Manic Monday #91

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Let's try that again...!

In my slick blogging style (hah) I might have accidentally posted this post before I'd even written it.

That was just the cherry on the top of the delightful mess that has been today.

I was wondering to myself before writing this 'what on earth am I going to search for an image or quote?'
Without even a search on Pinterest the above imagery proposed itself to me.

And you know what? It's a bloody good fit for how I've been feeling today.
Before I digress, I don't want today's post to be filled with the sycophantic whinging of moi.

I initially started these Monday posts to allow myself to digest everything that went on during the busiest day of my week at my current job. It feels so very strange that today's Manic Monday post is actually my last at said job.

I think I had a true 360 and have (almost) left in the same fashion that I started. It seems almost profound in a way.
5pm tomorrow will feel very strange indeed, I don't think it has hit my yet.

I'm guessing some people are possibly wondering why I'm being so nostalgic about a job, but in all honesty, I love working, I love being busy and putting my energy in to something. It's hard to leave something lightly when I invest so much energy in to being the best that I can be at my job.

But the target past this job is in sight, I'm aiming straight for it. It'll be scary at first, but so worth it in the long run.

I'll leave you before I start citing inspirational quotes.

I hope you had a wonderful start to your week! Let me know if you have anything good coming up that you're looking forward to!

Toodles

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Manic Monday #90

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With each passing week I'm finding that I spend more and more time trying to think of a witty opening line than on the content I actually put in these posts. Being witty isn't a natural trait of mine so it can take quite some time and before long I'm just generally digging in to the waffle and digressing which is exactly what I'm doing right at this very moment! 

November is disappearing as quickly as the other months have done this year, I think a nod in NaNoWriMo's direction is needed for the heightened speed of November's passing. I've been investing most of my spare time into writing as much as I can in 30 days, my Moleskine notebook has become my other half and is never out of my sight, she even comes to work with me and keeps me company in dull periods of the day. 

I'm still far behind the 50k word target, but I've done far more than I would have done if I hadn't signed up for NaNoWriMo. I think the fact that I have handwritten 98% of my total so far would probably explain why I am lagging behind slightly. 

Progress is progress.

I'm now entering my last full week at current job, I'm not sure it's sunk in yet that I'm leaving but I know my final day will creep up on me without warning. Working a months notice feels like such a long time at the time of writing the letter, informing colleagues etc but we're charging on through. Today unfortunately fully reaffirmed the reasons that I sought out a new job and why I was so chuffed to be leaving in the first place.
But I'll be in my new job before I know it...meep!

 We visited Ben's sisters family on Sunday and had a lovely day spent with them, our little niece is a bright, sweet girl who is full of life. It's great to see her and to interact with her as well, I love children at this age when they're out of the delicate baby stage!

I'm investing quite sometime in to house hunting now as well, we have a few months left on our lease but I think it's best to keep an eye on what is out there, even if we're not prepared in the slightest, as we might miss a gem. The downside of living in the "third best place to live in the UK" is that property prices are ludicrous and the gems get snapped up quickly by nobby property developers who just rent their properties out. #FirstWorldProblems

When NaNoWriMo is done, I'll be dedicating more time to interiors and finding some unusual DIY ideas to create my desired deconstructed, finished but unfinished household.

On that rather rambling note...

How have you been spending November? Are you wrapping up with as the colder weather rolls in? I missed the snow in my area (gutted), did you have any?!

Toodles.

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Lessons Learned from Living with Friends

 

Living with 3 boys has been a huge learning experience for me, even if one of them is my beau, I've been thinking about things that I've learned or have noticed since moving in with together. We are moving out at the end of March so our whirlwind year is soon coming to a close.

This post is meant with the lightest of intent and humor will run all the way through my points, I know that text can be oh, so misconstrued. 

1. The washing up left in the dryer will be piled as precariously and as high as the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It just becomes too much of a task to start putting it away when you're worried it might set off an avalanche of cutlery and crockery. 
2. The toilets will always smell like a urinal (if you share with more than one guy) and bleach will become your best friend. 
3. Guys cannot aim. Ever.
4. People have very different sleeping patterns, if you are an early riser and they are a late one, guess who will be losing out on the most sleep? Early risers, put your hands up!
5. You will always be buying the milk and toilet roll. 
6. Guys will soon feel comfortable enough with you living together that they will pee with the door wide open. 
7. You will learn much more than you could have ever imagined about your friends, things you don't even particularly want to know. 
8. Living in a house with feather walls means you can hear everything, a cough, a sneeze, the lot.
9. There will always be someone on hand to make you a tea and some toast if you are horrifically hungover and you all mold in to one being when you're all hungover. 
10. They will eat your food. The swines. They will sometimes ask, but mostly not.

But above all else, you're living with your friends. 

 Which is alright...ha!

Toodles.

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Empties

I've seem to have been finishing quite a few products off recently and thought I should save them to do my first empties post! We have a mixture of skin care, body care and make-up to get through.

Sanctuary Therapists Facial Oil
My mum palmed off half a bottle of this to me around this time last year, I thought I'd try it again as I'd ran out of my previous cleanser. This oil cleanser definitely isn't the best of my favourite one that I've tried - The Body Shop Camomile Silky Cleanser is still my fave - it doesn't really take off all your make-up that well, I always seemed to be waking up with mascara shadows under my bottom lashes. I'm not a huge fan of the scent, it just smells like cooking oil to me. It does however make my skin feel soft in the mornings. 

Soap and Glory Sugar Crush Body Butter
This. Is. The. Best. Scented. Product. Ever.
Seriously, love this stuff, I would eat it if that were possible.

All over it, always.

Soap and Glory Archery Brow Pencil
The Archery pencil in Blonde Shell is the perfect for my brows, it blends so well with the colour of my brows. I was so pleased that Blonde Shell was the right shade for me as so many other brow products are either too light, too ashy, too red, too dark so on and so forth. It's a shame that S&G haven't invested in more shades for the range and hope they do in future. It's an amazing product and it lasts all day with no issues and the spoolie is really great as well! Bargain price of £9. I have been through about 5 since discovering them...

L'Occitane Pivoine Sublime Mini
L'Occitane recently did a promotion to find the perfect cream for your skin type, there were four to choose from and I was given the Pivoine Sublime to try out. The size was a decent 8ml to see if it was the right cream for your skin. For me, this one was slightly too heavily scented with peony for my skins liking so I definitely don't think it was a great match for me.  

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation
This is my favourite foundation that I have come across so far, I've been through a few bottles of this in my time. This is the one that I always go back to and feel comfortable using, it's an old faithful. It blends so well, it lasts all day, the colours available are all great for me, however not so much for the rest of the skin-tone world. 

Caudalie Beauty Elixir
My ultimate "Princess Product". 
I'm always sad when this little bottle of magic comes to an end, because I don't really need it, it doesn't really do anything except for make me wonderful when I spritz it all over my face and smell the delicious scent that Caudalie have created, all that and I can never really justify buying another bottle for either £10 which I have to use sparingly or £32 which is just ridiculous.
Princess Product Problems. 

I hope you enjoyed this! Have you used up anything recently? Were you sad to see something come to an end?

Toodles!

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Manic Monday #89

 

Hello, welcome to another round of some Manic Monday!

Again it feels like ages since I wrote a Monday post, but also the week flew by again. Time is doing funny things to me at the moment. 

I am so enjoying NaNoWriMo this month, it feels great to give my writing a kick start again, it all seems to be flowing this time round and progress is happening. It's so exciting and gratifying to work on something that you and only you have the power over, it's my imagination coming to life on paper and I find that incredibly liberating. 

I managed to get my hands on the NARS Limited Edition Glossybox this morning, I was lucky enough to get early admission to the sale, which I am grateful for because the early admissions cleared out the stock line! Those waiting for 12pm normal sale time would have missed out which I do think is a little unfair. 

I'm looking forward to it arriving and playing around with some NARS products, I've got a couple of products by NARS but haven't really been able to afford much from the range before.

The weekend disappeared in a whistle of windy gales and horrible events all around the world - my heart goes out to all affected by the senseless attacks by ISIS, not just in Paris, but also every other country that is currently affected by these terrorists.

They are fear mongers who thrive off causing chaos and panic, they don't deserve to walk the face of this earth any longer.

I hope everyone stays as safe as they can. 

 The world seems to be a dark place at the moment, let's work together on putting some light back in to it. 

Toodles.

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