What a pair

Movies in mums and dads bed - What happens when Anthony goes away.

 Excuse the football themed duvet. Anthony manages to get his QPR duvet cover on the bed every time we do a wash! 

    And amongst all the patterns, you might find two kids in the photo below....The vintage pillow case is also Anthony's. Quite a few of Anthony's childhood things where recovered and found their way to our flat after clearing out Wishanger last year (Anthony's childhood home). Gotta love sentimental nostalgia.

                                                       Love finding them like this!

ARE YOU "WELL JEL?" (In essex accent).

The following weekend was my turn to get away! First over night without Anna. Me and my sisters got a brilliant last min deal for a spa hotel, treatment and fine dinning meal just out side of Chelmsford. Needed a fourth person (as mum couldnt make it), so invited one of our favourite adopted sisters Kelly girl.
We loved it. It was MUCH needed by all. We pretty much laughed the whole time. The hotel was lovely, the spa was lush and the staff where all brilliant, and Iv decided I love people from Essex,  they are "totes amazin"!  The following photo is the result of 3 mums and 1 RM escaping from life!

It was good proper girl time, slumber party style. Magazines, nail polish, face masks, sweets, chocolates. We had plenty to laugh about since we kept embarrassing our selves! Think we where all a tad excited to be off parent duty and well Christine was just overwhelmed with a menu choice after 18 months of rice and beans in madagascar...she was a crack up in the restaurant! We stretched out two whole glorious days finishing off with the cinema before returning home. Those two days where amazing and felt like a week!
We decided it needs to be a bi-annual tradition at least.....I'm all about traditions like this! Set it in stone now! I just felt like i had my sisters back, with out any pressures, stresses, responsibilities, and ties that occur in the context of kids etc. Pure Bliss.