ARGOS VOUCHER GIVEAWAY!

Birdcage tea light holder* // Clock*

Crochet cushion*

Habitat Deli Large beaker* // Habitat Deli Small beaker*

I love the Argos home ware range- it always has on trend, good quality, affordable pieces. When we moved in to our house, we furnished most of it using Argos! It was just so useful being able to get the styles we want, at prices we could afford, and having branches nearby made it really convenient too. Therefore, you can imagine how thrilled I was when they very kindly offered to send me some of their items from their home ware range to review!

How amazing is the birdcage tea light holder?? The style and the detail is just gorgeous- I absolutely love it! In fact, I love it so much I am considering buying several more to use as table centre pieces for our wedding instead of traditional flowers! I can imagine draping strings of pearls through the bars, and perhaps adding some silk flowers or vintage brooches. I may use little wooden pegs to attach the table numbers written on luggage labels to the bars. I think it would be just beautiful! And at £19.99 it is an absolute bargain. I can't say enough good things about this product. I love it!

I think there is something really elegant about this little clock. It's actually an alarm clock, and I love the simplicity of it. It's a lovely soft grey and I love the style the numbers are written in- I think it's a beautiful font. I like quite minimalist, yet pretty and feminine items and I think this fits this style perfectly!

I think the crochet cushion is another item that could be described as minimalist yet feminine. I really love crochet items at the moment, and this cushion is a lovely shade of cream that will go with anything, with chunky buttons to stop it being too plain.Our bed has rather a lot of floral and pattern going on too (sorry, David!) so this cushion balances it out nicely!

I am in love with these beakers! How retro and lovely are they? The pastel tones are so pretty- I love the hint of mint on the inside of the large one (mine) and the soft pink of the small one (Lily's!). Argos now has a selection of ex Habitat stock at very reasonable prices and these are part of that range. They are just perfect to serve some milkshake in with some pretty paper straws! I know this sounds like such a gushy post, but I actually have nothing negative to say about any of the items, I am so happy with all of them!

Here's the exciting part! All of these gorgeous items totaled at just pennies off of £50- so Argos are very generously offering a £50 voucher to one of my readers!

You can enter using the Rafflecopter widget below. You must be a follower of my blog on Google friend connect and a resident of the UK (sorry! I will host a giveaway for my international readers soon!). You can earn extra entries by following me on twitter and tweeting about the giveaway. The giveaway will be running for two weeks. Be sure to leave me a comment below and include your email so I contact you if your the lucky winner!

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Good luck everyone!

x ♥

A healthier me.

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I love food, I really do, and I eat a lot of it. Having an extremely sweet tooth, unfortunately, I eat a lot of the wrong kinds of foods too. I do love fruit and vegetables, but my biggest weakness is for sweet things. Over Christmas, as most people do, I may have over indulged slightly. Up until last Saturday, our cupboards were full of biscuits, selection boxes, brandy snaps, Thornton's, roses, quality street, cake & Wonka Bars (how amazing are they?! They were from Santa!). But this Saturday, David & I made our way through the very last box of chocolates, and that's it. No more sweet treats in the house. I don't plan on getting any more for a little while either, and when I do buy some, I will eat them sensibly, making the packets last, not scoffing them down in one day!

I am determined to get healthier this year. I don't particularly want to loose weight (although a little toning in a few areas wouldn't go amiss!) but I just want to feel healthier. I want to climb the stairs without getting out of breath, I want to shift my iron deficiency, I want a healthy glow to my skin instead of it looking tired and dull all the time. I want to feel satisfied and full of energy after a meal, rather than bloated and tired due to ridiculously large portions. 

Fingers crossed, if our saving continues the way it is, David and I will be getting married by the end of 2013, and that will be my motivation for a healthier lifestyle. I don't want to diet, I don't want to start going to the gym, and I don't want to cut out any foods. I just want to take a little more thought over what I'm putting in my body, and I want to spend a little more time exercising.

I am starting the 30 day shred again, but instead of completing it in 30 days, I'm going to do it at least 3 times a week. When I did it before I saw amazing results and it really helped shift my baby weight, but as I said, I just want to feel fitter and look a little more toned. I want to walk more. I've started drinking 2 Litres of water a day, which is a massive step for me. I am guilty of regularly going to bed thinking 'oops! I forgot to drink anything today!'.

I received some lovely recipe books from family and friends for Christmas, to add to my growing collection, and I want to start using them more. I do try to cook healthy meals from scratch as much as I can, but I find it so easy to slip into the routine of cooking the same meals all the time. So I want to make something new at least once a week. I was thinking I could make it a weekly feature on my blog, what do you think? Would any of you be interested in that?

x ♥