A New Year, A New Start!

What better way to start a whole new me than with a whole new hairdo?

Wow, happy new year bloggers! 4 whole months have whizzed by me with such force and before I knew it I've been thrown right into the start of a New Year. A better year hopefully. My life has had crazy ups and downs and huge, humongous, massive changes in the last 12 months. All I can say is here's to a New Year and a whole New Me!!! So it's not going to be easy, but hey life is no walk in the park. As the old saying goes "It'll be OK in the end, and if its not OK then it is not the end." I think that will be my quote for the year. Lets hope I stick with it...

Quick briefing of my life in pics...

 October brought a visit to the fabulous city of Edinburgh for an 'internet weirdies' meet up with my fellow photography crowd.

What started as a 'photography' weekend ended up in us hearing "I can't be bothered to get my camera out, lets have a drink instead" many times. Before all motivation was lost we did manage a cool "Rock the Frock" session down at Parliament where 5 of us had a splashing time in the water display there! Raised a few eyebrows and stopped a couple of tour buses....

How cool are these Primark tights??

My favourite Ebay bargain - Topshop shoes £2.99!

Halloween was spent over in Belfast with my best friend (if that may still be the case... long story!!!) and a load of friends from there. My daughters came along too, which gave me 3 weeks of stress to hand make all of our costumes from scratch. Sewing 150 real feathers of various sizes and thicknesses onto a net skirt (The Eldest went as Black Swan) has literally scarred my fingers for life.

 A beautiful mermaid costume was the suggestion I made to The Terror, "yes Mammy, a dead-ed one". Oh well, a mermaid trapped in an old fishing net and dragged from the ocean with a load of sea junk was the final costume.

Not wanting to spoil my children's delight for all things glam and gory I decided to go as a female matador, a dead-ed one of course! Spent a couple of hours transforming people into Zombies, Beetlejuice, Smurfs, Devils and Gladiators. No face was safe from my paint brushes ;o)  All in all it was a night to remember.

Christmas was like any other, manic, lots of kids, lots of family, boxes, plastic tags, screwdrivers and batteries! The main day was spent at my parents house, the traditional Christmas Eve sleepover and the magical morning, followed by mince pies, cream and lots of booze with my cousins and Aunty before lunch.

Boxing day saw the arrival of my bio mother from Scotland, giving the kids yet another Santa visit! Many games and laughs were to be had before yet another eventful sleepover. Mam bought me some lovely cosy tartan PJ's for Christmas (after my new found love of tartan leggings),

 ...so off I went to get dressed for bed. As I came downstairs she surprised me and the kids by standing in the very same pair! Tweedledum and Tweedledee sprung to mind ;o)

"FAIL"

The upcoming month... Its my birthday soon, the big one (for now until the next even bigger big one), I'm turning 30. I thought I'd dread it, I thought I'd be depressed but I can honestly say turning 25 is somehow a much scarier concept. Maybe its about the boxes on questionnaires, who knows, but I'm quite looking forward to my day. The family have a 'secret' planned for the day, no idea what but I'm guessing they haven't told The Terror or else I would have heard about it a week ago! Then a night on the town with my girly friends the day after, followed by a 4 day rare child free break to Belfast! I'm being totally spoilt. Bring it on!