Today we did an EAster egg hunt. I know it's only good Friday and therefore a little early, but you see, the boys are going to there dads this Easter (From tomorrow until Easter Monday). I had them during Christmas AND New year so I can't really complain. So we had our Easter egg hunt early! And let me say, the weather was lovely! Sunny, not too chilly (didn't even need coats!!) and just perfect for the egg hunt! Luckily the grass hadn't been cut otherwise I'd have had nowhere to hide the eggs. Our garden is pretty basic, last summer was my first summer here and I wasn't able to really do that much with the garden. However, this year I am going to plant some flowers, a few shrubs and bushes... but that isn't what this post is about.. this post is about our Easter egg hunt *exciting*

First of all we made Easter our own Easter baskets. I couldn't find wicker baskets or Easter buckets anywhere so we made our own and it was A LOT of fun! The kids really enjoyed it!
Supplies:
Mini storage containers/plastic baskets (3 for £1 - The range)
Large fluffy pipe cleaners (6 for £1.99 - The range)
Stickers
Sticky Gems (£1 - The range)
Foam shapes (we used birds and flowers) you can these cheap from any arts/crafts shop, even tescos, The range, pound shop sell them.

We decorated the storage containers and hooked on the fluffy pipe cleaners for a handle! Worked perfectly!!

This week was a good week, yay! Not so much weather wise but in other things...
Here are my reasons to be cheerful this week :)




1) I am finally re decorating my front room, at last!! I know I'll have to wait until I've saved enough for laminate flooring but that's ok! The first layer of paint has been painted, second coat tomorrow! The glossing is almost finished and the new net curtains have been ordered (Yay for ebay!). Hopefully hanging the wallpaper today or Friday! So excited and pleased to finally have rid of that turquoise wallpaper (the previous tenants choice).
2) The weather has warmed up slightly *touch wood* OK it's still quite cold but it's not as cold as it was! Hopefully the spring weather isn't far away. It was lovely to see the sunshine today!
3) Tomorrow the kids break up from school! Yay! No school runs, no school uniforms, no rushing around/trying to fit everything in while the kiddies are at school. I am looking forward to spending time with the kiddos. Of course we're all excited about Easter, especially the kids, yay!

I hope you all have a good Easter. Do you have any plans during the Easter holiday?
What are your reasons to be cheerful this week? 

Sarah xXx 

Gosh, isn't it cold? I said to myself I wouldn't keep moaning about this cold weather but my goodness, it's so cold. We're a few days away from April and it's still like January outside! Eek! A white Easter? I hope not. 
I have a leaky roof above my bedroom window and I have a big bowl catching the drips of water. I have phoned the council and reported it so hopefully it'll be fixed this side of Easter! That dripping is going to most annoying while trying to sleep, maybe I'll keep my ear phones in my kindle fire  and listen to some relaxing music and fall asleep that way? The things we have to do, eh?! 

On a better note, I'm decorating my front room, I shall be posting pictures when it's all done. Currently saving up for the laminate flooring though, hopefully a few weeks I'll have enough money saved for that. I can not wait to get rid of this awful carpet! Carpet really doesn't last long with three kids and only having a living room which we have to walk thru to get to the kitchen and bathroom - it takes a lot of wear and tear. We all eat in this room and you know what children are like, they make a mess, it's to be expected. Laminate flooring will be much more cleanable and hygienic with three messy, energetic kids :) I've also ordered some new net curtains from ebay! So cheap on ebay. I got the whole house net curtains for £12 (including P&P) and a few pence, not bad at all! I'm so excited to finally be decorating my front room, it's seriously been getting me down.. 

Right, the kids are calling, my computer time is up, lol. I've got another Easter arts & crafts post coming up in the near future :) 

Sarah xXx

We woke up this morning to yet more snow. It's more like December rather than March! Eek!  This snow and cold weather is  really getting me down. I so, so want spring and warm weather. I had to go to the shop this morning, the paths were so slippery! It didn't stop me from taking pictures though. My daughter actually enjoyed the snowy walk this morning, she usually hates snow. Maybe she's use to it now, the amount of snow we've had lately! We spotted some daffodils that were covered in ice and snow, at least there are signs of spring.. 

1) It's spring. Although the weather is still cold and it's tried to snow a couple of times yesterday, the sun HAS been making an appearance! I can not wait for it to warm up though.
2) It's almost the weekend, yay! I can't wait for the weekend, seriously. This week has really dragged and I have been so busy doing every day stuff. I'm looking forward to having a relaxing weekend.
3) Easter!!! Easter is not far away at all! I have the kids Easter eggs, yay! We're looking forward to doing some Easter arts and crafts, we've already done some which can be viewed here.

What are your reasons to be cheerful this week? Why not join in the bloghop below which is being hosted by Seasiderinthecity this week :-)

Hannah over at http://hannahheartss.blogspot.co.uk/ created this tag! Rachel over at http://beautyqueenuk.blogspot.co.uk tagged me! I loveeee being tagged, it gives me something to think about and actually blog about, lol! Also gives my readers a chance to get to know me a little better =) I know I'm not a beauty blogger as such but I do love my makeup and beautifying (is that even a word?) when I have time! I love this tag post, hehe.

Rules:

1. You must copy and paste these 'rules' onto your post when you write it, it doesn't take long!.
2. You must state that this tag was created by “Hannah” and link http://hannahheartss.blogspot.co.uk/
3. You must thank the person who tagged you at the start of your post (link their blog as well) -follow them if you're feeling nice!, and then at the end of your post state who you tag, and then comment on their blog on their latest post to let them know you tagged them, and link your post so they can see what to do.
4. Title this post 'The Procrastinating Beauty Blogger TAG' so everyone knows what it is about.
5. Have fun! :)

So that's the rules bit out of the way, and now... Onto the questions:

1.Name a beauty regime that you rarely do?

Probably my nails, I never have a manicure, my sister use to do my nails but recently I haven't seen her very often and I never get chance (nor have the patience!) to do them myself! My nails are not in a good state.  I also should treat my hair more often than I do. 

2. Is washing your makeup brushes something you do regularly?

Errr, rarely! I should wash it off every night (that I ware it!) but I rarely do. I might wipe with a quick baby wipe occasionally but that's about it. Infact, I am going to start washing it off properly!  I don't always wear make up, I don't always get time but I do try to at least put a bit of BB cream and eye liner on. That doesn't always happen either though. 

3. How long will you last with chipped nail polish?

I rarely wear nail polish these days *sigh* 

4. How long do you put off buying/replacing a beauty or nail polish product even if you need it? (i.e purchasing a new topcoat, or a new foundation etc.)

Ages! I am in desperate need of more BB cream but I keep putting it off! I've been using up my free samples. There's always one of the kids that needs or wants something! I rarely buy myself anything. I AM going to buy myself next week no matter what!! 

5. What is your worst beauty habit?

*Cringe* Biting my nails. I need to stop this, I try and I try and then I forget and I start all over again, vicious circle, lol! 

6. Name something non-beauty related that you put off doing all the time?

Washing up! I hate it! With a passion, I wish I had a bigger kitchen so that I could have a dishwasher. I AM the dishwasher in this house. I don't know where it all comes from... I end up washing up 3-4 times a day sometimes! The kids use a different beaker every time they make themselves a drink and I end up with 3987468 beakers to wash. Not so fun. 

7. When going out somewhere, do you leave getting ready until the last minute or not?

Again, I rarely go out. When I do though, I do leave it until last minute. It doesn't take me too long to get ready, it takes me ages to straighten my long thick, curly frizz ball (aka hair). Seriously I need my hair thinned out again, it's SO thick and long... which makes the curls more of a frizz. Takes ages to wash, condition, dry and straighten but honestly, I don't mind doing my hair - when I have time! I quite enjoy it, so the morning before I go out I usually spend a while doing the above then I can just kind of style it before I leave :) 

8. Can you commit to spending bans?

Yes. I'm quite good about spending money on myself. I rarely spend money on myself - however, kids clothes and things for the kids... I'm terrible. I'm better at budgeting and staying within budget than I was though. 

9. How organised is your makeup and nail polish collection?

Errr it isn't very organised at all! Although... I've actually just thrown out a load of really old make up that was all cracked/not much left and gave my sister the stuff I never use.. like the bright blue eye shadow, it just not look good on me. I just need to organise what I do have. Maybe I'll do that tonight while I watch the soaps and comic relief, hehe. 

10. What is the longest amount of time you have gone without writing a blog post?

Not sure, maybe a month? I don't think I could go that long now though... 

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• Sarah
• mummybebeautiful
• Ashleigh
• sparklesandstretchmarks

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Well, this week has certainly been full of ups and downs, smiles and frowns but I think there's been more smiles than anything else. 

1) It was my boys parents evening a couple of days ago. H got VERY good grades and is number 1 for effort! I am *so* pleased. He's one of the best behaved students in his class, he listens, he knuckles down and gets on with his work, he's helpful and he doesn't let anyone distract him. He's average for most subjects, a little above for reading (He loves reading just as much as I do!). C's teacher said pretty much the same about him, we need to work on improving his handwriting though! We had the same problem with H's handwriting last year but he's really improved and actually really neat now so I know we'll get there with Charlie. Might try and find some handwriting sheets to help. 

2) My daughter (she's 5) had her friend stay over last weekend for the night (she's my best friends little girl btw), they had such a  good time! It was really lovely for her to have a little girl to play dolls with (rather than boys who refuse to play dolls! Lol), she watched a DVD and then it was lights off, sleep time! They went to sleep straight away! They get along really well! The next day we painted nails (well, I painted there nails, lol) and did some games and what not, it was great fun! 

3) We are not suppose to get any more snow (in the near future any way) so hopefully that's it. I still can not believe it's snowing. In March. Eek. I really can not wait for the warm weather - spring, followed by summer. I want to start planting my flowers and seeds but can't until the weather picks up a bit. Oh, I can't wait! 

4) REALLY looking forward to comic relief, I love watching that on T.V. The kids have none uniform Friday or rather a 'wear red day' They donate £1 each (plus we have lots of 1ps and 2ps to donate, there's probably around £5ish worth) Are you doing anything for comic relief? 

What are your reasons to be cheerful this week? Why not join in the blog hop that Seasiderinthecity is hosting & share your reasons to be cheerful this week? 

Sarah xXx 

Ugh, I can not believe it's snowing! In March!! It's not just snow though, it's SO windy which makes it feel so much colder than it is! School runs in that are no fun, I can tell ya! 
Today has been one of *those* days. The weather really is not helping one bit. I've really had enough of winter now, I need it to be spring!! 
Have you had any snow? 

My heating wouldn't come on. I have a PAYG meter so I stuck my card in and it wouldn't register. I knew I had money on the card and emergency credit! But it just wouldn't work, thankfully it is working now, just as well because it's SO cold! Took a few hours for my house to heat up, it's getting nicely warm now. 
Taking the kids to school this morning was not good! The snow, cold, wind and ice was horrendous  E cried most of the way to school, I felt so bad for her! The school is only a 5-10 min walk but in that weather it took double the amount of time. Where's spring got to? I am so, so longing for decent weather - spring. Daffodils, buttercups and freshly cut grass. It seems a very long way off now though. 
Facebook keeps randomly logging me out and making me prove I'm a real person. I don't know whether it's just facebook being weird, a glitch or if someone has actually reported me for not being a real person, it's very odd. Especially as it's my personal facebook! Obviously I am a real person. It could be because I don't use my real surname on facebook, I'm not really sure but whatever it is, it's driving me nuts! If it carries on I shall just delete facebook and not bother with it, I've no patience for that!! 

Apart from the above things are going great! Kids are all good, H has his school trip this week, he's excited about that. Although I've no idea how I'm suppose to take and collect him from the station when 1) I do not drive and 2) I need to take and collect the little ones to and from school. At the same time as taking/collecting H. Should be interesting to see how I'm gonna manage that one, lol. I'm sure my best friend will help me out if needs be though. We'll see if I can arrange a lift for H to get to the station. Maybe one of the teachers could take him. We'll see. 
Parents evening tomorrow after school for the boys, am excited to see how they're getting on. I still can not believe H will be TEN this year. That's a whole decade. Madness. 

Well I'm gonna go check on dinner and then put washing away. I can't wait to read more of my book tonight, it's SO easy to read on my kindle fire, honestly I never realised just how bad my eyes are until I got my kindle. I love it. The #50books2013 is going really well. 

What are you reading at the moment? 

Sarah xXx

(sorry if this post is a bit of a depressing, ranty, boring post, lol. Lets just blame it on the weather. Oh, and the fact that it's Monday, lol) 

I'll try to think of some reasons to be cheerful. I have a bit of a cold and a banging headache so am not in the best of spirits right now. Thinking of reasons to be cheerful might cheer me up.  

1) We had a lovely couple of days weather wise here. It was nice to hang washing on the line. Shame it's gone back to rain, dull and cold again. Hopefully we'll have some more nice weather next week!! I can not wait for spring and summer. 
2) It's world book day! My boys didn't dress up, apparently the school changed plans at last minute which was a shame. E got to dress up though... as goldylocks! (I'll post pics over the weekend) I'm sure they'll all be doing something different at school for red nose day. 
3) I am so in love with my kindle fire. Seriously. I don't know how I ever managed without it! Because of my vision I find it hard to read, even on my old e-reader it was difficult sometimes as it had no back light on it. My kindle is amazing. I can change the margin, the font, the size, the brightness (!!!), just everything about it rocks. Best Birthday pressie ever. 

I had a wonderful birthday last week, really lovely :) Thanks for all the Birthday wishes, you guys are awesome. 

What are your reasons to be cheerful this week? 

Sarah xXx

I'll try not to give too much away!!! 

A couple of weeks ago I won a personlised planner from www.personal-planner.co.uk. Mumreinvented hosted the rafflecopter competition. 

I offered to do a review on the product. I seriously love it, so, so much! (My best win yet!) I really needed a new planner as I hadn't got around to buying one for this year yet and with all my up coming appointments and having kids, the activities they have at school and what not, it is hard to remember everything & stay organised. Such perfect timing because I honestly did need a planner. Badly. I am delighted I won this competition. I love stationary and anything stationary related.


With personal-planner.co.uk you can design your very own personalised planner. You can choose from many different designs and images, you can even add your own and even import from facebook. You add special occasions and dates, too! You can also add text and change the layout of the pages, what kind of pages you'd like, how your days and weeks are laid out. There are awesome little boxes/layouts which you can choose to add, like exercise, weather, notes, lists, etc. I choose to have some blank pages put in the back for notes etc. Also some phone number pages, too! You can customise to your own liking. For example, you could have ruled pages, blank pages, colouring pages, years overview or even a map for a few examples.
Here's some photos of my personalised planner which I designed myself :) 






I hope you liked this review. 

Sarah xXx

(I wasn't asked to review this product, I didn't receive any money or gifts. I offered to review this product.)

So if you read my #R2BC post you'll know that on Wednesday some of my family - my mum, step dad, brother, nanna and granddad came over to see me! They treated us to a chinese take out. 'Twas yummy. It was a really nice treat for my birthday and so, so nice  to see everyone, I hadn't seen any of my family since the first week of December! 
 On my birthday (yesterday. I can't believe I'm twenty eight. Time goes so fast) I didn't really do anything during the day, just chillaxed and I had to take E to the doctors because she's hurt her toe and no idea HOW she's actually done it. Two of her toes are swollen, not broken though, thankfully! So the nurse just tapped those together with this really sticky stuff, in hope that it'll help them heel. I wish I knew how she did it. Maybe she did it at school? I don't know. She's not in any pain, which is a good thing! If it's no better within a week I'll take her back to the doctors or if it gets any worse over the weekend then to take her to A&E. Hopefully neither will be the case, I am praying her toe gets better! 
 Anyway, back to my birthday... I got.... A KINDLE FIRE HD!!!!!!!!!!! Best. Present. Ever. Oh my days, I have wanted one for such a long time, I am seriously in love with it, lol! So many amazing apps. I need to add all my books to it tomorrow, hoping I can actually transfer them from my old e-reader to the Kindle Fire HD. I also got some new trainers from the kids (nike ones, my old reebok ones were falling apart), Call The Midwife (series 1) on DVD (yay!) some socks and some pink slippers! My friend brought me some owl socks and an owl key ring which I love and was so thoughtful of her, she knows I have thing about owls lately, hehe. I loved the cake the kids picked for my Birthday. We all enjoyed that, mt best friend came over and sang happy birthday & stayed for cake, too! It really was a good day, best birthday, ever!! I seriously feel so, so lucky! I couldn't have wished for a better Birthday. 


Last night I drank the bottle of wine (since I wasn't on my own!) that my mum gave me for my birthday, omdz, I was am SO hungover today. (I didn't drink the WHOLE bottle) It's weird, even if I only drink one glass of wine, I suffer with a bad hangover. Doesn't matter how much or how little I drink, I still get a hangover. I even drank a pint and a half of water before bed last night. I don't know why I suffer so much, lol! I was fine this morning but now? Ugh. Was nice to let my hair down for a bit. I'm so looking forward to my bed tonight though, lol. Gonna probably chill with my kindle, hehe. I've ordered a charger from E-bay though because the USB lead connected to my laptop takes ages to charge. I do have USB plug but apparently the charger is suppose to charge it faster? Who knows. The charger was cheap so doesn't really matter. Does anyone have any apps, tips or tricks they'd like to share with me?  My brother, SIL and niece popped over this morning for a bit. Was really nice to see them. Aimee, my niece is growing up so fast! She's 18/19 months old now but so clever, she's a little character.  I'll try to do that review for the planner (I won) tomorrow.  Seriously I really love it! Best comp ever, lol! Not much planned for tomorrow.. just the usual Sunday stuff.. A roast dinner, school uniforms to iron, the usual stuff! I am so hoping the weather warms up a little now that March is finally here, I really have had enough of the cold weather now. I want to get out in the garden and mow the lawn, clear the garden up etc. I also want to start walking if I can, sometimes walking helps my headaches if it's not too bright - really must invest in some sunglasses as my other ones have broke! 

Sarah xXx