Friday 27 February 2015

Friends, The Oscars and a red lip - #little loves

Happy Friday!

This week has been all about friends.  On Saturday I met up with my girl friends for lunch and drinks to celebrate the last of our group's 30th birthdays.  We've been friends since nursery and are really close but are all so busy these days with different stages of our lives (babies, toddlers, weddings, house renovations - we're a busy bunch) that weeks can go by without us seeing each other, so its always exciting when we have a date in the diary to get together and catch up on what we've been missing in each other lives.

Friendship for Lucas at age 4 is really no different to us as adults, its already so important to him.  His excitement this week has been off the scale as he has counted down the days to one of his nursery friend's birthday parties, which is today.

And for Charlotte, after a few weeks of us missing coffee with our antenatal group we managed to make it this week.  Its hard to believe that our group of babies have grown up so quickly.  Gone are the meet ups where we all got to drink our coffee and diet cokes while the babies snoozed in their prams.  Now they are all 8/9 months old and are quite the lively bunch.  It'll be amazing to see them all as they start walking and interacting with each other as they approach their first birthdays.

Anyway, as usual I am rounding up what has been another busy week for us by linking up with Morgana from 'But Why Mummy Why' for my #littleloves of this week...


Read

I've really got into the lovely Charlotte Taylor's blog, 'Write like no one is watching' this week. During one of my binge reads of her blog I came across her post on how she created a chalkboard fireplace in her living room.  I've never seen anything like this before, but what a fab idea.  So much fun and it looks stunning.  I've been trying to figure out where I could fit a chalkboard in our house.  I have my eye on a space in our kitchen...





Watched

I couldn't help but catch some of the Oscars coverage at the start of the week.  I'm not dedicated enough to stay up into the wee small hours to watch the ceremony live, but I'm quite happy to catch up on all the goings ons over my porridge the next morning.
I'm a typical girl and love to see all the dresses from the night.  This year my favourites were Reese Witherspoon and Emma Stone.  Both completely different but equally as stunning and elegant.




Did you see the lego Oscars which were handed out on the night?  It was apparently the Director of The Lego Movie giving two fingers to not making the nominations for 'best animation'.  What a marketing stunt!




Heard

I'm still really enjoying the Rihanna featuring Kanye West and Sir Paul McCartney collaboration - FourFiveSeconds.

I'm usually not a fan of any of them (well maybe Sir Paul McCartney since my hubby is a fellow Scouser), but I really like this.





Made

The Playdoh was out early one morning this week when we had a nothing much on and could stay in our jammies a bit longer.  Lucas is obsessed with the recycling truck when it comes up our street every Tuesday morning and is so disappointed if he misses it.  So when I saw Playdoh had brought out a recycling truck set, it had Lucas' name all over it.  Needless to say he loves it.  It moulds rubbish cans and bottles and then scoops them up and spits them out the back as fish bones and other rubbish as you push it along.




Wore

This week I have been trying out a new red lipstick.  Its amazing how much more pulled together something as simple as a bold red lip can make you feel and I love this one which is Mac's 5-Alarm.  Its quite a sheer red so is an easy to wear, day to day colour.  I'm not the most adventurous when it comes to lip colours but I'm getting better and finding them so fun to wear.



And lastly...

To finish where I started this post, what a true quote...


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24 comments:

  1. Morning! Hope you have a lovely weekend ahead planned? I do miss those leisurely coffee dates where the babies slept for the duration.....they soon have other ideas eh?

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    1. Morning! Nothing planned for the weekend yet but nice that our weekend is completely open so we can see what we fancy. Yup, those leisurely coffee dates are long gone! Hope you have a lovely weekend xx

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  2. Morning!! I love MAC red Lipstick! You're right when you say it makes you feel more together. I always find it gives me much more confidence even though it's quite a bold statement colour! Have a fab weekend!

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    1. Morning! I know, I have a couple of Macs lipsticks but this is my favourite so far. Hope you have a lovely weekend too xx

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  3. The playdoh truck is so cool. The playdoh range is so interesting now.
    I love the Lego Oscars, a bit of a passive aggressive statement but fun all the same :-)

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  4. I know, its ace isn't it! They have so many amazing bits, not just the fun factory that I remember having when I was his age (although we do have this as well) :) Hope you have a lovely weekend xx

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  5. I 'allowed' play doh to enter our house for the first time this Christmas. I never thought about accessories though. Other than my poor rolling pin. I must have a look! Now following you on Bloglovin, so I can keep up in future! Hope you have a fab weekend!

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  6. Thanks lovely! Hope you have a great weekend too!

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  7. Ah - nice little loves. I've *always* wanted to stay up and watch the Oscars but now I've got kids that is never going to happen! I've caught snippets here and there like Neil Patrick Harris's big song & dance routine. Haven't captured many of the dresses this year but I always used to catch up with the Heat or MSN coverage the next day. I am absolutely *loving* that chalkboard fireplace - genius! But I can just imagine that it would end up just a series of random scribbling in my house or if I put the chalk out of reach then anything I put on would be rubbed away within ten seconds! I read another post which referenced a fab slate-top table this week too - I'm loving all this chalkboard inspiration: http://muminanutshell.com/why-i-need-a-slate-top-table-in-my-life/ Have a fab weekend X #littleloves

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    1. Thanks lovely! Ooh I'm away to have a look at your link. Have a great weekend x

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  8. Ive pulled the rid lippy out this week too, even braved the school run with it today! Its all about the confidence! I think i just about got away with it! I love your apple table cloth!

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    1. Good on you! Its amazing the little things that give you a little confidence boost, isn't it. Aw thanks lovely. Have a great weekend x

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  9. The playdough recycling truck sounds like so much fun. Sad I missed the Oscar coverage this year. Love Reece and her dress. Happy Weekend!

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    1. Lucas absolutely loves the recycling truck - hours of fun :) Hope you are having a great weekend x

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  10. Live the red lippy.....zing have a collection of lipsticks in red at this stage! I used to stay up
    All night to watch the Oscars....now I keep up during the week- love the dress picks! Have a lovely weekend xxx

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    1. Thanks lovely! Hope you're having a good week x

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  11. I'm a very recent convert to lipstick. It really does make such a difference and it's so easy. I always worry it looks too much but I never ever think that when it is on other people - so typical! I wore it today! :) I love Emma Stone's dress. So beautiful. We painted the section under our stairs with blackboard paint. It's discreet but really handy! xx

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    1. Emma Stones dress is amazing, isn't it. Ooh that's a good idea about under your stairs. I definitely need to get on the blackboard case xx

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  12. Oh wow, that chalk board idea is awesome! Defo one to try out as it gets warmer and we stop using our fire place. Love it! #littleloves

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    1. Doesn't it look fab! Such a great idea x

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  13. LOVE a red lippy, you just can't go wrong with one. We had a week of play-doh too, the boys love it which is a nightmare for my OCD as i can't stand mess lol! So glad you and the little ones have had some catch ups with friends, sounds like you all have a very busy social life! xxx #LittleLoves
    Love From Mummy - UK Parenting Lifestyle Blog

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    1. I''m a bit OCD too and for me Lucas mixing the different Play Doh colours together is a bit of a challenge :) The little ones always seem to have a better social life than us :) xx

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  14. I love a MAC red lipstick, you can't go wrong with one at all.
    We really need some new playdoh, all ours is either dry or mixed to a greyish brown colour, yuck. E keeps asking to play with it so I really must replace it soon. Hope you're having a good week xx

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    1. I have a few different MAC reds and completely agree that you can't go wrong with any of them. Such a pick me up! Hope you and yours are having a great week x

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