So it’s been five weeks since I last posted from sunny Valencia and I’ve been back in wintery, cold Newbury, busy at work moving into our new shinny office, cocktail making, hosting the office Christmas Party, visiting the gym (hardly) and now can’t quite believe there are only 7 more sleeps to go until Santa does his rounds!

I thoroughly enjoyed my girlie mummy daughter Spanish break last month – What’s not to love, yummy food and delicious drinks, lots of shops and amazing sights to be seen and of course fast bikes and men in leather! I was in my element! To round off my week off work on the Friday my friend Suz and I had a fab girls afternoon at the Bombay Sapphire Distillery just down the road in Laverstoke http://distillery.bombaysapphire.com/. We did the gin cocktail master class which was such a giggle, highly recommend it (we’re planning on going back again in the summer), what’s more enjoyable than having a laugh creating a fancy cocktail or two that you then get to sample and drink afterwards!

This year I hosted my third office Christmas Party, which I have received lovely feedback from my colleagues and friends, so all in all I think it was another success. The party was held for a second year at The Elvetham Hotel in Hartley Wintney (my first experience of this stunning hotel was at my gorgeous friends wedding back in 2009) following on from requests from our Chairman and CEO. We opted for a 1920’s Gatsby theme, with the ladies dressed as flappers and the gentlemen looking dapper the majority of  my colleagues were very sporting and looked very glamorous and handsome (sadly Mr DiCaprio couldn’t make it though, drats). I hired an amazing boutique photo booth from Booth Nineteen (http://booth19.co.uk/), a fabulous live band called Bella & The Bourbon Boys (http://www.alivenetwork.com/bandpage.asp?bandname=Bella) think The Great Gatsby soundtrack and used BalloonsforU (http://www.balloonsforu.co.uk/) for the gorgeous ostrich feather table centre pieces and balloons for dancefloor.

Friday evening was fun, my mum, sister and I went to the panto – Cinderella at The Corn Exchange. We went for drinks first, then dinner and then onto to see the performance. It was such a giggle and it was a lovely way to spend an evening with my two faves and get in the festive spirit of things.

My gym visits have been lacking to say the least, I’ve well and truly lost my gym mojo, if anyone finds it please do feel free to point it in my direction! Last Monday was honestly the most pathetic PT session I’ve EVER done, after 30 minutes of zero effort and constant moaning, Phil gave up on me; he gave me 30 minutes more than I’d given myself, I had given up before I’d even parked the car! I have been feeling pretty run down lately and have had a really nasty cough, no excuse really, but that’s what I’m blaming my lacklustre gym effort on. I’ll be there tomorrow for my pre-Christmas PT session, I’m still not feeling 100% but I’ll try my best to at least bring my B-game (I rarely have my A-game when I’m on it) haha.

I’ve got tomorrow and Tuesday off work – Heaven! I’m going to try and finish off my Christmas shopping tomorrow, I don’t really think I’ve got much else to buy but there’s no harm in having a little mooch around the shops again is there. On Tuesday I’m meeting up with my gorgeous friend and her adorable, just turned 1, little girl for a girlie festive lunch and catch up,  I’m really looking forward to seeing them both.

I can’t quite believe there’s only 7 more sleeps until Santa comes to town, I’m pretty certain I’m on the good girl list so fingers crossed I’ll receive more than just a lump of coal.

It’s crazy how quickly 2016 has flown by, my intensions back in January when I posted my first blog was to write a post once a week, it started off well, but yes, I’ve been slacking lately – Sorry! Now I’m certain I will not write another post now before the 25th December (because I’m rubbish!), so I’d like to wish you all a magical Christmas, I hope you receive lots of delightful goodies and have fantastic time with all your loved ones.

Merry Christmas

Love

L x