Time to get more frugal/organised and being eclectic!

I have no tatoos but I love this. Think its more the saying but I do love the font too.

Do you have any tatoos? I like them but my boyfriend calls them 'slag tags'! Funny that his ex had one! (Miaow!)

So pretty I had to share.

Love this collage. All things eclectic-sums me up!

My tastes in most things are eclectic- I like such different types of music. My favourite I have to say is dance music but I adore Take That! Hey I was there the first time! I am loving Adele-she never fails to deliver. Also love Neneh Cherry-wonder what shes up to now?

 I would say my house is modern-shabby chic but I'm not sure if thats a style! I have a very modern kitchen but it has shabby chic touches eg. a unit with vintage china displayed. I also have very girly wallpaper in the kitchen but I am still undecided about this. I have a dresser in my living room that I painted in Annie Sloan and I LOVE it. It started out life as that horrid orangey pine and is now painted in her gorgeous new ochre colour. I originally done it in old white but unfortunately it looked like undercoat! It was ok as I have used that paint on a mirror frame which was black and gold. Still have loads left too. A little really does go a long way and its worth the money. Unfortunately I accidentally deleted the before pictures! So annoying.

Keeping to my all things frugal and trying not to buy new I picked this up for £2 from our local 'tip shop'. Its a bit more silver than the photo and obviously I am not keeping that picture in!

I am creating a photo wall going up my stairs (although is staying where it is) and am now on the look out for frames to do up. All the shabby chic ones i've looked at are in excess of £15- ridiculous when you consider how easy it is to do yourself. Watch this space!

Well my Flying continues at Flylady and I must say it is really paying off. I feel I can actually relax a bit. Got rid of so much paper its untrue! I have friends coming for lunch on Friday and instead of rushing around tomorrow blitzing its only going to take me an hour tops to get straight.

My aim now is to keep this organisation up. I have many ongoing projects and so my goal now is to finish these by Christmas.

They include:

Finish painting table and chairs

Fill holes in on dresser to complete it

Paint living room

Paint & paper my bedroom & paint my drawers

Various jobs in kitchen

Anyway time to put the little Lovely's to bed. Aaah peace at last! xx

Happiness.....

Is knowing my children are happy, safe and truly loved. xxx

Biology does not make you a father...

Rant rant rant time!!I am really upset and more than that VERY angry! Brief history-split with ex nearly year and half ago. 2 kids with him. Its not been easy but then nor was our relationship! (9years).

Anyway so Wednesday he loves me wants me back blah blah blah. Not interested and told him as much. Turns out he's fallen out with his girlfriend (same one he cheated on me with!) He slashed her tyres (yes really!) smashed up his own tv and all because she is a bit paranoid...hmm wonder why!!
Well thats by the by because he was meant to have our children this weekend and apparently can't as he has to sort things out with her. Now on Weds he told me she'd gone back to her home town but suddenly today she is somewhere else. Doesn't really matter where she is as the point is to me that surely NOTHING should be more important than seeing them??? This has been going on for days so why does it have to be apparently sorted out when he is meant to have them? Also after talking to his mum(who him and his gf live with) she seemed to think he was out with his friend and wasn't supposed to be having children?? Sorry if this is confusing!!
So where do I go from here? This is just something in a very long line of stuff. The children are understandable upset and I am sick of making excuses. Its having an effect on everyones lives and I am at my wits ends.

Life is as easy as you make it and he is making mine very difficult.xx

Things i am loving!

                                                   Love them both so much.....bank balance says no to either!

                                                        I'm dreaming of a really warm cosy knitted throw.

                                                                  This is my all-time favourite bedroom! 

           Just bought some Moet for a birthday (between my siblings and myself so not too much each!)

                                                                                    Vampy sexy red nails!

                                                                                             Coloured glass

                                               Burlesque dancer- shall I dress up as one for Halloween! Love it!

                                                                                Always my drink of choice!

Organisation and de-cluttering plus a confession or 2!

I have just looked and my e-mails and one has come from Cox & Cox saying the perfect time to organise. I am very tempted by this:

Perfect for my youngest daughter who always has about 10 books in bed so that she can put them nicely next to her bed instead! Only £12.50 as well.

Adore this but at £115 this will remain a pipe dream! 

However will now keep a look out for something similar.

This month as per Flylady I am concentrating on paper clutter. I do seem to have tonnes of it. So am concentrating on area by area. I have started by sorting out all bits that I've cut out of magazines and making  (sort of!) mood boards. Here are a couple of examples:

Christmas Wrapping ideas- but I doubt any kids would appreciate this button snowman!

Christmas wrapping ideas- lace and buttons- my sister,cousin & mum would appreciate this.

Sorry photos not great but love this. I am currently painting my chairs and 2 are pink! 2 are cream!

What I love about this is the photos on the string on the wall

Just love these boxes!!

Now here are my confessions:

I owe over £1000 not sure of exact amount but will be working this out asap. I plan to start 2012 without this. If I buckle down I reckon I can do it. Nobody knows so this is like confession!

I sold my £1600 engagement ring for £400 and I tell you what I enjoyed every penny of that money! Naughty but I figured I never paid for it! I don't want a reminder of it so it was win win!

I had a McDonalds even though I'm doing Weight Watchers!

Sometimes I clean my bathroom with baby wipes!

I'm addicted to other peoples Blogs and reading about their lives- equally I think I am addicted to MoneySavingExpert!

I tell my people I've done stuff even when I haven't then have to rush around making sure its done! Surely I should have grown out of this by now!

I drink too much when my children aren't here and stay up really late. I then spend the next few days moaning about how tired I am but don't admit why!

So what are your confessions? Mine are a bit boring really!

Early to bed . Goodnight all. xx

Diaries 2012 and other thoughts!

So coveting this for next year! 
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But torn between this also. Not as pretty but really works for me. Don't have the filofax one at the moment but do have a Dodo pad. I have to have something that has space for all 4 of us plus bills so 5 boxes across is perfect.

I am naturally unorganised but I do wonder if I'd be the same if  I didn't have kids? I had my eldest daughter really young so have never lived alone and only had myself to think about. I am also not naturally tidy although when it was just the 2 of us things were a lot tidier than they are now! 3 kids and a 3 bedroom house make for much mess! Add my boyfriends daughter every other weekend and all order goes out the window! Well what order there was. 

My mum is constantly on to me about routine and how we don't have enough. Don't get me wrong we have a good routine regarding the 2 little ones bedtime but I'm one of those people who leave things til the last minute, most of the time don't make the beds in the morning and don't have set days for things like washing etc. However I always always meal plan. Both for time and financially. I batch cook a lot. If you asked me where any document was I could immediately put my hand on it. Financially I am way more disorganised than I'd like to be but I am working on all these things. Its definitely baby steps. I am going to make some confessions but perhaps I'll leave that until tomorrow!! Until then bye bye!

Indian summer?

Why is it that when the children go back to school it decides to shine about 2/3 weeks later? And probably come the weekend it will rain!  Well my washing on the line and I'll do that for as long as possible!
I am really tired lately. There are so many things I want to do but I find that I never get around to them. Personally I reckon I've just got a bit lazy and need to just go for it. The less I do the less I want to do so I'm now snapping out of it! 
I have/am going to:


Joined Weight Watchers again. Need to lose 2 stone..eeek! 


I'm going to write a list of everything that needs doing in each room and make a start. But instead of starting one thing, not finishing, then moving onto the next and repeating the whole cycle and actually ending up in a worse state I am going to be methodical. I am such a procrastinator and there is no excuse. Procrastinating is actually a complete waste of time in itself. Instead of thinking I will do! Check this poem out that I was given yesterday! Love it!
http://www.quantumenterprises.co.uk/roundtuit/traditional_round_tuits.htm

Decided to stop being unrealistic. I am never and nor do I want to have a show home. What I have is actually pretty good and I need to remember that. This is the look I love! 

Make a lot more quality time with my children. It seems the weekend is blink and you miss it. I then think 'what have we actually done?' So Sundays are becoming all about being together. 


Start to seriously decide what career/job path I am going to take. I am a qualified Beauty Therapist but don't want to work in a salon for various reasons. Thinking of mobile but not sure in the current financial climate if this is viable? Then I wonder should I just get an admin type job until the kids are older? 

Cutting down my drinking! I've lived a bit on the wild side lately and although I am not going to stop socialising I am cutting down on the vino. My kids go to their dad's every other weekend and I think I've been making up for the lost years I spent with him!!!


Ok I'm off to make lists and be a Flylady!