Wintery but good.

This weekend has certainly flown by, it must be the fact that my first full week of work in weeks is looming for tomorrow...

I took an extra few days off after the New Year to basically extend my relaxation, and I totally did but I had hoped that this would include a bit of outdoor exploring. If you've seen any form of news recently you might be aware that it's been raining quite a bit so that certainly put a stop to that, which was why it was so nice that Saturday was such a sunshiney day. I really don't care if it's cold, I just really don't like it when it's wet.




So, Saturday started with taking Doll to the vet for her vaccinations, she's fine but her teeth could be better, which meant our first Saturday errand was to go to Pets At Home and pick her up some dental-specific food and toothpaste (yep, that exists). It's actually way easier to get her to let me do it than I thought it would be, she's been particularly dopey recently so she's basically cool with everything.

After a stop off at the market and some lunch we popped out for a sunset walk around Greenham Common, it was really pretty, I love how flat some parts of it are, you can see for miles. It's usually deserted but there were so many people out at the same time, I guess it makes a lot of sense though considering it's the first bit of sun we've seen in these parts for what feels like an age.






I haven't been taking nearly as many photographs as I would have liked to so it was a nice excuse to take as many as possible of the beautiful sunset, it's just a shame that it didn't signal that we'd have as a nice day today.





It wouldn't be a walk around Greenham Common without some cows. :)

In other news (ish):

• I did do something productive with my time off and updated my portfolio, I don't really know why I put it off for so long because it was much easier to do than I thought. I'm actually pretty pleased with it, it was quite fun to put together collections of images again.
• Have you seen #100HappyDays photos floating around Instagram recently? I've been loving seeing everyone's different takes on it. Each time I see one I want to start one myself and even passively it makes me feel a little happier. I think I'm going to give it a go once the 1st February rolls around because I think it would feel a little more organised. Have you been doing it, I'd love to see your efforts.

After a huge Sunday pub lunch with Moon's dad this afternoon I'm feeling totally food coma'd, it's tomato and butterbean soup for tea tonight, something different that I can't wait to try.

Hope you have a wonderful end to your weekend. ♥

Sunday Stroller.

The last afternoon of our friend Jason's visit saw us pop over to Toby Carvery to stuff our faces and a drive up to Greenham & Crookham Common to apparently creep ourselves out in the middle of the day. Here are some photos I took, the first couple make me feel like Newbury's Toby Carvery is a bit weird and the rest kind of remind me of a horror film.

Greenham & Crookham Common is a little creepy regardless of how much of a wasteland it was on Sunday. Jason found information about secret nuclear testing and Newbury apparently having a higher percentage of leukaemia than the rest of Berkshire, not sure about the truth in that but still a bit weird. The bunkers and lack of flowers and sun did make for refreshing perspective on things but it was nice to get some fresh air in my lungs.




I was pretty surprised by how great this was, and I'm not even sorry for it.

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This pond was covered in a very thin layer of ice, it made a really cool noise when you skimmed stones across it.


Here's the point where we started to freak ourselves out a bit, very easy to do as it was part of the common that Moon and I hadn't been to before.

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That little taste of spring that we had yesterday has me so excited, I can't wait to stop wearing scarves and coats, coming home and warming up with hot chocolate is nice but give me an ice cold lemonade any day. I want some sun on my skin.

Sunday, Sweet Sunday.

I've probably said this a million times before, but Sundays are my favourite day and more so as I've become older. They're made for being a bit sleepy and doing things because you want to rather than because you have to - the best incentive for carrying out any activity!

Having a full-time job means lie-ins for me now mean waking up at around half 8-9am - much to Moon's disgust - but I think it's great because I'm still well-rested but am really able to seize the day.

I know that's it's practically the weekend now but it's been super difficult to find time this week so here are some extra photos from our Sunday walk last weekend. Getting muddy and taking in such lovely autumnal colours isn't so bad.


A gratuitous photo of Doll, who seems to be making it her life's mission this week to be as irritating as possible :(.







What I Wore:
Coat: Primark
Scarf: Gift
Dress: Topshop
Bag: Yucca
Tights: M&S
Boots: Fitflop
There were other ones but the sun was crazy-bright and I looked all squinty.



Being one of the only decent places to walk a dog, Greenham Common is one of the best places for dogs spotting, ever!

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Sometimes eavesdropping can be my downfall - I've decadently had two 'proper' hot chocolates since Sunday, so luxurious. ♥



I know the chicken looks a little weird, it's because we used the legs for curry about a week before.

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You might have seen some similar ones in my Photo An Hour yesterday, but afternoons out like this make it so much fun to just snap away.

I'm so excited for this weekend, we're heading down to Brighton, my favourite city, tonight for comedy and are sleeping over ♥. The Christmas lights are going on tonight too so I think it's a definite excuse for a spot of shopping on Saturday!

Because we sell Christmas trees at work I've really tried to hold off feeling too excited too early, I know it's only November, but the Coca-Cola advert was on last week so I'm really getting into the festive spirit now. I've already bought my first bauble and am counting down the days until appropriate silly jumper and The Muppets Christmas Carol time. Only five more Tuesdays and it will actually be Christmas!