hippy birthday to ME!!!

I decided to start this blog to keep some sort of record of the bits & pieces of my life so I thought I ought to make a birthday post. 37 yrs young today and feeling quite ropey! But seen as Keith is in Berlin and the boys were at school (getting up late and forgetting my cards) I tried to treat myself and overcome my 3rd trimester sickness!

So I started the day with a pile of yummy banana & syrup pancakes....once the boys had gone to school so that I could eat in peace and quiet!

 

Ate a few bites and gave up!

Laid on the sofa feeling a bit glum & hoped the sick feeling would go. Watched the latest episode of the Tudors that I had been saving for a quiet time & then some rubbish film that didn't take too much concentration...

Had my lunch, fish pie & the treated myself to a coke float. These were such a favourite treat when we were young. Our beloved Nan used to take us to a little cafe that made its own ice cream just round the corner from Canterbury Cathederal (a weekly trip that we insisted she take us on) and we had ice cream sodas made with lemonade no coke(she didn't approve of that american stuff!) The only time we got to indulge in a real coke float was a little cafe in Birchington and they were few and far between..(plus note the cool card from my Dad..guess is that my sister had a hand in choosing!)

 

After a lovely phone call from my MIL, with a blink of an eye it was time to collect Tom from school so the day was almost over. Luckily I had my special birthday treat on Sat with a trip to Harrogate, Wagamamas for lunch and these yummy presents along with some new winter birkenstock clogs winging their way from Berlin

 

 

On Sunday I set to and finished the nursery, there are a few more bits to do but nothing too strenuous!

 

 

 

I was really pleased with the 'little greene paint co' colours on the walls, eau de nil & lt peachblossom & mirage for the cot, a step away from my beloved Farrow & Ball but they didn't have the shades I wanted.

The wonderful postcards from belle & boo look great in their frames and my next task is to trawl through etsy to find some more prints...oh what a hard job!

I am also really pleased with my handmade or second hand clothes collection. I have only bought the nightgowns new as I wanted something special for Lily Rose when she arrives and they were so delicious I couldn' resist and I seem to have an obsession for buying for tights at the moment and the collection is growing weekly.

And to round the day off I had promised the boys a cake and candles, obviously the last thing I felt like doing was baking a cake so my 10 minute brownie recipe saved the day and they both got to light the candles, sing happy birthday, scoff chocolate cake and everyone was happy!

 

Now I shall slink off to bed heartburn pending and hope that I can get comfy enough to sleep!