Getting things back on track

Well its been a little while since I last blogged and so much has happened! So please excuse a heavy picture post whilst I get up to date.

Dress - Asos, Waistcoat - Miss Selfridge, Head scarf - EBay

Started off by slipping into quite a dark place emotionally though I'm lucky to have such a fabulous best friend who could see it growing and booked herself on a flight from Belfast to here to basically give me a much needed kick up the ass and a hug too. She spent 4 days with us and luckily it fell at the same time as my eldest daughters birthday.

Dungarees - New Look, Vest - Primark, Headscarf - Primark

With my bestfriend Jaime.

The birthday was an 'eventful' day...

"Happy Birthday to you..."

Started off with 4 of us in the shower one after an other ready to go out for the day. Birthday gifts, cards, wrapping paper and grandparents filled the living room, unfortunately the 4 people's shower water also filled the toy cupboard, walk in shoe cupboard and the hallway downstairs! Frantic early morning call to Dad "the damp patch we had in the cupboard downstairs... well i think I know why...". Turned out the pipes were so old and badly joined together by the previous owners and a gradual slow leak suddenly took a turn for the worse when the pipe fell apart and the shower/sink ran right down our inner wall. Once Dad pulled the floor up and wall down, we also found an old central heating vent, filled 2ft deep with water! A neighbour told us many on the estate have had the same problem.

Meet our 'toy cupboard'

So a full house of people, a guest staying over, hyper kids wanting to go out for the day and shoes/coats/camping gear and more toys than Toys R Us filled our whole downstairs! My angel in disguise Daddy stayed to fix our leak whilst we went on to the fun fair at the seaside to enjoy my daughters birthday along with her best friend too.

Packed in many trips to National Trust places, trips to the park, cinema, cat sitting, put up with rainy days with bickering kids, even stumbled across a job vacancy for a Sunday (fingers crossed!) and booked my place on a training course in Reiki. Hardly any time to even think about what I wore let alone having time to photograph it. August life is moving swiftly but slowly looking up :o)

Dress - Topshop 'by Laura' (thrifted), Leggings - Primark, Jacket - New Look, Bag - Fiorelli

At one of many National Trust places

Butter wouldn't melt....

Ah, thats why I call her 'The Terror'