I recently received some Instant Energy Gummies from the brand Freestate and thought I would try them out. I have previously used dissolvable tablets when working out but didn't like the taste and the fact you have to drink quite a volume of fluid so these sounded like the ideal alternative. I received the classic box which contained 20 energy gummies. This retails on their website at £15 plus P&P (which is free with £20 of orders in the UK). Put it this way, that's cheaper than a coffee! Each little packet contains 2 gummies. Each gummy contains a unique formulation of caf ..read more

Anyone that knows me will know that I have a huge sweet tooth so when I was contacted by Chummys Bakery to review some of their brownies, I absolutely jumped at the chance. Chummys are one of the UK market leaders in baked gifts, sending delicious treats throughout the UK. Their range includes cupcakes, cookies, brownies and more.   My brownie delivery arrived beautifully packaged in an eco-friendly box wrapped in greaseproof paper and tied up with string. I could smell that amazing baked goods scent as I opened the box. I received a box of six different brownies to try ..read more

When we moved into our home one of the first things I wanted to do was change the kitchen, but soon realised this would be quite a big expense. The kitchen was very dated with brown wooden cabinets and lino flooring. When we had saved up enough money, I had Norfolk Custom Kitchens provide us with a quote and we booked him in for the following month. We started off by ripping out the old kitchen, very satisfying. This left us with even more mess and with a toddler around we were keen to get it finished as soon as we could. Luckily the workmen were fast and before we knew it the electrician h ..read more

After a crazy jam packed few days I decided to plan this day as a bit of a rest day. I didn’t want to put too much pressure on having something to do every day and thought some down time would do us some good. Today was a special day for us as it was James’ birthday! I managed to keep all of the plans for the day a secret so I couldn’t wait to share with him what we were doing and hope he has the best day he can despite not being at home. It wasn’t easy to bring any actual presents with me so I presented him with a card and we started the day off nice and early for breakfast. Our apartme ..read more

A couple of years ago now I wrote a post called "30 before 30" which was basically a list of all the things I wanted to do before I was 30. Now I am 30 I thought I could re-visit the post and see how many of them I achieved. It's amazing looking at the list and seeing what I wanted to do. There is so much more I have achieved that I didn't write down, for example having a baby! 1. Get married – should be pretty easy this one! Done! 2. Go abroad with James, we have never had a holiday abroad with just the 2 of us. Done – We headed to Rome in 2019 for our Honeymoon! 3. Finish decorating th ..read more

I thought I would share my experience of the NCT antenatal classes that we took in case anyone was considering them. We had the option to attend free classes run by the NHS but we found the times and locations weren’t suitable for us and it would mean taking time off work which neither of us wanted to do. We were recommended NCT classes by a couple of people and although expensive, I think they are worth going to if you’re new to parenting. The first class was more of an icebreaker than anything and we were joined by 7 other couples. We introduced ourselves and shared our due dates. It was ni ..read more

Another place I have always wanted to visit to say that I have been there is Venice. Venice is quite far away from Rome so I felt a little ambitious attempting to plan a day there but decided it would be a nice thing to do. I booked this as a little wedding gift for James as I knew he would also love to go. I had managed to convince him it was too far to travel, around a 6 hour drive so hopefully it was a nice surprise for him. I looked on various travel websites for day trips to Venice and they all came out at around £180 per person. When I really looked into it, essentially this pric ..read more

Summer is on its way and it won’t be long now until we have a new arrival in the house when our baby decides to make an appearance. I don’t know about you, but I always feel like I want to get out of the house more and make the most of the days when the summer is here, but it can be hard to muster up the energy for such activities! And I have no idea how I will feel with a newborn thrown into the mix. I was recently sent some Health Lab Plant-Based Protein Balls which I thought would be perfect for me. As well as offering a much needed energy boost, these balls are also made to promote happy ..read more

Today was another early start and jam packed day of sightseeing with a 45 minute journey to today’s first activity. I had booked us tickets for the Colosseum for 10:30, again somewhere I was recommended to book skip the line tickets for. Rome really wasn't as busy this time of year as some of the photos I have seen so it wasn't really necessary as there was barely a queue anyway. We got in and had a look around and walked around the whole Colosseum. In hindsight, I wish I had paid for a tour here as it gives you access to extra areas and we would have had a better idea of what we were lookin ..read more

We woke up early again today to head to Vatican City. Luckily we were only 5 minutes from here so we didn’t have to get up quite as early as the day before. It was recommended to me that we get skip the line tickets as queues can be as long as 4 hours! So I pre-booked these online before we went for 9:30am, just after opening time. Turns out being pregnant means you can pretty much skip any line anyway - but it was good to have a backup plan.  The Vatican museum was vast and had different areas. I think we managed to explore it all. It was great to end up at the Sistene Chapel to see the fam ..read more