Showing posts with label May. Show all posts
Showing posts with label May. Show all posts
I have really been enjoying reading peoples routines while staying at home and working or just enjoying trying to enjoy the time they have at home with their families. I have been working from home since the middle of March so it has been a long few weeks at home. I have mentioned before that it took me a while to get into a routine that worked for me and even now, six weeks along, I am still changing things up.
I thought giving you a little run down of what my week days look like might remind some of you that, you don't need to do anything during this time apart from come out of it the other end. I have previously made a post of activities to do while you are stuck at home either during the weekends or all through the week if you aren't working.
Starting right at the beginning of the day I like to still get up around the same every morning and keep the same routine so at 7:15am every morning my alarm goes off. I like to sit on my phone for 5-10 minutes adjusting my eyes and prepping myself for the day I've need a lot of prep these last few weeks. Once I am awake I wonder around our bedroom in the dark picking my outfit for the day, I've made a post of some of the working form outfits I've been wearing lately. Once I have my outfit sorted I then go down to the second floor and do my usual skincare routine which I have also shared with you recently I have been on it!
Just before 8am I start on my makeup and I don't always do this but some days, I feel like by doing my makeup, I have much more energy and motivation.
Around 8am I go downstairs and enjoy a little relaxing time before I am due to start work. I make breakfast if I can be bothered and watch a little morning tv. I have always done this but the only difference now is that I have an extra half an hour to watch the tv.
At 8:55am I moved into the kitchen, make myself a drink to take up to my office and load up my laptop. I check my diary first of all to see what I have planned for the day and then check my emails. I am a finance assistant so my day consist of invoicing work and paying bills so I have a lot to keep on top of.
I try and press on and work right up until I have to physically eat as I find I am 100% more productive in the morning so I try and get as much done as I can before I stop for my lunch break. For lunch I like to switch off and watch Netflix or YouTube, depending on what kind of work I am doing I can have Netflix on in the background for back ground noise.
After my lunch I try to keep the work light and quick as I don't have that much motivation in the afternoons, I focus mainly on planning the following days in my diary and ticking off my jobs for the day. I switch off at 5pm and make my way downstairs to chat with Callum and plan our evening. Depending on the weather we like to go for our daily walk round our village and chat about our day to each other. We normally walk for an hour -hour and a half and after that I tend to sort dinner to get it out of the day. I meal prep two weeks ahead once Callum gets our food shop so I always have the ingredients ready to go.
Once dinner is in the oven and I am comfy on the sofa we normally switch on Netflix as there is never anything else on, I do have a post listing all my favourite shows to watch on Netflix. After watching a few things together I tend to go up to bed around 9pm and read a book to fall asleep to. I find if I stick to my normal bed routine then my life still feels normal.
This has felt like the most boring routine I can write about but I guess, everyone is in the same boat so I hope you have enjoyed this little walk through. I hope you are all keeping motivated and entertained!
This scrub is so amazing it has over took my old Soap and Glory favourite the Sugar Crush scrub, I love that once you mix this scrub with water it turns into more of a body wash and really covers all of your skin. I use this product as a scrub/wash duo and it does the job amazingly. This is perfect when your too lazy to do a proper shower routine, although if it was having problem skin, I would stick to my S&G Sugar Crush scrub to really work my skin. Scrub 'Em and Leave 'Em is a winner for me!
This nifty invention has been getting a lot of action recently thanks to Cal for setting it up for me when my feet are hurting after a hard day, even he has been loving it since his feet have been aching a lot recently. Mixing this with boiling water and my Lush Foot mask makes my feet baby soft and my mood much happier.
I have jumped on the bangwagon and fallen in love with Lush's Ultraban cleanser, I can honestly say it is the best thing I have used to take off my make up. I have left my Bioderma and Garnier Micellar water in my face draw and picked this cleanser up instead as it is that good. It really moisturizes my skin as well as take any trace of make up or dirt off and it doesn't hurt or harm my skin at all. Bonus.
I have been a big lover of books since I was a kid and for as long as I could remember I have been a lover of real - hold in your hand- books. There's just something about holding the book in your hand and turning the page yourself, plus the smell of new books is heavenly. I recently got an I-pad for my birthday yay and Cal convinced me to try reading a e-book. Since then... I am addicted to my I-pad, as sad as it sounds. I have already read 5 books on my I-pad and I am already addicted to a series. *Insert emoji of face with geek glasses*
Hello Lovelies!
I've got into the habit of totally forgetting about writing a monthly favourites post so it would come to the 5th day of the new month and I would have already read maybe 8 posts about this and then it dawns on me that I need to write mine, then its time to go on a mad dash round my room to find the things that I have been loving or using a lot that month. And some months it can be hard to gather products and items because some times you don't know what you have been using a lot of when your put on the spot. But I am on the ball this month, go me! I don't have any make up favourites this month which is surprising but I have tried to not use much make up this month to give my skin a break and to be honest, music and TV has appealed to me more this month (probably because I am the queen of being lazy!).
So the first favourite I am going to talk about is a band called Imagine Dragons. I love their music (I am currently listening to them as I am writing this post) and their lyrics are on point. Demons, Radioactive, Its Time, On Top Of The World; all their songs are worth a listen!
Following on with music, a song that I can't stop listening too is Coldplay - Magic which is just beautiful. I love Coldplay and I am so excited about their new album, their music is perfect to listen to when you are relaxing in the sun.
For my next favourite, I have using my heated rollers a lot this month so they deserve a mention on here now. Mine are by Babyliss and I love the way they make my hair look. I first wanted some heated rollers because of Dizzybrunette3 as she always mentions her rollers and has posted YouTube videos of her using them. Corrie is my hair envy so I thought if I got the heated rollers my hair would look like her, obviously her hair is much longer than mine but the rollers still make my hair looks really healthy and big and bouncy.
My next favourite is a TV show that I am obsessed with. I started watching it last series when it was a 3 parter and I caught It during the second episode, and after that I was addicted. When the first series ended I was pretty upset and I had no idea that they were going to make a second series so I made sure that I set that to record! The TV show is In The Flesh and it is a must see!
Sorry my post is so short but I don't really have any other things I've been loving this month and the best things come in small packages! That might just be something my mum used to say to be because I was so small... but it still applies!
Do you guys like any of these things too? :)
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