Sunny on the inside

I'm waiting for it to hit........the November blues.
Waiting, waiting. Nothing.
I feel, well, GOOD. Yay!
Maybe I have finally conquered the foe that is winter.
I do have a little secret weapon this year - sunshine on tap in the form of my darling wee Finn.
Just seeing him smile pours warmth into my soul!
Lovely.

xxx

Colour riot!

November is my most blurgh month. Every morning I wake up, roll over & rip open my curtain to check how many leaves are left on the tree across the road. I know when the last flaming orange leaf falls, that's it. At least three months of staring out at bricks and grey sky......
My husband, who is a cup half full type person, keeps chirping on about how it's only six weeks until the shortest day of the year, then summer is practically a breath away. Nice one Rich!
The antidote? Gorgeous glossy pics from around the web. Thank goodness it's summer time somewhere in the world!

 first six images here

these four images here

Also, how great is this idea for a chalkboard calendar, painted straight on the wall. 

Every family should have one!

 found here

xxx

My Autumn.....

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Happiness is a swing

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That's a wrap folks!

 A wonderful, exhausting, inspiring, challenging week of......

.......new art purchases!

New teeth!

Cheeky treats.....

Embracing the London grey as best I can!

Gooooood food....

Tinkering with a bit of branch styling......

And getting my Christmas decs out WAY too early!

Visiting Liberty......

And catching up with good mates!

Hitting the hay early tonight. This has been like a day without end.......fractious children, stuck inside, routines messed with thanks to daylight saving ending. Today is OVER! So happy to lay down my weary head. Night night.

xxx

Farr out!

Fabric obsession alert!!! I've love it every since I spied it in London's Haymarket Hotel (as seen below).

Christopher Farr's 'Carnival' fabric is quite simply perfect.

I am putting my order in for a roll of the stuff and will use it for cushions, curtains, covers etc in our new place. 

What do you think? 

Fabbo???

xxx

S is for......

Silly Saturday Stroppiness!
(Me earlier, don't ask!)
OR
Sipping Sauvignon Serenely.
(Me now, yay!)
OR
Sibella's Stunning Styling Slamdunk!
(Above pic, isn't it amaze!?)
Hope y'all are having a good weekend.

xxx

Diary of an abdominoplasty - 6 weeks on

I can hardly believe it has been six weeks since my surgery. It has felt like a looooong road to recovery, but six weeks - hey that's not a lot of time in the scheme of things.

I can honestly say it has only been this week I have started to feel things have settled. 

Not wanting to gross anyone out, but I have had 'the ooze' for 5 weeks. (Lymph fluid oozing and in some cases gushing out my belly button. eeeewwwwwww!) I have had to resort to taping breast pads and cut up nappies over my leaky button. 

Also, I can tell you wearing Spanx 24/7 for 5 weeks is like 5 weeks of being a human sausage!

BUT, I now have an after pic which I am pretty happy with. When I look at the before, I just can't believe how bad my poor tum was. I feel like I am back to the old me and it's so great!

So, in retrospect, would I do it again?????

Heck yes!

So happy to be able to pick up my baby again - it's been a long 6 weeks!

Before (eck!)

After

xxx