floating in the clouds

I do love a good self care Sunday. There's something about having a little reset day before taking on Monday and setting goals for the new week.  I also love a me-time day. I don't get much of it at the moment because whenever I'm not working I'm trying to fill my days up with plans with friends, running errands, writing or going to the gym. A lot of things are slipping through my fingers and not getting done and the weeks are whizzing by, so it's nice just to dedicate Sunday to slowing time down a bit and taking care of me. Despite me actually working on Sundays. So I got home from work, changed into my dressing gown like the grandma I am, made a cuppa and started filling the bath. I recently bought a face mask from the Millie Bobby Brown collection, Florence and really loved it. I knew I needed to talk about it on my blog because I'm such a huge fan of Stranger Things and MBB, I had high hopes for her brand and was surprised by the genuine quality of it and...

Christmas is well known as one of the most stressful times of the year, the workplace seems to get much more intense, the traffic is absolute madness, the weather just seems stressful with its' slippy roads, heavy rain, and it being so cold it's always mad dashes to and from where you need to be. And that's before the actual stresses of Christmas, the food shop, the gifts for everyone, the expense of everything, the kids being off school... Sometimes Christmas can be so stressful that it can lose its magic, and the enjoyment of the season gets lost. I did write a post on little things I do to manage my time at Christmas a few years ago. That post can be found 'here '. This time I wanted to write a little post on getting into the Christmas spirit via a festive self care evening, which I think is an important thing to do. Obviously self care is an extremely important factor to incorporate into your life, more so during this time of the year where, like mentioned, it ...