Anniversary weekend away!

So this weekend saw in the anniversary of me and my amazing boyfriend!

With everything that's gone on lately, our busy work schedules and just day to day life stresses etc we decided to have a little weekend away..
Just us...
No kids...
No phones..
No stress...   ....Perfection

So we packed our little bags and headed to Brighton,  we stayed at the lovely 'Old Ship Hotel' which is situated right on the seafront!
We had a lovely spacious deluxe room, up on the third floor, sadly there was no sea view, but that didn't really matter in the end!

We Checked in and dropped our bags into our room,then went for a walk around the town centre, where I of course had a little nosey in SpaceNK and Cath Kidston (my heaven) where I picked up the cutest little double compact heart shaped mirror..

Do you love it as much as I do?! And it was only £4.00!! :)

Then we headed down to walk along the seafront and headed onto the Pier where we behaved like teenagers again, tried and failed to win numerous cuddlies from the grab machines, took ridiculous pictures and just enjoyed each others company. 

Later we had a lovely fish supper and headed back to the room to enjoy a bedroom picnic of sweets and cake while watching Saturday night TV,  before a midnight seafront stroll, and to bed where we slept like babies for a full 9 hours (unheard of in our house lately)

Sunday morning, check out was for 11 am so we got ready, packed up, dropped bags to car and went for a needed hearty English breakfast in a sea front cafe before walking it off and a spot of shopping in town before heading back to home.

We had an amazing time, just a day completely to ourselves, no distractions, just us! We could have gone anywhere,  but Brighton was such a lovely town to visit! And it'll remain a great memory.

CJ xo

New purchases!!

Hi guys
Hope you've all been well and are settling into January.

I have 2 new items to show you today,
The first is a gift I received for Christmas from my boyfriends mum & nan, it's a beautiful full length button up jacket by 'Noisy May' in dark grey with black arms, it's double breasted and has a shorter flap either side that buttons up! It's so thick and warm and I received it just in time for this dreadful weather we're having over here!
You can get it at House of Fraser stores :) RIP £90 was discounted to £63 at time of sale

The second is a beautiful bag I instantly fell in love with, this gorgeous 'Warehouse' bag is brown bodied, dark cream sides and has the beautiful 'Tiffany Blue' accent on the lining, it has a small zip compartment on the inside and another zip compartment on the outside which is covered by a flap! I'm in love, and can't wait to use it!!
I got this at House of Fraser Bluewater, RIP £38

What do you think of my new items?!

CJ xo

Aaaagh.... Insomnia!! :(

I am such a little insomniac, hence why I'm writing this post at 00.42am GMT
I have been suffering with insomnia on and off for a little while now, but its been a particular problem for the past 4 months or so, I literally have 2 full nights sleep out of 7! and manage a maximum of 2-3 hours on the bad nights!

I know stress can play a major role, but there's nights when I'm perfectly happy, have no stress to think of, yet still heavenly slumber evades me... *sigh*

Don't get me wrong, we all stress, whether unnecessarily or for good reason,  I am a particular stress head, always have been, I worry over the smallest little things and drive myself crazy! Money, Work, Love, Friends, Health and Family are the usual suspects for most of us.

Luckily for me I am very lucky in love, and have been reunited with the most amazing boy ever! *gush*
I have an amazing daughter *princess*, who makes me proud daily and who melts my heart hourly
I have an amazing family and wonderful group of friends who are all thankfully in good health *amen*
I have had a few health problems of late, but thankfully its all well on the way to being sorted out

I have been offered an amazing job opportunity with a company that I love, I'm so excited to start and tell you guys all about it but for now I won't say who/what the company is but all will be revealed soon.

So all in all I'm a very lucky and thankful little bunny, possibly just over thinking things as usual, and need to learn to relax and clear my mind.

Remedies I have tried ;

• warm bath
• Kalms herbal sleeping tablets
• prescription sleeping tablets
• reading in bed
• no stimulants 1 hour before bed

So far I've had no real joy from anything, the Kalms herbal tabs didn't work for me, even the prescription tabs only worked for the first night.

Tonight I'm going to finish reading my book 'Friends & Rivals' by Tilly Bagshawe










Do you guys have any tips and tricks for insomnia? I'd love to hear any new suggestions

Sleep well

CJ xo