In and out

Hello cupcakes, hope you are all well? I don't feel like I've been around the interweb much recently - I've neglected my blog a little and my Twitter hasn't been updated in forever! All that will change this week though as the reason for me going AWOL will be clarified in the 'put' part of this post. It's nothing seedy or dodgy, I've just been a bit bogged down. I thought I'd do a little In and Out post to tell you some things that have been making me happy (or unhappy) recently :)

IN

♥ October - October signals the start of my favourite time of year. I love the colder weather, I love the fresh feeling as I'm walking to work in the mornings, I love coming home from work and being able to have a candlelit bubble bath because it's dark enough, and I love all of the exciting occasions - Halloween, Mam's birthday, Bonfire Night, and ultimately, the build up to Christmas. Yes, I said the C-word. I know it's early but I adore Christmas. The day itself just whizzes by, but the build up to it is really lovely and exciting, and even heartwarming I'd say. In my family at least. I adore this time of year. I've even started my Christmas shopping! Okay, so I've only bought one item because it was in the sale, but still, it's a start. It's a drum kit for my niece if you were wondering :)

♥ Autumn TV - The arrival of Autumn has seen the return of some of my favourite TV programmes, like The X Factor, The Apprentice, and Nigella Lawson's new cooking programme, Nigella's kitchen. I love Nigella. I want her to adopt me. And the wonder of Sky + means I never have to miss anything ever again. Yay!

♥ Autumn Weather - Yep, I love the weather. It might sound strange but the colder weather means I don't have to think too much about what I'm wearing. I can just layer up with lovely cardigans and still look decent. I'm a big bird so choosing something in the Summer that doesn't flash too much flesh but is still cool was becoming so annoying, so I'm welcoming the weather change with open bingo wings.

♥ Plum touches to my make up - I've been wearing lovely plum colours a lot since the sunshine went away, especially on my lips. My favourite combo is Maybelline's Colour Sensational lipstick in Galactic Mauve, with YSL's Golden Gloss in Golden Lavender on top. Shimmery, pretty and plum. I love it. I feel all sophisticated and it's a refreshing change. I'll be doing a FOTD real soon, as soon as I get enough sleep for the luggage set under my eyes to bugger off ;)

♥ Homemade smoothies - I love making my own concoctions when I have the time, and all of my favourites have the same base; frozen banana and milk. It gives it a kind of thick, creamy milkshake consistency, and is tres yummy. I slurped a frozen banana and mixed berry one this morning and it was delicious. Surprisingly filling too.

OUT

♥ My NVQ - the reason for my absence. My deadline has been and gone and I had to get an extension. I misjudged the amount of work I had to do and have spent almost every waking hour doing something for it. Aargh. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now though, so normal blogging and tweeting will resume sortly. I've missed you all!

♥ Setting my hair on fire - True story. Not actually like a ball of flames on my head, but I now have lots of charcoaled layers where I never did before. I exaggerate slightly with the charcoaled bit, but I can definitely see where my hair got singed even if nobody else can. I was cooking you see... and managed to stick my hair in the flames. Yeah yeah, you chuckle. Go on, have a good laugh on me. I did. Well, not at the time but I laugh now. I know I was due for a cut but that was a bit extreme, wouldn't you agree? ;)

Have you got any In's and Out's? Let me know in the comments! Also, keep your eyes peeled for a DKNY Be Delicious giveaway this week :)

xoxo