My weekend!

I couldn't believe it this morning; I opened my eyes, looked at my clock and saw 9.00am staring back at me, talk about a change from yesterday when it was 6.30am! I hadn't had a particularly late night as I was in bed at 10.40pm so the only thing I can put it down to was the warmth and comfort of my Winnie The Pooh pyjamas which I bought from Asda yesterday, my body had obviously decided that on this wet, cold and windy Sunday morning that we were not going to be separated before we needed to be. So what did I get up to last night? Well Gareth and I snuggled up on the settee sharing a pack of white chocolate cookies which we had bought earlier from Sainsbury's, and I must say they were very Moorish. Whilst munching our way through these Gareth rented the Equalizer starring Denzel Washington for £4.49 from iTunes and it was money well spent. Gareth is a massive film fan and he always says that his favourite actor has to be Denzel and I can certainly see why. Unlike Gareth I am not a big film fan but I am getting better, when I first starting going out with him 10 years ago I used to watch films in 5 parts as I kept falling asleep. I am however getting a lot better and I thoroughly enjoyed the film last night, I stayed awake and at no point did I even attempt to go on my Ipad or hudl so the film really did have my 100% undivided attention. I did find it a bit gory at times for me so there were moments when I had to close my eyes or briefly look away from the screen but at no point did this spoil it for me, I just don't like seeing blood and to be fair there was quite a lot of it in this film! The last film I saw Denzel in was The Flight which I also thought was brilliant so yes I am also becoming a big fan of Denzel's, and after seeing him on Graham Norton a while ago he comes across as a person with a great personality and he certainly has great acting skills. Please feel free to suggest other films he has starred in which you think I would enjoy! This morning really is a lazy Sunday morning, but saying that I have had my breakfast, showered, got dressed, done some washing and ironing and I have also started packing for a stay at Bluestone in Narberth which starts tomorrow evening. Gareth has been given the opportunity to stay here for 4 nights. I have never been here but I have heard good reviews and it has been compared to Centre Parcs which again I have never been to due to the cost. My sister has stayed at both Bluestone and Centre Parcs at Longleat and she says that they really are as good as each other so I am really looking forward to my stay. We will finish work at 5.00pm tomorrow evening and then make our way over; it is only 20 minutes away which means we can both still commute to work easily. I love nights away and you don't always need to travel a long distance to experience them, sometimes we forget what beautiful places we have here on our doorstep. However I will keep you posted how I get on at Bluestone! I must get on now as I have a machine full of washing that needs to go on the maiden, I have a fish tank to clean, rehearsals to attend and in between all this I have Sunday lunch at my In Laws to enjoy! Catch up soon! x

It's nearly my Birthday!

A week on Monday is the 2nd March, this is an important date to me as it's my Birthday! Yes that's right a week on Monday will see me turn 39. It's quite sad in a way because I seem to have already bypassed this year and I'm already planning a party for my 40th which I'm hoping to have at the hotel where I had my wedding reception 8 years ago. When someone asks you if its a special one, the answer is always yes as every birthday to me is a special one. As to regards what I would like this year for a present, I have decided to ask for money so I can get a cd hifi player for the lounge.  I have seen the one I want, it's an LG CM3330 I have to be honest and say I never used to consider buying LG appliances but recently it's my favourite make, hence I have an LG phone, TV and blu Ray player, it's even got to the point that if my husband and I are looking to buy something electrical we ask "do LG make and sell it!"  The CM3330 has been discontinued but I have managed to find one which was being sold by a third party seller on Amazon and I had it delivered last week, I'm being very good too as I'm not going to open it and set it up before my Birthday, although I have to be honest and every so often I think about opening it but no I will wait! 

I'm enjoying the lead up to my birthday, last night we went to our local Chinese Dragon Palace to celebrate Chinese New Year, we had a brilliant night, the food, service and entertainment was 1st class, we really couldn't fault any of it.  The Chinese dragon dance was spectacular and well worth seeing.  I admired the way he made it around the tables without knocking anything over! I can honestly say we have never had a bad meal here, you're guaranteed good food and service every time.

Tomorrow I'm off to Trostre shopping centre in Llanelli with my husband.  We haven't been for ages so I'm really looking forward to it. It's a really great shopping centre with lots of top names including BHS, Lakeland, Card Factory, M&s and Tesco's to name but a few but they are all the shops I love visiting! And with my birthday approaching I feel a bit of retail therapy coming on.  We won't be having an early start as I feel the need for a lie in but then again we won't leave it too late as there is a rugby match happening tomorrow between the local team The Scarletts and Munster and the ground is directly opposite the shopping centre so you can imagine what the traffic will be like. 

Im going to call it a day now as it's been a busy week in work and I'm now feeling tired, so I'll leave it now and get a good nights sleep so I'm refreshed for my shopping trip tomorrow. I'll be back tomorrow night to let you know how I got on.  My pre birthday celebrations will continue next week including a stay in Bluestone which I've got to look forward to! #excitingtimes x