Sad Mrs Lil

Today I trawled the net looking for a pic that represented how I have felt this week! I Googled Sad Cupcake but of course, cupcakes aren't sad and they don't make you feel sad so my hunt was over fairly rapidly! Then I Googled Sad Doll - hmmmmm.......take a look......there are some scarily sad dolls out there!! None of which were relevant or very pretty to look at, in fact most of them were very very scary! Finally I Googled Sad Dolly - result.....this was the pic that very nearly won!!

I can be Sad Dolly Parton this week if I want to!! For starters what on earth does Dolly Parton have to be sad about?! Ok she has to lug that huge pair of Dolly Partons about but then I've got much the same problem and I'm not always sad, plus I'm not a multi-millionaire with gold discs lining my hallway! Anyway Sad Dolly Parton is funny and it seems she's sad a lot of the time because there are lots of Google images of her. But step aside Miss Parton because this week there is a new Sad Dolly on the block, Mrs Lil herself!!

For one reason or another this week has been utterly sad. Well that's a small lie actually, it's been a very mixed bag of emotions but ended on rather a sad note. My sister is away on holiday (lucky lady) but this week I have missed her lots and lots and that made everything all the more harder to deal with! My bestest friend has been an absolute angel, seriously she must have been driven mad by me this week but not once has she sent me the wiggly (I don't know what to say) text face. She has been there for me all day and night and seriously picked up the pieces of my broken little heart! Mr Lil has been his usual wonderful self. I often wonder what I would do if he wasn't so wonderful?!? Eeek, it doesn't bear thinking about! He's generally probably as sad as I am but he's completely put me first and wrapped me in cotton wool. There are a few other particularly special people out there who have been little shining stars this week - thank you lovelies!!

Anyway, enough self pity - well maybe just a little more until after the weekend!! But then normal service shall resume I promise.

Bye bye xxxx

A little day out to the Emma Bridgewater factory.

On Sunday Mr Lil and I decided to take our new car out for a little drive so we popped along to the Emma Bridgewater factory in Stoke. I totally love all thing Emma Bridgewater and over the last few years I have managed to build up quite a little collection. Most of our bits and bobs are from the polkadot collection but we do have the odd bit from other collections too. I just love how collectible it all is yet still has a modern feel to it as opposed to the age old view of that if you collect pottery then you must also be at home knitting and wearing your twinset and pearls (both of which I also love).

Anyway, we haven't been to the factory for a good few months as we were lucky enough to celebrate a big anniversary this year and had lots of lovely EB items bought for us and then I received the fabulous polkadot teapot as a belated Christmas present too so all in all our collection has grown in recent months. However, we had decided that we wanted to increase our place settings to 6 and also just have a mooch about! Well well well, we were in for a surprise!! Since we last went Emma Bridgewater have developed a lovely garden area with an array of pretty flowers and delicious smelling herbs growing and then the most exciting thing is that they have chickens!!! I was so excited by this! Mr Lil and I have been considering getting some chickens for a while now so it was quite something to see them at EB too!

The shopping trip was very successful! We got our extra place settings and then also managed to pick up a lovely polkadot jug and also a pretty polkadot hearts plate with I Love You written on it, super cute!! All in all a good day!

If you're not familiar with the Emma Bridgewater factory then they also have a decorating studio there where you can pick any piece of plain pottery and then decorate it as you choose. This is such a wonderful idea and a really good activity to do with children in the school holidays, an alternative hen party, a fabulous treat for best friends (I intend to do this with mine very soon) and just generally a lovely way to spend a few hours. The cost of the decorating studio is just £2.95 plus the cost of the pottery so I really think that this is a complete bargain. There is even a tea shop there that sells refreshments and a selection of delicious cakes!

I am aware that this blog post has maybe turned in to an Emma Bridgewater review and that isn't how it is meant to read at all. I just think that they are a fabulous company with wonderful items and really strong company ethics! Something that you don't often find nowadays!

On another note, the diet is going really well! I lost 5lb last week which I was really pleased about. I am feeling much healthier too as we are eating a really healthy and varied diet. I'll be back soon with more diet tales, perhaps even some recipes.

Thanks to all for your lovely and supportive comments on my previous post!

xxx

A day of new beginnings..........

There are lots of things that I love in life but right up there at the top, well just under my husband, family, friends and the pooches are cupcakes, picnics and Italian food! Cupcakes are one of the nicest things known to women.....just the right size, just the right amount - not a massive cake but not a fondant fancy-simply perfect! Picnics are fabulous too, I love packing everything up in the picnic hamper and setting off in the car to while away a summers afternoon, it really is bliss. And finally, Italian food, it is absolutely my favourite food to eat. I could eat it for every meal and never get bored. Delicious!!

So.....and herein is where you might think that I am utterly bonkers, why on earth am I happily giving all of this up for.....oh, at least the next 6 months! Well there lies a story (I'll save the whole story for another time maybe) but in short, whilst I might completely be in love with all of the above I am more in love with the concept of one day being a Mummy and having a family with my husband and that my lovelies is my reason for undertaking one of the most strictest regimes know to women...........THE DIET!

My reason for doing this is because in order to become a Mummy I am most likely going to have to go down the IVF path - what a roller coaster of diets and IVF my life is going to be for the next 12 months - and in order to have IVF I need to lose quite a substantial amount of weight (perhaps I will divulge exactly how much one day soon).

So there you go, this blog is going to hopefully diarise my journey and be there for me through it all - somewhere to moan, be excited, cry, be overjoyed...you get the picture!!

Right, I'm off now - time for weigh-in.

xxx