Buy a Smoothie... get a free... Wooly hat?!

Can anyone please explain the purpose of the mini wooly hat that you get free with Innocent Smoothies at the moment? I bought one yesterday and got very confused by its purpose.

My brother 'the hand model' haha

As far as I can see it could only fit one (very rude) thing... And what would be the point in that?

Glamourous Nails with Glamour Magazine

I heard someone mention that this months Glamour magazine had a free Nails Inc nail polish with it so when I was in town I made sure I picked up a copy. I like Glamour magazine but often can't justify spending money on magazines that I never get a chance to read. I bought this one though and am glad I did as the nail colour I got is stunning.

Nails Inc in Picadilly Circus

It makes my nails look really nice and sophisticated and I will definitely be wearing it again. It is a great shade for the season. Go pick up your copy now!

30 Day Beauty Blog Challenge: Day 22 — Your beauty tips for a big night out

As a mum, I don't often go on big nights out. When I get a night away from Cameron I am more likely to be found in front of a film or pampering myself than drinking in a bar. However, it means that when I do get out, I like to make that extra effort, especially when it comes to beauty and makeup.

In the morning or the night before I will wash my hair using a deep treatment shampoo, exfoliate and shave. About two hours before I am due to leave I will have a quick shower again (mainly to wash off anything Cameron has managed to smear on me!) and then moisturise all over and fake tan. I use St Moriz as I absolutely love it and it is so so cheap!

I get dressed, often in a short dress as my legs are my best part (my boobs are tiny!).

 My favourite going out dress is bright pink and one shouldered, that I won off of Rachel's blog competition.

After I am dressed I will apply my makeup. For a night out I usually up the ante a bit and go for smokey eyes and false eyelashes. I apply all of my makeup first and then add the false lashes, before adding more mascara and eye makeup to cover up the joins!

Finally, I will spritz myself in lots of perfume and a glimmer spray such as Soap and Glory's Easy Glistening Dry Body Oil. It gives my legs a sexy sheen.

Just before I leave I will add my sky high heels and a final slick of lip gloss and I am good to go!

Beauty Buys

Yesterday I went on a big Christmas shopping trip. Whilst I was in town I also stocked up on some beauty products I have run out of. I took advantage of some great 3 for 2 and Buy one Get one Free offers in Superdrug. This is what I bought:

Fake Tan Mitt; Aussie Miracle Shampoo and Conditioner (Colour Mate and Take the Heat); Face Mask in Strawberry Souffle; MUA Baby Pink nail polish and MUA pale pink eyeshadow

Whilst I was shopping for my brother's Christmas present (he was with me and chose a bodywarmer), I came across some gorgeous jumpers for only £6 in Primark. They are meant to be for men, but I often buy male jumpers as they are so big and comfy to wear. I chose this baby pink one:

This is what it looks like on:

Current Obsession!

Ok, so these have actually been a craving of mine ever since I was pregnant with Cameron! I love fruit salad sweets but they are hard to come by these days. I usually end up buying them in a multipack with Blackjacks, but I hate blackjacks so it ends up being a bit of a waste of money, especially when I end up with only 5 fruit salads in a pack!

When I was travelling back from Essex at the weekend we stopped at a service station about 45 minutes from home and they had packs of Fruit Salads! I was so pleased I bought three packets. It's just a shame that they are so far from home and cost 65p a packet (total rip off, for the size they should be about 40p max).

Does anyone know of anywhere in the Bournemouth area that sells Fruit Salads on their own? I would be eternally grateful!

30 Day Beauty Blog Challenge: Day 21 — Your favorite lipstick

I don't really wear lipstick as it feels like an older woman thing to do in my mind. When I do it is a deep red Rimmel one. I prefer lipgloss and this is my current favourite:

Royal Gloss Lipgloss

(I wear shade Moreish)

Meet the... Children...

Please take a look at my latest guest blog for Singles Warehouse which has just gone live tonight by clicking here.

I love writing for the dating site. This week's blog is on the single parent dating rules and why they are there to be broken. Please leave feedback, I love hearing it!

30 Day Beauty Blog Challenge: Day 20 — Your favorite mascara

This one is easy as I LOVE my mascara! It is Rimmel Volume Flash Mascara:

It's relatively cheap for a mascara (around £6 depending on the shop) but I have yet to find a better one. I usually apply a couple of coats, but with three I can achieve a false lash effect. Even though I have recently started wearing falsh lashes on nights out, I still use this over the top as it is just a great mascara. I would recommend it to anyone.

Santa Claus is Coming to Town...

As you may have realised, I am obsessed with all things Christmas and as it is now Novemeber, I feel I am much more justified in my crazy obsession! Coupled with my tendency to be a bit OCD, I have now planned out with military precision when I will be going on Christmas shopping trips, and wrapping my presents.

The first of these shopping trips is this afternoon and I am very excited. I am hoping the crowds will be a bit better than at the weekend. I absolutely love wrapping up the presents once they are all bought, but I make myself wait until mid December, or I would have nothing Christmassy left to do!

I definitely think having a child makes it easier to get into Christmas. Cameron was only a few months old last Christmas, but this year he will be more aware, and be able to join in with everything more.

Only one month until Advent begins, wooo!

Are you just as excited about Christmas as me? Or are you a bit of a Scrooge?

My Long Weekend... London, baby!

Sorry I haven't blogged over the weekend, I had quite a hectic one for a change!

On Friday I had my hair cut and coloured and had a chill out in front of the TV night but bright and early Saturday morning I was up and playing taxi for a variety of people. I took my mum to a wedding in town and decided to go Christmas shopping. Big mistake! I did get quite a bit done, but it was so hectic because it was a Saturday. I am definitely going to be finishing Christmas shopping by mid November, I hate crowds!

 After I had picked my mum back up we went to the bowling alley to meet up with my cousin, whose birthday it was. I was exhausted by this point as Cameron had barely slept the night before. Me and my mum went to her friends' wedding reception for a couple of hours and stayed to see their first dance, which was lovely, and for them cutting the cake. The bride's dress was gorgeous!

We went straight from there to meet everyone else for the birthday meal at TGI Fridays, where my cousin works. We shared a couple of bottles of wine so I ended up feeling quite tipsy. After our meal I treated my cousin to a champagne cocktail, and I had a Bellini, which I had never tasted before but was yummy.

My dinner- yum!

The next morning, bright and early (and not getting my extra hour in bed as a result!) we left for London and met up with my dad and sister at my nan's house in Charlton. We got a bus into central london which was an awful experience as it went through a really horrible area of London, the bus was majorly crowded, and we stood the whole hour and twenty minutes journey! When we got there I was happy just to be off the bus, so I didn't mind the walking, which we did a lot of over the day.

being a tourist walking around London!

We ended up in Regent Street and found a pub to have some lunch and drinks. My brother and his girlfriend came and met up with us. I hadn't seen them for a long time, so it was lovely to catch up. After lunch we went for a walk to Covent Garden, but never quite made it there and ended up walking in a massive circle (much to everyone's annoyance) when I went to meet the guy I have been going out with as he was also in London with his friends.

Walking Through Chinatown

After having a quick drink with him, we all went our seperate ways and me, my mum, Cameron, my dad and sister all walked back to get the horrible bus back to Charloton. By this point it was really dark, even though it was only about 6pm. Luckily we got seats on the way back, but it was still really crowded and I was glad to be off it. We still had a 45 minute journey back to my dad's in Essex. The X Factor results were on whilst we were driving back, so I was watching my Twitter and Facebook timelines to keep up with what was happening.

When we got back my sister wanted to watch the show anyway, so we watched it on plus one and my dad made us bacon baguettes, yum! We watched a bit more tv before bed, I was actually knackered!

The next day we were up early as my sister was going to school. We had some breakfast and had a chilled out morning watching old horror films (which were not horror at all but just really funny in how badly made they were!). We watched half of Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankentein. We watched Pretty Woman and my dad made us some lunch, which was really yummy. We drove back mid afternoon and last night I had a relaxed night, away from Trick or Treaters, watching TV with the guy I have been seeing.

Was a very busy, but good weekend! What did you all get up to this weekend? I hope you had a good time whatever you did!