it's beginning to look a lot like christmas!

there is nothing better than coming home from a bad few days at work, having a super hot shower, making a cup of tea and then curling up in bed with a movie on. i’m watching the notebook (yes, cringe but it's so cute) and then i’m gonna try and get some sleep. tomorrow i have a driving lesson and am going to try and pop down to the hairdressers to see what they can do about my hair (i'm wanting to go slightly lighter and more my natural colour). i kind of just want tomorrow to go really quick because on thursday i'm going for a cinema date and then going for a look round town at all of the christmas stuff in the shops which i haven't had a chance to do yet - i'm so excited haha... i turn in to such a child over the run up to christmas.

have you started getting excited for christmas yet? what's your favourite thing about this time of year? i think my favourite thing has got to be wrapping up warm when it's snowing outside, hot chocolates, all the classic old christmas songs being played everywhere, decorating the christmas tree and buying loads of presents for those close to me!

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cosy night in after a long day at work - bed, breaking bad, cup of tea and a face mask. perfecto! i'm off work tomorrow and am planning on spending the entire day right in this same spot, i can't explain how excited i am at the thought of doing sweet F all...blisssss. :) what is everyone else up to tonight/tomorrow? follow my instagram, beth1992 :)

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so last week i went to my work on my day off for afternoon tea. i've worked at olive & bean, a cafe right in the centre of newcastle for nearly two years now and have never actually had afternoon tea there before! so i decided it was about time i tried it as it always looks so yummy. we chose just an english breakfast tea which you get endless refills of. i got my sandwiches all vegetarian and shaun got all MEAT because he is a real man. we got a really nice selection of our homemade cakes, my favourite that we make at work is the raspberry & hazelnut baked cheesecake brownie (what a mouthful!) to my delight we got loads of that in our selection, i'm guessing it's because the people i work with know how much i love it haha. we also got some carrot and walnut cake, chocolate and caramel slab and a cranberry tiffin. yum yum. the homemade fruit scones and clotted cream were delish but i couldn't finish mine as they're huge and so filling! :( they'd been made fresh that morning by my boss so they were super good. i think i'll definitely be going back on my days off to get another afternoon tea, it's the perfect amount of food to fill you up and the fact you get endless tea/coffee is great for those lazy afternoons when you just wanna sit and chat about nothing for hours on end. :) (afternoon tea - £13.99 @ olive & bean on clayton street in newcastle!)