Me and my bump

Woke up this morning after a long good night's sleep. Had promised my darling to make a nice breakfast so I got up and started preparing for some waffles. They were served with a lot of nice fruit like kiwis, strawberries, mango, grapes and banana and also jam and cream. With that we had tea and coffee and we watched the film Hamilton with Michael Persbrandt.

I feel so sorry for all of the runners today that are out there running Stockholm Marathon. I had wanted to go into town to watch them but with the weather like this, I'd rather stay at home. I'm thinking about Lina and Hilton who I cheered for last year, they'll do brilliantly! In a minute I'm gonna have a shower and then we're gonna head to the recycling station in Bromma. I'm gonna go by my apartment to clean out the kitchen as well, F and I are just gonna keep the nice stuff.

Thought I'd show you a picture of me and my little bump, it's slowly starting to show now. On Monday I'm in week 20 so I'm halfway there :) In the last couple of days I've started feeling the movements in my stomach a bit better than previously. It feels like a little butterfly is living in there ;) It's so exciting, it's mostly in the evenings I can feel it but even throughout the day and it's tickling :)

Vigårda

Today after work I had decided to meet up with Ellinor, we haven't seen each other since November. Time's flying, can't believe it has been so long. Anyway, we agreed to meet up at the Mood shopping centre to find somewhere to eat, we chose to go to Vigårda Barbeque. I've never been there before but it's a fast food restaurant with food of higher quality than any other fast food restaurant, it's not exactly like McDonalds. You pick the meat you want, choose something to go with it like a potato salad or chips for example and then you also get to pick a dressing. I loved it, it was all really tasty! Ellinor and I got to catch up properly as well while enjoying our yummy food.

Now I'm back in the apartment again, I'm really tired today so I think I'm gonna go to bed shortly. By the way, I started this morning by going out for a 45 minute walk, it felt really good. Hopefully I'll manage to do this more often because I really need to exercise more than I do today!

Sunshine

Don't you just love the first few days every spring/summer when you can have lunch outside in the sun and it's so hot that you don't need a jumper or a jacket. This week has been absolutely amazing when it comes to the weather, well it started last weekend really and it doesn't seem to stop yet :) Today I'm working from home and for lunch I met up with Sofia and her little girl J. She's such a cutie!! She wasn't sure what she was going to think of me at first, but after talking to her for a while and keeping my distance she gave me a smile :) We went to Nybergs restaurant at Sundbybergs torg and I enjoyed a lovely prawn sallad in the sun. There were loads of people there that enjoyed the sun as much as we did.

Tonight we're heading into town to go to the theatre, Stadsteatern to be exact. We're gonna see The three musketeers and I'm really looking forward to it. It's a Christmas present that we got from my parents. Before it starts we're gonna go for dinner at TGI Fridays, haven't been there for a while so it should be nice.

Ballerina Closet

I always end up buying shoes in the spring, even though I beforehand say that I don't need any. But the fact is that you always do, because a lot of shoes that you wear in the spring/summer time get worn out. Anyway, I already checked out Ballerina Closet last year but didn't get anything from their website. This year I decided to buy three pairs (since you get a 300 SEK discount then)! The most difficult thing was to choose which ones to get since all of the colors and patterns are lovely, I could seriously buy them all :) But after a bit of consideration I picked "Coney Mint Stories", "Pistachio Scoops" and "I say yes". I love them!

9 holes became 18

Today we had agreed with M & M to play nine holes at Bromma Golf since at least myself and Maria need to practice after the course we took two weeks ago. Our official start time was 10:20 but we all met up before that to warm up at the range. I was a bit nervous since it was my first time playing, but I thoroughly enjoyed it especially since the weather was really good today. I didn't play that well, but it was certainly good to practice. We were quite tired after the nine holes so we decided to have lunch there out in the sun. I had a lovely prawn sallad and then coffee after that :)

After a bit of rest we started thinking about playing the nine holes again (since they don't have 18 holes at Bromma Golf, you're allowed to do the nine holes a second time) and after a bit of consideration that's what we decided to do. I did some better shots this time around but towards the end I was really really tired and found it quite difficult to focus. Tonight F has gone out for a few beers and I'm left in the apartment. I'm gonna sleep really well tonight I tell ya, but first it's time for a film. I just don't know which one to pick yet ;)

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend!

Glossybox

About a month ago I signed up for Glossybox, which is a box with beauty products that you get once a month for 139 SEK. You get 5 beauty products to try out and I received my first box a little while ago. One thing that was in the box this time was Garnier's BB cream that I've seen so many ads about. Now I'm using it every day and I really like it! :)

Valborg celebrations

A couple of weeks ago, on the 30th of April to be exact, myself, F and a few of our friends celebrated Valborg together in our apartment in Sundbyberg. It was time to leave the long winter behind and welcome the spring! We had a barbeque dinner and enjoyed a lot of nice food. It was lovely to have them over and I think we sat around the table chatting until 1:30am the next morning :) We didn't go to any bonfire like a lot of other people do, we were happy to stay inside as it was quite cold outside. Needless to say I was stuffed at the end of the night!

The lovely M & M :)

Beautiful Camilla

The happy Robin

Me and my ♥

More wine anyone!? 

Golf

Last weekend myself and Maria spent in total 12 hours at Bromma Golf as we had registered for a beginners course. I was really worried about what the weather was going to be like but we were very lucky. It didn't rain at all, and on Sunday the sun was shining pretty much all day and we even got a bit of a color when we spent 2 hours on the golf course playing 9 holes in two teams. It was really difficult but so much fun!

The course was very good and divided into several parts. We got to try chipping and putting, we did some bunker shots and also practiced several shots using both iron clubs and the driver. I really enjoyed every moment of it, now it's up to myself to really practice as much as I can. Below you can see some pics from the weekend.

Spring tradition

On Saturday myself and F decided to head into town since the weather was so nice and we wanted to walk around for a bit. We found out that M & M also were going into town so we picked them up with the car to head in together. Earlier in the week, F's mam had told us that the trees were in full bloom in King's Garden (Kungsträdgården) and it has become a bit of a spring tradition to head in there to have an ice cream while watching people and the beautiful trees. So that was exactly what we did and it was so enjoyable :)

Earlier today I went out for my first run in over three months and I wasn't sure what it was going to be like. But I took it easy and I really enjoyed it, I'm feeling good now. Soon I'll have to start getting ready for this evening, we're having some people over for a barbeque. I have to prepare some food, clean up the place and get ready myself. Looking forward to seeing everybody and having a good time. Happy Valborg!

H&M News

H&M have filled their web shop with some news and I fell for a lovely maxi dress in blue. Would love to walk around in a dress like that this summer when it gets a bit warmer :) I'm waiting for spring to really kick off but not much is happening right now :(

Tomorrow is Friday and I'm really glad this week has come to an end, I need a couple of days off now. I'm still tired since my trip to Finland on Monday and Tuesday this week. On Saturday Kim, Lisa and my brother are coming over to us for dinner. I have figured out what I'll cook for them now, it's gonna be a three course dinner as always when they're over :) Can't wait to see them, it has been a while since I last saw Kim and Lisa at least!

Delivery

I'm currently waiting for a delivery from Royaldesign, I've ordered a new ring and a pair of earrings from Thomas Sabo :) There is so much jewellery I'd like to buy both from Thomas Sabo and other designers, can't seem to get enough. Hopefully I don't have to wait for too long before I get my order, wanna wear it now!

SYTYCD

So this Easter break has come to an end and I'm taking it easy in front of the telly. I'm watching So you think you can dance season 5 and all the beautiful dancers never stop to amaze me. I really wish I could dance like them ;) Earlier today myself and F went into town to the new Mood shopping centre. There were loads of people there and I quite liked the place. I'd say they're giving NK a bit of competition. F did a bit of clothes shopping in the Replay shop and I bought a new face cream. Tomorrow it's time for work again, I'm gonna try to go to bed early tonight to get some rest. Hope you've all had a lovely holiday!

Chilling

Sunday again and another week ahead, luckily we have Easter coming up and I'm only working 3 days this week. Looking forward to being off for 5 days, yay! This weekend flew by, feels like it ended before it even started. Yesterday myself and F went out to Gustavsberg and the Ittala outlet to buy some Rörstrand - Swedish Grace plates. In the evening my brother had invited us for dinner and he made us greek meetballs in a tomato sauce that were served with potato wedges and tzatsiki, it was yummie. We also watched The descendants with George Clooney and I quite liked the film and thought Mr Clooney did a great job. I was the one driving us home so no wine for me.. still it felt like I had been drinking a few glasses because I was really really tired.

This morning we stayed in bed until we felt like getting up and then we made ciabatta bread in the oven for breakfast. F met up with M to play squash and I went to the gym for the first time in ages. It felt great and this afternoon I had loads of energy to tidy up a bit which I know F will be happy about ;) Right now I'm watching a few episodes of Revenge while F is at the cinema. I'm getting tired again so I think I'm gonna head to bed soon. Hope you all have had a lovely weekend despite the snow!!

Wow

This place is amazing, I don’t think you can come much closer to paradise! We’ve been in the Maldives for almost a week now and we are thoroughly enjoying ourselves. We arrived here last Saturday morning after quite a long flight from home. When we landed in Male, the capital of the Maldives, we waited for about an hour before we hopped on a sea plane that was going to take us to Kuredu island where we had booked a beach bungalow for two weeks. Going by a sea plane was really cool and you could see the multiple islands from the sky, it was beautiful. We were greeted with smiles and a welcome drink, then we were shown our bungalow. It is right on the beach and has got everything you need. The bathroom and shower is outdoors on the back of the bungalow ☺

You can’t really complain about anything here; the white sand, the beach, the sea, the friendly people, the lovely food and the beautiful wheather is exactly what we have been dreaming of. On Tuesday night we decided to book an à la carte restaurant called the Beach where we both had lobster on the beach. Unfortunately it started raining that evening so we had to sit under the roof for the rest of the night but it was still an experience I for sure will remember. Fredrik has also gone for a couple of dives and when he went for his ”tune up” dive earlier this week he was lucky to see a huge turtle ☺ Yesterday he went for a longer dive while I was staying at the bungalow and he saw a big variety of fish. Today we had some visitors in the water near our bungalow, we saw a black tip shark and two sting rays!

On Saturday we’re going to a smaller island called Komandoo, we got a free upgrade (sometimes you’re lucky ;)) to a jacuzzi beach villa! We’re staying there for our second week and we’re really looking forward to it. It’s a smaller island, I think it is only about 5-10 mins walk around, compared to a 40 min walk where we are now. But it’s supposed to be really romantic and beautiful there as well. Before we’re heading off to Komandoo we’re gonna go for a snorkelling trip tomorrow morning and also a sunset cruise in the evening where we hope to take some pics of the sunset and get sight of the dolphins around. I can’t say anything bad about this trip, we’re enjoying every minute of being in paradise!