Things to do 2010 - Update!!

Remember way back when....... and I listed things that I wanted to do this year??
Well, I have something to show you guys.

Making our house a home by introducing colour and personal taste was a huge thing. We have lived in our house for almost years and have done no decorating. Everywhere had been freshly painted cream (boring) just before we moved in. We decided that it was a nice fresh background and it let us get a feel for what we wanted.

We were in B&Q around Christmas time and I decided to take a look at the wallpaper area. I saw a beautiful roll of open paper with a very bold pattern and it stunning bright colours. However, there was no more. I carried on browsing and saw rolls and rolls of it in the clearance area down from £20 per roll to £5 per roll. I showed it to my bf and he loved it as much as me.

I thought it would be perfect for our hallway. It is an odd hallway as it can be dark and it has lots of doors leading off of it. The paper was way too over the top to have everywhere so we thought it would make a fabulous feature on the wall opposite the front door.

We have had the paper for over 2 months and have been waiting on my dad having a free weekend to put it up for us. He did it this weekend and I LOVE IT!!

Sorry I totally forgot to take before pictures!!




Everyone that knows me, knows that I am obsessed with the colour orange! I was so having orange somewhere in the house. I love that it is on a very pink background!

Things to do - 2010!

I wanted to post a little update on the things that I want to achieve this year!
I am happy with how things are going - as I said at the time I kept the list of things real to me (and to us as family).

One of my main points on the list was to make our house a home with the use of cushions and colour etc, etc. Well I really did/do want to learn to sew my own cushions so that I get the very thing that I want......... But we were in TK Maxx this weekend and I spied to stunning cushions that I had to have!



They are differing shades of green (almost identical to a lamp that we have, but far enough away to be not matchy, matchy) stripe. They are rectangular and they are down filled! Best of all they were £9.99 each - bargain. The retail price was £39.99 each!!

I am still hoping to get crafty and learn to make some myself but these just fit the bill (and the space on the sofa) so well that I could not refuse.

As for the other points on the list things are going well. I am still making a real effort with the recycling and reusing. I am not automatically throwing yogurt pots etc in the bin I am now rinsing and recycling. Also this last week I opened a new micro-fibre hair towel thing to use and was not impressed, so I cut it up and it is now 2 new cloths for cleaning the bathroom!
Baby steps, but it all counts right??

Wednesday 06.01.

It is a gorgeous day here today - there has been no more snow, so far, but it is still laying on the ground. It is still nice and white (not yet that yucky sludgy brown) and the sun is shining bright in the sky.

Even though it is still very cold I felt that I had to have a day off from leggings, so I looked out one of my favorite dresses and got to layering. For the walk to work I had thick socks over the tights under my wellies, with hat, gloves and coat etc. For the first hour in the shop I did have my cardigan and scarf on, but it is (slightly) warmer now and I am braving the dress minus the cardigan. The ruffle sleeves are just too pretty to cover up!

Today's outfit is:

Purple dress - Target
Cami - Primark
Tights - Tesco
Cardigan - Vila
Scarf - Vila
Necklace - Ann Taylor
Shoes - American Eagle

So, the 2010 goals are, so far, going very well. I have walked every day this week and the car has not moved out of the driveway since Monday morning. I made a new and healthy recipe last night - Chickpea and Chorizo Casserole. It was delish! My bf has the leftovers for his lunch today!! And we have had to crush down the recycling bin as it is so full! The small steps feel good!