Happy Friday, everyone! To me, yesterday felt like Friday. I was definitely ready for it to be Friday. Jason and I ate some super spicy chicken for dinner last night, and so ended up going on a post-spice-chocolate-craving outing to the nearest garage open at 10pm. We sat together and had a little car picnic, eating little chunks of Fruit + Nut (old school, & we love it) and talking through each of our days in turn. It was way more fun than sitting in front of the telly, for sure. This weekend my Mum and I are off to the Wealden Midsummer Fair (yay!) and then to Richmond on Sunday (along with my bridesmaids!) for another wedding dress fitting! It’s set to be a good one! If we could just have a little sunshine too, it would be perfect! Here’s what’s made me most happy, over the past week…
1. Those long, late-night chats with Jason, about the wedding and our future together and everything else in between. They’re my favourite.
2. Running through the rain storm to our house with Jason and Teddy on Wednesday afternoon. One of those moments that would’ve had an uplifting Coldplay underscore if it were in a film, you know? ;)
3. Catching up with my lovely cousin + aunt for a walk on Monday morning! We talked weddings. Duh.
4. The tragic look on Jason’s face when I told him we were having corn on the cob as part of our dinner yesterday evening. He’s not a fan…;) (Also, the corn on the cob I ate for dinner made me so very happy! I’d not eaten it in ages, and had forgotten how insanely delicious it is when cooked with a little olive oil and salt. Yum.)
5. A lunch of ice-cream and waffles (so bad, but so good) eaten during an accidentally-four-hour-long catch up with Jason’s brother’s girlfriend Lucy yesterday afternoon. Between their sweet baby on the way and our wedding plans, we just had a lot to talk about I guess! :)
6. Wearing sandals. All week long (no matter how crappy the weather’s been) I’ve not taken them off. It’s been good. (Also I have this weird obsession with wearing flip-flops in the house during spring and summer, and it’s back in full force again this year. I don’t know why, but I find it weirdly satisfying.)
7. Post-30 Day Shred Level 3 burn. How can a 20 minute work out hurt THAT much?! It hurts in a good way though. Kind of…
8. Wednesday’s storm. Watching it blow in so fast was kind of amazing.
9. Fruit, fruit, + more fruit. This week I’ve been going crazy for bananas, and yet more pineapple. I’m also planning to take a trip to the lovely fruit section of our local garden centre over the weekend to try and find the doughnut/flat/saturn peaches I loved so much last summer…
10. Finally mastering the art of the softly boiled egg. It’s only taken me about 2 years of trying…
Three posts I’ve loved reading this week :: Emily’s round up of her go-to summer items || Kristin’s June favourites (too perfect!) || & Sarah’s beautiful photos from her walk in the Scottish Highlands.
What’s made you happy this week? :)
p.s. My lovely soon-to-be brother-in-law Joe is taking on the Tough Mudder challenge up in Edinburgh in the next couple of weeks, to raise money for Help for Heroes. It’s a cause that we as a family are passionate about. Help for Heroes do such amazing work helping Servicemen and women in the UK, and Joe’s been training hard in preparation for the Tough Mudder challenge. Here’s a link to Joe’s fundraising page and to the Help for Heroes site, if you’d like to have a little read about the amazing work they do. And good luck Soldier Joe! x