Sunday not-so-funday.

I woke up this morning with intense lower back pains that have me unable to bend over, lay on my back and comfortably get in and out of a bath. This pregnancy niggle is new to me and I am 100% not a fan. However, I have absolutely no plans for today, baby daddy is out at work until late afternoon and I can spend the free hours having the first truly lazy Sunday in a very long time. 

Is it not sometimes the best feeling to whip your hair up into an (almost) Croyden-face lift ponytail, keep the primer and the contouring brushes and the magic foundation neatly packed away and not go through the hassle of choosing an outfit?

Today I've donned the comfiest pyjamas and have every episode of The Kardashians at my disposal.

I hope everyone else has a wild day whatever plans (or lack-of) you have!

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Triple threat: 

My Sunday self-shot taken on a Thursday.

Mothercare haul!

Our families have been lovely enough to buy us lots of baby bits and help us out and we had a couple of Mothercare vouchers to spend so went out yesterday afternoon and bought all the leftover essentials on our checklist. Now, I absolutely adore shopping for clothes and bags and shoes and scouring the rails of vintage and charity shops to find bargain treats but it's a whole different buzz doing a big spend on baby products, it really hit me when I was sat at home unpacking a breast pump and watching my boyfriend put together a vibrating-bouncer chair that in a months time there is going to be a teeny tiny human in our house.

I'm also trying to do arrange some birthday plans for July and if anyone has any suggestions, please comment! It's going to be my first night out the house later than 9pm since before falling pregnant so nothing too wild is on the cards but any suggestions of nice bars and restaurants around Brighton would be fabulous. Thank you!

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Pregnancy Blues

I don't really know where to start today!

I feel like I have a lot to say about a lot of things but realistically it's just a lot of ranting! I have four-and-a-bit weeks left of this pregnancy business and I feel so, so done. I'm always sleepy, always wanting to go on nice long walks but lacking the energy (and the bladder strength) to do so, always hungry and always looking at stretch marks and wishing that they weren't a thing. I can't wait to meet my daughter and I have never been more excited about anything in my whole life but I've always read and been mislead by unrealistic descriptions of pregnancy in magazines by celebrity women who feel glowing and beautiful and womanly with their new-found curves and it makes me grumble every time I go to pick my trusty black leggings or maternity jeans from the wardrobe and another super stretchy or over-sized top/smock dress to pair with them. Not to mention every time I lay down to go to sleep and the dreaded heart burn makes an appearance... Oh, and as for the pregnancy glow!? my pregnancy glow is a mixture of Benefit foundation, Maybelline blusher and Instagram filters. 

Massive sigh.

Women are super great for putting up with this and I have nothing but respect for mama's who have lasted the 9 months without whining as much as I do. I guess you have to suffer to get the best things!

On to something a little brighter, I was wandering around the shops today and was massively impressed by Primarks current collection. They have so many items that are almost exact replica's of things I've been lusting after from Topshop, Zara, River Island etc, but for half the price or less. Lot's of pastel, beautiful co-ords, sports luxe and simple but lovely things like a Breton striped dress for only £5! Definitely make some time to get yourself in there and see what your local store has to offer.

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1.) Wetherspoons mocktails 2.) Our colour-pop bedroom 3.) pancake breakfast
4.) Lola's new friends 5.) Eastbourne beach 6.) Face.

Pretty in... Pineapple?

Despite currently not being able to fit in to 99% of my wardrobe, I simply cannot resist trawling through pages and pages of Ebay and Depop trying to hunt down bargain gems to wear this Summer. Last night I stumbled across this pineapple print sun dress and found myself a little bit in love - a big deal coming from someone who notoriously shy's away from wearing loud prints (give me greys, whites, blacks and the occasional floral any day) and it's made me excited for the warmer weather and being able to unashamedly dress up as a fruit bowl in sandals.

In other news I am v.excited about catching up on new Game of Thrones tonight and my main squeeze/baby daddy is off work until Saturday so today we've had some time on our hands to do couple-y things, drink mocktails and continue turning our new house in to an organised and happy home. Having our own house has definitely matured me and brought out the interior design crazed woman within. Nothing excites me more nowadays than a trip to B&Q or Next Home. OH and how great is having your own kitchen!? I'm not an amazing cook by any means but baking and making home-cooked dinners is fun and fills the 50's housewife shaped hole in my heart. On that note, I'm going to go and make an enormous chicken salad and leave you with a cheesy grey-scale selfie.

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new beginnings...

I've been wanting to start a blog for a really long time but between work, university and trying to maintain a social and love-life, I just couldn't trust myself to commit to regular updates!

Fast forward to now and I've just started maternity leave so have bags of time to babble on about life, my up-coming motherhood, clothes and styles I'm eagerly waiting to experiment with post-baby. And how much I wish I was Lauren Conrad.

I'm not an amazing writer nor am I a photographer, queen of the kitchen, expert on fashion and I live in a seaside town with an average age of over 70 but I hope you enjoy reading and sharing this blog and following me on my journey through life, motherhood and everything in-between.

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