Valentines Love

So last year my boyfriend and I didn't really do anything and this year I really wanted to make it special. We set a budget, decided to stay in for dinner and had a really fantastic day!! The boy made a home made pizza (yum!) and I made lemon drizzle cupcakes. I decorated his NES with balloons and was really proud of myself as I am scared of them! I got a beautiful diamond ring (pictures to come later) and it is so pretty and sparkly!! We stayed in and watched the Pokemon movie that I bought him, just as something light hearted. It was a lovely day and I really enjoyed the effort we both made. I hope everyone else in a relationship or not had a lovely Valentines day!

Sunshine & Sparkles
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Cupcakes!!

My love of baking is something that always cheers me up so I decided to bake something yummy this afternoon. My sister bought me an amazing baking tray that makes flower cupcakes instead of your regular old shape and I haven't really used it that much. My boyfriend is an avid lover of most things lemon flavoured so to be extra nice I decided to use lemon juice in the icing and make them extra tasty! :)

Sunshine & Sparkles
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More Snowy Adventures...

Ok so a while ago I posted about how much I love snow, and this time round it snowed so much I got to make a snowman :) It had long ginger hair just like my boyfriend, and once we had decided that it was going to be a look-a-like of him, we figured it would need a smug smile!! I am really proud of him because we didn't have any carrots for his nose or stones for his eyes. We ended up using a glass bottle for his nose and plums for his eyes! I hope everyone else has had a fun snow day!

Sunshine & Sparkles!
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Transformation Challenge

So last year Gala Darling did the iCiNG Transformation Challenge and I took part and it felt wonderful to have a place to not only vent, but to give and receive support for whatever changes I was trying to make. This year it's back on and I am ready and rearing to go! It started this morning and I have been doing quite well with my positivity and healthy eating. We went food shopping today and I bought lots of fruit and healthy snacks :) Fingers crossed I can keep it up! Keep posted for updates!

Sunshine & Sparkles
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Things I love Thursday

Another week another Thursday full of things I love...

• Sparkles! Ok so apparently I am a great lover of all things sparkly! My boyfriend just bought me something really pretty and sparkly, although I'm not allowed it yet and I realised I'm like a Magpie and drawn to pretty things that glitter :)
• Getting back to uni and doing some work. I have found over Christmas that I have been awfully un-productive and since being back at uni I have been loving the amount of work I have to do! Bring on the assignments!
• Cleaning. So since posting about my NOT new years resolutions I have upped the anti on my cleaning habits. Just generally going round and dusting and wiping things brings a great big grin to my face. It's good really because it takes my mind off things.
• Free Range Friends. When I was at home last I had a night with my favourite friends and it was awesome! I've felt a little out of the loop at the moment with them, but since watching Camp Rock together things have been better!
• Pretty Nails, this might be an odd one, but my nails looking pretty and neat really makes me happy. Lush deep purple and inky blacks make me the happiest!
  

Happy Thursday! Sunshine & Sparkles xxxx

Achievements!

So this past Sunday I got some amazing news that has made my Cheshire Grin come out in full force!! I applied to change my degree to the Primary Teaching with QTS and after a panic because my letter had not arrived, I realised it had gone to Leeds! My lovely boyfriend went back up North on Sunday and lo and behold there was a big letter for me telling me that I had been offered a conditional place for September!! It made me feel so relieved and like I had achieved something and it made me feel like everything is finally starting to fall into place!! I am on placement at the moment and it is helping me be sure that teaching is the right path for me! Early years and Foundation had better hold onto it's socks because come September I will be well on my way!! :)

Sunshine & Sparkles
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Not New Years Resolutions!

Ok so this year I have decided to make some NOT new years resolutions. Every year I go through the whole lose weight, stop swearing etc but never actually stick to them. This year to encourage me to actually stick to my resolutions I have found a fool proof way to make me stick to them, this is by making them more long term and actually achievable. So these are my NOT new years resolutions:

• More Cleaning: I need to continue my amount of cleaning, and I need to up the anti. I clean a lot and need to make sure I do this all the time. It helps relieve stress and I really enjoy it so why not?!
• More Baking: I love baking so I need to continue doing more of this. I like baking people yummy things and need to make more scrummy things. I want to learn to make more things and hopefully get better at baking!
• I want to get more organised. I am already obsessive compulsive and feel that I am much more in control of everything when I have my whole life organised. It's something that I can control and need to begin getting more in control of.
  
• Becoming more positive. I need to learn to try and be more positive, I am doing this by making more effort with the above resolutions, but my boyfriend is helping me by making me say things that I would probably never say out loud. When things go right I tend to keep it to myself , but he encourages me to mention it and get more vocal with my feelings.

I hope that everyone else has had a Happy New Year!

Sunshine & Sparkles!
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