Saturday, 14 November 2015

London Trip November 2015

Hello Everybody!

Sorry it's been a while since I last posted - I took Rhys on a trip to London recently to stay with my friend Danielle and her two children, Jayden and Molly. It was a nine hour drive there, and a nine hour drive back, and since being home I've been incredibly tired, also had all the washing from the trip to tackle, as well as putting my sons new bed together, and painting the flat - safe to say I've been a little busy!

I've spent the morning wallpapering my final bedroom wall, and am now finally sitting down with a cheeky cuppa, and I thought I should quickly write out a new London blog to show you guys what I've been up to and give you something new to read!

So, when I say I stayed in London, what I actually mean was I stayed on the outskirts, at my friend's flat, in Walton. We mostly stayed in Walton, with occasional trips to Woking, Molesey, and Hersham, and my Danielle set up the spare bedroom in her flat for me and Rhys to stay in, which was really sweet of her!

It was such a good trip, as single parents it's really nice to be able to socialise with someone your own age and to be honest, when you're on your own with a toddler, you don't often get the chance to. It was so nice for Rhys to play with children his own age as well, he got on really well with Jayden and Molly!




Danielle and I are both into healthy eating and fitness as well, so we made some very healthy dinners each night! 



We also made this recipe from one of her cook books as it seemed easy and healthy!


We also took trips to Primark, Nandos, Wagamamas, we took all the children out to soft play, and one evening, all the children fell asleep by 7 so Dani got her cousin to babysit so that she and I could go out! Might I just say there were copious amounts of wine involved but it was so good to have some fun and have a break from the kids! Drunken selfie! We went clubbing in Kingston's Pryzm and it was so much fun!


I'm really sorry if you were expecting a sightseeing type post of London, I purely went to visit my friend and give our kids the chance to meet and play with each other!

Lots of Love,

Sam x










Thursday, 5 November 2015

Cheap and Easy Meals for Weight Loss

Hello Everybody!

Today I'm going to share with you my favourite recipes for weight loss. These are super easy, really cheap, and very nutritious! These recipes are what my diet is based on, and so far I've lost fourteen pounds on it so I'm going to continue doing it!    

1. Tomato, Basil, and Paprika Soup Recipe:


Ingredients
A dozen fresh tomatoes (I buy the Family Pack in Iceland)
A handful of diced sweet potatoes
200g fresh basil
2 diced garlic cloves
1 heaped tsp smoked paprika powder
1.5L vegetable stock (Kallo Cubes are vegan)
Salt and pepper to taste
A squeeze of lemon juice (fresh is best!)
1 tsp sugar

Method
I start by boiling the kettle and preparing the vegetable stock first. While I'm waiting for the kettle to boil, I start chopping up the tomatoes into eighths. I tend to leave the skin on, as it's going to be blended at the end so it isn't even noticeable. I then start dicing the garlic, and I put that into my slow cooker, along with the tomatoes, and stock. I really like to use sweet potatoes in this recipe as they're healthy, but still also a carb so they make you feel fuller, and the texture thickens the soup which works really, really well. I then add in all the other ingredients to the pot, place the lid on, and leave it for 4-5 hours on high. Just before serving, I put the mixture into the blender, and blend it for a couple of minutes until it's all smooth. I also like to finely shred a few basil leaves to garnish for a splash of extra colour.

2. Thai Spiced Pumpkin Soup

Ingredients:
A 1.5kg pumpkin
1 white onion
1 can of coconut milk
1 tsp ginger garlic paste (you can get this in the world foods aisle in Tesco)
2 spring onions
1 red chilli, deseeded and sliced finely
A dash of soy sauce
A dash of lemon juice
Salt and pepper to taste

Method:
In a saucepan, start by frying your diced white onion in a tablespoon of vegetable oil. Add in the filling of the pumpkin, I just scoop it out and straight into the pan! Let these sweat for a few minutes while you chop up the spring onions, and the chilli. Remember with the chilli, it's important to wash your hands thoroughly straight after! And in the spring onions and the chilli to the pan, and once they're also sweated down til they're soft, add in your teaspoon of ginger garlic, the dash of lemon, the dash of soy sauce, and your coconut milk. Cook on a medium heat for a further five to ten minutes until piping hot, and pour the mixture into your blender. Blend until smooth, and you can also use the finely sliced chilli, and spring onions, to garnish (optional).

3. Mango and Banana Smoothie


This is so easy it doesn't really even need a recipe. You just pop ingredients into a blender and you're done! I like to cut up a whole mango in to chunks, two bananas, and put those in a blender. I like to use tropical juice to fill it up just enough so that it covers the fruit. I then add in a few ice cubes, and blend until smooth. Generally, I like to pour mine into jars, so that there is enough for me and Rhys, and I can drink it on the go. I'm busy a lot so I like to make sure I have something I can take with me.


4. Blueberry, Strawberry, and Cranberry Smoothie

Ingredients
Fresh blueberries
Fresh strawberries
Cranberry juice 

Method
Add a cup of blueberries, and a cup of strawberries into your blender. Top up with cranberry juice so that the fruit is just covered. Blend it on the highest setting to make sure it's all visibly smooth, and serve.

5. Two Boiled Eggs and Asparagus


Ingredients
2 fresh eggs
Asparagus

Method
Boil water in a saucepan until it's bubbling hot. While this is boiling, start grilling your asparagus. I personally like using my George Foreman Grill for this but you could use it under a standard oven grill, as long as you keep an eye on it! When the water is boiled, using a large spoon, submerge the eggs in the water and cook for five minutes. Scoop out and put into egg cups. I use a teaspoon to open up the top!

P.S. I don't always serve mine with crusty bread as it's not particularly healthy, but on treat nights I love it!

6. Tuna Protein Plate (No Cooking Required!)


Ingredients
A can of mixed beans
A can of tuna in spring water
Fresh spinach

Method
Open the can of mixed beans and drain using a sieve. Wash the beans under the tap in cold water to get rid of the salty liquid in the tin. Chop up your fresh spinach leaves however you like, and open and drain the can of tuna as well. Place your ingredients on a plate and it's ready to eat! I like to drizzle soy sauce over mine so that it's like an oriental bento box.

7. Chicken, Avocado and Mango Wrap

Ingredients
Brown Tortilla Wrap
An Avocado
A Mango
Chicken pieces (I use Quorn chicken pieces as I'm pescetarian) 
Salt and pepper to season 

Method
In a frying pan, fry your chicken pieces in a teaspoon of vegetable oil on a medium heat for around ten minutes, stirring occasionally so it doesn't burn. Cut open the avocado and mango and scoop out the fruit. Mash together into a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Spread over your tortilla wrap, and place your cooked chicken on top in equal portions, and wrap your tortilla around the filling. I cut mine in half so it's easier to eat!

8. Baked Salmon and Broccoli

Ingredients
Fresh salmon portion
Salt and pepper to taste
Fresh or frozen broccoli

Method
Preheat your oven to gas mark 6/220 degrees.  Wrap your seasoned salmon portion in tin foil and bake for around 25 minutes. While this is in the oven, boil some water in a saucepan, wait for it to bubble so you know it's boiling, and add in your broccoli portion. Boil for five to ten minutes. Once your salmon portion is cooked you can serve up, so use a spatula to transfer it to your plate, and drain the water from your broccoli with a sieve bedore serving that up with it. 


9. Strawberry, Banana and Blueberry Dessert Pot

Ingredients
A handful of fresh strawberries
A handful of fresh blueberries
A whole banana
Natural yoghurt
Chopped walnuts
Honey

Method
Wash your strawberries and blueberries in cold water under the tap, using a seive. On a chopping board, cut the stalks off the strawberries and cut the strawberries in half. Place your halved strawberries and whole blueberries into your bowl, and chop up your banana into equal sizes before adding that to the bowl, too. Top fruit with a couple of spoonfuls of low fat natural yoghurt, and some crushed walnuts, before drizzling a little honey on top to sweeten it.

I hope you guys have enjoyed reading this post! Let me know if you try anything, I'd love to know! 

Lots of Love,

Sam x


Fitness Related Christmas Wishlist 2015

Hello Everybody!

So, recently I blogged about starting a new smoothies and soups diet. I'm not going to lie to you, I never want to lie on here, that didn't really work very well for me. I didn't even last a day. However, I started my task of losing weight sort of around April last year. I saw a picture of myself at my sons birthday and I felt like I looked huge. After that, I made much more health conscious decisions regarding what I ate, and I've only been doing that subconsciously these past five months. However, on my recent weigh in (October 31st 2015), I've discovered that I've lost 12lb in that time frame! I'm actually really happy with that as I know I haven't been trying that hard to lose weight, I've just been eating healthier but I haven't really been exercising much. 


However, in the new year I really want to change that too, which is why I've composed a Fitness Related Christmas Wish List! I've seriously caught the health and fitness bug these past couple of weeks and I really want to keep it up, as I always feel so much better about myself when I exercise!

The first thing I really like is this Fabletics Toucan Outfit. I like that it's really unique, yet it's not boring. I really like exercise clothes that cover me up yet still look flattering so I think that this is the kind of thing I'd love to exercise in and still feel like I look nice. This outfit is £31 with free delivery.


The second thing is this pair of white leather Converse. I really love the idea of pairing the with the Toucan outfit as the leggings have white in the geometric print that would look really nice with these shoes. Obviously fitness isn't all about how you look but I personally am one of those people who always want to present myself well and I feel like this outfit and shoe combo are just the kind of thing I'd feel really comfortable about myself in. These are £55 in my local JD Sports. I don't feel like these are that cheap, I couldn't buy them for myself, but as a Christmas or birthday present I'd be over the moon with these! 


The third thing I'd love, is something to actually exercise on! I've spied this mini trampoline on Amazon, which seems to have a good rating. This is slightly under £30. Initially I wanted a gym membership, but that is £30 a month which I can't really justify paying or asking for, but I find mini trampoline exercises so fun, and it's something I can do at home which is perfect as I have my son Rhys with me all the time. I've also already got an Ab Trainer for my upper body, so a mini trampoline would be great for me to work on my lower body, too. It's virtually impossible to find time to go for a run as I'm always with my toddler, and I'm really body conscious so I feel most comfortable working out at home. Also, for workout music, I really like Pia Mia!


I'm probably also going to get myself some (very boring but very good for weight loss) lunch portion pots and smoothie shakers. A lot of people find it hard to lose weight because even thought they might be making healthier choices, they're simply eating too much without realising. They're also really good for when you're on the go, so you can carry your portions around with you and you won't be tempted by all the local sandwich shops or anything.

I'm really committed to losing my weight for good this time. As I've not exercised in a long time, I've started doing gentle exercises, like YouTubing beginner home exercises, and taking my son on two hour long walks in the countryside, a couple of times a week, which I feel is a good start, however I do really want to be doing more than that. As we're nearly half way through November, I'm going away on Monday back to London for a week, but I'll be staying with my friend Dani who is a Personal Trainer so I'm probably going to do a few workouts with her! Then it will be nearly December by the time I come back and there will only be a couple of weeks until Christmas so I can't really justify buying a mini trampoline to work out on when I'll barely be home (plus, I've barely started Christmas Shopping) so I think for now, I'll just be eating healthier (I'm going to also do an incredibly easy healthy meals post soon too), and be doing gentle workouts at home, and going on walks, before I start a new fitness regime in the New Year. I feel like this post has been so long!

Anyway, I hope you are all having a lovely week, wherever you are!

Much love,

Sam x






October Glossybox/Girly Day

Hello Everybody!

As I'm currently writing this, it's a very drizzly, bleak, typically British winter day. However, I have a cup of tea to my right, and my newly delivered Glossybox to my left, and I've had a lovely girly morning of getting my nails done, and buying a new dress to wear for when I go out in London next week, so really, I'm in a lovely happy mood! I want to apologise for my Glossybox post being so late, it's taken three deliveries to get here as there were a lot of problems I encountered with the Royal Mail (they literally refused to deliver my box the first time and sent it back to Glossybox), I then contacted Glossybox to get them to redeliver it, and the postman this time walked to my door, stuffed a 'Sorry we missed you' flyer through my letterbox, and left without even delivering my box, even though I was in! I the had to contact my local Royal Mail office to get them to redeliver it again! It's been such hassle but by no fault at all of Glossybox, they were really lovely and helpful. Anyway, it's now finally arrived!

Just a sneak peek because I love them, here are my nails, acrylics painted in a taupe OPI Polish. 


And here's the dress I bought, from New Look, for £14.99. It's black bodycon, with gold and silver glitter and sequins. I'm taking my son Rhys to London next week for my friends birthday, we're staying with her and she has a little boy that Rhys can play with too, and we're going to take the kids out places, and one night we're planning to go out baby-free for her birthday, I'm really looking forward to this trip as I used to live in London, and I have so many friends that I miss so much and three of my friends have also had babies recently too and I'm so excited to see them and meet their little ones!


Anyway, cracking on! Today's post is actually about October's Glossybox, sorry if you got sidetracked by me gushing about London (there will be a post on that too as I love doing posts about my adventures and what I get up to!) 


Receiving a Glossybox is literally like receiving presents in the post. The October box was filled with five full size beauty treats. It's well worth opening the door to the postman while you're wearing your pyjamas looking like crap! This is my first beauty box subscription - my friend recommended Birchbox to me but I felt like Glossybox was the better deal, and I really want the November Glossybox as it's going to be five limited edition Nars products. Nars is the only luxury makeup brand I've never bought anything from so I'm desperate to get my hands on that! I'd also like to say that Glossyboxes are presented so beautifully, it really is just such a treat to recieve them and for under £15 including P&P it's a total bargain!


So here are the products I recieved...


Lanolips Intense Golden Ointment
I believe this is a body moisturiser. It's derived from natural products which personally I really like, I always think that natural products are better from my skin. This's also contains Manuka Honey which is so good for your skin and it smells lovely.


Talika Photo-Hydra Day
This is a face moisturiser which I'm really excited to use! Talika are a luxury French brand and the Photo Hydra Day also contains Hyaluronic acid to leave your skin hydrated. This can also be used to prime skin, so I'm really intrigued by this and can't wait to give it a try!


Jelly Pong Pong Fairy Lashes Mascara
This has such a cute name to it - Fairy Lashes! This is also cruelty free which I really love! The packaging is also really gorgeous, and I love the burgundy colour, it's so different from the usual standard black packaged mascara's! I've been running low on my usual mascara so this was perfect timing to recieve a new one!


So Susan Haute Light Highlighting Pencil
This has already got such good reviews from so many other beauty bloggers - apparently it has a really lovely, workable, creamy consistency which makes it really easy to use, as well as leaving a lovely highlight and sheen, and because it's a cream instead of a powder, it lasts all day. I've heard such good feedback about it I was really looking forward to finding one in my Glossybox!


Nicka K Airbrush Blending Sponge
I've recently been converted to makeup sponges, Beauty Blenders, The Real Techniques Face Sponge, and all of the other dupes, so I have to say I'm very happy I got another makeup blending sponge to try! These are my new favourite things as I just think that the Beauty Blenders apply your makeup so flawlessly, it looks so much nicer on your skin rather than with a brush! I genuinely think that this will be the first thing I'm going to crack open! 


Oh, and to end on a positive for my very girly day, I got home and my mum had bought me two copies of Glamour Magazine. The December Issue has Tanya Burr as the cover star, so it was a lovely surprise to  one home to. She bought me two copies as they came with free Clinique sample lipsticks, a red Cherry Pop, and a pinky Nude Pop, and she didn't know which one I'd have liked more so she got me both, which was very sweet of her!


Girly Day done, and I'm going to settle down on the sofa with my copy of Glamour, my new makeup, and get back to my cup of tea! 

Happy Thursday Everyone!

Lots of Love,

Sam x















Saturday, 31 October 2015

Yves Saint Laurent Belle D'Opium Fragrance Review

Hello Everybody!

I've been a lucky, lucky girl. My parents recently treated me to a bottle of Yves Saint Laurent Belle D'Opium Eau De Parfum. I know it retails for around £75 on Amazon, however my stepdads sister, Caroline, sells luxury beauty products so I think my stepdad managed to get it at a good discount! 


I have to say, I genuinely feel so spoilt to have gotten this before Christmas! It smells incredible - I don't really tend to do fragrance reviews on here as I'm not 100% confident in my ability to deliver an accurate, well written review on a scent, but I will give it a try for you today!


Yves Saint Laurent Belle D'Opium is a musky, oriental, earthy scent, with a woody top note, and a floral undertone. It's warm and sexy, and is a strong feminine fragrance. I think it's quite a night-time scent, well suited for a date night, and isn't for the faint hearted! It's seductive, and it's a scent that will linger and wouldn't be forgotten easily. If you wanted to make an impression, this would be the scent to go for. To me, this is a luxurious scent, and it is the kind that could inspire even the meekest of girls to feel like sassy, powerful, and confident, women. 

You know when you're in a club, and there's always that girl who comes in, with perfect hair, flawless makeup, a killer LBD, and even though everyone's watching her, she doesn't seem to even care? She just strides over to the bar, eyes all over her, and orders herself a drink, refusing the men close by who offer to buy it for her. She's sexy, she's cool, she's confident. Belle D'Opium is the kind of scent that that girl would wear. Every girl wants to be her, and every guy wants to be with her. It is seduction, and confidence, wrapped up lovingly in a gorgeous, musky, fragrance.


As for the packaging, it is just beautiful. We all know that Yves Saint Laurent aren't a brand to just meet the standard. They over deliver, and make sure that every product they create is amazing, and Belle D'Opium does not disappoint. This is genuinely probably my favourite perfume of theirs. My mum is obsessed with their Cinema perfume and always asks for a bottle at Christmas! I genuinely think that Belle D'Opium might be my new personal favourite. It's seriously impressive! It just smells so luxurious, it has the whole Chanel No. 5 feel to it, it isn't a cheap smelling perfume. You put on a tiny amount of this, and whoever smells this on you knows that your perfume was expensive! It's so classy, and I'm so lucky to have such amazing parents to have treated me to it!

I really hope that this post hasn't come across as bragging or anything like that, I'm not that kind of person, I am honestly really grateful that I've been treated to something so nice, and I thought that I'd like to share with you my first thoughts on it, and show it to you guys.

I hope you guys have all had an amazing Halloween!

Lots of Love,

Sam x

Saturday, 24 October 2015

Blackpool 2015 Road Trip

Hello Everybody!

You may or may not have noticed, I've been a bit AWOL this past week.

These past couple of days my family and I took a mini excursion to Blackpool. We've not had any time off together this entire year, so when we finally did we thought it would be nice to get away for a little bit!


I'm not really sure why we chose Blackpool - I think my mum wanted to go as she'd never been before. It's a three hour drive from where we live in Scotland so we drove up on Thursday morning, took Rhys to the Sealife Centre in the afternoon, watched the Blackpool Illuminations, and had dinner along the seafront in the evening. We stayed at The Lawton Hotel which was roughly a ten minute easy walk from the town centre/seafront, and then on Friday my mum and I really wanted to head to Primark (I'll be showing you guys my Blackpool Primark Haul in my next post!) in the morning, and take my son Rhys along the seafront for ice cream and to the arcade to go on all the rides in the afternoon. We also won him a giant George Pig toy which is as big as he is but he absolutely loves it!

Here's Rhys just chilling watching Peppa Pig on my iPad when we first arrived at the hotel!


For comparison purposes - my son is an 18 month old toddler. Look at the size of the crab in the Sealife Centre!


Rhys enjoying the teacups!


Waiting patiently for his dinner at Captain Jack's!


I didn't get any pictures of The Lawton, where we stayed, as we took all our luggage up with us to our first visit to the room, so by the tone I'd thought to take a picture the room was just chock full with bags and suitcases, and I didn't want to give an unfair representation of the room. I do recommend it though, it was friendly, served breakfast in the morning, the beds were comfortable and it was only £60 for 4 people overnight. We all agreed we'd definitely stay there again. We also met an absolutely lovely Czechoslovakian couple with three kids, an 11 year old boy (who I've forgotten the name of), a 9 year old girl, Selma, and a 3 year old, Sienna. I spent most of late Thursday evening in the hotel common room playing mega Jenga with Selma, who was crazy good and very competitive, and is easily the loveliest 9 year old I've ever met. All of the adults were drinking, buying beer and chatting, and my stepdad and Selma's dad played a few rounds of pool as well, while I played with Selma and Rhys (in between my gulps of Malibu and Coke!). It was just so social and nice to meet such friendly people! The family were also leaving Friday morning, which was a shame, but before they left they gave us their tickets to the Blackpool Tower Ballroom, as they'd wanted to visit but hadn't had the time on their holiday, which was so nice of them! 

The best part about the trip for both me and my mum, and I'd say Rhys too, was visiting the Blackpool Tower Ballroom. My mum and I were really excited about going, as we know a few episodes of Strictly Come Dancing were televised there and we're huge fans of Strictly! We had such a lovely time in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom, it's a huge ballroom, obviously, and it's so ornate and beautifully structured! There was a musician playing an organ to the rumba, the cha cha cha, the pasa doble, the charleston, and many other songs. The best bit was that it was so lively, there weren't many people sitting down, there were so many couples dancing and a lot of them danced as a hobby and had beautiful gold dancing shoes. It was just so fun and active, no one was shy about dancing in front of an audience. My mum, Rhys and I sat down for an afternoon tea, of egg mayonnaise, and ham and cheese sandwiches, scones, strawberry tarts, and tea while we watched everyone dancing and it was such a lovely way to spend the afternoon! My mum wants us to take her back there for her birthday, it was really good fun! Also, you weren't allowed to take pictures in the building but I took a sneaky few for you because I really wanted you to see what it was like! 


I took a few obligatory snaps of the seafront as well, because you can't go to a seaside town without taking pictures of the sea! All in all, it was a lovely trip and really nice to get away!



Hope you guys are having a lovely weekend,

Lots of Love,

Sam x

Primark Autumn/Winter 2015 Haul

Hello Everybody!

As you may or may not know, recently myself, my son Rhys, my mum, and my stepdad all took a little trip down to Blackpool for a couple of days. While we were there, my mum and I both did a Primark haul as the closest one to us is seventy miles away, so we like to stock up on bits and pieces when we can!

Homeware
I'm going to start with the homeware pieces first - I bought this cushion in the clearance sale for £2, and I think it's so beautiful, and this lovely copper/rose gold candle for £1.50 to match. When I do up my bedroom I want to have little rose gold accent colours so for a total of £3.50, I thought these were a total bargain.



Accessories
When you're in Primark by the till, you always (well, I always) get tempted by the little bits and bobs close by. I bought a pair of Shapewear Black Tights, an egg shape makeup sponge (a Beauty Blender dupe), and a cute little gold and marble necklace. Everyone seems to be really into marble accessories of late so I thought I would give that a go!


Clothes 

The first clothing item I picked up was this navy, chiffon-like material shirt dress for £5. I thought it was such a bargain, and dresses really suit my shape so I want to wear more of them, and this was perfect for Autumn/Winter. Very sorry for the picture looking a little scruffy, I initially thought it looked quite artsy and windswept but on second glance, it doesn't look that way anymore!


I also bought this monochrome boucle top for £8. It went really nicely with the maroon knitted skirt I bought (also £8), but I thought the top was also really versatile as you could still wear it with leggings, jeans, whatever you feel like! This also looks really trendy and flattering on and I just love the colour and the shape of the skirt!


Shoes

I've been on the lookout for these tan heeled boots for a while. They're a really comfortable height, but still look stylish and good quality when they're on. I featured these on my recent Primark Wish List Post, so I'm really glad I got them! They were only £18, and I'd seen a similar pair for £40 in New Look a few weeks ago so I'm really glad I waited! I love the durability of the leather, when the weather can be a bit unpredictable so I know I'll wear these a lot and get a lot of use out of them! I also like that they'll look really nice with the navy shirt dress, black tights, and the marble necklace.


I also picked up a black pair of pumps to go with the maroon skater skirt outfit! Pumps are always good to have and my old ones have been lost for ages so I thought it was about time to pick some more up!


Rhys

While I was there, I couldn't resist picking up these super cute pyjamas for Rhys for £3.50, as well as the Christmas socks for £2, and the toy dinosaur for £1. I thought the pyjamas were just too sweet to leave behind, and in my house his socks are a nightmare to find so he can always do with more! He also just really loved the dinosaur toy and I just can't say no to him when he's acting all cute with it! It might look a bit stingy that I only got him a few bits, but I've already bought him loads of new clothes for Christmas so he didn't really need any, plus my mum bought him some more bits while we were in Primark, and we spoiled him absolutely rotten on the Blackpool trip! He went on every single ride in the Coral Island Arcade, I also bought him a giant George Pig soft toy that was as big as he is (and he loves it), and we had ice cream and chips along the beach too, so Rhys has by no means missed out on anything!


I did also go to Boots as well just to browse, as the Boots in my local town is tiny but the one in Blackpool is huge! But then, I found a discounted Yankee Candle stand, and everyone loves a Yankee Candle! I picked up this Vineyard one, which smells of mulberries and blackberries and is a really berry-ish autumn/winter scent. It was only £5.50 so I just couldn't pass that up!


So, that was everything I got in my Primark Haul, I hope you guys enjoyed this post and are having a lovely weekend! 

Lots of Love,

Sam x