A solo weekend with baby Bowie , shopping hauls ,a special visitor and mum life !

You're such a clever boy, aren't you?

Good morning, everyone, and welcome back to another week.Now, this is a different week because we don't have Mark and Rina with us, so this is the first vlog back without the parents.Although, who do we have?Who do we have?We have Mr. Bright Eyes over...Oh, sorry, my hair.

Mr. Bright Eyes over here.He's talking so much to us at the moment.Aren't you, buddy?you're just having goos and gahs all over the place.So we are currently in London.We woke up at the sea containers because last night mummy got all dressed up and went to the BAFTAs.

I didn't have time to vlog anything yesterday because I was getting myself ready.I was a bit nervous about presenting an award and yeah we just I didn't get the camera out, but Joe did.Joe vlogged some bits yesterday.I heard you gag and I wasn't gonna ask.He's just gagged because he got rid of my skids.Joseph, son.

Daddy's naughty.Daddy is so naughty.Isn't he?Anyway, so it was our little boy's first stay overnight in London and he stayed with Daddy last night all by himself while I went and did the award with Chris.And he did so good, didn't you, bub?He did so good.

He had a good night's sleep.Mummy didn't sleep very well last night.I don't know why, just couldn't sleep.And this morning we're going to be heading back home.We've had our breakfast here.

We've got the most gorgeous room again.I'll quickly show you it.

We obviously have our bedroom with a beautiful view.Breakfast table with breakfast that we just ate.There's a little toilet in there and our little living room.This is the start of a new week's vlog.It's just the three of us now.Also in this vlog it's going to be just

two of us because Jo goes away for a Bucks night.I don't know if you call it Bucks night here, but we call it Bucks night in Australia.But it's actually a Bucks weekend, so Jo's leaving Thursday and is gonna be back with me Sunday morning.By the time this vlog goes out, Jo will be home with me, but there's gonna be Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday night, but I'm actually gonna be alone with baby and that's gonna be the first time so i'm actually excited for it just gonna be me and you bubba just me i'm so excited actually give me a nice little bonding session even though we're bonded i don't think i could be any more bonded to this little boy if i tried let's just have a look at that view one more time goodbye goodbye goodbye my lover goodbye my friend oh my god are you singing with me you have been the one you've been the one for me take it away bowden Oh, you just want your dummy.Back home, and because I didn't really sleep that well last night, I'm a bit exhausted, to be honest with you.I'm just so tired.

So, now we're upstairs with Jo, having a little nap.I'm gonna do my red lights, give me a little bit of energy.Before I do that, though, I wanna have a look at my bread that I left the other day.Before we went, oh, I didn't show you guys.Before we left for the BAFTAs, I made a loaf of bread.sourdough.

Now it's not the same there's not the same ring when mum's not here to go mmm oh good that's good yeah you see I like that one you see we need to prove it a little longer we would talk for hours about this one.I did one on my own, and this is how it turned out.Now, I did make it yesterday, and I had to put it into the fridge.I did cut a tiny bit yesterday.Used all wholemeal bread flour.Considering, guys, it's been in the fridge, 100 % wholemeal, not margarine.

In fact, I'm quite happy about that.Obviously, it's not as crispy because it's been in the fridge.No, I have a little bit of crisp there.I would say, pretty damn successful.So anyway, that's me bread, happy with that.I'm gonna make Jo a toasted sandwich out of that when I get off the red light.

Right now I'm gonna go do some red light therapy because supreme crap.She means business, she's got the G7X out.Now just need to know where to put her.Where doput the G7X?Okay, so there is a little recipe that I wanted to make.

I've actually got Miss Amy Dowden coming to visit tomorrow, because little Bowie has not yet met Miss Dowden, have ya?But I am gonna make scones.They might not work.And therefore, I might need to go and buy a little cake tomorrow morning.But I'm gonna try, I'm gonna attempt scones.There is a little recipe.

I want to try every vlog to make something that's like a really easy, nice and healthy recipe that you guys can all try.It's really, really simple.It's got four ingredients.Basically, it's a chocolate cake.Well, a chocolate fudge cake.Sounds too good to be true, if I'm honest with you, but let's put it to the test.

So literally, these four ingredients sounds too easy.Two cups of cottage cheese.Four eggs, one and a half cups of coconut sugar.Sorry, one and a quarter cups.I'm probably gonna do a little bit less than that.And then one cup of the cocoa powder.

Two cups of cottage cheese is quite a lot.Per 100 grams, this cottage cheese is 10 .3 grams of protein.So, there's 30 grams of protein just in one cup.So that means 60 grams, good maths, in the whole thing.just from the cottage cheese, not including the eggs.That's a lot of protein.

Four eggs.Now I'm going to blend this up.Uncle Vito just called us, didn't he?And it took so long that we've now, we're out of the papoose and you're in your little chair.You've had a feed and it's almost six o 'clock.I got up to the stage of whizzing this down.

my boy.So I've got my little audience now a little audience Let's do this quickly before do something a coconut sugar not sugar and cocoa powder What was meant to be a five -minute process feels like it's taken forever, right?Cocoa powder boy coconut sugar.I'm gonna do a little bit less I'm gonna go half a cup of coconut sugar because I feel like he doesn't need that much sugar Give that a whiz chance for the boy.We thinks mom you are weird Good looking good my boy battery is gonna go flat on the gx7 resort to using my phone Gx7 did die didn't it my boy?He's just sat there watching me, but the cake mix looks incredible I know you shouldn't eat raw egg, but I have tried them the mixture and the mixture is good.

I love itsee, I've got it all over my face.The mixture is good.So let's see what it cooks up like.It's the perfect amount of sweetness in my eyes and it's got a real chocolatey flavor.So I'm gonna put it into a cake tin, bake on 170 for like 40 minutes.

Use this round tin and then some baking paper.

He's just watching me right now.Are you gonna be a little chef?

if you want to be a chef you can be a chef if you want to be a dancer you can be a dancer if you want to be a youtuber you can be a youtuber if you want to be else you can be whatever you want to be my boy as long as you're a nice boy you will be a nice boy i know you will right here we go let's pour it in actually looks incredible i mean it's very runny i'm hoping that like the cottage cheese and the egg kind of turns into some sort of fudginess going off the taste of delicious so let's see Should we see what that tastes like, my boy?Okay, so I actually have to bake it a lot longer than I thought.65 to 70 minutes.There we go.See how that goes.Look at that cake.

Joe doesn't want to try any, but I am so impressed.I'm going to try some right now.Do you know who I need here?I need my mum.My mum would appreciate this cake, and I know she'sgonna be watching and she'll probably go, you know what?

I'm gonna try that.Ooh, it's very fudgy.Look at that.I think you do need to wait for it to cool down, to be honest with you.Let's try it.Bon appetito.

Reminding you all that it's just out the oven.Oh my God.Nah, Jo, you need to try this.You would never know that that is just four ingredients.Wow.That is so chocolatey and fudgy.

Bloody hell.Mm.Mm, mm, mm, mm.Reina Barswell, get on that.Cause that is bloody brilliant.What a little protein snack or a dessert or even breakfast to be honest with you.

That is so good.Joe, do you wanna try some?Come on.Not even just one spoonful yet.It's really good.There's no mentally preparing for anything.

I give that 10 out of 10.I literally give it 10 out of 10.You don't know it's cottage cheese.No, I promise.It tastes like chocolate.No, I'm telling you now, it tastes like chocolate.

it is the next day 12th of may 1108 currently eating some chocolate covered coffee beans which joe got me for my birthday absolutely love him i woke up this morning with a little little bit of an aggravated eye that's annoying but all is good you're doing this sweetie pieSweetie pie's been a little bit clingy today, but that's okay.I wouldn't have it any other way.But we still have Amy coming today at like a little bit later on in this afternoon.I'm yet to make my scones.So if they don't work out, I'm actually done for.

I'm manifesting that they will work out.But first of all, speaking of workout, I'm gonna go do a workout.First time I'm gonna try weights today.It has been about eight weeks yesterday, actually.since the surgery, since the birth.I shouldn't say the surgery, since the birth.

So I feel like I'm definitely healed, but I still have to be super careful.So I've just been walking so far, but today I'm gonna try doing, on my Peloton, you can do like a, what's called like a hybrid.So you do a walk and then you get off and you do some weights and you go back on the treadmill and you do some more walking.So I'm gonna do that today and just see how I go, but still taking it easy, listening to my body, but we're gonna add in some weights today.So these are what I mean, the 30 minute hiking bootcamp, which is a combination between the Peloton tread and weights.

Meanwhile, little man.He's just there looking at his little toys.

Obviously, you have to be so careful with the treads and babies and stuff like that.I'm very, very aware of that.At the moment, he cannot crawl or he cannot move.And I can actually see where he is.He's in front of me.He's not behind me.

So I definitely would not be bringing him in here if he was sort of moving about.But at the moment, wherever I put him, he stays.and i can see him he's totally in my view so without further adomama is gonna do her first workout with weights, yeah!I had other plans.He wants to have a little feed, so mama was well and truly loving that workout.

And then baby wanted to have food, but you are so much more important than any workout, my boy.So we've stopped to have a little feed, and I love it.We managed to finish it.Baby boy fell asleep in the end.I gave him a feed.He went to sleep.

He's still asleep now, which meant I could continue on with my workout.Honestly, half an hour is all I needed.I did the tread, I did the weights, and I feel so, so good right now.Obviously, I'm going back to dancing, so there is a sense of like, I do need to strengthen my body to be able to get back into dancing.But I haven't felt pressure at all.This is the most I've loved my body ever in my life.

And that's been a very, very long time coming.I think creating a human, I just went, you know what?That is incredible.And I've appreciated every part of my body so much more ever since.So it's a beautiful thing.It's a beautiful feeling.

However, just doing half an hour then, it's the endorphins for me.It's the way I feel after, and I feel really, really good.Didn't bother me that I had to stop and feed, obviously, but even that, it was so empowering.I'm like, hey, I can do a workout, then go feed a child, then come back.Should we go make some scones now?We got nothing for when Auntie Amy comes, and we need to make some scones.

He's awake now.What I've found is he is asleep for a lot longertime nowadays.So he has little tiny naps and then he wakes up pretty quickly.Whereas like when he was younger, he would sleep for ages and then only be up for like a little bit of time.But now it's sort of reversed.

He's up for so much longer and asleep for a lot less, which is good, good.He's learning.Guys, stop what we're doing.Have a look at those bad boys.I am so impressed.It's my first time, I think, making, oh, actually, no, that's a lie.

I have made scones before, but just not for a very, very long time, but I am super impressed with them.Joe is currently out getting his neck clicked, so I've asked him to get some clotted cream while he was out, because you can't have a scone without clotted cream.We already have the jam, so yeah, he just needs to get some cream for me, but I'm super impressed with that.Now I'm having a little spot of lunch, just basically waiting now for Amy to get here.

Oh my God.

I've just sat down to have me lunch, which is avocado and cottage cheese on my own homemade sourdough bread.I have just gone to just sit down for a bit whilst I eat it.Who remembers this?

It takes two with Mary, Kate and Ashley.

Oh my God.I'm obsessed.I think it's in the I don't know if it's the kids section of Netflix or if it's just a normal section but oh my god I haven't like watched this movie in so long I'm gonna put it on right now because it just this used to be one of the movies that every single time I'd go to the video shop yes back in the daythe old VHS, I would get out It Takes Two.I was obsessed with Mary -Kate and Ashley.Who else was obsessed with Mary -Kate and Ashley?

Let me know.So I've set up a little afternoon tea here, but what I've realized is I actually don't have any cups Plates and stuff that actually match so I've gone for all mix match But it's something I really want to get is like a little tea set that actually all matches Like all the little bits.I have a quite cute.So I've got I found these at the boot sale I think that was from a boot sale as well We've got three different style cups.These were my cutest plates I had Obviously my scones But yeah, I do wanna get a matching little set.That's the next thing on my list.

Dowden's here!

I just picked her up from the, I was gonna say airport, not the airport, from the train station.

Aw, I remember telling you, I was like, it's like Dowden.

Yeah, Bowden like Dowden.

Oh my God.That is so cute.

Oh my god, that's so cute.I love it That's perfect.

Look at this.You're such a lucky boy.

He's such a lucky guy.So cute amy.Oh my god Thank you so much Oh stop.

Oh Thank you auntie amy and uncle ben Oh, that's so cute a bracelet.Yes.

Yes.

Oh my god.

Do you know what i'm obsessed with bees at the moment?Look b and i got another one here b and i only said to you say i was like i really want to get one for my bracelet i literally just said that no wait that's why i was like is it a bracelet oh i'm gonna put it on now i've got a little b bracelet thank you this is your first welsh love But how good is our Dowden looking?I was just admiring her outfit.Where's your outfit from, Ames?River Island.

It's gorgeous, though.This is a bit of me.

You have no idea how hard it is to actually find clothes.I'm going to go and have a look.

I don't know where my closest River Island would be.Brighton.

Oh my God.I love it.I'm actually obsessed.And I love, like, the parachute pant.I call it a parachute pant.

Very cool.

Yeah, I love it.Oh, it's so cute.How cool were my scones?That's my main thing.I want to ask you Okay, thank you only because I had a piece of my hair in it, which is my that's just I am as well if I could It's definitely not quite a long one, too It's grown but don't they say that with pretty wellthey say we pregnancy but then they say we postpartum it's meant to like fall out in chunks I've got I know this looks amazing and I love the color as well the color looks really good Really nice color I've always had extensions.

I met you.

Anyway, Jack diddly -squat in there now Good morning, it's the next day and It was so lovely to see miss Dowden Bowden loved seeing Dowden.I can't stop saying that now.It's It was beautiful and Amy just looks incredible, which is so nice to catch up.So today Bowie and Jo are upstairs getting themselves ready.Jo's got to go into London today.So I have come down to do my sauna.

I did red light therapy before just so that I can do it whilst Joe's still here, then Joe goes into London.We might go for a little drive today to M &S and to Next.Is it Next?Okay, look, Next.I don't really need to buy anything, but I'm contemplating right now as well whether to use the ice bath or not.It is staring at me right in the face and I'm just not sure.

I'm gonna do it.I'm gonna do the ice bath.

Joe did two minutes this morning.Holy moly.

I'm the one who did the eye show and Jo did two bloody minutes.I don't know I can do two minutes.I definitely can't do two minutes.How did you do two minutes?So that was really not my best.I did not even a minute then.

but I'm gonna come back and I'm gonna do do it again tomorrow we got you a little outfit that miss Dowden bought you say thank you all righty Baba are you ready for your first trip with mama just me and you it looks like he's crying already so I'm gonna start this car because whenever we start driving he calms down so let's go I've made it to next.I, it took a lot longer to get here than I anticipated because I kept taking a wrong turn.Um, so it wasn't ideal, but we got here in the end, nice and safe.And that is the main thing.As long as we're safe, we are all good.So we're at next.

I have no idea what I want to, I don't even, I just wanted to come for a drive really.I just wanted a little outing when me and Dalton go out together because we haven't been out just us yet, like without anyone else with us and because Joe's got into London today, I thought today's the perfect opportunity.Even though he's leaving again tomorrow, we've got the whole weekend together, I wanted to do a little trip today.By the way, I love this Kia.It's probably one of the reasons I also wanted to come out is because I am driving the Kia at the moment, no longer in the Mini.As much as I love the Mini and the Mini still has a very special place in my heart, however, I needed something a bit more safe and secure.

I love driving it.

Let's go have a look.

Guys, everything in Next is so nice.I'm just looking at these shoes.I love them.They're a little bit small and I don't think they've got the size up.Oh, what is that?Oh, they do have an eight or a seven.

What is that?The shoes, to be fair, are super cute.Oh my God, look at these little ones as well.Cute.The range is lovely.Gorgeous it is.

And all their clothing is beautiful.So, so nice.that it's a bit overwhelming how nice it all is that I end up not buying anything.I'm going to have a look at the baby stuff first and then come back down here and maybe treat myself to a little something.

Oh, I'm back.She didn't end up getting any food, did we, Bubba?

Because we had a bit of a moment.We had a bit of a moment where mummy had to stop and get into a car park, feed Bowden and console him because he was very upset.And we changed your bum in the car, didn't we?and yeah he he just wanted to come home so we did do a few little bits in next and that was all we did we didn't do any food shopping i thought i'm just gonna do an order online for the food shop and get my little boy back home but we had fun didn't we but that's the realistic i guess challenges of going out with a baby and it was mommy's first time so we yeah we definitely had an experience it was fun wasn't it did you enjoy yourself i did buy a few little things and i want you to put this on for daddy when he comes home because we bought thiswhich is, I love my daddy, and this was £6.How cute is that for £6 from Next?

We've got one of his little white singlets on underneath.Yeah, should we do that?Let's do that, boy.Oh my gosh, though.I loved every second, even though sometimes you were getting a bit upset, even when we were in Next.I still loved it.

It's just like the reality of it.I used to think, oh my God, I'd be so nervous to take my baby out.And if they cried, I'd be like, oh my God, my baby's crying.But it's normal.Babies cry, don't they?There's nothing to be ashamed of.

It was an experience and I absolutely loved every second of being out with my little boy for the first time.I bought myself one little thing as well.Actually, two things I bought myself.One for the house and one for me.And then I bought Bowden two little things as well.

Look at that.Little I love Dada.

You look gorgeous, bubba.So the other things that I got was this little jumper.Team 82 Teddy.I thought that was extremely cute.So I got that.That was 16 pounds.

from Next.And for the house, I got a new runner, a new table runner.I loved the colors.I'm going to go put it down on there now.So I'll show you when that's on.And I got these, these are a bit rogue, but I loved the look of them.

They're like three quarter length jeggings, jerseyjersey legging cropped and i thought these would like a heel do you know who's inspired me claudia what she wore at the bafters like the cropped legging with like a jacket or just like a um like a heel in a jacket i think could look really cool so i got those for me this was a present from joe's mum she found it at the charity shop for 25p which is so cute and that should fit in now as well um and yeah that's it that's all i got so let's go downstairs i'm gonna make myself some lunch because i'm bloody starving and i am going to put the table runner on okay so i am going to change the runner for this one.I think this is a bit longer and I just think it'll look really nice on this table.So let's have a look.This is that.I love it.

I also changed the flowers as well.I also have another idea.Okay, bear with me while Joe's not home because he'll be like, what are you doing?I'm thinking about changing these two chairs out, right?I feel like this section just feels a little too white.I know it's cute.

It is cute, but I kind of want it a little bit more rustic looking.So, I'm going to try something.If it doesn't work, I can always put the white chairs back.So Joe's just told me he's quite close to being home and I have gone and changed that around.I think that looks so much better.I don't know.

vacuum the floor quickly and then I need to get Bowie in the car so we can go and collect Joe But what do we think hang on ignore all the shit on the floor?But I have changed these chairs out I've put this chair which was over here and I've put this as like a little seating area I've taken that away from there, which just looked a little too cramped.I put all my baby stuff there because it's just handy oh oh no so bubba we have your i love my daddy outfit on and we're about to go collect daddy from the train station i'm gonna get daddy to get you out the car so that he can see your little outfit okay sound good it's like a plan my little sidekick Where does that other chair come from?That one's for mum and dad's room.But I was like, we've got these lovely chairs and we don't have them on show.But how much nicer does that look?

It does look good.

Success.

It does look cool actually.

And this looks so much like neater.It's not so, because that was cramped right there and it had that and that together, whereas now we can have our stuff there.But that looks nice though, doesn't it?

Yeah, that looks really nice.You love your daddy.I'm your daddy.

I love that runner.

Thank you.

That's the best hair runner we've had.

It's nice, isn't it?I bought it today.

From where?

From Next.

Nice.

Yeah.

Yeah, really nice.

When I saw it, I was like, ooh, that's a really nice runner.

Nice earthy colours.Yeah.Got a nice bit of colour to it.

Good bit of texture.

Yeah.

So also, this week I have been trying to cook different meals daily.So I've been looking on the internet and trying to pick something that is a good meal and make something different so I'm not just making the same thing every time.Today I have picked a vegetable and chickpea coconut curry.It is from Cook with Manuel.I'm currently just chopping up some garlic but yeah it's really fun to pick a different recipe every day and just get it done.So four to five large garlic cloves chopped.

Now I kind of want to use my new thing that I got for my birthday the push and chop, but it needs a good old charging.So we'll get that on overnight and maybe tomorrow I can use the push and chop.But that in there looks bloody deadly.Just bloody love garlic.I like garlic a lot more than what Jo does.Fresh garlic, I genuinely don't think you can beat it.

Gorgeous.

Then we need 1 .5 inch of ginger chopped.Now I just got, I don't know what 1 .5 inch is, but I'm guessing it would be about, Let's just say about that much.That's already chopped, so that's perfect.I can keep that in the freezer.Red onion.See, this is where my push and chop would come really in handy, but no can bloody do.

God, red onion and eyes.So garlic, ginger, onions.Get that cranking danking.Once that's cooked, I'm adding a tin of chopped tomatoes.Meanwhile, I'm cutting up half of the cauliflower to that sauce I am adding.all my spices.

I'm adding one teaspoon of this mixed spice.I bought this actually from a little market store.It's got loads of bits in it but I'm just adding that because it sounds good.Half a teaspoon of paprika, half a teaspoon of cumin, half a teaspoon of turmeric.Give that a little mix.Dice this one sweet potato.

You want to add one can of chickpeas.It says to cover all the veg with those spices.Then add in one can of coconut milk, which I have here.Oh my gosh, it's very thick.Using red rice.I've never ever cooked red rice before, but here we are.

This is how it turned out.It looks amazing.And then I just cooked up some red rice as well with it.These are my new bowls that I got for my birthday.And I'm gonna dish it in these and enjoy.How cute is that?

you two are so cute together daddy's getting his last cuddles in before he has to go i know it's gonna be difficult you know i know but i have checked and where i'm going surprisingly has really good 4g apparently really yeah and wi -fi so

Is he scratching you oh?It's not like my own because I haven't made a new batch, but I am gonna start a new batch today of sourdough loaf I've made you some broccoli mine's peanut butter cottage cheese and banana on toast.I'm gonna sit in my new chair It's not a new chair, but my new positioned chair very comfy Bowie boo This is the little cardigan mommy got you yesterday.How cute does it look on you?

Your little outfit of the day.Do you like it?

I love it.Little Bowie's just had his six week checkup.Didn't you?Your little six week checkup.Look at him in his little teddy jumper.Team teddy.

You're such a good boy.We're gonna miss daddy, aren't we?Daddy's about to go.We're gonna have so much fun together, aren't we?

Yeah.

What we do, should we have a party?It's a real party, invite all your baby friends over, and just wreck the place.

Joseph, you have, come on, but please, look.It's so good, just the tiniest little bit.

Just, come on, you don't know unless you try.This is, it should be your New Year's resolution.Basically, the cake that I made in this vlog with the cottage cheese, Joe is not keen to try.

Just this tiniest little bit, it's like fudge.Trust me, look, a little chocolatey piece of goodness.

Oh, that's not good.No, it's not.

No, just try it.You'll be surprised.

That tastes like a shoe.That tastes like cheese strings.That's cheese strings cake.Foam from a shoe.No, it's not.

It's not.

That's like foam from a shoe that's been left overnight in a pond, and it mixed with cheese string.Wow, beautiful, beautiful cheese.

You don't like it?

I love it.I love it.

Dude, seriously, it's not cheese string.

It tastes like cheese string.

No, it doesn't.

I don't mind the taste of cheese string.It's not happened since I was a kid.

It's not cheese string, guys.Don't let him put you off trying this deliciousness, because it is amazing.I forgot to tell mum about it.In fact, I might give her a call in a minute and tell her about it.I obviously want to call her because I'm just making, forever making something, me. I'm making another loaf of sourdough.and I have used this time.

Last time I used wholemeal.This time I've used half and half because I actually bought new flour, but I bought different flour to what me and mum used.So I'm very interested to see how this will go.There's actually another cottage cheese recipe I wanna try, and it's an ice cream one.Maybe in another vlog I'm gonna try cottage cheese ice cream.If there is anything you want me to try, put it in the comments and I will pick something every week to try.

That's a good little thing we can do, isn't it?That's interactive.So you choose something for me and I will attempt to make it.Whatever it is, give it to me and I'll try.Anyway, stay safe.trying let's hope this works because i'm so used to i'm such a licker of the bowl i lick everything like when i'm cooking i'm kind of like licking the spoon all that jazz i it's just a habit so i think this don't do that guys that's disgusting the fermented don't do that at home bubba daddy's going you say goodbye daddy I'll be back before you know it.

We'll be back and we're gonna have so much fun together.

It'll be even harder when he's a little bit older.I know.When he knows you're going.

And then it was just us, just me and you Baba for the next couple of days.I think we're gonna go for a little drive to have a little quick look at the charity shops because I was gonna go to Dunelm, however I think tomorrow we might do Dunelm.What do you reckon?We go for a little drive to Dunelm tomorrow?

But we'll go have a little look at the charity shops today.

Okay, me and Bowie are on a charity shop adventure.We just went into the first one.Bowie's in the little poo -poos here.And I bought a few little things that I'll show you when I get home.There's three in this little area.Oh, bit of road rage.

But yeah, the first one was actually quite successful.However, she just told me that on Saturday they have a rummage sale which means that you go down and everything is one pound so on Saturday at 9am I'm gonna head down and have a look at the rummage sale and we're back!What did we get?I was only actually successful in the one charity shop.The other two, we kind of went and had a browse and that was it really.I'm actually super happy with what I got.

How cute is this?Three pounds.So this one you plant rosemary and chamomile.I actually do have chamomile outside.So I'll put, I think you do half and half maybe.Sage and coriander.

And then this one's basil and oregano.And just how adorable.You sit that on your countertop and I just fell in love with it.So I was like, I'm gonna get that.That was three pounds.So cute.

Then I got to put on the bookshelf, Claudia Winkleman's book.She probably did this a long, long time ago, but I am a massive fan of Claudia Winkleman.So I bought her book.Then I found, actually that was what?

One pound, I think?

Pound for the book.These are so cute little overalls.And I'm sure they'd probably fit in now.Very, very cute little overalls.Two pound.And then this was a bit of a, I'm not sure what this is gonna look like on, but I'm really a big fan of a polka dot at the moment.

And I found this dress for, I think this is four pound.If you look in the longer mirror, I've pulled my pants down, because you've got to get the full look.Not my pants, not my knickers, my actual leggings, I should say.Cute.It's an easy wear anyway.Daddy's obviously gone, so it's a solo dinner tonight.

This is what I've got.I've got sweet potato, I've got carrot, capsicum, olives, and this is asparagus that Jo's mum made in her garden, grew in her garden.And a little bit of cottage cheese and mustard seed.So I like to call this kind of like a Tiffany plate, but a little bit different.My own version of a Tiffany plate.I found Tiffany plates on TikTok if you have no idea what a Tiffany plate is.

So I'm going to enjoy my dinner and then we're probably going to go to bed.We'll definitely get to bed before the sun goes down.Won't we, Bubba?Yeah.So I've come upstairs and I've put little Bowie to sleep.He's in the next to me crib next to me.

That's his little shusher going off there.It's quite annoying, not going to lie.Just constantly going shush.She loves it, so we keep it on.I was just going on YouTube and I just came across my videos from when I was stuck in quarantine in Perth for 14 days.I was a nutter.

Like, I was not okay.I'm watching it going.the hell?Like a lot of people loved those videos and they, I mean, what a time, what time to be alive.Like I really, I mean, I made the most of it.If you guys don't know what I'm talking about, go onto my YouTube and go and have a look at my quarantine videos.

I did 14 videos, um, and it was when I was stuck in quarantine in Perth, Australia, literallycould not get out of your hotel room.Not even for an hour walk.The windows didn't open.I was in a confined space for 14 days.And I managed to vlog every single day of it.

So if you haven't watched it, it's worth a watch.And I will one day look back on that and go, that's mental that I had to do that during a global pandemic.So it's lovely to have those memories.Yeah, anyway.I just thought I'd tell you that.Good morning, everyone.

Say good morning.

Big smile for everybody.

We've been out for quite a while, actually, and we've just been, I just changed his bum, so that's why he's on his change mat.But we've literally just been chatting away.He has been speaking to me so much today, and I've loved it.I've loved it, my boy, so much.Such a happy little camper today.Oh, excuse me. buddy.

A little update.It is 10 56 and we have just been on a little walk.And now I think we're going to go for a drive to Dunelm or the other one, which is called, I can't remember.I think Dunelm.Yeah, I think it's called Dunelm.I think we'll go for a little drive to Dunelm and get, well, I don't know if we get some bits.

We're just going to have a little look.

Second little outing for Bowie.

He was a little bit restless before we left, but I knew that was just because he wanted to have a sleep and now he's fast asleep.Basically, I kind of want a mat for as you walk in the front house now, obviously the mat saga with my dad and getting a big stain on it.I'm thinking, I've got an idea.I want like a circular somethingmore so just to break up the color of the room rather than like doing anything.So I'm going to have a look here.

Maybe they'll have something that I'm like, oh, that is kind of what I'm after.Or maybe not.And then I might just get some bits from M &S.

And here we are, Dunelm.Look.

This is what happens.I walk around Dunelm for ages.I still have zero in my basket.One thing I really do need is a hot thing for making my bread.My mum told me that I need one.I can't remember what it's actually called.

I need to actually call her and see what it is that it's called.I need one of those.And I also want to look for a rug.I had a little look.Not what I was hoping.I kind of really want like a circular one.

But there is one that I'm like, it could look cool.And the other thing I need is i don't need but i want a new bedding set for the spare room because i just love putting new bedding on there um and none of which i've got yet so i'm not doing that great so far let me call my mum and see what it is that i needed to make my bread didn't need to ring mum i remembered it's a dutch oven that i need which is just a pot i think that you put in the oven but i cannot seem to find any sort of dutch oven anywhere so in the old rug department i really like this which is chunky jute right when i get home i'll have a look online but mum came up with a good point i just called mum so it's not non -slip at the back so i don't think i'll get that just because it's gonna slide aroundAnd just like that, we're back home again.I will show you the things that we got when we get in.But first, let's get this precious cargo in the house.But a lovely second little date bailed in, wasn't it?

Little mummy and son date.I love it.This is what I got from Dunelm.this lovely basket, jute basket.Which now that I'm in here, I feel like that jute rug would look so good just in the middle there as you come in.So I think I might order it.

But these shoes that are here, I thought could be placed in this basket.I don't know how many is gonna fit, but honestly, I know it's probably not practical, because you have to search through, but I cannot bear to look at those shoes just placed here any longer.It really does grind my gears.

Most of them are Joe's, boom, boom.

That is so much better than having all those shoes just out.And the other thing I bought, I did end up getting a duvet cover for the spare room.And because we now have the, a mat that was downstairs up there and it's got a bit of green in it.I went for a checkered green, so we'll put that on today as well.I thought it was very, very cute.And the other two bits I got was just a extension cord, a bit boring, and a charging point.

Oh, Bubba.

Bubba.

He's a bit hungry.I'm going to go feed him.We had a little bite to eat.I had some lunch.Bubba had a little nap.He's just woken up now, but I managed to, in that time, put my loaf of bread on, which I was meant to do this morning, but I ended up going for a walk instead so I could eat.

the bread making and I've done it this afternoon.Look at this.

I think this is the best one yet.

So I did half wholemeal, half white, and that is looking bloody superb.It looks kind of like it's almost ready.I think it's got about 10 minutes left, so I'm hoping it doesn't burn.I'm just gonna keep an eye on it.But what have I done as well in that time that little man was asleep?I've got this mat.

I could sit now.It's a bit small, but it just gives something in this area.I'll show you.but this mat, I didn't buy it, it's actually from Dunelm as well, but we had it in the spare room, and I actually think it looks quite nice there just to break up that dark flooring.For now, we'll keep it there because it is a spare rug that we have, and it is nice to have a little something something as you walk in, I think.So it's just not so bare on the floor.

And there was also another thing I wanted to do on here, I'm like, why do I not show off the BAFTA and my Strictly Glitter Ball?Why am I not showing that off?At the moment, it's currently in this room, sort of hidden away in this corner.By the way, this needs redoing.I'm actually probably gonna try and redo this little section today.But why have I not got my Glitter Ball and my BAFTA on show?

I mean, yes, is it a little bit like up myself?Probably, but I kind of feel like, why would I not show off a BAFTA and a strictly glitter ball?So I think I'll take those and put them on that shelf at the front as you walk in, if it doesn'tlook too much, maybe just the bathtub or maybe just the Strictly Glitter Bowl, one or the other.Maybe two might be a bit like, oh, look at me.Look what I've won.

But yeah, I'm going to do a little bit of rearranging in a minute.I'm just having some cuddles right now.

He has his naps.I miss him.Isn't it ridiculous?

I miss him when he has his naps.So I'm just going to sit here and have a little cuddle with him.and enjoy that.And then I'm going to get to work on maybe changing this little section around to make it look a bit more homely.I did it, by the way, guys.I did it.

I've made the coming into the house a bit of a shrine to Diane.I put my glitter bowl trophy and the BAFTA.I'm kind of loving it.I'm kind of loving the rug.I'm kind of loving...I'm loving it all.

I'm loving what I've done here.

All in all, I'm very happy.It is 4 .30 now.And I still need to do, I'm doing this 20 day gym thing.So I need to go down and do 20 minutes.It's only 20 minutes and it's weights.So I'm gonna do 20 minutes in the gym and then if this little dude allows me, I'll use my red light.

Depending on how chilled he is or if he wants to be held.That's the thing at the moment, he just loves being held.So I might need to wait a little bit till he maybe falls asleep.So I managed to get a little bit of red light in before Bowden was like, pick me up.

I don't want to play here anymore.

He fell asleep and then he woke up.So I got 15 minutes of red light therapy, which was better than nothing.We have now had our bath.So we bathed and now I'm just going to make some dinner for myself.and have a little relaxing evening together.Feed Bowden, then we'll probably head up to bed.

It's 6 .08 at the moment.Guarantee we'll be in bed by like 7 .30, probably even earlier.Now tonight I bought myself some soups from M &S because I do love the M &S soups.And I got a chunky chicken and mushroom and I also got a creamy tomato.Before I forget, my bread has turned out the best I think it's ever turned out.Look at that.

That is actually insane.It actually burnt a little bit on that side, so I could go a little less time next time.And that is a solid loaf.And I have tried a piece.Best bread ever.So Reena, if you're watching, it's just getting better by the day.

I told you we'd be in bed before this.Sun went down.It's currently 7 .17pm.I've put him down to sleep and I've come up with him because I don't want to leave him on his own and I'm going to do some editing.I've got a cup of tea in hand.I've had me dinner.

So yeah, we're now chilling for the rest of the night.It's Saturday and this morning we're going to get up.We're going to have our brekkie, get ourselves ready for a walk because we're going to walk into town.because one of the charity shops there has a pound sale.

I want pound sale, everything is one pound.

She told me this the other day when I went in there to have a little look, she was like,

oh, you best be coming on Saturday, because Saturday at 9 a .m.m.is a one pound sale.

Also, I am loving my plants so much.I haven't had to water them the last few days, because we've had rain, which I've been a bit sad about.I miss watering my plants, but I really want some more.I want to put some more pots out front as well.I want to put more out the back because it's just so beautiful having these flowers.I get up every morning and I look at them.

I'm like, why have I not done this any sooner?The plants are so pretty and they've grown so much.I'll have to show you before this vlog ends.He's found something up there that he's looking at.I don't know what it is because to me, it looks like a very white wall, but to him, something's going on up there.Our morning has been together just tidying up the house and I've loved it.

Honestly, I've just been tidying the house like smiling because I'm holding the most precious little thing in the world.He's just asleep in my arms -ish and it just makes me so happy.

Honestly, I feel so grateful and so lucky.

I really do.Don't take any of it for granted.So next thing is watering my plant.fresh out here, but my plants are looking so good.Look at how beautiful all these plants are looking.They're my strawberries.

Mom was asking me this morning if I had any strawberries yet.I've got three little flowers, but no strawberries.How gorgeous are all these plants?This purple one I think is one of my favorites because it's just gotten so big.These are super cute as well.Oh, look at these little pretty pink ones.

Gorgeous.That one's super pretty as well.

Look at him.

We did end up going to our one pound sale.I've actually put all the stuff that I got in the washing machine.I bought seven items, so I spent seven pound.Seven really nice items actually.I will show you when they're dry tomorrow, but I'm basically, I don't think I'm going to film much more in this vlog because It is already one hour long.I've been sitting here editing it whilst I can get the chance because we are still riding solo.

Daddy comes back tomorrow.We've got one more night, so we've had already two nights on our own.We've got one more night and we really can't wait to have daddy back.

We've had so much fun together, haven't we?

It's the next day, and quickly, whilst little man is asleep, I wanted to show you the things I got from the £1 sale.If you've made it this far in the video, one hour and however long minutes this was, then congratulations, I actually owe you a medal.That's good going, because it was a very long vlog, so well done you.This rummage sale, honestly, you just go in there and you rummage about.There was tables full of clothes, and this was one of the purchases.diesel trousers.

Aren't they awesome?I love, love, love them so, so much.I wish the lighting was a bit better.These are actually all the things I need to put on vintage, by the way.And I know a lot of you have been asking me what my actual handle is.Once I have put them on, because it's taken me a little while to put them on, I have

put it on my Instagram as to where the link is and everything, so don't worry about that.But I just want to show you these.I really, really like them.Now these could either be dressed up or casual.I could wear a black heel with these, or I could also just wear a trainer with them.How cool is this dress?

For one pound, it's beautiful.And it could look really nice with, I've still got a top underneath it, so I'd obviously take that off.But I adore it.It's so, so, so pretty.For one pound, I am sorry.So it's got the peacock feathers.

This is a big, bold earring.Hair, like, could be up like this.I literally adore this dress.And if you wanted to cinch it in at the waist, which I actually kind of like the, flowiness of it, but you could put like a nice belt in the middle as well.The length is perfect because you could wear a flat shoe or you could also extend and go with a little bit of a heel.Absolutely love, love, love, love, love that dress.

I'm actually just going to try and put a belt on, hang on.How gorgeous.Very quickly, this cropped button up shirt.This one is definitely more of a vintage vibe.Another vintage light top.Obviously I wouldn't wear this color bra underneath it.

but it's such a gorgeous material.But the lovely lace detailing, cute belt with jeans.I think that's a very, very sweet look.I love the material of this top.

And then this gorgeous little dress.This with a pair of boots would look so, so, so sweet.

I just realized I only showed yousix items and there was seven, but hey, I always need to leave you wanting more.So sorry about that, but there was one other purchase, but it wasn't the star of the show, so don't worry about it.Thank you so much for watching the vlog.Thank you for getting this far.I wish you all a fabulous rest of your weekend and a good start to the new week.

Sending lots of love.Take care and see you soon.Bye.