Christmas Tag

Hellooo Bloggers,

Soo excited that I have been tagged by Hope at Beauty & Bliss Blog to do the Christmas Tag! Why don't you pop over and read Hope's - Link Here.

Here are the questions & answers:

What is your favourite thing about Christmas?
Christmas in my family, is like the main day of the year, obviously! My whole family get together at my grandparents, just doing usual things like opening presents and a meal.

When you were a kid, what did you leave for Santa on Christmas Eve?
If I remember properly, I think we used to leave cookies and milk - however, at the age of 6 or 7 I found out who Santa really was! (daddy wasn't the best at being quiet)

Do you and/or your family have any Christmas traditions?
Just all gathering together to celebrate at my grandparents, all my cousins and myself started to get a bit old for it, but then I had Corey so Christmas spirit started all over again having another child to spoil :)

When decorating, do you go all out or just do a small amount of decorating?
I go all out in the living room, but nowhere else in the house!

What is your favourite Christmas dinner food?
Well really it is the whole Christmas dinner itself really, but my favourites would be yorkshires & I LOVE Turkey!

What is your favourite Christmas movie?
Santa Claus 1, 2 and 3 - will watch all of these every year. Although, I watched 'Jingle All The Way' for the first time the other day, and it was amazing!

What is your favourite Christmas song?
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
had a very shiny nose.
And if you ever saw him,
you would even say it glows.

What was your favourite gift you've ever received?
My very first Tatty Teddy when I was 13, then the next year my first first Pandora bracelet - both off my wonderful daddy :)

What is your favourite Christmas memory?
Ermmm.. probably fact my cousins, brother and I would always open our presents together before dinner!

Does it snow where you live?
For as long as I can remember, it only snowed once at Christmas time - 3 years ago when I had my precious little bubba! Otherwise, it usually Snows in February!

Do you own an "ugly holiday sweater"?
I never have, until now!! I got one with a Penguin on :D exciting!

Hot chocolate or eggnog?
Never tried Eggnog, so Hot Chocolate I guess - but I am not a huge fan of hot drinks, I don't drink Tea or Coffee EVER!

Have you ever been kissed under a mistletoe?
On a night out on St Patrick's Irish Day in March when I was like 16 - random!

Sooo.. I Tag:

Sophie at EskayBeauty
Liz at My Pretty Obsessions
Rebecca at Rebeccacoco
Kate at Katebobbi
Paige at Paige's Preferences
Beth at Beauty in Beta
Can do this on youtube or blog post - leave your links once you have done it please for me to read :)

Come back soon for more posts :)

Love, Yummy Mummy xo

Family Photoshoot

Hey Bloggers,

So a few weeks ago I had a family photoshoot and the photo's are literally so amazing I just had to share them on my blog as I am over the moon!

When Corey was 9 months old, at the time I was recently a single mother - so I got a shoot of just us two, to symbalise our bond etc. Here are some of those pictures:

(Corey was a poser which the pictures certainly show (Also I was only a size 14, take me back to those days!!)

I didn't think I would meet anyone else, but I ended up meeting someone not long after Corey's 1st Birthday, he is not only the love of my life but my best friend and hopefully soon to be hubby - now nearing to our 22 months, and celebrating our first house together etc. A great time for a photoshoot to put up over the fireplace etc. As we don't have many pictures of us all together as neither of the boys like having their pictures taken but they came out amazing!
Here are some of my best pics:

Corey & I - fav pic!

Lovee the squashing pic of my boys, such a fun moment - another fav pic!

Some of all of us!

I haven't put many of myself on here as quite frankly I am a bit embarrased on how big I am and these pictures reflect that.

However, I am so pleased with the outcome of all the pictures. I hope you enjoy :)

Love, Yummy Mummy xo

#TheWinterProject - Week 3

Hellooo Bloggers,

This is the 2nd of #TheWinterProject created by the wonderful Kellie Saunders who has a post all about this project on this link here.

They will be up every week on Tuesday's, posts going live at 6pm - so don't forget to come back regularly to check my posts please :)

Week 1 - Fav Winter Nails - Link Here

Week 2 - Winter Accessories - Link Here

Week 3 - Winter Scents

Fav Winter Scents
Here is some of my all time favourite perfumes, I absolutely LOVE fruity light scents:

JLo Live - Boots £15.99 for 100ml
So this one has been my number 1 perfume ever since I was around 13/14 (now 20) and I am very gutted to say that once these are sold, that is it they are being discontinued :( I can not even begin to explain how upset I am at this, so you best go try it before it goes as it is deffo one for keeps. It smells so fruitilious and just amazing, no faults what so ever!

Next is..

Versace Jeans (Red for girls, Blue for boys) - Boots £14.99
Originally, last year we brought these for my boyfriends best friends, who are a couple. Very sweet to be matching - absolutely love this idea as I am a hopeless romantic! We liked the smell of them soo much, I got some for us. Now I am on my 3rd this year. Again it is fruity, but also my new fav!

Last but not least..

Vera Wang Love Struck - Boots £19.99 for 30ml
Just to repeat myself, if you hadn't realised by now, again this is another fruity perfume. You can tell my obsession by now surely :) and you are probably wondering why fruity smells are for winter, well because that little glimpse of fruitness is all we have over winter to remind us of summer. Deffo go try these if you want to smell gorgeous :)

Leave me your links to your #TheWinterProject !

Love, Yummy Mummy xo

Christmas Galore!!

Evening beauties,

Yesterday (Saturday) Corey, nanny and myself went to Milton Keynes shopping centre, to see their Christmas display they have every year. The theme was 'Snow White in The Land of Enchanted Dreams' and ohh it was so magical :) We didn't get to see Santa has he was too busy in the morning, but they had a train that went round the display, and here are some snaps of that:

Corey found it truly amazing, with his little giggle the whole way round!!

Now, today we have officially taken Lazy Sunday to an extreme in this house as my little man slept in until 1.30 this afternoon without a peak all morning. This was only because I woke him up then, he would have slept for much longer - unsure why the sudden laziness. I on the other hand have been wide awake since around 7, as every morning I have to nudge and poke to boyfriend for endless amount of hours to get him up for work, and no surprise he was late yet again. Sooo bloody beyond annoying, I have to get up early to wake him up on my only chance to have the slightest lay in all week - well not a happy bunny today. I did however stay in bed all morning until Corey awakened as did not dare get up encase he hears me. There goes my morning of housework I had planned for today - thank god! :)

So after my sleepy little child woke up we relaxed on the sofa, and watched Cartoonito Channel which shows all of his favourite shows such as Fireman Sam, Baby Looney Tunes, Peppa pig, Banana's in Pyjama's etc.

At 5pm, the other half has come home from work - being lazy buggers we has left over Indian take away from last night :)

Now to the very exciting bit, Christmas is coming to my household!!!! I finally decided to just do it, and put my Christmas decorations up as I couldn't wait any longer. Last year it was our first Christmas together as a couple, so we decided to go all out and buy an amazing big Christmas tree with beautiful decorations - at my old flat this was so only had room for a tree. This year I am very excited to be putting this exact Christmas Tree up in our new house :)

Over the next few weeks, I shall be adding to my living room decorations because as mentioned last year I only had room for a Tree, I want lights, tinsel, Reindeer's and Santa by the fireplace etc!

Here is pictures of us building the tree, and the mess it caused:

The best part of all, my Corey putting the Star on the top of the Christmas Tree for the first year ever, a new tradition:

Now here is the final masterpiece - (in light and darkness) :)

My christmassy fireplace etc:

Finally, my favourite teddies.. I got these last year for a bargain at Tesco, Santa & the Elf are my favourite. If I was a kid, they would go everywhere with me - Luckily, I am not quite that sad at 20!

So let me know what you think, and when are you putting up your decorations?? Come join me on the early band wagon & hope to see lots of Christmassy posts up very soon!

Love, Yummy Mummy xo

#YummyMummyGiveAway - Benefit Gift Set xo

Helloo bloggers,

So my last give-away went really well - Link Here, and I am so pleased to say I am almost at my next milestone & I just couldn't wait to post it, so here it is :)

I am so overwhelmed by the amazing response my blog has had, I only blog for myself but that fact people actually read it is just such a big bonus. Makes my day every day :) Only been going since 2nd September 2013. Just bursting with excitement right now, as I am so excited about this prizee!

Prize:

Suprise Benefit Gift Set

Now to the legal stuff, my rules are as followed:

1.You MUST follow on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Bloglovin, these are mandatory requirements. I will check on this, please don't follow to unfollow - it breaks my little heart. (I do actually follow back too!)
2.The main prize is a surprise Benefit gift set, but we can discuss via email if you are chosen as the winner.
3.Please bare in mind, that once the winner is chosen. I then have to order it, be sent to me for me to then send it to you. I will get this done as quickly as possible.
4.The competition will run from 21/11/2013 at 6pm until 12/12/2013 at 9pm to be able to ensure delivery before Christmas.
5.This is all fun and games, so please do not spam, have a go etc at me. I will get upset and just disqualify you from the competition.

GOOD LUCK!!
Thank you sooo much you lovely bloggers!!
Love, Yummy Mummy xo

**IMPORTANT**

To be in the chance of winning, you MUST do all mandatory requirements stated in T&C's number 1. That means instagram, facebook, twitter & bloglovin. Please :) Only stressing this as want it to be fair for everyone! I do check, anyone who doesn't follow these rules will have other entries removed! 

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#TheWinterProject - Week 2

Hellooo Bloggers,

This is the 2nd of #TheWinterProject created by the wonderful Kellie Saunders who has a post all about this project on this link here.

They will be up every week on Tuesday's, posts going live at 6pm - so don't forget to come back regularly to check my posts please :)

Week 1 - Fav Winter Nails - Link Here

Week 2 - Winter Accessories

Lets start of with what my favourite - my super duper amazing fireplace! Having only just moved in to this house over Summer, having a fireplace is just perfect, it really does keep me warm in this big old house.

Next, I have my new winter coat :)

a very drunken night so not long ago!
Also, a nice new winter blanket & a onesie is on my wishlist!

The most annoying thing is, I had this onesie in my New Look basket over the weekend, and I then removed to get the cost down. Grrr, regret big time!

Come back next Tuesday please for Week 3 - Winter Scents :)

Love, Yummy Mummy xo

#TheWinterProject - Week 1

Hellooo Bloggers,

This is the start of #TheWinterProject created by the wonderful Kellie Saunders who has a post all about this project on this link here.

They will be up every week on Tuesday's, posts going live at 6pm - so don't forget to come back regularly to check my posts please :)

Week 1 - Favourite Winter Nails

So let's start off with what I have in the picture..

OPI Big Apple Red
OPI Miami Beet
OPI Lourve Me Lourve Me Not
Sally Hansen Nailgrowth Miracle
L'Oreal Paris Color Riche Boudoir Rose
L'Oreal Paris Color Riche Addictive Plum
Well I know that the Sally Hansen isn't a Winter colour, however, I just had to throw it in as it really does work miracles. You apply every other day and you certainly start to notice a difference by next morning - I certainly did. I have the tendancy to bite my nails, but I like my nails nice and long for certain events, so this is a great way to do this quick!

My other favourites are the L'Oreal Paris Color Riche Addictive Plum and OPI Lourve Me Lourve Me Not - both some of my daily favs at the moment, both absolutely beautiful winter dark plum colours. Suitable for any outfit and just so in love with them :)

Also, I am not usually a fan of light nudey/pink colours however the L'Oreal Paris Color Riche Boudoir Rose is a stunning natural colour, perfect for the work day - as I am not really allowed to wear bright nail varnish. Creates the perfect professional look.

Left - Boudoir Rose
Right - Lourve Me Lourve Me Not
That is it for now, for this week, come back next Tuesday for Favourite Winter Accessory.

Love, Yummy Mummy xo