• Enjoying a much needed lie in. I spent most of last week feeling a little run down, like I was brewing a bug. Thankfully it never surfaced, but I still relished the opportunity for a bit of extra sleep.
• Eating an omelet and sipping tea. 
• Taking a lengthy shower. I seem to have accumulated a rather substantial collection of delicious products recently and I’m thoroughly enjoying scrubbing away, lathering up and washing all over with them each morning. Lush’s Ro’s Argan Body Conditioner deserves s special mention. Hefty price tag, but oh it’s divine!
• Wearing minimal makeup.
• Taking the train to Dawlish Warren. 
• Loving the look of sheer joy on Jesse’s face when he sees a real train {‘Look Mummy, it’s Diesel, just like Thomas Mummy, CHOO CHOO clickety clack Mummy!}
• Inhaling the sea air. The Londoner in me often forgets we live so close to the sea. Even on a grey, drizzly day Devon’s coastline is pretty spectacular.
• Walking along the coastal path to Dawlish, flanked by railway tracks on one side and the water on the other.
• Heading on to the sand and watching the children hunt for treasure. Amazing how magical a particularly nobbly stone or shiny shell can seem to little ones. 
• Chasing waves.
• Paying far too much for some fairly grim fish and chips. It was comical actually. How bad it was, I mean. Mr. LA and I kept getting the giggles. It was as if we’d walked into the Fawlty Towers of seaside cafes. 
• Wandering around the arcades. 
• Riding the train back to Exeter with two very sleepy children.
• Arriving back at the house and discovering my new boss had made a small announcement 😉
• Celebrating with a cream tea. Warm scones, clotted cream and strawberry jam. Heaven.
• Continuing the children’s 80s educuation with a screening of E.T. I loved seeing Izzy mesmerised by the magic of the film’s final scenes. As predicted, she had a wee cry when she thought the alien had died, but then so did I!
• Tucking two tired children into bed. 
• Snuggling on the sofa with my husband, a bottle of wine and some chocolate coated peanuts.
• Thoroughly enjoying ‘Water for Elephants’. Fabulous film with divine costumes. It made me want to run away to the circus, but in the 1930s and as a blond. 
• Collapsing into bed. 
• Waking up very slowly. 
• Spending far too long in my pyjamas, on the sofa, drinking tea {but that’s what Sundays are for, no?}.
• Making the most of a solo shopping trip. 
• Picking up a gem of a top in Zara. Love it. 
• Being defeated by a murderous headache.
• Retreating back to the house for painkillers and a lie down.
• Blitzing the mess in our bedroom, making a dent in the washing, overseeing some hoovering and clearing my favourite clutter dumping spot.
• Trying not to be offended when Mr, LA asked me if I was pregnant. ‘But you’re nesting’ he said, with a glint in his eye, implying I clean only when I’ve a baby on the way. Which is twice. In my whole life. Cheeky sod. 
• Cooking and eating a roast dinner. 
• Bathing and bedding the children.
• Slurping hot chocolate while blogging.
• Feeling very nervous and more than a little excited about the week ahead. Two trips to London, lunch with a top wedding blogger {a.k.a my new boss} and observing my first professional photoshoot. Wish me luck?

Loveaudrey xxx