♡Beginning the month with freshly dyed hair. It always makes me feel like a new woman. This year I've changed my usual go-to color from 'medium cool brown' to 'dark warm brown' by Clairol Nice 'N' Easy and I find it warms my skin tone so much better.♡We have started watching Peaky Blinders again. I've only ever seen up to season 2 in the past so this time we're watching all 6 seasons.
♡Headed to the polling station and made sure I voted.
♡Had a night out in Newcastle with my friend, Kate for a catch up and to watch the England VS Switzerland match. Happy with the result and great atmosphere. We started at The Old George, then (name) pub to meet some of our friends and then headed to Motel Mexicana and ended the night with food at Pizza Punks.
♡Another trip to the local car boot sale. Picked up a few goodies this time round that I'd seen last month; a Pikachu pin badge, a KISS Love Gun t-shirt and an England bucket hat to wear whilst the Euros are on.
♡Celebrating England beating The Netherlands 2-1 in the Euro 2024 semi-finals! My boyfriend and I wore our brand new matching England bucket hats whilst we watched it haha.
♡Finally treating myself to some flowers again for the home. I love how much sunflowers brighten up the place.
♡More warmer days meant I could finally wear more summery clothes for both in and outside of work. I've missed wearing floaty dresses and skirts and denim shorts.
♡Going back into consultations at work again. It's always an uneasy time but hopefully the outcome is a positive one.
♡Watching the Euros 2024 final with my boyfriend's family. We all got dressed up in our red and white attire and I sported my new England bucket hat for the occasion. It was England VS Spain and damn...I thought we might have made it but unfortunately not. It was great to all be together to watch it though despite the result.
♡My best friend's little girl graduated from nursery. How the time flies! She's so grown up!
♡Got my nails done a sunshine yellow color. I'm so happy with them!
♡Trying to cook/make some new dishes on an evening to change things up.
♡Sunny mornings spent down at the beach. Had a few weekends like this and it's been so much fun!
♡Had a lush afternoon/evening out in Durham with a few of my friends from work. Starting with food at InShanghai and followed by drinks at Turtle Bay and Lane 7.
♡Went to a fundraising event for my friend's work. It was a really fun afternoon with lots of stalls of activities including a ferret roulette which was different ha! , face painting, farm animals and a ukulele band who were brilliant!
♡Finally took some time off work and had a weeks holiday booked in. I had all sorts of ideas in my head of how I was going to make use of my time off but ended up derailing from my original plans. It was still good to have some time off but I was so ready to get back to work by the end of the week.
♡Visited my best friend, Nina in her gorgeous new home and was surprised with meeting her brand new puppy, Ida. She's a Bedlington terrier and she's SOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!
♡My boyfriend used one of his holidays at work to have some much needed time together. We had a chilled morning, then headed out for breakfast at our favorite place, then got changed and headed to the beach for the rest of the afternoon where we spent it swimming in the sea before ending the day with dinner at The Prospect Italian Bistro. I had the mussels to start and then tagliatelle carbonara for my main. The mussels especially were one of the best I've eaten!
♡Speaking of beach days, when the weather has been sunny we've had a few beach trips and its been some of my fondest memories we've made together so far this summer.
♡Seen my little Luna bear after almost a month! <3 Can't wait to be dog sitting her again next month :3
♡Finally, we took our new paddle board out for a test run. It was brilliant! It was a serene morning, the sun was shining, the sea was still and the water was so clear and refreshing. It was so much fun and as a water baby myself, it's an activity I could see myself really getting into more! Although I haven't quite mastered being able to keep my balance and paddling whilst standing up on it yet, it was great fun giving it a try.
