Ok so I can't lie.. as years go 2016 has got to be up there at the top! In fact.. looking back at the photos I couldn't quite remember all the epic times this year has held! I think we could pretty much sum up this year as the year of the hen nights.. weddings and holidays! Prepare yourselves.. this post is going to be pretty photo heavy.. sit back.. grab a brew and enjoy..



Its weird.. this seems like such a longtime ago now! I almost forgot that we did this but in January we went back to the Harry Potter Studio tour where we got engaged. I brought Adam the tickets for Christmas last year as I thought it would be nice for us to go back and for him to enjoy the tour without him being nervous about the ring in his pocket. We had such a lovely time and it will always be a special place. It was great to go back as we got to see Hogwarts in the snow and also the Hogwarts express which wasn't there the last time we went.



Another Christmas present.. this time from Adams mum and dad... we went to Manchester to see the Strictly come dancing tour. As someone who has watched the show since it began it was amazing to see it in real life. Especially as we has amazing seats where the dancers actually came right in front of us.

April was the month of the hen do's - well 2 of them. The 2 photos on the top are from my 1950s hen party up in Sheffield where we had Cocktail making and a Salsa lesson and the one in the bottom is from a night out I had at a local hotel who hosted a charity wedding night where we went with the girls I work with. Both epic nights.



In May we jetted off for an all expenses paid 5* holiday to Mexico which Adam had worked very hard to win at work! I was unbelievably proud of him that he did this and we had an amazing week. We went snorkelling in the ocean, had many a party and spent the week by the most amazing beach! Defiantly what we needed pre wedding!








Another amazing month with amazing adventures! In September we went on our Honeymoon adventure. As we had done the whole 5 * holiday in May we decided that we wanted to do something different for our honeymoon so we booked 2 InterRail passes and off to Europe we went! 14 days of London, Paris, Venice, Florence, Pisa and Rome! It was the most brilliant adventure and we have so many beautiful memories.

Hello my lovelies!!!

How are we all?

Its been about 5 weeks since my last post - I have good reason though! We did it! We got married!



Everyone says your wedding day is one of the best days of your life! I honestly still can't believe its over. It was such an amazing day. Everything was perfect. Even the weather, which had been pants all of that week was good.

After the wedding we went down to Caister holiday park in Great Yarmouth which is where Adam and I met 17 years ago. Its weird.. I went to Caister for the last time about 10 years ago with Mum, Dad and my brother. It was probably one of the last holidays the 4 of us went on together before we were all grown up and I remember my dad saying as we drove down Great Yarmouth Sea Front on the way home, look around kids, we probably won't ever come here again. Never in a million years did I think I would be going back to there with my husband!

Not going to lie, I still havent got used to the fact I am someones wife! We have been married 3 weeks now and I still keep going to sign my maiden name! But I suppose when you spend 27 years as one person it takes some getting used to!

This weekend, I decided to have a bit of a change, something I had been toying with for a while. I decided to get my fringe cut into my hair! As I say I have toyed with the idea for a while and I could not be happier now Ive had it done :)

Hey lovelies!! Remember me!!! Finally I have a new house and INTERNET!!! Wooooo!!!


I have so much to catch you all up on! There has been a lot going on since I was last here.

I mentioned in my last post that me and Adam were moving house. Well we are in and have been in 2 weeks now and I can not tell you how happy I am! This house is so much better. Don't get me wrong the other house will always be our first home together but it just got to the point where we were so sick of the land lord messing us around. I suppose that is the trouble when your renting but the new house is so much better. It feels so much like home already! I am looking forward to lots of happy times.
I am also very very excited for the summer! I mean just look at our fab new garden!!! I can not wait for late night BBQ's!

Seriously how quickly did January go? Im not going to lie January was a pretty crappy month as starts to the year go... a lot of shit went down.. a couple of friends have been diagnosed with Cancer and work has just been crazzzzzy. Onwards and upwards though.. and before we totally push January to the back of my mind, I thought I would share with you my favourites of January...

The 39 Steps is a play at home in the Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly in London's west end. It is based on the 1915 novel by John Buchan.
When we went to see this we didnt really know what this was about. I remember seeing an adaptation on the BBC about 4 or 5 years ago with Rupert Penry - Jones but I couldnt really remember what it was about. It has been one of the shows me and Matt said we wanted to see next and so we got tickets for it on Saturday Night when we were in London. We booked the tickets direct at the theatre box office and paid £38.50 for seats in the stalls.
The first thing we noticed when we got there was how small the theatre was and that it was practically underground! In fact it was weird because during the show you could hear the subway going past!
It is made up of a cast of just 4 people which when I first read I was shocked about, I mean how could you do a west end play with just 4 people!!! I have to say it was very so well done, there is the main character and then the 3 other cast members play multiple roles which is at times absolutely hilarious as you can probably imagine!
The story is about a man called Richard Hanney who becomes tangled in a plot with a group of spies and when a freelance spy is murdered in his flat, he goes on the run to try and uncover the truth of that the 39 steps are.
Obviously I dont want to say too much about what the plots involve in case any of you are planning to go and see it. We said one of the best things about seeing it was the fact that we didnt really know what to expect or what it was about because it meant we didnt know what was going to happen.


If you in London and you get the chance to go and see this then you must. As I say the theatre is quite small so I would imagine where ever you sat, you would have a good view of the stage, we were sat in Row P of the stalls in seats 11 and 12 which was right in the centre of the stalls just where the overhang of the balcony is.
It doesnt look here like the view is good but you were not meant to take picture in the auditorium so i just wanted to sneak a photo so you could get an idea. We could see the stage perfectly.
I would definitely say this is up on my top productions in the west end. It made a nice change to see a play instead of a musical. Although I have only seen a few it is defiantly in my top plays!

Have you seen 39 steps? What did you think?

So if you follow me on instagram or twitter you will have seen that me and Matt went down to London for the weekend. We planned the trip before Christmas and to coincide with it, I had booked Matt tickets for Matilda that we were both desperate to see for Christmas! Now me and Matt have very little self control when it comes to the Theatre so we pretty much knew we would end up with tickets for at least 1 other show. The tickets were for Matilda were for Friday night and since we were there Friday morning to Sunday night there was opportunity to see another 3 shows, Saturday afternoon, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.
So after we hot footed to the hotel to drop our bags off we jumped on the tube to Leicester Square to see what we could get. We always get tickets from the same place in Leicester Square; just as you get off the tube by the Hippodrome Casino. However this time we didn't manage to pick up anything and were told to come back on the Saturday morning. We did pop into a couple of theatres during the day and managed to get tickets for 39 Steps, Wicked and the Lion King!!!

We decided this time we were going to go to see some of the museums after saying we would do it nearly every time we went. Friday afternoon we headed over to the Natural History Museum for a couple of hours and Saturday we spent a couple of hours at the Science Museum. On Sunday we did a tour of the Royal Albert Hall, stay tuned for a separate post on that coming this week. Overall it was a fantastic weekend, the shows we saw were absolutely amazing! Again I will do separate posts on these too!





Keep your eyes peeled over the next couple of weeks for individual posts on the things we got up to!

• The epic Harry Potter Birthday cake which Matt made me
• I kept Lent, without cheating which made me very proud - and I gave up lots of things
• Jubilee Celebrations wearing every bit of Red, White and Blue I could find. 
• Getting excited on our trip to west end live where we went for the weekend this year which was AMAZING! And we saw 4 shows over the weekend!!! 
• Meeting Des O Connor when we saw the Wizard of Oz
• Mum and Dad renewed their Wedding Vows on the year of their 25th Wedding Anniversary
• We FINALLY made it to the Harry Potter Studio tour and got to walk round the actual set
• I went camping for the first time in about 12 years with my Guide Group
• Finally took the plunge and got some highlights in my hair
• Met Lee Stafford at the Clothes Show
• Clothes Show tickets which I won on Twitter! 
• My very first Mac purchase - one of many I believe...