{The Autumn Tag}

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Lauren over at Living in a Boxx has tagged me in 'The Autumn Tag' meme.  Happy to participate :-)

Favourite thing about Autumn...

Like Lauren, it's got to be the leaves changing colour. I love the crispness in the air, being outside wrapped up all snuggly warm (in my super cosy North Face parka!) and the little red cheeks that me and the kids get from being outside!

I'll be drinking...

Mulled wine for me please, or a hot Ribena! At the moment I have a mug of Belvoir Mulled Winter Punch in front of me which I warmed up in the microwave. It's delish!

Favourite scent...

I'm wearing Gucci Guilty Black right now and my other current fragrance is Jean Paul Gaultier Ma Dame, which was a gift from a certain gentleman! ;-)

Best lipstick...

I'm still wearing my M&S lipgloss - I love the coral one. I've also been using Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream on my lips. 

Go to moisturiser...

I'm awful I know, but I rarely moisturise my skin. For a while I was really good and I was using Dermalogica skin smoothing cream. I need to get back into good habits again... the disarray at the new house isn't helping matters as at the moment I have no idea where any of my creams are!!

Eye colour...

I have been using MAC Shroom, Satin Taupe and Black Tied for over a year now and I love the colours. Can highly recommend them. I'm all for a bit of sparkle & glitter regardless of the season!

Favourite singer/band...

My taste in music is pretty horrendous. I'd also quite happily start listening to Christmas music now if I could get away with it. You have permission to whack me over the head, lol!

Outfit of choice...

At the moment it's got to be my grey skinny jeans from Tu at Sainsburys. They fit well and can be dressed up or down. Love them!

The place to be...

In my new house!! Love it here so much, it already feels like home.

I am going to tag the following bloggers:

AnneeApple

Clare @ Its Ups and Downs

Ali & The Grey House

Laura @ Life as an Hourglass

You're welcome ;-)

{The Photo Gallery: Colour Red}

Autumn Leaves

This is a post for week 77 of Sticky Finger's The Gallery: Colour.  I love autumn... it's one of my favourite times of year. I love being wrapped up in lots of layers, snuggling in the warmth and I love the colours. (I don't love going out in the pouring rain which is often the case in Glasgow...but it rains in Glasgow all year round regardless of the season!).

If you get a chance head over to The Gallery and see the other entries...

{Halloween Ideas}

So, we're now into October... can you believe it!?

This will be our first Halloween with two little ones, so I've been trying to come up with a suitable costume for them. I came across some great ideas from Pinterest, but decided upon a pirate outfit for my son and my daughter will go as his parrot!

Pirate Pyjamas from Next

No-Sew Parrot Costume from Baby Rabies

I've got a red tutu for my daughter to wear and I'm going to attempt some sewing to add feathers to a baby vest and I'm going to team this with some yellow tights or leggings... Think I'll also try and get a pirate hat for my son to complete his outfit. Watch this space!

I'm going to make these spider and ghost lollipops for my son to give to his nursery pals. I bought some black pipecleaners and googly eyes this morning from eBay.

Spider Lollipops from House of Baby Piranha

Halloween crafts from One Charming Party

Here are some ideas I've come up with for decorating the house. I have never decorated our house before for Halloween other than the odd blow-up pumpkin but I thought it might be nice to have a few decorations here and there, especially if it's ones that get the kiddies involved...

Pumpkin handprint painting

Handprint spider

Skeleton Gingerbread Cookies

Ghost Poop favours for Trick or Treaters

Here are some more grown up decorations for Halloween and Autumn that I love...

Pumpkin Centrepiece

Pumpkins on Candlesticks

Pumpkin House Number

Pumpkin Carving

Check out my Pinterest boards for other ideas... LOVE Pinterest!!