PRETTY TWISTED HAUL

I really have been embracing my inner girlieness this month. After my Body Shop Haul, there was no stopping me. I was on a mission to fill my make up bag and bathroom full of treats and things that make these cold nights seem a little more bareable. Who am I kidding, I long for October all year round.

One of my friends was holding a baby shower, so I thought why not put together a little pamper box together for her. I decided to give one of our of independents Pretty Twisted a little go for some bath time treats.

NEW DO @ TONI & GUY

I will put my hands up and admit I have probably been to the hairdressers 3 times in the past 10 years.

I mean when you have a barber in the family (yes, like a man hair cutting person).Why do you need to go anywhere else when there is a pair of clippers always laying around on a Sunday? Why would I need to visit a hairdresser when my 18 year old cousin can pop up an ombre tutorial on youtube and shove on some of that bleach we found in the back of the cupboard? You're with me right? I never need to visit a hairdressers ever again.

NEW TEA HOUSE - WEEK 6

We have colour! Hurray! We have light! Hurray!

We are getting there and next week will see nearly all of the decorating finished, to then leave us to put everything in place and scrub up them floorboards.

PEANUT BUTTER KITKAT BROWNIES

I was ready to bake up some peanut butter brownies this week due to me stumbling upon this!!

I was ready and meant business until....

I received a link to some kitkat brownies from one of our lovely tea bees. I thought why not add these into my recipe and make everyone very, very happy?

BODY SHOP HAUL

I never buy beauty products and rarely talk about my make up or skin routine. To be honest I get very scared about disclosing what I do. I always think I am doing things wrong and that there are 'certain' ways to do stuff that I unfortunately do not know the secret to.

With all that aside I have in fact this month been embracing being a girl, and trying out some places a little out of my comfit zone. I have asked for help in shops and feel really chuffed with myself for trying out some new places and of course my bags full of treats.

NEW TEA HOUSE - WEEK 5

Clean, clean, clean, that is what we have been doing this week. Getting rid of all that dust. All the building work is really done. You know the knocking through walls, the plumbing and electrics they are all done apart from a few floorboards to be ripped up and relaid, and the last of the wood chip to be stripped. We have been doing more behind the scenes work this week too. The menu is getting finished off, new products will be making an appearance and most importantly those christmas hampers need to be designed. So there is a fair bit to get done. What I am trying to say here, is that we are nearly ready to put paint to those walls.

MIDDLESBROUGH LIVE

Who doesn't love a good bit of live music every now and again? Especially when there is tea and cake involved.

NEW TEA HOUSE - WEEK 4

Week 4 has been a blooming pleasure!! I am a visual kinda girl, and once a few bricks had been knocked down and a million deliveries were made, including my brand new baby oven, I felt right back on top of the tea loving world.

GLEBE COTTAGE

With renovations taking over the whole of my life, I am not too sure how I found time to take a few hours out to head into the North Yorkshire Moors and go for tea and cake with some of my favourites. But I did. It was great and a much needed escape from sockets and plasterboard let me tell you.