Day 63 - Summers Day

Another beautiful day in England!

We are so lucky at the moment with the weather, I just hope it stays for the weekend so I can make the most of it! Unfortunately I spent my day in an office so don’t get chance to be out it in it until the evening, and then time just flies!

Last night we spent the evening at my parent’s house before they left to go on holiday today. They have flown to Majorca, a Spanish Balearic Island, for a week. I am so SO jealous of them, a week by a pool in the glorious sunshine is just what I need right now!

My gorgeous niece was there too and I just had to share this snap with you all, my hubby to be and niece! Shortly after this photo was taken she turned and looked and him, and proceeded to burst into tears! Oops!

The rest of my day was pretty uneventful, I searched the internet at lunch time for bridal dresses, checking if I really am making the right decision. Good, or bad, I came across the Allure designer.

Oh. My. God.

How stunning?!

I think I have tried a few of their dresses on throughout my dress-trying-on process, but did not really fully appreciate how amazing their range is until viewing their website. So, in true ‘Ellie’ style I jotted down all of the dresses I like the look of, all ---- of them, (the most dresses I’ve liked from one place!) and have sent off emails to all of the local bridal shops that stock this designer to see if I can try them on. Fingers crossed they have some! As much as I LOVE the dress I THINK is mine, there are a couple of elements that I would change if I could, and some of these Allure dresses were exactly to what I would change ‘my’ dress to. I won’t include any of the dresses I listed (or have I?!), as I don’t want to give the game away, but below are a couple of the dresses from the collection I looked at. How beautiful?!

So, the hunt still continues, I think, but I know exactly what I want, so hopefully the search will come to a close soon!

Diet wise, today was relatively good. I ate well, but didn’t get chance to go for another walk, however did use my shake weight and did a few sit ups. It was so hot and muggy last night it felt like working out in a sauna! Good for calorie burning I guess?!

My cheese and ham salad lunch.

Keep a look out for my shake weight progress blog post coming up very shortly…

Ellie x

Day 62 - Beautiful Day

The sun is still here! I'm loving it! Although spending 8 hours of my day in an office where the aircon has broken, is not so fun. I was so glad to get out of there today and get some fresh air!

We went for a nice stroll after work tonight, to brush away the cobwebs and destress after the day. It was so beautiful in the sunshine! Once we returned I took to the garden, doing a few little jobs tiding the place up. What do you think? I love looking into our garden from the living room, even though it's not the biggest nor neatest, I still think it's very pretty!

For tea we ate corn on the cob, salad and homemade sweet potato fries. I was so hungry I completely forgot to take a picture! It looked so good too... oops! I promise to take a picture of our meal tomorrow :)

Tomorrow evening we are off to the parents as they are going on holiday early the next day, and are planning a nice pasta salad for tea. So excited to eat it already! God, my life really does evolve around food!!!

So for tonight we are off to do a little his and her reading...

Hope you are all having a great week!

Ellie x

Day 61 - Monday Madness

Why do we have to work?

I mean, I get WHY, but even when the weather is this good?! Really?!

JUST GORGEOUS!

If you are not from the UK you are probably thinking, yeah we have sunshine almost every day, and? Well trust me when I say, the sun rarely makes an apperance in the UK, hence why I try to make the most of it when it does appear! So much so we are planning on going away this weekend to make the most it, however after checking the forecast I don't think we'll be going anywhere. Shock.

 Hopefully 'they' have got it wrong and we can get away for a day or two by the beach!

Today was another good day food wise, and we also went for a two mile walk after work in the glorious sunshine! It wasn't the most intense walk, but where we live it is very hilly, and so got a good cardio workout going up and downhill for the whole route! I have also been continuing with my shake weight, and can really feel a different in my upper arms now. I will be doing a post in the next day or two on my progress, along with some pictures!

Tea for today was spaghetti bolognese, one of our go-to meals! Never get tired of it!

Tomorrow I intend to do some more exercise, possibly some Zumba, and wiggle away this weight!

:)



Day 60 - Revisiting the Weekend

Well, it has been a manic few days to say the least!

Saturday -
Bridesmaid dresses were ordered! I am so SO excited to see the finished dressed in a few months!

I tried on the 'maybe' dress for the fourth time, and have made the decision it's THE dress! I haven't ordered it yet as I want to lose more weight first. September it will be ordered!

We discussed invites, order of service and all other stationary, and have chosen the style we want. Now to discuss with my graphic designer friend!

We finally had a great weekend weather wise, so made the most of it and mowed the lawns. It makes the world of difference! I love how the garden looks once the lawn is cut, I just hate doing it! I think it's because it's one of those jobs you know will need doing week in week out over the summer, and never seems to go away!

Myself and the other half then went our seperate ways and went out with different friends. I went to a friends house with the girls to celebrate her birthday, and my partner to a new friends house warming. I had such a good evening catching up with the girls, and even managed a little boogie on the 'dance floor' aka decking!

Me with the birthday girl (centre) and my maid of honor (right)!

Sunday -

Visited the parents as my mum has badly bruised her ankle and can't walk properly! So we popped round and I did a few jobs for her. After breaking my toe I completely understand how limited mobility is so fustrating!

As it was an even sunnier day than Saturday I tried to spend as much of it as possible outside, whether it was painting the new garden gate or trying to finish my book! Below is a picture of where I spent most of my time yesterday... heaven.

AND I finished my book, bonus! I will be starting 50 Shades of Grey in the next few days to see what all the fuss is about!

Diet wise, I have been good. We ate homemade chilli with boiled rice at the birthday party, and yesterday we ate spaghetti and salad for tea. I did indulge in a small ice-cream but hey, when the sun shines!

Hope you are all well and having a great time whenever you are in the world!

Ellie x

Day 59 - Silence...

Not much to report today guys!

All is well, I have been eating good. Still annoyed about the no weightloss again. Today we ran errands and visited friends, and the weather has been so good!

Keep an eye out for my shake weight progress which will be appearing in the next few days :)

Ellie x