20 week scan, the big reveal!

Two blog posts in one day (aren't I spoiling you)

The big day finally arrived!

After much waiting and bitten nails and trips to and from the hospital, we finally got to see our new baby for the second time. We had been saying from the beginning that we didn't want to know the sex of the baby but pretty much as soon as the midwife asked, we agreed to find out.

So I am very happy to reveal that:

I can't begin to explain how happy I am. It's such a nice feeling to know who's in there wiggling away every day. He didn't stay still for the scan and the midwife struggled to take all of his measurements. Looks like he's got his fathers aptitude for kicking/punching. (JS trains MMA)
There were many smiles, lots of tears and lots of phonecalls to relevant grandparents.
Now the fun can begin, I can start shopping for tiny boy clothes and decorations for the nursery as well as drawing up a list of names!
R-dogg suggested "River" as his favourite baby name so far and we really like it too. I think we will stick with the "R" theme we have going for our growing man cubs. It's so nice to be able to call him a "he" instead of an "it." It makes it much more real.

Off to trawl ebay for cute boy stuff!

Motel Madness

The absolute babes over at Motel have been super kind and extended their sale until SUNDAY with upto 70% off some items!

Here's my top sale picks:

1. Margie Denim skater dress - £20

2. Mademoiselle off shoulder dress - £28

3. Verona Daisy cropped turntleneck sweater - £25

4. Suni bodycon midi dress - £20

Whenever I'm wanting to add something fresh and new to my wardrobe I always head over to Motel as I feel they have something for every occasion that fits with my personal style. Plus, there's always something from Motel in my wishlists.

Being the sale snooper that I am, I bought the daisy cropped jumper. Although I seem to have a plethora of fluffy black jumpers, I kind of feel that when you live in the UK, there's no such things as "too much" when it comes to knitwear. I can't wait for it to arrive! 

 Don't forget you can get 20% off as well by using the code "lvcat" at the checkout.

Monday wishlist

To help combat that "Monday feeling"  I've made a list of things I'm lusting after this week:

1.Faux leather asymmetric t-shirt - Romwe - £28.70

2. Dreamy Ring - Cheap Monday - £5

3.Polley shoe - Dr Martens - £90

4. Flared Dress - Zara - £22.99

5.PVC Skater midi skirt - Missguided - £19.99

6. Minnie Dress - Monki - £35

7. PVC and fur backpack - MotelRocks - £40

I've become slightly obsessed with PVC and faux fur/leather recently. I think it's because pre-pregnancy I would have avoided them for fear of accidentally showing off lumps and bumps whereas now that's exactly what I do what to show off! Also, they're kind of tacky and I LOVE IT. I've seen some people style the PVC midi skirt really well over the last couple of weeks and that's also made me want one of my own. I think it will be next payday/Thursday's purchase :) The two dresses I have picked are just divine! The first has all the simple elegance I've come to expect from Zara and I think it would see me through till summer as it is perfect for layering over my mesh top, a turtle neck or a plain white t-shirt while its cold and then when the warmer weather hits, it can fly solo with some chunky platform sandals and cute socks. The Minnie dress from Monki also reminds me of this great crochet dress I had from American Apparel last year which I wore to death during the summer except it has a handy slip underneath! I love the sportswear feel it has and everyone needs a t-shirt dress in their wardrobe. Simple, fast and easy!

So I was also meant to have my 20 week scan today at the hospital. For those of you who are completely baby un-aware, as I was, the 20 week scan is when you find out if you're having a boy or a girl.

So me and JS trotted up to the hospital on his lunch break to go get scanned and see our little bean again just to find out that due to my horrific pregnancy brain (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it) I had got the dates wrong and we were originally booked in to go on the 9th. Thus resulting in tears and me apologising profusely to JS and being mad at myself ect ect.

There is a happy ending however!  The amazing nurse managed to re-book me to go get my scan on Wednesday, so we only have to wait two more days. Which, will give me two more days to try and convince JS to let us find out who exactly is in there.

20 week update:

My tummy measures: 92.5 cm / 36.5"

My waist is: 83 cm / 32.5"

Craving chocolate and trying not to give in. Heartburn has been a devil this week. Only a few headaches. Back to work tomorrow!

Happy 2014 - 19 weeks

Welcome to the first post of 2014!

Sorry for the silence over the festive period, but as anyone who has small children will know (I have a 6 year old) Christmas time is a whirlwind which leaves very little time of anything other than seeing family and making sure everyone manages to get, at least, some sleep.

But regardless, I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year!

Me, JS, R-dogg and the bump got incredibly spoilt this year and I was again left feeling overwhelmed by peoples love and generosity. Here's a few photo highlights:

1.Hung out with my niece for a few days - 2.Got a new toy - 3.R-dogg surrounded by gifts in the car

4.Wore my iridescent pine/black lace dress - 5.Instax of me and JS on boxing day - 6.Reds date

7.Bit of light new years reading - 8.Gorgeous cats eye glasses from JS

So January is all about one thing - SALES! I had a wonderful day yesterday waddling around the sales in Leeds with my Sister and niece, trying things on whilst trying to entertain an 18 month old. Which was no easy task.

I managed to get a couple of gorgeous finds in the Topshop sale which hopefully I will be able to wear right through my pregnancy and afterwards as well :)

My favourite find was this amazing velvet and lace midi dress which I got for an outstanding £15!

It fits so well and has these lovely lace cut out bits in my rib area and up the sides as well. Just the right amount of sexy which means I can dress this up or down. I've really fallen in love with it.

For this look I've teamed it with my red and blue velvet tasselled kimono, my black lace socks and chunky black boots.

Something very exciting happened over Christmas, we started to feel the baby kicking! It's got such a vicious kick and has taken to booting me in the bladder in the middle of the night. What a rascal.

so at 19 weeks:

My tummy measures: 90 cm / 35.5"

My waist is: 80 cm / 31.5"

I have lots of energy and just want to eat and eat and eat, which after chirstmas is a bit of a problem.

The baby seems to kick more when I'm listening to music. Me and JS went to see Alcoa last night and the baby kicked and squirmed all the way through. It was wonderful.

Hope you had an amazing festive time! has anyone else found any good sale bargains?

The crow flies straight, a perfect line. - 17 weeks

Christmas is a-coming and I am getting fat!

I'm also panic buying pressies for everyone as I've been so under prepared this year.

I have however gotten myself a lot of gifts, tis the season and all that.

1. Platform shoes - Nasty Gal - $12 in the flash sale

2. Leather look dress - Primark - £13

3. Iridescent green/black lace mini dress - Primark - £7 sale

4. Deep berry velvet midi dress - H&M - £15 

I also bought a whole bunch of underwear from Curvy Kate as I've gone from being an A cup my whole life to a D. Thank you pregnancy!

Braving the cold to get some more gifts today. Here's today's outfit:

Leather jacket - Topshop

Lace back t-shirt - Primark 

Bracelets - Oxfam and eBay

Leather trousers - New Look

Plaid shirt - Stolen from Will at work <3

Heels - Nasty Gal

Lips - Topshop Lip Marker in "berry"

Balance Bloodstone necklace

So I received a gorrrrrgeous necklace in the post from the lovely humans over at Balance. Amongst the plethora of delicious jewellery sat this bloodstone and as soon as I saw it, I had to have it!

It's got such a rich depth to the colour and I've not quite managed to quite capture it fully in a photo yet and at £8 it's literally a steal.

There's so many gorgeous pieces to choose from, here's a few more of my faves:

1. Witchcraft pentagram necklace - £5

2. Dream a Little Dream necklace - Black - £7

3.Titanium Aura Quartz Druzy - £14

4.Onyx Pentagram necklace - £9

5.Garnet Hex ring - £14

Happy Monday!

Creepy Christmas wishlist and a quick lookbook.

Unfortunately I'm on bed rest for the next few days as I fell down the stairs at work last night so I thought I'd do a last minute Christmas wishlist, mostly to stop me from impulse buying EVERYTHING.

I realize it's a bit last minute but hey, ho.

1.Belong to the darkness ring - Blood Milk £106.83 // I realise I would have had to be a veeeeeeery good girl this year to get this as the price is way out of my budget but I couldn't help but fall in love with this ring. Rose gold is so versatile and the whole things has this "evil eye" feel to it. I adore everything Blood Milk sell, it's all gorgeous handmade jewellery with the right about of creep.

2. Incisor bra harness - OS accessories $145 // Again, another item I'm just going to have to lust after. I LOVE harnesses, there's something about adding a harness to a really pretty, floaty dress that just adds a little harder edge. This one caught my eye because of the teeth, which are PU bone reproductions and just make me do a little swoon!

3.We lived our lived in black t-shirt - SWAS $22 // I'm such a fan of shopwithasianstereotypes and already own their "It's okay to decay" t-shirt (see below). As I'm slowly expanding I feel t-shirts are going to become more and more of a staple every day thing and this one pretty much sums up my life.

4.Sun & Moon layered necklace - Empty Casket £10 // Empty Casket are my go-to for pretty jewellery with a twist and this sun and moon layered necklace is just what my trinket box is missing.

5. The Dolce Boot - Galata shoes £36 // With so many platform boots out there it's hard to choose which ones to buy, but the Dolce Boot from Galata shoes stood out as an affordable, practical every day boot with a lovely brass buckle at the top. Plus the heel isn't too high so I reckon I could get a lot of wear out of these before I end up the size of a house.

6. Cut out crochet dress - Romwe £14.76 // This Gorgeous dress is something I've been after for a while. At under £15 it's a steal and perfect for layering for this cold weather. Plus the shape of it allows me room for expansion!

7. Kitty Cat russian dolls - Balance £8 // Everyone needs something cute at Christmas and these kitty Russian dolls are just gorgeous. They're all hand painted and adorable! Balance also stock everything from lovely jewellery to smoking essentials to clothing so they really are a shop for everyone

Here's a quick look from yesterday featuring my "it's okay to decay" top

the leggings, mesh top and bracelets are from ebay!

Whats one everyone elses wish lists?