Hello 2014!

It's been a while since I last blogged and so much has happened since then.  For starters we are into a new year, which I have mixed feelings about.  2013 was a spectacular year with the first half spent on the other side of the world but now I'm back in the UK and have a fresh new year full of plans and expectations.  I hope 2014 will be as exciting and enjoyable as last year!  I don't do resolutions, instead I continually set myself little goals as the year goes by.  The simple fact is that if I start the year with big plans and ideas I feel overwhelmed and I'm almost certain to fail.  This year my main goal is to get my driving license!  I've never felt like I've needed to drive until the last year or so and, in all honesty, I'm petrified of it but I know in order to achieve other goals I need to just get it done.  Another area of my life I want to improve is my career.  It isn't really where I want it to be and I have ideas of how to change that but first I need to get driving!

The reason I've been MIA since October is that Si and I have moved into our new home together.  It was quite tough having practically been together 24/7 for an entire year to suddenly not have him by my side or even on the same side of town!  We've had a lot of things to do in the last few months and having Christmas thrown into the mix has made some things a little more complicated and drawn out but we're gradually getting there.  I am in love with the area we have moved to.  Whilst it's rural it's still near the town we used to live in so we have the benefit of beautiful countryside whilst still being near to family and amenities.

We also have a gorgeous new addition to our household.  He's a stunning 4 year old tabby, name still pending, and I'm pretty sure I'm in love with him  :)  He's extremely affectionate and loves to snuggle up with us.  I hope we can decide on a suitable name soon, any ideas to help the process will be gratefully received!

There's one more change that I want to make and that is right here on my blog.  I love putting together posts about beauty products but it has occurred to me that there is something that I am much more passionate about.  I have always loved food, it's something that I think about a lot.  More often than not I'm thinking about what meals I'm going to be cooking and what ingredients I can put together.  I find myself flicking through recipe books and searching for ideas online quite a lot, not to mention the large amount of my time in the evening spent catching up with cooking programmes on tv!  My boyfriend continuously comments on the amount of time I spend planning, cooking and making meals look pretty on the plate.  It's safe to say that food is something I'm very passionate about!  I've been toying with the idea of blogging about food for a couple of months now and I've decided that I will be incorporating some foodie posts into my blog.  If anything it gives me an excuse to cook and bake even more which I'm extremely happy about!  I hope anyone who reads my blog regularly (or have just discovered it now) will enjoy the mix of beauty and food content as much as I do.  I'm already working on some new content and planning ahead for the coming months so I hope you will be back to share some beauty chat and recipe ideas with me.