Friday Round Up

the dogs' favourite place to walk - new batteries for this cute root heart - new Butterfly Lane purchase

haircare treats - new garage roof - naughty but nice

current favourite perfume - essie 'dive bar' - a misty morning at home

Well I don't know about you but it's been a busy old week round these parts, I've barely had time to think! What with the nights drawing in too, making the days feel even shorter, the week seems to have flown

We had a great time at the weekend with my sister and her boyfriend, watching X Factor and eating Domino's whilst playing trains with my little nephew Finley Joe. It's his second birthday next month, the time has really flown! I love spending time with him, he's at that age where he will copy everything you say though, so you have to be a bit careful with your language ... this week he picked up the phrase 'oh shit!' when my sister drove the wrong way up a one way street with him in the car!

I had my hair done and it was a bit of a disaster - my lovely colourist got a bit carried away whilst doing my roots and I ended up more blonde at the roots than anywhere else! Luckily a quick trip back for a free correction sorted it right out and we had a good giggle about it. As my poor old hair has been through the mill this week I treated it to some new Sebastian products from feelunique (my favourite website!) to cheer it up a bit - any excuse eh?? I also had to purchase Essie's 'Dive Bar' polish after seeing it on Sprinkle of Glitter - what a gorgeous colour! I usually wear mostly neutrals and greys on my nails as I think they look a bit more formal for work but I like to wear something a bit darker at this time of year for weekends and this looks lovely

Speaking of treating myself, I also got a lovely little parcel in the post from Butterfly Lane - the lovely Sophie Allport Robin mug in the pic above, isn't it cute? Have you taken advantage of our free shipping offer yet? It's only available until midnight on Sunday so don't miss out!

I had a long old day yesterday and my first meeting with my new boss. He seems very nice but spending seven and a half hours explaining what my department does/why/how was pretty exhausting. Getting stuck in traffic on the way home topped off the day, I walked in the house at 7.30pm, ate, showered and washed my hair then was in bed by 10pm which is unheard of for me! Ten and a half hours sleep later I feel so much better. I'd not slept well before the meeting (I never do - I always worry that I'll sleep through my alarm so I wake up every hour all night!) but I feel properly rested now

As for the weekend, Matt is away racing on Sunday so that will take up most of his weekend as he'll go and walk the course tomorrow too. It's the last race of the season and he's lying 2nd in the championship so fingers crossed he'll have a good day. I don't think I'll be going - I like to see him race but he gets so stressed that he's not much fun to be around!

So I'll be at home waiting for him with a hot bath and a warming beef stew for when he comes in knackered, wet and covered in mud! I might go round to the house whilst he's away and crack on with some painting in peace. I've got some paint samples to try on the kitchen walls, which will be a nightmare as I'm so indecisive. I've put it off until the last minute because I have no clear idea what colour I want but as the skirtings are being done next week and the first of the units is ready I really need to get on with it. The garage roof is halfway up now and bathrooms are being tiled - we're still a looong way off moving in but things are progressing nicely

I also need to get a load of clobber on eBay this weekend - I've amassed quite a pile whilst waiting for a free listing email to come through!

So what do you lovely lot have planned for this weekend?