National Walking Month Time To Get Out And Enjoy The Outdoors

 

You can walk anywhere and everywhere ( just so long as you're not trespassing !) I enjoy walking in all sorts of places be in from cities to countryside , you'd be surprised that walking in cities can be relaxing as often there are hidden green oasises.

 

May is National Walking Month. National Walking Month is a campaign to promote the benefits of walking and to get everyone walking, no matter what your level of fitness is.  Walking is simple and free and one of the easiest ways to be more active, lose weight and become healthy. And as we've a teenager going to university we will be saving money as parents as the teen will be stopping on campus and he'll will be walking everywhere to ! - bonus.

 

A 20 minute walk can boost your mood and as I suffer from depression and anxiety I truely believe in getting out there and exploring , I love being an intrepid explorer, I always view places as I'm the first person to ever set foot there. 

I love the challenge of my environment and varying where I walk from flat places to those with more of an incline as this is helpung increasing my stamina. You don't need fancy equipment to start walking just make sure your footwear is applicable for the surface/area you're going to be walking and decent socks ( especially if you're going to be strolling over hill and dale)

  

So once this month is over I urge you to keep walking and why not take your camera with you , this is something I love to do . You'll see this in particular from my Instagram I find it a wonderful visual prompt esoecially if I'm feeling down in the dumps.

What To Wear To A Wedding Reception

At the weekend I had the pleasure of attending my very good friends wedding reception and my friend looked beautiful , my friend had got married in Australia and then toured round in a camper van with her new husband and 2 children. She brought elements of her wedding / honeymoon to her reception in England not to mention the fact that she had a blessing in church the morning of her wedding reception.

  

 

It is always a conundrum as to what to wear to a wedding reception as you don't want obviously to ever upstage the bride but you want to be elegant and smart.

 

Comfortable shoes are a must and compliment your outfit , I can't do heels so flats are the natural choice .

Outfit wise I went for a dress that was an empire fit which fits my shape and doesn't make me feel self conscious. I think your meant when you model to place your hand your hip turn sideways and pout.

I in all honestly usually really hate pictures of myself and I think that's because of my size but thanks to this dress from J D Williams my confidence has grown.

 

The maxi summer dress I chose was a Joanna Hope print one at £55 and I know that I will wear this time and time again infract I have a rugby dinner that I will be wearing it to this week.I'm certainly going to being looking at more Maxi summer dresses and flat shoes. I love the fact that the dress is one of those that really doesn't need ironing well I don't iron unless I really have to , I will be able to pack the dress for Rome knowing that it won't be creased .The flat shoes I am wearing are so comfortable they are Hush Puppies Lexa Heather Bow Slip and are priced at £53.What I love about the shoes is obviously everything but in particular it as if I am walking on air thanks to memory foam within the shoe. 

 

Of course I will need more shoes for Rome and I will be sure to look in the Women's shoes section in JD Williams.

JD Williams kindly sent me the clothes but all thoughts and words are my own.

Using Charity Shops And Ebay To Decorate Your Home

I love charity shops and I love eBay , but I love charity shops more as I have a particular eye for antiques and collectables and what I purchase I use to decorate my home , one day when will just be a vase or ornament when there previously wasn't. It keeps Mr T very much on his toes as he never knows what is going to appear or disappear as sometimes I may tire of an item and then pass it on either through an auction site or charity , friends etc  whatever takes my whim really. An it is this unique approach to decorating my home that allows for some very unique ecleptic tastes.

If you are going to decorate your home with items with those from charity shops and auctions sites then I very much recommend going with what your love in life I have everything in my home from a Stormtrooper helmet to Royal Coronation memrobila .

 

I love shopping in charity shops and I have found some absolute treasures in them honestly I am amazed what people don't want but I love to give a item a home again. I have a fondness for tea cups and I have found some very elegant ones of late this is why when I go for tea out and about I love my tea to be served in vintage tea cups I love to feel as if I am in a different era.

You don't have to spend a lot of money in the decorating of your home literally I've spent pennies and when I've wheeled and dealed to get something else in this instance I've spent about £150 and that was on a very nice antique clock. But the clock is something I've saved up for as I'm never rash in purchases as it is object that I'm going to live with.

 

My advice is very much to buy what you like and love and in doing this you'll train your eye to spot objects when your out and about , of course that and watching antique programs . I do have to admit I've yet to go to an auction at auction house one day I'll go though probably much to the despair of Mr T.

I love charity shops that are particularly vintage in nature as I get totally absorbed by the adventure of discovering something wonderful .

 

This was a Kath Kidson ( retired ) money box I found recently .

 

I found a arty tile from an artist called Cesar Manrique in fact I've found 2  !

 

 

What about a vintage game !! 

 

 

 

Hummel and Royal Crown found in a charity shop , I think using a charity shop and eBay to furnish your home is a great way to indivually decorate your home and have an interesting hobby at the same time. 
 

Autism As An Adult

I've never been one for labels never been one to think that I should go for it , thinking that it didn't matter ,thinking that I knew myself. But that's just the thing ,I didn't really know myself as there is something amiss and today I took the steps to find out for myself what I think I've known about myself from a young age .

Autism 

Now growing up that wasn't something I was aware of.

I've always been unique or as I like to put it ahead of the game by for example wearing Christmas socks but I'm just ready in preparation.

Currently now this very minute I feel like I've just got on a merry go round .

After a good nights sleep I feel more inclined to stop the merry go round . 

A questionnaire from the doctor isn't a diagnosis it's purely the start of a journey.

My depression and anxiety remain an addition to this so you see but they're always  there but boxed up and sometimes they escape the box .

Big Lies Little Lies

Big lies little lies they're out there in plain sight and I experienced one of these first hand on Friday and it was shocking especially in this age of transparency. Now I love my tea and when I'm away in a hotel I know hand on hand I'm not going to get fresh milk unless it's a bells and whistles hotel but alas this wasn't the case . We were stopping at a functional hotel as we were picking up the teen from a concert life's weird like that one minute you're out clubbing then you are pulling your teenage up from a concert. Anyway the milk or rather the lack of real milk you know as I've mentioned , well at hotel you usually have the UHT milk that doesn't preport to be milk. That was till I saw this and I was shocked as it blooming well didn't taste like real milk it was a big lie though it was just little.

 

Self service checkouts well they aren't that at all really are they ?? It's all a big lie yet every time we are  snared in them like a fly in a Venus fly trap it will quicker the husband says ~ big lies little lies. You know you're practically going to be screaming at the self service checkout " there is nothing in the bagging area you useless piece of techninology " . You know the people who have used the self service checkout as they're the ines who are red in cheeks clutching their shopping .

Cleaning windows that's another lie as soon as you fight to get them as clean on the inside and out , I need to dust and vacuum it's a conspiracy that housework itscall a bi big lie. I'm just going to relax now and drink tea with real milk and don't even get me started on " tastes like butter "...