Tears, teeth and tiredness!

Hi everyone,

Hope your alright, it's been cold and rainy all weekend here so I was pleased to wear my new wellies out today (they were a present for my birthday and I love them!)

My poor daughter (and most of her friends) have the cold right now. She's teething too and despite Paracetamol, Ibuprofen and teething powders she is still pretty miserable. Any miracle cures for teething will be greatly received!

We had a quiet weekend (we are all unwell!) but some of my lovely friends from Aberdeen came down to visit which cheered me up no end. We had a lovely roast dinner on Sunday and they spoiled me with fab presents including a Soap and Glory gift box and a very lovely box with cupcakes on it.

So here's my weekend in pictures:

I ate...a lovely birthday cake made by my friend Vik.

I applied...Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish which had greatly improved my skin after Elemis caused a breakout.

I wore...my new birthday wellies (a bargainous £14.99 from Clarks!!)

At least she wasn't wearing socks....

I'm currently sitting at home drinking a gin and tonic and eating a LOT of chocolate. My partner is attending to our daughter who is very vocal tonight!

I was hoping we'd get out today and visit my friend and her new baby. However when we got up this morning my daughter was very snotty and still had a bit of a temperature. The last thing I wanted was to pass the cold on to my friend's baby so we ended up staying home.

The Princessing has gone pretty well in the past 24 hours. Last night I had a lovely bath with some Elemis Bath Foam (you will find a picture in The Day in Pictures below), exfoliated, put on a lovely Liz Earle Moisture Mask and moisturised everywhere- lovely! Went to bed feeling very very chilled out!

Today has gone quite well, I managed my flossing, anti-ageing cream, eye cream, a healthy breakfast (yoghurt and fruit today!), applied hair oil, took my vitamins/fish oil, avoided crisps, moisturised and stuck to my two cups of tea! I have to say that after the first 10 days I really do feel better, my skin looks great and my hair is lovely and shiny. I feel generally a bit less stressed, I think because I am taking time out to look after myself.

I also took the time to plan my list for the coffee morning, I'm going to make a Chocolate Orange Cake, Victoria Sandwich, Rocky Road and a Lemon Drizzle Cake. A couple of my friends are supplying cup cakes so there will be plenty cake to go round. Really excited about the prospect of making all these yummy cakes for a good cause.

Today's "It wouldn't happen to a real princess" moment comes courtesy of my daughter who managed to kick her foot into her (rather dirty) nappy just as I was changing it. Thankfully I had taken her socks off (after a prior poo and sock incident) so it was only her leg that I need to clean, although she did manage to get in right the way up to her knee. (!)

Tomorrow I am going to stretch myself and hit all 20 targets. This may mean I am up until some crazy time of night baking!!

Here is the day in pictures:

I ate.....I applied.....I admired.....I wore.....

Fish and chips (naughty!), Elemis Sp@ Home Bath Elixie

Pencil Skirts on red.co.uk, Wrap cardigan from Warehouse 

Don't cha wish your girlfriend was s'not like me...

Well don't cha?!

How's the princessing going everyone?! I managed to start the day feeling even worse than I did yesterday but I was determined to give it a good go.

So I've managed 12 targets today. I had a very nice gin and tonic tonight with Sipsmith gin which we recently bought from Majestic Wine. I hadn't heard of Sipsmith until earlier this year and I am so glad we decided to give it a try- it's my new favourite.

Didn't even venture out of the house today, instead I did some housework in between napping and inhaling large amounts of Olbas Oil. The day ended with an episode of X-Factor as it's easy viewing when you've got a little one to look after.

Today's I admire can be found on Mumsnet and describes one mum's mission to send books to children in a womans Refuge. The concept is called Story Senders I think it's a lovely idea and I certainly will be logging on tomorrow in order to send some books. One of my favourite memories as a child was reading Enid Blyton books and I can't wait to read with my daughter so it's a cause that I really do think is valuable.

Here is the day in pictures:

I ate.....I applied.....I wore.....

Porridge for energy,  lovely Liz Earle Instant Boost Skin Tonic, Mismatched thermal socks (and yes those are trakkies!!)