We're all going on a summer holiday!!

So it has been a very long time since I updated. I have started a new post now and then but just gave up!

 But now I have lots of awesome photos and I just had an awesome week :D

So as i said before I sold some clothes on eBay a while ago, hoping to make at least £45 to afford the flamingo dress I wanted ( I got it for £36 instead of £45 in the end wahey!). However I made £150ish and I booked me and Matt a little holiday at the seaside.

I have been counting down over 8 weeks EIGHT WHOLE WEEKS, and now it has come and gone.

On the plus side I lost 52lbs before I went away :)
I do feel like a different person at the moment. New me and new clothes and a much happier me!

I reached my goal weight and a little bit more. Although I imagine I may of put a little on this week from all the ice creams ehehe!

So the weekend came and whizzed by really quick and then it was Monday. I had a few things to do Monday morning (dentist and doctors) and we had lunch at Pop Inn Cafe. Then we headed to Morrisons and picked up one of their personal pizza's and headed to the caravan park! I also took my leggings off and put on some clear tights (very big deal for me! I haven’t shown my legs off, well ever as an adult I don’t think and I just thought sod it!)

We got there around 5ish and it seemed like a lovely park and the caravan was just lovely and clean and just really nice. I was really impressed when we got inside and we unpacked and settled in quickly.

I made our pizza which was quite funny as it didn’t fit in the oven and I ended up cutting it into two and after we ate we went to explore and wondered down to the sea front and along the beach.

The beach was actually so lovely, we had to walk a little further to get to the nicer bit but it was lovely, clean and sandy. The weather had been so warm on Monday that it was very pleasant by the sea and in the evening. We headed to Tesco to stock up on some food and milk for my coffee!! And when we got back I was just exhausted. I had woken up at about 8:30 with excitement and then a busy day and a 2 hour drive pooped me out!

Tuesday we woke up and the weather was glorious. Matt said he didn’t fancy swimming nor staying in so we decided to head to the pier. We did however stop off at the caravan park sales office where they had an event on and we got a free burger and reviewed some caravans!

The pier was very close to the park and very surprisingly it was free to park there for 3 hours. There was a lovely garden area running along the top which we walked along. We played some games on the pier and got some good price bowling with a voucher I had! We then headed off to the beach where we sat and enjoyed the sunshine for a while! And of course we also indulged in an ice cream.

We headed back after a while. I managed to get myself covered in sand which was very uncomfortable and we bought Doritos and stuffed our faces while watching TV. I then made stir fry for dinner and we just chilled out and watched the film ‘World War Z’

I would also like to point out I went COMPLETELY bare legged (well I had little cycle shorts under my skirt for modesty ehe!) My tights ended up getting ripped and at £2.50 a go they aren’t cheap for only 1 – 2 wears. Matt said there was literally no difference between tights and no tights so I went bare legged and it was good actually I really enjoyed it! Its just lovely having the sun and air on your skin when it is so warm!

So I had planned to go to Colchester Zoo on the Wednesday. It was quite pricey to get in so I used my club card vouchers and I had exchanged £10 worth and got £40 of zoo vouchers which got us both in. The zoo was beautiful! Again I went bare legged and after an hour or so of thinking ohh no people will look I eventually went BAH WHO CARES my legs look quite good. The weather wasn’t quite as nice as the days before but that was nice as it meant it stayed fairly cool and we didn’t over heat walking round the zoo.

We were very lucky and each area we got to it was feeding time or show time or however you want to put it!

First were the penguins and they were so funny, I noticed the sun was shining off my necklace onto the wall and the penguins went mad for it chasing it up and down.

We didn’t get too far after that and Matt was feeling a little over hot and tired so we stopped for lunch. We ended up with fried chicken as most the food places were out of season. However it was an ok price and tasted pretty good!

We then went on and I got to feed an elephant and a giraffe which was pretty freaking epic :D

I have to say though if I went again I would defiantly take a back pack or a tiny bag. My bag isn’t overly heavy at all but after having it on my shoulders for hours on end my back was in agony by the end of the day. I got some lovely photos to remember such a lovely day by.

After the Zoo we headed for the town center for pizza express (yet more Tesco vouchers haha) we also whizzed into Burtons and grabbed Matt some new jeans as his had ripped and after a very stressful drive (trying to find parking) we made it to pizza express and I had a lovely meal there. We then headed back afterwards as I was pretty tired and again spent the evening just chilling out (stopped for ice cream) and watching TV.

Thursday was meant to be a bit raining and what not but yet again it was beautiful. We couldn’t really think of what to do so headed down to Walton-on-the-Naze. We had a light lunch and walked down the pier. I indulged in a 99 with a flake as I felt it was a must do on a seaside holiday :p

We weren’t that impressed with Walton-on-the-Naze so we headed back to Clacton pier…. Popped back to the caravan and picked up some beer and cider, towels and something to read. On our way we also looked into a tower near the caravan. It was only £1 to get in and then after we went back to the beach and I just laid in the sun. Unfortunately the bad weather that was predicted did start to show its face and the temperature dropped as the sun went behind clouds. I did however manage to finish my cider and had a flick through my magazine.

Originally we were going to sit on the beach till 6ish and go for dinner in prezzo but instead we headed back to the caravan as it got quite chilly with the wind.

We did however head back later and went for our last evening meal and we tried Prezzo for the first time. We got an awesome price for our food with Matt’s taste card. The starter was GLORIOUS but I found the main too salty. However the desert made up for that!

We then took one final walk along the beach and I had a final paddle in the sea and then we went back to the caravan started to re pack and tidy up and then put on the film ‘Welcome to the punch’

Although I didn’t want any rain during the day we were both sooo hoping for rain in the evening. Rain on the caravan is just the nicest pitter patter sound! And as the film finished up and we were cuddled up the rain thundered down onto the roof!

We woke about 1am and headed to bed…. I then got up at about 8am (the bed was very uncomfortable to sleep in alas) and we packed everything up and left about 9:45am (we had to be gone by 10am).

We made one more trip down the coast to Toby Carvery and enjoyed an all you can eat Breakfast Buffet! The sky was grey and it was pretty nippy which made it a tiny weeny bit easier to leave.

I won’t lie, I’m feeling pretty down. I ended up being let down at the weekend and that added to the fact that my week away came and went in the blink of an eye I’ve been pretty BLAGH all weekend.

I am feeling differently though, especially as I have realised I do have the confidence to wear whatever I want! I’ve wanted for years and years to have my legs and arms out in the summer and not to feel like I need to cover up! It was just such a relaxing time. Its now pretty crappy feeling being back at work (and back to the gym tonight) and knowing the holiday is gone (I spent the last 3 weeks KNOWING HOW CLOSE THIS HOLIDAY WAS!)

However I will end on a positive even though I am on a massive come down. I saw How to Train Your Dragon at the cinema at the weekend and it was just well, AWESOME…. My new favourite film.

I even wore my Turtle Tee T-shirt with Toothless on it for the event.

Its only 13 weeks till France now and my Birthday and in-between we have London Film and Comic Con, Hyper Japan and EGX Gamer Expo.

Happy Summer Holidays one and all :)