I took the plunge this year and decided to take part in Lady Writes‘ Secret Santa (check it out on Twitter to see what other people have got #ladywritessecretsanta) and wrote a post about what I got my person here. It was really fun picking out gifts for someone I’d never met, but it was of course equally exciting to be receiving presents myself! So what did Santa bring me?
Ooooohhh a personal trainer. Now doesn’t that sound fancy!!
Well yes, it may seem a little bit extravagant, but if there is one thing my impending wedding day is helping me realise, it’s that my body needs quite a bit of looking after. As I am speeding towards the grand old age of 30, my metabolism is not quite the same as it was when I was 16 and doing exercise five times a week.
After I left school I chomped my way through enough packets of Doritos and drank enough bottles of wine to put on the weight of a thousand men. Luckily I kept up most of the exercise and only went up to a size 12. University finished, I got a full time job and broke up with a long term boyfriend. Cue dropping down to a lithe size 10. Four years and a happy relationship later and I’m a 12-14. The weight is creeping back on as I kid myself that I can still eat whatever I want and see no waist expansion. HAHA.
I absolutely love Christmas – I always have. And I think that’s because I’ve always had wonderfully relaxing, cosy winter days curled up in my Mum and Dad’s house with my close family around me just spending some time together. Sure, there has been the odd scrap and argument, but Christmas is just such a magical time it takes a lot to overshadow it.
With it now being two weeks today until the big day, I thought I’d share the top five things I love the most about Christmas to help get you in the festive spirit!
For Christmas this year, I decided to share the kindness and got involved with Lady Writes Bloggers Secret Santa. The concept is simple – you have a budget of £20, you get sent the details of another blogger, check out their pages to see what they’re into and send them a lush box of gifts to start December off with a bang!
Wow, ten years in Newcastle upon Tyne. Who would have thought I’d still be here ten years after rocking up at the University in tears because I was leaving my friends and rubbish ex-boyfriend behind? I must admit, it hasn’t all been plain sailing and I’ve considered leaving more than once, but somehow Newcastle just keeps me in its grasp.
Last week I was lucky to have a totally flying visit to Budapest, Hungary. In between various work commitments, I worked out that I had a total of four hours to get as much sight seeing done as I could in that time. Having never been to Budapest before, and never even looked at a map of it before last week, I decided to get on the Google and look up the top sights to see. Also shout out to Queen B for posting about Budapest *just* as I looked it up. Good timing!
So what did I get up to in four hours?