The last few days of 30 Day Snap Challenge

Well it's the end of the 30 Day Snap Challenge and I found it so hard!! I have been really busy over the last few days so found it hard to think about getting my phone out for photo opportunities! So here's a little collection of some photos I've taken over the last few days.

We had a murder mystery evening with work and it was really fun! A lot I the company came and it was a school theme...hence the name badge! And we were served proper school dinners!

I went back home to visit the family this weekend. My brother is getting married next summer and his lovely fiancé asked me to be bridesmaid in the cutest way! She made her own scented candles and put them in vintage tea cups with a lovely message written on the tag to all the bridesmaids! Obviously I accepted and cannot wait for the wedding! Check out bells, bows and bella for her blog!

This is our family dog Boris. He's a French bulldog and still a puppy and he's soooo cute! He's my looking too attractive in this photo though!

It has been super hot this weekend in the UK and it has been glorious! Paul and I went for a little walk to the park before we had to do the dreaded food shop and he treated me to an ice cream and oh my word!! It was amazing! It was triple chocolate by carte dor...I suggest you all try this!!

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30 Day Snap Challenge Day 22

I have to apologise! I have totally let my snaps go! I have been so busy over the last few days I just haven't found the opportunity to take any photos.

On Saturday evening however, I did get a lovely quiet evening to myself as Paul went out.

I decided to go a little crazy with the chocolate! Apart from cadburys...these two are my favourites!

Milka is just incredible! And after treating myself to a giant toblerone after our holiday to Mexico...I've been hooked!

I will try to be more organised now!

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30 Day Snap Challenge Days 18 & 19

It's been soooo humid here recently so my friend Amie and I couldn't resist popping to the pub after work for a quick drink. It really felt like we were on holiday it was so warm...but then came the hayfever and I was bought back to reality with a sneeze!

And I'm going to cheat a little bit with my next snap as I really didn't have any photo opportunities but I saw this on the blog for 'a beautiful mess' and I am so trying this!

I have just realise this a very alcohol related post! Oops!

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30 Day Snap Challenge Days 15, 16 & 17

On Saturday I had fun being crafty! See my latest post for a tutorial on this.

On Sunday Paul and I went over to his parents for Sunday lunch. They recently bought a mini table tennis set. Once the rain had cleared we took to the garden patio table and things soon got pretty serious! The mini bats were ditched and we dug out some full size ones and a the tournament began! This is Paul and his brother taking things a little too seriously!

With it being Father's day yesterday I was having a dig around in my little box of memories to have a little smile to myself to remember him. Any photo I look at of my Dad I can't help but smile...just take a look at this waistcoat!

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DIY Paper hanging hearts

Today I decided to be a little crafty. Truth is I'm a little short on funds so today's activity needed to be purse friendly so I decided to give these paper hanging hearts a go. I took a trip in to town to pick up some supplies. I went to one of the Charity shops and was served by the sweetest man! Anyway that's a little off the point but he really did put a smile on my face! I needed an old book and I chose 'The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz' which was 49p. I then needed to pick up some string so I went to this shop called Jeremy's Home store, it's absolutely amazing. Sells all these cute home ware bits and bobs, Emma Bridgewater products, cooking utensils...all sorts! If you're local to Tunbridge Wells or just visiting I suggest you check it out! I normally spend a good half an hour in there just having a look. I do love those shops where you look around and could find about a million things that you could actually do with but never knew you needed....if that makes sense! I picked up some brown string for 99p.

So here's what you need:

• Hole punch
• Scissors
• Stapler
• An old book
• String

And here's what you need to do:

• Cleanly rip a page out of the book and cut into 5 equal(ish) strips
• Cut two of those strips about three quarters of the way down, keep the longer half and throw away the smaller half
• Put the strips together with the smaller two on the top and bottom and the longer strips in between and staple together
• Curl the two smaller strips round to the bottom where you stapled and hold in place
• Curl two longer strips round also and staple all in place at the bottom
• Cut the remaining long strip to desired length and hole punch in the middle
• Thread the hearts onto the string
• Repeat

VOILA!

I think this looks really cute and it was so cheap and easy to make!

Let me know what you think!

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Benefit - They're real mascara review

I can certainly say that all the reviews I've read about this mascara were spot on! WOW! I think I have finally found the perfect mascara! This may sound like a dramatic statement to make but I really don't have a favourite and I always try different brands every time I need a new one so I'm certainly happy I have got my hands on this little beauty. The only thing that put me off buying this product was the price tag. At £19.50 it is a little steep and like I said I have tried many mascaras, at the high end and low end of the scale so after not finding a decent one I kinda gave up with the high end mascaras, it was just costing me too much. After trying this mascara I am definitely happy to pay this in future.

Fortunately for me, I was buying June's ELLE magazine and I was delighted to find that for £4.00 they included a small version of the mascara. Considering they are selling this in Boots for £9.50, it took me about 2 seconds to grab it off the shelf!

Before:

After:

It adds so much length it's amazing! It's not at all clumpy. I think the wand really helps. I can't recall any other brands using this type of wand, it's sort of spikey which I think really helps get in between the lashes. There is no sign of it drying out and it doesn't flake which really is a pet hate of mine! I can really see why this is the UK's number 1 best selling mascara! All in all an AMAZING mascara and I will certainly be buying this again!

You can pick this up from Boots here and from Benefit here both at £19.50.

Have you tried this mascara? What are your thoughts?

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30 Day Snap Challenge Days 12, 13 & 14

When Paul got home from work on Wednesday he had a few little treats for me! It's so silly but I was actually so happy with what he surprised me with, he's so thoughtful sometimes!

I was treated to a lovely bunch of flowers, ideal home magazine and a bar of cadbury's summer limited edition of strawberries and cream which is incredible by the way! I really do recommend it. This issue of Ideal Home has some really lovely inspiration in there too.

By Thursday the Lillies in the flowers had really blossomed and I couldn't resist taking a photo. The colours in these flowers are just gorgeous and today the other two Lillies still haven't blossomed so excited to see how amazing the whole bunch will look. I told you I don't lead a very exciting life!

This evening I was just chilling out with a lovely breeze coming through the window and painting my nails. I try all sorts of combinations every time I do them. For these nails I used Essie in Nice is Nice and Models Own in Juicy Jules.

Tomorrow is the weekend so hopefully I will have the opportunity to take some more exciting photos!

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