I don't sleep well at all. In fact I'm pretty sure sleep hates me. I take forever to get to sleep and wake up a billion times during the night. Any sleep I do get is poor quality and not in the slightest restorative. Just one of the beautiful side effects of my chronic illness. For those of you who don't know I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and Fibromyalgia and my body is just a bundle of pain (with a hint of glitter).

I was contacted by N:rem asking if I wanted to give their 10 day foam tablet trial a go. As my sleep is so awful and I have tried every mattress in our house (we have a lot) and still can't get comfy there wasn't much to lose giving this a whirl.

The N:rem comfort trial* is for 10 days and consists of 5 tablets of different densities which include Firm, medium, soft & super soft. You then arrange these under your sheet depending on your needs.

If you read my Spectre review you will know that part of my disappointment was that I had really wanted to see Hotel Transylvania instead but it was sold out. Then Spectre let me down and my day was ruined (slight exaggeration).

Well you will be pleased to hear I finally got to see Hotel Transylvania 2 and it was soo much better than Spectre.



"Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel."


Hotel Transylvania is one of my favourite films and even made it onto my Top 10 non Disney animated films. 

I was so excited for this one to come out and like the child I am I stropped when I didn't get to go. Luckily my brother is just as much of a child as me so we had a cinema day last weekend.

This definitely lived up to expectations and I laughed so much. Dennis is such an adorable half human half vampire child and him & Winnie are too cute. Seeing how far Dracula will go to bring out the fangs in Dennis is hilarious and I loved the adapted version of twinkle twinkle little star. 

Drac also busts out some epic moves again and Dennis may actually top him in dance ability. 

Getting to see Mavis in the human world is also so funny. Although to be fair, I get that excited about different flavour slush puppies too. 

I was lucky enough to meet the babe behind Welsh Girl Problems at the #PartyAtTheAngel blogger meet a few months ago. So obviously I had to treat myself to some of her lush products. I mean how awesome are these.

This mug may be my favourite ever mug and I love getting this mirror out to check my lippie. YOu need these in your life and you can get them all in the fab welsh girl problems shop.

If you haven't see Aloha Lola Cards on Twitter have you been living under a rock? The adorable caricatures of bloggers have taken over twitter and such a lovely person behind the twitter account. She understood my despair over the lack of unicorn emojis when my phone wouldn't update and we had an in depth conversation about our love for Dominos. Mmm pizza

I am so in love with my caricature. Like seriously, how awesome is this?


You can check them out on Etsy where you can buy personalised cards for every occasion and your own caricature. If you are looking for a unique card for a friend then you need to check them out. Also treat yourself to a caricature. You know you want to. Buy yourself a card. Treat yourself

Ohhh and you can also follow Aloha Lola on Instagram to see all the adorable creations.

I am seriously addicted to home made soup at the moment. Like a little bit obsessed. I think I've had it for lunch almost every day for the last 2 weeks. It is so easy and tastes so good and soup and Autumn are such a beautiful pairing. Butternut squash soup has to be one of my favourites. It's just so good and you can add so many things to it.


To make this an even easier meal I got my mum a soup maker for Christmas last year because I am a top daughter. You need one in your life (a soup maker not a daughter)

Serves 4

1 Butternut Squash
Carrot
Red Onion
500ml vegetable Stock
Garlic
smoked paprika
chilli powder

Now me and my mum are not great at measuring as you can see by my ingredients list. We just whack it all in and hope for the best. So far so good though. With the handy soup maker, which I recommend for all of my fellow sick people - it is soo easy, you just chuck everything in put the lid on & turn it on. Then in 21mins you have delicious hot soup. Magic.

However you can make it the good old fashioned way and just cook your veg & then add the stock and bring to the boil and simmer for a bit. Then you just blend it all up to delicious soupy goodness. Seriously does it get any easier

Then you can add whatever seasoning takes your fancy. I am obsessed with Smoked Paprika at the moment. I use so much of this stuff and it is soooo good in this soup. Heaven in a bowl. I also like to add some chilli powder for a bit of a kick. I only add it to my bowl though because my family are such babies (soz mum).

And that is the end of the least detailed and probably least helpful recipe you have ever read. Seriously just bung it all in, blend and season. Make it up as you go along. You can also add celery (vom), potato, pepper. The choices are endless.

I've been meaning to put this up for a while but life just got a bit hectic. I recently reached 200 followers on Bloglovin which means the world to me. Then in the same week I hit 1,500 Twitter followers and 550 instagram followers which was clearly a sign I needed to do a milestone giveaway. My first ever give away. Im excited.


So I decided to do a random bundle of goodies of things I've been loving at the moment.

Whats in the Bundle

• Unicorn Ring Holder - I am obsessed with unicorns and this is so cute and looks great on my dressing table so I had to get one for this
• I Wish This Was Wine Mason Jar - If you read my cute cups post you'll know I have a lot of these kind of glasses and they're so handy
• Yankee Candle Cassis Votive - I mean who doesn't love candles
• Gold Star Midi Ring - I am in love with midi rings and wear 2 constantly
• Prairie Charms Hair Bands & Unicorn Bow 
• Gold Notebook - Every bloggers essential and instagram worthy
• Rimmel Salon Pro Nail Polish in Rhythm & Blues - I am addicted to dark nails now that its colder
• Collection 2000 Nail Polish in Bongo Beat  - Everyone needs mermaid nails in their lives.
• Colourpop Matte Liquid Lipstick in Midi - I made a colourpop order using a mail forwarding service and couldn't not get something for this so I went for a nude.
• DorkFace Customised Card - I am so in love with Jemma and her art and wanted to make sure someone else got to experience her amazingness. I am still so obsessed with my mermaid in disguise card (Not Pictured).

I went to see Spectre last week and I was so disappointed. I love a good action film and even though Im not Daniel Craigs biggest fan James Bond usually delivers.

I had never heard of Finley Martin before receiving The Dead Letter* to review but its safe to say I will definitely be checking out more of his work. I really enjoyed this book and if you are a fan of the crime/detective genre then I definitely recommend it.  



"It is 2001 and the police constable's girlfriend is murdered in a fit of jealous rage. When the constable realizes what he has done, he manages an elaborate cover-up. Only one person knows the truth. 

Flash forward to 2012. Anne Brown is still running her late uncle, Bill Darby's, detective agency after spending four or five years as his assistant. One day, the postman delivers an eleven year-old letter. The letter is addressed to her uncle from a woman named Carolyn Jollimore. She says she has evidence about a murder and begs for help from Darby. But Bill Darby is dead. And when Anne looks up the letter's author, she finds that Jollimare too is now dead.

Troubled with the evidence at hand, Anne must decide if she should investigate this eleven-year old murder."

This book jumps straight into the nitty gritty storyline which I love. It is different to most other crime books in that it tells you who the murderer is in the first chapter but you are the only one that knows. You get to follow the journey to see if & when anyone else works it out with a few twists along the way. 

There is still some mystery though. The first chapter also starts with an affair and a pregnancy and we don't know who she had an affair with and who the father is. So there is still the mystery of who else could be involved in the drama. 

Anne is an awesome main character who is dedicated to finding the truth no matter who/what stands in her way. The storyline does go off on a few tangents relating to Annes life that don't really have a huge importance to the storyline but it makes you get to know her character more. She's only human.

 I'm a huge lover of the crime genre and thoroughly enjoyed this book.

The swatch below uses the gorgeous berry red Lady In Red Kisstick* which I am now obsessed with. It is such a gorgeous shade. You can see how dramatically the shade can change though with Colour switch. The last swatch is about 4 swipes of the colour switch and one of the Lady in red.