Friday 24 February 2017

mini break

The trouble with a mini break is that it's just too MINI. Like we did loads of bike riding and tree trekking and swimming and eating and drinking and just general sitting about on arses. And the kiddos played a spot of badminton. And the other half taught them how to play pool. But we didn't really have time to do enough of it. What we really needed was a maxi break. Like two weeks. Or three. At least. 


Monday 20 February 2017

half term jaunt

Woohoo! We're going on a half term mini break to Center Parcs today. I booked it months ago when I remembered how crap winter is. Clever me 😌

Sunday 19 February 2017

weekend ups and downs

We went to see The Pet Shop Boys last night. God they were dull. Not my cup of tea at all. The other half thought they were ok though so we had to stay till the end. 😴

We legged it back to join our mates in the pub afterwards though. And we got a curry delivered as we arrived home. At 1 o'clock. In the morning. So all was not lost. Apart from a few hours sleep. But did I mention it's half term? Oh joy of joys, we have all week to catch up.

Saturday 18 February 2017

hellooooo weekend!

And hello half term! Yeeha!

Tuesday 14 February 2017

feel the lurve

Happy Valentine's Day peeps. Hope all your love dreams came true today.
The other half is taking me on a hot date to the cinema to see that classic love story Trainspotting2. Old romantic!

Monday 13 February 2017

grey skies and crap weather

Still February.
Still winter.
Still bloody grey and cold.
Still taking the vitamin D. With naff all effect.


Apparently the sky is still blue beyond the clouds. But I wouldn't know about that because the sodding clouds never leave Yorkshire.


Wednesday 8 February 2017

skeggy by the sea

I'm just about recovered from our weekend away. We went to Butlins Skegness on an 80's weekender to help celebrate someone's birthday.
For anyone not familiar with this great bastion of 1950's holiday culture, Butlins is not exactly known as a place to go for a luxury 5* exclusive break these days. Indeed I was informed shortly before we went that we had to provide our own towels! And the other half told me it was recently voted "9th worst holiday in the UK" so I can't say I was particularly looking forward to it.
But, you know what? We had a bloody ace weekend! Probably the 9th best weekend EVER! Helped along of course by the copious amounts of alcohol we consumed. And the rather amusing company. And the fancy dress. EVERYONE got dressed up on Saturday night. (We were Buck's Fizz, google them if you're too young to remember) I didn't stop laughing all weekend. Or drinking. Fanbloodytastic!
   

Wednesday 1 February 2017

January 17

Well January lasted LikeForEVER didn't it?
On to February now, the month of 2 mini breaks, half term, valentines and sugar free-ness. For some. Not me. Obvs. It would be worse than January if I had to ditch the Green & Blacks.

This was the longest month ever 👇🏼...