Guess where I am...

Today has been extremely draining. I'm so glad it's over & I now have a week off work. It couldn't have come sooner, I feel like my head might explode...

Breathe.

This is what I have been looking forward to and this is what my night looks like right now... 

A little trip to Lush every now and then makes life worth living. Seriously. 

So this is a newbie from the Easter range that was launched today!! 

It's called Ultraviolet. It's a gorgeous concoction of violet leaf & Jasmine. Now. Stop, I know what you're thinking because I thought it too - "eww Palma violets!". Nope - no siree! 

It's a beautiful, calming, almost herbal infusion of fresh violet flowers & gentle evening Jasmine bloom. As you sink into the thick, luxurious, plentiful, mountainous, cloud-like bubbles (I like bubbles), it smells like walking through a beautiful secret garden at twilight. 

I imagine greenery, speckled with nature's own floral decoration, attracting the odd buzzing bee out past it's bedtime & a purple, pink and orange sky, the sun disappearing behind the greenery, the sweat of the blossom left behind, cooling in the night air. 

This bath has the most relaxing and heavenly fragrance. 

Lush really have done themselves proud with this bubble bar (which by the way you can get at least 3 bubble baths from if you slice it into pieces). 

It's the perfect bedtime soak and there's not a hint of lavender to be found! 

I think it might be love

Also, if I invert the colours it looks creepy... 

Sleep tight! 

You can buy your very own Ultraviolet here: 

https://www.lush.co.uk/products/mothers-day/ultraviolet

Thinking cap

Here I am again...

Blogging... 

In the bath... 

It's a peaceful time with no interruptions, surrounding by lovely, hot, bubbly water. 

I feel like a spaghetti mermaid lol!

I've been thinking. 

I've been thinking so much that I can't sleep and my jaw is constantly cracking. I'm in overdrive and I can't switch off. 

It's my future you see. It's not as far away as it once was.

When you're young, you imagine your life and future being in the far off distance and that things will just fall together - you'll get a good job, you'll have a car, you'll get married and you'll have babies.

Now to be completely honest, I really didn't think it was going to be as difficult as it has been just to get this far. 

Somebody needs to let teenagers know, in a way that they will listen that life doesn't just come together. You've got to work and work hard. 

I wish I knew then what I know now, my life would be so different. Although saying that, I was a horrible child so I don't know...

Something in my life needs to change. 

I need to train to do something that will make a difference. A difference in my current job, enabling me to climb quicker up the ladder with more ease and an upper hand over others or something entirely different that will earn me a lot of money (because collecting money is a hobby of mine).

The problem I have is that I like the main basis of my job. I love working with fragrance. I love just smelling perfumes all day and instead of going home smelling of sweat or oil or whatever else, I come home stinking to high heaven of perfumes! Who wouldn't want that?! 

The money wasn't important to me until everybody's hours were cut down to contract only. 

This doesn't leave me in a great position. Now I either have to find a part-time job to bring me up to full time hours (and get taxed through my ass) or train to do something entirely different, stay with this job in the mean time and then leave for more money. 

My future won't pay for itself...

Lazy Day, random thoughts...

Today I had what is referred to in the retail world as a miracle: a Saturday off work! 

Good job as well, The rest time is definitely needed. I'm not feeling any worse today but don't know if that's a good or bad sign... 

Pretty much spent the day on the sofa in another soft blanket that Boyf got for me LAST Christmas (I have a serious penchant for soft things: blankets, socks, pyjamas, teddies etc Boyf coincidently shares this obsession, there's every possibilty that we may have a problem)!

Also, every week I buy breakfast bars to take to work and today I thought "why am I spending this money?" So I made 'strawberry breakfast flapjacks'.. Well, it's not like I had anything better to be doing! 

It's pretty much oats, a little butter for colour, honey & an egg to bind it all together, laid on a baking tray with strawberry jam smothered all over, covered with another layer of the oat mixture, lightly dusted with caster sugar and baked in a medium oven for half an hour or until the oats become golden brown. 

Not a strenuous or complicated 'recipe' by any stretch of the imagination but yummy nonetheless! 

Maybe next time I could squish a banana into the base layer of oats... Mmmm bananas and honey!  

So let's see how that's going to taste with my morning Starbucks tomorrow morning. 

One of the worst things about being poorly is that you have to stay warm & rest. It makes me stir crazy! I want to get out the house! But know that if I'd gone out today, I'd have over stretched myself and probably wouldn't be able to work tomorrow. Although whilst at work in the morning, today's sofa snoozing will be  appreciated as I will be longing for it haha!

So now I'm in a yummy bubble bath, waiting on Fruit Jar (Dad) to cook a meatball bolegnese! Can't wait! Going to need hot sauce in mine though - clear these air ways! 

After dinner will be my favourite part of today though, Boyf is coming to collect me for a night of snugs, hot chocolate & Celebrity Big Brother!!!!! 

As a side note, I can't wait to get my crosstrainer over to my place, it's sending me loopy not being able to go on it every night!!