gaahh!!

Today comes armed with a mini rant! The sun is out and it is so lovely and warm outside! Unfortunately, due to lack of funds, our garden is on hold at the minute, so isn't very nice to sit outside in at the minute, but a couple of ice lollies on the grass is always nice ;) unfortunately, it is now time for the BIGGEST annoyance of the year!

BUGS AND FLIES!! We have a fly screen on our back door, but it doesn't reach the ground (i know, pointless right?) and then because of the heat, I have all of our windows open. My cats wont go outside now, because they're having much too much fun chasing flies around the house. I think I now have more wildlife in here than I do in my garden!

the little mermaid

Yesterday morning I became the very lucky owner of a little treasure chest :) the wonderful Lucy from crafting in the beach hut was one of my swp partners from the fairytale swap (I forgot to count myself in with everybody else who joined in!) I chose to recieve the little mermaid, and this is what i got :)

This was the pretty selection when i opened up the lid of my parcel

I got so many goodies, including a disney cd, picture frame, little book, small treasure chest, lots of little shells and stones, little charms and coins, a lovely for to brush my hair! the prettiest tin ever, a hand made phone case, a pack of otsits, some fabric, a little necklace and bracelet, a gorgeous apple mug, some disney stickers, a little glass fish and a hand made card! wow!

I love this little tin that some of my bits came in :) it is the cutest little thing ever. Thanks Lucy!
I've popped these photos up on the flickr group, don't forget to put yours up too :)

mixed up

Hello all of my lovely ladies. Well this weekend has been a pretty awsome one, on saturday me and matt went to a pool party in leicster which was brilliant, and then followed it up at a bbq party on sunday. Lots of drinking and messing around, which i've missed so much!
Unfortunately, today gave us abit of a blow, as my partner's boss (who is a total JERK!) has decided to foot us with a bill for a mistake on a job from a few months ago. The bill is £290, nearly £100 more than matt earns in a week. His boss, i may add, earns around £1400 per week minimum. He is also the type of man that will let matt work for a week and then not pay him, to try and "get the money back." For the past 6 months or so matt has been getting into a horrible state of stress from constantly getting rubbish from work. Unfortunately, he has been in the plumbing industry for 5 years now, has no experience in any other kind of job, and with the lack of income and extremely high outgoings this month, it is certainly getting on top of both of us!

Swap madness!!

Wow! Today has been my first day of no responsibility :) with the exception of a few days of work, the next two weeks have been laid out to let me treat myself! And what better way than swaps and giveaways :) I have such a passion for making little gifts, and even more so, recieving them!! So today I have been rummaging through your lovely blogs, and finding links to other blogs and so on which has been lovely :D and I'm very pleased to announce that along with my own Fairytale Swap, I have now joined faerienuff's Strawberry Swap, Fondant Kiss's Boudoir Swap, LaaLaa's lovely Giveaway and Mel's Giveaway too! Some of these Swaps and Giveaways are still open ^_^ so go ahead and check them out! And even if they're closed, each of these ladies have such wonderful blogs, it's certainly worth a visit anyway!!

Progress

PHEW! well guys, as of 2.30pm yesterday, I am officially free from Uni! No more lessons, no more projects, and no more comuting! HUZZAH! I can't even tell you how pleased I am to have finished :) not living in the same county as my uni has made it so difficult over the past 3 years, meaning I have missed out on all nights out and other studenty things! So for the next 2 weeks, until I start my new job, I am going to be celebrating my freedom :)starting with catching up with blogs!
On another note, I'm very excited to say that I have nearly finished making my swap packages to send! I just need two more things to come through the post and then I can finish everything off ^_^
I hope all of you are having fun with your swaps, I can't wait to see what you come up with ^_^

Flickr group

For when you're all ready, here is a lovely flickr group to upload pics of all your packages! I can't wait to see what you all recieve :D

time for change!

Hi all! Today I decided that I've had enough of my podgy belly. For the past few months I have been trying (and failing) to go to the gym on a regular basis. For a while I managed to go to the gym and swimming at least once a week, and I managed to loose a stone! I've kept the weight off, but have found everything starting to get a little wobbly again, and so I have decided, it's time I try my first ever real diet. I have signed up to this morning's Kick start diet plan :) this is the first one I've ever found that takes your bone structure into account, along with budget and where you shop. They have 12 different diet plans, and I chose the mediteranian option :D it's given me a list of what I should eat every day for 12 weeks! And it all sounds yummy. So as of today I will be paying very close attention to what I eat, and will let you all know how it goes ;) hurray!