this with Darcie. Obviously she is very young but she was curious to what they were...

Today whilst being slightly camera happy I suddenly realised how pretty the place I live in actually is.

The tree's are still slightly green, so no jumping in leaves just yet, but Autumn is definitely in the air.

Anyway, once home I decided that with the conkers we had collected to pop them in a jar...

I used an old Yankee Candle Jar and think it looks lovely as an Autumn table centre piece... I really am for too old for my age!!!

So, so far on the bucket list I can tick off Gingerbread Latte & Conker picking, And for Marie's element, These are my favourite drink and décor for Autumn!

Check out Marie's original post here.

Mummy B xoxox

Autumn Bucket List

The Lovely Marie of Pickle Bean Books, has created this fantastic interactive blog, and its right up my street!

So this is what it involves....

See the picture above? 

The words in white are the list of challenge items. Whenever I have completed one of the six things I will blog about it, adding a photo explaining why it is my favourite.

I also have created my own Bucket List for Autumn and they are as follows...

* Go for a walk through the Autumn leaves*

*Have a Gingerbread Latte*

*Show you my favourite Autumn Outfit for me and Darcie*

*Go collect conkers*

*Carve a pumpkin for Halloween*

*Go to our local Bonfire night*

*Make a Gingerbread cake*

*Make a Shepherds Pie*

*Choose my favourite Autumn Nail Varnish*

Nice simple things, but there all things that I love about Autumn!

Marie has set a date for this to be completed by, 30th November which I'm sure is do'able! 

Get involved.

Mummy B xoxox

Blending spree!

So today I have been busy making Darcie's food and thought it might be nice to share with you how I go about making her purée's.

I will use apple as an example

To start wash thoroughly the fruit or veg, we don't want any nasties in these precious purée's!

Peel the fruit or veg and when doing things like apple make sure the core and pips are removed too. Then slice into small chunks.

Add fruit/veg to a microwave safe container and add enough cooled boiled water to cover the fruit/veg. Then place microwave safe cling film over the container leaving a corner open to vent.

Then steam. Timing will depend on fruit or veg.

Drain the excess liquid. Then add fruit/veg to a blender. Add cooled boiled water or milk (again amounts will vary depending on the fruit or veg- best to add less to begin adding more I needed so it doesn't become too water) and blend!

Then add to a freezer safe container or ice cube trays (I use both- boots make some handy small container which are perfect for the first stages of weaning).

The beauty of making your own purée's is that, one, they are cheap and two, they can last up to a month in the freezer!!

There any a number of ways of makin your own purée's but this is the one I have found works for me.

Mummy B xoxox