PRETTY YOUNG THING

I'm back to work on Monday so obviously i'm thinking out holidays and getting away. I really want to book a holiday this year, maybe even two! I've been thinking about getting away to somewhere abit colder maybe just Clint and myself for a few days and trying something different. I'd love to go on a ski holiday and visit some sites such as the Northern Lights in Reykjavik or Pulpit Rock in Norway. We've only ever been on sun holidays but i'm sure we would both love to travel to some colder destinations.


I would love to travel to Iceland to visit Reykjavik and see the Northern Lights, visit the Glaciers, do some Whale watching or visit some ice caves. There's so much to do in Iceland, I would actually love to live there. I can picture it, a house near to the water whether it's the sea or a lake, near the mountains with a hot tub outside so I can sit and relax and listen to the silence. I would want big windows and doors so inside is really bright and open! Inside would be super warm and cosy with lots of comfy cushions and throws like these from Julian Charles



I love all of the exposed wood and brickwork in these Icelandic Cabins, they look incredible. They are so cosy with big real log fires! If I had my own cabin in Iceland I would decorate it with loads of big rugs so the floor is warm and comfortable, I love the big, fluffy rugs, alot of the cabins have wooden flooring so rugs are a good way to make a cabin cosy. I would add a pop of colour to the cabin using cushions and throws but keep the decor quite clean and white to brighten up the room.

I'm hoping we get to take a couple of lovely holidays this year?  Have you been to Iceland? Where would you go on your dream winter holiday?












*collaborative post

We went into Birmingham today for a day out! It was lovely, we had a little 'date day' just the two of us! We love visiting Birmingham and are lucky enough to live in this fab city. We have stayed in Birmingham city centre a few times and there's loads of lovely hotels if you fancy a stay. Head over to Hotels.com to check out the best hotels in Birmingham.

We started by heading into the Bullring and had a little look in the shops, I love Birmingham as they have a really good selection of shops, there's Selfridges inside the Bullring aswell as John Lewis in Grand Central. I had a look in the Next for some clothes for Amelia.

We then headed for food, there's so much choice for food in Birmingham. There's the usual chains inside the shopping centers, Pizza Express, Pizza Hut, Ed's, Nandos. You get abit more choice just off the high street, we had a look at the menus and decided to go to Bodega, they are a contemporary cantina bringing fresh, homemade South American. I had Quesadillas and Clint had Tacos and we shared some Nachos. The food was so good really tasty, and really affordable, they have a lunchtime menu during the week so you get a main and drink for £7 which is really good! Some of the other places I would recommend this area is The Botanist, they do some really good Cocktails, Head of The Steam have a great drinks selection! The Ivy, this is just at the end of the road and is a little more fancy, they offer afternoon tea, so if your heading into Birmingham for an occasion i'd check them out.




We wanted something sweet but didn't really fancy anything off the Bodega menu, we stumbled upon a desert place within the bullring called my cookie dough which did these amazing cookie dough deserts so we got a couple of these and found a spot to sit outside the bullring overlooking the Cathedral.





Then we headed towards Digbeth to the Custard Factory as we booked a game of mini golf at Ghetto Golf. It's an 18 hole mini-golf experience, with a cocktail bar. It's like an abandoned warehouse which is covered in graffiti and the mini-gold is really unusual, It's such an experience. It's only £10 per person which I think is quite reasonable.



We had such a lovely day, I love exploring Birmingham and as I mentioned before we are so lucky that it's right on our doorstep. Where are your favourite places to visit in Birmingham. What hotels would you recommend?

This year I want to do some exploring, I want to visit lots of cities and explore some sites. There's so much to do in the UK. We are planning on taking a trip to Liverpool, I have been there before but that was years ago! I've been having a look online at what Liverpool has to offer and thought i'd put a post together on a few things that caught my eye!