A Fresh New Year

I have lost count of how many times over the years I have written a post entitled something along the lines of "brand new start" and proceeded to write a short and boring post about reviving blogging. 

2014 has had its difficult and trying moments for my family and I but there have also been some lovely moments I wish I had documented better. My son is growing up faster than I could have ever imagined and so 2015 is going to be my year. I am determined to be organised and focus on living my life for the happy moments and keeping a record of those happy moments, be that through blogging, photos or beyond.

Instead of writing yet another of those boring "I am going to revive my blog posts" I am just going to outline some of my goals for 2015 and then the world wild web can hold me responsible for working towards achieving them!

Starting with goals regarding blogging and other social media...

• Take part (and complete) FatMumSlim's monthly Photo-a-Day challenges on Instagram
• Blog regularly about things I genuinely like... I am a person who thrives on routine, I am always more likely to be successful at keeping things going if I have a routine.  One way I have decided to transfer this to my blogging is to have regular topics on certain days.  Some of the topics I have come up with include... Meal Plan Monday, Meat Free Monday, Mummy Monday, Weekly Wears Wednesday, What I Ate Wednesday, Thrifty Thursday, Filofax Friday, Foodie Friday, Fashion Friday, Style Saturday (Fashion) and Style Sunday (Home). I dare say I will come up with more in time and if there are any you guys can suggest or would like to see please let me know in the comments below.

Goals relating to health I am aiming to achieve this year are...

• Give up all alcohol (not that I drank very much anyway)
• Give up all refined sugar 
• Ensure I am hydrating properly everyday (I am pretty good at drinking plenty of water so this one shouldn't be too difficult)
• I would like to get back to running 4 times a week but with our lives the way the are at the moment this is not such an attainable goal but you never know!

Goals relating to my home and personal life (including parenting) are...

• Use my planner (Filofax) and calender to organise my schedule more effectively.  I am going to be delving a little bit into the FlyLady world
• Budget more effectively and stick to it, I am thinking of giving the cash envelope system a go
• Complete the 52 week saving challenge
• Meal plan more thoroughly to save money on groceries and waste less
• Plan an engaging activity for my Son every day and set aside some time to focus solely on that.  I find so many great ideas on The Imagination Tree
• Read a chapter a day

What goals, changes, challenges and resolutions have you all made for 2015 or have you decided not to?  I'd love to hear!

Be sure to check back tomorrow for my first Filofax Friday post.

Bid a Farewell to Calvin Klein

Today is a very sad day for me, it is my last day working for Calvin Klein, a job I have pushed my absolute heart and sole (and sometimes wages) into.

I have had some fantastic experiences in the past year and worked with some wonderful people.

Luckily it is also an exciting day as I am leaving Calvin Klein to go onto a new challenge and position with L K Bennett, so in as a farewell to Calvin Klein I am just going to share some of my favourite designs which have inspired me so much into designing my own Lingerie.

Craft Swap Pressies

Friday my craft swap presents came from DaintyDaisies I was so excited (but have been so busy working all weekend that have only just gotten around to blogging)

Inside were 3 gorgeously wrapped parcels

And Inside those 3 gorgeously wrapped parcels were this beautiful things


That is all for now, I have 3 Birthday presents, some Valentines presents and some Chinese New Years presents to make so I should really crack on!

Studio Inspiration and Curry Hunt

Seen as I have 4 days off now after a long day at work (a whole weekend off work shocker) I am determined to get my studio finally finished, tidy and usable.

I have searching through Etsy Open Studio Flickr Group for some inspiration

There were so many beautiful spaces on there it was so hard to chose so I settled for 2 that were a similar size to my space:

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Also today I had an accidental Meat Free day consisting of muffins, spicy noodles and I finally cooked the Potato and Pea Curry except it was Potato and Parsnip Curry, it was nice but I like curries with a bit more heat and flavour so am now on a hunt for some kick ass curry recipes, please please please tell me about any you know!

Another thing, I finally put a new piece up in my shop, its a new, very odd style for me but I'll see how it fairs, check it out:

Check It Out!

New Home

I have decided to move to a new blog home. I was previously on LiveJournal and its not offering me all the brilliant things I need that Blogspot does so I made a move, plus lots of lovely blogs I read I can finally comment on.

For all previous posts go to http://dingsinsainity.livejournal.com/


I'l do a small intro of the gang (small in numbers and size they may be but small in might they are not):

Pip, the king of the house who likes to sleep in boxes, although more recently in his litter tray :S

Turbo, the more aloof yet ever fattening tiny tiger

and the fellow companion to this blog, the Etsy shop: http://www.dingsinsainity.etsy.com/

I shall leave you with that and return later!