Healthy Body, Healthy Mind

Things have calmed a lot since my last entry, all the paper work on the house is finished and we have a lot of our furniture bought and delivered so I can turn my attention back to the wedding! On the one hand I can’t believe I still have to wait 15 months to walk down the aisle and on the other hand I love the organising so much that I wish it were longer! We have started to look at invitations and flowers. We were going to order the invitations from America but changed our minds so now we have decide to let our creative juices flow and make our own (or at least attempt it!). I made a trip to Dublin last week and came home with so much paper Alan thought I was going to start my own shop. We think we have decided on the one we like so it’s just a matter of buying it and starting the process. Although I don’t think I should buy anything just yet, I have changed my mind so many times about the type of flowers that I want so I’ll probably be the same with the invites. I had decided on gerbera’s, then roses, then freesia, then baby’s breath. I’m now back with Gerbera’s but with Tulips! I wanted red, then yellow, then white, now hot pink and orange! I’m sure I’ll change my mind a hundred more times before the wedding. I am going to Galway on Saturday to sample wedding cake filling in Goya’s. I can’t wait. I used to live in Galway and it was always a treat to have a Goya’s cake with a cup of tea. The only thing I have decided about the cake is I don’t want fruitcake after that I’m not too sure.

I have also decided to start my beauty regime. I have 15 months to get my skin, hair and body in shape so I think I have plenty of time! My sister in law to be bought me some fantastic Clinque products for Christmas (the three step) so that’s my start for the skin. I am walking every evening and drinking plenty of water. I have also started counting points again! I lost three stone a year ago on the weight watchers plan so I’m sure I can shift the last two in a year (or at least here’s hoping). As for my hair, well, you can see in my photo I have very short blonde hair. Well at the moment my hair is dark brown and about 2 inches longer. I am going back to blonde, that’s step1. Step 2, I am going to start doing intensive conditioning treatments once a week. I think if I can manage all that I’ll be very happy.

So here’s to the start of a new me, all I have to do is resist the chocolate….and the wine…..and the take aways……and the couch!