Air pure Wax melts

Before christmas one of my favourite bloggers posted about Air Pure wax melts she found in poundland stores, you can read her post on them 'here'

Being totally candle and wax tart obsessed it was my mission to track down some for myself! Shortly after reading Shannon's post I came across the Festive Vanilla and Gingerbread ones in my local store which after a squeal went straight into my basket but my hunt wasn't over there I was 2 scents missing Mulled Wine and Peppermint, I was getting my hands on the other two even if it killed me.

After doing my usual daily rounds of the store after the school run there they was waiting for me so with another squeal in my basket they went to with an extra pack of mulled wine for my mumsie.

They are all quite festive scents but it goes without saying the candle section of poundland has become a regular haunt for me in hope some new scents pop up soon.

 Each pack is like a little bar of chocolate with 6 cubes to break up and use in your wax warmer/burner, I'm sure if you fancied a stronger scent of your chosen scent and the bowl on your burner/warmer is big enough you could use two rather than the one.

I'm yet to use them so I can't give you a review on how strong they are, how long they last etc.. 

But it is something I'll post about once I've used them if anyone is interested.

Interview with a blogger - Prettylittleteacup

While suffering with a bit of bloggers block (all the post ideas are there I just don't have the words for them)

I threw some questions at Heather from over at prettylittleteacupp and she was lovely enough to answer them for me, So here's my questions and her answers... 

Whens your favourite time to blog? 
Properly the night time when its the most carmist, like say after ten when i wont get a random knock at the door!

When did you start blogging and why?
 wow this was about 5 years ago, I had a tumblr and would stumble on some personal blog post and thought it would be a really good idea too start a pregnancy/ ttc blog as it was a good place too share it with other woman going through the same niggley bits

How did you come up with your blog name? 
Well i was in a charity shop looking around for the best bargains like you do then an old woman said wow thats a pretty little teacup and i feel in love with her words

Whats your favourite thing about blogging? 
How you can just pour your whole heart into you post, and people will reply back and give you tips! its like adding you own personal touch too the world

If you could meet one blogger who would it be?
 Bee!!!

Whats your favourite thing to blog about?
 Lifestyle

What ONE tip would you give to a new blogger?
 Just write what in the heart

What are your must haves for a night of blogging (if you set a night to blog)?
 Big cup of tea, notepad, earphones and phone
 
What are your blogger must haves? 
camera,phone etc camera, phone, notepad pen

Do you schdeule posts or write and publish as you go?
 Both, depends if im busy the day before im about too blog, then its just a touch of a button too publish

What are your favourite kind of blog posts to read?
 D.i.y, blog helps, lifestyle

How do you blog?
laptop,phone app,tablet etc Laptop

Do you have a blog plan or do you post as and when you think of blog posts?
 I plan my blog post, but I do alot of the time do random post where i pour my heart out too the world and there dog

Have you made friends through blogging be it online or offline? 
yeah quite a few and there amazing girls and hopefully get too meet them one day

Is there anything you would change about the blogging world? 
nope i love the blogging world it so laid back and lovely!

If you don't already follow Heather you can do so here
Blog - prettylittleteacupp
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Bargain of the week

Okay so it wasn't quite this week but was only last week or so, I saw a post on a make-up swap page I'm in on facebook for real technique brush sets scanning through at £5.5O at asda.

I've wanted some real technique brushes for awhile now after seeing them all over the blogging world but could never justify the price tag for myself when I rarely wear make-up BUT at £5 can I really let that offer pass me by?

Of course while on the food shop it goes without saying I went to hunt some of these babies down! Not expecting to find any as the make-up section in my local asda is pretty pants.

To my surprise there was quite a few of both sets there (eye starter set and travel essentials) 

I ran to self scan to check what price they were scanning through at and there it was that gorgeous £5.25! 

I don't wear eyeshadow so I didn't get myself an eye starter set, pretty impressed with myself as the old me would have bought them anyway for the sake of a good bargain. Kind of gutted to as I may one day start wearing eyeshadow and as they say 'nothing haunts us more than the things we didn't buy'

 

I was even more impressed today when I popped into superdrug on the hunt for the real techniques sponge and spotted the brush set I have for £2O.99! 

 

LUSH - Luxury Lush Pud

 Lush Says...

'This year, our Lil' Lush Pud has had a luxurious makeover... with a soothing lavender fragrance and calming pastel colours, this bath bomb is perfect for bed time, or any time you want to relax. This bath bomb shares a fragrance with our Twilight bath bomb. With lavender oil, ylang ylang and tonka absolute, you'll be soothed and calmed as little islands of colour float out into your bath water.'

 I know I'm pretty late with this one as christmas has been and gone now but I'm only just making my way through my christmas bath bombs, Each time I had a bath through out the christmas period I just wanted to get in already rather than taking photos before hand so never used them and saved them for when I had my camera to hand (bad blogger).

I had luxury lush pud last year when the bottom was purple and loved it so it goes without saying it was a must have this year too, This year was no different to last year the burst of colourful enough to get anyone excited to jump in. I was even accused by Issy of making my baths more fun then theirs naughty mummy so the luxury lush pud is without a doubt on the girls list for next year too.

As promised it leaves you perfectly relaxed ready for bed or whenever you really want to relax,

Better yet a bath full of so many colours and you don't need to spend the next 1O minutes scrubbing the bath to get the colour off when you get out PERFECT!

Last mum through the gate | Anxiety & Me

 

 

People often mistake seeing me rushing through the school gates of a morning as me being late or just generally crap with timing.

Truth is I could quite easily be at those gates by 8:3O most mornings (doors open at 8:45 for the kids to go in) but I purposely make sure I don't get to that gate until 8:45, if I do happen to be earlier than that I'll walk the longer way to school and if we are still early instead of going along to the school and waiting for the doors to open, I'll pop into my mums on route to pass the extra time even if its just 5 minutes.

I do this on purpose to avoid any socializing when it comes to waiting in the school at every chance possible the thought makes me shudder, it's just not something I can do.

Luckily a few mums will go out of their way to speak to me if I happen to cross their paths as they know I suffer with anxiety, if every parent at the school was the same as those wonderful ladies maybe just maybe I'd happily go along earlier and let Issy run wild with her friends before she goes in but right now as much as it pains me to say it I'm really not able to just yet but I WILL!

I'm yet to do a school pick up without ending up into a big stress ball (I feel myself go literally like a puffer fish)

having so many people around me puts me on edge and really stresses me out.

To the point I've often left the school looking like a pyshco effing and jeffing away to myself all hot and flustered, It honestly does feel like that day is out to get me Daisies falling over, Issy's running away, the girls book bags are hanging open, I'm piled with coats and whatever else the girls have brung home from the day at school everyone's looking, I'm sweating as if I've just finished a work out at the gym just get me home already.

Things I planned to, should and want to be enjoying ends up leaving me in more stress then what the days up to the girls births did, I want to enjoy watching my girls run together while I'm loaded up like a donkey but anxiety gets the better of me and turns those joyful moments into my own miniature hell!

To help with the end of the day pick ups I take my headphones, pick a bench as far from people as possible but one that's in between where Issy comes out and Daisies nursery so I can be found by both and listen to my music until Issy walks out and then its round to the nursery to collect Daisie. 

Once those headphones are out the fun really begins

If you suffer with anxiety and have school runs to manage I'd love to hear your coping techniques

Goals for 2O15

- Learn to drive and stick to it, I stopped doing my lessons to focus on passing my theory after failing 3 times a few months before christmas I gave up until christmas was over with so it's full steam ahead with practicing now. Then it's back behind the wheel I go

-  Eat and drink more healthily. Drinking a litre of cherry coke a day really can't be doing my body any favours as much as everything else gives me ulcers, I need to make more of an effort hunting down a healthy drink option.

- Make more time for me! When my me times arrives once the girls are tucked up into bed I don't really do much different to what I do when they are awake, So it's time I made my me time count be it a soak in the tub,curled up with a good book,catching up with my TV programmes or blogging it needs to be done with a face mask or freshly painted tootsies at least.

- Stop being a lazy cow! I whinge and moan about looking like crap but I never actually do anything to change that I spend the extra time I have that I could be doing my make-up with spending an extra 3O minutes in bed, catching up on instagram & Facebook to check what I missed or just general lazing about before I have to go out.

- Kick my panic attacks in the butt, since coming off my anxiety tablets they've returned and are now controlling my bed times. I make sure I'm in bed by 12:45 the latest or I end up having a panic attack that I'm up so late and could be sick (crazy considering I was in bed by that time and still woke up at 3am being sick just the other day) I sorted them out once I will do it again! 

- Be less stressy, I really am a dragon especially in the mornings you just have to look at me or ask me to repeat myself and if it was possible it wouldn't be shouting that would leave my mouth it would fire.


- Use social media a lot less, I very rarely update my Facebook status or anything but I'm on it constantly checking whats going on with the world, I'm a serious people watcher I'm forever checking instagram to see what others are up to and missing whats going on in my world.

Guest post!

Dear Bee. *honeybee emoji*

I would just like to say thank you!, thank you for just being you! the amazing woman you are! 2014 tough me that frindship doesnt have too be face too face in real life but the long conversations the random words! if people could see what we talked about we would be locked up in a mad house  shouting too each other in opposite cell's!  
there is no need for a x factor sob story the only thing I  want too say is that you amazing and You have inspired me too be me! and I love you alot! lots of love heather over at Prettylittleteacupp xoxo