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12th July 2013

Dress c/o Laura Ashley
Sandals: H&M (old)
Confession; I had totally forgot I owned these sandals. It wasn’t until the arrival of my new bed last week and a clear out of my shoes to utilise my new under bed storage that I found them. How I let them pass me by I don’t know, they are the comfiest gladiator style sandals I have ever owned and cost me something stupid like £14.99 three years ago.
I also need to wear this dress more. Sent to me by the lovely folk at Laura Ashley (who have a rather smashing sale on at the moment) it’s one of those dresses that requires bare legs, and given that the weather has only just allowed for that I guess I’ll be living in this for a bit…
It’s only a few weeks until my holiday now and I’m still on the search for some holiday essentials. I’m going for almost a fortnight and I don’t want to take loads of clothes with me as I want to bring lots back! What staples that multi-task would you suggest? So far I’m thinking maxi dresses, denim shorts and a few vests/tees and flip flops…
I’m a rubbish packer, and even more rubbish at packing light so all ideas appreciated.
xxx

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More from Spain

12th August 2012

5 Cents of amusement!

 The little beach at Torremuelle.

 Soft serve fro-yo in Malaga!

 Most amazing salad EVER (so good we went twice!) at Papas in Malaga

 View from the top of the Palacio Hotel in Malaga (we chilled for a good few hours up here, bliss!)

 Freshly cooked Sardines and Red Snapper in Torremolinos; eaten on the beach front.

 Once again on top of the Hotel

 View from our apartment at the Hotel Vista de Rey

 Flights of Nancy hand luggage!

 Coffee stop in Malaga!

I may not have the words to sum up our holiday, but I can dump a load of photos on you and let you work it out for yourselves!

The last photo, taken by Ellie was taken in Benalmadena and really sums up so much of what this holiday was about…for me, eating and enjoying ice cream, spur of the moment in full view of everyone marks a turning point. I have finally come to peace with a lot of my battles, have realised just how much the world has to offer and how I need and WANT to be healthy so I can do all the things I want to do but had previously written off. I have a genuine excitment for the future and I refuse to hold myself back.

Enjoy

((I promise that’s it for holiday photos now!))

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Back in Britain

12th August 2012

Well that’s it,
the holiday had to end and I am back in England…with rain. I seriously cannot begin to recap the time we had out there, so I shall once again direct you to Ellie’s blog where she will be documenting the holiday!

I’ll leave you with a few more photos for now, I guess that at somepoint in the week there will be a proper return to blogging, right now I cannot get my head around a lot at all!

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Hola

10th August 2012

Hola,
And greetings from our poolside view (and really, our hotel balcony as we’re ground floor right by the pool and bar!)
I had sort of intended to blog as we went along on this holiday, but I feel refreshed and alive and really, haven’t had a spare second to do so until now!
This holiday is proving to be everything I could have hoped for AND more, I can’t even begin to recount everything that we have done, for that I direct you to my travelling buddy Ellie and her blog…

I will be so sad to leave this place behind tomorrow night, but we already have plans to come back here, this exact place for two weeks next year. I have met amazing people and achieved things I honestly didn’t expect to be able to achieve in just a few short days…

I’ll leave this entry here…other than to say Malaga is blogger shopping heaven!

Have a few photos to wet your appetite for my return: this might be the most appalling written entry ever, but dammit, I don’t care!

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Jetting Off (on the cheap?)

20th June 2011


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With the seemingly never ending rain and grey skies, my mind has once again turned to holidays. I am so disorganised though, I’ve never had a job where I work more than weekends so booking time off was something that hadn’t really occurred. Amazingly, on checking the holiday rota in the office today I have somehow scored a week off in July AND a week in October.

Temptation is creeping in to jet off somewhere hot and sunny, and with websites galore offering cheap holidays it could soon become more reality than fantasy. I do have a few hesitations though.

– Going it alone. As much as I’m craving sun and sea and some peace and quiet, could I stand more than a day of my own company? Especially on foreign shores where I am un-blessed in language and common sense skills. Have you ever been abroad alone? How did you find it?

– Money/hidden costs. Sure the holiday might be cheap, but what about hidden costs? What sort of budget would I plan for?

– Packing. I do not have a holiday wardrobe. And cannot afford one.

– Swimwear. I do not have a beach ready body.

What do we think? Would you do it?

I’m thinking perhaps I’m better off planning for October rather than July, more notice for a friend or two to get some time off…

but then…WHERE IS SUNNY IN OCTOBER?

Oh help.

(sponsored post. I do accept sponsored posts, but only if they relate to me…which this one did. I’ve done nothing but tweet about/complain loudly about my lack of holiday for weeks)

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