Winter Blues and a Christmas Countdown

My Cat and Dave's Spiderman

It has been a long while since I wrote a blog post however time has been against me as per usual so I'm sat here with a cold and giving myself 5 minutes blog time. 

Winter has well and truly come, Halloween has been and gone and with it our beautifully carved pumpkins and a job lot of pumpkin soup I made, which was quite tasty but after the sixth time of having it for lunch I did get a bit fed up of it! The flip flops have been put away and the boots are on, coats are a must and as I have already mentioned I have my first cold of the winter. 

Getting the flat cosy this winter 

It's not all dull and gloom though Christmas is coming and no one loves Christmas time more than me especially as I have 2 weeks off work this year! A first for many years!! I have already started scrolling through Amazon grabbing some bargains and some interesting stocking fillers for the family and being the first year in our flat have started buying / making decorations to make our flat a little grotto (will let you know how the homemade ones go!)  I have been to a few Christmas fairs and seen the Christmas adverts on TV, controversially loving the Sainsburys one not raving about the John Lewis one this year, but I have yet to hear Christmas songs and wear a festive jumper! I guess November is too soon. 

I don't think I've ever blogged before about my problems with migraines unfortunately I suffer quite a bit with them. It's really hard as it affects my work life and my personal life as I have to go bed to sleep them off sometimes for the rest of the day. One thing that does help is something called a Migrastick from Holland and Barretts but I have to use it in time, if the migraine is to far gone then there is nothing I can do about it. This week i went for an eye test where the optician said working in front of a screen and then coming home and studying and staring at the screen is causing pressure on my eyes. I'm really hoping this will ease my migraines watch this space I suppose. 

Finally in my little update college work though hard is going really well, completed my first unit and now onto my second one (well I haven't started yet but I will do) and I'm even a little bit ahead! Work and college together though has been stressful and I haven't been feeling very well with it all, my amazing boyfriend went away one emotional full of tears day and came back with roses and chocolates! I am so spoilt, such a lucky girl!