Summer Holiday Blues

Where on earth have these holidays gone?

I had so much planned to do with the girls like cinema trips, soft play, bowling, swimming, museums and so much more so far we've only really done the park trips.
Once again I'm feeling really deflated by just how little we've done after being so set on this holidays being the one we were hardly ever in doors for, Admittedly the weather hasn't totally been on our side  half of the time and of course Andy's bike accident just before the holidays hasn't made things much easier. Also boy do my girls eat! My food shop has doubled in price making sure they have plenty to snack on through out the day. It feels like as quick as I've done the food shop my cupboards are looking like old mother hubbards again within what seems like minutes no matter how much I double up on the following shop.

I began the holidays so organised regarding school uniforms, P.E bags etc  I made sure to buy pretty much all of the stuff needed for the new school term at the beginning of the holidays so it was done and we could enjoy the holidays BUT yesterday it hit me just how little of the holidays we have left and I didn't have their shoes, the ones I was set on buying and had been in my basket for the last week were out of stock in Daisies size when I finally hit the secure checkout button and all of my local stores were out of stock too!
Que some serious flapping from me and as sad as it is I even shed a tear maybe two or three.
You'd think after 3 years of this I'd be a pro by now and have my schedule down to a T but sadly I don't and I can't be sure I ever will, Today I got the last bit of P.E kit and finally ordered the girls school shoes I'm just praying for once that the delivery date isn't accurate as Issy's shoes delivery asked to allow 28 days, 28 days I really don't have. I know how stupid it was of me to leave the shoes until so late and that's what has frustrated me the most I wanted to leave them until last to be sure they fit when they start school but I didn't plan to leave them this late changing what shoes we were going for certainly didn't help but they are ordered and hopefully will be with us by the end of the week!!
Fingers crossed for me mummys & daddys, I'm not sure how much flapping I have left in me if these shoes don't arrive in time for school.

With this little moping post done I'm determind to make the most of whats left of the holidays be it crafts in doors or finally braving the soft play and getting us down to our local maize maze!

My Blogging Space Wishlist

ARTIFICIAL PLANT // IMAC // RETRO CHAIR // YANKEE CANDLE // DESK // CUSHION // BASKET // SPOTLIGHT

Have THAT Anxiety!

On Sunday while Issy was with her dad, me and Andy decided we'd take Daisie to the park rather than spending another day indoors.

We planned to grab a portion of chips and enjoy them at the park we often visit but it's got to be one of the most boring parks around for things for Daisie to do especially when she doesn't have her sister to play with as half of it me or Andy couldn't get on and play with her even if we wanted to, After seeing just how much she wasn't able to get stuck in and her wandering over and saying she had no friends to play with we decided we'd head to asda and grab a loaf of bread and head to the main park in our area with a boating lake and took a little walk over there.

Busy just didn't cover it there was a sandpit and water part somewhere amongst the many many people usually a situation that makes me want to run in the other direction and get myself home away from the business but that feeling just didn't come. 

I ordered us some chips, while waiting for our chips to arrive a little family beside us were having a bit of trouble with their little one being bored while waiting for their food order and I could see how hot and flustered they were getting so before we left I popped over and told them they were doing fine and we all have days like that. After we had finished our chips we planned to hit the park once we were finished but since Andy's bike accident he's been very anxious and I could see in his face how much the idea bothered him, he said he didn't feel he could go in so we settled for feeding the ducks some more finishing off our loaf of bread and walked round the boating lake taking in the sights as we went along before we headed home. 

Daisie was more than happy with what she had got up to already but there was a small park on route to home so we also stopped in there for a little bit while Daisie and daddy got stuck in on the round about.

Usually the idea of even entering a park is my idea of hell and the feeling of dread just consumes me but I managed 3 parks without once feeling like I had to get myself home, my breathing didn't once get unsteady, my knees didn't go weak and my throat didn't feel like it was slowly closing. 

Not only that before having CBT therapy I would only have dreamt of talking to people I didn't know, I would have thought plenty of what I would say if I had the courage to but I did it!! My words didn't come out as clear or exact words as I had planned but I gave them some reassurance. I know all to well what its like to have a little one that won't cooperate and have what seems like the world watching and judging you so I just had to say something before we left, So they didn't feel judged by us and felt like they were in fact still human.

Have some of that anxiety! 

I've found my wings and I'm finally flying enjoying the little things in life again without having you control every aspect of my life.

Back To School With Aldi

I don't know if your store was the same but I was one of the crazy mums among many trying to find the right sizes in the uniform section of ALDI Thursday Specials last week (23rd)

It was like the sort of scenes you see when there's a weather alert and everyone runs out to stock up on bread, Luckily we worked together rather than against one another and set up a kind of tag team.

We'd hunt for the sizes each other were looking for as well as our own and if we found it we'd hand them over.

Everything was in those HUGE baskets so hangers were entwined with each other, there were stray trousers,skirts and hangers were with the force of pulling them up from the bottom made them come apart.

But for £1 for a pack of 2 polos, £1 for jumpers, £1.5O for skirts and trousers it was worth the battle of getting my hands on some, usually trousers and skirts cost more than socks but the most expensive thing I got was a pack of two dresses at £5.99.

You'd expect the quality to be a little less than rival brands but the quality is just as amazing, I've found the sizing to be a little smaller than asda when it comes to polos but skirts I needed a size down but even if I got the wrong sizes for £1.5O is it really a loss? 

In total I got the girls 2 packs of polos each at £1 a pack

A pair of trousers each at £1.5O

A jumper for Issy at £1 

2 skirts for Issy £1.5O

pack of two pinafore dresses £5.99

A pack of 5 knee high socks each at £3.49 each 

A pack of 5 ankle socks each £1.79 each

and a pack of 3 tights each at £3.99

Coming to a whopping £35.52 

The girls are now fully kitted out for school and it hasn't left me or my bank account crying! 

Life Recently

  Our live's have been turned side ways recently it's been so hectic that half the time I've had to remind myself to breathe.

We celebrated Daisie's birthday with a little party on the 19th and I had hoped to have a lovely heart felt post about her birthday along with little features of her birthday party but that just wasn't meant to be.

As I was at home girls driving me wild arguing and winding each other up as much as possible, mind whirring with ideas of what to include in my heart felt 'Daisie turns 4' post as I was getting to grips with how the new mac works on my set up profile to start my post but the name was as far as I got before I received a call from Andy a very strangely calm call to let me know he had come off his motorbike he was okay but would be late. 

But he hadn't just simply come off like I thought possibly taking a corner a little to quickly which would be really strange for Andy as his such a careful rider but he was so calm I didn't process much alarmed but not frantic when actually a lovely gentlemen stuck in a long que of traffic decided traffic just wasn't for him and he was above anyone else and shouldn't wait, with that he decided he would pull out and do a U turn with no indication or checking his mirrors, Smashing into Andy as he was filtering down the side of traffic taking him straight off his bike. 

Leaving Andy in hospital with quite bad concussion,whiplash and luckily only a few bruises I say luckily it has still affected what he can do physically as his arm hurt to much to do anything he would usually do during the day and his concussion was so bad he's lost at least 12 hours of his memory again not a lot but still heartbreaking to see him in such a confused state like a baby learning new words having to repeat everything you've said continuously because they just can't process it, Reminding him of Daisies birthday party and all that he had worked so hard on the previous week because he just couldn't remember seeing him breaking down because he was so confused and couldn't remember things, as confused as he was his main concern was had he hurt anyone and was it his fault.

So the past week has been spent trying to patch things up as Andy still has no memory at all of what happened, Luckily we had a very kind gent that witnessed it all that has helped us piece everything together we've spent many late nights telling him all that I know sometimes repeating the same things just as I'd finished telling him because he just couldn't remember. 

Luckily he has no major injuries lots of bruising and a hell of a lot of confusion from his concussion but together we are getting there and life is slowly coming back to a level that's easier to manage than the last week.

Bedroom Wishlist FT YorkshireLinen, H&M, Wilko and more

As you may have seen a few posts back my room finally had the BIG makeover, At last I have an adult bedroom where I can relax so now the hunt is on for some finishing touches.

  Cuba white eyelet curtains almost half price at £34.99! These curtains are available from Yorkshire Linen website. They will set the whole bedroom off perfectly, I'm going for full length curtains rather than the usual window ledge length I've always had, there's just something about floor length curtains that make a room that whole lot more cosy. On closer inspection these gorgeous curtains have a small square detailing, Not only that they are also fully lined adding to the cosiness.  Yorkshire Linen have so many other other gorgeous items I see me kitting out the girls room with a few little bits too.

UNG DRILL mirror/fram £26 available from IKEA, From the minute I saw this mirror/frame I fell in love with it and just knew it would be perfect in my bedroom, it's also available in white as a frame but the black bounces off the grey walls perfectly and fits in with my print frames. This probably won't be a mirror that I use for everyday checks or to do my make-up in but to completed my wall of prints.

Vanilla Milk Bottles Classic Jar Candle £11 available to buy from lilyroseco, Vanilla is one of my favourite scents and is also the perfect colours for my bedroom as all of my furniture apart from my bed is white, the black lid makes it fit in perfectly on my desk or bedside cabinet.

Marble effect ceramic plate available from H&M for £6.99, Marble seems to be everywhere on the blogsphere recently and as much as I don't like being like everyone else it's got me and I understand the big hype for it. Back on my bedroom make over post you will have seen that I covered the top of a small drawer unit and it's the perfect finish. 

Station Clock available from wilkos £25, It's likely this clock will never have batteries £25 is pretty pricey for a clock that will never be used as Andy hates the ticking of clocks me on the other hand find it very relaxing but it's just perfect for the look I'm trying to achieve with the wall of random prints and quotes.

Black ice buddha head available from Dunelm Mill £4, I'm known by those close to me for my love of thai buddhas after seeing many gorgeous silver buddha heads on instagram I just have to get one for myself, with a chrome stand on my bedside lamp and a chrome clothing rail the buddha head ties in nicely without looking out of place with it being another colour to alot of the other items in the bedroom, with the price as nice as it is I may even buy one of two for my living room.

Peony petal shot glass available from wilkos 75p, How lovely is that shade of pink I've converted my bedroom to be suitable for both male and female without it becoming to masculine so this gorgeous little flower is the perfect finishing touch to my desk/beauty table. Although it is out of stock and with the price being 75p I'm not sure it will be coming back in stock. *sobs* 

Artificial plant available from HEMA £2, I've suddenly gone crazy for the idea of little cactus, aloe vera like plants around the bedroom something about it just automatically makes me relaxed and makes a room feel fresh. I'm the worst for keeping plants alive so the fact it's artificial is the cherry on the top.

Iron Name Labels With WOVEN LABELS UK

Theres nothing worse than spending so much on the run up to the new school term on lovely brand new uniform than them wearing it for a week sometimes even a day and that lovely logo'd school jumper not coming home and having a slim chance of finding it or having it returned because you forgot to write your little ones name in it.

That's where Woven Labels UK come in!

You can get a number of different styles of labels, the ones pictured above come in a three different colours white,pink and blue.

 I first purchased these when Issy first started big school 3 years ago and to this day the label is still going strong on the stuff that will now be of use to her little sister now that she's starting school this year.

Gone are the days of parents having to buy a special pen or even stitching in their child's names,

With one little swipe of your iron the labels are safely secured to which ever clothing item your attaching it to, You can get the labels in a number of different quantities starting from 25,5O right up to 1OO with a price tag starting from £1.95 with FREE postage when purchased from ebay, I've personally bought all labels from ebay but you can buy direct from the website www.wovenlabelsuk.com.

What kind of label-er are you? Sew in,Write in or an iron on like me?